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the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, and thepeople with His truth” (Psalms 96:10-13).Those wonderful prophetic truths are thrilling to those who know Jesus Christ, but arewithout blessing to you if you are unsaved. The frightening prospect of a dreadful Tribulationperiod and an eternal Hell looms before you. To you I extend an invitation to receive JesusChrist as your Savior. He died for you and, if you believe on Him, God will forgive your sin,adopt you into His family, and give you eternal life.Why not bow your heard in prayer and settle this matter of your soul’s salvation? Here isa suggested word of prayer that you might offer,“Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and could never save myself.I believe that You did die for me and shed Your blood for my sin,and that You did rise again from the dead. And now I am receivingYou as my Savior, my Lord, my only hope of salvation. Lord, bemerciful to me a sinner, and save me according to the promise ofYour Word. Amen!”If you prayed this and really meant it, you are saved. The Bible says, “Everyone whocalls upon the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13).Lesson SixWhy Such Hostility between the Arab and the Jew?The hostility between the Arab and the Jew is not something unique in our generation,but is a conflict that has been going on since the birth of Ishmael, Abraham’s eldest son, born ofan Egyptian slave woman – and Isaac, Abraham’s youngest son, born of Sarah.“And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a greatfeast the same day that Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the sonof Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out thisbondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall notbe heir with my son, even with Isaac” (Genesis 21:8-10).Genesis 17:19-21 gives us the details, “And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee ason indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for aneverlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. But my covenant will Iestablish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.”And, Scripture reveals that this clash between Isaac’s and Ishmael’s seed will eventuallybring on a full scale war, involving the whole world.Egypt was the world power in the days of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and boasted shehad the longest line of kings than any other nation. Egypt’s granaries were full, containing more