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I have long understood that people only see what they want to see. Open miracles are not what people want to see - and so they ignore them.
Iran attacked with a range of weapons, all meant to overwhelm Israeli defenses. 120 long range ballistic missiles. These suckers leave the atmosphere, and drop straight down with incredible speed and lethal force. In the history of the world, nobody has ever intercepted such an attack. Iran had every reason to think their missiles would succeed. And these missiles, carrying dozens of tons of explosive warheads, were absolutely designed to destroy their targets.
In the Torah, Avraham defeats vastly superior forces - and everyone (save for one man) gives him the credit, and ignores the miraculous component, the involvement of the Creator. The human refusal to see a miracle leads G-d to the Covenant Between the Parts, promising a much bigger - unavoidably grander - Exodus, so the world could not deny the existence of G-d. G-d went bigger.
Here we are, with the evidence right in front of us. On Saturday afternoon, we knew war had been launched, because the much smaller drones were on their way. We knew Hezbollah would unleash everything it had for a simultaneous attack, increasing the odds of the attack succeeding. We knew it was going to be bad - we just were not sure how bad. We were praying for a miracle.
And we got one.
People should not think that because the attack was foiled, the Iranians meant to fail "all along." The very first direct attack from Iran on Israel was not designed to fail; Iranians do not play to lose. Their own media was recycling old forest fire videos to claim the attacks succeeded: they desperately meant to succeed.
I am giving credit where due: to the miraculous Arrow system: a perfect combination of good creative energies and efforts, kissed by deliverance from On High. This Passover (which starts in a week), the theme of divine salvation is going to ring out from Jewish homes the world over.
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Amen. We in my extended prayer community, which includes Messianic Jews, were praying for Israel late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Praise and thanks to the Lord.
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Amen. I think Hezbollah's cue was the removal of the IDF post on Har Dov. Didn't happen.
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That's the first thing I've read that makes sense. It's exactly what they did October 7. This could have been horrifying.
I also think prayers helped.
And the extremely talented people striking down the missiles.
When video games first became popular and people were upset with teenagers who were playing them a lot, my husband said, "Maybe these hand-eye coordination skills are something they will need. We can't see the future. Only God can. I think we should leave them alone." That's all I could think of Saturday night.
This attack was meant to be devastating.
God bless everyone, and Thank You, God.
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By the way, Iran announced it was going to attack because they wanted to show the world that they did not even need the element of surprise: long range ballistic missiles are unstoppable the world over, after all.
To get maximum PR value, they wanted the buildup and the show. Iran understands that the world loves a great narrative.
Iran's leaders are left with egg on their face. All their allies are reconsidering, as well they should. And Israel has gained enormous support from UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia... everyone who would rather not be hit by those same missiles, and who would love the same defensive umbrella.
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It would be highly amusing if Israel gets business from those three nations (UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) installing similar systems. It is also harder to work up a killing rage against those who are protecting you.
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