God's Plan to Reconcile Israel, Ishmael and the Arab World
A Call to Prayer

Strife caused by the Islamic world's hatred of Israel and all who ally with Israel has brought unrest, fear and the spread of terrorism across the globe. In start contrast to this curse stands God's promise in Genesis to Abraham, father of both these  people groups. 

    . . . Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him. Genesis 18:18 (Author's emphasis.)

    Surely this promise is  fulfilled in Abraham's heir through Sarah, who gave birth to the son of God's promise and ultimately the Messiah. But Abraham had other sons, who certainly qualify for this and God's repeated promises to Abraham regarding his seed, such as

    And in you shall all the families of the earth be blessed.  Genesis 12:3

    At this historic moment, the nations of the earth face the ominous threat of terror and anarchy primarily generated by the sons of Abraham through Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, and Keturah, the mother of Zimran, Jokshan, Midan, Midian, Ishback and Shuah. These sons of Abraham sired many nations of the Islamic world. Surely the nations suffer from a curse, not a blessing, which arises from these heirs of Abraham.

    God plans to fulfill his promise to Abraham in this prophetic hour. he plans to remedy the planet's overwhelming problem, terror, by reconciling the sons of Abraham--all the descendants of Ishmael and the sons of Keturah with their blood-brother, Israel.

    A great battle for the destiny of Islam and its allegiance to Allah is ready to erupt. Intercessors are raised up and worshippers are aligned at the battle stations. Watchmen are in place along the wall. The troops are arranged and arrayed for battle, a mighty troop under one banner. All is ready and in place by the power of the Lord of Hosts and His Holy Spirit.

    God used a woman, Jael, to bring down the enemy commander, Sisera, in the prophetic story of Deborah and Barak's battle. This story is told in Judges 4 and 5. Likewise, God will use a woman to bring down a ruthless commander who instills violence in the followers of Islam. The "woman" operating in the spirit of Jael is the woman of the Muslim world. The brutal enemy commander is Allah, god of Islam. Later in this article, we will explore the role of the Islamic women, the praying church, God's angels and the Holy Spirit in the battle over Islam which is soon to come. First, we need to look at the origins of Allah--who he is, where he came from and what the Most High God plans for him now.

    In all of this, keep in mid the greatness of God's heart and the depth of His mercy and love, that He would in the face of violence and hatred ordain a move which will result in the restoration of brotherhood between Israel and its enemy, the Islamic world. This new and blessed unity, which will bless the nations of the earth, will come about through Abraham's pre-eminent son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is their Messiah.

God Will Give Islam Into the Hands of a Woman

Women play a pivotal role in executing God's great plan to restore Israel and its Islamic brothers. In His mercy, God is giving women women this honor possibly because Eve, who lived at the heart of what later became Babylon, amidst the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, play a key role in bringing sin into God's perfect creation. Now in th days of restoration, god has give the enemy "into the hands of a woman." These are the words the judge and prophetess Deborah spoke to the Israeli army leader, Barak, as they went forth to defeat the armies of Sisera. "The trip you take will not be for your glory," Deborah told Barak, "for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." (Judges 4:9) That  God chooses the praying women of the church (women's organizations such as Aglow International have prayed for the women of Islam for years) re-affirms the honor he gave to womanhood through Eve.

    Read Judges 4 and 5 to draw the ful meaning from the story, which God will parallel in the outcome of the battle against Allah today. Notice that Jael refuses to share her husband's allegiance to Jabin, the Canaanite king, and Sisera, his right arm. Jael has Sisera in her own tent, drinking her milk and covered by her blanket when she pierces his temple through with her tent spike. The women of Islam will refuse their culture's rigid allegiance to Allah and in their own homes will bring about his downfall.

    Another woman laments the fate of Sisera in the story from Judges. It is Sisera's mother, who represents the mother of present-day Allah worship, ancient Babylon There worship of Allah's predecessor, Merodach-Bel, began. The book of Judges says, "The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and wailed through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?'" Only those faithful to the spirit of Babylon will mourn the downfall of Allah.

    Meanwhile the church, its prophets, like Deborah, and its warriors, like Barak, will wage the larger war. god's angels will fight alongside. "From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera." the Holy Spirit will come like a flood against the enemy. "When the enemy comes in, like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him." (Isaiah 59:19) And "He will come like a pent-up stream." In the Judges story the river Kishon represents the Holy Spirit. "A torrent Kishon swept (the foe away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength." (Judges 5:21 AMP)

God Calls Us to Pray

The Lord gave the following words to encourage His people to pray:

May 13, 2006

Arise O God, show forth your strength, and let your enemies be scattered!

Jael's spike is raised in the air over Sisera's temple, poised to strike. For I will use Jael. I will use Jael to strike in the body of Christ, to strike the power of the enemy working to dismay My people and cause them to lose heart, to hide themselves like Gideon hid himself. No more! Let Jael strike at his temple that My people may come out of hiding, out of their caves, into My place of prosperity and peace. Then will I bless them, says their Lord.

July 5, 2005
I plan a great move in the Middle East. Islam will come down. The Arab world will be united with Israel as brothers. This is My doing as a witness to all the earth of who is God. 
    Now I ask of you prayer, intercession for this great cause of the Lord your God. You have interceded well for Israel. Continue. But also add to it the vision and understanding of all that I want to do--the greatness of My plan for all the earth. 
    It will impact the whole earth which is quaking in revulsion of the hatred between these brothers as well as all the sin upon the earth. Oh do for Me, My beloved bride, the job of groaning, weeping and laboring in intercession to birth the new man I will bring together in the Middle East, the man of God who will be a praise to Me and a restoration of all that was divided in the lives of Israel and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, the patriarchal brothers.

June 27, 2005
Now I am sending you to Ishmael, that great people which sprang out of the loins of Abraham. This is a people waiting for Myself, a people waiting for deliverance and restoration as sons of Abraham and sons of God. 
    How can you go to this violent and untamed people? Through prayer. The first call to prayer has been sounded. Now another deeper call comes. Oh, My people, pray for the sons of Ishmael locked in the unholy embrace of Islam for I would set My people free. 
    Hear Me: pray. Come before Me on behalf of My violent and untamed children--yes, your very enemies--that I might make them friends of Israel and of you, the church, My church, My bride. I, even I, set them up as your enemies to put you in the position to pray most effectively. 
    So I ask you now to love the ones who hate you, do good to those who would harm you and by that good to totally disarm them. I will be with you. I am a great God who can turn the heart of Ishmael to the heart of Israel and bring great blessing--worldwide, world-impacting blessing--if My people called by My name will pray. 

June 26, 2005
Come! Come with a heart to worship. Come! Come with a heart to praise your God on high. Come. Now is the time to worship Him that the rain might fall from heaven, that the skies would be filled with rainbows, that God Himself might come down. Call all creation to worship.
    Let God be God! Let the Lord of Hosts be released with His armies! Let the witnesses be shown forth. Let it begin, all that God has caused to come into being in this last hour and the fulfillment of all His promises. Let it be like the crescendo of a great symphony, all the themes drawn together and replayed with drama, verve and majesty. Let it be!

by Mary Ellen Gilliland