The Only Option – A Fence and a Forced Peace!
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October 27, 2006
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When we began issuing Prophecy Updates on our Web Site in 2000, I had taught since 1967 that a false peace had to come to Israel before the attack of Zechariah 13:8 to 14:2 and Daniel 11:41,42, which would be followed by a period of three and one-half years with Israel in the Negev Wilderness.
I knew a false peace had to come, but there were two questions I faced that perplexed me: (1) Would peace be “forced” on Israel’s enemies or “negotiated” with them, (2) How long will it last once it begins? I have come to the conclusion it will be “forced” on the P alestini
ans, that Israel will not sign a peace treaty with Syria, and that it will last less than one year.
Zechariah 13:8 to 14:2 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. [1] Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
[2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Daniel 11:41 – He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape
out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Please Read the Jerusalem Post Article and Special Prophecy Update Number 67A following it. Also, please take a look at the fence diagram on Special Prophecy Update 65C in our Prophecy Update Archives.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
High Court approves Sector of West Bank Security Fence
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
October 26, 2006
The High Court of Justice rejected the petition of Palestinian villagers on Thursday and approved the construction of a sector of the security fence around the settlements of Emanuel, Ma’ aleh Shomron and Karnei Shomron.
The length of the fence in the area is to be six kilometers, and will built on over 100 acres of private Palestinian land that has been expropriated for the project.
According the court ruling, the decision took into consideration the effect the fence would have on the Palestinians residents.
Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak wrote that the Jewish neighborhoods were “a target for serious terror attacks in recent years,” adding that on numerous occasions residents of Emanuel had been forced to endure shooting attacks against busses which had claimed the lives of 19 people and wounded dozens.
While undecided about whether the planned route was a measured deterrent, the court was not convinced that there was an alternative route that would fulfill all the security requirements.
The ruling stated that the Palestinians could appeal to the High Court in the event that the agreements regarding Palestinians’ movement in the area and, specifically, their access to agricultural lands were not fulfilled.
End Jerusalem Post Article
SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 67A
May 11, 2002
A LIKELY ANSWER TO A QUESTION I HAVE PONDERED WITH GREAT CURIOSITY FOR MANY YEARS!
Paul, as a Hebrew of the Hebrews, was so concerned about the salvation of his own people that at one point he wished himself to be accursed from Christ if that would set them free from their unbelief.
Romans 9:2,3 – That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
[3] For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
There is no question that he recognized the Jews as being in unbelief before God as a nation.
Romans 11:32 – For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
So it is easy to understand that the “they” of Paul’s day in the following verses refers primarily to the Jews as a nation in unbelief, while the “ye” (plural) refers to those made up of the “brethren” in the local church at Thessalonica.
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Of course, I freely acknowledge that the “they” of verse 3 could legitimately be applied to all the children of darkness today, but I believe Paul’s main reference is to the unbelief he struggled against throughout his ministry, the unbelief of the Jews.
I always believe what the Scripture says is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. However, many times when I am sure I am interpreting it correctly, I still have difficulty in understanding HOW it will be fulfilled by God. I am certain that Israel will reach a point in time when it will “say,” that is, “they” will actually believe, that they truly have “peace and safety.” But one thing that has perplexed me for years is HOW God will bring such a situation to exist. I knew he would, but had no idea HOW he would do it. Why was I so baffled as to HOW he would do it? Simply this – For some 2000 years the Jews, as a nation, have never known “peace and safety” collectively on a worldwide basis. And collectively, as a nation in their homeland, they have never had anything except the opposite of “peace and safety” for some 54 years.
The most important aspect of verse 3 is that by saying they do, it actually means they truly think they have “peace and safety.” For 54 years every Israeli Prime Minister has repeatedly stated during all of his or her administration, “ISRAEL MUST HAVE A PEACE WITH SECURITY.” But it has never happened!
I believe what began on March 29th in Israel is the answer to the question of HOW that I have pondered over for so long.
Israel will finally truly believe it has a “peace and safety situation” for the first time in its modern day history.
The reason for their fully believing they have it is a simple one – they will create it themselves by building what they believe is a zone of safety between themselves and the Palestinians. I began to warn about this “forced” peace plan in our first prophecy update of 2001, and have repeatedly referred to it in every increasing detail in numerous prophecy updates in our archives ever since. The “forced” peace on the Palestinians will be produced by a “buffer zone” of safety between themselves and the Palestinians. The Israelis will build the zone. It will probably vary in width from 3 to 10 miles, and will completely enclose the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israeli coastal patrol boats will provide the defensive shield in the waters of the Gaza Strip. There will be an interwoven series of high barbed wire and chain linked electronic fences, which will be interspersed by electronic and high tech detection devices along its entire periphery enclosure. All roads passing through it will be constantly and closely monitored by border guard checkpoints. This defensive shield will provide what Israelis believe will finally give them a “peace with security (safety).” This is the only way they would ever “say” we have a “peace with security” and truly believe it.
As a whole, Israel has no confidence in its God.
Most of the population is either secular or so non-practicing that it is tantamount to being secular. I have spent a fair amount of time talking to young men and women in the IDF. The majority said they do not believe there is a God. Israel is very much like it was before it was carried into Assyrian and then Babylonian captivity. They had lost confidence in their God’s ability to deliver them. They had confidence in their own ability to defend themselves and in their alliances with other nations. Today’s generation has confidence in itself and in its alliance with the United States to protect it from harm.
Operation Defensive Shield is a revised version of the Yigal Allon Plan of 1968. It began on March 29, 2002 and is still continuing.
It will eventually culminate with a defensive buffer zone shield having been created between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Let’s be realistic about the Middle East. Think about all the bitter hatred that has been built up between the Palestinians and the Israelis. The Palestinians have instilled it in their children from birth.
There is no way under heaven the Israelis could ever believe they possessed a time of “peace and safety,” unless they mechanically created it themselves. Once this has been accomplished they can imagine a peace in which they feel secure, but not before it is in place. This is what is now occurring in Israel.
Believing they have real “peace and safety” is what will cause them to be taken by surprise when a lightning Jihad blitzkrieg from the north fulfills these words: “then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child.” They will be concentrating so heavily on their internal security and safety that they will lower their guard on the external danger that lurks to their north and northeast.
We are on the verge of a false peace in which Israel finally believes it has safety in the security of a buffer zone that will surround the Palestinians. Once sufficient time has passed for Israel to say and believe “we finally have peace and safety,” then an attack by Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran from the north through the northeast, with the logistical support of six other Arab nations, will drive Israel into the Negev, where it will remain for more than three years, returning after the battle of Armageddon to claim the Abrahamic land grant promise God made to Israel as the seed of Abraham in Genesis 15:18.
Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Genesis 15:18 – In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
I Thessalonians 5:3 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
I BELIEVE THE BEGINNING OF THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS PROPHETIC SERIES OF EVENTS IS NOW COMING INTO VIEW ON TODAY’S MIDDLE EAST HORIZON.
THEY – THEM – THEY = ISRAEL IN UNBELIEF
SHALL SAY = THEY SAY WHAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE
PEACE AND SAFETY = WHAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE
SUDDEN DESTRUCTION = A JIHAD FROM THE NORTH
TRAVAIL = SUDDEN AND CONTINUING BIRTH PAINS
SHALL NOT ESCAPE = HORROR OF THE TRIBULATION
WHEN ISRAEL ACTUALLY CONVINCES ITSELF IT HAS PEACE AND SAFETY, A SHORT TIME THEREAFTER THE SERIES OF EVENTS WILL BEGIN TO UNFOLD.
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Watching the Seventh Kingdom form over the Last 35 Years!
October 26, 2006
I retired from the National Security Agency (USAF) in 1971. It’s been an exciting experience to see the Revelation 13 Seventh Kingdom come into place over the last 35 years. The Seventh Kingdom’s 10 horns are the same as the 10 toes in Daniel 2 and the 10 horns in Daniel seven. I had eight of them nailed down at the time of my retirement, namely Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, and had eliminated Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. I have since added Turkey and Sudan.
There was never any question in my mind that the 10 horns and 10 toes of Daniel and Revelation would come out of the southern flank of the old Roman Empire, and would be the Seventh Kingdom of Revelation. I faced horrendous opposition on this position up until recently, but the events in the Middle East over the last 35 years have changed the minds of many.
Revelation 13:1 – And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
The following quote is taken from my second book, “Tribulation Triad,” which I finished in the late seventies.
Begin 1978 Quote
“Six great world empires that affected and afflicted Israel were used by Satan for that purpose. These six great world empires that existed before, and at the time of the cross were, in chronological order, the: (1) Egyptian, (2) Assyrian, (3) Babylonian, (4) Medo-Persian, (5) Grecian, and (6) Roman.
The seventh kingdom will incorporate all the cunning and skill in the arts and sciences that have been handed down from the previous six empires. Man has come a long way since the days of the cruel Egyptian Pharaoh of the Exodus, but all that modern man has learned is based on the root contributions of these six empires – soon all the knowledge and expertise of sinful mankind will be centered in the seventh kingdom.
The ten horns of Revelation 13:1 are 10 Arab nations who will soon form the nucleus of the seventh kingdom, and the ten crowns are the 10 kings that will rule them. For years we have pictured the typical Arab as a scrawny little fellow on a camel in the desert, with a comic grin on his face. This viewpoint is quickly changing. Oil is slowly replacing the dollar in international importance – and soon 10 Arab nations will have gained economic control of the earth’s wealth. We will not try to stop them because of the Soviet Union – and the Soviet Union will not try to stop them because of us and Red China. The world power block will block itself as the 10 Arab nations prosper in their midst.”
End 1978 Quote
The 1978 prophetic interpretation of Revelation 13:1 has, is, and will continue to be fulfilled in the Middle East. Up until the United States stopped helping Saddam Hussein, when his war ended with Iran, we were major suppliers of weapons to Arab nations that have now turned against us. Russia and China are the two major sellers of sophisticated high tech weaponry and high tech technicians to Arab nations that hate us. Europe and North Korea are also major sellers of weapons to Arab nations. In fact, Russia, China, North Korea, Europe, and in a much smaller way, the United States, have all contributed to the growth of the seventh Arab empire of Revelation.
The European Union helped me make up my Mind about Turkey!
October 26, 2006
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When I wrote my first book in the early seventies, I did not think Turkey would be one of the 10 toes of the great Daniel 2 statue, because she was one of the most pro-western, secular leaning Islamic countries, and a solid member of NATO. Conflicts with Greece, plus a refusal by the European Union (thus far) to admit Turkey as a member, have been driving her into the arms of Islamic fundamentalism, such that
I have believed for several years she would be one of the 10 toes.
Begin Scotsman Article
Turkey’s EU accession could prove to be a bitter pill
The Scotsman
October 25, 2006
BULGARIA and Romania will enter the European Union next year as part of the bloc’s continuing expansion plans, which have seen the number of members almost double in only a few years.
In 2004, the EU took in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, increasing its membership to 25 and its total population to more than 300 million.
Even after January’s accessions, the process is likely to continue: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia are in the process of applying for eventual membership.
But all the moves to take in former communist states from eastern Europe are relatively insignificant compared to that biggest and potentially most transformational subject of the enlargement process: Turkey. With 80 million people, it would be the biggest EU member, and the poorest. It would also be the first with a majority Muslim population.
Despite agreeing in 2004 to open membership talks with Turkey, the EU has appeared to cool on the prospect in recent months, with Germany particularly sceptical.
Gunter Verheugen, the former EU enlargement commissioner, warned at the weekend that “Europe is sending Turkey almost exclusively negative signals”.
Turkey’s intransigence over talks about the reunification of Cyprus has also slowed the process; some diplomats now believe the entire membership process could yet be derailed.
Begin BLOG Article of May 13, 2006
Opps Number 2 – There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant!
May 13, 2006
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I chose Turkey as one of the 10 toes of Daniel 2 a few years ago, and was quickly reminded that could not happen because the 10 toes were European nations and Turkey was a part of NATO, but I knew when push came to shove that Turkey would follow its Islamic roots to be one of the 10. I chose Iraq as one of the 10 toes 32 years ago. When the United States invaded Iraq I was again quickly told that eliminated Iraq, because the United States was going to establish a democratic government in Iraq, which I knew would only last as long as American troops were there and, after their withdrawal, Iraq would be one of the 10. So, here is my second “Opps” Blog on the subject of the 10. The 10 toes are going to be Arabic, not European! As in goes in the popular song of late – “That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it!
The following article was taken from the New York Times. It shows a further slippage of Turkey away from its secular union with the West back into its mother arms of Islam.
Begin New York Times Article by Chris Mason
May 11, 2006
World Briefing | Europe
Turkey: Pullout from NATO Exercise
By CHRIS MASON (NYT)
The Turkish government pulled out of a five-week NATO military exercise in Canada to protest a statement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month in which he called the killing of Armenians in World War I a genocide. The move followed Turkey’s recall of its ambassador to Canada. Turkey has also recalled its ambassador to France to protest a bill before Parliament that would make denying the Armenian genocide a crime. Officials at the Turkish Embassy in Canada confirmed that a half-dozen Turkish jet fighters and other aircraft to be used in the NATO exercise had been withdrawn. The operation, to begin next week, will go on with about 40 aircraft and pilots from nine other countries, including the United States, Germany, France and Britain.
End New York Times Article by Chris Mason
SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 233B
July 27, 2005
10 Jihad Kings among the Kings of Revelation 19:19!
Part 1 – The 10 Jihad Toes of Daniel 2
At the battle of Armageddon most of the kings of the earth will come to join the antichrist in a final attempt to eradicate the nation of Israel. Among them will be 10 nations representing the 10 Jihad toes of Daniel 2 that drove Israel into the Negev three and one-half years earlier.
Revelation 19:19 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
Some three and one-half years before the final battle of Armageddon, which closes the tribulation period, ten kings of nations out of the territory once occupied by the ancient Roman Empire will attack Israel from the north.
Daniel 2:42 – And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
II Thessalonians 2:3 – Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
The last evil kingdom of antichrist on this earth was to initially be comprised of 10 nations with 10 kings led by the man of sin himself. It was to arise out of the ashes of the old Roman Empire. I have always believed it would rise out of the southern half of the Empire and be made up of 10 Arab nations. I believe the elements for its formation are in place today, and I suspect that the most likely Arab nations of which it will be comprised are Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Some of these nations are strong like iron, and some are as soft and pliable as clay.
I do not question that in the final battle of Armageddon the descendants of Ham, Shem, and Japheth will be combatants against the nation of Israel. But I have always contended, along with the Bible expositors of the 18th and 19th centuries, that the antichrist’s initial attack would be led by Arab descendants of Abraham.
They are the mingled seed of his oldest son Ishmael with the seed of the six sons he sired by Keturah, as well as some of the other offspring of his own father Terah. The empire of the antichrist will be an Islamic empire that eventually takes into it other old world nations.
And, in the final great battle of Armageddon, all those nations that made up the world as it was known in A.D. 95 will come against Israel, such that Japheth, Ham, and Shem’s descendants will also be involved.
Daniel 2:41-43 – And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
The 10 toes will consist primarily of Terah’s descendants. Abraham came out of Terah. Out of Abraham came the leaders of the three great monotheistic faiths associated with Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad. And they have always been in conflict. (See Archive Update 78 Diagram)
The inspired word in Daniel 2:43, from which the word “mingled” comes, is ARAB, which means “to interlace or mix.” The “seed of men” refers to non-descendants of the man Abraham, from which both Jews and Arabs descended. “They” refers to the 10 toes of Daniel’s statue in Daniel 2:42, which have 10 kings over them. Isaac, the father of Israel, had seven half brothers – Ishmael from Hagar and the six sons of Keturah. It was from these seven half brothers that the Arab world has been primarily created. The descendants of Israel have been more likely to marry within the blood line of the man Israel than have the Arabs to marry within their separate bloodlines of Hagar and Keturah, and the Arabs have also intermingled with non-descendants of Abraham more than have the Jews.
Daniel 2:43 – And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Just as iron and clay do not hold together very long, the 10 Arab nations will only hold together long enough to fulfill God’s end time tribulation period prophecies. The saved will be caught up on the sounding of the seventh trump to be judged in heaven, and the kingdom of God will all be united in heaven, waiting to return to earth with Christ at his Second Advent.
Revelation 11:15 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Daniel 2:44 – And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
The God of heaven will call all the saved of all the ages together in heaven during the “days of these kings,” and will initially “set up” his kingdom, from whence he will return to earth with it as its head, after the saved have been judged in heaven. Christ’s coming kingdom will “break in pieces and consume all the kingdoms” of the present world, and his kingdom alone will rule.
Revelation 11:15-18 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. [16] And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, [17] Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. [18] And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Christ, the stone, came from the mountain representing God, without any human instrumentation, but by God’s Spirit forming his body in a virgin’s womb. Christ will return to destroy those morally destroying the earth. All of the evil that came out of the Babylonian, Medo- Persian, Macedonian, and Roman Empires will be laid waste by his Second Advent.
Daniel 2:45 – Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
The Scriptures which follow describe the coming of the great Stone, the great Rock, coming with his kingdom.
Revelation 19:11-18 – And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. [12] His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. [13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. [14] And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
[15] And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. [16] And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. [17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; [18] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains,
and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Daniel 2:44 – And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Revelation 19:19,20 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 16:15,16 – Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. [16] And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Jude 23 – And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Revelation 3:2-4 – Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready
to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. [3] Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch,
I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. [4] Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 19:7-9 – Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. [8] And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. [9] And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Micah 4:7 – And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
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.
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Situation Developing for Jacob’s Trouble Prophecy to his South, North, and East!
October 25, 2006
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PREPARATION TO THE SOUTH OF JACOB
The Palestinians should be prepared to attack Israel at some point in time between 2008 and 2012. Large quantities of anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons and missiles have been smuggled into the Gaza Strip from the Egyptian Sinai through some 15 tunnels. The tunnels interconnect into a maze of some 100 tunnel entrances under Gaza.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
‘Underground City being dug in Gaza’
Josh Brannon, Sheera Claire Frenkle, and JPost Staff
THE JERUSALEM POST
October 24, 2006
In a briefing to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said he believed the IDF must stay in the Philadelphi Corridor, explaining, “There is an underground city being dug in the Gaza Strip,” where in the past three days “IDF troops have uncovered at least one hundred tunnel openings in the Rafah area.”
But Halutz stressed that “no decision has been made” and that the army is examining options of how to best deal with the terror-tunnel threat.
A recent IDF intelligence report warned that the pace of smuggling by armed groups in Gaza, as well as the quality of weapons being imported, was increasing.
Halutz went on to tell committee members that each tunnel was around 1.5 kilometers in length.
The chief of staff repeated previous assessments, saying that Palestinian terrorist have learned their lessons from Hizbullah and were seeking to emulate it.
Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Tuesday during a tour of the Southern Command that Israel will continue operating in the Gaza Strip in order to stop terror organizations from further arming themselves, and to keep them from attacking Israeli citizens.
“We will not allow the Gaza Strip to turn into southern Lebanon and we will take action to prevent the strengthening of the terrorist organizations,” Peretz said.
However, a sweeping counter-terror operation, as recommended by commanders in the field, will most likely not be implemented in the near future because of public pressures.
Peretz added that he hoped that Egypt would step up to prevent weapons smuggling.
Early Tuesday morning, the IDF withdrew from the Philadelphi Route after a week-long operation there, during which troops uncovered at least 15 weapons smuggling tunnels running under the narrow strip along the Egyptian border.
During the operation, Palestinians attacked troops with anti-tank weapons, but the soldiers took no casualties.
One combat engineering soldier who took part in the search and demolition of tunnels near Rafah described resistance as light.
On Monday night, the IAF targeted two rocket launchers that were used to fire rockets at Sderot on Monday evening from Beit Hanoun in southern Gaza.
End Jerusalem Post Article
PREPARATION TO THE NORTH OF JACOB
Hizballah should be prepared to attack Israel at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.
Begin DEBKAfile Report Number 1
DEBKAfile reports: Hizballah reconstitutes its pre-war fortified lines and missile positions opposite Israel – plus the latest Iranian surveillance systems
October 23, 2006, 10:44 PM (GMT+02:00)
Upon taking over the IDF’s northern command from the Lebanon war commander, Monday, Oct. 23, the incoming OC Maj-Gen. Gad Eisenkott said tersely: We are keeping close watch on Hizballah’s rearmament. The refurbished fortifications, according to DEBKAfile’s military sources, are under cover.
Because Hizballah is not yet ready to openly challenge UNIFIL, their lookout points together with fresh supplies of rockets, ammo and electronic spying gear are hidden in village houses facing Israel. The UN peacekeeping and Lebanese army presence has not stopped Hizballah from systematically retaking and re-manning its old tunnel and fortified bunker locations in South Lebanon. They are designated “nature preserves” by the IDF. Nor, say our military sources, did they prevent Syria over last weekend smuggling across a first consignment of medium-range Fajr-3 (45km range) and Fajr-5 (up to 100 km range) rockets – the ones Hizballah used in the Lebanon War to blast in-depth Israeli targets: Haifa, Tiberias, Afula and the Hadera-Caesaria district. IDF intelligence estimates the consignment was small, designed to test Israeli military and UN responses. It was accompanied by a vigorous campaign launched by Hizballah’s friends in Beirut against Israel’s surveillance over-flights, thanks to which the consignment was discovered. These airborne cameras have also picked up quantities of rockets and launchers
of all types including the Iranian Zelzal waiting on the Syrian side of the border to be smuggled across to Hizballah.
DEBKAfile has obtained a list of the S. Lebanese villages playing host to re-armed Hizballah positions along the Israeli border: Kfar Kila, opposite the northernmost Israeli town of Metullah; Adissa and Markaba opposite Ramim, Hola and Mais al Jabel opposite the Israel’s northern highw ay, Itron opposite Kibbutz M
alkia, Maruan a Ras opposite Yiron, and Raimish and Ait al-Shaab opposite the Western Galilee highway.
PREPARATION TO THE EAST OF JACOB IN IRAQ
Iraq will swing into partnership with Islamic Jihad goals just as soon as Allied troops are not sufficient in number in the Middle East to stop them, and will participate in the attack against Israel at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.
Begin DEBKAfile Report Number 2
Iraqi forces should take full control in next 12-18 months, says US Iraq commander Gen. George Casey
October 24, 2006, 3:08 PM (GMT+02:00)
US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad told a joint news conference in Baghdad that the Iraqi government had agreed to a timeline for progress on security and the economy, including changes to the constitution, disbanding militias and a new oil law.
Significant success in Iraq is possible, he said, in the “realistic timetable” of the coming 12 months despite the surging violence.
General Casey and Ambassador Khalizad both accused Iran and Syria of providing support to armed groups in Iraq and fomenting violence to prevent the US succeeding in stabilizing Iraq. They have had some success, said Khalilzad, but the US will not acquiesce but redouble its efforts to succeed. Casey said those efforts now focus on making Baghdad safe, keeping up the pressure
on al Qaeda in the west and the north, targeting the sectarian death squads and improving protection for US troops. Resolution of the militia issue required an integrated US-Iraqi military effort which is going ahead, said the US Iraq commander.
End DEBKAfile Report Number 2
Jacob (Israel) will undergo an attack by 10 Arab nations at some point between 2008 and 2012, but will be delivered by God some three and one-half years after the attack.
Begin Time of Jacob’s Trouble Archive Prophecy Update 40 (11/02/01)
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 40
November 2, 2001
Jeremiah 30:7 – Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Jacob, as used here, refers to all the descendants of the man whom God gave the new name of Israel – the people we know today as the nation of Israel. I believe the events, now occurring in the Middle East, are the forerunners of a process whereby more and more pressure will be put on Israel. A peace, which at first will appear to be genuine, will, after a brief period of time, be dramatically broken by a vicious, preplanned blitzkrieg attack from the north, led by Syria and a confederation of Islamic nations. Jeremiah states prophetically: “Alas for that day is great, so that none is like it.” Christ also spoke of it in Matthew 24:21 as he forecast: “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” This great time of worldwide judgment will be an act of God’s righteous judgment upon sinful mankind. Once before, mankind reached a state of such great ungodliness that God destroyed him. He destroyed mankind by using the earth to flood itself with its own water supply. This act of God upon sinful mankind is recorded in the sixth chapter of Genesis.
Genesis 6:11-13 – The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. [12] And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. [13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
God destroyed mankind “with the earth” by use of the water he created upon it and under it. Christ indicates that just before His Second Coming mankind will once again have reached a godless state similar to that attained before the flood. He states this plainly in Luke 17:26 — “And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”
God promised mankind he would never again flood the earth, but he made no such promise concerning once again using the earth to destroy mankind “with the earth.” In fact He has very clearly indicated that His next judgment upon sinful mankind will be by fire. Malachi predicts this forthcoming judgment.
Malachi 4:1 – For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Just as God drew water from within His own earthly creation to destroy sinful mankind in the days of Noah, so will he draw fire from within his earth to destroy corrupt man in the days of the Son of man. Malachi very clearly indicates that God will use fire as from a great oven.
God will use His own earth to destroy mankind by fire. Here are five of the many Scriptures that foretell a fantastic shaking of the crust and internal structure of the earth.
It is this shaking that will produce a massive movement of the earth’s tectonic structure and produce a holocaust of fire around the peripheries of their boundaries.
Isaiah 13:13 – Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Haggai 2:6,7 – For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; [7] And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 24:1 – Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah 24:5,6 – The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. [6] Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Isaiah 29:6 – Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
These Scriptures picture an earth whose external and internal components have been so shifted that the astronomical balance and orbit of the earth have been dramatically changed.
This composite picture, outlined by these Scriptures, presents a world so fantastically shaken that it is almost beyond human understanding to grasp the full significance of the holocaust. It is, however, as Daniel indicated, possible in these last days to better understand certain prophetic utterances that will affect only the final generation.
End Archive Prophecy Update Number 40
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Saudis Are Getting Worried! Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Kuwait are in Big Trouble If Israel is driven into the Negev.
October 24, 2006
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We have been working on a new computer network setup since last Tuesday, and it has been extremely frustrating for a 74 year old fellow who had 5 by-passes recently. We hope to get it in place during this week, but I am still getting some water seepage into my left lung from bruises that occurred during the surgery. Consequently, I have been failing to answer some of my phone calls, and none of
my e-mails. My mail is piled over my head and Emogine is going to have another major surgery on her eye, so don’t expect much from me over the next couple of weeks unless something unusual happens in the Middle East. It still looks like sometime between 2008 and 2012 is a good guesstimate for the Arab attack against Israel to occur. Please read Prophecy Archive Updates 71 to 73, which follow the DEBKAfile Exclusive Report.
I have taught for more than 30 years that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan would not be among the 10 toes of Daniel’s statue (Chapter 2, nor would they be among the 10 horns on his fourth beast (Chapter 7). I based my belief on Daniel 11:41-44, which follows the DEBKAfile Report that immediately follows this heading.
Everything I have seen up to this Halloween makes me believe that will be the case. Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia are now sweating out how Iran, Syria, and other hostile Islamic countries will treat them with all the fire power they are getting from Russia, China, and North Korea.
Begin DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Saudis bring over to Jeddah hardline Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal for last-ditch try to avert Palestinian civil war
October 22, 2006, 11:06 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Hamas politburo chief traveled from Damascus disguised as a pilgrim. Saudi rulers offered him and his movement generous terms for breaking away from the Damascus-Tehran bloc, freeing the kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit and signing a cooperation pact with Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas.
In a back-up move, the Saudis last week invited to Mecca the heads of the Syrian opposition in exile: former Syrian vice president Khalim Haddam, today a sworn foe of Syrian president Bashar Asad, the leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Sader e-Din Ali Bayanouni and Bashar’s uncle, Rifat Asad, who aspires to oust his nephew and take his place. This act is seen as Riyadh’s warning to Asad of dire consequences, including punitive financial measures, if he tries to disrupt this Palestinian reconciliation move. To demonstrate its importance to the oil kingdom, King Abdullah granted Meshaal a private audience.
DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources describe this as a direct Saudi challenge to Iran and its schemes – in contrast to the inertia displayed by the Egyptian, Jordanian and Israeli governments. The Hamas politburo chief is not generally expected to reject the Saudi proposition out of hand – certainly not the handsome remuneration on offer – but neither is Hamas inclined to turn its back on Syria and Iran, its principal suppliers of weapons and fighters. (See earlier story on this page.) On a single day, Sunday, Oct. 22, Fatah and Hamas staged 26 reciprocal assassination attempts of each other’s commanders in a further escalation of tension. Fatah was horrified to see a Hamas parading 500 new recruits in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, a Fatah stronghold.
DEBKAfile’s military sources comment that if Hamas was capable of lining up 500 armed recruits in a small Palestinian town on the West Bank which is surrounded on three sides by Israel’s defense barrier, it betokens a much larger Hamas militia numbering thousands ready to go – a nasty surprise for both Abu Mazen and Israel.
End DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 71
June 7, 2002
The King of the North – The Antichrist
Part 1
Daniel 11:41 – He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
The initial attack into the glorious land of Israel will be from the north, from Syria and Lebanon, and the first of many countries that
will fall before the antichrist will be Israel.
There will be a lightning surprise Jihad blitzkrieg launched by Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Iraq, with logistical support from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, and Sudan, and direct internal attack by a new Palestinian state inside Israel. These are the ten toes of Daniel’s great statue, the ten horns of his fourth beast, and the ten horns on both of John’s beasts.
Daniel 2:42 – And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Daniel 7:7 – After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Revelation 13:1 – And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his
heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 17:3 – So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Many of the countries of Daniel’ s day were named for their fir
st descendants as they related to Abraham. Edom was associated with the descendants of his grandson Esau, with Ammon and Moab being associated with the two sons of his nephew Lot. In Daniel’s day these three countries were to the immediate east, northeast, and southeast of Israel. If you will check all maps from B.C. 500 to 700, you will discover that all three of these countries would be entirely engulfed by modern day Jordan. So why would Jordan escape his wrath? Its geographical position would have no military, political, or financial value to him, and the occupants of Jordan will certainly not attack him, so he will bypass Jordan on his way to conquer the Suez Canal, which will have all three of these values abundantly. Jordan will not be a part of the initial Jihad, but after Israel is driven into the Negev it will be 100% in the antichrist’s camp. Because Egypt and Jordan made peace with Israel they are out of favor with what I call the big three, which are Syria, Iraq, and Iran. And because Saudi Arabia plays footsies with the United States, it also falls into the non-favored category. The Arab world simply doesn’t trust Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia enough to include them in the secret planning that will go into the Jihad, and they will be as surprised as Israel when it is launched. Jordan and Saudi Arabia will support the antichrist after he conquers Egypt, and will to do so for the remainder of the tribulation period. Lord willing, I will continue with Daniel 11:42 in Prophecy Update Number 72.
Daniel 11:42 – He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 72
June 14, 2002
The King of the North – The Antichrist
Part 2
Daniel 11:42 – He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
In Prophecy Update Number 71 we exposited on verse 41. We begin this Update with Israel having already lost some 2/3 of its population while being driven into the Negev wilderness by 10 Arab nations led by the antichrist.
Once he has driven Israel into the Negev and secured the northern periphery of it to stop a breakout from it, he will leave Israel trapped in it and proceed to his most important military objective, the Suez Canal.
Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
There is no more important zone in the entire Middle East from a military, political, and economic standpoint than the narrow strip of water known as the Suez Canal.
World shipping passes through it from the south into the Mediterranean Sea on its way to European ports, and to the ports of the northern Atlantic. It carries southward through its banks the shipping commerce that services the ports of the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, the Gulf of Siam, the South China Sea, and the vast Pacific Ocean.
The sudden lightning Jihad strike from the north will catch the western world by complete surprise. The short period of false peace in the Middle East, following a period of no peace since 70 A.D. for the Jewish nation, will lull Israel and those nations that are friendly to her into a false sense of security. Furthermore, I am convinced that the lengthy chain of worldwide earthquake activity will begin at this time with the occurrence of the first earthquake in the book of Revelation, found in 6:12, and that the worldwide activity will continue until the last earthquake of Revelation, found in conjunction with Armageddon in 16:16-18.
Revelation 6:12 + 16:16-18 – And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; [16] And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. [17] And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. [18] And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
This surge of worldwide earthquake activity, acting with the element of surprise, and pushing an already weak economy over the edge, will cause the western world and Europe to be more concerned with their own national interest of survival, than in the survival of Israel. Besides, I assure you that, immediately upon the antichrist’s conquest of the Suez Canal, the plans will already have been laid to instantly announce that the status quo of the Suez Canal operations will remain unchanged, and that all nations will have free access through it.
I have always believed that the 10 toes of Daniel’s statue and the 10 horns of his fourth beast are the same as the 10 horns found in Chapters 13 and 17 of Revelation. There is no question in my mind that in the last days of this age the 10 horns were to arise out of the southern flank of the area dominated by the fourth beast of Daniel, which represented the Roman Empire of John’s time. The Roman Empire, at its maximum expansion, extended into parts of all the nations that I believe will be involved in the support of the antichrist when he drives Israel into the Negev, and then takes over the Suez Canal.
I believe those 10 nations will be Lebanon, Syria,
Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, and the Palestinians.
Daniel 2:32,33 – This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, [33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel 7:23,24 – Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. [24] And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Revelation 13:1 – And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 17:12,13 – And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. [13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
These 10 Islamic nations will be the nucleus of the antichrist’s kingdom, with the Suez Canal as its focal point. One could not find a better geopolitical location for a capital of this area than the great city of Cairo. In Prophecy Update Number 73, which, Lord willing, we will issue as a regular update next Friday, I will lay out some particulars of his stay in Cairo. Among those particulars will be an exposition concerning the identity of the three kings he is said to subdue in Daniel 7:24, and the role of the two nations said to be “at his steps” in Daniel 11:43.
Daniel 11:43 – But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 73
June 22, 2002
The King of the North – The Antichrist
Part 3
Daniel 11:43 – But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
In Prophecy Updates 71 and 72, Parts 1 and 2 (See Prophecy Archives at top of page), we exposited fully on the entrance of the antichrist into Israel from the north, his conquest of Israel north of Beersheva, his driving of Israel into the Negev, his by-passing Jordan because of a lack of strategic value, the absolute necessity of his conquest of the Suez Canal, and his preparation to enter Egypt for a strategic base of his future activities during the next three plus years.
The antichrist is to be a tactical military genius. That being the case, he will follow the only logical way to conquer Egypt. Just what is Egypt geographically? It is bordered on the west by Libya,
on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the south by Sudan, and on the east by the western border of the Gaza Strip, the Negev, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Red Sea. However, in reality, that is not Egypt. Egypt, population wise, consists of the narrow strip of coastline (up to three miles inland) touching the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea, plus its major population distribution along and 20 miles either side of the Nile River and its northern delta. The antichrist will lead a Jihad coalition of 10 Islamic nations, two of which will be Libya and ancient Ethiopia, which now exists as Sudan along the southern border of Egypt. He will not want either of these nations to share in land acquisition rewards from the conquest of Egypt, but he will use them to make his victory much easier. He will instruct Libya to mass its troops along its northern coastal border with Egypt, and the Sudan to mass its troops where the Nile River enters Egypt from the south. This will force Egypt to move some of its troops to these areas in a defensive mode, and, as a result, the antichrist will take Cairo in less than a day. His troops will move rapidly west along the northern coastline, south along the eastern coastline, and down the Nile River to the Sudanese border. This will complete his conquest of Egypt. All the rest of it has less than one percent of the population, and is virtual wasteland.
In his initial conquests only 10 Islamic nations will be involved. As you may discover in volumes of previous Prophecy Updates, these 10 have been tentatively identified as being made up of the Palestinians, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Sudan. Those directly involved in the initial Jihad onslaught from the north will be Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, with the Palestinians attacking internally out of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Sudan will be more involved in the strategic and logistical positional support than in actual combat. However, after quick successes against Israel and Egypt, all the other Islamic nations will immediately jump on his bandwagon, and suddenly all the aspirations of Mohammed, and the Biblical prophecies of a final evil empire, will be fulfilled. After all the Islamic nations climb on board it will cover as far to the west from Cairo as Daniel’s fourth beast conquered, that is to Morocco, and as far to the east as his second and third beast conquered, that is to India. I am persuaded it will include the 10 already mentioned, plus Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates. During the three plus years of antichrist’s reign, most of Europe will come under his control or strong influence, and in the final battle of Armageddon, which closes his reign, all the nations of Europe, Africa, Eurasia, Asia, and the Middle East will join him in a final massive attack again Israel in the Negev.
The antichrist’s empire will be an empire that dominates the known world in the days the prophets wrote from Isaiah and Micah in 700 B.C. to John in A.D. 95. They wrote to the people of their day and we are meant to understand it the light of how they perceived it. There is no question that God knew the world as we know it today, but I am convinced He meant for us, in the prophecies relating to the extent of the antichrist’s empire, to interpret it as meaning the world as the prophets knew it. So, as regards the size of his empire, when they used expressions like “the whole world, all the earth, wherever men dwell, etc.,” it does not refer to the earth as we know it today, but to the
earth as it was known by the wr
iters. These same expressions, when used as pertaining to such things as the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20, do mean the earth as we know it today by implication of the directive. The believing world today waits for an antichrist that will dominate the whole world as we know it today and, quite frankly, they could be right. I am prepared for that! But I am also prepared for an antichrist that dominates the aforementioned areas I have outlined. There is a distinct possibility of this eventuality. So watch the Middle East, and if such an empire does arise, then don’t set on your duff waiting for an antichrist to arise out of Europe that will dominate all the world as we know it today. If I am correct in what I believe as to the size and dominion of his empire, then it will shatter end time teachings that arose in the early nineteenth century, and eventually solidified in the twentieth century. In any case, I am convinced that the next six years will settle the question as to the correct interpretation.
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Will Bashar Assad be the Syrian President when Israel is attacked?
October 23, 2006
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I have consistently advocated from the beginning that the Allied forces should go in, take over Iraq, stay just long enough to get rid of Saddam Hussein and his cronies, then pull out and let Kurds, Shiites, Sunni, and other ethnic groups slug it out as to how the spoil is divided.
I have constantly stated what I believe to be a fact – We will never be able to build a lasting democratic government in Iraq composed of the Kurds, Sunni, and Shiites.
That is one of the factors I considered when I first made my guesstimate that Israel was most likely to be attacked by a coalition of Islamic nations at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.
I do not believe such an attack will occur with Allied troops still in Iraq, and I feel certain they will all
be withdrawn early in that period of time. Nor do I believe that Bashar Assad will still be in power when the attack occurs.
The following Associated Press Release from the Jerusalem Post, which quoted an exiled former Syrian vice president, seems to be of the same opinion.
‘Assad Regime is on Brink of Collapse’
Associated Press, The Jerusalem Post
October 22, 2006
An exiled former Syrian vice president said Sunday that President Bashar Assad’ s regime i
s on the brink of collapse and called on Syrians to prepare for the day when he will be overthrown.
Abdul-Halim Khaddam, who is wanted in Syria on treason charges, said in an address to the Syrian people that Assad’s “oppressive” regime will soon be replaced with a democratic civil government, but he did not elaborate.
His address was on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic feast marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, and was broadcast on Lebanon’s Future TV, an anti-Syrian station owned by the family of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
“Ask yourselves, my brothers, after six years of his taking over the administration of the country, what has Bashar Assad done except spread corruption, increase suffering and (take) wrong decisions that have led to weakening national unity and subjecting Syria to Arab and international isolation,” Khaddam said.
“I assure you that the corrupt and tyrannical regime is on the brink of collapse and in the near future, the ruler will see the opportunists and hypocrites that rallied around him fleeing. He and his corrupt family and entourage will find themselves in the hands of justice,” he added.
Khaddam’s address was aired several days after Arab newspapers reported that the former vice president met with Saudi officials, including King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan.
An Arab diplomat said the meetings took place in Saudi Arabia last week and were significant because they send a message to Syria that the kingdom is upset at Syria’s policies and may be exploring other options to deal with the Damascus regime.
The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
Saudi-Syrian relations soured after Assad, in a speech following this summer’s Israel-Hizbullah war, described leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan as “half men” because they did not rally to Lebanon’s defense.
The Saudis feel that Assad has broken away from these Arab countries to align himself with Iran.
A top member of Syria’s ruling elite for nearly 30 years, Khaddam has lived with his family in France since he retired as vice president last summer.
He provoked an outcry last December when he told a pan-Arab satellite channel that Assad had threatened Hariri months before he was assassinated last year. Assad has denied the allegation.
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