On May 25, 1971, the Israelis published a postage stamp with which to mail their letters that points out the main issue of conflict between the Arabs and Israelis. This conflict has affected the entire world, not only in the threat of war, but in the threat of crippling all nations with the shortage of oil and energy.

In Hebrew and English on the stamp is printed in illuminated lettering a part of Exodus 34:28 “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.”

       This is taken from the context of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments, but the spiritual purpose of the stamp is to remind the Israelis, the Arabs, and the world of the covenant that God made with Abraham. This covenant is as follows:

        1. Abraham would have a great nation. Genesis 12:2 “And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:”

        2. Abraham would be blessed with a great name and all the families of the earth would be blessed through him. Genesis 12:2-3 “2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

        On February 15, 1977, the Israelis published a postage stamp with which to mail their letters that has a picture of Abraham looking at the stars of heaven.

Quoted in Hebrew and English on the tab of the stamp is part of Genesis 22:17 “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;”

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