Angels and Israel



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The newspaper reported it with an air of a fait accompli. The invasion is shown to have come from all quarters:

  • Egyptian forces invaded Palestine from the South-west, captured Gaza and were thrusting along the coast to link up with -

  • Arab legion troops driving from the west towards Tel Aviv, the capital of the new State of Israel.

  • Another Egyptian column thrust 30 miles across the southern desert and entered Beersheba.

  • Lebanese and Syrian forces are shown to be attacking from the north.

  • Iraqi and Trans-Jordan forces advanced from the North-east.

  • An Arab legion column striking west from Jericho were only ten miles from Tel Aviv.

So, humanly speaking, the case for Israel looked hopeless. Some of the nations had actually forbidden any armaments or weapons to be sold to Israel. In contrast, the crack Arab Legion forces were trained and led by British Army officers. Yet within days, all the invading forces were routed!

The Egyptians were flung back to the Nile. Jordan's legions lost all their area on the west side of the Jordan River. Israel occupied Lebanon and the Golan Heights.

What Had Caused Such a Dramatic Reversal?

Strange rumours were coming in. Invaders from the south reported that they were confronted by legions of unknown troops clothed in white.

The Israeli troops reported similar stories.

The manifestations were all similar to the Angels of Mons accounts of the First World War, and like the many reports about the 'white cavalry of Bethune', as they came to be called.

It also seems significant that the same news extract records that the first president of the new State of Israel was Dr C. Weizmann who was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration in 1917. He had been involved in the Allies' war efforts after inventing acetone for TNT explosives.

The Six Day War Was Also Significant

The Six Day War of 1967 was very significant because, for the first time for 2,520 years, Israel captured and governed Jerusalem. For all those years, Jerusalem was governed by non-Jewish powers, but their control was prophesied only to continue 'until the times allotted to the Gentiles are completed,' Jesus said (Luke 21:24). So Christians everywhere got very excited at the significance of this event.

The attack on Israel was again very sudden, so how was it that Israel gained such a rapid victory? Of course their efficiency and bravery were evident, but I received this interesting note from Mr C.J. Atton of Prestatyn:

God's cavalry were also in evidence in the Six Day War in 1967. Arab generals said, 'They did not know that Israel had large cavalry units.'

Why should Israel be so favoured by such intervention? Is it because they deserve it? The answer is 'No'. In the Bible God says, 'Don't think I am doing this because you are better living than any other nation. It was because of your sins that you were scattered among the nations. It is because I am honouring my promise to Abraham.'