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Conflicts in the

Middle East

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Israel’s war of Independence 1948

� Arab forces launch air strike on Tel Aviv

� followed by an invasion of the land that Israel now occupied by Arab armies from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Egypt. Saudi Arabia also sent forces who fought under the Egyptian command.

AD70 AD70 AD70 AD70 –––– JEWS DRIVEN FROM LAND OF ISRAEL JEWS DRIVEN FROM LAND OF ISRAEL JEWS DRIVEN FROM LAND OF ISRAEL JEWS DRIVEN FROM LAND OF ISRAEL BY THE ROMANSBY THE ROMANSBY THE ROMANSBY THE ROMANS

The state of Israel was reborn in 1948 because God had said it would be.

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The 6 Day WarThe 6 Day WarThe 6 Day WarThe 6 Day War“We shall not enter

Palestine with its soil

covered in sand, we shall

enter it with its soil

saturated in blood”.

President Nasser, Egypt.

The Yom Kippur War - 1973

This was a war fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel from October 6th

to the 25th 1973. The conflict took place mostly in the Sinai and Golan heights.

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Jeremiah 33 v 25, 26Jeremiah 33 v 25, 26Jeremiah 33 v 25, 26Jeremiah 33 v 25, 26

25 Thus 25 Thus 25 Thus 25 Thus saithsaithsaithsaith the LORD; If my covenant be the LORD; If my covenant be the LORD; If my covenant be the LORD; If my covenant be

not with day and night, and if I have not not with day and night, and if I have not not with day and night, and if I have not not with day and night, and if I have not

appointed the ordinances of heaven and appointed the ordinances of heaven and appointed the ordinances of heaven and appointed the ordinances of heaven and

earth; earth; earth; earth;

26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob,26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob,26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob,26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob,

Isaiah 43:10-12

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and

my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may

know and believe me, and understand that I

am he: before me there was no God formed,

neither shall there be after me.

11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me

there is no saviour.

12 I have declared, and have saved, and I

have shewed, when there was no strange god

among you: therefore ye are my witnesses,

saith the LORD, that I am God.

Zechariah 14:1-2Zechariah 14:1-2Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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Zechariah Zechariah Zechariah Zechariah 14:314:314:314:3“Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he

fought in the day of battle. “

This future battle will herald in the return of the Lord Jesus, who will defeat the

enemies of Israel and establish the Kingdom of God on earth.