You may view the 5 minute update this week via audio:
In this week’s 5 minute update, we focused on:
1) The current status of the Israel / PLO peace process
The United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of upgrading the status of the PLO at the UN from an ‘observer’ to a ‘non-member state’ at the UN. There were 138 votes in favor. 41 obstain. 9 against. Among the nations voting in favor were Russia, China, France, Spain, Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Among the nations abstaining were Germany, Great Britain and Australia. Among the nations voting no were the United States, Canada and the Czech Republic and Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas said that he would seek reconciliation talks with Hamas and visit the Gaza Strip after the vote. Abbas also promised to renew direct negotiations with Israel if the upgrade request was approved. Israel said that approval of the upgrade request would delay Palestinian statehood. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the United Nations can’t force Israel to compromise on its security. After the vote, Israel announced the building of 3,000 new Jewish homes to be built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The United States, Britain, France and the European Union quickly condemned the announcement.
The worldwide focus on Jerusalem has started. The conflict over the land and Jerusalem is part of the prophesied end-time battle between Jacob and Esau. It will result in the judgment of the nations.
An agreement to divide Jerusalem and establish a PLO state is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles are as follows:
1) Text of the draft UNGA resolution for Palestinian Arab non-member statehood
2) Palestine wins historic upgrade at the UN
3) 65 years after approving partition plan, UN General Assembly upgrades ‘Palestine’ to nonmember observer state
4) Hamas lends support to Abbas’s UN statehood bid
5) Mahmoud Abbas to visit Gaza after statehood win
6) U.K. to U.S.: Take more active role on Mideast peace
7) PM: UN bid will delay Palestinian statehood
8.) PM: UN can’t force Israel to compromise on security
9) Ehud Barak announces he is quitting political life
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