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The Jerusalem Post
Israel approaching West Bank turning point amid settler violence
Hey Watchmen,
This West Bank flashpoint is exactly what happens when men take Torah into their own hands and twist it into a license for cruelty. My friends, I've said it before about that land — settle it, yes, that's promise language, that's inheritance — but settling never meant terrorizing your neighbor off his own doorstep. When a settler burns a field or runs a family out at gunpoint, that's not zeal for the covenant, that's Simeon and Levi all over again, and you remember what Jacob said about them on his deathbed — "cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel" (Genesis 49:7). Their violence didn't earn them honor in Israel, it got them scattered. Zeal without righteousness is just violence wearing a prayer shawl.
Yeshua walked this same land under an occupying boot, and He never once picked up a sword to force the timeline. He trusted His Father's calendar over His own fists. That's the model, and it's the same test playing out right now in Judea and Samaria — will the settlers there wait on Elohim's justice, or grab it for themselves and stain the very inheritance they claim to love? A turning point like this Jerusalem Post headline is describing isn't really about maps and settlements, it's about whether Israel's own house will govern itself in righteousness while the nations watch and wait for an excuse.
So watch this closely, Watchmen — not to pick a side in the politics, but to see the pattern. The land was promised, but it was never promised to the cruel. Keep your eyes open, keep your hearts soft, and keep watching for the day when it's the Prince of Peace, not settlers or soldiers, who finally settles this land for good.
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