This stirring hymn, written by John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim’s Progress, is one of my keeper Algy’s favourites. It was appropriately sung at Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral. My readers might like to reflect on this pivotal time of History as your world faces massive turmoil in these end times, as you listen and watch these two video clips. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley The Thinking Chimp – Am I my keeper’s brother?
Cherie Zaslawsky sends part two of her first class, on the pace, article “Israel in the Crosshairs”. This is a must read for anybody who is a serious student of the Bible prophecy and God’s own timepiece, Israel. Don’t be deceived by the erroneous fables about “Palestine” – read the truth here. Thank yo Cherie! Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Israel in the Crosshairs Part Two: More Forgotten History Cherie Zaslawsky Israel is the only nation on Earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago. –Charles Krauthammer Most people either don’t know the history behind the formation of Israel and the Arab states, or have forgotten it. Here’s a brief refresher. THE BRITISH MUCK THINGS UP After WWI and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations gave the British control of what was called Mandatory Palestine. This consisted of quite a large block of land, and the plan, as stated in the 1917 Balfour Declaration, expressed the British commitment to carve out a national homeland in the Holy Land for the Jews—a plan supported by the Allies as well, including President Woodrow Wilson. France was very much on board. Here’s an excerpt from a letter from the French Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry Jules Cambon: …it would be a deed of justice and of reparation to assist, by the protection of the Allied Powers, in the renaissance of the Jewish nationality [nationalité juive] in that land from which the people of Israel were exiled so many centuries ago. Note that Biblical Israel includes land east of the Jordan River. WINSTON’S HICCUP AND BRITAIN’S SLEIGHT OF HAND Then came “Winston’s hiccup.” Churchill was Britain’s Colonial Secretary at the time, and legend has it…