"Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul."-Acts 13:1
"NEW YORK CITY, NY (ANS) -- Lisa Gibson is a Christian attorney and Executive Director of the Peace and Prosperity Alliance who lost her brother Kenneth Gibson on the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
So, you would have expected her to, like so many others who lost loved
Lisa Gibson
ones during that terrible event, mastermind by Libya, to harbor a great hatred for Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of that country.
But instead, Lisa has been on a mission of forgiveness to Libya and Gaddafi and now she has been able to meet him in New York.
Lisa, whom I first met during a recent trip to Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, where she was a member of a “Culture of Life” delegation, told ANS, “Several years ago, when I launched out on this journey to be an ambassador of reconciliation with Libya, I had a dream. It seemed like a ridiculous dream at the time, but nonetheless very clear. In the dream, I had the opportunity to meet and share the love of Jesus with Muammar Gaddafi.
“For several years now, I have been doing missions work in Libya. It is the most tangible way I have known how to overcome the act of terror that my brother was killed in for good. It is the essence of the gospel, which calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves and to love our enemies.
“Now if you have been following the news in recent weeks, there has been all kinds of controversy around Libya, especially about Muammar Gaddafi making his first trip to the US and addressing the United Nations.”
Lisa said that she heard that he was going to be at the United Nations, she asked Ambassador Aujali, the Libyan Ambassador, if I could meet Gaddafi.
“The Ambassador said he would do everything in his power to make it happen," Lisa continued. He [Gaddafi] is a controversial man and a true revolutionary. You never really can predict what he will do or how he will respond. But one thing is true. Few people can resist a gesture of authentic goodwill motivated by love.
“So, I arrived in New York on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, believing in faith that the dream God gave me would become a reality. That I would have the chance to meet Gaddafi face-to-face and share the love of Jesus with him. But after I arrived, there was tons of controversy around him in the news. It was obvious that the general sentiment in New York was hate toward him. He couldn't even find a place to stay.
“On Wednesday morning, I went to the United Nations. As I stood on the street corner watching the leaders from countless nations arrive, I just stood there and prayed for them silently. It was a procession of many different nations, several in the Muslim world drove by, each with their countries flags in their windows.
Lisa Gibson meets some Kurdish women during her recent trip to Kurdistan (Photo: Dan Wooding)
“As I proceeded to the grounds of the United Nations, several groups were protesting Gaddafi's visit. There were two Libyan opposition groups, one led by the last King of Libya's grandson. He was ousted by Gaddafi during his revolution 40 years ago. Many of them shared there stories with them and my heart went out to them.
“The Pan Am 103 victims’ families were also protesting. There was a much larger group protesting Ahmadinejad from Iran's presence at the UN, but he didn’t get nearly as much attention in the media. For some reason, the eyes were all on Gaddafi, and the comments were not good.”
Lisa went on to say, “There was one group of people that came out in support of Gaddafi. This group is the Nation of Islam. It was a rather unexpected combination. A group of more than 500 African American men with dark suits and bow ties, who are followers of Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.
“There were also Black Panthers in the group. All standing, holding a rally in honor of Muammar Gaddafi. The speakers included Native Americans, Chuck D former lead singer of the Public Enemy rap group and other Nation of Islam members.
"Among the crowd stood a few young Libyan students who have come to the US to study and me. A lone, white, Christian women in the middle of the crowd. It could not have been a more political display, but at times it was really unclear what message they were trying to communicate.
“We watched on a big screen television as President Obama and then Muammar Gaddafi addressed the United Nations. Even as members of the crowd held up signs declaring Gaddafi the King of Kings, I couldn't think of a better place to pray.
“After the rally, we (the group of Nation of Islam supporters, and myself) were invited to go to the Libyan Mission headquarters to wait the Leader's arrival. While we waited I made some new friends among several Libyan students that were there. One was a young woman who is in the US studying pharmacology and is due to have her first baby any day.”
Then came the moment Lisa has been waiting for for so long.
“After waiting for several hours, we got word that he had been delayed. So, I left. At 5:30 pm, I received a call from the Libyan Ambassador who invited me to come to the Libyan Mission to meet the leader at 7:30 pm.
“So, myself and another young man who lost his father on the Lockerbie plane, were invited to a one-on-one meeting with Muammar Gaddafi. He shook my hand and we exchanged the general pleasantries. I shared with him that I have been to Libya three times and have truly fallen in love with the Libyan people.
“I also talked about the projects we are engaged in there. He was grateful. I also gave him a gift. A ‘Cross’ brand pen and a card. In the card I shared that I have been praying for him since my first trip to Libya in 2005, wished him the best for himself and the people of his country, and blessed him. Not the expected response to a known dictator and terrorist. But, when he opened the gift, his countenance changed. His previously stern demeanor softened for a moment and a genuine boy-like smile came to his face.
“It was truly a historical day by many standards. I have the t-shirt and umbrella with a welcome for his first trip to America to prove it. The western media were not present, only a small delegation of Libyan reporters when I met with Gaddafi. They filmed and asked us questions, but the world may never hear about it. But as I walked out of the Libyan Mission and on the way back to my hotel, I felt God's peace. I had fulfilled that particular mission. While the rest of the world was spewing hate and rhetoric against him, one simple woman welcomed him to America and shared the love of Christ with him in the simplest ways I knew how. I pray that it will in someway make a difference.”
For more information on Lisa Gibson’s ministry, go to www.peaceandprosperityalliance.org "
Speeches
Muammar Gaddafi Speech To United Nations Sept 23, 2009 pt.1
"..was Pan American World Airways' third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London's Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. On Wednesday 21 December 1988, the aircraft flying this route—a Boeing 747-121 named Clipper Maid of the Seas—was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members.[1] Eleven people in Lockerbie, southern Scotland, were killed as large sections of the plane fell in and around the town, bringing total fatalities to 270. As a result, the event has been named by the media as the Lockerbie Bombing.
In 2001, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, a Libyan, was convicted of involvement in the bombing and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 20 August 2009, the Scottish Government released him on compassionate grounds to return to Libya as he was suffering from terminal prostate cancer and had a life expectancy of less than 3 months...
Alleged motive
Gulf of Sidra—Libya's "territorial waters"
Until 2003 Libya had never formally admitted carrying out the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. On 16 August 2003 Libya formally admitted responsibility for Pan Am Flight 103 in a letter presented to the president of the United Nations Security Council. Felicity Barringer of The New York Times said that the letter had "general language that lacked any expression of remorse" for the people killed in the bombing.[61] The letter stated that it "accepted responsibility for the actions of its officials".[62]
The motive that is generally attributed to Libya can be traced back to a series of military confrontations with the US Navy that took place in the 1980s in the Gulf of Sidra, the whole of which Libya claimed as its territorial waters. First, there was the Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) when two Libyan fighter aircraft were shot down. Then, two Libyan radio ships were sunk in the Gulf of Sidra. Later, on 23 March 1986 a Libyan Navy patrol boat was sunk in the Gulf of Sidra,[63] followed by the sinking of another Libyan vessel on 25 March 1986.[64] The Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was accused of retaliating to these sinkings by ordering the 5 April 1986 bombing of West Berlin nightclub, La Belle, that was frequented by U.S. soldiers and which killed three and injured 230.[65].
The CIA's alleged interception of an incriminatory message from Libya to its embassy in East Berlin provided U.S. president Ronald Reagan with the justification for USAF warplanes to launch Operation El Dorado Canyon on 15 April 1986 from British bases[66][67] —the first U.S. military strikes from Britain since World War II—against Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya. Among dozens of Libyan military and civilian casualties, the air strikes killed Hanna Gaddafi, a baby girl Gaddafi said he adopted. To avenge his daughter's death, Gaddafi is said to have sponsored the September 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan
"..History
The first inhabitants of Libya were Berber tribes. In the 7th century B.C. , Phoenicians colonized the eastern section of Libya, called Cyrenaica, and Greeks colonized the western portion, called Tripolitania. Tripolitania was for a time under Carthaginian control. It became part of the Roman Empire from 46 B.C. to A.D. 436, after which it was sacked by the Vandals. Cyrenaica belonged to the Roman Empire from the 1st century B.C. until its decline, after which it was invaded by Arab forces in 642. Beginning in the 16th century, both Tripolitania and Cyrenaica nominally became part of the Ottoman Empire.
Tripolitania was one of the outposts for the Barbary pirates who raided Mediterranean merchant ships or required them to pay tribute. In 1801, the pasha of Tripoli raised the price of tribute, which led to the Tripolitan war with the United States. When the peace treaty was signed on June 4, 1805, U.S. ships no longer had to pay tribute to Tripoli.
Following the outbreak of hostilities between Italy and Turkey in 1911, Italian troops occupied Tripoli. Libyans continued to fight the Italians until 1914, by which time Italy controlled most of the land. Italy formally united Tripolitania and Cyrenaica in 1934 as the colony of Libya.
Libya was the scene of much desert fighting during World War II. After the fall of Tripoli on Jan. 23, 1943, it came under Allied administration. In 1949, the UN voted that Libya should become independent, and in 1951 it became the United Kingdom of Libya. Oil was discovered in the impoverished country in 1958 and eventually transformed its economy...
"..is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
With an area of almost 1,800,000 square kilometres (694,984 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world.[3] The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. Libya has the second highest GDP (PPP) per capita of Africa, behind Equatorial Guinea. This is largely due to its large petroleum reserves and low population.[4][5]
The flag of Libya consists of a green field with no other characteristics. It is the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details.[6]..
Prophecy
Mid-East Bible Prophecy: Libya in Prophecy
"Our weekly Middle East Bible Prophecy update. This week we talk about the last days and what the Bible has foretold about Americas role in the End Times events. It also looks at the current fall of our morals and influence & power as well as our dollars slide in the global markets. This is part 1 of a 2 part video release. This teaching, along with all of JD's weekly Mid-East Bible Prophecy Updates, was originally presented & recorded on Sunday morning before our regular Sunday chapter by chapter & verse by verse Bible teaching. This one was recorded on April 20th of the year of our Lord 2008. These Teachings are also seen on Olelo & heard on KLHT radio 1040 AM or at www.klght.org or they are downloadable in there entirety from our web site."
Religion
6 Million Muslims convert to Christianity - Al Jazeerah
"Interview in Arabic with English subtitles. According to Al-Jazeerah's interview with Sheikh Ahmad Al Katani, the president of The Companions Lighthouse for the Science of Islamic Law in Libya, In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity. rn rnEveryday, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity. rn rnListen the Full Interview rn rnhttp://web.archive.org/web/2004040202... rn rnEnglish transcript rn rnhttp://www.formermuslims.com/forum/vi... 060bace70d241f606851b3f02fab875"
"Libya is a crossroads of history, continents and ancient empires. Home to the Mediterranean’s richest store of Roman and Greek cities – Sabratha, Cyrene and, above all, Leptis Magna – each of which is overlaid by remnants of Byzantine splendour, it’s a place where history comes alive through the extraordinary monuments on its shores. Every corner of cosmopolitan Tripoli resonates with a different period of history. It’s where the Sahara meets the Mediterranean."
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