During one of my many trips to Israel following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, I spoke with several individuals who told amazing stories of divine intervention. I heard a story of a woman whose kibbutz was attacked by Hamas terrorists. She lifted her hands and started declaring in the mighty name of the Lord that God would blind their eyes. They were entering her room, another room where her mother was, and a third room where the grandchild was. The terrorists went up to all three doors with their weapons but didn’t open any of the doors, nor did they fire through any of them. When the Israeli military came, they saw the deaths of many near her home, and she told the story of lifting her hands and crying out to God.
Another woman in Jerusalem was in a terror attack. As the terrorists were firing in her direction, she shouted out loud in Hebrew Psalm 121. It says, “The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life” (v. 7). Not a bullet touched her.
A young soldier told the story that his battalion was in a line late at night, going into a highly explosive area, when suddenly he saw a dove flying towards his face. He thought he was seeing things because he had hardly slept for 36 hours. Suddenly, the dove stopped within a foot of his face in midair. He felt he was imagining the dove, so he stuck his rifle out to poke in the direction of the dove. At that moment, he realized the dove was perched on a tripwire. Had it not been for the dove, he would have hit the tripwire, detonating enough C4 explosives to kill his entire battalion.
Another soldier was eating a can of tuna fish. He struck a match to some oil to warm the tuna fish, and it caught on fire. He threw it down into a nearby tunnel shaft, not realizing it contained explosives. It blew up the explosives, and all the terrorists came out of the tunnel, surrendering over his can of tuna fish! Another soldier had the book of Psalms in his front pocket by his heart. When terrorists shot at him during the battle, a bullet lodged into the book of Psalms and saved his life.
Israel is under attack by Iran and its demon-possessed proxies, but this is nothing new. This battle has continued for thousands of years since the day Abraham pitched his tent on Mount Sinai and made a covenant with God, but I’ve never seen the battle as fierce as it is at this present moment. God is calling us to stand in the gap for Israel in this prophetic crisis hour.
