Israel: The Blessing or the Curse

In Israel: The Blessing or the Curse, you will read about the nation of Israel and the impact that this small Middle East nation is having on the world's peace.

What is happening these days is truly remarkable. But then again, we shouldn't be surprised because the Old Testament prophet Zechariah pre-warned us about the events leading up the Battle of Armageddon, the Battle of Jerusalem: "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it...And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem" (Zechariah 12:3,9).

A few days later, the space shuttle Colombia breaks up over the president's home state of Texas roughly over a town called Palestine.

We'll have to see what comes out to see if Bush was twisting Isreal's arm again to give away land like he was doing right before Sep 11th, 2001.

This book could have been shorter because much of the material is repeated over and over, which made the book very annoying for me to read. Sorry Bill and John. You did your homework right, but next time get a good editor and let them do their job.


A Wake Up Call!   October 29, 2002
14 out of 17 found this review helpful

This volume brings Israel's role, past and present into the modern world. It helps point out some of the errors in some church doctrines.


great info---but crummy editing   October 24, 2007
JThomas (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I am almost done with this book, and should have been finished--- in half the time. In spite of the way it was edited, I strongly recommend it because of the content,. The book has GREAT information and the backlashes to our country are staggering. With what is going on right now---diplomatically (the US pushing Israel for giving up more land, including Jerusalem), we would do well to HEED the warnings of history. Mr McTernan andf Mr Koenig have done some amazing research, so the book is definitely worth reading (It should have ranked 5 stars EASILY). However, the repititions are more than annoying and very distracting. It would be great to read an "update"...but PLEASE, make sure the editor is doing his/her job---then you'd probably have a best seller on your hands. Thanks for all the hours of effort in researching the information as well as the obvious conclusions.


Right Idea - Bad Packaging   February 9, 2004
12 out of 15 found this review helpful

This book could easily have been half the size without loss of content, due to redundancy and inclusion of irrelevant material such as summaries of mid-east players. However, the fundamental premise is sound and worth noting. Jews might agree on many points up till the final scenario. It would have been useful to include reproductions of some news headlines mentioned, as well as some of the measure for measure repercussions which happened to Israeli leaders who tried forfeiting the Land of Israel, (e.g. Ehud Barak being taken down right after his Camp David surrender and his attempted "Secular Revolution").

It was annoying to filter through and I had hoped for more, but there were some good gems to be found.