Gary Stearman has a fascinating conversation with Avi Lipkin in the video below. I agree with Avi in that that the Sunnis want to kill everybody: Christians, Shia, Druze - followers of Jethro, and many others.
I also agree with Avi that in the near future the enemies of Israel will begin fighting each other and destroy each other and that the state of Israel will expand.
The second chapter of the book of Chronicles verse 20 discusses the phenomenon of Israel's enemies destroying each other. I have listed 2 Chronicles 20 below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu4ncX3BtWQ&t=301s
Ammon,
Moab, and Mount Seir Defeated
20 It happened after this that the
people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them
besides the Ammonites,[a] came
to battle against Jehoshaphat. 2 Then
some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you
from beyond the sea, from Syria;[b] and
they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi). 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself
to seek the Lord, and
proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 So Judah gathered together to ask help from
the Lord; and from all the
cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
5 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly
of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You
not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms
of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might,
so that no one is able to withstand You? 7 Are You
not our God, whodrove out the inhabitants of this land before Your
people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend
forever? 8 And
they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name,
saying, 9 ‘If disaster comes upon us—sword,
judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your
presence (for Your name isin this temple), and cry out to You in
our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ 10 And now, here are the people of Ammon,
Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of
the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them— 11 here they are, rewarding us by coming
to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For
we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do
we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
13 Now all Judah, with their little ones,
their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.
14 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite
of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 15 And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah
and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says
the Lord to you: ‘Do not
be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not
yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow
go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you
will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You will not need to
fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see
the salvation of the Lord,
who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow
go out against them, for the Lord is with
you.”
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head
with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord,
worshiping the Lord. 19 Then the Levites of the children of the
Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud
and high.
20 So they rose early in the morning and
went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood
and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in
the Lord your God, and
you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” 21 And when he had consulted with the
people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they
went out before the army and were saying:
“Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever.”[c]
For His mercy endures forever.”[c]
22 Now when they began to sing and to
praise, the Lord set
ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come
against Judah; and they were defeated. 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood
up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And
when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy
one another.
24 So when Judah came to a place
overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their
dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.
25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to
take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the
dead bodies,[d] and
precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away; and there was three days gathering the spoil because there was so
much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled in
the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley
of Berachah[e] until
this day. 27 Then
they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of
them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 So they came to Jerusalem, with
stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. 29 And the fear of God was on all the
kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies
of Israel. 30 Then
the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
Footnotes:
- 2 Chronicles
20:1 Following Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint
reads Meunites(compare 26:7).
- 2 Chronicles
20:2 Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate;
some Hebrew manuscripts and Old Latin read Edom.
- 2 Chronicles
20:21 Compare Psalm 106:1
- 2 Chronicles
20:25 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Old Latin, and Vulgate
read garments;Septuagint reads armor.
- 2 Chronicles
20:26 Literally Blessing
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