HAMAS CHIEF SAYS “NO ONE IN THE UNIVERSE CAN DISARM US”
BY DAVID CLOUD
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
(Friday Church News Notes, October 27, 2017, www.wayoflife.org,
fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader in the
Gaza Strip, said recently that “no one in the universe can disarm us”
and they are debating “when to wipe out Israel” (“Hamas Chief,” The Times of Israel,
Oct. 20, 2017). This was stated in a meeting on October 19 to discuss
the U.S. demand that the terrorist group disarm and recognize Israel
before being allowed to be reconciled with the Palestinian Authority.
Hamas has a standing army of 25,000 and a large arsenal of weapons, but
its days are numbered. It is spouting the same arrogant nonsense that
destroyed the Edomites and Moabites, neither of which currently exist as
a people. “The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD” (Obadiah 1:3-4). Obadiah
says that Edom’s pride deceived her. The proud thinks that all is well
and that things will work out, but in fact he is headed to destruction
(Proverbs 16:18). Pride was the original sin of the devil (1 Timothy
3:6; Isaiah 14:13-14). It is the sin of all men who rebel against God
and His laws. The pride of life is a major characteristic of this fallen
world system (1 John 2:16). Pride will be a prominent trait of the
antichrist (Revelation 13:5-6). And pride will characterize those
nations that join the antichrist in his ventures against God. In the day
of the Lord, man’s pride will be punished (Isaiah 2:12; 13:10; Malachi
4:1).
