This might be one of the shortest messages I have ever written. I know, yes- I say that, then it goes on forever, but this time it won’t be like that.

If you prefer to watch a video, sorry- no video today.

OK, so here it is: Shaul lost his anointing as king because he was more influenced by the desires of the people than by his willingness to obey God.

David was anointed king to replace him because he was 1000% willing to obey God without concern about what anyone else thought.

From the very moment Israel became a state in 1948, they have done almost everything they could, other than the Jim Jones Guyana thing, to appease their Arab neighbors. They were attacked, and all they did was defend themselves. They accepted a fraction of the land promised under the Balfour Declaration, and with that little bit, built a state that is a world leader in technology, agriculture, with a world-class military.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world was totally buying Arafat’s propaganda lies about a Palestinian people who are being deposed by Israel.

Israel, after conquering so much land in 1967, gave so much of it back.

Now, as of October 7, when Hamas attacked innocent civilians, raping, murdering, and taking hostages, all Israel has done is to talk. It has been months, and they are still talking about hostage exchange, where Israel is giving up many more hostages than they are receiving. The Israeli hostages being released are non-combatants, who only want to return to their homes, while the Arab hostages being released are terrorists sworn to destroy Israel.

Now, if David was king, he would have marched into Gaza immediately and freed whatever hostages he could. Then he would have wiped out Hamas, period. If there were innocent Gazan’s that were collateral damage, then it was the fault of Hamas, not Israel, who were (after all) the ones attacked.

King David would have consulted Adonai, who (although I can’t speak for him) I am sure would have said to treat the cowardly and defiant Hamas the same way God said to treat the Amalekites (Deuteronomy 25:17).

But what has Israel’s leadership done?

לא כלום

(Not a thing!)

Oh, yeah, they warned Gazans to leave, and yeah, they have attacked Gaza in limited warfare, but have they retrieved the hostages? No! They have traded hostages, which is a sign of weakness.

So, nu? Why hasn’t Israel done what King David would have done: shown their strength instead of their willingness to be attacked?

It’s because they are more like Shaul than they are like David, weakly acceding to the influences of the UN and the media instead of doing what they should to protect their people, and the land that God gave us.

I think that Israel has become weak and subservient to world opinion instead of doing what God put them there to do- take possession of the land God said we should have.

I say Israel should attack Gaza and completely wipe out Hamas wherever Hamas is hiding, which we know will be behind the skirts of women and under schools and hospitals.

If Israel continues to be more like Shaul than David, then they will suffer the loss of their kingdom, just as Shaul did, until Mashiach comes to show them how to be a Chosen people- unafraid of what the world thinks, concerned only with serving God and honoring his name.

There is no honor in working with those who want to destroy you.

Thank you for being here and I hope you will share this message with everyone you know, make it go viral and maybe, just maybe, someone in power in Israel will pull up their big-boy skivvies and do something to show Hamas, the surrounding Arabs, and the rest of the world why no one should mess with God’s people!