by David Virtue on substack
Forcing on Israel a new Palestinian state is a recipe for new wars and the end of the Jewish state
Jeremiah was a prophet of God, proclaiming that judgment was coming upon Jerusalem. However, Jeremiah was opposed by the king and the priests who did not want to hear his message. In their opinion, Jeremiah’s message of surrendering to Babylon amounted to treason. False prophets, who claimed to speak for God, also contradicted Jeremiah’s message. Jeremiah proclaimed bloodshed, destruction, and judgment when Babylon conquered Jerusalem. The false prophets, on the other hand, said that the future of Jerusalem looked bright—Jerusalem could look forward to peace, not war.
The phrase ‘peace, peace, when there is no peace’ is found in Jeremiah 6:14 as well as Jeremiah 8:11. It is also found in Ezekiel 13:10 and 16. In all four places, it has the same meaning in the same historical context.
What we are seeing today, 2625 years after Jeremiah’s prophetic proclamation has not changed.
The world is clamoring for peace in Gaza. The UN is using all its threatening powers to force Israel to stop the war in Gaza. Israel steadfastly refuses to do so in the face of Hamas’s intransigence over the release of the hostages and Hamas’s continued threat to destroy Israel. Nothing has changed since the war began in October of 2023.