All Israel News
By Howard Bass, December 9, 2023
CCPO Note: “All Israel News is a news and commentary site based in Jerusalem that is focused on Israel and the broader Middle East, bringing together in one place all of the most important events and trends in the region from a wide range of existing news sites, as well as providing fresh, original and exclusive reporting, polls, interviews and analysis….The site was founded by Joel C. Rosenberg, the New York Times best-selling author, Middle East analyst, columnist and Evangelical leader who lives with his wife and sons in Jerusalem.” (allisrael.com/about)
When God created the heavens and the Earth, the first thing that was seen only by Him is darkness. On the first day, when He said, “Let there be light”, there was still the darkness, distinct from the light, and the light was “good.” (Gen 1:1-5; 2Cor 4:1-6) Had any of the light entered the darkness, there would be no darkness. God separates light from darkness; good from evil; clean/pure from unclean/impure; holy from common/profane; truth from any lie; Heaven from Hell. This is His love and holiness, that nothing that is not of Him will enter or dwell in His eternal Kingdom. God is love; God is light; God is good; God is holy; God is pure; YHVH is the God of truth.
Today is December 9, the second day of Hanukkah, and the 64th day of the war of Hamas against Israel. On this date in 1917, during WWI, the Muslim Turks and Arabs surrendered the city of Jerusalem to the British General Edmund Allenby, which began to make possible the physical return of the Jewish people back to the land promised them through God’s covenant with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob/Israel about 4000 years before. That date of Dec 9, 1917, was the first day of Hanukkah! The Islamic control of the Holy Land for almost 800 years was being restored, as it were, to the people of Israel. This is still happening today; it is not yet complete! …