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<\/a>Stand Fast like Israel<\/p><\/div>\n
Learning to stand firm on principle with Israel as a model.<\/strong><\/p>\n Back in the 1990’s there was a well done series on TV drawn from the Sharpe’s Rifles novel series. Sharpe is a sergeant in the British Army who saves the life of the Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. The British Army has always been characterized by the privilege of nobles and peers being able to buy commissions for their sons . How they ever won anything is a mystery considering the large number of total incompetents who had their commissions bought and paid for by their parents. Sharpe is the object or derision from the hoi-poloi in red and gold braid but he is the model for the riflemen. In one episode new recruits are \u201cread their rights\u201d and told about the fearsome Grenadiers of Bonaparte. Sharpe says they will keep coming up through three well placed volleys and then break. The riflemen had to stand through three volleys. The bluster and boasting of the recruits begins to run thin as he asks each \u201cwill ye stand\u201d? Israel has withstood unbelievable odds since 1948. Still they stand. How do they do it? Today Christians are seeing the persecutions which Jesus\/Yeshua foretold. Will we take the mark of the beast, compromise so our families can eat, so we can work and get paid, pay rent, buy gas and move about? It looks like the rest of the world is doing that in many ways. \u201cWill ye stand\u201d?<\/p>\n