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The head of a pro-Israel ministry says she's convinced there are dark days ahead for America if the Bush administration ultimately pressures Israel to give up more covenant land-including parts of Jerusalem-to the Palestinians.Even though nothing substantive came out of the recently concluded Annapolis peace summit, the Bush administration is pleased that the two sides agreed to restart negotiations for a peace deal. More talks are being planned in the Mideast in the coming weeks. But many observers argue that the underlying goal of President Bush is to establish a foreign policy legacy with the creation of a Palestinian state. Plans for the Palestinian state would include a division of Jerusalem and Israeli surrender of the entire West Bank.Jan Markell, founder and director of Olive Tree Ministries, says there are warnings in Scripture about what nations should and should not do to God's promised land."If we're going to take some of these warnings seriously, America has some very, very dark days ahead-and I'm not going to mince any words," warns Markell. "I believe we do have dark days ahead because of what we are doing with the nation of Israel in trying to carve up the land. If this so-called Annapolis agreement comes into being in the next year, I am just trembling for America." Markell says God clearly gave the land to the descendants of Isaac, not Ishmael. "He [God] identifies in Leviticus 25; he said, 'The land is mine.' And then he gave it as covenant to the descendents of Isaac, the Jews-not [to] Ishmael," she says.She believes peace will not come from any agreement that carves up Israel.As in the days of Noah...
