Heightened Alert

Heightened Alert on Israel's Border as Egypt Burns

Thoughts from Mike Evans of Jerusalem Prayer Team:

Israeli Defense Forces stationed along Israel's border with Egypt are on high alert today as unrest continues to roil the nation of Egypt. The election of Mohammed Morsi, a member of the radical terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization, last year was hailed by many in America as a sign of democracy and progress. Those of us with long enough memories to recall that it was the Muslim Brotherhood that murdered Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for the great “crime” of signing a peace treaty with Israel knew better.

Now the entire nation is in chaos. Millions took to the streets demanding Morsi be removed from office. The military, which has been systemically ignored and degraded under the Morsi presidency, has indicated that they may take action if no political solution is reached. Though it is hard to sort out fact from rumor, reports of Egypt indicate that even some members of the Morsi government may be resigning/being fired as the standoff continues.

Ever since my dear friend Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the peace treaty with Anwar Sadat at the Camp David summit, Israel has been able to focus its attention and defenses in other directions. Peace with Egypt has been a key building block for Israel's defense policy for decades. That foundation has been threatened by Morsi and his radical regime, who repeatedly threatened to revisit or revoke the peace treaty. Israeli intelligence has watched with great concern the provision of weapons to Hamas terrorists in Gaza through tunnels that Egypt once helped block.

None of this takes God by surprise. Centuries ago the prophet Isaiah wrote:

The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; and they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit. Neither will  there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,  palm branch or bulrush, may do. In that day Egypt  will be like women and will be afraid and fear because  of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it (Isaiah 19:14-16).

Remember that throughout history, every nation and empire that has lifted up its hand against the Jewish people has been cursed just as God promised Abraham in Genesis 12:3. It should come as no surprise that an Egyptian government that hates Israel is suffering confusion and distress.

  Please join me in praying that Israel will be defended and that Egypt will have a government that is and will remain at peace with the Jewish state.