I'm sorry, but you'll have to excuse me from the earth-encircling euphoria over the announced Gaza peace deal. This deal, negotiated with the bloodthirsty genocidal maniacs of Hamas, is, in my humble opinion, not worth the paper it is printed on. I don't say this lightly, but for good reason, which I'll endeavor to prove in this Time Capsule. To start with, however, I'll share a trio of end-time Bible prophesies. First, Jesus guaranteed us that there will be wars and rumors of wars right up to the end of time (Matthew 24:6). Second, the Prophet Zechariah predicted that Jerusalem would be a cup of trembling placed at the lips of an end-time world (Zechariah 12:2). Third, the Prophet Jeremiah warned us not to be deceived by those declaring, "Peace, peace, when there is no peace" (Jeremiah 6:14; 8:11).
Now, let me prove to you why no peace deal negotiated with Hamas terrorists, or any Islamic jihadists for that matter, is worth the paper it's printed on. Hamas terrorists are religious zealots, who believe it is their religious duty to eliminate the state of Israel, to exterminate the Jewish people, and to destroy Israel's chief ally and benefactor, America. Contrary to popular opinion, Islam is not, nor has it ever been, a peace loving religion. The word "Islam" was originally a military term used by the primitive Arabs to denote "heroism in battle." It literally means "submission" or "surrender." According to Islam, the world is divided into two households: "Dar al-Islam" and "Dar al-Harb." The first household, "Dar al-Islam," which means "the house of Islam," is made up of our world's 1.3 billion Muslims. The second household, "Dar al-Harb," which means "the house of war," is made up of our world's non-Muslim population with whom all Muslims are at war until the whole world is brought to its knees in submission to Allah, the god of Islam. This explains why Islam has always been called, “The Religion of the Sword.” It has always been and always will be a militant religion whose goal is world domination.
The Koran's famous verse of the sword teaches Muslims to "fight and slay the pagans [non-Muslims] wherever" they are found. In addition to the famous verse of the sword, there are 122 other verses in the Koran that teach Muslims to fight and kill in the cause of Allah. The founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed, taught that holy war or jihad—fighting against all who refuse to convert to Islam—was the greatest service a Muslim could ever render to his god, Allah. The following words are not those of a modern-day radical Islamist or Hamas terrorist, but of the Prophet Mohammed himself, the founder of the Islam.
"The sword is the key to heaven and hell; a day of blood shed in the cause of Allah, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer: whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven, and at the day of judgment his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.”
In addition to all of the above, we must add an additional frightening fact. Hamas terrorists are Shiite Muslims, who are awaiting the “Twelfth Imam,” “the Modi,” the Muslim messiah. They believe when he comes he will lead the jihad warriors to conquer the world for Islam and Islam’s god, Allah. However, they believe there is one last obstacle to “the Modi’s” coming. It is the nation of Israel, which they believe must be annihilated before “the Modi” can come and establish his world-conquering caliphate! This explains why Hamas has publicly vowed to fight to the death until Israel is destroyed. They sincerely believe it is their religious duty to do so and that their "Modi" will not come and lead them to conquer the whole world until Israel is no more.
In case you're still not convinced to join me in sidestepping the world's euphoria over the Gaza peace deal, let me add another reason you should. Islam teaches that all Muslims have a religious duty to lie and deceive others, in order to further the cause of jihad. This practice of lying and deceiving others, in order to get the upper hand on them, is known among Muslims as “taqiyya” or “kitman” and was instigated and sanctioned by none other than the founder of Islam himself, the Prophet Mohammed. According to the Hadith, Mohammed taught his followers that “war is deceit.” He even bragged about his use of deception in the slaughter of his enemies. In the Koran, Mohammed praises his god (Allah) as the greatest of all deceivers. In addition to teaching Allah is the greatest of all deceivers, the Koran also teaches that lying is virtuous and the religious duty of all who “strive in the way of Allah.” Obviously, Hamas terrorists, as well as all Islamic jihadists, can't be trusted to keep their word or the terms of any peace deal they sign, since it's their religious duty to deceive all non-muslims, until every infidel in the world is either dead or devoted to Allah, the god of Islam, who is himself the greatest deceiver of them all. Umm, remind you of anyone else (John 8:44)?