temperature raised from between five and six degrees. This causes faster evaporation and more productivity. Chemical deposits in the Red Sea are conservatively estimated to be worth $1,270,000,000,000. Large ship loads of potash are sent around the world, even here to the United States. In addition, th e re is something like $825,000,000,000. worth of magnesi um chloride in the Dead Sea. Great Britain is helping to finance about 125 new factories to produce chemi- YOU CAN’T FOOL GOD You can fool the hapless public, You can be a subtle fraud, You can hide your little meanness, But you can’t fool God! You can advertise your virtues, You can self-achievement laud, You can load yourself with riches, But you can't fool God! You can criticize the Bible, You can be a selfish clod, You can lie, swear, drink, and gamble, But you can’t fool God! You can magnify your talents, You can hear the world applaud, You can boast yourself somebody, But you can't fool God! cals and metals in this area. In Isaiah 61:4, we read the words, “And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, arid they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.” All over Israel today one sees the remarkable fulfillment of this. One of the problems facing this war-beleaguered city of Jerusalem is the fact that six different faiths oc cupy the holy areas. There are the Roman, Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Armenian, the Syrian, the Coptic, and the Abyssini an. All claim that they have rights to the Holy Sepulcher. This was the church which was destroyed two 17
Now let’s take a look once again at Israel today. The Scripture says that in that day they shall say “Peace, peace, but there is no peace.” Every where one looks, not just in Israel, but in our land as well, there are valid concerns about a potential world conflagration. Zechariah 12:3 prophesied th a t Jerusalem would be a burdensome stone for all nations. What a pic ture of actual events as finally the UN had to break up without being able to decide anything whatsoever about the future of Jerusalem. One of the very real problems which Jew ish people face today is the pressure which has been placed upon Arab refugees displaced from their homes and land. Arab leaders have tried to keep these poor people in such a spir it of bitterness and fomentation that revolt is written upon their every thought. The Jews have tried very hard to re-establish the Arab people. •They even sought to pay them for land which has been taken, or to have them come back. But again, the Arabs will not allow the refugees to start new communities. They keep them poor and agitated. Some have escaped refugee camps, seeking ref uge in different lands, where they have tried to start life over again. Despite continued bitter open threats and constant dangers, the Israelis move on. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abba Eban, emphatically promised, “We will never give up this city again. We have returned to our holiest of holy places, never to depart. The city can breathe with two lungs again.” Premier Levi Eshkol agreed, “Jerusalem is not negoti able !” Now, let us take a look at some of the amazing things to be seen tak ing place in the land of Israel today. For instance, Jewish scientists have discovered that if they mix coloring with water, the water from the Dead Sea, which incidentally is about six times saltier than the ocean, has its
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