Europeanization of Israel

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Sooner or later, Europe probably will turn into an enemy of yours, too.

As far as I'm concerned the EU already is and has been Israel's enemy for quite some time.

However, the longterm strategical perspective of your nation has been an extremely weak and vulnerable one from the very beginning - maybe there was no other place available, nevertheless: a very bad choice of place. In that environment, the future will hold nothing than war for you. And there has never been a different perspective, since '47. I do not want to switch sides with you. It is like being a match of chess - with a missing Rook or even a queen from the very beginning. Cleverness buys you time, but does not make the match more pleasant an experience. With each pair of figures exchanged, it becomes more difficult for you.

Zechariah - Chapter 14

1. Behold! A day of the Lord is coming, and your plunder shall be shared within you.

2. And I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to wage war; and the city shall be captured, and the houses shall be plundered, and the women shall be ravished, and half the city shall go forth into exile-and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3. And the Lord shall go forth and wage war with those nations, like the day he waged war on the day of the battle.

4. And on that day His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem from the east. And the Mount of Olives shall split in the midst thereof-toward the east and toward the west-a very great valley. And half the mountain shall move to the north, and half of it to the south.

5. And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach Azal. And you shall flee as you fled because of the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah the King of Judah. And the Lord,my God, shall come; all holy ones with you.

6. And it shall come to pass on that day that there shall be no light, only disappearing light and thick darkness.

7. And it shall be one day that shall be known to the Lord, neither day nor night; and it shall come to pass that at eventide it shall be light.

8. And it shall come to pass on that day that spring water shall come forth from Jerusalem; half of it to the eastern sea, and half of it to the western sea; in summer and in winter it shall be.

9. And the Lord shall become King over all the earth; on that day shall the Lord be one, and His name one.

10. The whole earth shall be changed to be like a plain, from the hill of Rimmon in the south of Jerusalem; but it [Jerusalem] will be elevated high and remain in its old place; from the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, until the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel until the king's wine-cellars.

11. And they shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more destruction; but Jerusalem shall dwell in safety.

12. And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the nations who besieged Jerusalem; his flesh will waste away while he still stands on his feet; his eyes will waste away in their sockets, and his tongue shall waste away in his mouth.

13. And it will come to pass on that day that there will be great consternation, sent by the Lord upon them; each one shall seize the hand of the other, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of the other.

14. Yea, even Judah will fight against Jerusalem! And the wealth of all the nations round about-gold and silver and apparel-will be gathered in very great abundance.

15. And so will be the plague of the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and all the animals that are in those camps, similar to this plague.

16. And it will come to pass that everyone left of the nations who came up against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to prostrate himself to the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the festival of Tabernacles.

17. And it shall be that whoever of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to prostrate himself to the King, the Lord of Hosts-upon them there shall be no rain.

18. And if the family of Egypt does not go up and does not come, it shall not [rain] upon them. The plague [on Egypt] will be [the same as] that with which the Lord will plague the nations who do not go up to celebrate the festival of Tabernacles.

19. Such will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the festival of Tabernacles.

20. On that day there will be upon the bells of the horses, "holy to the Lord"; and the pots in the House of the Lord will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.

21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and cook in them; and there will no longer be a Canaanite in the House of the Lord of Hosts on that day.