Intervention Force

by Michael G. Mickey
(2-18-08)

As reported by the EU Observer, French president Nicholas Sarkozy is "spearheading an initiative to create an elite defence force made up of the six EU biggest states - France, Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy and Poland."

The particular language used in the headline describing that development is "France to push for intervention force created by EU big six." Keep that in the back of your mind as you read on.

In a recent commentary on developments in the troubled Middle East, I demonstrated that Israel's long-held position of not wanting to "internationalize" the conflict the tiny state is perpetually engaged in with those bent on destroying it may be changing - and very quickly.

As I reported in that earlier commentary, an interministerial task force had been formed that was looking into the possibility of Israel doing exactly what it has never wanted to do, namely to bring international peacekeeping forces in to the ongoing Middle East conflict in order to secure peace. This mindset on the part of the Israeli government, in my opinion, shows us how fatigued its leadership is becoming in terms of holding off its enemies. This beaten-down psyche on the part of Israel's leadership represents an unprecedented opportunity for a prince (or leader) of Roman descent to confirm (or make strong) a seven-year covenant of peace in the Middle East as prophesied in Daniel 9:26-27.

In the short time since I wrote that commentary, a lot has changed, so much so that now, as reported by the Jerusalem Post, "Israel is considering a large-scale incursion into the Gaza Strip during which it would present an ultimatum to the international community for the deployment of a multinational force as the only condition under which it would withdraw."

Given the international community's clear and long-standing disdain for Israel, just how hard do you believe Israel will have to twist the arm of the global community if it proceeds with a plan such as this to get the international community involved? My guess is not too hard!

Will Israel do it? Will it work? What will it bring?

Will Israel do this and, if so, what will it set the stage for? All-out war erupting in the Middle East that could lead to the fulfillment of Isaiah 17:1? All-out war in the region that will see Israel win such a decisive victory that it creates the conditions required for the prophesied battle of Gog-Magog to occur afterward? Could it lead to the advent of the Antichrist himself? I'm not sure. Right now there are more questions than answers.

Regardless of the outcome, it's clear to me that Israel considering taking military action designed to draw the international community into its neighborhood to 'help' make Israel a safer place is the intellectual equivalent of handing your second-worst enemy a baseball bat while you're in a fist fight with your worst enemy, hoping that things will turn out well in the end. It's a tragic mindset but one I've long-expected to materialize in order for Israel to trust the prophesied Antichrist to come when the appointed time for his advent to occur begins to draw near.

Jesus Christ is coming soon! Tell those you love who are lost in their sin of their need to come to faith in Him soon as there is little doubt where all of these developments are leading us!

Conditionally, especially as the European Union is looking to create 'intervention forces', we're very close to where we need to be for many of the Bible's remaining unfulfilled prophecies to be fulfilled.

Just look at what the root word of intevention means by definition: To come, appear, or lie between two things.

Daniel 9:26-27: And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

What Israel is now considering forcing the international community to do is just what Bible prophecy tells us the Antichrist is eventually going to do! He is going to make an agreed-upon peace covenant strong! He will do so "with many" and the term of this covenant will be seven years in length.

Who knows? Maybe the EU's 'intervention forces', some of which already exist in the form of rapid reaction battle groups the EU has already formed to be deployed to hot spots around the globe to keep peace, are going to be involved in some Middle East 'intervention' soon, coming or lying between two things (or two peoples as the case may be).

Many today, even Christians, struggle to see how close we are to the return of Jesus Christ, conditionally at the very least. It's high time for us to be working hard to open eyes on that front as a Church that believes Jesus Christ's return may be closer than they've imagined? That's a Church that has more on its mind than the millions of distractions the world has to offer. At least I hope so.