Isaiah Chapter 49 - For I will contend with him who contends with you

But thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children. I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” (Isaiah 49:25-26)

Relations between US and Israeli leaders have plunged to an all-time low this week. After speaking to a joint session of Congress, against the wishes of the President Obama, followed by election meddling in the Israeli elections by members of the Obama campaign team - tensions could not be higher between these two historic allies.

"I think Netanyahu has given up on Obama and vice versa; Obama has given up on Netanyahu," said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on American-Israeli relations at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies here.

At the center of these tensions is the “deal” that being negotiated by the P5+1 team, led by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Each day we read about further concessions that the US is making to Iran, which may lead to Iran eventually breaking out and obtaining a weapon. Saudi Arabia has only this week noted that they may seek to develop nuclear weapons - the beginning of a Middle East nuclear arms race.

Caroline Glick, a commentator at the Jerusalem Post, agreed that the US rapprochement with Iran could weaken the US-Israel partnership. But in a March 27 column, she accused the White House of intentionally seeking to erode bilateral bonds, writing: 

"Never before has Israel had to deal with such an openly hostile US administration. Indeed, until 2009, the very notion that a day would come when an American president would prefer an alliance with Khamenei's Iran to its traditional alliances with Israel and the Sunni Arab states was never even considered. But here we are."

When the US gives preference to the a nation that has publicly declared its intention to destroy Israel, while at the same time shuns the one nation that has the most to lose if Iran goes nuclear, then we are playing our selves into an adversarial position against Israel.

One thing the US should consider in it’s decision-making process: Israel is protected not by the US, but by God Himself. Isaiah 49:25 tells us:

For I will contend with him who contends with you… (Isaiah 49:25).

Pastor Clay