Lebanon has a diverse population that is 54% Muslim, 40% Christian, and 5% Druze. It has a long history dating back to Canaanite and Phoenician civilizations. Lebanon suffered a devastating 16-year civil war and has struggled with political instability, waste management issues, and the impact of refugees from neighboring conflicts in Syria and Israel/Palestine. The Bible mentions Lebanon and neighboring cities like Tyre over 70 times, highlighting its importance in the region.

1. The
Lebanese
Republic
54% Muslim
40% Christian
5% Druze
Prime Minister: Tammam Salam

2. Lebanon is in West
Asia & shares a
border with Syria
& Israel.

3. Population

4. Lebanon was home to the Canaanites & Phoenicians.

5. In 64 B.C., Lebanon came under Roman Rule.

6. Lebanon was a
leading center for
Christianity.
Maronite Church in Lebanon

7. Before the Civil War,
Lebanon was
prosperous, and
relatively peaceful.

8. Beirut was
known as the
Paris of the
Middle East.

9. Lebanon’s unwritten National Pact of 1943 required the President to be Maronite Christian,
its speaker of the Parliament to be Shiite Muslim, its Prime Minister to be Sunni Muslim,
and the Deputy Speaker & Deputy Prime Minister to be Greek Orthodox.

10. In May 1948,
Lebanon
supported
neighboring Arab
countries in a war
against Israel.

11. Lebanon never fully recovered from its 16 year Civil War.

12. In a 2004 video, Osama
bin Laden claimed that
America’s involvement
in the Lebanese Civil
War caused him to
conceive the World
Trade Center Attack.

13. Today, there are
nearly 1 million
Syrian refugees in
Lebanon.

14. There are 18
recognized
religious groups in
Lebanon- each
with its own family
law and courts.

15. Lebanon has good
relations with most
Arab countries & is
a member of the
Arab League.

16. Hezbollah, a Shia
Islamist military group,
is located in S. Lebanon-
they are funded by Iran
primarily to harass
Israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

17. Current News…

18. In the outskirts of
Beirut, mountains of
rotting, maggot
infested trash are
piled as high as
highway overpasses.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lebanons-solution-mountains-rubbish-around-beirut-exporting-it-europe-
1536408

19. Presidential elections
in Lebanon have been
postponed, again, and
members of
government are
warning of an
impending collapse.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/198841-presidential-elections-postponed-again-as-mps-warn-of-
lebanon-s-collapse
The President of Lebanon is
supposed to be a Maronite
Christian. This position has been
vacant since 2014 because not
enough MP’s show for the vote.

20. Just this week,
Lebanese militants
crossed the electronic
border fence with
Israel & planted a
bomb-hitting an
armored Israeli
vehicle.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4748970,00.html

21. Is Lebanon
Mentioned in the
Biblical Text?

22. Lebanon is
mentioned over
70 times in the
NASB version of
the Bible.
https://www.blueletter
bible.org/search/searc
h.cfm?Criteria=lebano
n&t=NASB#s=s_primar
y_0_1
Solomon built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its
length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its
height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar
beams on the pillars.
1 Kings 7:2

23. The book of
Psalms & the
Song of Solomon
mentions
Lebanon many
times.
https://www.blueletter
bible.org/search/searc
h.cfm?Criteria=lebano
n&t=NASB#s=s_primar
y_0_1
The righteous man will flourish like the palm
tree, he will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms 92:12

24. The city of Tyre is
mentioned 57
times in the
NASB version of
the Bible.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the
miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred
in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth
and ashes.
Matthew 11:21

25. The Apostle Paul
shared the
Gospel in Tyre!
When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left,
we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the
ship was to unload its cargo.
Acts 21:3

26. Psalm 83 mentions
various countries
attacking Israel. One
of the countries is
Gebal (foothills of
Lebanon).
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the
Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Psalms 83:7
http://bibleatlas.org/gebal.htm

27. It will NOT go well
for any country
who attacks Israel!
For thus says the LORD of hosts,
“After glory He has sent me against the
nations which plunder you (Israel), for
he who touches you, touches
the apple of His eye.”
Zechariah 2:8http://bibleatlas.org/gebal.htm

28. Keep Your Eyes on
the Middle East

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