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By Bill Randles<\/strong>
\n Pastor of Believers in Grace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why has Israel been so universally hated? What is it about her that consumes so much frenetic activity in world forums such as the United Nations? Why so many censures of the only free and democratic nation in the middle east? How could there even be a suggested \u2018moral equivalence \u2018 in discussions of Israel and her enemies?<\/p>\n

How is it that there can be a Red Cross, and a Red Crescent but there can never be a Red Star of David?<\/p>\n

Israel, even in it\u2019s current temporary state of unbelief, is an ongoing testimony to the reality of the God of the Bible. The world seeks to \u201cwill away\u201d the existence of God, therefore it hates Israel.<\/p>\n

Many centuries earlier a pagan prophet, Balaam, was used by the Holy God to prophesy to the King of Moab, who had paid him to curse Israel. Instead God inspired Balaam to bless and extol Israel, predicting that Israel would triumph over all of her enemies in the last days. Click here<\/a> to read this entire article.<\/p>\n

Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Letter to the Editor: What Does Lighthouse Trails Believe About Israel? <\/a><\/p>\n

Interesting Times? . . . Actually it is the End Times <\/a><\/p>\n

The Anti-Israel Revelation <\/a><\/p>\n

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