Now who is delusional?

Micah 4:11-13

Have you read the latest newspaper on Israel?  This small nation that is slightly larger than New Jersey is bordered by these countries: Egypt, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank; they have only one thought and that is to remove them from the face of the earth.  This is from (Reuters) and the writer is Jeffrey Heller, it is posted on Monday Dec 3, 2012 8:12am EST  - Israel faced concerted criticism from Europe on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations' de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.  Britain, France and Sweden summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their respective capitals to hear deep disapproval of the plan to erect 3,000 more homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Ahead of a Netanyahu visit this week, Germany, considered Israel's closest ally in Europe, urged it to refrain from expanding settlements, and Russia said it viewed the Israeli moves with serious concern. Angered by the U.N. General Assembly's upgrading on Thursday of the Palestinians' status in the world body from "observer entity" to "non-member state," Israel said the next day it would build the new dwellings for settlers. Such projects in the past, on land Israel captured in a 1967 war and which Palestinians seek for a future state, have routinely drawn almost pro forma world condemnation.
The nation of Iran has stated it desires to remove Israel from the face of the earth and is building an atomic bomb.  This is the latest from that nation; TEHRAN: Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has downplayed the Israeli war rhetoric against Iran, saying the threats by the Tel Aviv regime to launch a strike against Iran are just worthless claims.   He goes on to state, “The Israeli regime’s aggressive policies are intended to magnify its “delusional power.”

Now that is today’s news, but before you buy into the story of the Iranian Defense Minister’s message to the world, you would be wise to look at what God has said to the prophet Micah.  “Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.” But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.  Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth. (Micah 4:11-13 ESV)

Now who is delusional?  Is this prophecy once more announcing what God is about to do?  For Israel has been given a weapon that is greater than any atomic bomb, it is their prince, the archangel Michael, and all he is waiting for is for Jesus to say go.  Are the nations of the world about to be gathered to God’s threshing floor?

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice