God Has a Controversy with the Nations 

You Have Betrayed Zion

Just over one hundred years ago, the nations spoke words that reached heaven.  In 1917, Great Britain declared in the Balfour Declaration its intent to establish a home for the Jewish people in their own land.  In 1920, at San Remo, the world powers, including Arab representatives, gave legal affirmation to that promise.  It was not vague.  It was not symbolic.  It was binding.

But today the nations have trampled their own words into the dust.  Through the corridors of the United Nations, through the resolutions of UNESCO and the Human Rights Council, the world has risen to condemn the very state it once vowed to establish.  They call Jewish presence in Jerusalem “illegal”.  They condemn Israel for defending her citizens from terror. They issue resolutions, like UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016), declaring that the Jewish people have “no right” to settle in the very land God gave them forever.

They erase history at UNESCO, calling the Temple Mount by its Islamic name alone, denying that Solomon ever built a house for the Lord on that hill.  They turn the Human Rights Council into a tribunal of hypocrisy, where nations that butcher their own people lecture Israel about “human rights.”  They endlessly single out the one Jewish state for condemnation, while ignoring atrocities in Syria, Iran, China and beyond.

They endlessly single out the one Jewish state for condemnation, while ignoring atrocities in Syria, Iran, China and beyond.

They condemn Israel for defending her life.  They pressure Jerusalem to divide her God-given inheritance.  They call evil good and good evil.  They forgot their covenant with men, and in doing so, they have arrayed themselves against the covenant of God.

Hear the word of YHWH:

“I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse.” (Gen 12:3)

 “They have divided up My land… Therefore I will gather all nations and bring them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment with them concerning My inheritance, My people Israel.” (Joel 3:2)

Britain, France, America, Europe; do you think the Almighty has forgotten what you once swore to do?  Do you imagine that He does not hear the speeches made in your parliaments, your congresses, your councils?  He hears every word that condemns His people.  He sees every vote cast against Zion.

Woe to you, nations, for your betrayal!  You once opened the door for the return of the exiles.  Now you slam it shut.  You once affirmed the right of Israel to live; now you scold her for refusing to die.  You once promised to bless; now you curse.

You once affirmed the right of Israel to live; now you scold her for refusing to die. 

The blood of history cries out from the ground.  You pledged to give Israel a home, and instead you conspire to carve it to pieces.  You have not only broken faith with Israel, you have broken faith with God Himself.

Do you think you can revoke what He has decreed?  Do you think Jerusalem belongs to diplomats and mapmakers?  YHWH calls it “My city.”  He calls the land “My land.”  And He will not surrender it to the counsel of nations who fear man but do not fear Him.

The Judge of all the earth is rising to contend with you. You have forgotten Zion, but He has not.  You have mocked His covenant, but He will defend it.  Your resolutions will perish, but His word will stand.  The day is coming when He will gather you to account, not in your courts but in His.

“For YHWH of Hosts has purposed, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” (Isa 14:27)

The day is coming when He will gather you to account, not in your courts but in His.

Let every president, prime minister and prince tremble.  Let every council and congress take heed:  The One who keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.  To curse Israel is to invite the curse of God.  To divide the land is to provoke the One who swore it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as an everlasting possession.

Repent while there is still time.  Align with what you once declared in honour through Balfour and San Remo.  Return to the fear of YHWH, lest you fall under the weight of His hand.

God is not mocked. He is watching the nations. And He will repay.

Scriptures:
Isaiah 14:27
Joel 3:2