You may view the 5 minute update this week via audio:
In this week’s 5 minute update, we focused on several things:
1) The current status of the Israel / PLO peace process
2) The weak situation with the world economy
Israel announced that it would build 942 new homes in Southern Jerusalem. The United Nations condemned the building as a violation of international law. The IMF and World Bank stated that the PLO have the economic institutions in place to have a state. In anticipation of a PLO state in September, Hamas and Fatah have started reconciliation talks. At the same time, the military wing of Fatah is cooperating with Hamas to wage war with Israel. Jordan is on the verge of a civil war. The majority of people in Jordan are Palestinians but they are persecuted by the minority who run the country of Jordan. Ahmadinejad of Iran believes that the US is behind the unrest in Jordan wanting to split Jordan and make Western Jordan part of a PLO state. Mahmood Abbas called on the Quartet (EU, UN, US and Russia) to make a clear statement outlining the parameters for a PLO state in their April 15 meeting in Germany. Israel is trying to prevent the Quartet from making a statement on the borders of a PLO state and is offering alternate suggestions to move the peace process forward. So far, the Israeli suggestions are not being accepted by the PLO. Former Israeli military and security officials proposed a “Israeli Peace Initiative” outlining the framework for a PLO state. It puts any peace agreement firmly under the mandate of the UN and international law. This is not an official document of the Israeli government. An Orthodox Rabbi in Israel shows from the Torah Codes that a PLO state is prophesied to come about in 2011. Another Rabbi in Israel calls for sacrifices to be made on the Temple Mount and an alter to be built to make it possible.
An agreement to divide Jerusalem and establish a PLO state is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles are as follows:
1) UN calls on Israel to stop illegal new settlements
2) Palestinian Economy Gets Key Endorsement
3) World Bank praises Palestinian state building drive
4) Hamas has started reconciliation talks with Fatah, says leader
5) Palestinian forces unite against Israel, U.S.
6) Jordan Facing Civil War?
7) Ahmadinejad: U.S. seeking to divide Jordan to form Palestinian state
8.) In Israel, Time for Peace Offer May Run Out
9) Abbas urges Mideast Quartet to make a stand
10) In Berlin, PM aims to thwart support for Palestinian state
11) ‘US firmly opposed to PA seeking statehood in UN’
12) Former Israeli defense chiefs draft new Mideast peace plan
13) Israel Peace Initiative (Text)
14) A PLO State in 2011 according to the Bible Codes
15) Rabbi calls for sacrifice on Temple Mount
Because of its financial problems, Portugal is seeking a bailout from the EU. The Bank of Japan is warning that the Japanese economy is deteriorating because of the effects of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The head of the IMF believes that individual nation states should have a socialist economy in the new international financial system. The world economy is currently in very weak shape and financial leaders are calling for a new international financial system.
A collapse of the US dollar and the establishment of one world currency is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles are as follows:
1) Portugal relents, seeks bailout
2) Bank of Japan warns economy under ‘downward pressure’
3) IMF chief sees limits to free market
From a Biblical prophetic perspective, the reason why the God of Israel would allow these events to happen is because it will result in the end of the exile of the house of Jacob and the reunification of the 12 tribes of Israel (Ephraim and Judah).
We will to be “watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem” and we will not rest until the God of Israel makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62).
Shalom in Yeshua the Messiah,
Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int’l