Pope Francis pleaded for solidarity with those fleeing war and poverty who travel 'all too often through inhumane conditions and not infrequently at the risk of their lives'
"I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land." Joel 3:2 (KJV)

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the third chapter of Joel, we read about one of the fundamental reasons for God's anger at the Battle of Armageddon. It is because outside nations have parted the land of Israel, dispersed His people, and stolen His silver and gold. Think about that as you ponder on the Pope calling for Israel to be divided today. The cup is filling up rapidly.

Pope Francis used his Christmas message to urge Israelis and Palestinians to formulate a two state solution by sitting down at the negotiation table and agreeing a peace deal to allow both sides 'to live together in harmony'.

He asked that Israelis and Palestinians resume direct dialogue which would 'enable two people to live together in harmony and end a conflict which has caused great conflict for the entire region', before praying for an end to the civil war in Syria and 'in remedying the extremely grave humanitarian situation of its suffering people'.

Speaking from the loggia of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, Francis issued a Christmas Day peace appeal Friday against poverty and extremist attacks.
He said: 'Only God's mercy can free humanity from the many forms of evil, at times monstrous evil, which selfishness spawns in our midst.'

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'Where God is born, hope is born. He brings hope. Where God is born, peace is born. And where peace is born, there is no longer room for hatred and for war.'

He asked that Israelis and Palestinians resume direct dialogue which would 'enable two people to live together in harmony and end a conflict which has caused great conflict for the entire region', before praying for an end to the civil war in Syria and 'in remedying the extremely grave humanitarian situation of its suffering people'.

Pope Francis then turned his thoughts to those affected by 'brutal acts of terrorism', mentioning the recent attacks that left hundreds dead in the likes of Egypt, Paris and Tunisia. He also called for the international community to end the atrocities taking place in Iraq, Libya, Yemen and sub-Saharan Africa, and called for peace and concord across Africa and in Ukraine.

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Two states? None sense! Israel must be left intact forever, or none at all. Muslims will annihilate them. It has been the goal of Muslims for all to submit to their moon-god, and to destroy all descendants of Isaac and Jacob.

The Middle East since history begun, was owned by the Jews, Christians, and Pagans. Then after the death of Christ at about 623 AD, the Muslims under Mohammad in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, created this Islam religion using the moon-god, as the allah.

After series of wars, they invaded the land of the Jews, Christians, Pagans; erased their roots of ancestries, and antiquities from their own land.

The maps of the Middle East was revised, erasing all the past existence of the prior inhabitants who were the Jews, Pagans, and Christians. Muslims labeled all the maps as their own. That is why for the Muslims, Israel's land does not exist.

The Temple Mount, the land of Moriah, where Abraham brought Isaac to be offered to God as testimony to his faith, but God saved Isaac. Now, the Temple Mount was destroyed by Muslims where they built the Dome of the Rock on top of it.

What little land Israel has left for themselves could no longer be divided, as they have given to the Muslims almost all of their lands in the past. Israel must not be divided. And whoever calls for dividing that land is a hypocrite and jealous of the Jewish achievements despite on its very limited space.

These arguments have a lot of validity on both sides, although I am personally much more pro Jewish. This isn't a simple situation. We can look at it from a political standpoint, and we can also look at it from a Biblical standpoint. The latter however, will only be accepted by a select group of the population.

I do think it is interesting though, that Biblically speaking, the Arab world descends from Abraham as well as Israel. There was a son and grandson that Biblically became the Arab nations. The story reveals around at one level, Ishmael, and the other, Esau. I need to go back and reread the story of Ishmael, I have forgotten a lot, but in Esau's case, it is interesting to note that he and Jacob, (Israel) eventually reconciled. The Bible is at least 90% prophecy. I would go so far as to say 100%. Let us just hope that this prophecy ultimately leads to a reconciliation between the two "brothers." Ishmael however, is a different case. There may be no peace there. I don't know. I just find it a very interesting study.

The term Israel has a number of meanings. On the simplest level, Ish means man, ra means spirit or principle or origin, and el is a term for God. In other words the word means on the most basic level, (and there are many levels) man whose origin is God. Notice Ishmael is very similar, with only the m changed from r. M in Hebrew refers to water and vibration, among many other things, indicating that Ishmael had an origin with God but is not stable. I need to study this a lot more to see what I can learn from the prophecy. But I think, if I remember right, it was Ishmael who was prophesied to be a "wild man, who's hand would always be on his brother, that he would be intractable." Once again the prophecy seems to be true, if the Arabs are his progeny. There may be no peace with Ishmael. Future events will give us a lot more information.

By the way, my heart goes out to any of you who live in the storm damaged areas in Texas and elsewhere where there has been severe destruction in the last couple of days. Hoping the best for all of you.