Part Two

This Is Part Four To: "Calamity Upon Calamity, Rumor Upon Rumor"

America is under judgment because of our handling of Israel. The events of September 11, 2001 are in direct relation to our continued support of a Palestinian state by means of pressuring Israel to give up land for peace. If the United States of America perishes it will be because of our treatment of God's holy people, Israel. We can be cowards and side with the Arab world against God's chosen but we will suffer the fate of all who have opposed her. God has sent America warning after warning over the pressure we have put on Israel to give up covenant land given to Her by GOD! Three presidents in a row have compromised America's integrity over Israel by pressuring her to offer up land for peace to the Palestinians. The Palestinians, led by Yasser Arafat are terrorists and are no better than the one we are searching for now in Afghanistan. If we continue down this road America will be destroyed by God, plain and simple. This is non-negotiable in the sight of the Heavenly Father. We pray for the peace and wholeness of Jerusalem or we perish!

By Chris McDonald

(I want to again thank John McTernan for permission to use material from his book, "God's Final Warning To America," Hearthstone Publishing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He did the leg work for the details of this journal and deserves the credit for the dates and implications of these disasters we are about to discuss. John's newest book, "Israel, The Blessing Or The Curse,"  will be released by the time this article is uploaded to our site. You may purchase both John's books by calling 1-800 - 652-1144. We strongly encourage you to get these books, they will BLESS YOU and EXHORT YOU into an attitude of repentance and courage to live in these last days. Our God is an awesome GOD!)

TEXT: Zech. 12:1-3  - The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, says the Lord, which stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. [2] Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.  [3] And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Psalm 121:4  - Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Jeremiah 25:31  - A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
 

        America's dance with God's judgment continued in September, 1998. On September 24, 1998 President Clinton announced he was going to meet with Arafat and Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, when they both came to New York City to address the United Nations. The purpose of the meeting was the discuss the stalled peace plan in which Israel was to give away an additional 13 percent of its land. On this same day, the headlines of the national newspapers said that Hurricane Georges was gaining strength and heading toward the Gulf of Mexico. The headlines of USA Today stated "Georges gaining strength, Killer storm zeroes in on Key West."

        On September 27, Madeline Albright met with Arafat in New York City in preparation for the meeting with the president. Albright was working out final arrangements for Israel to give away 13 percent of its land. On September 27, 1998, Hurricane Georges slammed into the Gulf Coast with 110 mph winds, with gusts up to 175. The eye of the storm struck Mississippi and did extensive damage eastward into the Florida panhandle. This hurricane hit the coast and then STALLED. The hurricane moved very slowly inland and dumped tremendous amounts of rain which caused tremendous flooding.

        On September 28, President Clinton met with both Arafat and Netanyahu in the White House. The meeting was to finalize Israel giving the land away. The three agreed to meet on October 15 to formally announce the agreement. The headlines of USA Today stated, "Georges lingers." The article next to it was. "Meeting put Mideast talks back in motion. The newspapers actually had the hurricane and Israel on the front page.

        On September 28, Arafat addressed the United Nations and talked about an independent Palestinian state by May 1999 (keep that date in mind!) Arafat was given a rousing and sustained ovation as he addressed the General Assembly. As Arafat was speaking, Hurricane Georges was smashing the Gulf Coast causing $1 billion in damage. Arafat finished and then left America. Hurricane Georges then just DISSIPATED. It didn't move any further inland as most hurricanes do once they make landfall, it just vanished.

 October 1998 - The Wye Plantation Agreement      

        On October 15, 1998 Yasser Arafat and Netanyahu met at Wye Plantation, Maryland to continue the talks that ended on September 28. The talks were scheduled to last five days and were centered around Israel giving away 13 percent of the West Bank land. The talks stalled and Clinton pressured them to continue until a settlement was reached. The talks were extended and concluded on October 23. In the end, Israel agreed to give away the land for assurances of peace by Arafat. Or course Arafat and his terrorist cronies have been promising Israel's annihilation in one breath while presenting a different posture to the world in another.

        On October 17, 1998 awesome rains and rare fall-like tornadoes hit eastern Texas. The San Antonio area was deluged by 20 inches of rain in one day! The rains caused flash flood and destroyed thousands of homes. Rivers swelled to incredible levels. Entire small towns were swallowed up by waters that were causing rivers normally 150-feet wide to swell to three or four miles wide.

        The rains stopped on October 22, 1998 - the day of the end of the talks in Maryland. On October 21, Clinton declared Texas a federal disaster area. This was a one-time record flood for Texas. For almost the entire time of the Middle East talks, awesome rains and storms were hitting Texas. Most national newspapers once again had the talks in one column and the storms in another. Once again, America paid a price for her president seeking to carve up Israel's covenant land.

        August 1999

        In late August of 1999, Hurricane Dennis began to affect the East Coast moving slowing up the coasts of Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas. The storm was a Category 2 storm with 115 mph winds but had tremendous rainfall with it.  The storm acted very weird moving up the coast then stalling off the Outer Banks of North Carolina. After stalling, it actually started backward along the course it came. Then it reversed itself and came back along the same course. It then stalled again off the Outer Banks and began to drift eastward. Finally, on September 3, 1999, after five straight days of lingering off the coast, Dennis struck North Carolina. The winds had diminished quickly and did not cause tremendous damage. But the storm dropped tremendous rains and flooding occurred.

        On September 1 while Dennis was meandering along the North Carolina coast, Secretary of State Madeline Albright flew to the Middle East. Albright met with several Arab leaders before meeting with Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak on September 3rd. The purpose of Albright's visit was the restart the Wye Agreement which had stalled. This agreement, reached in October 1998, involved Israel giving away land for peace. As a result of this meeting between Albright, Arafat and Barak, the talks were restated and both sides agreed to have the final agreement for Israel to give land for peace by September 12, 2000. Both sides agreed to meet on September 13, 1999 to begin the final talks which would conclude September 2000.

        Dennis was lingering and actually moving away from the coast but the very exact time Albright met in Israel on September 3 the storm reversed course and hit North Carolina. This hurricane was literally doing circles in the Atlantic Ocean until the meeting in Israel. On this very day, the hurricane then hit the United States. While it didn't do any immediate damage its effects would be felt by another storm that was coming to North Carolina just a few weeks later by the name of FLOYD.

        On September 13, 1999, the Israeli foreign minister and one of Arafat's deputies met to work out arrangements for what is called the "Final Status" of Israeli giving land away. This meeting was a result of Albright's trip the week before. They agreed that by February 15, 2000 to present outlines for the borders of the Palestinian state, the status of Jerusalem, and the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

        On that same day, Hurricane Floyd strengthened into a very dangerous category FIVE hurricane with sustained winds of 155 mph. The forecasters at the National Hurricane Center were astonished how quickly Floyd grew in size and strength in one day. The actual statement was, Floyd grew unexpectedly into a monster of a storm on Sunday. This was the very day the meeting was taking place in Israel to give away the land.

        On September 16, 1999 Hurricane Floyd slammed into North Carolina. While the winds had diminished to 105 mph its size was unprecedented. Hurricane-force winds extended out 150 miles in front of it. This hurricane caused the greatest evacuation in the history of the United States during peace time. Millions of people were moved inland. The awesome destructive force of this storm was the rains. Rains of 20 inches or more fell over the entire eastern part of North Carolina. The rivers were still swollen and the land soaked from Hurricane Dennis two weeks before. Some 18,000 square miles were destroyed.

        In North Carolina, 28 counties were declared a state of emergency. Some 400-500 roads were closed. Farmers estimated over 100,000 hogs, 2.47 million chickens and over 500,000 turkeys were dead. Head amounts of horses and cattle also died. Sewage and water systems were knocked out. Sewage, chemicals and dead animals all flowed into the rivers creating an environmental nightmare. Some entire countries were nearly totally destroyed. THe damage to agriculture was estimated at $1 billion, but could exceed this amount. The loss to buildings, home and roads was in the billions. This was the great disaster to hit North Carolina since the Civil War.

        While Israel was meeting with Palestinians to give away the covenant land under pressure from the United States of America, almost the entire East Coast of America was being ravaged by a monster hurricane.

        In addition to the hurricane, the Dow Jones fell 225 points on September 21 for the steepest loss in four months. On the 22nd it fell 74 points and on September 23 the market fell 205 points. The total loss for the three days was 504. This was the first time in the history of the stock market it suffered two 200-point losses during the same week!  This loss coincided with Arafat's visit to Washington to discuss with President Clinton the Wye Agreement. They met on September 22. Arafat stayed the week and the stock market lost 524 points.

        September witnessed great destruction in American history through Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd and the loss in the stock market. WHY? Because of the plan by President Clinton to have Israel give away the covenant land God gave to Abraham. We are bringing judgment on ourselves!

January, April  2000 - Another Stock Market Plunge

        On January 3, 2000 President Clinton met with Ehud Barak, Israeli prime minister, and Farouk al-Shara, the foreign minister of Syria. They met to discuss peace between Israel and Syria. This peace plan is for Israel to give back the Golan Heights. The Golan Heights is CRITICAL for the DEFENSE of Israel. When Syria controlled the Golan Heights, it was used as a position for the artillery to fire into Israel. The talks were to last two days, January 3 and 4, 2000. On January 4 the Israeli prime minister, again under immense pressure from the United States, agreed to hand over 5 percent of the territory to the Palestinians, and the transfer was to be completed by the end of the week. The hand-over of this land came from previous agreements brokered by President Clinton.

        By December 31, 1999 the stock market had hit an all-time high. On January 4, 2000, the stock market plummeted losing 359 points for the fourth worst one-day decline. The Nasdaq fell 229 points for the worst drop ever. The combined losses in money for the one day totaled $600 billion. When the meetings with Mr. Barak ended, the losses subsided. An article in the New York Times that same week read "The 3 U.S. Stock Gauges Rally To End A Turbulent Week." The turbulent week on Wall Street occurred exactly as the meeting was taking place to have Israel give away the Golan Heights and Israel agreed to give away five percent more of the West Bank.

        On April 12, 2000 another conference was initiated by President Clinton with Barak which again was further efforts by Clinton to pressure Israel to give away her covenant land. On April 11-13 the NASDAQ section of the stock market collapsed. For these three days, the market fell over 600 points. The NASDAQ is the section of the stock market where the high-tech stocks are traded. During the 1990s, the NASDAQ has grown to $4 trillion in value. The NASDAQ has an enormous impact on the economy. For the week, the NASDAQ fell 618 points for the worst week ever. Neither events are coincidences. God was warning America then and He is warning us now- STOP MESSING WITH MY CHOSEN PEOPLE!

        Droughts In Texas, Fires In The West, July 2000

        During July, 2000, President Clinton made on last effort "to establish his legacy," at the expense of Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat met with Clinton at Camp David starting on July 12 until July 26. Trying to reach an agreement for peace, the talks collapsed over Jerusalem. President Clinton was personally involved in trying to divide Jerusalem into Moslem and Jewish sections. The talks also involved giving away huge sections of land to Palestinian control, which the presidents supported. No agreement was reached. Statements were made by Arafat that  Palestinian state was going to be declared with or without an agreement. Tension became very high after the meeting.

        As the meeting was taking place tremendous forest fires erupted in the West. These fires burned out of control during August. By the end of August, the fires had burnt nearly 7 million acres and were reported as some of the worst of the century. The states of Montana and Wyoming were declared disaster areas. There was no hope of putting the fires out. Even with 25,000 individuals fighting the fires the only hope was the winter rains and colder weather.

        The weather conditions for the fires were reported as the equivalent for the Perfect Storm. High temperatures, low humidity, lightning storm with no rain and high winds. This pattern lasted for months on end. During this same month, the rains stopped in Texas. On July 28, Governor George W. Bush (our current President) declared the state a disaster area with 195 counties because of the drought and fires. The state also went through the entire month of August without rain. The drought of over 60 days was compared to the one which caused the Dust Bowl of 1934. The drought of July-August 2000 was the worst in the state's history.

        While the meetings were taking place on American soil to partition Jerusalem and the covenant land of Israel, we were stricken with droughts and massive forest fires.

The Elections Of November 2000

        On September 28, 2000 which was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Ariel Sharon, the famous Israeli general went to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The visit sparked rioting and continued until this past summer (2001) The riots resulted in dozens of Jewish people being killed and hundreds of Palestinians. The rioting was attributed to the failed Camp David talks in July 2000. During these meetings, President Clinton had pressured Israel to give away large areas of Jewish settlements and sections of East Jerusalem. The sections of Jerusalem included the temple Mount. The failure of the Camp David meeting destabilized the political situation between the Israelis and Palestinians.

        By the end of October 2000, Prime Minister Barak's government had collapsed and Israel was without a government. In the face of rioting, public support eroded and Barak government was gone. By December 9, 2000 Barak resigned his position as prime minister and called for new elections. The elections were set for February 2001. The political situation in Israel immediately stabilized when Barak resigned and elections were set. From the end of October to December 9, Israel was in political chaos.

        The United States held its presidential election on November 7. The election resulted in total political chaos as neither candidate was declared a winner. The state of Florida hung in the balance to determine who would be elected. The election dragged on until the Florida results went to the United States Supreme Court. On December 12, 2000, the court ruled and George W. Bush was declared the winner. From November 7 through December 12 the U.S. government was in chaos. There was no elected government.

        The Israeli government was destabilized in part by the actions of President Clinton. Almost during the same time the Israeli government was in chaos, the U.S. government was in chaos. On December 9, when the election was set in Israel, the U.S. elections were settled. The election here in America was held on November 7th - the same day President Clinton invited Arafat to Washington one last time to renew the peace talks. Arafat arrived in Washington on November 9th as the U.S. was in the worst presidential crisis in over 100 years. Arafat met with Clinton two days after the election - while the election process was melting down. The headlines were the political crisis and Arafat meeting with Clinton.

        Yasser Arafat's visits to this country have all been marked by warning judgments from God:

• March 2, 1997 - Arafat meets with Clinton in Washington D.C. That same day a tornado destroys Arkadelphia, Arkansas and floods occur in Ohio, Arkansas and Kentucky. Arkansas and Kentucky are declared disaster areas

• January 21, 1998 - President Clinton is waiting in one room for Yasser Arafat when the president's sex scandal breaks

• September 27, 1998 - Arafat is meeting with the president in Washington. Hurricane Georges hits Alabama and stalls. The hurricane stalls until Arafat leaves and then just dissipates. Parts of Alabama are declared a disaster area.

• October 17, 1998 - Arafat comes to the Wye Plantation meeting. Incredible rains fall on Texas, which cause record flooding. Parts of Texas are declared a national disaster area

• November 23, 1998 - Arafat comes to America. He meets with President Clinton who is raising funds for the Palestinian state. That same day the stock market falls 216 points.

• March 23, 1999 -  Arafat meets with Clinton in Washington D.C. Market falls 219 that day. The next day Clinton orders attacks on Serbia

• September 3, 1999 - Secretary of State Albright meets with Arafat in Israel. Hurricane Dennis comes ashore on this very day after weeks of changing course in the Atlantic Ocean

• September 22, 1999 - Arafat meets with Clinton in Washington. The day before and after the meeting the market falls more than 200 points each day. This was the first time in history the market lost more than 200 points for two days in a week. The market lost 524 points this week in history. Hurricane Floyd rips North Carolina and causes the largest peace-time evacuation of America in her history.

• June 16, 2000 - Arafat meets with President Clinton. The market falls 265 points in one day

• July 12-26, 2000 -  Arafat at the Camp David meetings. Powerful droughts throughout the country. Forest fires explode in the west and uncontrolled fires. By the end of August 7 million acres are burnt

• November 9, 2000 - Arafat meets with President Clinton at the White House to try and salvage the peace process. This was just two days after the presidential election. The nation was just entering an election crisis, the worst in over 100 years.

The Events Of September 11, 2001

Proverbs 26:2  - As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

        After all these warning judgments America has endured and not changed, an even greater warning came September 11, 2001. Why did God remove His protective shield from America? Solomon wrote that whenever a people come under a curse there is always a cause! What was the cause? We as a nation have broken every one of God's commandments. God has been longsuffering. He has been merciful. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were again warning judgments from God.

        There are prophecies going forth right now from men and women of God that if the nation don't respond the right way to September 11th, the next judgments will be even worse. One prophecy evens states that the next attack will not take the lives of 7,000 but 7 million.

        These events we have laid out before you in these four journals are from information we obtained from John McTernan, author of God's Final Warning To America. Since the opening of the Madrid Peace process in October, 1991, "every time we as a nation have pushed Israel to give away her covenant land, disaster has hit America." These disasters have been listed for you in detail but they are just the beginning. It is no coincidence that every time Yasser Arafat visited America some type of calamity took place.

        God promises to bless those who bless Israel and the Jewish people and CURSE those who curse them. The Word of God makes it clear that ANY NATION- be it America or Russia or any one else, messes with Israel it's like taking our finger and poking it in God's eye.

        The same reason for judgment is found in the New Covenant and the words of Jesus:

Matthew 25:40  - And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren (GREEK - 'brothers from the womb,' the Jewish people), ye have done it unto me.

        Prior to the terrorist attacks, on August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush rightly condemned the suicide bombing of a pizza parlor in Israel that had killed and maimed many young Israelis. However in the very next breath, Bush said the United States remained "committed," to the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 and the Madrid Peace Conference (initiated by his father). This means that Israel must pull back to her pre-1967 borders giving up all of Judea and Samaria (WEST BANK) and part of Jerusalem. That would make Israel defenseless. Could God have been sending a clear message to America on September 11, 2001 - IF YOU STRONG ARM ISRAEL TO DIVIDE UP ITS LAND AND BECOME DEFENSELESS I WILL MAKE YOU DEFENSELESS?

        Early in October, President Bush endorsed the idea of the creation of a Palestinian state. News reports indicate that his Administration was already preparing to announce this policy before September 11th.

        I believe President Bush is a godly man with great intentions. But he is listening to counsel right now that is leading this nation down a continued path of sorrow and judgment. We will be writing more about this issue in coming weeks but if there is ever a time we need to pray for Godly wisdom and counselors to be around our President it is now! We as the CHURCH need to rise up and speak UP to the President that he needs to support Israel no matter the cost. This is non-negotiable. Israel's actions will be judged and weighed by God. We must support her at all costs. That's why we are here.

        In the near future, the major division within the church will be over ISRAEL as the nation of God's choice of the Jewish people. Those who reject Israel and the Jewish race, GOD WILL REJECT! The Christian churches that take a stand WITH THE JEWS will prosper in the midst of coming persecution and judgment. Besides prayer and repentance we need to be evangelizing the Jewish people through any means necessary. That is the heartbeat of God right now, at least one of His heartbeats. His other heartbeat is the coming harvest and an outpouring of His Spirit unprecedented in the history of the world. This too we will discuss in future journals.

        The Jewish people are about to experience a mighty revival. Will America be with them? It will all depend on our response to them right now. We had better STOP playing political games and messing with the apple of God's eye. He is not too happy about it. When the Jews are grafted back into their own olive tree - it will cause life to enter into the lukewarm, 21rst century church - especially here in America.

Romans 11:15  - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Romans 11:24   - For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?


        The Coming Choice

        Sid Roth recently told of a vision his sister had. His sister, a Jewish believer in Jesus, had a prophetic dream where she saw herself and her husband getting on an airplane to Israel to make aliyah (immigrate). In the dream they had delayed their trip because they were waiting for their retirement funds to be made available. As they boarded the plane, God said, "YOU ARE ON MY LAST PLANE FOR THE JEWS TO GO SAFELY TO ISRAEL."

        This past month (September) Sid's sister made aliyah. Could this become a sign that the United States will shortly become anti-semitic or anti-Jewish? We grimace when we think of the rise of Nazism in Germany in the late 1930s. Nazism was more than just killing Jews and starting wars. It was a rejection of God, His authority and His laws. Hitler and his crew stampeded and manipulated the government and German people into giving them total power after the Reichstag fire of 1938. They then won a national election and sent the world into chaos. America is headed down that same path right now.

        We must repent! It's an old message with an eternal echo. Repentance will bring God's blessings back to America. If we choose not to repent and continue in our rebellion then God's hand will remain off this nation and the enemy will continue this onslaught of terror, fear, destruction and death. America is scared. Her citizens are nervous. But those who know Jesus need not fear. Our life is but a vapor.

        I was watching a major Christian television network last night and the evangelist on the television was proclaiming how America was going to recover from this and peace was coming to our land. FRIEND, when they say "PEACE, PEACE,"  - even if its from a preacher - don't believe them! Peace is not coming to America unless America makes change and quick. I don't see it happening because there are too many forces - internally and externally - that hate Israel with such a passion that our President may not be able to stand against it. If we betray Israel in this process any further - AMERICA IS GOING TO BE DESTROYED!

        As we close, I want to say again what I've been saying in every journal I've written with the help of the Lord Jesus - neighbor - it's getting late! It's getting late. With the addition of Syria on the 15-member United Nation's Security Council in October another piece of the prophetic puzzle fit into God's picture. Syria we believe will be where the coming Antichrist will arise and deceive Israel into signing a 7-year covenant of protection with him. As a result of this covenant three nations will be destroyed through war with him. In the middle of the period he will break the covenant and declare war on Israel and basically begin Israel's second and final holocaust. This holocaust will pale in comparison to the first for this one will not be led by just the Antichrist - but SATAN HIMSELF who will at this time have given the Antichrist his power and seat. Friend, that day is approaching rapidly!

        I don't really care what you think about the rapture or how close it is. I have dear family members I disagree with over the timing of it but we all agree on this - JESUS IS COMING SOON! Get ready for the rapture. Get ready for the rapture. Jesus is coming. Jesus is coming FOR THE CHURCH and then He's coming back WITH THE CHURCH at the end of the Great Tribulation. And friend, HE IS NOT COMING BACK TO A MOSLEM CITY! HE'S COMING BACK TO JERUSALEM - THE CITY OF GOD'S NAME AND POWER. It will be a Jewish city free of enemies who seek to destroy her. Israel will once again be the heart of the earth and Jerusalem the earth's capital.

        We as a nation can get on this bandwagon or we can die. America is not mentioned in Bible Prophecy per say which gives me great pause at times to wonder if its because we won't even be here to see the events which are coming. If this nation is destroyed I believe it will be because of our treatment of God's chosen people - ISRAEL. She can be a blessing to us or she can be a curse. We need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and encourage both our political AND our religious  leaders to support ISRAEL  with our prayers, intercession and finances.

Proverbs 26:2  - As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
 

        Is there a curse without a cause? NO! And the events of September 11,2001 serve as yet another warning judgment from God on this nation that we are on a collision course with Him if we don't turn around! God bless.
 

Calamity Upon Calamity, Rumor Upon Rumor - Part One

Calamity, Rumor Upon Rumor, Part Two

This is part of a four-part sermon series: Parts Three and Four:

Israel: Cup of Trembling - Part Three

Israel Cup of Trembling 2 - Part Four