Iranian President Hassan Rohani concluded his phone conversation with US President Barack Obama with “Have a nice day”

Obama responded: “khodahafez” - whose literal meaning is “may God be with you.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani  shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande hoping to reach a deal with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear programs in three to six months.

Hmmmmm....

The Chamberlain Hitler peace worked out well also.

As Secretary of State John Kerry pushes full steam ahead in an attempt to bring the Israelis and Palestinian back to the negotiation table, a new video casts doubt regarding true Palestinian intentions and tactics.

Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash in an on-camera sermon hinted any peace deal secured would secretly be only a short-term arrangement by comparing it to a truce the Muslim prophet Mohammed negotiated but broke two years later.

 The Palestinian minister called Mohammed’s example “the model” to be followed.

NOT a pretty picture:


"Hear this now, O foolish people, without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not:Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence?" Jeremiah 5:21-22

Market places across Israel are fragrant with harvest produce. For days they have displayed tables of the Four Species to be used in Succot celebrations and are buzzing with last minute activity as Israelis prepare for the most joyous holiday on the Jewish calendar.

Succot begins this year at sundown on Wednesday, September 18. Throughout Israel families have constructed succahs (huts) with a roof covering of branches. Children have made and hung decorations inside these temporary dwelling places. For seven days and nights, families and guests will eat their meals in the succah and otherwise regard it as their home. This is to commemorate the forty years traveled in the Sinai Desert prior to entering the Holy Land during which Moses and the children of Israel lived in tents.

Chag Sameach.!!!..


Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu, melekh ha-olam
Blessed are you, Lord, our God, sovereign of the universe.

Listen to The Lord seek Him with all your heart. Israel remember what your God said,

"Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.  So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.  Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!  I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.  Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.  But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." Psalm 81

Oh, Israel, put your hope in the LORD.!!.

There are the words of Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon.

“In the fog that is covering the Middle East, we must realize that we can count only on ourselves and build an army that will deter any enemy,” Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Wednesday after Russia reportedly gave the United States its plan for placing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal under international control.

Speaking at a memorial ceremony for fallen Armored Corps soldiers in Latrun, Ya’alon said: “We must keep in mind that our greatest enemy is arrogance, haughtiness and oppression of thought."

Israel has forgotten they can count on God; the God of Israel, yet they have not cried out to Him for help to deliver and to restore. Such stiffed necked people the Jews. Such stiff necked people the Gentiles. 

Such stiff necked people one and all.

In the midst of all that is happening in the Middle East let us never forget that God, Creator of the Universe, is in control. 

Nothing happens without His approval.  Nothing.!!.

Everything is orchestrated from the throne room of God. Everything.!!.

God will have the final word and the last laugh.

"Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?
  
 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh...  [But] blessed are all those who put their trust in Him."  Psalm 2:1-12  

 

In the midst of the ten days of awe, the time between Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement ~

Let us remember that He is LORD over all the nations of the earth. He will have His way in Jerusalem, in Israel and among all the nations of the Middle East.  As we contemplate the judgments of God coming even now on the earth, let us lift up our voices so that truth and mercy may be heard once again in the gates.   

Let us be patient and not grow weary in well doing for it is written that "at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up."

Be anxious for nothing,  our times are in God's hands.

Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.” Isaiah 27:6

ROSH HASHANAH 2013: Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year also known as the Feast of Trumpets begins at sunset Wednesday, September 4 and ends at sunset on Friday, September 6. The first of the Biblical autumn festivals, Rosh Hashanah celebrates the birth of the world and humanity. Symbolic foods such as apples and honey are central to the holiday, symbolizing the sweetness, health, success and good deeds which we hope the coming year will bring. In the midst of the troubles in the Middle East and around the world, pause and give thanks to G-d for His sovereign goodness to this year, looking ahead to His blessings to come.

Shana Tova

As the Commander-in-Chief looks for a fall guy to take the heat of an attack on Syria -  just in case...

Syrian state media publishes a list of "legitimate" Israeli targets to be attacked should America or other Western powers launch air strikes against the regime of Bashar Assad. Among the targets is Israel's nuclear reactor.