Of Egypt, Syria, Russia and War

Just read the headlines from an article on the CBN News Channel website. It really was not terribly surprising. The headlines read - "Egyptian Parliament: Break Ties with Israel." The article stated, "The Egyptian parliament voted unanimously Monday to support a document declaring Israel its number one enemy. The document, prepared by the Committee on Arab Affairs, calls for an across-the-board overhaul of Egypt's policies with the 'Zionist entity,' Egyptian Independent report. In addition to calling for the immediate deportation of Israeli Ambassador Yaakov Amitai and the recall of Egypt's ambassador to Israel, the statement demanded a total cessation of natural gas exports to Israel and activation of an Arab boycott against the 'Zionist entity' and all international companies that do business with Israel. Egypt after the revolution will never be a friend of the Zionist entity, the first enemy of Egypt and the Arab nation, the statement read."

Now friends, we all knew that this statement was coming. After the fall of Egyptian President Mubarak in January 2011, and with the recently completed elections in Egypt that resulted in nearly 2/3 of the Egyptian parliament being controlled by either the Muslim Brotherhood or the Salafist al-Nour party, this was to be expected. Just another furthering of the isolation of Israel.

Now one wonders what the Administration in Washington will do in response. Just days ago the decision was made to begin sending military aid to the Egyptian regime. Will that aid now be used against our strongest ally in the region? Will the Administration once again reconsider withdrawing that aid? This is starting to get very interesting.

Also, my friends, the status in Syria continues. Violence in that country is unabated. And the Russian government continues supplying weapons and military and economic aid to the Assad Regime in Damascus. And the ties with Iran are seemingly getting stronger. As Joel Rosenberg stated in his blog posted on March 20, it is almost as if Russia would like to have a Middle East war so that the price of oil would reach levels so that Putin could increase his military spending and reach his desire of having the Russians once again be the military power of the world. I would recommend his blog. You can find the article - "Evidence Grows That Israel Is Set for War, But What If Russia Intervenes?" - at www.flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com

Aren't you glad you know the peace that only Jesus can bring? Aren't you glad to have a hope that the crises in the world can not take from you? Aren't you rejoicing in the wonderful news that you are a child of God? These are truly days for celebration - the King is coming! Yet they are truly days for diligence in laboring for that King. May we do it as until the Lord and do it well.