ROAD MAP TO DISASTER?

As Featured On The 700 Club, June 26, 2003

"On that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

'to your descendants I have given this land,

from the river of Egypt as far as the great river,

the river Euphrates.'"

Genesis 15:18

In Genesis 15:18, God made a covenant with Abraham

concerning the land of Israel. Now, America stands ready to

divide the lands God promised to the descendants of Abraham.

The "road map" peace plan is a U.S. sponsored "land for

peace" agreement that will force Israel to release control over

her God-given land.

Over the last 12 years, the U.S. has stepped up its efforts to

pressure Israel to give up her covenant lands, several times

sharing the spotlight with major storms...

OCTOBER 30, 1991

In a meeting scheduled by George Bush, Senior, Israeli's

and Palestinians discussed ways to achieve peace in the Middle

East. Opening talks focused on trading the lands of Israel for a

peace agreement.

That same day, thousands of miles away, a powerful storm

was brewing off the coast of Nova Scotia. On October 31st,

what would later be called "the perfect storm" smashes into

New England, pummeling the President's Kennebunkport,

Maine home with waves 30-feet high. A storm so rare, that the

weather patterns required to create it only happen once every

hundred years.

AUGUST 23, 1992

Middle East peace talks resume in Washington, D. C., the

issue remains surrendering the biblical lands of Judea and

Samaria in exchange for peace.

Hundreds of miles south, Florida is the target of the worst

natural disaster in American history. Hurricane Andrew tears

through with an eye more than 30-miles wide and winds up

to 178-miles per hour, leaving a 32-billion dollar disaster.

Nearly ten years later, JUNE 8, 2001

President George W. Bush sent CIA Director, George

Tenet, and Assistant Secretary of State, William Burns, to

encourage Israel to stop building in the settlement areas. This

was the Bush administration's first real involvement in the

Middle East peace crisis.

During that same 24-hour period, from June 8th to June

9th, the President's home state of Texas was flooded with

over 28-inches of rain. Tropical storm Allison, the worst

tropical storm in history, eventually dropped more than three

feet of rain on the Houston area and cost the state of Texas

more than four billion dollars. Tropical storm Allison

unleashed enough rain in its ten-day life to supply the entire

united states for a year.

In the past decade, uncanny weather developments have

gone hand in hand with America's attempt to back plans that

call on Israel to release covenant lands. And with the U. S.

continuing to support the road map, some Bible scholars fear

America will experience continued devastation, at levels we

have not yet seen. Bill Koenig, author of "Israel: The

Blessing or the Curse" said, "We know for a fact that God

gave this land, through the Abrahamic covenant, He gave the

land of Israel to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their

descendants and this land is God's land." He said the U.S.

should not consider such chaos a coincidence. "These are

warning signals, these are warning judgements to America

that this is [God's] covenant land and it's not to be traded for

promises of peace and security. This land is not to be

parceled," said Koenig.

"Israel: The Blessing or the Curse" by

John McTernan & Bill Koenig,

Hearthstone Publishing, 2001.

hearthstone@coxinet.net

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Fact Sheet Resources

In the early stages of the "road map" peace process,

America's weather catastrophes and recent violence in Israel

have competed for the headlines. That violence, coupled with

America's own battles at home, is leading some to question the

road map. Is there a connection between dividing the Holy

Land and utter disruption?

APRIL 30, 2003

The "road map" peace plan is delivered to Israeli and

Palestinian leaders. America is now positioned as the catalyst

to jump start the so-called "solution" to the Middle East crisis.

As U. S. backed Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahumoud

Abbas, is sworn in, the "road map" peace plan is set in motion.

That was on April 30th. The very next day, May 1, began

the worst month of tornadoes in American history - more than

five hundred in a single month. Normally, a thousand

tornadoes hit the United States each year. But this year, in just

eight days in May, 375 twisters ripped across the heartland of

America leaving millions of dollars in damage and 44 dead.

While in Israel, Assistant Secretary of State, William Burns,

told a group of left-wing activists that "common sense" will

override the conservative and Christian viewpoints concerning

the road map.

MAY 9, 2003

President Bush addresses students at the University of South

Carolina. Bush calls on the Palestinians to embrace the road to

peace and see the flag of Palestine raised over a free nation.

Hours later, tornadoes returned and Oklahoma City again

became the bull's eye for deadly twisters, reducing what was

left of businesses and homes to splinters and bricks.

The tornadoes of May devastated the Midwest with the

third-worst property damage in American history. Coinciding

with what may be America's most rain-drenched Spring in

history, on the East Coast, there have been less than ten rainless

weekends the entire year. While in the West, certain cropeating

pests are having their best year in six decades amid dry

conditions. And with the U. S. continuing to support the road

map, some Bible scholars fear America will see continued

devastation, at levels we have not yet seen.

Koenig warned, "The world leaders have attempted to

parcel the covenant land, so as Israel's property and land is at

risk, so is the property of the nation that's promoting the peace

process. And I might add that the greater the pressure on Israel

to give up this property, the greater the repercussions and the

greater the following events that take place afterwards." In the

Bible, the prophet Zechariah warned the nations who will come

against Jerusalem:

"On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered

against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all

the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. On

that day, I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack

Jerusalem." Zechariah 12:3, 9 NIV

"We have the nations of the world right now siding with the

Arabs and the Muslims. but we know God is standing with

the nation of Israel," said Koenig.

Is America playing a dangerous game? As the road map

peace process encounters resistance, the Bush

administration's determination to see it through has

escalated. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, on ABC

television said, "We have a plan, execute plan, keep moving

forward, not allow ourselves to be distracted and thrown offpoint

with the promise of a roadmap...punch our way

through it."

Up against biblical prophecies, Koenig says America is

standing against the very word of God and should expect

major obstacles. "I believe the Lord will allow these events

to happen that disrupt the peace process.As long as you are

going to have a terrorist infrastructure that's allowed to coexist

in the nation Israel, we're going to have a problem,"

said Koenig. And with those same terrorist groups opposed

to America's brand of peace, the future of the road map is

dim. Israeli's maintain they will be relentless to protect their

country.

How should we then view the current and future events

surrounding Israel and the United States? According to Bill

Koenig, "God loves the nation of Israel. He still, to this day,

loves this nation. He is in hot pursuit of the people of Israel.

Through these events, we look at the tragedies and we look

at the trials, but God is trying to wake up the world."

"And I will make you a great nation,

And I will bless you, And make your name great;

And so you shall be a blessing;

And I will bless those who bless you,

And the one who curses you I will curse.

And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."

Genesis 12: 2-3

".Now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this

people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons

of Israel. Every place on which the sole of your foot treads,

I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. From the

wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river,

the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far

as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your

territory."

Joshua 1:2-4

"You shall divide it for an inheritance, each one equally

with the other; for I swore to give it to your forefathers, and

this land shall fall to you as an inheritance."

Ezekiel 47:14