Beit Or ~ The House Of Light

From Bill Wilson at the Daily Jot on July 18, 2008

He moved out the door of the airplane and down the steps to the cheers of tens of thousands of his countrymen. He was welcomed by the president of the country. The prime minister hugged him. There were dozens of political and military officials greeting him and his four comrades. The leading religious leaders of the country were also on hand. Speeches were given, there were many cheers, tears and joyful faces. It had been a long hard road, but now he was safely home. And he vowed to continue his fight even stronger than before, saying, "At this point, I am yearning more than before to confront them." And the crowd cheered wildly. A welcome home truly fit for a hero.

"He", of course, is Samir Qantar, who returned to Lebanon after spending 30 years in an Israeli prison. He was part of the live terrorist for dead soldiers swap that the Israeli government agreed to during the week. Qantar was the longest held terrorist in Israel, being in prison for 30 years. He was there because he had brutally bludgeoned to death a four year old Israeli girl with the butt of his rifle during a terrorist raid on an Israeli community. His "hero's welcome" by the Lebanese Prime Minister and President speaks volumes of the theory that democracy will end terrorism--it won't. His welcome by the chief terrorist leader of Hezbollah shows that Qantar was a great propaganda tool.

Much could be said about the Israeli government caving in to terrorist demands to swap live terrorists for the bodies of two true heroes--most of which is the foolishness of willingly being the dupe for terrorists and giving them a platform. But herein is a distinct difference between the Jew and the Islamist. As a people, the Jews are tender hearted, peace loving and by and large carry the values of the Bible in their very beings. What else would prompt them to respect their fallen soldiers so much that they would risk, and receive, such ridicule and dishonor to honor their dead and the families of the dead?

But what of the Muslims on the other side? They claim to worship the same God--the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But they do not. They worship only the death and destruction of anyone who disagrees with them. They call Jews monkeys and pigs, yet monkeys and pigs have more honor and decency among them as animals than does the entirety of Islam. They do not follow the God of the Bible, otherwise they would find peace, love and harmony among their brethren. They give a hero's welcome to a ruthless baby killer, when he should be stoned to death. Proverbs 29:10 says, "The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul." We have witnessed the empty souls of an empty false religion that threatens mankind.