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February Gulf Peninsula Operation to be held by GCC Six!

Peninsula Shield Codename Operation to be held in February in Middle East Gulf Waters by Air and Naval forces of the Six Arab Nation GCC Coalition.

January 19, 2007

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Things have certainly been intensified by large increases in naval power buildups at all levels in the ocean and sea areas from the Indian Ocean into the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and eastern Mediterranean Sea.

I listed the likely contingency reasons for this buildup in several previous Blogs.

One of the purposes of this buildup is to remind Iran that our major source of deliverable destruction to the interior of their vast country is not army generated, but in the form of naval air and missile deliveries.

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Iran is overplaying its hand in the belief that the US is weakened by setbacks in Iraq, says defense secretary Robert Gates

January 19, 2007, 1:13 AM (GMT+02:00)

He spoke at US 5th Fleet HQ in Bahrain Thursday, Jan. 18, where he is supervising US military and naval preparations to stress the US presence in the Persian Gulf and American opposition to Iran’s nuclear plans. He added: “I think our difficulties have given the Iranians a tactical opportunity in the short term, but the United States is a very powerful country.” Gates is also visiting Gulf capitals to underline the US commitment to defend its allies. Washington has been applying pressure on Iran for harboring networks attacking US troops in Iraq. Thursday, Gates met with US and coalition naval commanders in Bahrain to plan operations in the Persian Gulf including the arrival next month of another US aircraft carrier, the USS Stennis has taken aboard 80 fighter-bombers, and 600 more Patriot anti-missiles meant as a warning to Iran.

The secretary flew to Qatar for a private meeting with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. Later, he visited an air base that hosts a high-tech war room which is the nerve center of all US and coalition air operations through the Middle East and Central Asia.

Reporters traveling with the secretary of defense were prohibited from identifying the base or the country in which it is located.

In Tehran, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in response to Gates’ activities: Iran is prepared for any possibility in the standoff with the West over its nuclear activities.

Wednesday night, Gates spent two hours with King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan at a royal hunting lodge outside Riyadh.

They discussed Iran’s nuclear aspirations and US military moves in the Gulf and Iraq. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the air and naval forces of the six member states of the GCC will hold a joint exercise next month codenamed Peninsula Shield.

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GLOBAL SECURITY.ORG MILITARY

Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC]

The Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] was established in an agreement concluded on 25 May 1981 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

These countries declared that the GCC is established in view of the special relations between them, their similar political systems based on Islamic beliefs, joint destiny and common objectives. The GCC is a regional common market with a defense planning council as well. The geographic proximity of these countries and their general adoption of free trade economic policies are factors that encouraged them to establish the GCC.

Based on their conviction about the connected nature of their security and that an aggression against any one of them is deemed an aggression

against all of them, cooperation in the military field has received the attention of the GCC states. Such conviction stems from the facts of geopolitics and faith in one destiny. Moreover, the security challenges in an unstable regional environment, like the Gulf area, imposes on the GCC States coordination of their policies and mobilization of their capabilities.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was formed in 1981 to confront their security challenges collectively.

The immediate objective was to protect themselves from the threat posed by the Iran-Iraq War and Iranian-inspired activist Islamism (also seen as fundamentalism). In a series of meetings, chiefs of staff and defense ministers of the gulf states developed plans for mutual defense and launched efforts to form a joint command and a joint defense network.

Ground and air units of the six member states carried out several multilateral exercises between 1983 and 1987 under the code name of Peninsula Shield. Military assistance, funded mainly by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, was extended to Bahrain for up-to- date fighter aircraft and a modern air base, and to Oman to improve its defensive capability at the Strait of Hormuz. The GCC planned to integrate naval and ground radar systems and to create a combined air control and warning system based on Saudi AWACS aircraft.

Problems of compatibility with different communication and electronic systems, however, delayed the introduction of these programs.

In 1984 the GCC defense ministers agreed on the creation of a two-brigade (10,000-man) Peninsula Shield Force. This joint intervention force was based in Saudi Arabia near King Khalid Military City at Hafar al Batin under the command of a Saudi officer. In addition to a headquarters staff, the force consisted of one infantry brigade of about 5,000 men with elements from all GCC states

in 1992.

Its mission, however, had not been publicly defined.

It was not clear, for example, whether the joint force would have authority to intervene in a domestic emergency.

The force could be enlarged at a time of threat; it was apparently reinforced prior to the Persian Gulf War in 1991 but did not take part in the war as a distinct unit.

In March 1991, after the conclusion of the Persian Gulf War, the six members of the GCC, together with Egypt and Syria, declared their intention to establish a deterrent force to protect Kuwait, with Egypt and Syria to provide the bulk of the troops and the GCC states to provide the financing. The plan subsequently encountered a series of setbacks. At year’s end, there appeared little chance that the Arab deterrent force would be installed. In the meantime, Kuwait had succeeded in obta

ining security commitments from the United States and Britain and arranged for the prepositioning of United States military equipment.

The GCC States seek to build up their defence forces according to a common conception.

In this context, they have unified operational procedures, training, and military curricula. They also endeavour to accomplish compatibility of their military systems. Moreover the armed forces of the GCC States carry out joint military exercises with the Peninsula Shield Force, as well as joint air and sea manoeuvres.

Among the important achievements in the military field is the creation of the Peninsula Shield Force in 1982, which incorporates the credibility of the GCC will. Another important achievement was the resolution taken during Kuwait summit in 1997, which entailed to link the GCC Member States with a military communication network for early warning.

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Man-Made Aqueduct will be

replaced by God-Made Spring Flow!

January 18, 2006

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In the first book I finished 30 years ago, which has been updated in our Prophecy Update Archives under “Tectonic Chaos,” I presented the formation process of the spring God will form under Jerusalem during the tribulation period. This spring will be formed when God lifts up the land from Geba to Rimmon as stated in Zechariah 14, and will flow for a thousand years as Messiah reigns over all the earth from Jerusalem.

Zechariah 14:6-11 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

[9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. [10] All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses. [11] And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

This spring will flow underground eastward from the Judean watershed until it suddenly surfaces on the Millennial Temple Mound. It will be God’s replacement of the man-made aqueduct that supplied water to three Temples from Solomon to Herod. The spring will flow roughly along and under the ancient man-made aqueduct, which is described in the article

which follows from Arutz Sheva. Please continue after the Arutz Sheva article for the Tectonic Chaos Chapter we presented some 30 years ago. My guesstimate as to when this new spring will be formed is at some point in time between 2008 and 2012, but that is a guess on my part – no more and no less. The formation of the spring is certain – the time of formation is not.

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Temple Aqueduct and Ritual Bath Excavated Opposite Temple Mount

Monday, January 15, 2007 / 25 Tevet 5767

Excavations being conducted opposite the Western Wall Plaza have uncovered an aqueduct that brought water to the Holy Temple, as well as a ritual bath from that period.

The never-before-excavated area is situated behind the Western Wall police station, adjacent to the plaza where millions of worshipers and tourists come each year to visit the Western Wall and Temple Mount.

The new archaeological find uncovers a missing link in the ancient water system, known as the “Lower Aqueduct.” This system channeled water from Solomon’s Pools near Bethlehem (located several miles south of Jerusalem) directly to the national focal point of Jewish worship –

the Temple Mount.

Solomon’s pools, situated just north of the modern Jewish town of Efrat, cover an area of about 7 acres and can hold three million gallons of water.

A lengthy aqueduct conveyed the water from the lowest pool through Bethlehem, across the Gihon valley, along the western slope of the Tyropoeon

valley, and into the cisterns underneath the Temple Mount.

Today, the water from the pools reaches only Bethlehem due to the destruction of the aqueducts.

Current plans for the partition wall will leave Solomon’s Pools outside the area of Jewish sovereignty.

The plastered hewn-stone mikva (ritual bath) unearthed at the excavation is from the Second Temple period. It was originally situated in the foundation level of a private home during the time of the Second Temple. The ritual bath was damaged at a later date when the bedrock cliff opposite it was hewn into a vertical wall that rose up to a maximum height of about thirty feet.

The most extensive remains of the period are those of a Roman-Byzantine colonnaded street – the Eastern Cardo. Included in that area is a covered stoa, a row of shops and several artifacts.

The street appears on a 6th century map known as the Medaba Map and is known as the Eastern Cardo or the Valley

Cardo. The lavish colonnaded street began at the Damascus Gate in the north and led south, runn

ing the length of the channel in the Tyropoeon Valley. Sections of this street were revealed in the past in the northern part of the Old City, at a depth of about four meters (12 feet) below the pavement. The full eleven-meter (33 foot) width of the original road was exposed in the present excavation for the first time.

“The street was paved with large flagstones that were set in place diagonally, in the customary method of the Roman world, which was probably meant to prevent wagons from slipping,” Shlomit Wexler-Bdolah, the director of the excavations, explained. She added that a drainage system was installed below the flagstones.

To the west of the street was a covered stoa that was six meters wide, and beyond it was a row of shops set inside cells whose walls were hewn out of the bedrock cliff. A large base of a magnificent corner column has just been exposed in the eastern side of the street and may be part of a building that stood there, or an intersection with an entrance to the road that runs to the east.

The Antiquities Authority is carrying out the excavations of the 80 by 200 foot area west of the Western Wall at the request of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation. The area will soon be the site of the Western Wall Heritage Center.

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Begin Chapter 8 of Tectonic Chaos

SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 185A

August 16, 2004

Tectonic Chaos – Chapter 8 – A Spring Is Spring

Zechariah 14:10 – All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.

See Archive Birth Pang Figures 39 to 42 to be able to understand the paragraph you are beginning to read. Geba was located to the north-northeast of Jerusalem, while Rimmon lay toward the distant south-southwest of the Holy City. If a line is drawn from ancient Geba to Rimmon, it will run through the Tyropoeon Valley that separates the lower section of Old Jerusalem from its upper section. A normal fault exists in the limestone substrata between the lower and uplifted sections of the Old City. It runs north-south at the base of the bluff of the uplifted section, and thereby divides Jerusalem into a fallen eastern and an uplifted western section. Great earthquakes in the Jordan River Valley, between the opening of the sixth seal and the pouring of the last vial in Revelation 6:12 and 16:18, will cause several faults in the Jerusalem environs to shift up, down, and apart to fulfill the prophecies concerning the fantastic geological transformations that will be occurring during these earthquakes. The center section of the Mount of Olives will drop down to form a graben rift valley between two normal faults. Those sections of Jerusalem east of the Tyropoeon Valley fault scarp will fall slightly, and those west of it will be lifted up, which is what usually occurs when major earthquakes occur near normal faults. The locations mentioned in Zechariah 14:10 were all located along, and to the west of, the Tyropoeon Valley fault, and, during this period of great earthquakes, all the land west of the line from Geba to Rimmon, including western Jerusalem, will be lifted up to into a geological feature known as a fault-block mountain chain with a plateau like top. All of these actions will divide the Holy City of Old Jerusalem environs into three parts.

(1) An uplifted section to the west of the north-south Tyropoeon Valley normal fault.

(2) A slightly lower section to the east of the Tyropoeon Valley fault.

(3) A rift valley formed by a collapse of the mount of Olives between two normal east-west faults, one passing through the northern part of the mountain, while the other penetrates the southern part of the mountain.

The results of the actions of (1), (2), and (3) may be seen on Figure 48 in our Birth Pang Archives. These actions by God will create the spring which comes out of the Holy City during the Millennium, the spring reported by Zechariah 14:8, Joel 3:18, and Ezekiel 47:1-5.

Ezekiel 47:1 – Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

See Archives Birth Pang Figures 42 to 48 to be able to understand the rest of this chapter.

When the western half of Jerusalem is lifted up the eastern half will subside slightly to form the structure of Birth Pang Figure 42. The substrata rocks of the Old City are made up primarily of thick layer after layer of limestone, occasionally separated by impermeable rock layers. When this type of formation is exposed to rain, it permeates down through the limestone, producing carbonic acid deterioration of the limestone. This effect produces what is known as a karst landscape. A karst topography is characterized by underground caverns, springs, and subterranean steams.

When the western half of Jerusalem is lifted up, hydrologically collected ground water from the central Judean water shed, that has been collected from the sloping limestone layers above the impermeable rock layer, will surface as a natural spring on the sunken eastern section where the temple mount is located. After the return of Messiah, Israel will build the Millennial Temple such that the limestone spring issues from under the “right side of the altar.” (See Archive Birth Pang Figures 44 to 46).

Ezekiel 47:2-5 –Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. [3] And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. [4] Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to

the knees.

Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. [5] Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

As is typical of springs that surface from topography of the karst variety, when one proceeds eastward from the spring source he or she notes that it becomes wider and wider. Like many other springs that surface from karst topography, as the water flows away from its source it cuts a “V” shaped valley through the limestone strata, and it will eventually be fed by side springs from the limestone water table along the lower sections of the “V.” This feeding by subterranean springs from the water table will eventually cause the millennial stream to become wider and wider, and deeper and deeper, as one progresses eastward from its temple spring source.

The spring that eventually develops into a creek is the surface feature that will divide

the sunken eastern part of Jerusalem into two parts, one north of the stream, and one south of it. This completes the Revelation 16:19 tribulation period division of Jerusalem into three parts – a lifted western part, and two sunken eastern parts separated by a stream (See Archive Birth Pang Figure 48).

Revelation 16:19 – And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

First, the city of Jerusalem is divided into three parts, then the ripple effect along the worldwide tectonic plate boundaries affects the other cities (plural) and the other nations (plural) of the world, and among them will be the great city of false worship, ecclesiastical Babylon.

We know, from Ezekiel 47:5, that a sudden change occurs at the end of a 4,000 cubit walk – the stream, or creek, suddenly becomes a great river.

We also know from Zechariah 14:8 that part of the river will flow into the Mediterranean Sea (Hinder Sea), and part of it will flow into the Dead Sea (Former Sea). And the prophet Joel advises the part going into the Dead Sea will enter at the northwestern corner, which was called the Vale of Shittim (See Archive Birth Pang Figure 47).

Zechariah 14:8 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

Joel 3:18 – And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Where will the water come from that abruptly causes the stream from the Temple, once it passes through where the collapsed central part of the Mount of Olives, to turn into a great river? It will be the greatest case of what geologists call “headwater stream piracy” that has been recorded in history. Lord willing, I will answer this question in Chapter 9.

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Europe No Longer Top Financial PA Supporter

January 18, 2007

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The majority of prophetic buffs, since the end of World War II, have continued to bring the antichrist out of Europe,

as well as the 10 nations he is supposed to head. One of their last vestiges

of hope to be correct came to an end this year.

The European Union, the historical vestige of the original Common Market Six that came out of the Marshall Plan following World War II, is no longer the top donor to the Palestinians.

They have been replaced by The Islamic Shiite Republic of Iran. The prophetic antichrist, according to the vast hoard of prophetic writers that are the spiritual offspring of the Evangelical Movement, which rose some 275 years ago in England, have convinced the world

that the man of sin will come out of Europe. The prophetic advocates of this theory assured

the world he would arise in Europe when the Common Market Nations reached the magic number of 10, found in Daniel 2 and 7. He was preached by many to be the 11th horn. After t he number of t

he Common Market passed 11, all sorts of literary reasons were provided to explain why he would soon appear.

At the time of the writing of this Blog, there were 27 nations that made up the European Union, and still no antichrist.

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Iran Replaces EU as Top Donor to Palestinians

Conal Urquhart and Gwen MacAskill

Ahmed Yusuf, an adviser to Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, said Hamas ministers had received promises of donations amounting to £500m in recent travels around the Muslim world. The largest pledge was from Iran. This latest example of Iran’s increasing influence will add to the panic gripping the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states about the speed of Tehran’s expansion as a regional power. (Guardian-UK)

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Daniel 7:23-25 – 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.

[25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

When a best selling book was written in the fifties about six emerging European Common Market nations, it began to cause many theologians to suddenly change their opinions as to where the antichrist would eventually arise. Prior to that time most had believed he would arise out of the old Seleucid dynasty, which was formed by one of the generals who divided Alexander’s Grecian Empire into four sections.

Many believed the Assyrian, in the fifth chapter of Micah, would be the antichrist, and that he would arise in, and come out of, modern day Syria.

Before the European Common Market theory arose, a majority believed antichrist would come out of the southern half of the old Roman Empire, rather than out of the European northern half. But the great popularity of the aforementioned book ascended to the highest levels of acceptability, and previous beliefs were dwarfed to obscurity. The book indicated that the six original members of the Common Market would soon be joined by four other nations to reach ten, and then be joined by the eleventh horn, the antichrist of Daniel’s fourth beast in chapter seven. However, soon there were ten horns, then there were eleven, then more, then fifteen, and now the total has soared to twenty-seven. However, the astounding popularity of this book, and the thousands of preachers and other teachers who have taught it, have left a legacy that makes it difficult to convince others what they have taught, and are still teaching, is wrong.

I have been concerned, since the book was first published, that it could cause many to be deceived when antichrist does not arise in Europe, but in Syria. Quite frankly, I watch both Europe and Syria just like a hawk, and, if I do see him rising in Europe, I most assuredly will accept it. I am prepared for both. But many are so convinced he must come out of Europe, I doubt if anything would change their minds.

The beast of Daniel 7:23 does indeed represent the old Roman Empire, and it certainly did tread down “the whole world,” that is, the “known” world of Daniel’s day. Have you ever thought that perhaps we were meant to take the expressions of Daniel’s day concerning the world, and believe that is the only part of the present world the antichrist will dominate completely? The ten horns will arise out of “the whole world” of Daniel’s day. But why do they have to be European nations

? Were not Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran part of the old Roman Empire under Emperor Trajan

? And are not these countries the descendants of Ishmael, the first son of Abraham, and Keturah’s six sons by Abraham, and the two sons of Abraham’s nephew Lot, Moab and Ammon by his two daughter

s? Are not these descendants of Abraham the ones who have hated and battled the sons of Abraham through Israel for many centuries? In any case, since I believe the attack is likely to occur before 2013, I expect to know where he will arise one way or the other in the next few years, that is, if I survive the grave before 2013.

I do not question that Europe will come down as part of the mass of many nations that join antichrist in Jerusalem for the final battle of Armageddon, but I am confident that the initial attack of the tribulation period will be by the antichrist leading Islamic nations against Israel.

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The Last Days Alignment of Middle East Nations – It is “A-Forming!”

January 17, 2006

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For many years I have advised that the most likely final alignment of Islamic nations involved as the 10 toes or 10 horns of Daniel 2 and 7 will be Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The passage of time has led me to be even more certain this will be the case.

For some 33 years I have omitted Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia as nations that will not be a part of the initial attack but, after Israel is driven into the Negev, will become a part of the antichrist’s Middle East Islamic Empire, with all their leaders being replaced by his own puppet rulers. I do not believe these nations will be in the “secret closed door” meetings prior to the attack of the ten toes. The following article, by Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, was taken from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Daily Alert, January 17, 2007.

These are the nations whose leaders will be in serious trouble once the antichrist has taken over Egypt. They will all be replaced after the antichrist conquers the land of Egypt.

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Arab States Signal Iran to Avoid Meddling in Iraq

Glenn Kessler

A group of eight Arab nations on Tuesday joined the U.S. in issuing a veiled warning to Iran against interfering in Iraq’s affairs. The statement, written in diplomatic jargon, warned against “destabilization” of the Persian Gulf and expressed support for the “principle of noninterference.” It was supported by Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE. (Washington Post)

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The antichrist will suddenly enter the glorious land of Israel in a Jihad from the north backed by 10 Islamic nations. He will bypass Jordan, driving Israel into the Negev Wilderness south of Beersheba, then move quickly southwest from

Beersheba to conquer Egypt.

Ezekiel 38:8,9 – After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and THEY SHALL DWELL SAFELY ALL OF THEM.

[9] Thou shalt ascend and come LIKE A STORM, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

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 ancient boil of conflict between the descendants

of Jacob, Ishmael, and the six sons of Keturah, with all its internal blend of impurities, is finally coming to a head in the Middle East. The current drastic rise in the conflict between the sons of Allah and Israelis will, in the end, be the catalyst that brings a temporary false peace between them. The reasons for this false peace have been outlined in countless Blogs and Prophecy Updates for some time. This apparent genuine peace will be shattered suddenly by a rapid blitzkrieg attack from the north.

Forces of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran will move southward through the “glorious land” of Israel like a fast moving thunderstorm, bypassing the land where the people of Moab, Ammon, and Edom were settled when Daniel wrote his prophecies in about 600 B.C. The descendants of Edom (Jacob’s brother), and Ammon and Moab (the sons of Lot), as can be found on every published map for this time period, were settled immediately to the southeast, east, and northeast of the Dead Sea, precisely in the country we know as Jordan today. Hence, we can know that the antichrist will bypass Jordan while moving south through Israel.

Why would he bypass Jordan? She has no strategic, political, or economic advantage to offer him, but the Suez Canal and Egypt do, so he will head southwest toward that area after having driven the woman Israel into the Negev Wilderness south of Beersheba.

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.

Daniel 11:42,43 – He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. [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.

Saudi Arabia will be among those nations that initially protest his take over of Egypt.

He will replace Saudi Arabian rulers and all religious leaders with a more fanatical Islamic view of Allah’s plan for mankind.

Ezekiel 38:13 – Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil

? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to

take a great spoil

?

Verse 13 mentions three other descendants which were not mentioned previously as being among the horde that attacked Israel, namely, Sheba, Dedan, and Tarshish. Sheba and Dedan settled in the land we know as Saudi Arabia, later coloniz

ing across the Red Sea in the horn we know today as Ethiopia. Tarshish is much harder to nail down to a specific location. The descendants of Tarshish were sea merchants who became the peoples of the Mediterranean Sea coast. The headquarters of the descendants of Tarshish is now generally accepted by most biblical authorities as a district in the south of Spa

in where the city of Tartessus once existed. The merchants of Tarshish scattered their descendants in village settlements along most of the coastal sections of Europe. I am persuaded that Europe represents the descendant offspring of Tarshish. It is quite possible that God may look upon the rest of Western Civilization as being the offspring (descendants) of Europe (“the young lions thereof”). The countries of the New World became the “melting pot” of Europe. It is very interesting what Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the rest of Western Civilization have to say to Gog about his attack on Israel: “Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” This is no more or less than the perfect description of a diplomatic protest to Gog’s actions. When the anti-Christ and his armies roar south into Israel in a blitzkrieg lightning strike, the rest of the free world will protest, protest, protest – and do nothing about it. The anti-Christ will take Jerusalem within four days of his initial strike in the north, and within three weeks most of Israel will have fled into the Negev south of Beersheva, where she will remain for some three and one-half years. Jerusalem will fall and only one-third of Israel’ s population will make it

safely into the Negev.

Zechariah 13:8 to 14:2 – [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. [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. 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.

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Islamic Moon Cradling Israel in its Crescent!

January 17, 2007

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The ancient moon god, who once held the descendants of Ishmael in his grasp, has now succeeded in cradling Israel like the Islamic symbol of a star in a crescent moon flag.

The crescent now curves from Syria via Lebanon to Gaza, like an open mouth ready to devour Israel.

How appropri

ate that the Islamic crescent moon and star flag of the old Turkish Ottoman Empire pictures a crescent moon seemingly poised to devour a star.

How ironic that the Star of Jacob will, in reality, in the last days, devour the crescent moon of Islam, according to Balaam, the son of Beor.

Numbers 24:17 – I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there sh all come

a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

The latest Military Intelligence reports continue to confirm that both al-Qaeda and Iran are continuing to strengthen the crescent of power they have linked across the northern border of Israel and down to Gaza. The two articles from Haaretz and the New York Post give the details of the strengthening

of that Islamic crescent.

Begin Haaretz Article by Gideon Alon

Military Intelligence: Al-Qaeda Sent to Lebanon to Attack UNIFIL, Iran Rearming Hizbullah, Hamas Is Strengthening

Gideon Alon

The head of IDF Military Intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday: “Between several dozen and several hundred al-Qaeda activists have arrived in Lebanon from Iraq and Pakistan, in accordance with instructions from the group’s leadership to deploy in Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt in order to carry out terror attacks.” He added that the targets could be UNIFIL and other Western interests.

He said a small number of al-Qaeda operatives had infiltrated Gaza, and a few have been found in Nablus in the West Bank.

According to Yadlin, Hizbullah has not left southern Lebanon and arms transfers from Syria are continuing apace, It is currently focused on rehabilitating its strength with the help of large quantities of arms from Iran.

Yadlin said Hamas’ financial situation is improving, along with its standing in relation to Fatah, adding that Hamas members have received training in Syria and Iran.

He said Fatah incurred most of the casualties during the recent Palestinian clashes in Gaza, but Fatah remains the main power broker in the West Bank. Yadlin said 77 Palestinian suicide bombers were arrested in 2006, 45 of whom were en route to an attack.

Terrorists fired 1,200 Kassam rockets at Israel in 2006, 700 of which hit populated areas. (Ha’aretz)

End Haaretz Article by Gideon Alon

Begin Article from Daily Alert by Amir Taheri

Facing Iran: Arabs See No Choice but War

Amir Taheri

A recent tour of Arab capitals shows that Arab leaders appear resigned to a military showdown with the Islamic Republic of Iran and are preparing for it.

Tehran has spent vast sums of money and energy to procure clients in the Sunni Islamist Hamas movement and leftist guerrilla groups.

The Islamic Republic has launched a new program under which thousands of Palestinian “volunteers for martyrdom” are trained in Iran, Lebanon, and Syria to fight both Israel and the secular faction of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

One reason for Tehran’s “increasing cockiness” is Ahmadinejad’s success in convincing the Khomeinist leadership in Iran that the U.S. is in “strategic retreat.” “The American Great Satan is wounded and bleeding,” says Hassan Abbasi, Ahmadinejad’s strategic advisor.

“If we break Bush, no other American leader would have the heart to defy Islam,” he says. Tehran started beating the drums of war over a year ago.

If one listens carefully, one can now hear the response from the Arab side – in the form of faint drumbeats that are bound to get louder in the months ahead.

(New York Post)

End Article from Daily Alert by Amir Taheri

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