The Emperor's New Clothes and the
Many years ago Hans Christian Anderson told us about The
Emperor's New Clothes (in Danish Keiserens nye Klζder). In this children's
fairy tale a vain emperor was persuaded by two swindlers to
commission a suit made from the finest magic cloth. This special cloth, so
they said, appeared invisible only to stupid or incompetent people. The
emperor's aides (who could not see the magic cloth) were afraid to bring back a
negative report to the king.
Eventually the emperor himself was persuaded to lead a
royal procession through town, dressed in his "new clothes." He too was afraid
that others would think he was stupid or incompetent if he protested. All the
people cheered the naked emperor; they also were afraid that their eyes were
deceiving them. A small child who was not old enough to understand his parents'
fears, proclaimed, "But he has nothing on!" This truth-confession spread first
by whispers, then by shouting. The emperor knew that the voice of the people was
proclaiming the truth, but he kept his cool and finished the procession with
honor though stark naked.
This dynamic (the "Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome
ENCS) is increasingly affecting humanity as we draw closer to the return of
Yeshua the Messiah who said that He alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life
(John 14:6). Cynicism about truth, however, is as old as Pontius Pilate himself.
"Yeshua answered, 'You are right in saying I am a king. In fact,
for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to
the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to
Hating and loving
truth
Today it is unfashionable and politically incorrect to
believe that there is One source of truth, that there is only one God, and that
the God of Israel has given all nations one reliable Book His revealed Word in
the Bible. "The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance
with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and
wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They
perish because they
refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God
sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the
lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the
truth but have delighted in wickedness." (2 Thess. 2:9-12)
Paul adds that some men not only don't choose the truth.
They take active measures to suppress the truth. "The wrath of God is being
revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the
truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is
plain to them, because God has made it plain to them . . . Therefore God gave
them over . . . (and) they exchanged the truth of God
for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than
the Creator who is for ever praised. Amen." (Rom 1:18-19,
24-25)
On the other hand, men who desire intimacy with God
learn how to love the truth and speak the truth. "YHVH, who may dwell in Your
sanctuary? Who may live on Your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who
does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his
heart
" (Psa.15:1-2)
"Surely You desire truth in the
inner parts; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place."
(Psa.51:6)
Part of the image of God which He has planted in the
heart of man (and which especially characterizes true masculinity) is the
ability to know the truth, to speak the truth and to do the
truth.
God's
Peace-Train
The truth of God crashes like a freight train into the
wall of modern politics and peacemaking. That's because politicians prefer to
ignore God's word when it comes to the Jewish people and their restoration to
the
Isaiah stared down through the corridors of time and saw
a day when the nations would ignore God's truth. He saw that they would act as
enemies of the Jewish people and actually threaten the physical survival of
Jacob. As a result God Himself would be roused to fury and vengeance, and repay
"So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at
a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Truth is
nowhere to be found
YHVH looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
He saw that there was no-one, He was appalled that there was no-one to
intercede; so His own arm worked salvation for Him
He put on the garments of
vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak. According to what they have
done, so will He repay wrath to His enemies and retribution to His foes; He will
repay the islands their due . . . The Redeemer will come to
Good Hamas, Bad Hamas Good PLO, Bad
PLO
One example of ENCS is the declaration by world leaders
that the Palestinians are divided into good and bad camps, and that support for
the "good camp" will bring peace to the
This is Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome because the
unpleasant truth is that both "good" and "bad" Hamas, both "good" and "bad"
Fatah all are committed to
Israeli former Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.)
Moshe Ya'alon recently said that most Israeli and international conceptions
about the peace process "are no longer relevant" ("Land for peace is a proven failure", Etgar
Lefkovits, Jerusalem Post, July 5 2007). He added that there are five
illusions in the so-called peace process that are faulty: that the Palestinians
want to establish a state only within the pre-1967 armistice lines; that the
creation of such a state along side of Israel would solve the conflict;
that land for peace can be the basis of a peace agreement; and that the key to
peace in the Middle East is the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
These five illusions are the basis of both the EU's and the
"It's all a joke. It's just a joke
This is all a big
joke". This is what Palestinian terror leaders told foreign newsmen as they
surrendered some of their AK-47s to Abu Mazen's militias this week ("The joke's on us", Caroline Glick, JP, July 19
2007). Terrorists staged a photo opportunity in order to bolster Abu
Mazen and to temporarily avoid being hunted down by the IDF's special
forces. Glick adds, "It is not co-incidental that this entire exercise in
national suicide
is a fitting backdrop to the ascension of
A caustic left-center politician-commentator, Yosef
Tommy Lapid, has this to say about the present peace focus: "Politicians have to
strive for peace and promise a better future even if they know in their hearts
that it is not feasible
There is no chance for peace
(ed. until Palestinians and Arabs)
recognize the existence of Israel as a Jewish state
We (must) understand that what is involved is
a game of illusion. The difficult reality is that there will never be true peace
here, and it is important to internalize that fact
("Bush's, Peres's rosy scenario", JP, July 19
2007).
Pray for President
Bush
The
1. "I became the first American President to call for
the creation of a Palestinian state
and I laid out a new vision for the future
two democratic states,
The creation of a Palestinian state means that the
2. "Palestinians have held free elections, and have
chosen a president committed to peace."
President Bush does not mention that the Palestinians
actually elected a jihadi Islamist Muslim Brotherhood party, Hamas, to power in
an overwhelming victory at the polls in
3. "These (Palestinian) leaders are striving to build
the institutions of a modern democracy".
Across the board, Israelis and Hamas agree that Abu
Mazen's Fatah is shot through with corruption. This was part of the reason why
Abu Mazen was voted out and then thrown out of
4. "These negotiations must
guarantee that a
Palestinian state is
contiguous. And they must lead to a territorial
settlement with mutually agreed borders".
This means that
5. "
Here President Bush again declares that
I love President Bush. I appreciate his bold stand for
Jesus Christ, his humility as seen in public confession of sin, his resolve in
confronting the Islamist enemies of the West in general and of the
But even American Presidents must be guided by the Word
of God if they are to prosper. As YHVH promised Joshua, "Be strong and
courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to
their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to
obey all the teaching My servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the
right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let
this Book of the Teaching depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night,
so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be
prosperous and successful." (Josh 1:6-8).
Pray with us for
President Bush, that he will receive a revelation about God's heart for
What are God's opinions on this
matter?
Let's touch on one brief passage, Ezekiel 36:1-15.
In this last days prophecy YHVH speaks to the mountains
of
God says that
This divine perspective is so far removed from what is
being discussed in the halls and offices of the world's rulers it is truly a
message coming from a different kingdom. As Henry David Thoreau once declared,
"Why should we
be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a
man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a
different drummer. Let him step
to the music which he hears, however measured or far
away.
Let us pray for
the leaders of the West, that they will hear the beat of a Different Drummer and
keep in step with His music, however measured or far
away!
In Messiah Yeshua's love,
Avner Boskey (for Rachel, Daniel, David, Asaph and
Elisha)
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