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Daniel’s 70 Weeks of Years Prophetic Wall Uncovered!

November 30, 2007

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Small segments of the wall, (prophesied to be built and completed by the Prophet Daniel many years before it was decreed by a Persian King), had previously been uncovered, but this dig has unearthed a 30 meter section of the wall and a six-by-three-meter tower. It is “the wall” in Daniel 9:25, which Daniel prophesied to be “build again” “in troublous times.”

Daniel 9:25 – Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

The Prophecy of 70 Weeks of Years found in Daniel 9:24-27 is perhaps the most amazing prophecy in the Old Testament.

I hope you will take the time to read our Archive Prophecy Update 231, which follows immediately before the Jerusalem Post Article.

It is Part 2 of a full exposition in 9 Parts of the Messiah who was to come in Daniel 9:24-27. In our Prophecy Update Archives it can be downloaded as Prophecy Update Numbers 230B continuously to 233.

The Messiah of Daniel 9:24-27 is the “Son of man” prophesied to be given a kingdom and dominion in Daniel 7:13,14.

Daniel 7:13,14 – I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. [14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

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PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 231

July 8, 2005

THE 70 WEEKS OF DANIEL’S 9:24-27 PROPHECY – Part 2

According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Religions, the Evangelical Protestantism Movement emerged in Britain in the 1730s. The conversion of John Wesley in 1738 is often regarded as the start of the evangelical movement. Wesley was forced to preach out of doors and to eventually develop an organization of his own. From 1740 to 1800 the evangelicals were drawn into the movement primarily from Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists, nonconformist Protestant bodies such as the Congregationalists, and from the Baptist groups. By 1800 the Evangelical Movement had spread to the Church of England.

Within the Evangelical Movement a different viewpoint arose in the teaching of Prophecy, particularly in the interpretation of Daniel 9:27. I have diligently searched for any commentary published before 1740 that indicated the three “HE’S” in Daniel 9:27 were the antichrist, and have not found a single one.

I am not saying one does not exist, but I have been looking for years, and have never found one. All publications before 1740 clearly identified the three “HE’S” as Jesus Christ, “the Messiah the Prince.” It has stunned me as to how much of our teaching today about the antichrist is all tied back to the belief that the antichrist is the one referred to in Daniel 9:27. I beg of you to take a good look at the series on the 70 Weeks of Daniel exposition I am now presenting in 7 parts. Even if you think it is hogwash, please carefully read Parts 1 through 7. If it is correct, it will help you to understand what is going on when the antichrist does not follow the pattern currently taught in most religious circles. If it is wrong, it will have done you no harm, but please read it. I have no ulterior motive for gain in presenting it to you. My motive is a simple one. I am an old man who is three years past his allotted

threescore and ten years, and I am very concerned that many are going to be confused when prophetic events suddenly conclude in a manner quite different from what they expect.

For better or for worse, I believe the religious world took a wrong turn in prophetic teaching in 1740, and that many believe what is erroneously tied back to antichrist representing the three “HE’S” in Daniel 9:27.

Daniel 9:27 – And HE shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week HE shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations HE shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

I fully exposited on Daniel 9:24 in Special Prophecy Update 230B, establishing how Daniel had learned, from Jeremiah’s writings, that seventy weeks of years were determined upon the people of Israel and their holy city Jerusalem. Under Daniel’s formula for the period, each one of Jeremiah’s seventy years was equal to seven years, and he identified each seven year period as one week of years (So 7 X 70 = 490 years or 70 weeks of years). In verse 25 he gives us a starting point for his prophetic clock to begin ticking toward a countdown of 490 years or 70 weeks of years.

Daniel 9:25 – Know therefore and understand, that FROM the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem UNTO the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

The 490 year time clock would start ticking when “the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem” was issued. However, there were four different proclamations issued by three Persian kings:

1. The Decree of Cyrus in 536 B.C.

2. The Decree of Darius Hystaspes in 519 B.C.

3. The first Decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus in 457 B.C.

4. The second Decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus in 445 B.C.

The Scripture indicated that FROM the time the commandment (decree) was issued UNTIL the Messiah the Prince arrived, would be 69 weeks of years or 483 years (7 weeks + 62 weeks = 69 weeks of years) ( 7 X 69 = 483 years)

Now, some problems arise in the establishment of historical dates that begin at “FROM” and end at “UNTIL” – Are these prophetic years or calendar years – How are they affected by corrections to the Gentile calendars by Rome – And how are they affected by the lunar calendar used by the Hebrews

? All these things make it difficult to decide which one of the four decrees applies to Daniel 9:25. Was Daniel indicating solar years of 365.25 or prophetic lunar years of 360 days? Most likely he meant years of 360 days.

Which one of the four decrees was the one that Daniel indicated in his prophecy

? The decree of Cyrus in 536 B.C. was limited to the building of the Temple. The decree of Darius Hystaspes was also limited to the building of the Temple. The first decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus in 457 B.C. demonstrated a larger range of granting authority to carry out all that needed to be done, much more than the two decrees before it. His second decree in 445 B.C. is also very specific in its

instruction and authority to rebuild Jerusalem.

So, we are able, because of the lack of reference “to restore and to build Jerusalem” in the first two decrees, to say that it must be one of the two issued by Artaxerxes Longimanus in 457 B.

C. and 445 B.C.

If Daniel’s prophecy is based on our present calendar year, which I doubt, then FROM the time Artaxerxes first decree was issued in 457 B.C. until the baptism of Jesus the Messiah in 27 A.D., would be 483 years or 69 weeks. This was the viewpoint held by the great Baptist Bible expositor B.H. Carroll in the late eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds. But Dr. Carroll makes this statement in his writings on Daniel 9:25, when dealing with prophetic years of 360 days: “”Hengstenberg, on the other hand, while agreeing with the second decree of 445 B.C., controverts the theory of a year of 360 days, and contests the date usually accepted (445 B.C.). By an elaborate historical argument of great plausibility he seeks to prove that the 20th year of Artaxerxes Longimanus falls on the date 455 B.C. and then, by adding 483 years, Hengstenberg puts Christ’s acknowledgment by His Father, at His baptism, as the true coming of Messiah the Prince.” Sir Robert Anderson has two books on Daniel, “The Coming Prince” and “Daniel in the Critic’s Den.” He uses the usually accepted debt of 445 B.C. and articulates a strong time sequence to prove his conclusions.

Now, please allow me to state my conclusions. I was taught certain things about Daniel 9:24-27 by many old preachers who are now at home with the Lord. Many of them were born in the 19th century and lived into the thirties, forties, and fifties of the 20th. In northern Arkansas where I was raised, these old fellows read after the leading Baptist theologians of their day from books they had procured from old book stores or the libraries of older preachers when they died. Some of these books were written in the late 18th and early 19th century, and they finally just worn out and fell apart from constant use. They didn’t have opportunity to attend a seminary, but they were diligent in reading the works of the Baptists who did. These are the men who first taught me prophecy many years before I graduated from seminaries, colleges, and universities.

In the weeks to come, Lord willing, I am going to pass on to you what they taught me, and you may be surprised.

Now, in all honesty, before God and man, I believe it was 483 years “FROM” the decree “UNTO” the baptism of Jesus, when he began His earthly ministry. I accept it by faith in God’s word. The problem is not with the Word of God, it is with the human setting of the time of the proper decree.

My main reason for writing such a lengthy discourse was to show how difficult it is to absolutely fix the precise date the proclamation was issued to which Daniel referred. BUT I AM DELIGHTED TO TELL YOU THAT WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT CAN BE PROVEN BY A SINGLE WORD, THE WORD “AFTER” IN DANIEL 9:26A.

Daniel 9:25,26A – Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. [26] And AFTER threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: (The 7 weeks is understood in Hebrew literary style to also be added to the 62 in verse 26 so as to avoid redundancy in a flowing chronological sequence of events, i.e. AFTER 69 weeks. Otherwise, Messiah would have been cut off before he was born.)

The Hebrew word used for “AFTER” is “ACHAR,” which means, in context, “AFTERWARD.” This same word “ACHAR” is used in the following Scriptures.

Jeremiah 31:33 – But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; AFTER those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Joel 2:28 – And it shall come to pass AFTERWARD, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Hosea 3:5 – AFTERWARD shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 6:2 – AFTER two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

The vast majority of prophetic expositors today claim that Messiah was cut off, crucified, to END the 69th week, bringing the hands of Daniel’s clock to a standstill, and that we have a full week of seven years waiting to be fulfilled when it begins to tick again, but that cannot be true since Christ was crucified AFTER the 69th week during the 70th week, leaving less than seven years to be fulfilled.

The significance of the placement of “AFTER” in Daniel 9:26A cannot be overemphasized. Why? Because it definitely states that Messiah would not be cut off to END the 69th week, but would be crucified “AFTER” it, at some time in the 70th week. The clock of Daniel stopped ticking at some time in the final 70th week. So when was Jesus cut off by crucifixion in the 70th week

? The answer is of the utmost importance. I know we have less than seven years once the clock starts to tick again, but how much less do we have? It has to be less than 2520 days, but more than 1260 days? We will proceed into verses 26 and 27 in a future update to find the answers to these questions, Lord willing.

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Nehemiah’s Wall Uncovered in Ancient Jerusalem

Etgar Lefkovits

The Jerusalem Post

November 30, 2007

The remnants of a 2,500-year-old wall from the time of the prophet Nehemiah have been uncovered in an archeological excavation in Jerusalem’s ancient City of David, strengthening recent claims that King David’s palace has been found at the site, Hebrew University archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar said Wednesday.

Both the 30 meter section of the wall and a six-by-three-meter part of a previously uncovered tower have now been dated to the fifth century BCE based on the rich pottery found during the dig under the tower, she said.

Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem as governor in 445 BCE with the permission of the Persian king, determined to rebuild the city after the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. (Jerusalem Post)

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HOPING FOR A NEGEV NETANYAHU!

November 30, 2007

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As far as I am concerned the answer, to the cry of the descendants of Jacob for peace and safety, has entered the last stages of its timeline to “sudden destruction,” and the process cannot be reversed.

The process will end with a vicious Jihad attack against them from the north by ten Islamic nations.

The most important question for which I am anxiously waiting to know the answer is a simple one – Who will be the leader of the 10 horns, and from what area, of the old Assyrian Empire of Micah and Isaiah’s time, will he show his “little horn” head? My guess is Syria! The most likely time for the initial attack is at some point between 2010 and the end of 2014.

Whenever the attack does occur, the chronological events will follow the general sequence outlined in the following Scriptures.

Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. [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.

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.

Daniel 7:25 – 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.

Daniel 11:45 to 12:1 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. [12] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

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.

Micah 5:5,6 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from t

he Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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.

Daniel 7:13,14 – I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

[14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

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.

In this “sudden destruction,” which will eventually be the reply of the Islamic nations to Israel’s cry for “Peace and safety,” I can think of no better man than Binyamin Netanyahu to be Israel’s leader for three and one-half years in the Negev Wilderness.

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‘Arabs don’t respect a weak PM’

JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST

November 29, 2007

“Arabs do not respect a weak prime minister,” opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday following the Annapolis summit, which he described as “a failure.”

He said there was “a virtual element” to the conference.

“It was as if we were talking peace with a courageous partner but (Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud) Abbas has difficulty ruling his own mukata,” he told Army Radio.

Netanyahu said the PA president had not stepped down from any of his demands, adding that “he even wants to join Gaza and the West Bank though the Negev.”

The opposition leader said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had made concessions “before Annapolis, during Annapolis and after Annapolis,” referring to the supply of armored vehicles to PA forces, to Olmert’s refusal to demand that Palestinians stop terror and incitement before negotiations begin, and to the prime minister’s comments earlier Thursday that Israel would be “finished” if a two-state solution was not reached.

Referring to the latter remark, Netanyahu said: “Israel is not finished. It continues and will continue to exist. Reconciliation will not come from a position of weakness; a position of: ‘I will accept all your demands or I will disappear into the sea.'”

He said this was not the way to achieve peace, adding that “Arabs don’t respect a weak prime minister.”

“Tell me one thing we gained at Annapolis?” Netanyahu continued. “We allowed the Palestinians to avoid fighting terror, a condition set in the Road Map.

Abbas now doesn’ t need

to do anything.

This is the opposite of what is required for peace and security.”

Regarding contacts with Syria, Netanyahu said it was acceptable to talk but it “depends on what is being said,” asserting that Israel must demand that Syria halt weapons smuggling to Hizbullah and stop allowing Khaled Mashaal and other Hamas leaders to reside in the country.

“It is not embarrassing to demand things from Arabs,” he added.

Regarding coalition members Shas and Israel Beiteinu, Netanyahu said: ” They said they would leave the government when core issues are raised, so this is what the public expects.

They tell me that nothing has happened yet, but I disagree.”

The opposition leader warned that due to now-inflated Palestinian optimism created at Annapolis there was a risk of a third intifada breaking out when the Palestinians don’t receive what they were now expecting.

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OLDER THAN THE JERUSALEM POST

November 29, 2007

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The Article from the Toronto Sun, which follows our heading and the Scriptures pertaining to it, brought back a lot of memories of my living and working with the Sons of Abraham through Keturah, Sarah, and Hagar.

I was born six months before the Palestine Post, which later became The Jerusalem Post. My birthday is June 2, 1932 and the Post’s birth date is December 1, 1932.

I have lived among those of the Jewish and Islamic faiths as a Gentile for some 75 years, and as a Christian Gentile for some 63 years, retiring from the USAF Branch of the National Security Agency in Washington in 1971.

I remember the day, which is being celebrated today, when the Partition Plan was approved, dividing what is known as the land of Israel today into sections – It was 60 years ago.

I have known for more than 40 years with certainty that true peace will never come to Israel until the Second Advent of her Messiah. Now I am certain that the time of her redemption and mine is drawing nigh. I am confident the attack, which begins the war of the last three and one-half years of great tribulation, will occur at some point in time between 2010 and the end of 2014, and that the final battle of this war, marking the Messiah’s Second Advent, will be Armageddon.

The Sons of Abraham through Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah can never live in true peace until the God of their Father Abraham returns to rule and reign on this earth.

The God of their Father Abraham was, is, and always shall be, the One who comes at his Second Advent to rule

and reign over all men.

Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Exodus 3:14 – And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

John 8:56-58 – Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

[57] Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? [58] Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,

I am.

John 10:30 – I and my Father are one.

Isaiah 9:6,7 – For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

[7] Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Zechariah 14:8,9 – 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.

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Sixty Years of Arab Rejection

Salim Mansur (Toronto Sun)

November 29, 2007

Sixty years ago on November 29, 1947, the UN passed the resolution on partitioning Palestine, held by Britain under the League of Nations mandate, into two states: One Arab and one Jewish.

At any time during the years since then, the Arab states could have acknowledged the rights of Jews to a state in Palestine, accepted the UN resolution on partition, negotiated the details of coexistence, assisted the Palestinians with their state, and received support of the great powers, including the U.S., in meeting the needs of their people and bringing prosperity to the region

given the resources available.

But the Arab position was a resounding “three nos” as duly spelled out after the June 1967 war: No peace and no negotiation with and no recognition of Israel.

The great lie repeatedly told in the Mideast, and swallowed whole or in part in the West, is that the U.S.’ unconditional support for Israel stands in the way of just peace in the region.

What is implicit in this lie is the meaning of just peace. For the Arab and Muslim supporters of Hamas, Hizbullah, al-Qaeda and the Iranian acolytes of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, just peace requires the rollback of Israel and returning Jews to the secondary status of “dhimmi” (protected people) as provided by Islamic laws when Arabs were empire builders.

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Where Oh Where Will the Assyrian Antichrist Arise?

November 29, 2007

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The area I have spent watching for the rise of the Assyrian Antichrist for the last 40 ye ars

has primarily been Syria and Lebanon. Archive Prophecy Updates 62 to 69 cover my reasons for watching this area. I am very interested in changes in government in both these countries.

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WHAT IS THE NATIONALITY OF THE ANTICHRIST?

Part 5

May 3, 2003

Please read Updates 62,63,64, and 65 before reading 66

Micah 5:1-4 – Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. [2] But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. [3] Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. [4] And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

These verses, exposited in Parts 1 through 4, were written more than 700 years before the birth of Christ. And yet they present:

Bethlehem as His birthplace, His rejection as ruler over Israel, His last Passover in the daughter of troops Jerusalem, His head beatings by the troops of Pontius Pilate, Herod, and the High Priest, His rejection as the judge of Israel, His Father’s siege against Israel because of their rejection of the Son (which has lasted some 2000 years), Christ’s temporary rejection of Israel, His Second Advent as Messiah after Israel’s travail of 1260 days in the Negev Wilderness, at which time His brethren will return with Him to the nation of Israel, and the first 1000 years of His eternal kingdom, which phases into the final heaven age when the present earth and heavens pass away.

Micah 5:5 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Now, in verse 5, we find that “this man” will himself “be the peace” because He personally brings it in by Himself when he returns to be “great unto the ends of the earth” for 1000 years. “This man” who brings “the peace” of a thousand years is, of course, Jesus Christ. He is the primary contextual subject from verses 1 through 5. What happens to motivate His return to bring in the millennial reign is the movement of the Assyrian into the land of Israel. It is the final defeat and destruction of “the Assyrian” that will mark Christ’s Second Advent, and the beginning of His millennial reign.

When Micah wrote his prophecies the Assyrians had already driven into the northern Kingdom of Israel, and all that remained of Israel proper was its southern Kingdom of Judah. So what were the borders of the land of Assyria when Micah wrote the fifth chapter of his book? The borders of the Assyrian territory stretched northward from roughly where Ramallah is located in the West Bank to the present day southern border of Turkey, and eastward to the Mediterranean Sea to establish its western limits, then westward across the Euphrates River to the Tigris River north of modern Baghdad in Iraq. Technically, I suppose one might be able to say this future “Assyrian” might come out of southern Turkey, northern Iraq, or Lebanon, but since modern day Syria occupies some 85% of the area covered by the Assyrian empire at the time of Micah’s writings, I am persuaded the Assyrian antichrist will come out of Syria. The possible argument that Micah 5:5 was fulfilled during the old Assyrian invasion of Micah’s day, is thwarted by the context pattern of the four verses before it all still being unfulfilled at the time they were written, and then being linked contextually to verse 5 by “this man,” and “the peace.” Additionally, this argument is smashed by the verse that follows it.

Micah 5:6 – And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

From the time of Micah’s writings to the present day, Israel has never “wasted the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof.” I will exposit specifically on both these locations in Prophecy Update Number 67, Lord willing.

The “Assyrian” of Micah 5:5 is not a European, an American, a Russian, an Eskimo, an Aborigine, an Ethiopian, or a platypus. He is an Assyrian, who becomes chief prince of the land where descendants of Meshech and Tubal were dwelling when Ezekiel wrote his prophecies. I will elaborate on this in future updates, Lord willing.

The expression involving “seven shepherds and eight principal men” is an ancient oft used Hebrew idiom.

It was the Hebrew manner of expressing “more than enough.” Seven is the Hebrew word for “complete,” implying “enough,” and when “eight” is added to it, the expression means “more than enough.” When the Assyrian comes into Israel, and treads within its borders north of Beersheba for 1260 days, then Jesus will return to restore peace for 1000 years on this planet. Christ’s Second Advent is accompanied by some 5/6 of the Assyrian’s armies being destroyed by the brightness of His coming. His destruction of the Assyrian and his false prophet will make whatever force Israel is able to muster up in the Negev for the battle of Armageddon “more than enough.”

When the Assyrian sets on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as the willful King of the North preparing to launch his final attack on Israel at the battle of Armageddon, he will be beyond all help by men and Satan.

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.

Ezekiel 38:14-16 – Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? [15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: [16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Zechariah 13:8,9 – 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.

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 11:45 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

II Thessalonians 2:8 – And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Revelation 19:19-21 – 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. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Ezekiel 38:22 to 39:2 – And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. [23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord. [1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: [2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

Micah 5:5,6 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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Anti-Syrian Majority and Pro-Syrian Minority Seeking a President

Lebanese majority backs army commander as president

Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST

November 28, 2007

Lebanon moved closer Wednesday to a long-sought deal for army chief Gen. Michel Suleiman to become the next president in the first signs of a breakthrough between its divided factions, after the Annapolis conference eased tensions between their main backers, the United States and Syria.

Suleiman is seen as a neutral figure in a country where nearly every politician is considered either in the pro- or anti-Syrian camp – one with the weight to ensure neither side dominates the other.

Lebanon’s constitution bars a sitting army commander from becoming president. But on Wednesday, the largest bloc in parliament – the anti-Syrian Future Movement – announced it has dropped its rejection of amending the constitution.

A deal is not yet done. The opposition, led by Syria and Iran’s ally Hizbullah, has not announced their stance on Suleiman, though he is respected among its leadership. There also remain deeply divisive questions over how to change the constitution.

But it was the first sign of progress after weeks of stalemate that left Lebanon without a president after the term of pro-Syrian Emile Lahoud ended last week, creating a dangerous power vacuum.

The movement could be a result of the easing of tensions between Damascus and Washington that culminated with Tuesday’s Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, which Syria attended. The US-Syrian rivalry has often played itself out in Lebanon’s complex politics – and in past weeks each side in Lebanon has accused the other’s international backer of meddling to block a deal on a president.

Amin Kammouriyeh, columnist in the leading pro-government newspaper An-Nahar, said the Syrians and the Americans have been having contacts about a way out of the Lebanon impasse.

“Annapolis capped the contacts between the two sides that had been going on for some time,” he said. “What happened today (in Lebanon) was a practical translation of that.”

Nicolas Nassif, who writes for the opposition-leaning newspaper Al-Akhbar, said he doubted Annapolis itself would “give this immediate result” but rather “the atmosphere that preceded it, to place Lebanon away from the regional conflicts.” He referred to French and Syrian discussions that also involved the Saudis to find a solution.

The United States, which backs the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, has in the past pressed to end Syria’s influence in Lebanon. Syria’s allies in Lebanon, in turn, have accused Saniora of selling out the country to the Americans.

The 59-year-old Suleiman was appointed with Syria’s approval in 1998 when Damascus dominated Lebanon. But he refused to use the military to put down anti-Syrian demonstrations in 2005 that helped end Damascus’ 29-year control.

He also deployed troops in Hizbullah’s stronghold of southern Lebanon last year for the first time – though some complain he has not done enough to stop the flow of weapons to the Shi’ite militant group – and this year his military waged a fierce fight against Islamic militants in a northern Palestinian refugee camp. Both moves brought heavy US support for the army.

For Syria, he could stop anti-Syrian factions from dominating and hurting its allies when it has became clear the majority would not go for a candidate backed by the opposition and Damascus.

Both sides in Lebanon have accepted the military’s role in keeping security after Lahoud stepped down, leaving a void that many fear could erupt into violence between the two camps.

Lawmaker Ammar Houry of the Future Movement called Suleiman a “symbol of the unity of the military establishment” which has kept the peace.

“We declare our acceptance to amend the constitution in order to reach consensus on the name of the army commander, Gen.

Michel Suleiman,” he said.

The Future movement has 35 of Parliament’s 128 seats, but its support is tantamount to acceptance by the full 68-member anti-Syrian majority coalition of Saniora.

The coalition had been holding out install an anti-Syrian figure in the presidency after long trying to remove Lahoud, a staunch ally of Damascus. But it has been unable to muster the two-thirds majority of Parliament necessary

to open an election session amid

an opposition boycott.

It had also resisted tooling with the constitution in principle, since past changes had been made to accommodate Lahoud.

Lahoud was also an army commander but a 1998 one-time amendment allowed him to run for president – then a 2004 amendment pushed by Syria extended his term for three more years, angering anti-Syrian politicians.

Hizbullah had no immediate comment on Suleiman’s candidacy.

A major wild card remains: Michel Aoun, a leading Christian opposition politician and former army commander who has pushed his own candidacy for the presidency. Allied to Hizbullah, it was unclear whether he would drop his bid and go along with Suleiman.

Aoun has withheld comment while the legal experts argue over whether a constitutional amendment was possible.

The amendment has its own difficulties tied up in the yearlong standoff. The government is required to request that Parliament amend the constitution, but the opposition refuses to recognize Saniora’s administration, raising questions on how it can do so. Others have argued that with no president, Parliament cannot legislate and can only vote for president.

The legislature was scheduled to try Friday to elect a president. But Houry said that arrangements to amend the constitution were unlikely to be finalized by Friday’s session, suggesting the presidential vote would be put off to a later date.

Suleiman had previously been floated as a candidate but has not commented on the latest developments. If elected he will have to retire from the military.

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FEAR IS STRONGEST ARAB MOTIVATOR!

ANTI-IRAN ARAB NATIONS FEAR SHOWN AT ANNAPOLIS!

United Anti-Iran Annapolis Attendance Shocks Iran to New Threats!

November 28, 2007

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

On November 26 we issued the following heading on our blog:

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US & ISRAEL TALKS ON NUCLEAR IRAN

MOST IMPORTANT OF ANNAPOLIS TALKS FOLLOW IT!

November 26, 2007

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The most important talks outlined in the November 26 blog are now about to take place.

Quite frankly, the number of Arab nations attending the Annapolis meeting surprised me, but it shocked Iran from the top of its head to the tip of its toes. The fear of Iran being the only Arab nation with nuclear weapons, which can be launched against any Arab nation in the Middle East, has thrown many of the Arab nations into a panic, as well as the European Union which, according to Iran’s latest boast, will also be in harm’s way of Iranian nuclear missiles.

If Israel and the US are going to knock out the Iranian nuclear facilities, the beginning of 2008 would be a good time, as we indicated in previous blogs.

Even Russia and China would benefit from a destruction of the Iranian nuclear facilities, because they would be the nations Iran would use to rebuild its destroyed facilities, and the oil revenues would keep on flowing into their coffers. All the Arab nations, China, and Russia can be expected to scream to high heaven over such an attack, but secretly they would be delighted to see the real Middle East threat to them weakened. Russia is well aware that the southern flank of the old Soviet Union was made up of nations with majorities of populations composed of Islamic believers, so they are not really comfortable with the idea of a fruit cake in Iran having a deliverable nuclear warhead.

The flow of Iran oil revenues into Russian for military hardware and construction of nuclear associate facilities has saved the Russian economy, but now it would like to limit Iran’s nuclear threat.

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CANADA.COM

Ottawa Citizen

Iran claims new missile can strike Israel, U.S. bases

Con Coughlin

The Daily Telegraph

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

LONDON – Fears of a new Middle East arms race deepened yesterday after Iran announced that it had developed a new long-range missile system capable of hitting Israel and U.S. bases in the region.

The successful development of the Ashura missile, which Iran claims has a range

of 2,000 kilometres, was announced by Defence Minister Mostofa Mohammed Najjar. France immediately condemned the announcement and gave warning that the West needed to be “extremely vigilant with regard to Iran’s actions and intentions.” The development came as it was revealed that Syria is negotiating with Russia to purchase anti-aircraft missile systems capable of shooting down Israeli warplanes.

Lebanese military officials have reported that the Syrians have made an urgent request to Moscow for the shoulder-fired SA18 anti-aircraft system to protect it from attack by Israel.

The Lebanese also suspect that the Syrians aim to pass some of the missile systems to Hezbollah, the radical Lebanese Shia Muslim militia with close ties to Damascus. The Syrians are set to receive the new missiles by the end of the year, according to the officials. Syria and Iran, which signed a mutual defence pact two years ago, have been working closely together on developing long-range missiles and improving their air defences.

Recent attempts by Tehran and Damascus to develop more effective missile systems have resulted in a series of unexplained accidents, including the deaths of several scientists in September.

Iran has repeatedly warned that it would target U.S. bases in the region if it came under attack over Tehran’s refusal to halt its controversial uranium enrichment program.

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he second Article 2 shows the fear of a bully when his bluff is called. If anything is going to cause Iran to let the UNIAEA to once again be allowed to monitor all nuclear facilities in Iran, it will be the real fear of an aerial attack on their concealed sites

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The private meeting between Israeli PM Olmert and President Bush will be addressing that question, and deciding what to do if Iran continues to refuse let the IAEA back in country.

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Ahmadinejad: Israel doomed to collapse

TEHERAN, Iran, THE JERUSALEM POST

November 28, 2007

Israel is doomed to “collapse” and the US-brokered Middle East peace conference was a “failure”, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday, lashing out at the Annapolis gathering that many saw as aimed at isolating Iran.

The comments were the first time in months that the hard-line Ahmadinejad has used such strong anti-Israeli rhetoric, highlighting Tehran’s bitterness towards Tuesday’s conference, which its closest Arab ally Syria attended.

“It is impossible that the Zion

ist regime will survive. Collapse is in the nature of this regime because it has been created on aggression, lying, oppression and crime,” Ahmadinejad said after a Cabinet meeting, according to state-run television.

“Soon, even the most politically doltish individuals will understand that this conference was a failure from the beginning,” he said, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran has repeatedly condemned the Annapolis conference, saying it would fail to bring any peace for the Palestinians and warning that

it will discredit Arab countries who participated. Iran on Tuesday expresses surprise that Damascus participated in the gathering, though it has stopped short of directly criticizing its ally.

Ahmadinejad said the Palestinian “resistance” – such as Hamas, which is backed by Teheran – must have a say in any settlement.

“Many such meetings have been held but have failed,” he said. “If decision is made about Palestine, representatives of the elected Palestinian government and resistance should be there and the rights of the Palestinian people – self-determination, the right of voting and return of refugees – must be recognized,” he said.

Ahmadinejad has raised controversy in the West with past predictions of Israel’s eventual destruction, including a comment saying it should be “wiped off” or “disappear” from the map – and even critics at home said his inflammatory speeches were needlessly provoking the West against Iran.

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