The international press and media have reported in great detail about the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Israel. It is remarkable that this visit is only the third visitation of a pope in the Holy Land. During his eleven-hour stay in Jerusalem in 1964, Pope Paul VI could not even bring himself to utter the words “Israel” or “Jews.” It was not until 1965 that the accusation made against the Jews that they were the murderers of God, which for 2000 years had served as a justification for the persecutions of the Jews, mass murder, pogroms, expulsions, forced baptisms, and finally the Holocaust, was revoked by the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II, who was a priest just 50 km away from Auschwitz, at least left behind an “Open Letter” addressed to the Jewish people at his visit of the Wailing Wall in the year 2000. Therein he asked for forgiveness in the name of his church for the crimes committed against the Jews.

The program for the German pope was, of course, prearranged, from his day of arrival on May 11 until his departure on May 15, 2009, just as the content of the 28 speeches that he delivered at various locations. The Israeli government and the Vatican reached an agreement that the pope would refrain from visiting the “Hall of Shame” where the picture of Pius XII is displayed. Instead, he gave a speech in the “Hall of Remembrance” during which six survivors of the Holocaust were also present. However, he neither mentioned the role of his predecessor Pius XII during the Nazi time nor the position of the church on the Holocaust. He further did not say a single word about the Anti-Semitism that litters the history of the church or the countless crimes that were committed against the Jews in the “Name of God,” let alone offer an apology.

In its edition of May 18, 2009, the renowned weekly magazine “Der Spiegel” evaluates the pope’s visit against this background, which has now become a renewed topic of interest thanks in large part to Williamson, who denies the Holocaust and is a member of the “Pius brotherhood.” In this article it states that the pope’s dialog with the Islam was probably easier for him than the one with Judaism.

Already in 1947 the Vatican established a diplomatic relationship with Egypt as the first Islamic state, and in 1953 with Turkey. Israel had to first acknowledge the PLO and promise the Palestinians the possibility of autonomy before the Vatican even considered a diplomatic relationship in 1993.

As a result of the recent papal journey, the King of Jordan declared the solution for the peace in the Middle East on the last day of said journey:

“The alternative for war, killing, and destruction is the two-state solution. Precondition is that Israel withdraws to the borders of 1967. In this case the state of Israel would have the full diplomatic recognition of all 57 Arabic Muslim states.”

It is a fact that until 1967 there was no Palestinian state, only Transjordan, which belonged to the kingdom of Jordan. In 1967 it became a part of Israel. Jerusalem was divided until then: East Jerusalem belonged to Jordan, West Jerusalem to Israel.

On May 22, 2009, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed, “The united Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. It will never again be divided or cut in half.”

Ever since God chose the people of Israel as His covenant people through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all the nations have been filled with envy and jealousy. This attitude has persisted since the days of Constantine in Christendom and since the days of Mohammed in Islam until our time. Israel has always been denied the right to be in existence as a state. There is no other country on earth, no capital in the entire world about which they argue as much as Israel and Jerusalem, in the political as well as the religious realm. That is, in fact, connected to end-time prophecy. In the end, all nations will jointly rise up against Jerusalem, but then the God of Israel will intervene from heaven.

The newspaper “Westdeutsche Zeitung” chose the following headline to describe the visit of US President Barack Hussein Obama in Cairo: “Salaam alaikum – Obama embraces the Islamic world.” Indeed, all the talks are about peace these days and that in direct connection with Jerusalem. Obama, who until the age of 11 grew up as a Sunni Muslim in Jakarta where he attended the local mosque, turned to Christendom – not Christ, mind you – by following his wife, Michelle. Already months beforehand, he planned a meeting with the pope on July 10 on the occasion of the G8 Summit in Italy. He is the right man to mediate between Christians and Muslims and together with Pope Benedict will lay down the law for the two-state solution.

In this present time, biblical prophecies are coming to fulfillment with the people of Israel, and all God-fearing individuals must and will respect that. “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Eze. 36:24). That promise is fulfilled before our very eyes. The following words will shortly become a reality: “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:2). God calls the land that He allotted to the twelve tribes His Own land. As certain as it is written, so will He judge all those who divide His land and who demand a two-state solution, regardless whether it is the President of the USA or the pope or anyone else.

The international press and media have reported in great detail about the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Israel. It is remarkable that this visit is only the third visitation of a pope in the Holy Land. During his eleven-hour stay in Jerusalem in 1964, Pope Paul VI could not even bring himself to utter the words “Israel” or “Jews.” It was not until 1965 that the accusation made against the Jews that they were the murderers of God, which for 2000 years had served as a justification for the persecutions of the Jews, mass murder, pogroms, expulsions, forced baptisms, and finally the Holocaust, was revoked by the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II, who was a priest just 50 km away from Auschwitz, at least left behind an “Open Letter” addressed to the Jewish people at his visit of the Wailing Wall in the year 2000. Therein he asked for forgiveness in the name of his church for the crimes committed against the Jews.

The program for the German pope was, of course, prearranged, from his day of arrival on May 11 until his departure on May 15, 2009, just as the content of the 28 speeches that he delivered at various locations. The Israeli government and the Vatican reached an agreement that the pope would refrain from visiting the “Hall of Shame” where the picture of Pius XII is displayed. Instead, he gave a speech in the “Hall of Remembrance” during which six survivors of the Holocaust were also present. However, he neither mentioned the role of his predecessor Pius XII during the Nazi time nor the position of the church on the Holocaust. He further did not say a single word about the Anti-Semitism that litters the history of the church or the countless crimes that were committed against the Jews in the “Name of God,” let alone offer an apology. 

In its edition of May 18, 2009, the renowned weekly magazine “Der Spiegel” evaluates the pope’s visit against this background, which has now become a renewed topic of interest thanks in large part to Williamson, who denies the Holocaust and is a member of the “Pius brotherhood.” In this article it states that the pope’s dialog with the Islam was probably easier for him than the one with Judaism.

Already in 1947 the Vatican established a diplomatic relationship with Egypt as the first Islamic state, and in 1953 with Turkey. Israel had to first acknowledge the PLO and promise the Palestinians the possibility of autonomy before the Vatican even considered a diplomatic relationship in 1993.

As a result of the recent papal journey, the King of Jordan declared the solution for the peace in the Middle East on the last day of said journey: 

 “The alternative for war, killing, and destruction is the two-state solution. Precondition is that Israel withdraws to the borders of 1967. In this case the state of Israel would have the full diplomatic recognition of all 57 Arabic Muslim states.”

It is a fact that until 1967 there was no Palestinian state, only Transjordan, which belonged to the kingdom of Jordan. In 1967 it became a part of Israel. Jerusalem was divided until then: East Jerusalem belonged to Jordan, West Jerusalem to Israel.

On May 22, 2009, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed, “The united Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. It will never again be divided or cut in half.”

Ever since God chose the people of Israel as His covenant people through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all the nations have been filled with envy and jealousy. This attitude has persisted since the days of Constantine in Christendom and since the days of Mohammed in Islam until our time. Israel has always been denied the right to be in existence as a state. There is no other country on earth, no capital in the entire world about which they argue as much as Israel and Jerusalem, in the political as well as the religious realm. That is, in fact, connected to end-time prophecy. In the end, all nations will jointly rise up against Jerusalem, but then the God of Israel will intervene from heaven. 

The newspaper “Westdeutsche Zeitung” chose the following headline to describe the visit of US President Barack Hussein Obama in Cairo: “Salaam alaikum – Obama embraces the Islamic world.” Indeed, all the talks are about peace these days and that in direct connection with Jerusalem. Obama, who until the age of 11 grew up as a Sunni Muslim in Jakarta where he attended the local mosque, turned to Christendom – not Christ, mind you – by following his wife, Michelle. Already months beforehand, he planned a meeting with the pope on July 10 on the occasion of the G8 Summit in Italy. He is the right man to mediate between Christians and Muslims and together with Pope Benedict will lay down the law for the two-state solution.

In this present time, biblical prophecies are coming to fulfillment with the people of Israel, and all God-fearing individuals must and will respect that. “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Eze. 36:24). That promise is fulfilled before our very eyes. The following words will shortly become a reality: “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” (Joel 3:2). God calls the land that He allotted to the twelve tribes His Own land. As certain as it is written, so will He judge all those who divide His land and who demand a two-state solution, regardless whether it is the President of the USA or the pope or anyone else.