On the 24th of March, President Obama held a press conference. In the press conference he made it quite clear to the American people that the United States would press forward with the creation of a Palestinian state, the so-called two-state solution. His plan also includes the “final status” for Jerusalem. East Jerusalem and other areas would be given to the Arabs.
On 16 April United States Middle East envoy George Mitchell warned Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that America would not budge from its commitment to carve out a new Palestinian Authority (PA) state from within Israel's current borders.
At the same time White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told an American Jewish leader that a PA state would be forced down Israel's throat by the end of Obama's term, regardless of which government rules.
Emanuel said, "In the next four years, there will be a final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, based on 'two states for two peoples,' and we couldn't care less who the prime minister is."
On 18 April US Middle East envoy George Mitchell said that the Obama administration would exert "great energy" in the pursuit of a two-state solution for the conflict over the Land of Israel. "It has been the policy of the United States for many years that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in a two-state solution," Mitchell met in Cairo with Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak. This is "the policy of President Obama and one that we will pursue with great energy, an end to the conflict was also in the national interest of the United States."
As I have said on three previous occasions there is clearly a linkage between our adverse actions concerning Israel and Jerusalem and our current spate of horrendous weather.
Since the 24th of March, when the President spoke, and for a month now the northern plains of the United States have been buffeted with horrendous weather, particularly flooding.
The North Dakota National Guard put 120 one-ton sandbags into a spillway to prevent further erosion from a rain swollen river that is threatening farm land. North Dakota officials said the last thing North Dakota needs is more rain especially the James River. Flooding creeks and rivers in several areas have closed roads.
Meteorologists predict that while river levels are falling over much of the northern Plains and southern Manitoba, Canada, the risk of flooding problems will continue through much of the rest of spring. The most widespread impact will continue to be on agriculture.
The risk of breaches along the levees will continue in some areas until river levels drop below flood stage. Large ponds of water may remain in fields and pastures. Both problems could take weeks to go away, assuming no substantial rainfall falls. However, that is an assumption.
Typically, the spring planting season begins in May for the Dakotas. Additional episodes of rain in coming weeks on top of the wet ground and new ponds will delay or limit that planting. New risks of flooding will arise due to lingering high river levels and saturated ground.
Meteorologists are monitoring two additional storm systems that have the potential to bring substantial rain in the next week or so. One such system will arrive late this week from the Pacific Northwest. A second may swing in from the same general area late this coming weekend into early next week. Unlike the recent storm that targeted areas south and east of the hardest-hit flood zones, both systems may pass right over the northern Plains.
The stage of the Red River at Fargo was just above 32 feet midday Monday. The river is expected to fall slowly to below major flood stage (30 feet) by the weekend. Meanwhile, the level of the Sheyenne River at Valley City was just under the record stage reached late last week. However, the river is expected to hover between 19 and 20 feet through the weekend and beyond.
Meteorologists forecast additional rain in the coming weeks combined with seasonal thunderstorms. Consequently, flood waters and river levels will recede slowly at the very least.
This bad weather is not a coincidence. This is another example of the linkage between our government’s actions and God’s land, Israel and his city Jerusalem.
Notice this remarkable statement that God made: “Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen” (Kings 1:11-13). God Himself chose Jerusalem.
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