Middle East Update Report from Bible Teacher Lance Lambert in Jerusalem

I remember on a visit, shortly after the end of the war, to believers in Germany, that I went to Polzin, in one night of bombing by the allies, 76,000 people died. Dresden, and some of the other cities around— Leipzig, and one other city were literally flattened, one of them in 36 hours of incessant bombing, in such an amazing bombardment, that even the water of the river Neckar, caught fire. The oxygen in the city disappeared; people could not breathe, and something like 132,000 or 136,000 (I can’t remember the exact figure) were killed in that operation. People often talk about the nuclear bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima that ended the war, finally in the Far East, but in fact, in that area of Germany, it was normal—not nuclear—normal bombardment with normal type weapons.

I find it very amazing, the hypocrisy of these nations. They bombed Germany to pieces, and in many ways, rightly so, because there was no way they could bring that war to a conclusion, successfully, but to blame us, in a war that now is with a terrorist organization, recognized by the US and others as a terrorist organization, it is incredible to me, and I find it interesting. I remember an old spiritual “divine” saying some years ago, “Israel has the most remarkable ability in which God uses her like a poultice, to draw all the infection of the body out.” And he said, “Sometimes God sort of irritates people when they’re not right. Their ethics are wrong, their morals are wrong, and their understanding of true justice is wrong.

Of course in Germany, it was to destroy the Nazi system, but this system in Hamas, isn’t unlike it. I mean, it has an avowed aim to destroy us. It also bases that aim upon the Quran, which says that in the last stage of world history that Jews everywhere will be destroyed. It says even the trees will call out to people and say, “there’s a Jew hiding behind me! Come and get him!”

I mean it’s interesting—this whole thing. I find it amazing—and I have to say it after the last couple of updates—I have in fact mentioned this, I think Kerry’s ceasefire proposal that he made on this Gaza war is incredible. He had a meeting with a number of EU foreign ministers, plus Qatar, which is the founder of Hamas and Turkey, which is a supporter of Hamas, with their foreign ministers, and actually came out at that time with a ceasefire proposal that was totally on the side of Hamas. Israel was not invited to that meeting, nor was the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas. Kerry’s proposal was remarkable: Leave all the tunnels in place, Israel had to lift the naval blockade, and at least allow one seaport to be open, which meant they could bring in weapons again far more seriously than before, he offered billions of dollars in donations to Hamas. I mean this is the most extraordinary thing I have ever heard—that an American Secretary of State should actually offer a ceasefire on these terms, and this, when every ceasefire thus far, that has been agreed to by Israel and Hamas has been broken by Hamas, not Israel.

It is interesting that the Palestinian Authority is also one of those who have joined Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the oil Emirates, and Jordan, in their dislike of Kerry’s ceasefire. They believe that he is trying to revive the Muslim Brotherhood, as a moderating force on Islam, which is absolutely nonsense. Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said that the recent UN Security Council statement on Gaza did not reflect what Israel has to deal with, and he called on members to stand with Israel in the fight against terrorism. He said, “Make no mistake—Hamas is not working alone.” Prosor said it is funded by Qatar and Iran. I have to say that the United Nations’ culpability is appalling.

I speak about the United Nations—her culpability. I had my own experience of it. I find it very interesting that the hospital was a UN hospital, that the schools were UN schools. Nobody can tell me that they allow the storing of missiles and rockets, launchers, in their premises without knowing it. They try to tell us that they didn’t know it, and now Israel is bombing them, wickedly. The fact of the matter is, the United Nations is culpable, and I think that God will Himself take that into account. You can’t do this kind of thing without, in the end, God Himself taking action.

I find it very, very hard to believe in a boys’ school, for instance, the Principal–who’s a UN member did not know what was happening–the same with the hospital, the same with the other schools—is someone going to tell me that everybody did not know? As Charles Krauthammer put it beautifully—did they carry these missiles into the building in golf bags? I mean, how in the world did they get these in, and nobody knows about it? Nobody. It’s just not true. The fact of the matter is they obviously knew about it.

I as I said had my own experience in this matter, because in the Lebanon War I was taken up, with other Christian leaders from the world (I was not at that time living in Israel) and I was taken up to Lebanon to see for ourselves whether it was true, what was being said–that we had destroyed Lebanon. I remember going into the UNRWA, the United Nations Relief organization in Tyre-Sidon, and being [shocked] by a huge photograph framed, of Adolph Hitler. As you came through the door, and underneath, in Arabic to me by Wida Vanderhoeven, who was herself an Arab, “We will finish what Hitler began.” How in the world could you have a photo of Hitler in an UNRWA building, without anyone knowing? As soon as you came in through the doors—the big public doors—there it was, staring at you. I mean nobody can tell me that the United Nations in this matter is not culpable.

And now we have the United Nations Indian representative—an Indian lady, who is the UN’s top Human Rights official actually condemned Israel for failing to share the Iron Dome anti-missile system with Hamas. That is one of the most incredible accusations I have ever heard. She then went on to say that Israel was deliberately defying international law in a way that may constitute war crimes, and that is one of the reasons why she is investigating. I would like her, as a UN leader, to carefully scan the UN’s culpability in this matter. I mean there’s something wrong in this whole thing. Anyway I hope that I have made clear the position that I believe is in this.

The general bewilderment on the part of America’s erstwhile allies is colossal—Egypt, she can’t understand how the States has been treating her, the same with Saudi Arabia, the same with the oil Emirates, the same with Israel. It’s—are they mad? What policy are they following? I sometimes wonder whether it is true, that they actually believe—as one Palestinian official has said, that they actually are trying to revive and set up the Muslim Brotherhood, because they believe that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “moderate” Muslim organization. I have lived for years in Egypt, I know very well that it is not true. I saw people murdered by [them]—I don’t care what their spokesman or woman says. They had been responsible for the murder of Coptic Christians—two young men I saw murdered, and I’ve seen Coptic young men crucified. I mean, nobody can tell me—I can’t believe that the American State Department believes that the Muslim Brotherhood is moderate. Out of this same Muslim Brotherhood, there is extremes. There are some moderates, but I mean generally speaking, the Muslim Brotherhood believes in revolution, believes in assassination, and murder.

See what is happening in Iraq. Mosul in Iraq—the oil area in Iraq—had at one time 105,000 Christians. When ISIS—the new extremist organization that has grown up in Syria, and has never been dealt with, as Obama said he would do, the result is it’s now taken over nearly a third of Iraq.

The number of believers now in Mosul was down almost to 35,000, and now it is almost nil. We have seen videos of ISIS men shooting men, women and children in the back of the head—in the same way the Einsatz Gruppen did in Germany—it is the same fascist Nazi spirit. For them this whole question of life is very unimportant, especially when it’s followed by the Muslims. They tend to believe that when someone dies, they go into Paradise, so why not help them there? I mean, shorten the time of misery on this earth. I find it incredible—all this. That’s all I can say, but Egypt, Saudi Arabia, these other countries—I could mention the oil Emirates—they’re all deeply troubled by what is happening, and all of them believe that the Muslim Brotherhood should be banned. It was banned in every Islamic country. That says something, doesn’t it? What in the world is the State Department doing, and the other foreign offices of Europeans, and that incredibly empty-headed woman who heads the foreign side relations of the European Union? I mean, I don’t understand it. This is crazy. What do you do?

I always remember the old Latin dictum, Quos vult perdere Jovis prius dementat. The dictum goes like this: “When the gods want to destroy a nation, they first make their leaders mad,” and I think that is exactly what has happened. Some of the leaders speak of the “glories of Islam” and the contribution of Islam to world civilization as being colossal. I mean, what are they talking about?

Now it is true in Astrology, Astronomy and to a certain extent in Mathematics, and to a lesser extent in Medicine, they have contributed something, but I mean by and large, the old prophecy that was made by God to Hagar, all those thousands of years ago, concerning her little son, Ishmael, the Lord said, “He shall be great. He shall become the father of nations, and I will prosper him. He shall become wealthy, and the hand of his seed will be against everyone—in other words, they will fight with one another all the time. It has come true, when you see wedding parties blown up, funeral parties blown up, open markets blown up—it is just this ancient prophecy being fulfilled.

Well, these Updates have always been the light of God’s word, and it just seems to me that this whole operation—this war in Gaza, is underlining what the word of God says. I thank the Lord that it is He that keepth, guardeth, watcheth over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. Where does Israel’s help come from? In the end, nowhere else but God Himself. And that’s the only thing [we need].

Well, I must bring this to a close. It’s interesting we are in the period of the red moons. We never saw the red moon on the first day of Passover. Shanghai did, Australia did, North America did, the Arctic did, Canada did. I wonder whether the Lord was trying to say something to the nations. If they misbehave as far as this Land…because the Rabbis say that what happens in the moon is a warning to Israel, and a warning over Israel, and anything that happens in the sun, is to do with the nations and a warning to the nations. We are supposed to see the red moon the first day of Succot, and I shall wait to see if that comes true, and I will report it to you. I’m sure you will hear about it.