Introduction My prayer: we as a congregation—honor the integrity of God's word with a greater understanding of the complexities of modern geopolitical situations Romans 15:27 • Scripture Connection: Genesis 12:1-3 - God's promise to Abram and his descendants. • Present Day Context: Modern-day context of Israel, with its current political and security challenges. • Gaza Strip (SW) [circled in red on Map.] • West Bank (Central and East side)—named West Bank because Jordan named it as being on the West Bank of the Jordan River. Controlled by the Arabs which includes Jericho, Bethlehem, Hebron, etc.) • Egypt (SW), • Jordan (SE), • Syria (NE) and • Lebanon (Hezbollah) (N). • NOTE: the Golan Heights, which Israel took over from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967. In 1981, Israel passed the Golan Heights Law, which effectively annexed the territory to Israel. Remember, Ronald Reagan became President on January 20, 1981. Israel has been shrinking in land to appease oil-rich Arab nations. • The strategic importance of the Golan]Heights cannot be understated bc of Hezbollah in Lebanon. • Assertion that Israel's neighbors have not shrunk in land size. • Statement that the concept of "land for peace" is considered non-effective.
I. Historical and Political Overview • A. Israel's Legitimacy and Historical Challenges • Scriptural Insights: Joshua 21:43-45 - God giving Israelites the land. • Balfour Declaration: The Balfour Declaration was a letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Lionel Walter Rothschild, expressing the British government's support for a Jewish homeland in so-called Palestine 1. The letter was sent on November 2, 1917, during World War I, an
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