I believe that Netanyahu’s speech on Friday at the UN was excellent. You can listen to it or read it here. But he unwittingly concludes the speech with a quote from Isaiah that, if he read the context, would reveal the solution to his search for peace. The “great light” is not some ethereal “light of peace” that will come with Abbas or some other Palestinian who comes to the negotiation table. As Isaiah says, the great light first shined in Galilee and he is a person. He is the child, the son, upon whom the government will rest. He is the descendant of David, the rightful heir to his throne, the only righteous king Israel will ever have.
If Netanyahu had started with this passage instead of ended with it, if he had read it instead of quoting a portion to suit his purposes, if he had studied history as he advised the misguided counselors of Israel, then he would not be standing before the UN seeking peace. Peace will not come to Israel through negotiations. Peace will not come through the nations of the world who have always been against Israel. There were no Palestinians in Isaiah’s day, yet Israel did not have peace. If every Palestinian packed up and moved to Australia, Israel would still not have peace. Israel will have peace only when they turn to the great light who was pierced for their transgressions.
Well said Todd !!!
Amen and we pray to that end.