Corollary to the Olive Irony: When the Claim Says Home and the Axe Says Moab
Psalms 2:4 “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.” King James Version (KJV) Disclaimer and WARNING to Zionists: Do not twist 2 Kings 3 into a blank check. Elisha’s word was a one-time judgment on Moab —land Israel was not claiming as the gift they would inhabit and eat from. Deuteronomy 20 is the law for inheritance soil : spare the fruit trees; they are “man’s life.” If the West Bank is called God’s land given to Israel , it cannot at the same moment be treated as Moab . You do not get both claims. Either it is home—then Moses forbids turning its olives into the enemy’s ruin—or it is foreign enemy ground—then stop calling it the holy inheritance. Scripture never authorizes a people to name the field theirs and axe it as if God wanted His own gift left barren like Moab. True Israel receives the name by prevailing with God (Genesis 32:28), not by making promised trees into 2 Kings 3. Thank you Sister for your commentary on m...