Tsiyon Messianic Radio Newsletter - Vol 19.43 - 08/28/6024
TAM - 10/31/2024 AD
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ISRAEL'S NORTHERN WAR |
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From Eliyahu
War from the north has been a constant threat
against Israel, for the duration of the State of Israel in modern times.
However, this is nothing new. In ancient times this was also the case. Why?
Because there is a spiritual battle connected with the place that has spanned
the ages until now.
The mountainous area known to Israel as the
Golan, roughly equivalent to ancient Bashan, rises up east and north of the Sea
of Galilee. At its northern extremity, which is also the northernmost extremity
of the modern State of Israel, is Mount Hermon, the highest point in Israel.
The known history of this mountainous area
stretches back before the Flood of Noah. According to the Book of Enoch, a book
quoted in the NT, Mount Hermon was the place where the angels that rebelled
against God materialized in human-like form and entered into a pact together
against God. Their plan: Take women for themselves to corrupt the image of God
in humanity by producing hybrid offspring in the earth. The Book of Genesis also
takes note of this, saying:
"It happened, when men began to
multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took
for themselves women of all that they chose. ..The Nephilim were in the
earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to
men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men
who were of old, men of renown." (Genesis 6:1-4)
This crime against nature had the effect the
'gods' had intended, so that, in time, virtually all of humanity was corrupted
in body and soul.
"YHWH saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually. YHWH was sorry that he had made man
on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart." (Genesis 6:5-6)
YHWH had preserved one righteous line in the
earth, the line of Noah. Through Noah's line YHWH was able to preserve mankind
in the earth when He cleansed the earth by means of the Global Flood. After the
Flood mankind began to multiply in the earth once again. They collected together
in the land of Shinar, where they grew into 70 tribal nations, united as one in
rebellion against the Creator. There, at Babel, they re-established their pact
with the demon gods, while turning their backs on the True God who created them.
Having been rejected by all the nations, YHWH
determined to raise up one nation for Himself - the nation of Israel. His vessel
for starting that work was Abraham. YHWH made a covenant with Abraham and his
seed forever. A land grant went with that which includes the whole land of
Canaan, and even beyond. It took several centuries to go from Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, to an entire nation, but in time, at Mount Sinai, YHWH made an
everlasting covenant with Israel to be His nation. It was their job to go in and
take the Land YHWH had given them. The first enemies they dispossessed were in
the area east of the Jordan. This included Bashan, all the way to Mount Hermon.
Not surprisingly, in this area they encountered Nephilim giants, offspring of
demons, then called Rephaim. Moses writes:
"Then we turned, and went up the way
to Bashan: ..So YHWH our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king
of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until none was left to
him remaining. We took all his cities at that time; there was not a city
which we didn't take from them; sixty cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these were cities fortified with high
walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. ..(For
only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold,
his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children
of Ammon? nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, after
the cubit of a man.)" (Deuteronomy 3:1-5,11)
Og, the king of Bashan, was of the Rephaim and
slept in a bed of almost 14 feet in length! One might think from this that he
was an exception, as if he were the only one of the Rephaim there. However, this
verse seems to be saying Og's entire kingdom was made up of Rephaim:
"All the kingdom of Og in Bashan,
who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant
of the Rephaim); for Moses attacked these, and drove them out."
(Joshua 13:12)
This was just the start of Israel's wars
against Rephaim giants from this area.
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It appears that after being driven out of
Bashan by Israel, these Rephaim giants were scattered throughout the region,
eventually finding shelter with the Philistines. It was not until around
1000 BC, under David's leadership, that the giants were finally destroyed
out of the Land. (1 Samuel 17:4, 2 Samuel 21:10-17, 1 Chronicles 20:4-8)
The end of the giants was not the end of
the northern threat, however. All of Israel's worst enemies seemed to attack
Israel from the north. Assyria and later Babylon, both came down upon Israel
from the north, with devastating results. Later, both the Greeks and the
Romans came down upon Israel from the north.
Apparently, the demon gods had felt an
affinity with the territory in the vicinity of Mount Hermon, where they had
first come down to take over the world. Baal was the "Lord of the Mountain"
of Mount Hermon with high places devoted to the demons "under every tree and
on every high hill." Bible history is replete with accounts of the
disgusting evil practices of the Baal worshippers who inhabited the entire
area of Bashan and Canaan. These included sexual perversions of all kinds,
and even child sacrifice. Bashan and Mount Hermon still contain the remains
of cultic high places and temples that were used by the demon gods to spawn
their demented offspring.
In Yeshua's day the Land was filled with
Greek and Roman temples of the false gods. Of special note here was the
Sanctuary of Pan at Banias, located at the base of Mount Hermon. "The Gates
of Hades" were located there, along with various temples and shrines. There
were many opportunities there for worshippers to invite demonic spirits in,
to inhabit them. These demonic spirits, by the way, are the spirits of
Nephilim whose fleshly bodies died in the Flood, but whose spirits continued
on, with no natural dwelling place to return to. To gain back some physical
capability they prefer to inhabit people, but sometimes inhabit animals,
even pigs. Those who host them are controlled by them, and experience the
torments of their twisted captors.
Sadly, many Judeans of Yeshua's day partook
of the pagan rites of Banias, and were subsequently demonized, so in need of
deliverance. The Gospels reveal that setting those wretched souls free was a
prominent part of Yeshua's ministry. It still is.
In modern times Israel has faced assault
from the north on multiple occasions. This is actually just a continuation
of the age-old war that began there, in the north. Why does this keep
happening? Some of it is strategic. However, the wars against Israel, on the
plane of deeper motive, spring from envy. This is revealed by this Psalm:
"Mountain of the gods is the
mountain of Bashan [Mount Hermon]; A mountain of many peaks is
the mountain of Bashan. Why do you look with envy, O mountain with many
peaks, At the mountain [Tsiyon] which God has desired for His
abode? Surely YHWH will dwell there forever." (Psalms 68:15-16)
This passage poetically speaks of the envy of
the false gods who came down upon Hermon (and the envy of their followers). That
is, their envy of Mount Tsiyon as representing the place of the favor of YHWH.
Thus, the answer to that envy is 'surely YHWH will dwell with Tsiyon forever'.
In this Northern War, as with all others Israel
has fought and will fight, Israel is battling envious people who want to
take away that which YHWH has bestowed upon His chosen people - upon Israel.
Those enemies never rest from their murderous envy of Israel. No treaty
will satisfy them. No agreement can be made with them that will stick. This is a
spiritual war, and YHWH of armies continues to fight for His people, and will do
so, until Messiah comes to bring an end to the age-old war forever.
Over the past few years, Hezbollah Islamic
terrorists, backed by Iran, have installed hundreds of thousands of missile
installations in highlands of Lebanon, trained on Israel. UN Security
Council Resolution 1701 ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006. It barred
Hezbollah from maintaining a military presence south of the Litani River,
which is located 18 miles north of the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah has
blatantly violated that resolution and has built an extensive system of
underground tunnels, including command centers and arsenals, right up to
Israel's northern border. These likely extend underground under Israel
itself. Hezbollah launches attacks on Israel using this extensive tunnel
system. Not only that, but since October 8, 2023 Hezbollah has been
launching missiles into Israel every day!
Some 80,000 residents of Israeli communities in the north have been
evacuated and are temporarily staying in hotels and other facilities.
Clearly, Israel has had to act to deal with this situation, so has been
fighting
Hezbollah very effectively. Meanwhile, some
other residents of Israel have chosen to remain in place, including the
Druze villages on Mount Hermon.
Tonight's live-stream features an interview
with a resident of one of the Druze villages living near Israel's
northern border on Mount Hermon. I'm talking about
our archaeologist friend, Tom
Winder. He will enlighten us on what the
northern war looks like up close. This live stream will begin at
Tsiyon.Net at 8 PM,
Central. Everyone who loves Israel will find this of interest.
Eliyahu
Tsiyon.Org
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"In the world you shall have tribulation; but be
of good courage!
I have overcome the world."
John 16:33
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