Lebanon: a dangerous moment

So much is happening these days in the Middle-East that could easily see an eruption of war in the region.  Those geo-political events include; Iran's race to acquire nuclear weapons, the recent discovery of vast amounts of oil and natural gas in Israel and off her coastline, the on again off again peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, and now the news that the government of Lebanon has collapsed.

This recent news is very important from Israel’s standpoint.  Iran, (and its proxy Hezbollah) have essentially taken over much of Lebanon, and we all know just how Iranian President Mahmoud Amadinejad feels about Israel.  There are also reports that Syria feels it has some claims to Lebanon, and will undoubtedly try to interfere with Lebanon’s domestic affairs.  Having either Syria or Iran, (both enemies of Israel), take over Lebanon would be most disconcerting for Israel.  In fact Israel has already puts its northern defenses on alert, as Iran has come out and blamed Israel and the United States for the Lebanese governments fall.

Stay tuned.  The implications of all these events are drawing us closer to the very final days of this dispensation and the soon call to home for those of us in the Body of Christ, the Church.

From the articles:

After years of civil war costing hundreds of thousands of lives, the last thing that Lebanon needs is renewed political instability. So yesterday's move by the Hizbollah-led opposition to bring about the collapse of the government of national unity is a worrying development – not just for Lebanon itself, but the whole of the Middle East.

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Lebanon's year-old unity government collapsed Wednesday after Hezbollah ministers and their allies resigned over tensions stemming from a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The walkout ushers in the country's worst political crisis since 2008 in one of the most volatile corners of the Middle East.
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Israel Defense Forces troops stationed in the north were on alert Thursday over worries that the political turmoil in Lebanon might spill over into renewed violence on their shared border, following the collapse of the government in Beirut. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group and its allies threw the already volatile Lebanon into chaos on Wednesday by pulling out of the government and causing it to collapse.

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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Middle East Raouf Sheibani said Israel and the US sabotaged Lebanon, leading to its government's collapse, AFP reported on Thursday.  "Sabotage and obstruction by America and the Zionist regime are the main cause of the failure of Syrian and Saudi efforts to find a solution for the current situation in Lebanon," Sheibani told AFP.

Lebanon: a dangerous moment

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8255990/Lebanon-a-dangerous-moment.html

Lebanon's government falls as Hezbollah pulls out

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_hariri_tribunal_17

IDF troops on alert following collapse of Lebanon government

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-troops-on-alert-following-collapse-of-lebanon-government-1.336788

Iran: Israel, US to blame for Lebanese gov't collapse

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=203425