Michael D. Evans

Save Jerusalem

(P.O. Box 211595, Bedford, TX 76095-8595)

A "Celebration of Terrorism"

Monday

Dear Friend,

[2-2014 letter] In 2013, the United States forced Israel to release a group of convicted Palestinian terrorists under the false supposition that it would pave the way for peace talks. This is heartbreaking for many reasons:

It shows Israel being blackmailed (by threat of withholding help in dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat) (1, 2) to make extraordinary concessions.

I have been a close friend of Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu for decades, and I can tell you that he would never have made this choice willingly.

But for the families of the victims of these convicted terrorists – and many of them are cold-blooded murderers of the innocent – this release was especially painful. They watched those who killed their mothers, fathers, siblings, and children go home to rejoicing crowds celebrating their "victory."

The son of one murdered woman called this a "celebration of terrorism," and he is exactly right.

The prisoner release is not going to bring peace in the Middle East because the Palestinians have no interest in peace.

It is going to do two things: first, it will weaken the nation of Israel. Its leaders have been forced to cave in to people who literally have blood on their hands. Thousands of years of human history demonstrate conclusively that this approach never works.

Second, this is going to cost America dearly.

Our nation is cursing Israel.

There simply is no other way to describe what is going on. And God's promise to curse those who curse the descendants of Abraham is still in full effect.

If our leaders continue to insist on forcing Israel into these damaging decisions, God's judgment will fall on our land.

The Arab world has been in a perpetual state of war against the nation of Israel since 1948. Sometimes it is a hot war and sometimes it is a cold war, but it is always war. Even in the rare instances when peace treaties are signed, such as the one with Egypt, it is more a temporary respite than a permanent peace.

The Koran calls for perpetual battle against Christians and Jews: "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya tax with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued" (Surah 9:29).

This verse testifies to the futility of US-negotiated peace talks between Israel and any Muslim country. Promises are made to be broken, and often those promises are broken where Israel is concerned.

My friend, existential threats against Israel abound.

Sheikh Ahmad Bahr, deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, delivered a televised sermon calling for the annihilation of every Jewish person and all those who support them. He said, "Oh, Allah, destroy the Jews and their supporters.. the Americans and their supporters. Oh, Allah, count them one by one, and kill them all, without leaving a single one."

Bahr did not just single out Israel, but the United States as well. He is not the first, and he won't be the last to threaten the Jewish state. The leaders of Iran have for years been calling for the obliteration of Israel-the utter annihilation of the Jewish people.

Should Iran's leaders achieve their purpose – the acquisition of nuclear weapons – how long do you think it will be before rockets carrying atomic explosives will rain down on Israel's cities?

Israel is SURROUNDED by countries wishing her destruction!

I still remember the days of Civil Defense drills from when I was in elementary school. We were marched out into the hallways and made to sit along the walls. Or sometimes we had to crawl under our desks and cover our heads with our arms.

This was done because Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev had made threats against the United States and people feared a nuclear war. It seems ridiculous now that anyone could have thought such tactics would protect us from radioactive fallout.

In Israel, they confront this reality daily. Sudden destruction is a threat the tiny country has faced since its inception on May 14, 1948. If one country made the move to destroy Israel, every single neighboring country would line up on opposition against the Jewish people.

Fighting in Syria is getting even worse, and rumors are swirling about the use of chemical weapons by either the government or the rebels – or both.

The Hezbollah-dominated government of Lebanon has collapsed, and there have been violent clashes along and over their border with Syria between the different factions. Iraq refused a direct request from US Secretary of State John Kerry to stop Iranian aircraft from flying over their airspace to deliver weapons to Assad in Syria.

Our work to defend Israel and the Jewish people through prayer is so vital right now. I recently went to Israel as your ambassador to encourage a nation in crisis. I ask that you join me in prayer for the peace of Jerusalem, and I ask that you stand with us financially right now.

As I prayed about this looming threat, God put the story of Abraham on my heart. You remember that before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, He came and talked to Abraham. Abraham made a covenant with God that meant that Lot was spared from the coming judgment.

"I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you;" Genesis 12:3

God's curse for those who curse Israel may fall on our nation unless we change our current path; but, it does not have to fall on you and your family.

You can make the same kind of covenant with God that Abraham did. You can bless the Jewish People in such a way that Gods blessing and protection will extend over your life and family no matter what happens around you.

I urge you to stand with us and send your gift of support for Save Jerusalem today so that we can continue to bless the nation of Israel and Gods Chosen People.

It is my privilege to serve as Chairman of the Board of Corrie ten Boom House in Holland. The ten Boom family was responsible for saving the lives of 800 Jewish people during the Holocaust. I am also the Chairman of the Board of the Jerusalem Prayer Team International.

The Jerusalem Prayer Team was birthed out of a meeting to pray for the peace of Jerusalem that began in the ten Boom home in 1844. It ended in 1944 when the family was arrested by the Gestapo for hiding Jews in their home.

The Jerusalem Prayer Team Board of Governors consists of some of the most recognized evangelical leaders in America such as Dr. Tim LaHaye, Dr. Pat Robertson, Dr. Jack Hayford, Rev. Joel Osteen, Dr. John Hagee, and 300 others.

No Christian ministry has defended Israel longer than ours. From the day I shared a prophecy with Prime Minister Menachem Begin that Benjamin Netanyahu would be prime minister of Israel and asked Mr. Begin to give him a position in the government until now, we have stood strong in defense of Israel.

In 1988, 1 boldly went into the center of the PLO executive committee meeting with Yasser Arafat when the UN met in Geneva, Switzerland. I held my Bible in my hand and spoke out in support of Israel. The world and the entire nation of Israel heard my comments.

Arafat was so incensed he screamed, "Shut up, shut up!" Because of my boldness, I was asked to speak the following day with the Israeli ambassador and foreign minister.

In 1991, I did the same thing at the Madrid Peace Conference. There, I was threatened by terrorists to shut up...or else. I refused to back down then; I refuse to back down now.

Working together, we will raise our voices in defense of the Jewish people at this critical and prophetic moment in history. It is your declaration that you will not be one of the silent throng, but instead will take your stand with the men and women of courage and faith who will do their part to deliver Israel from destruction.

Will you help me?

Will you link hands with me and stand in the gap for the peace of Israel?

As part of Save Jerusalem, you are playing a key leadership role in this crucial spiritual battle. Your prayers and your financial support are providing a mighty shield of prayer over the Holy City and the nation of Israel.

Please send your gift of $144, $72, $36, or the best gift you can send, to help us stand in the gap for God's Chosen People...and ensure God's hand of blessing and protection on the future of our children and grandchildren. We can fight and win this spiritual battle for Israel's survival...but only if we act right now. Rush your gift today...I'm waiting to hear from you.

"Barukh atah Adonai eloheinu inelekh ha-olam, ozier Yisrael bigvurah." (Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who girds Israel with might.)

Under Divine Appointment,

Michael D. Evans.

P.S. Your help is vitally needed right now. Your financial support is truly an investment in claiming the blessings of God for both Israel and America...and in defending Israel from those who are trying to destroy her.

P.P.S. As a thank you for your gift today, I would like to send you a copy of my book, The Final Generation. Personally, I have neither the desire to be a prophet of doom nor someone crying "wolf" about something that is still in the future. However, when I see the handwriting on the wall, I feel the obligation to speak up. Neither am I here to tell you to ready your bomb shelter, but I am here to say you may need to change your thinking. Please let me hear from you as soon as possible.

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The Islamization of the West

By Mike Evans

Islam is replacing Christianity in Europe. Churches across the continent have been razed to make way for mosques. The National Federation of Great Mosques of Paris/the Council of Democratic Muslims of France asked the Catholic Church in a spirit of interreligious solidarity to rent empty churches to the Muslims.

In the Netherlands where I chair the Ten Boom Holocaust Memorial House, dozens of churches have been converted to mosques in the last year alone. The Dutch Ministry of Culture has drawn guidelines for dealing with the conversion of churches to mosques. The Fatih Simii Mosque in Amsterdam as formerly a Catholic church. In the cradle of the reformation in the Netherlands, two additional churches have been converted into mosques.

Europe has rejected moral clarity in favor of moral relativism. Many believe that man is capable of perfection and human nature is on the path towards enlightenment. Out of this blindness, a new existential virus of anti-Semitism is being birthed against the collective Jew, Israel. In the view of enlightened Europeans, Jews are the cause of the problem; Muslims are seen as innocent and exploited.

Having undermined her moral vision, Europe has lost the courage to confront evil. The Apostle John received the vision on the Isle of Patmos in AD 95 which became the Book of Revelation. In that vision, John saw four riders on horseback galloping across the earth, bringing deceit, destruction, devastation and death. These riders are commonly known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Listen closely; you can hear thë hoof beats of the four horsemen as they sweep across Europe.

I had dinner one evening with the late Richard Wurmbrand, a Romanian pastor of Jewish descent. He had gone through unspeakable torture for his faith. When I asked him about the condition of Europe at that time, and the intentions of radical Islamists, he responded, "Islam was convinced it could take over the world through a Caliphate, and it almost succeeded. When the Muslims swept through Europe like a plague, the last stronghold was Constantinople. Christians begged the bishops to give them a word from the Lord when they saw Muslim troops surrounding the city. 'What should we do? Should we fight?' The bishops met for many hours, and when they adjourned the masses stood as an army waiting for direction. Not a word issued forth from the bishops' mouths. When asked again, 'What do we do?' The head bishop replied, 'We don't know. We were busy debating the questions: If a fly falls into sanctified waters, is the fly sanctified, or are the waters defiled? What color were the Virgin Mary's eyes, and what gender are angels?'"

I wrote of this in 2007 in my New York Times # 1 bestseller, The Final Move Beyond Iraq: the Final Solution While the World Sleeps. I debated this premise with Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, and Arianna Huffington on network shows. I was mocked by these Liberal Leftists who believe that our own government is a repository of evil and in their eyes see terrorism as punishment for past US sins. Thus the attitude, "We have met the enemy, and he is us."

In September 2010 during the United Nations General Assembly, I arranged the Fox News Network's only interview with Iran's infamous Holocaust-denying leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York. After he had accused the US of blowing up the World Trade Towers and blaming it on al Qaeda, I asked Ahmadinejad, "When you make such statements, to whom are you speaking—your own base, the Iranian people or the Shi'a in the Middle East?"

Ahmadinejad looked at me with a smile and whispered, "We have many friends in the West." He was referring to the tens of millions of Liberal Leftists throughout Europe and in the United States who pollute and poison the soul with their lies. These same Liberals prostrate themselves on the altar of moral relativism.

Will the lack of resolve, self-loathing, and lack of motivation cause the US to follow Europe's downhill path? There is little doubt that the Mahmoud Ahmadinejads of the world and the radical Islamic leaders in the Middle East actually believe that an Islamic Caliphate can dominate the world.

It was Winston Churchill who said that the world "lacked the democratic courage, intellectual honesty, and unwillingness to act" to stop Hitler's war machine in 1935. If he had been stopped then, sixty-one million people would not have died in World War II.

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Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 37 books, award-winning journalist, commentator and the head of several prominent international non-profit organizations in the U.S. and the Netherlands.