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There was an earlier post commenting on this comment, issued today by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who quite candidly expressed a statement that hinted towards grevious ramifications for the other side, in the event of an intensified conflict.

I thought the statement was rather interesting and after a short prayerful desire to God to try to understand more about how to sort this conflict out, I opened my Bible and started reading in Jeremiah, chapter 47. The realization then struck me of the weightiness of what is being said in this statement referring to the Sword of David.

The Gaza Strip is the geographical location of the land of the Philistines, the arch-enemies of Ancient Israel and to this very day... are you starting to see where I am going with this?

David slew Goliath, Goliath was a Philistine, the Philistines were defeated before and will be defeated again.

1 Samuel 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

1 Samuel 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

Jeremiah 47:4-7 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

Jeremiah 46:27-28 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

[Just mythoughts]

Ah, what did David use to slay Goliath? I will have to go back and reread, but, I thought David killed Goliath with the Power of the Lord, using his slingshot and one of the five stones he was carrying. It was Goliath's sword wasn't it that David used to cut off the giant's head?

[lurk]

Hey, the land belongs to Israel, and the Israelis are loved by the God of Israel.

But this whole sword of David thing might be a stretch. David loved God and worshiped him, but today’s Israelis are largely atheistic. Not so sure God thinks they’re all that cute right now.

[Just mythoughts]

Jeremiah lived during the last King of Judah. By the time Jeremiah was writing to Judah, there had already been a civil war and the House of Israel has been sent into captivity to the Assyrian king. (Christ called them the lost sheep of the House of Israel, in Matthew 10:6... see Christ knew who they were and where they were but the peoples of the House of Israel did not know who they were.)

The House of Judah along with Benjamin were getting the instruction from Jeremiah, that they were going to go into captivity to the king of Babylon. Now some will claim that the children of Israel, the northern kingdom, the 10 tribes, also called Ephraim long ago rejoined the ‘family’ that is just not the case.

Notice Jeremiah 3 it is both history and prophecy, not all of Jeremiah 3 has been fulfilled. Those two houses have not yet be rejoined. Jeremiah 3:18.

[Just mythoughts]

As I reread Netanyahu’s statement I do not think he was talking just to or about the inhabitants of Gaza.