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By James Wilson
Let
us imagine for a moment. Imagine my own
state of California.
Imagine
California surrounded by Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon – as she is. Imagine Texas and Colorado pushing their way
in to border California as well. Conjure
up seething hatred for California and an armada of tanks, artillery and
aircraft dedicated to her destruction once ordered. Visualize a state-within-a-state the size of
California’s Central Valley running from the Bakersfield oil farms to well
north of the state’s capitol – more than half the length of the state; imagine
the death of California enshrined in its charter. Finally, imagine California reduced in size
by seven eighths, and her population of forty million shrunk by the same
proportion. What you have is Israel.
Some
will say analogy is dangerous; the parallels fall apart after awhile and no
longer apply. This is no analogy. It is simply a description of Israel and her
neighbors today with the names changed to reflect American realities. Expand the vision to take in the majority of
the other United States and imagine they are blaming California for the
implacable hostility surrounding her and threatening to grant independence to
that state-within-a-state, even threatening to support all-out war against
California if she does not withdraw behind borders determined by her
enemies. This too is Israel today.
Many
people say Israel is aggressive; she shoots first and asks questions later – if
at all. Sometimes she does – shoot
first, that is. In 1967 she was
surrounded by five enemies bent on her extermination, just like our imagined
California. Unlike our fantasy state,
they had twenty times her population and an even greater disparity in military
resources. They blockaded her ports and
announced imminent war. They had already
fired on her people but had not yet crossed her borders. Israel struck first – with devastating
impact. She drove these homicidal
bullies from her ancient territories and reclaimed her stolen capitol
city. This is Israeli aggression?
Israel has never fought a war of aggression
in her sixty-seven year history. It was
the same in the recent Gaza conflict, except this time she was attacked with
thousands of missiles instead of artillery and kidnap/murder squads instead of
aircraft. She now faces the same
militant Islamo fascists – spiritual descendants of the Nazis who harbored and
mentored them seventy years ago – augmented by a host of new ones. To their strength is added the one hundred thirty-five
nations now clamoring for them to cede to their enemies the land and security
they won nearly half a century ago. Is
it strange that they resist? Imagine
California fighting for her existence as Israel now does.
Many
American voices declare Islamic militants to be a lunatic fringe of an
otherwise peaceful religion. They point
to the millions – perhaps hundreds of millions – of Muslims who are law abiding
citizens, content to care for their families and worship God as they understand
Him. Indeed there are many such, and
many of them live right here in the United States – even in California. But where in the world has Islam become the
ruling power and repression of non-Muslims does not follow in its wake?
Deal
with it. Every nation in which Islam
rules imposes restrictions of some type or another on the freedom of faith and
speech of their inhabitants. Some are as
brutal as Saudi Arabia – in which a man has just been sentenced to ten years in
prison and one thousand lashes for setting up a web site demanding freedom of
speech. Many are much less so – thanks
be to God – but none understand freedom as we do. Where Muslims are a minority they move as
quickly as possible to establish enclaves in which they can rule by some form
of Sharia Law. In France – prior to the
attacks on a French newspaper and a Kosher market – there were more than seven
hundred zones into which French police refused to go for fear of attack; non
Muslims are forbidden to enter. Efforts
are underway in our nation to establish such zones.
Don’t
get me wrong. Jesus Christ gave His life
for every Muslim as well as for every other human being. All who confess Him on their lips and believe
Him in their hearts (Romans 10:9) are destined for eternal and abundant
life. He is determined to love even
those who do not. But He does not love a
religion of brutality against non-adherents.
He – Word of His Father – sent the armies of Israel against those who
threatened her yesterday and today. He
expects the rest of us to accept truth and seek justice for all – especially
His chosen ones, Israel.
James A. Wilson is the author of Living
As Ambassadors of Relationships and The
Holy Spirit and the End Times – available at local bookstores or by
e-mailing him at
praynorthstate@charter.net
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