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Signs of the Times: The Hell Behind Hamas & The Holy Experience

October 19, 2023

Revelation 12:4

His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

Genesis 12:1-3

Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Israel is hated by Satan simply because she has been chosen by heaven.

Deuteronomy 7:6-8

“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. 7 The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; 8 but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Esther 3:5-6

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath. 6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.

Esther 3:13

13 And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.

Those who are harnessed by hell think they are tying a knot, but they are really tying a noose.

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The Middle East Problem

What is happening may seem new to us, but it is the same old hell behind Hamas.

Obadiah 1:10

“For violence [ḥā-mās] against your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.”

What happens in Israel doesn’t stay in Israel; what God has done in and through Israel is for the world.

Discussion Questions

  1. How does comprehending the biblical narrative, spanning from Genesis to Revelation, regarding the Promised Seed and the Promised Land, aid in our understanding of events in the Middle East?
  2. Genesis 6:11 states, “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.” Look up the Hebrew word for “violence” in this verse and discuss its relevance to the present world, which also appears to be filled with violence?
  3. What is the reason behind Satan’s enmity towards Israel? (Refer to Deuteronomy 7:6-8)
  4. What is the spiritual connection between Ham, Haman, and Hamas? How does the spirit behind Haman seem similar to that which drives Hamas? (See Esther 3:5-6 and the “Hamas Charter”: ‘Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.’ - Preamble)
  5. Please read Psalm 7:15-16. Can you share instances in your life where a situation resembling “Haman’s gallows” backfired?
  6. Let’s discuss this quote and its implications: “What happens in Israel doesn’t stay in Israel; what God has done in and through Israel is for the world.”