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Australia and other nations keep criticising Israel, calling for a ceasefire, putting pressure on Israel and not putting pressure on Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah to do so. This is similar to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler, and we know the result was that Hitler was emboldened to murder 6 million Jews. We are very concerned that this puts Australia with the nations that are cursed rather than blessed (Genesis 12:1-3) and brings judgement on us (Matthew 25, sheep and goat nations).

Throughout history, we have had Herod, Haman, Hitler, Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis – all starting with H and seeking to eliminate Israel. Hamas means violence in Hebrew and is in the Bible. We have just entered the year 5785 on the Hebrew calendar, and the word “hey” is a keyword for this year. Interestingly, it is in the name of God – YHWH. Hey means behold or look, divine breath (the Holy Spirit), revelation and light. No matter what the enemies of YHWH do, YHWH’s people will prevail in His strength.

I have said that we are seeing the nations in Psalm 83 aligned against Israel in this present conflict.[i] Also, the nations that will come against Israel in the Ezekiel 38-39 war are already in place, aligned and working against Israel. However, the Ezekiel 38-39 war is not expected to reach fulfilment until halfway through the tribulation.

Defenders

I sense that we have a situation now that is like the time of Purim, when Esther and Mordecai exposed the plan by Haman for genocide of the whole of the Jewish people in the Persian empire, which was worldwide. Today, Persia is called Iran, and most of the terror groups fighting Israel are Iranian proxies, directed, funded and trained by Iran, which has colonialised the parts of the Middle East.

We have the same spirit today operating that Daniel spoke of – the demonic Prince of Persia who was fighting in the heavenlies to prevent the answer to Daniel’s prayer, so the messenger angel, probably Gabriel, was helped in the fight by the godly Prince of Israel, archangel Michael. (Daniel 10:12-14, 20-21)

When Haman tricked King Xerxes of Persia into writing a decree to kill all the Jews on a certain day, the King’s decree could not be reversed, but the King told Esther to write another decree that reversed the effect of the first one. This decree was that the Jews could rise up and defend themselves on that day appointed for them to be attacked.

They not only defended themselves but got rid of a lot of their enemies, and a fear of the Jews came on the land. I sense that this is what is happening now. Israel needs not only to defend itself from terrorists, but continue long enough to prevent a repeat of the October 7 massacre, which Hamas has vowed to do over and over again. (Esther 9:1,5,16)

I sense we are in a time of repeating when the Jews of the Persian empire (which was 127 provinces extending from India to Ethiopia) got rid of their enemies. They didn’t start it, but they finished it. At least for a time, as there are more attacks on Israel to come.

Queen Esther asked the king for one more day for the Jews in Susa, the Persian capital, to fight (Esther 9:13), so on 14 Adar, more enemies were destroyed, and the Jews gained relief from their enemies worldwide, celebrating this victory, this miracle.

Finish the Job

I also sense that this scripture is relevant – 2 Kings 13:15-19, where Elisha told the King of Israel to strike the ground, and he stopped after three times. Elisha said he would only have victory thrice and not completely destroy the army coming against them, because he should have struck the ground five or six times. Israel today needs to finish its job of protecting its citizens, not stop halfway.

Israel has called its fight against Hezbollah Northern Arrows. Israel discovered Hezbollah was planning an October 7 attack on northern Israel, which it thwarted. Make no mistake – Israel is only being attacked because it is part of God’s plan for the redemption of the whole of humanity, and Satan does not want that. So, we need to step up our prayers and stand with Israel so the Messiah can come back and reign from Jerusalem, His throne.

¹⁷ “Open the east window,” he said, and he opened it. “Shoot!” Elisha said, and he shot.
“The LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!” Elisha declared.
“You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.”

¹⁸ Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and the king took them.
Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped.

¹⁹ The man of God was angry with him and said,
“You should have struck the ground five or six times;
then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it.
But now you will defeat it only three times.”

Let us declare in our prayers: “The Lord’s arrow of victory for Israel over its enemies who want to eliminate it. We declare Israel and the Jewish people will fulfil God’s plan for them and recognise their Messiah.” Let’s keep striking the ground with our prayers.

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[i] Australia now aligned with Psalm 83 nations against Israel, a warning of judgment by Ps Barbara Miller:

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