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“Update, Sunday, March 26, 2006.”
Please pray for Benyamin Netanyahu
to be elected Prime Minister in Israel’s elections this Tuesday, March
28! The Elijah Prayer Army, and others (for example, in the Jerusalem
Post), recommend that all of us pray that Benyamin Netanyahu be elected
and have a second chance as prime minister. He is the only candidate who
would protect Judea Samaria and East Jerusalem from being given away and
becoming a terrorist “Hamastan” right next to (really, inside) Israel.
I included a summary, below, which is a recent e-mail on the elections
(I added some prayer points at the bottom from their latest e-mail this
morning).
Israel needs a government that will protect the people and the Biblical
land, as well as protect freedom and the right to housing and livelihood
for the believers there.
Please also pray for an effective response from Israel and America to
the Iranian nuclear weapons program. This probably requires a military
attack on the installations.
Pray for protection from the bird flu in Israel. It has been detected in
Israeli and Jordanian flocks, and pray for protection for the populace.
Furthermore, it could devastate the poultry industry in Israel just
before Passover, when many families need poultry for their Seder meals.
Pray for effective countermeasures and protection for the public.
Pray for revival and spreading of the Gospel throughout Israel.
If you would like, please see the pictures from our recent home
fellowship celebration of Purim at
www.amhehome.org/blog.
Thanks for praying, thanks for caring!
Shalom -
David
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From: The Elijah Prayer Army [mailto:epa[at]thewatchman[dot]org]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:39 AM
To: Weinberger, David
Subject: Prayer Alert 06-12
The Elijah Prayer Army Prayer Alert 06-12
Lars Enarson
Mar 24, 2006
A Worldwide Network of Prayer for Israel & the Middle East "for such
a time as this"
Prayer Alert 06-12, March 24, 2006
Prayer Topics This Week:
• Four Days Left to the Israeli Elections
"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and
thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority,
that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.
This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved
and to come to a knowledge of the truth." (1 Tim 2:1-4)
We are now only four days away from the Israeli elections on March 28,
and we want to give all of you an update and encourage you to pray for
this important event.
The Kadima party, that former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon started on a
platform to execute more Israeli withdrawals from Judea and Samaria, is
projected to win the elections, but the outcome is by no means certain.
Ehud Olmert, who presently is acting as Prime Minister after Sharon's
departure from the political scene, has declared that he will fulfill
Sharon's political goals and withdraw from more land in Judea and
Samaria, attempting to eventually establish permanent borders for
Israel. Meanwhile Hamas, who refuses to accept Israel's right to exist,
has won a landslide victory in the Palestinian elections.
Hamas' leader Kahled Mash'al said in his recent speech in Damascus, "
Today [Israel has] frail leaders, who don't even know where our lord
placed them. Allah willing, we will make them lose their eyesight, we
will make them lose their brains." This is a statement that needs an
explanation. The Koran actually says that Allah has given the Promised
Land to the Jews. According to Muslim thinking; when Israel retreats
from the land that is theirs and hands it over to Muslims, it means that
Allah has cursed them with confusion and insanity. It is also a very
encouraging sign for Hamas that Allah is blessing them. Iran has called
Hamas' recent victory in the Palestinian elections "a sweet surprise
gift from Allah."
" The Koran actually says that Allah has given the Promised Land to the
Jews. "
Since there basically is no hope for a peace agreement between Israel
and Hamas, at least within a foreseeable future, Israel's withdrawals
will have to be unilateral. This means that Olmert and the Kadima party
will provide national sovereignty to terrorists bent on the complete
destruction of Israel, located within firing distance from Israel's
major population centers.
The recent Israeli Nobel Prize winner, Professor Yisarel Aumann, has
said that the urgency at which the government seeks to reach a
settlement with the Arabs poses a great danger, and will most likely
bring about the opposite. More Israeli withdrawals will, according to
Professor Aumann, only lead to more bloodshed.
The Polls
The new party Kadima, started out in the polls with taking over 40 of
the 120 seats in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), making it by far
the largest political party in Israel. Since then they have slowly
continued to drop in popularity. However, last week after Olmert ordered
the capture of some terrorists held in a Palestinian prison in Jericho
in order to bring them to justice in Israel, his party's popularity
soared again in the polls to 42 seats. But, things happen very quickly
in Israel and during this past week Kadima has gone down in the polls to
an all time low of only 33-34 seats.
" But, according to one poll, as many as 20% of the public in Israel is
still undecided. This means that much can still happen. "
Kadima, which means forward in English, is a centrist party, meaning
that it is neither right nor left wing. Since no political party in
Israel has an absolute majority of more than 60 seats in the Knesset,
any government has to be formed through a coalition of two or more
parties. Olmert has ruled out forming a coalition with parties that do
not support his plan of more withdrawals. This means most likely that he
will form a coalition with parties on the left.
The left wing parties together with Kadima are presently predicted to
get close to 60 seats. The right wing block, headed by Netanyahu, has
about 53 seats. But, according to one poll, as many as 20% of the public
in Israel is still undecided. This means that much can still happen.
The Nuclear Situation
Besides the issue of handing over more of the Promised Land to a
terrorist organization bent on Israel's destruction, the possibility
that Iran will soon have the ability to wipe out Israel with nuclear
weapons is the greatest concern. Iran is continuing with its nuclear
program and will very soon be beyond the point of no return of producing
nuclear weapons.
Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, decided immediately
after the Holocaust in 1945 when he visited the death camps in Germany
and Poland, that Israel must get nuclear weapons in order to survive. It
took Israel 22 years to achieve this goal. Israel was able to produce
its first nuclear bomb just before the Six Day War in 1967 , which was
at that time a secret that not even the United States knew. The world
was only aware that Israel was involved in a nuclear project in the
Negev, but they did not know how far Israel had come to produce a bomb.
Some experts today believe that Egypt launched the 1967 war in an effort
to wipe out Israel before they could achieve nuclear ability and it
would be too late. The war of 1973 was never meant to destroy Israel,
but only to retake what was lost in 1967. Both Egypt and Syria knew at
that time that Israel already had nuclear weapons and most likely would
use them if they were threatened with complete destruction. We know
today that Israel was very close to use its nuclear weapons in the
beginning of the war, when they were loosing heavily on both fronts.
After 1973, no Arab military attack has ever been launched again against
Israel. The method has been to use peace negotiations and terror. The
main reason has been Israel's access to nuclear weapons.
Iran wants to change this deadlock situation in order to make it
possible to wipe out Israel. They are willing to sacrifice millions of
their own population in the process, stating openly that because Israel
is so small they will not be able to survive a nuclear attack, whereas
Iran, because of its much larger size would be able to survive a nuclear
retaliation from Israel.
For decades Israel has stated that they will never accept an enemy in
the Middle East equipped with nuclear weapons. Olmert has repeated the
same thing in the past few weeks. The United States is presently
supporting this Israeli policy, which means that some kind of military
confrontation with Iran in the near future is very likely. One concern
in this situation is that Ehud Olmert has no military experience.
It needs to be understood that Iran is also a severe threat to the
United States. Up till now, because of an agreement between the United
States and Saudi Arabia, oil has always been prized in dollar. Iran,
with its vast resources of oil, has declared that they are planning to
open up a new independent oil market prized in Euro. The effect on the
US economy would be severe. The dollar would quickly begin to loose its
strength, in essence spelling the end of the United States as the number
one superpower. Iran is very aware of this trump card, boldly saying
that "their enemies" are ten times more dependent on them then they are
on "their enemies."
" For decades Israel has stated that they will never accept an enemy in
the Middle East equipped with nuclear weapons. "
If Israel should attack the nuclear plants in Iran in a preemptive
strike to stop Iran's nuclear program, Hizb'allah will certainly unleash
its arsenal on northern Israel, which would escalate the conflict to
involve at least also Lebanon and Syria. The question is if Israel has
any option to wait until Iran goes nuclear.
Isaiah 17 speaks about Damascus becoming a ruin and ceasing to be a
city. "An oracle concerning Damascus: 'See, Damascus will no longer be a
city but will become a heap of ruins.'" (Isa 17:1) It goes on to say in
verse 4, "In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body
will waste away." It is possible that these verses are referring to a
nuclear war where also Israel will be hit. It could also refer to a
conventional war. In either case this war will lead to a spiritual
awakening, "In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes
to the Holy One of Israel." (v 7)
Pray for the Elections
We encourage you to pray for the outcome of the elections in Israel next
week. Let us call out to heaven for God's will to be done! We thank
those of you who fasted during Purim. Consider spending time in fasting
and prayer also this weekend. Only God knows what outcome of the
elections will best serve His interests, even if we do not always
understand it.
"Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are
his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He
gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning . He reveals
deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells
with him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me
wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you." (Dan
2:20-23)
If God speaks to you, please let us know!
•• Pray according to Daniel 2:20-23 for the elections in Israel on March
28 that God will raise up Benyamin Netanyahu as the next Prime Minister
of Israel!
• Pray that all evil schemes in the media or by politicians to influence
the elections will be exposed and stopped!
• Remind the Lord of his promise to defend Jerusalem and that all who
tries to move her, including Israeli politicians, will be stopped! See
Zech 12!
• Pray that the Spirit of God will blow with refreshing over Israel and
remove spirits of apathy, disillusionment and deception, causing people
to come out and vote for those parties that will not divide Jerusalem or
give away more land to Islam!
• Pray according to Psalm 83 that all evil schemes to destroy Israel
will be exposed and broken!
• Remind the Lord of his promise to defend Jerusalem and that all who
tries to move her will be severely injured! See Zec 12!
• Pray that Islam will fall over the issue of Jerusalem and that the
Muslim nations will be opened to the gospel!
God bless you as watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem!
Lars and Harriet Enarson
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