The modern Esther story with a dangerous twist
Since
the early 2000's, the Ayatollahs of Persia (Iran) have been developing
nuclear technology to advance the "peace of Islam." During that time
frame, even to this day, the leadership of Iran has stated repeatedly
that they sought to "wipe Israel off the face of the map." The United
States has participated in a United Nations negotiating team of Britain,
France, China and Russia to get Iran to stop its nuclear program. Until
now, where the US "president" has taken it upon himself to negotiate
directly with the terrorist state that has called for the destruction of
both the US and Israel. These negotiations appear to be a ruse to allow
Iran to continue its nuclear program under the guise of developing
energy.
On
Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee saying that "As prime minister
of Israel, I have a moral obligation to speak up in the face of these
dangers while there's still time to avert them." Netanyahu's contention
is that the US "president's" solution of giving Iran a decade to enrich
uranium for "peaceful purposes" gravely endangers Israel. For Iran and
Islam, "peaceful purposes" very well translates to "The Peace of Islam,"
meaning all nations submit to Islam. The US "president" says that
Netanyahu's visit to the US and subsequent speeches to AIPAC and
Congress are a distraction to the greater issue of Iran exercising its
nuclear rights.
Meanwhile,
US Secretary of State John Kerry is basking in the glory of his
new-found diplomatic BFFs (best friends forever), the Iranian
negotiating team. Reuters reports that Kerry and Iranian Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met for about 90 minutes on the first of
what could be three days of talks in the Swiss lakeside town of Montreux
on curbing Iran's nuclear program. Coming out of that meeting, Kerry
warned, "We are concerned by reports that suggest selective details of
the ongoing negotiations will be discussed publicly in the coming days.
Doing so would make it more difficult to reach the goal that Israel and
others say they share in order to get to a good deal." Israel has said
it opposes Kerry's deal.
This
is a modern story of Esther with a dangerous twist. Iran's Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei is playing the part of King Ahasuerus of Persia. The US
"president" is Haman, the king's servant bent on destroying the Jews.
Kerry is Haman's lieutenant. Netanyahu plays both Esther and her uncle
Mordecai--both trying to save the Jews from destruction.The drama is
being played out during Purim, the feast celebrating the delivery of the
Jewish people from the execution squads of Haman. Esther 9:28 says,
"And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these
days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of
them perish from their seed." We all must remember. Pray that the
American Haman does not prevail.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!