Thoughts of Glory

Many of us have been praying (at times more moaning) over our Presidents recent trip to Israel and his agenda to divide land in Israel and accomplish a Palestinian state. I recently became aware that he received two letters of opposite opinions prior to his recent trip to the Middle East.

One was from a group called Evangelicals for Social Action that wrote a letter to President Bush July 27, 2007 urging him to go forward with negotiations with both Israel and Palestine to create a new Palestinian state which would include the vast majority of the West Bank. The signatures on this letter included representatives of ministries such as World Vision, Christianity Today, many churches and seminaries. You can read the entire letter at their website:

http://www.esa-online.org/Display.asp?Page=LettertoPresident


Rabbi Steinsaltz at work

On the opposite side the Sanhedrin, the ancient Jewish court of law, and the Temple Institute sent another letter to President Bush a few weeks prior to his visit to the Middle East. In this letter they warned President Bush about touching the land that belonged to Israel. You can read this letter on:

http://www.templeinstitute.org/megillat-bush.pdf

I have many reservations about the Sanhedrin because of their judging by the letter of the law which the Bible says killeth. They are gaining more control in the government of Israel and I really don't think that is a good thing for Israel. However, I do agree with them on this matter. America pressuring Israel to divide covenant land is a dangerous thing. I heard about this letter from Rabbi Moshe Laurie who is a Messianic Rabbi. According to him the Evangelicals won and President Bush has sold out Israel. I pray he is wrong or if he is right that the Lord will reverse what has been done. We are in a very critical time and we best intercede for this country.