May 2011....Hold on Tight!

Most of us who live in Buffalo, MN have seen the billboard on the east side of town that tells us to save the date of May 21, 2011 because Jesus is coming on that day.

We understand what the Bible tells us that "no man knows the day or the hour"....so we are still planning church services for May 22.

BUT......something appears to brewing for Israel in May of this year, and the planned events could be a trigger that snaps a bunch of things into motion.

First off we have a Facebook page announcing another Palestinian uprising against Israel....and the date planned is for May 15.

See it here; http://www.facebook.com/Palestinian.Intifada

Next up we have another "Freedom Flotilla" that is planning on sailing ships to Gaza...thus provoking Israel as these ships insist on sailing through their waters in an attempt to bring "humanitarian aid" to Gaza.

Gaza is a territory intentionally reduced to misery. 80% of its inhabitants depend on humanitarian aid for food, 70% of households live on less than one euro per day for each of its members, over 40% of the population is unemployed. The State of Israel has kidnapped people physically as well as kidnapping their rights, their dreams and hopes as they have been doing for more than 60 years.

Because of the silence and inaction of our governments to these crimes against humanity, the international civil society campaign has grown since 2008 when the siege was broken for the first time by two small boats and last year the first Freedom Flotilla was launched. A well known fact, the Israeli army attacked this Flotilla in international waters, in what constituted a flagrant violation of international shipping laws, murdering nine activists, injuring 50 others, kidnapping everyone on board, and hijacking the boats.

More determined than ever to break and end the blockade, the Coalition announced today that during the second half of May 2011 Freedom Flotilla II will sail. To this end there will be at least twice as many boats carrying many more volunteers and more aid. The expedition will sail in order to force Israel to respect international law and to mobilize civil societies’ support and solidarity with the Palestinian population of Gaza as well as bring attention to the wider issue of the host of human rights abuses carried out by the Israeli state against the entire population of Palestine.

See that one here; http://www.freedomflotilla.eu/en/news/announcements/93-ff2-will-sail-in-may-11

So we have some EXTREME FORCES planning chaos for Israel...both kicking off in the middle of May.

And BOTH these forces are planning on FORCING Israel to do something.

I wonder if this could be the trigger that ignites Psalm 83?

Hat tip to Tom F.

As Tom pointed out, the word "coincidence" doesn't exist in the Bible. Amen Tom!