Fifteen years ago, I and others wrote to the PM to warn of the danger to Britain if he recognised a Palestinian state. History seems to be repeating itself – are we ready for the consequences?
By Nick Szkiler, leader of Issachar People
I well recall attending a meeting at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on 7 July 2010 – the fifth anniversary of the London underground bombing, when dozens were killed and hundreds injured by a home-grown terrorist attack. Dr Clifford Hill, who was present, read from Jeremiah: “If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned….” (Jeremiah 18:7-10).
He also read Isaiah 10:5-7, showing how God sent the Assyrians as the ‘rod of his anger’ against the godless nation of Israel. His intention was that they should plunder the idols that Israel worshipped. But this was not what the attackers intended – their purpose was to destroy the nation. In the same way, God has sent Islam to Britain as the rod of his anger, as a witness against the Church. But the overall purpose is to take control of the nation.
“The decisions the Government makes at the UN will have enormous implications for us, for Israel, and for God’s world”
Clifford stated that in 20 years, Islam would be dominant, with secular humanism preparing the way, unless the Church rises and responds to the call of God and the warning he gave us. These warnings have fallen on deaf ears; indeed, the institutional Church has moved even further away from biblical truth and is providing no Bible-based leadership. Some months later, I wrote these words to then Prime Minister David Cameron on behalf of a coalition of Christian leaders, including Clifford Hill: “Prime Minister, it is 1939 again and the Jewish people face a mortal enemy in Hamas and its blind Islamist-inspired determination to destroy the State of Israel. May we plead with you to consider history and show courage in this matter. The push for a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September is gathering momentum, and the decisions the Government makes will have enormous implications for us, for Israel, and for God’s world.”
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