THE LIBERATION OF JERUSALEM
Last
night I had the privilege of being present for CBN’s one-night-only
presentation of IN OUR HANDS: The Battle for Jerusalem, which was a history
lesson and re-enactment of the 6-day war in 1967. It was marvelously educational, and a true tribute to the 50
year anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem on May 23, 1967.
Most
of that escaped my attention at the time it occurred. I was 21, very pregnant with my first child, focused on just
surviving one day at a time – and at that point Israel wasn’t on my radar like
it would come to be in later years.
The
movie was a dramatic portrayal of the events of that war, and heartbreakingly
real. Somehow when I previously
heard the 6-Day War mentioned I viewed it as God miraculously stepping in and
intervening without much loss of life – but lives were lost. God certainly was in the process, but
their victory came at a cost.
Even
though Israel officially became a country again in 1948, it was not until 1967
that they liberated the Old City, and were finally able to go back to the
Western Wall, which represents the foundational area just outside the Second
Temple, which had been destroyed in 70 A D. It was an incredibly historic moment – and that reality is
corroborated by the portrayals in the movie.
For
about half an hour their flag even waved from the top of the Dome of the Rock,
but their military leader made them remove it for fear of upsetting the whole
world. Yet, we know from
prophecy the day will come that the third temple will be built. I don’t know how all of that is going
to happen but I know God’s Word is true and that it will happen.
We
are seeing prophecies fulfilled at an alarming rate! And because Satan knows his time is short he’s ramping
up the hideous and horrible. But
he is not to be feared. The worst
that he can do is kill the body.
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