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The Ungodly Theocracy of Iran

December 15, 2005

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President Bush, in his lengthy media address yesterday, once again had a reference to the “axis of evil,” composed of North Korea, Syria, and Iran.

He singled out Iran as a real threat. It was interesting that he identified Iran as a theocracy, which indeed it is, a country governed by their god Allah.

Basically, a theocracy is a country or peoples who have a governmental structure ruled over by God.

God appoints the leaders: in the case of Iran,

the Imams, the Ayatollahs, and the clerics, who have the real power and control in Iran. The people are allowed to choose or elect their own local representatives, but the real power is in the hands of those chosen by Allah.

Quite frankly, a theocracy is the perfect form of government for fallen man, that is, if it has a perfect God.

In fact, the coming millennial reign of the Messiah will be such a government, and I am very anxious for it to arrive. God desired to initially establish a theocracy in Israel during the time of the Judges, but the people rejected God in favor of a king like all the nations around them.

I Samuel 8:6,7 – But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. [7] And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but

they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

I Samuel 10:18,19 – And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: [19] And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye h

ave said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

What is somewhat ironic it that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a type of theocracy under the false god Allah, who brought in his theocracy by his false prophet Muhammad.

In reality, Iran is a theocracy under the god of this world, who is none other than Satan.

It has the same motive for its existence as does Satan, who has long been determined to destroy Israel, the apple of God’s eye. But this is not only the goal of Iran; it is the goal of Islam, which makes up about one-fifth of the world’s six plus billion population. Al Qaeda has disseminated, for the first time, a tract that is directed toward Israel as the object of Jihad after foreign troops are withdrawn from Iraq. The DEBKA-Net-Weekly says the tract calls on all Muslims to join the fight to bring the “Sons of Zion” low.

The religious structure inside Islam is complicated and I certainly do not claim to be an authority, but Satan is the head of it. Ayatollah in Arabic means “sign of God.” Ayatollah is the religious name given to the highest Shiite clergymen. Their rank in importance, as used today, starts with Ayatollah at the top, and goes downward through Allama, Hujjat, Sheikh, and Daii. Only a few of the most important Ayatollahs are elevated to the title of Grand Ayatollah. There are more than 20 living Ayatollahs worldwide. The Grand Ayatollah of Iran is Supreme Leader of that Republic. Iran’s current Supreme Leader is Ayatollah Ali Khameni, who has supported all the outrageous extremist comments made by his puppet Iranian President.

I believe in theocracy as the perfect form of government provided the leader of it is perfect in all his virtues and judgments.

That is why I am looking forward to the theocracy which will be established by Messiah after Armageddon. When he does come, he will come quickly.

Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

Revelation 22:20 – He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Great News, the Iranian President is Flexible – Europe or Alaska!

December 14, 2005

Wonderful news!

Just when I thought the Iranian President was one of those hard-nosed Islamic fundamentalists, who had absolutely no give or take in how to deal with Israel, I discover that he is flexible on where the United Nations may put them.

The following extracts from the Jerusalem Post article show the Iranian ruler’s great flexibility. Isn’t it wonderful he has decided he doesn’t have to kill all of them, and it will be acceptable to just move them to the vast interior frozen highlands of Alaska

? Why, who knows, he might even be willing to send them a few Persian blankets to keep warm.

EXTRACT FROM JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE BEGINS

Ahmadinejad Denies Holocaust, Again

Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST

December 14, 2005

For the third time in a week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday the Holocaust is a “myth” that Europeans have used to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world.

Speaking to thousands of people in the southeastern city of Zahedan, Ahmadinejad said: “Today, they have created a myth in the name of Holocaust and consider it to be above God, religion and the prophets.”

Ahmadinejad said it was the Europeans who committed crimes against the Jews and they, the United States or Canada, should give part of their land to the Jews

to establish a state.

“If [the Europeans] committed this big crime, then why should the oppressed Palestinian nation pay the price?” Ahmadinejad asked rhetorically Wednesday. “You have to pay the compensation yourself.

“This is our proposal: give a part of your own land in Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to them (Jews) so that the Jews can establish their country,” he said.

Similar statements were made by the Iranian president on Monday at an Islamic conference in Teheran that was attended by Khaled Mashaal, Hamas’ s political leader.

The next day, Ahmadinejad spoke on Iranian television, doubting the Nazi destruction of European Jewry during World War II.

The television did not air the controversial remarks, but his words were published on Iranian state television’ s Web

site.

In October, Ahmadinejad provoked an international outcry when he called Israel a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map.” Last week, he suggested that Israel should be transferred to Europe, drawing further condemnation.

“This is our proposal: give a part of your own land in Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to them (Jews) so that the Jews can establish their country,” he said.

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The Essence of Timing for a Jihad Attack

December 14, 2005

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Being a child of the atomic age it would have been easy for me to agree that the tribulation war would be a nuclear holocaust, and I can readily understand why many believe it will be the case.

But I am just as sure it will not be a nuclear conflict as they are it

will be one of atomic terror.

My reasons for believing this are found in Archive Prophecy Updates 187A and 129C. Once our troops are pulled out of Iraq the likelihood of the U.S. getting them back into the Middle East in time to help Israel is next to none because of he quickness of the Jihad attack, as well as the U.S. population being in no mood to send them back.

For some time I have made the statement I expected the Jihad attack against Israel could come as early as 2007, and was likely to occur prior to 2012. The following article from the Jerusalem Post indicates the Head of the Israel Defense Forces believes Iran could have a nuclear bomb as early as 2008, or as late as 2015.

My proofs behind my belief we will not see an international nuclear war are fully exposited in our Archive Prophecy Updates 187A and 129C. And there will not be a Jihad launched against Israel by the Arabs while a significant number of American troops are still in Iraq.

I do believe that the majority of our troops will have been pulled out by mid 2007.

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Halutz: Iran Could Have Bomb by 2008

By JPost.com Staff and AP, THE JERUSALEM POST

December 13, 2005

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said Tuesday that Iran was approaching the point where it would have the technological know-how to build nuclear weapons.

According to Halutz, it is possible that Iran would be able to complete building a bomb as early as 2008 or as far as 2015.

Halutz spoke at the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday reiterated his doubt about the Holocaust and called on Muslim nations to take a proactive stand on the Palestinian issue.

The president’ s comment

s, published Tuesday on Iranian state television’s Web site, were the second time in a week that he has expressed doubt about the Nazi destruction of European Jewry during the World War II. Ahmadinejad provoked an international outcry in October when he called Israel a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map.”

“If the killing of Jews in Europe is true,” the Web site

quoted Ahmadinejad as saying, “and the Zionists are being supported because of this excuse, why should the Palestinian nation pay the price?”

The television did not broadcast Ahmadinejad’s comments, and the Web site offered no reason.

In Israel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said: “The real problem with the repeated statements of the Iranian president is that they correctly represent the mind-set of the Iranian leadership, and they accurately articulate the policies of that extremist regime.”

The president made the remarks Monday at an Islamic conference in Teheran that was attended by Khaled Mashaal, Hamas’s political leader.

Later Monday, Ahmadinejad discussed the Palestinian issue with Mashaal, the Web site reported.

“The Islamic world should give up its policy of passivity and deal with the Palestinian issue more actively,” Ahmadinejad said, according to the Web site.

He did not elaborate.

He said the West could not play a neutral role in

the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

“The West’s policy has always been in favor of the Zionist regime and to the detriment of the Islamic world. It can’t be a judge or mediator now,” Ahmadinejad said.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ultimate say on all matters, has backed Ahmadinejad’s calls for Israel’s elimination.

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Islamic Jihad is the Spirit of Antichrist!

December 13, 2005

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While many continue to await the r ise of the antichr

ist in the European Union, the spirit of antichrist is mak

ing a path for his appearance in the Islamic world. Islam considers us to be the “big devil” and Israel the “little devil.” How ironic that Satan himself is the “big devil” they worship as Allah, and his son, the antichrist, will be the “little devil,” who le ads 10 Ar

ab nations against Israel in a united spirit of Jihad.

Five Islamic terrorist groups, including al-Qaida in Iraq, denounced Thursday’s elections in Iraq as a great “satanic project.” They vowed to continue their Jihad to establish an Islamic regime.

They claim the election of free choice by individual ballets is a violation of the law of Allah. However, it would seem that the brutal homicide bombings, which have now taken thousands of innocent Iraqi lives, meet with Allah’s approval.

I applaud President Bush’s noble effort to attempt to establish a democratic government in Iraq elected by the people of Iraq.

And I thank God for our American service men and women who are valiantly putting their lives on the line every day to help the Iraqis establish a democratic government. I stand behind the President’s decisions as I have from the beginning.

But I would be less than honest if I changed what I have believed from the beginning – It is impossible to establish a “lasting” democratic government in Iraq no matter how sincere we are in making the attempt.

Whatever our president decides is the appropriate time to being our troops back to the U.S., I support, and I pray for him and our men and women in harm’s way daily, and I will support him and our troops through thick and thin, but I have never believed it is possible to establish a lasting democratic government in Iraq.

If I had not lived among, worked with, and gone to school which those who worship Allah as their God, and had

not studied the Koran, I might have a different opinion. If I had never studied biblical end time prophecies, I might have a different opinion.

If I had not fought in Vietnam, I might have a different opinion, but I really have no choice but to believe there will not be a “lasting” democratic government in Iraq.

Once our troops are withdrawn, with Iran to the east and Syria to the northwest, it will not take long for the democratically elected government to fall and a civil war to begin for supremacy between the Sunni, Kurds, and Shiite.

It is out of this conflict I expect antichrist to arise, most likely in Syria.

I have always believed he would come out of the ancient Assyrian Empire. That is why I say “most likely” from Syria. But he could come out of northern Iraq, extreme southern Turkey, or even Lebanon. You will find my specific reasons for this prophetic belief in our Archive Prophecy Updates on our Web Site at http://www.tribulationperiod.com/ under the Menu Heading “Prophecy Updates,” listed as Numbers 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 69.

A Miracle – Putin Tells the Truth!

December 13, 2005

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Russia will not be involved in the initial Jihad strike by 10 Arab Nations against Israel, but she will come down some three and one half years later to assist the Antichrist in his final effort to wipe out what remains of

Israel in the Negev at the final battle of Armageddon.

She is helping her poor economy by selling the Arabs all types of weapons they want from their great treasure of oil money, and has long range plans to get in on a big slice of the pie at the final victory of Islam over Jews and Christians.

At the final battle of Armageddon, the leader will be Satan incarnate in human flesh.

The Satanic trinity will be fully operative – Satan the Father, Antichrist the Son, and the False Prophet the Unholy Spirit. Their call to the finally battle will draw the nations of the known world, which covered the territory at the same time John wrote Revelation, to come to Armageddon to destroy the nation of Israel.

Revelation 16:13,14 – And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

[14] For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

The following article from MosNews is very revealing as to the attempt to prepare

the way for a Russian working relationship with Islam from now to Armageddon.

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Putin Calls Russia Defender of Islamic World!

By MosNews

December 12, 2005

Russia is the most reliable partner of the Islamic world and most faithful defender of its interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said

in Chechnya’ s capital Grozny.

Putin unexpectedly visited the war-ravaged republic to speak in the local parliament that opened for its first sitting on Monday.

“Russia has always been the most faithful, reliable and consistent defender of the interests of the Islamic world.

Russia has always been the best and most reliable partner and ally.

By destroying Russia, these people (terrorists) destroy one of the main pillars of the Islamic world in the struggle for rights (of Islamic states) in the international arena, the struggle for their legitimate rights,” Putin w as quoted by Itar -T

ass as saying, drawing applause from Chechen parliamentarians.

“Those who are trying to defend these false (extremist) ideals, those who are used as cannon fodder, who plant a mine for ten dollars or shoot with automatic weapons either do not know or have forgotten this,” the president said. Those who organize such activity certainly do this deliberately, understanding what goals they want to achieve,” Putin went on to say.

The leaders of the main Islamic states understand this, he added. “For this reason their representatives were present at the general voting in the referendum on the Constitution of the Chechen Republic, they were at the presidential elections; both the Organization of Islamic Conference and the League of Arab States, our colleagues and friends were present at the elections to the parliament.”

Putin said that “member countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference have unanimously passed a decision that Russia will begin working as an observer on a permanent basis”.

“And we shall continue our activity within the framework of this organization.

Quite recently a delegation of Russia’s Muslims has been to Mecca to discuss the problems of Muslim world development with their brothers.

I repeat: Russia will pursue this policy,” the president added.

President Vladimir Putin paid a surprise morale-boosting visit to Chechnya Monday, flown into the war-wracked province by helicopter under tight security. Putin declared the turbulent regi on was

on the road to peace.

Russia, a country with a total population of approximately 144 million, has 23 million Muslim residents representing 38 peoples, according to the Council of Muftis of Russia.

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