ISIS Closing in on Israel

Israel continues to be in the world news everyday.  It's as if the world simply can't figure out what to do with these few million Jews living among the millions of Muslims, many of which are sworn to Israel's destruction.

As of yet, ISIS (Islamic State) has not been ranting about destroying Israel like so many other Muslim terrorist organizations.  So is that on purpose?  Do they have a plan to surround Israel before they start openly taunting their hatred and destruction threats?

This is an interesting headline especially because it's coming out of Yahoo Finance

ISIS Closing in on Israel from the North and the South

The war against ISIS is taking a dangerous, perhaps inevitable turn. The terror organization has been keen to expand to southern Syria and the Syrian capital of Damascus. Now it says it has recruited three Syrian rebel groups operating in the south of the country in an area bordering the Israeli occupied Golan Heights — that have switched their loyalties to ISIS.

This switch means that Israel, the U.S.’s closest ally in the Middle East, could be threatened from the southwest by the Egyptian ISIS group of Ansar Bait al-Maqdis in Sinai and by ISIS in southern Syria.

The ISIS war is not going well at all for the US-led alliance in Syria. ISIS and al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, are still the dominant rebel groups in the country. The U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army is still not a reliable fighting force.

The three rebel groups that just joined ISIS could make that situation even worse. Two of the groups are small in number, but the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade has hundreds of fighters. The Yarmouk Brigades has been at odds with al-Nusra Front and switched now to join what leaders of all thrwee groups believe is the future of Islam.

“If Israel was attacked by ISIS, America would expect a proportionate response by Israel, which is militarily capable of defending itself,” said Geoffrey Levin, a professor at New York University. “America would counsel against sustained Israeli involvement because it could threaten the tacit alliance between America, Iran, Turkey, and several Arab states against ISIS.”

Israel could launch a preemptive attack to destroy or significantly damage these ISIS-affiliated units whether by air or by ground forces. Israel used its advanced air force to launch attacks in Syria several times since the beginning of Syrian civil war in 2011.

Meanwhile, Israel has recently boosted its defenses in the Golan Heights, saying its main concern was to prevent any major weapon transfer from Syria to Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla organization that has engaged in several rounds of war with the Israelis since the 1980s. 

Here;  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/isis-closing-israel-north-south-113000327.html

It's hard NOT to think about Psalm 83 as you read this article.  The Psalm mentions all the enemies of Israel who are currently sitting directly on her modern-day borders.  The Psalmist asks God to destroy these enemies.

Some think this is just a prayer asking God for relief from Israel's arch enemies...while others believe this is an actual prophesied event that is yet to happen.

I don't really know...as I can see both sides of the argument.  So for now, I'll just stay in the neutral zone and say that it's very interesting to watch.

Psalm 83 (parenthesis are mine)
3 With cunning they conspire against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish. (Jews in Israel)
4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation,
    so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.” (Exactly what the Muslims are saying)
5 With one mind they plot together; (One thing Muslims agree on)
    they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom ( Palestinians in Jordan) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab (Jordan) and the Hagrites,
7 Byblos, Ammon (Jordan) and Amalek,
    Philistia, (Gaza Strip) with the people of Tyre. (Lebanon)
8 Even Assyria (Syria and Iraq) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so pursue them with your tempest
    and terrify them with your storm.
16 Cover their faces with shame, Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.
17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;
    may they perish in disgrace.
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord—
    that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

So what do you think?  Is God getting ready to decimate these enemies of Israel...all of whom are Muslims sitting on Israel's borders?  Will he use the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to do it?

Do you think Israel would tolerate ISIS beheading Jewish citizens and posting their graphic deaths online for all the world to see?

If all the Muslim extremists from Hezbollah, Hamas, Fatah, Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS all descended on Israel in one day screaming, "Allah Akbar!" and tried to overwhelm the tiny Jewish country...what do you think would happen?

We know God's word says that Israel will NEVER be totally destroyed again once she has been regathered from the nations...