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Our Nation’s Leaders and Their Failure to Support Israel

May 4, 2011 at 12:17 PM 10 comments

I was reading an article by J. R. Church on Psalm 109 this morning and he breaks it down to point out that the Psalm could have significance way beyond David’s time.  In fact, he points out that the leader that David is referring to in Psalm 109:21-24 may be the Antichrist that will step onto the world’s stage at some point in the future.  This leader is described as having Satan at his right hand in the Psalm.

Of course, David also had himself in mind and very likely the nation that he ruled over at the time.  We understand from Scripture that David’s heart was essentially in tune with God’s will.  Of course, we also know of David’s terrible failures in which he committed adultery with Bathsheba and in an attempt to cover that sin, found a way to have her husband Uriah killed in battle.  These actions were without doubt terrible and though he fully repented, the consequences of his multiple and escalating sins did not go unpunished.  The child he conceived with Bathsheba died after birth.  The House of David remained in turmoil for the remainder of David’s life and beyond.  Sin has natural consequences that God does not often keep from occurring.

However, it can still be said of David that he loved God with all of his heart, mind, and soul.  He longed to simply sit in the Tabernacle of the Lord to inquire of Him (Psalm 27:4).

But here in Psalm 109, David prays not only for himself and Israel, but also against the leader who stands against Israel.  The tragedy here is that we see a growing hatred toward Jews in general and Israel specifically in these days.  It is clear that with respect to the United States, with our current administration, there seems to be a greater role in leading the United States away from its support for Israel.  That much seems very clear and that would be something that those who are opposed to Israel would agree with without exception.  They see (and are glad) that the current president of the United States has embarked on a relatively new road; one that is decidedly different from the road that the United States has been on for decades.  We have gone from a nation that has supported Israel to one that stands opposed to her.

This particular administration has led the way among other nations (or at least willingly joined other nations) in pursuing a policy that would divide Jerusalem, giving the eastern portion of the city (the old city) to Arabs.  Just today I read that France and United States have just about joined one another at the hip in their willingness to declare a Palestinian state ahead of Mr. Netanyahu’s visit.

In Psalm 109, David takes the time to pray against the leader he refers to in the Psalm.  He asks God to literally blot out his name from future generations and in essence, to frustrate that leader’s plans.  He asks that God would do this for the sake of God’s Name (Psalm 109:21) and for no other reason.

J. R. Church points that while David’s prayer may seem to be harsh and even unforgiving, the reason why David’s prayer is absolutely appropriate has to do with the fact that the leader David is referring to is leading an entire nation astray.  It is the leader who has lied about Israel and Jews in general.  It is the leader who has the devoted ear of the media and those around him so that people hang on his every word.  It is the leader who essentially brings a nation to the point of sin by bringing that nation that he leads against Israel.

It reminds me of the question that Abraham asked the Angel of the Lord in Genesis 18, if God would destroy the cities if 50 righteous were found in them?  The answer is no.  Abraham continues asking until he has asked whether or not the Lord would destroy the cities if only 10 righteous people were found to be living there and again, the answer is no, the Lord would not destroy them if 10 righteous souls were there.

As I was thinking about this as I sat on my patio watching the mother duck (Bobo) and her 10 ducklings swim around our pond, I could not help but think that because of this administration’s policies, this nation is coming under God’s curse.  The president of the United States has taken a course that literally defies God.  God will not sit still for this and whether this sounds crazy or ludicrous to anyone or not, I firmly believe that we are experiencing floods, earthquakes, tornadoes and the like because God is warning us that He has noticed this nation’s course and will not stand for it.

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from another J. R.; this one from Canada (J. R. Hall of Berean Watchmen) and in it, he shared with us that the Prime Minister of Canada – a Christian – has promised to defend Israel as a friend.  If anyone attacks Israel, Canada will see that as an attack on Canada and will rise to Israel’s defense.

Of course the difference between the leader of Canada and the leader of the United States is that the leader of Canada – Prime Minister Stephen Harper – has made statements such as this:  “In this ongoing battle, Canada stands side-by-side with the State of Israel, our friend and ally in the democratic family of nations… We have stood with Israel even when it has not been popular to do so, and we will continue to stand with Israel, just as I have always said we would.”

Stephen Harper is a Christian.  The president of the United States says he’s a Christian, yet everything he does negates that claim.  In fact, from his words and actions alone, it is easy to determine that at the very least he is an Islamic-sympathizer and very likely a Muslim himself.

It seems clear enough that Canada will continue to be blessed because of their affirmation that they will continue to support the nation of Israel.  People like to point out the sins of Israel.  They say that because of her human rights violations, Israel should not be supported.  First of all, there is no nation on earth that is devoid of human rights violations.  Secondly, when God told Abraham that all the nations of the earth would be blessed through him and that those who bless Israel He will bless and those who curse Israel He will curse was said with no preconditions (cf. Genesis 12, 15, and 17).

It is not up to us to condemn Israel for any perceived human rights violations.  It is up to God to bring judgment upon them if He so chooses to do that.  Our job is to support Israel simply because God said we should.

It is in light of the statements and position of Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada that I believe God has emboldened me to pray the prayer that David prayed in Psalm 109 with reference to the leader he was referring to in that Psalm.  With that in mind, I will close with a prayer that I am praying and I would encourage you – if you love God and wish for His purposes to be brought to fruition in all things – that in your spiritual communion with God, you pray something similar.  Do what David did.  Ask God to defend Israel and to vanquish the leader that has set himself against them.

Our Father and our God, I give thanks that you are righteous, holy, and just.  I thank you that you will allow no evil to come to Israel because you yourself have a plan for them.

I ask Father, that you would confound the policies and aspirations of the current administration of our country.  Please God, bring his purposes to nothing, though Satan may be the strength at his right hand.

Bring him down to the dust so that he will not only lose ground with those who currently support him, but will be ultimately cast out of office with the next election.  May his name become anathema and may his name be remembered no more.

Father, I ask that you will confound the enemy of Israel for the sake of your holy Name.  I believe that our nation is coming under great judgment because under the current leadership, we have wandered terribly from your appointed path.  Yet Lord God, there are many in this land that are righteous.  There are many of us who have purified ourselves by obeying the truth (1 Peter 1:22) and because of this, you have made us righteous.  It is because of your grace, your tremendously unending portion of love toward us that the righteousness of God the Son has been imputed to our accounts.

We can say that we are righteous not because of any works we have done, but simply because as you have opened our eyes to the truth of Jesus Christ, we have been able to embrace that truth.  It is that truth that has not only made us free, but declared us righteous.

Father, because of the righteous in this land, we ask that you cease your judgment upon it.  We ask that the current leader who is moving decidedly away from you and your purposes would find “…none to extend mercy unto him: neither let here be any to favor his fatherless children.

“Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.  Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

“Let them be before the LORD continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.  Because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted [Israel], that he might even slay the broken heart.

“As he loves cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delights not in blessing, so let it be far from him.  As he clothes himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

“Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.  Let this be the reward of our adversaries from the LORD, and of him that speaks evil against” your people.

Lord, the failure of this nation to defend and protect your people of Israel is without conscience.  It is unpardonable and judgment is fully deserved.  Yet Lord, I plead with you that for the sake of your holy Name, you would bring the leader of this nation down to the dust in his spirit, so that he will understand that there is One who far surpasses him in every way.

You have allowed the leader of this country to continue.  He is not only stiff-necked like Pharaoh of old, but full of himself.  In his sin, he moves this country from its foundations.  Father, speak and do not be silent.

We know that you protect the righteous.  Psalm 34 says “The poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.  The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.  O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.  O fear the LORD, ye His saints: for there is no want to them that fear Him,” (Psalm 34:6-9).  We know that you do not allow your righteous to see death, nor do you mistreat us.  Our thankful gratitude goes to you, Father.

Yet our country will not survive under the current leadership.  At every turn, we are being lied to as our adversary plots against you.  He has touched the apple of your eye and because of it, he must be corrected.

Father, we lift up our praise and thanksgiving to you for the judgment you are sending on this nation.  May it work to wake every righteous person in Christ throughout this land so that together our prayers might storm the gates of heaven.  Please Father, bring us back to the point where we can proudly say that America supports the people of Israel boldly and without reservation.  Help us to be like Canada who would not hesitate to pick up arms in defense of Israel if they come under attack.

Moreover, please do not by any stretch allow Jerusalem to become a divided city.  Jerusalem is YOUR holy city.  Israel is YOUR land.  Yes, we know that you will one day declare that it has become like Sodom and Babylon, yet that is for YOU to declare.  Now, we would ask that you would grant us this request; that you would destroy the plans and purposes of this administration whenever they are seen to come against you, your people, or your land.

We ask these things because of our spiritual union with Jesus, our God, our Savior, and our Lord.  Glorify yourself in and through us.  Allow your perfect will to be accomplished and we ask that you would stand against not this country, but the administration that is attempting to pull us further and further from the scope of your will.  Do not allow Satan to gain this victory!

We know that there is a time when your perfect will is going to be poured out onto this land and the entire world through Satan’s incarnate son.  We know that as terrible as that will be, the perfection of your will – every jot and tittle – will come to pass through the Antichrist and in spite of him.  This does not appear to be that time.  This appears to be a “dry run” for that upcoming time of horror when hell will empty itself on the denizens of the earth as they engage in judgments that YOU will cause; that stem from YOUR holy throne.

Father, be merciful to this nation.  Hold back your arm of judgment and direct that judgment against the administration that moves against you.  Bring this administration to nothing as you confound and confuse their plans.  Restore the beauty and might of this nation.  Redirect our gaze back to you.  Keep the powers of darkness away from influencing the leaders of this nation.  Bring them to a place of abject fear of you!  Cause them to cease their desperate measures to turn this nation against you and against Israel.

Thank you for hearing our prayer, Father.  Thank you that we not only can pray to you, but are encouraged to pray to you boldly, knowing that you hear us because of the righteousness that is part of our life due to the atoning work of Jesus.

May you be glorified in and through us.  May we become the wall that keeps Satan from moving forward with his diabolical scheme to destroy Israel.  Please Father, do NOT allow this nation to be the catalyst that harms Israel!  Do this for the sake of the righteous who live here and especially for the sake of your holy and matchless Name!  Amen.

Folks, I would encourage you to commune with God in this fashion.  Anyone who can look at the physical disturbances and weather problems that this nation is experiencing and does not see the hand of God in it is blind.  We are being judged and God can and will turn back the hand of judgment if we ask him to direct His efforts to the leaders of our nation who are doing everything they can to bring about the will of Satan and not God.

I fully believe that a concerted effort by God’s people asking God to intervene will bring about marvelous change.  The only way it would not is if this is how God is going to directly allow the Antichrist to step onto the stage.

The fact that Canada is so stalwart in their support of Israel gives me great hope!  God can still bring the changes necessary to allow the Antichrist to come to the fore and allow this nation to have leaders that fear Him!  Please join me in this type of prayer so that God will stay His hand of judgment and replace the current administration with an administration that seeks Him and supports Israel!  Please get on your knees now.

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