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Have you ever wondered what the big deal about Israel is?  I mean...think about it.  They have no oil, their land has no inherent value, they're not a strategic location...why is everyone against them?  Why do so many large countries have an agenda against this tiny little country--a country about the size of New Jersey?  Why is the world focused on Israel?

I believe it's a spiritual war.  God loves Israel.  Not only that, God has chosen Israel.  Do you even know how Israel became a nation in 1948 (which was a fulfillment of prophecy)?  After WWII, Harry Truman fought for the establishment of a land for the Jews in Palestine.   Many Jews were homeless after the horrible holocaust, but it took many years for Israel to actually become a nation, a place to house the displaced Jews.  Covertly, President Truman acknowledged Israel as a nation (because of the battle that was going on among top ranking State Department officials).  The U.S. was the first to recognize and support Israel as a nation.  Since then, the U.S. has, for the most part, been a great friend and ally to Israel.

I tell you that so you can see we were some of the first friends and supporters of Israel and that it's important that we remain a friend in light of what's coming.  A war is going to come to Israel soon.  From the signs, I believe it will be the Ezekiel 38-39 war.  Russia, Syria, Turkey and others will come against Israel.  In fact, this past weekend, U.S. General Boykin told a crowd at the Joel Rosenberg conference that he believes Israel will make a pre-emptive strike against Iran---and that late fall will be too late.  And of course, we know that radical Islam doesn't just hate Israel---they hate America as well.  To them, the U.S. is the Big Satan while Israel is the Little Satan.

Ezekiel 38-39 says that God will put hooks in the jaw of Gog of the land of Magog to cause them to come against Israel so that "I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name any more; and the nations shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.  Behold, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord God; that is the day of which I have spoken."