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Honey From The Rock
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A Clear and Present Danger

This entry was posted on 09-22-2006 and is filed under Devotional.

"They have said, 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more'" (Psalm 83:4 NKJV).

The verse spells out the clear and present danger the coalition of Arab nations (see vs. 5-8) represented to Israel. The late Yasser Arafat was committed to driving the last Jew into the Mediterrean Sea. That is still the stated purpose of the Iranian dictator. The "perpetual hatred" of Israel (Ezekiel 35:5 ESV) is still preached daily by Muslim clerics.

God is the one being slandered in this passage. "Those who hate You have...taken crafy counsel against Your people...they have formed a confederacy against You" (vs. 3,5). Israel is called "the apple of His eye" and is mentioned 2,565 times in 2,293 verses in the Bible. Much more can be learned in my book "The Biblical Roots of Islam" – $6.50 postpaid from POEM, Box 275, Joplin, MO 64802-0275).

Prayer: Lord, today we pray the prayer of the Psalmist - Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, and do not be still, O God! For Your enemies make a tumult... (Psalm 83:1,2).