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ROD OF GOD COMES TO BEING PEACE – Part 2

Rejected Son Returns as Judgment Rod to Bring Peace to Us!

“And the Lord shall be king over all the earth” – Zechariah 14:9a

“And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord” – Micah 5:4a+5a

“And THIS man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land”

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Psalm 2:7-9 – I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. [8] Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

[9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

ISAIAH 11:1 – And there shall come forth a ROD out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

Revelation 12:5 – And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with A ROD of iron: and her child was caught up unto God,

and to his throne.

Because they rejected him, SMITING him with a ROD upon the cheek, the ROD out of Jesse will soon come to SMITE all unbelievers who still reject him. Micah writes of THE ROD’S birth, rejection, and Second Advent.

Micah 5:1 – 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.

“NOW GATHER THYSELF IN TROOPS, O DAUGHTER OF TROOPS:”

There are few cities on this planet that can compare with Israel on the number of times she has been conquered over and over again in history, many

times being retaken by those troops once driven out. Truly, Jerusalem has earned the title of “Daughter of troops.” This Scripture speaks of a particular time in her long history, a day during the Feast of Passover, a day when three sets of troops were in the city. The Roman Governor, who ruled from Caesarea (Pontius Pilate) had, in order to put down any rebellion that might arise at this feast, brought his Roman troops to Jerusalem, and quartered them in the Fortress Antonia, which was attached to the northwestern corner of the Temple Mount, and from which troops could overlook all the Temple courtyards from its highest level. The King of Israel, Herod, had brought his troops with him for Passover, and they were quartered in Herod’s Fortress Palace on the western side of Jerusalem, where some of its base may be seen today. The High Priest was also allowed to maintain a small contingency of Jewish troops to protect him from harm, and they could be sent to arrest religious offenders.

They were found around him at public assemblies.

“THEY SHALL SMITE THE JUDGE OF ISRAEL WITH A ROD UPON THE CHEEK.”

This prophecy of Micah was fulfilled during the last Passover Jesus attended. It was fulfilled from the time the first troops arrested him to take him to the High Priest until he was placed on the cross. During this time Jesus was exchanged back and forth between the High Priest, Herod, and Pontius Pilate. On these occasions he was beaten on the head above his neck many times with rods (reeds), and struck over and over again by the hands of the troops. You will find all this recorded in the latter chapters of the four Gospels. Jesus was sent by His Father to be the judge of Israel, but they rejected him as their judge, and judged him instead, finding him guilty of the false charge of blasphemy again God. The middle portion of this verse gives God the Father’s reaction to their rejection of His only begotten Son.

“HE HATH LAID SIEGE AGAINST US:”

Micah was an Israelite. So the “us” refers primarily to Israel. God has laid “siege” (judgment) against Israel for almost 2000 years because they rejected the one He sent to judge them. There has never been a race descended from one man (Jacob) that has ever passed through such persecution, unbelievable horror, and terrifying torture, as has been experienced by the nation of Israel, the most horrifying of all being experienced at the hands of the Nazi SS during WW2. The current siege is the constant threat of terrorism by Hizbollah, the Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Fatah splinter groups.

Micah 5:2 – 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.

This is one of the most beloved verses in Scripture concerning the birth of Israel’s Messiah, Jesus Christ. It has been put on display Christmas after Christmas, and preached vividly during that season from millions of pulpits. By the time it was fulfilled by Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, traditional teachings concerning the Messiah’s birth had replaced God’s account, and it is truly sad that Herod had to ask where he would be born, and perhaps even sadder that the scribes had to look it up.

Some traditional teachings, by the time that Christ arrived, taught that Messiah the Prince would be born of royalty, or perhaps by the wife of the High Priest, or at least of wealthy parents who had great influence. Traditional teachings had completely departed from those verses found in the 53rd Chapter of Isaiah. He was not expected to be a suffering servant, but rather a great conqueror that would fight and destroy Israel’s enemies in battle after battle until Israel reigned supreme. Some traditional teaching suggested he might be born in the great city of Jerusalem.

But when he came only a handful knew who he was, a man child whose Father was God, born of a virgin from the dirty little town of Nazareth, laying in a manger outside the inn in a cave in the small city of Bethlehem. Many “traditional” teachings of today will also cause most of the world to receive the man of sin, the antichrist, as the true Christ.

He was sent by His Father “to be ruler in Israel,” but Israel rejected him as both judge (Micah 5:1) and ruler, and they were without excuse, for all the prophets from Moses to Malachi had foretold of His “goings forth,” which had been from of old, from everlasting. His characteristics, His goings forth, His life, His purpose, and His death had been clearly revealed by God’s word before His Living Word arrived in sinless flesh. The following Scriptures reveal this truth. Had they studied His word and believed it they could have recognized Him.

Deuteronomy 18:18,19 – I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

[19] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

Isaiah 53:6 – [6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Malachi 3:1 – Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

John the Baptist was the messenger God sent before Christ the Messiah, and Jesus

was the messenger of the covenant made to the seed of Abraham and David. He came quickly to the temple after His temptation in the wilderness to cleanse it to be a house of prayer, not a den of thieves.

And, at the final Passover, when He came again to cleanse it, He found the same den of spiritual and physical thieves saturating it with ungodliness. That is why He cried from the Mount of Olives before His arrest: [37] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! [38] Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

[39] For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. (Matthew 23:37,38)

Judging from the rapid fulfillment of prophecy in Israel at the present time, I am convinced that Israel will finally be calling Him blessed in the near future.

Micah 5:3 – 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.

“Therefore” is a conclusion to Micah 5:1,2 that explains why the Messiah of Israel gave “them up.” Because they beat him and rejected him as their judge, they came under judgment because they would not let him judge them. God’s judgment has been on them for some two thousand years. Without their God to deliver them, they have become the most persecuted, prosecuted, and rejected people on this earth. The Nazi burning, torturing, and butchering of some six million Jews was beyond belief. And yet I love them tenaciously. Why? Because their Messiah, who forgave them on the cross, is alive in me, and in the near future he will return to be their Messiah, their God with them. The word “until,” in the second phrase of this verse, makes the point that he has not forsaken them forever, but only “until” they have passed through the final judgment for having judged him, which consists of the of the last 1260 days of travail in the tribulation period. Christ will come forth at his Second Advent as the Lion of Judah to rule over the remnant of Israel that survives the tribulation period, and will bring a remnant of his brethren with him. In verse three he rejected them with “therefore,” then told them they would suffer travail “until” he came back to the earth and “then,” that is, at his Second Advent, all of the remnant of his “brethren” would return to live on the same planet with him.

Matthew 23:38,39 – Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. [39] For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Revelation 1:7 – Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth sh

all wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

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.

Zechariah 14:5 – And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Hebrews 2:11 – For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Romans 11:5 – Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Romans 2:29 – But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Israel still has a final siege of terror to endure for rejecting her judge. After experiencing what appears to be an end of her suffering when what seems to be peace comes to her land, she will suddenly be viciously attacked from the north in a lightning Jihad involving 10 Arab nations. This will be her final travail before her Messiah, Jesus Christ returns to reign over her.

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.

Zechariah 12:2 – Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

But after Israel’s final travail, this will be the fate of those who laid siege against her. This is a part of the smiting

of the rod.

Zechariah 14:12 – And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Because they did receive him as the Messianic Rod of Jesse’s son David, he gave them up, but he will return with, and to, those who believe in him. He will return after the travail of Israel during the tribulation period.

Micah 5:3 – 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.

He will feed his flock in God’s majesty. They will abide on the earth a thousand years, and Christ will be great to the ends of the earth. He will bring “the Peace” when he comes as Isaiah’s rod of Jesse and defeats the coming Assyrian antichrist.

This will fulfill Micah 5:4 as well as ISAIAH 11:1,4,6.

Micah 5:4,5 – 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. [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.

ISAIAH 11:1,4,6 – And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: [4] But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. [6] The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

American Force IS NOW Beginning Withdrawal,

Twixt 2010 and 2015 Iraq will fight for Survival,

And Obama’s Administration Will Go Into Denial!

A lasting democracy cannot stand Islamist Trials,

Syrian and Iranian Terrorists Will Both pour Vials,

Democracy ends and Islamic Jihad becomes Style,

Iran-Iraq-Syria-Turkey-Lebanon Stretch FOR Miles,

In iron 5 toed crescent planning a Thing Quite Vile!

Morocco-Algeria-Tunisia-Libya-Sudan WEST OF Nile,

Complete 10’s of Daniel 2 & 7 from beast most Wild!

At Armageddon Second Advent bodies will lie in Piles

Troop withdrawal opens door for a Jihad after Awhile

Giving Democracy seekers in Iraq No Reason to Smile!

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From the beginning, I was in favor of going into Iraq, destroying Saddam’s regime, killing or capturing him, and then getting the heck out of the country ASAP. Why the ASAP statement? Because to stay there was only to postpone the inevitable, the internal battle for control of the country between Kurds, Sunni, and Shiites, and to believe the “lasting” democracy could be maintained very long AFTER we left was sheer madness. So I considered it far better not to stay sacrificing American lives for what was inevitable AFTER we left, as well as the shattering effect it would have on our economy.

The longer we stayed the more lives we would lose, and the further down the drain our economy would plunge.

The great publicity being given to the election of a democratic government this week as a great achievement I applaud but, as a realist, knowing what I do about Middle East Arab and Persian history, I want to assure you that at some point in time between 2010 and 2015 the new Iraqi democratic government will be overthrown, and a strong man will emerge to govern the country as an Islamic Republic.

I believe what I wrote in Special Prophecy Update 170B almost five years ago, which immediately follows.

SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 170B

May 5, 2004

A Democratic Government Cannot Stand in Iraq!

I was 100 percent in favor of invading Iraq and ending the reign of Saddam the Butcher, and 100 percent in the corner of those who wanted to see the Baath Party out of power, but I have consistently been 100 percent in favor of NOT trying to establish a democratic type of government like ours, because such a government would only stand for a few months, and the cost of American lives would not be worth the price.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ THAT WILL LAST – IT WOULD ONLY LAST AS LONG AS A LARGE AMERICAN ARMY WAS IN PLACE TO ENFORCE IT, AND AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE IN HIT-AND-RUN-ATTACKS WHILE THEY REMAIN TO MAINTAIN SUCH A GOVERNMENT.

I could have gotten out of fighting in Vietnam, but I chose to go. I did not go because I believed we could win the war and establish a non-corrupt regime in the southern half of the country. I went because I believed it was essential to stopping the spread of communism to other countries in the Far East.

The support the Soviet Union poured into Vietnam and Afghanistan broke the financial back of the communist monster, which led to the breakup of the Soviet Union, and its demise as one of two great world powers. I believe it was absolutely essential that we go into Afghanistan. Its unbelievable mountainous terrain and deep sheltered valleys made it the perfect terrain for a Taliban government to be the breadbasket of terror led by Osama bin Laden. And we simply could not eliminate the numerous terror camp training facilities and headquarters with missiles and air strikes, no matter how sophisticated the state of our technical expertise was at that time. And, for that reason, I am still in favor for troops to be maintained there in order to prevent a re-occurrence of the same scenario. Iraq is a flat land compared to Afghanistan, and, once we had deposed Saddam and crushed his regime, I knew we had the advantage of destroying any threat that arose against our interests in the region with missiles and air strikes following our withdrawal. I am 100 percent in favor of the worldwide war on terrorism, but 100 percent in opposition to attempting to form a democratic form of government in Iraq like ours in this generation. Sure, I wish it were possible, it is an idealistic, noble daydream, but we are fighting Islamic windmills with toothpicks, and the price in blood we are paying for it cannot be justified by a final result that will be marked by failure to see it fulfilled.

The real problem in Iraq began in 1932, the year I was born.

Iraq was also born that year as the first of the League of Nations mandate states. So, after 1932, Iraq was formally independent.

There was still, of course, a large measure of British influence and power there, but it was certainly independent earlier than any of the other Arab states. The British were largely responsible for the impossible attempt to merge together four major contentious groups into one state, the Shiite, the Sunni, the Kurds, and the Assyrians. It would have been far better to have four countries with separate borders than to attempt to put four wildcats into a sack and call the sack a state. And there are many other smaller groups of ethnic wildcats that also were placed in the sack. It was inevitable that a government would eventually come into existence that would be held together by absolute force of a dictator. It is most unfortunate that the dictator who finally grabbed power was Saddam. Most dictators are happy to rule their own country with an iron hand, but Saddam had illusions of grandeur to be the great Islamic messiah who would even exceed the greatness of Saladin the Kurd and, in the end, be ruler over all of the Arab world. The only real solution to the problem, generated in 1932, is to establish governmental borders that separate the four major ethnic groups, and let each group internally fight it out as to the kind of government they want. After the dust has settled you may only have two or three states continuing to fight each other for dominance, but they will be fighting each other rather than the United States and Israel.

The continuous argument I have heard echo across the world’s political scenario from before Operation Desert Storm through Operation Iraqi Freedom is this – DO NOT DISTURB THE STABILITY OF

THE REGION! And everyone seems to agree on how important it is to NOT disturb it! I totally disagree! I was hoping we would go in, get rid of Saddam, his henchmen, and his Baath Party, then pull out as quickly as possible, and let all hell break loose between the Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, and many other ethnic groups that make up Iraq. They would not be able to concentrate on how much they hate us and Israel, because they would be too busy hating each other.

Then, after the smoke and killing ended in a truce, Iraq would probably be splintered into three separate countries, Kurdistan dominated by Turkey, Sunnistan dominated by Syria, and Shiitestan as a part of Iran. As far as I am concerned, the more instability, political turmoil, and confusion we see among all of the nations of Islam, the better off the United States (the big Satan as we are called) and Israel (the little Satan) will be in the world’s fickle climate. If I thought there was any possibility of installing a lasting democratic type of government in Iraq, then I would say it would be worth the price we are paying in American blood to do so, but it is a futile pipe dream, no matter how noble it may seem to those who favor it. I have been a supporter of both father and son Bush in their presidencies. I do continue to admire them both, and will vote for the son in November. However, I do not agree with the idea of attempting to establish a democracy in the midst of Islam because it is impossible – admirable, but beyond the scope of possibility in this generation. We need to get out and let them slug it out among themselves. In any case, whatever happens, Iraq will be one of the tens associated with Daniel 2 & 7, and Revelation 13

and 17. The Lamb King of the soon coming Kingdom foretold in Revelation 17:14 is the King of the Kingdom found in Daniel 2:44 and 7:27, and he is the only one who can bring lasting peace and stability to the Middle East under a theocracy. The Old Roman Empire had a large southern flank that, at one time, included all of what we know as the Islamic nations stretching from Morocco to Iran, which number more than the ten required to choose from as being the toes or horns in Daniel and Revelation.

Daniel 2:42,44 – 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. [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.

Daniel 7:24-27 – 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. [26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. [27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

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 17:12-14 – 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. [14] These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

End Archive Prophecy Update 170B, 2004

Begin Excerpt from UK Independent

Iraq embraces the election that will shape its future

Crucial test for Prime Minister Maliki and democracy as American forces begin withdrawal

By Patrick Cockburn

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Campaign posters are pasted over the concrete blast walls across Iraq as parties urge followers to vote in today’s provincial elections. They will determine the political landscape of Iraq as American troops withdraw.

The last provincial polls four years ago helped ignite the civil war between Sunni and Shia, because the once-dominant Sunni community felt marginalised. Today’s ballot, followed by a parliamentary election later this year, will determine which parties will hold power in the Sunni and Shia communities.

Unlike the 2005 election, when many Iraqis argued that real power stayed in the hands of the Americans, the vote on 31 January will take place as the 142,000 US troops in Iraq begin to depart. In keeping with the federal constitution, the new councils will exercise greatly enhanced powers such as the right to appoint and dismiss governors as well as preparing their own budget.

The election will be a crucial test for the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has had a spectacularly successful year during which he faced down, at different times, the US, the Kurds and his Shia rivals. He has been strengthening his own small Dawa party by using state funds and patronage to buy the support of tribal leaders.

The political elite in Iraq has an unsavoury reputation among voters as a kleptocracy interested only in plundering oil wealth and incapable of providing electricity, water supply and sewage disposal.

The election will take place against a background of improved security but also disillusionment with post-Saddam leaders. “If things do not improve I fear there will be a neo-Baathist takeover in a few years,” said one former government minister.

The election of 2005 led to more violence because Sunni Arabs and many of the Shia poor did not accept them as valid and did not vote. This time round all parties accept the rules of the game.

A poll reflecting the real allegiances of voters will determine who holds power in important parts of Iraq. Nineveh, the capital of which is Mosul, has a Sunni Arab majority but has largely been ruled by Kurds in alliance with the US since a 2004 Sunni uprising. The Kurds have 31 out of 41 seats in the local council because the Sunni mostly did not vote in the last election.

Anbar, the giant province where almost all are Sunni Arabs, and once the heart of the rebellion against the US occupation, is seeing a battle for the allegiance of the Sunni community. This is between the Iraqi Islamic Party, which won by default last time round, and the Awakening Councils, tribally-based anti-al-Qa’ida militias backed by the US military which have strong popular support.

The Shia parties are also split. Four years ago they joined the all-powerful United Iraqi Alliance backed by the immensely influential Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. This coalition’s aim was to enable the Shia, 60 per cent of Iraqis, to win elections and take over as Iraq’s dominant community. They largely succeeded, but the coalition is no more.

The Grand Ayatollah is staying neutral this time around. The most powerful party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), is at odds with Mr Maliki’s state-backed Dawa party. Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Mehdi Army militia once controlled much of Shia Iraq, still have support among the poor and will back independent candidates.

The venom with which party rivalry is conducted is because state patronage is the main source of job in Iraq where half of the population is unemployed.

Everybody, from a policem

an to a teacher, needs a letter from a political party to get a job. ISCI, which currently controls Baghdad council and most of the Shia provinces, has a powerful political machine but is widely unpopular because of its corruption.

Mr Maliki’s Dawa party currently only rules one province, Kerbala, but is organising tribal councils with government funds. The Prime Minister burnished his nationalist and non-sectarian credentials last year by attacking the Sadrists in Basra, Amara and Sadr City. The Iraqi army only won with US military help, but Mr Maliki refused to sign a status of forces agreement with the US until it agreed to pull troops out of urban areas by this summer and from Iraq by the end of 2011. He also attracted popular Arab support by moving against Kurdish control of Nineveh province and other territories disputed by Arabs and Kurds. This made him a lot of enemies among Kurds and other Shia political leaders. He needs to do well in the elections if he is going to continue to centralise power and increase his authority.

The election in numbers

*More than 14,400 candidates are vying for a seat in today’s poll. Around 3,900 are women.
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There are 440 seats up for grabs, across 14 of Iraq’ s 18 province

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*300,000 observers – local and international – will monitor the poll.

*Salah al-Rekhayis, who calls himself the “Iraqi Obama”, is running in Basra and hopes to be the 1st black Iraqi to win an election.

*When there were last elections in Iraq – in January 2005 – there were 92 attacks each day. On Wednesday when some early voting took place, there was just 1 according to a US military spokesman.

*6 candidates have been killed prior to the elections – 3 on Thursday.

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It would be nice if excerpt is True,

But Problems With It are Not a Few!

Now it’s a thing on which we can Chew,

But it’s Unlikely The Thing Will Go Through!

Hamas must control what 4 terror groups Do,

4 other groups can launch missiles into the Blue!

An 18 Month Truce One Day will be declared Anew,

All Terror Groups Must Be On Board For it To Be True!

January 31, 2009

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There are four other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip fully capable of launch

ing missiles into Israel. Israel has made it plain to Hamas that when a missile flies out of the Strip, Hamas is responsible. When Hamas gets the other internal terrorist groups on board, then a truce of probably 18 months will be put in place. That may, or may not, occur by February 5th.

Don’t hold your breath!

Begin Excerpt from Arutz Sheva

Hamas Planning Pre-Election Ceasefire

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Shevat 5, 5769, 30 January 09 12:40

By Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) The Palestini an Authority paper Al-Jareeda reported Thursday that Hamas has agreed to

an 18-month ceasefire in Gaza proposed by Egypt.

The report was based on in formation

from an anonymous Egyptian official.

Currently Hamas has reduced the frequency of its attacks but is still officially in a state of open war with Israel.

According to Al-Jareeda, the official ceasefire would begin on February 5, shortly before Israeli elections.

The Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency also reported that Hamas had accepted the truce. Hamas leaders will officially accept the ceasefire deal next week, it said, but Islamic Jihad has not yet agreed to accept the arrangement.

Hamas has stipulated that Israel must open the crossings between Gaza and Israel on the day that the ceasefire begins. The group has approved the presence of international monitors at Gaza crossings. Sources quoted in Ma’an said the opening of Gaza crossings would “greatly reduce” the need for smuggling tunnels, the closure of which is one of Israel’s conditions for a ceasefire.

Hamas continues to reject most of the conditions demanded by Israel.

Israel had requested a 500-meter security zone in Gaza and a favorable change in Hamas’s conditions regarding the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit

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Hello World – The Fix is In!

This could be the Beginning,

Turkey to us word is Sending,

Hamas’ Terrorist NAME Ending,

Hamas’ Saying NO To Offending,

False impressi on

of NOW Bending,

Iran and Syria now Obama Hearing,

Gives us a false reason for Cheering,

So ALL This Points To Christ Appearing,

A truce means false peace time Nearing,

Terrorists try to world to seem Endearing,

It’s a temporary ruse till war is Descending!

January 30, 2008

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

The four excerpts which follow are a roundup of the effects Obama’s policies have created in the Middle East. I believe Turkey is now convinced its best interests are not rooted in the West, but with alliances with Iran and Syria. They are anxious to show Iran and Syria their loyalty by leading Israel and the West down a false peace trail with disaster at its end. This is not going to occur overnight, and there will be numerous bumps along the trail, but the signs are in place that it is beginning. Our NATO ally Turkey is about to floor us with a sucker punch, which is much easier to deliver to a young passive President with minimum fighting experience, rather than a seasoned President who doesn’t underrate his opponent.

Begin Excerpt 1 from Boston.com

Turkey urges Obama to redefine Mideast terrorism

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Writer

January 29, 2009

DAVOS, Switzerland –Turkey’s prime minister had a message Thursday for U.S. President Barack Obama: redefine terror and terrorism in the Middle East and use it as the basis for a new American policy.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country has played a key role in trying to mediate among Israel and Syria and the Palestinians, said Obama’s new Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, will be in Turkey for talks Sunday.

“President Obama must redefine terror and terrorist organizations in the Middle East, and based on this new definition, a new American policy must be deployed in the Middle East,” Erdogan told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Turkish leader appeared to be referring to the U.S. position toward Hamas and Hezbollah, which the United States considers terrorist organizations. While both have military wings, Hamas seized control of Gaza

in 2007 and remains in charge following the recent Israeli invasion. Hezbollah is a major political force in Lebanon.

As a secular Muslim country that belongs to NATO and is seeking membership in the European Union, Turkey has been a bridge to Hamas and Hezbollah.

Alluding to Turkey’s unique position, Erdogan prefaced his message to Obama, saying that “compared to the Western countries, we speak best the language of the Middle East.”

Before the Dec. 27 attack on Gaza, Erdogan said Turkey had been deeply involved in mediating between Israel and Syria and was awaiting a response from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when the bombs started falling in the Palestinian territory.

“I saw this as a lack of respect for us and also a shadow cast over peace,” Erdogan said.

Even though there’s now a shaky cease-fire in Gaza, the Israeli-Syria talks appear to be on hold, Erdogan said.

“I see right now that this is shelved,” he said. “But if the parties request it, we as Turkey would be willing to take part, to play a role in those discussions.”

Begin Excerpt 2 from Jerusalem Post

Hamas signals desire to talk to world

January 29, 2009

ap and brenda gazzar , THE JERUSALEM POST

Senior officials in Hamas are indicating a willingness to negotiate a deal for a long-term truce with Israel as long as the borders of Gaza are opened to the rest of the

world.

“We want to be part of the international community,” Hamas official Ghazi Hamad told The Associated Press at the Gaza-Egypt border, where he was coordinating Arab aid shipments.

“I think Hamas has no interest now to increase the number of crises in Gaza or to challenge the world.”

Three Hamas leaders interviewed by AP said they would accept statehood in just the West Bank and Gaza and would give up their “resistance” against Israel if that were achieved.

“We accept a state in the ’67 borders,” said Hamad. “We are not talking about the destruction of Israel.”

The group appears to be in the throes of an internal power struggle between hard-liners and pragmatists. Which group comes out on top will likely depend

on who is able to garner the most benefits in postwar Gaza.

With hawks urging more violence, the window of opportunity to boost the voices of relative moderation is likely to be short.

“We won this war,” said Hamas politician Mushir Al-Masri. “Why should we give in to pressure from anyone?”

Al-Masri spoke to the AP while standing next to a chair that used to serve as his seat in the Palestinian parliament, now reduced to rubble by Israeli bombing. Surrounding him were cracked cement, broken bricks, shattered glass and microphones covered in ash.

Yet even Al-Masri, a staunch hard-liner, sounded a conciliatory note.

“We have our hands open to any country … to open a dialogue without conditions,” he said – clarifying that does not include Israel.

Hamas’s pragmatists may have emerged from Israel’s offensive slightly stronger, perhaps because of a perception among some Gazans that the organization’s hawks overplayed their hand by provoking the wrath of Israel.

Obama has repeatedly reached out to Muslims since becoming president. He assured hard-liners in his inaugural address that “we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.” He dispatched special envoy George J. Mitchell to the Middle East on a “listening tour.” And on Tuesday he chose the Arab satellite network Al-Arabiya for his first televised interview, declaring “Americans are not your enemy.”

It’s unlikely Obama would talk directly to Hamas, which the US lists as a terrorist organization. However, if reconciliation talks between Hamas and its pro-Western Fatah rivals in Egypt bear fruit, Obama, unlike his predecessor, may accept a Palestinian unity government that includes the group.

Hamas leaders in the past have spoken about a long-term “hudna,” or truce, with Israel. But Jerusalem sees the offer as a non-starter because it falls short of full recognition.

Even so, Israel and the West appear to have leverage to get Hamas to moderate its stance. The group’s demand for an open border with Egypt, for instance, could be conditioned on allowing Fatah to help monitor it. And bringing funds and materials to begin repairing the estimated $2 billion in damage caused by Israel’s offensive could be conditioned on Hamas agreeing to stop its violence.

Begin Excerpt 3 from Boston.com via World News

Syria ready for dialogue with U.S.: Assad

January 26, 2009

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria is ready for dialogue without conditions with the Obama administration, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired on Monday.

Assad told Lebanon’s al-Manar TV that the inauguration of President Barack Obama raised cautious hopes that a peace settlement could be reached in the Middle East and reduced the likelihood

of a new war in the region.

But he said indirect peace talks with Israel would remain frozen for now and reiterated his demand for a full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights in any bilateral peace deal.

“If there are conditions, then there will be no dialogue (with the United States). They know that,” Assad said in the interview with al-Manar, mouthpiece of the Shi-ite political party and guerrilla group Hezbollah.

He said he was encouraged by early signals from the new administration on Iraq and the Arab-Israeli crisis. “We have positive signs but we have learned to be cautious and not to count on such signs as long as there is nothing tangible.”
Assad told al-Manar that officials close to the Obama administration had been sent to Damascus in the weeks before the president’s inauguration as a prelude to dialogue.

Bilateral ties worsened sharply under President George W. Bush, and Washington pulled out its ambassador nearly four years ago over alleged Syrian interference in Lebanon and Iraq.

It demanded that Syria crack down on Iraqi insurgents and Arab militants crossing into Iraq, end its involvement in Lebanon and stop supporting the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Asked whether the region was now heading for peace or war, Assad said: “We see hope of settlements and not wars after the departure of the administration that adopted pre-emptive war as a policy … Now there is an administration that rejects this principle.”

Assad said there were no prospects for an immediate resumption of indirect talks with Israel, suspended after Israel launched a major offensive in the Gaza Strip last month.

He said a complete withdrawal from the Golan, occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war, was a precondition for any peace agreement. “We will never abandon this,” he said.

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert struck a more optimistic note when he said on Monday that Israel’s indirect peace talks with Syria would eventually produce an accord.

“We started negotiations with Syria and … at the end of the day, we will be able to reach an agreement that will end the conflict between us and the Syrians,” Olmert said in a speech.

“They (Syria) have lots of aspirations, lot of desires — sometimes entirely unrealistic — but they also know that it is better to make peace with Israel than to fight with Israel.”

(Reporting by Nadim Ladki, editing by Tim Pearce)

Begin Excerpt 4 from Dawn the Internet via World News

Iran ready to cooperate with Obama, says Mottaki

DAVOS, Switzerland), Jan 29: Iran is ready to cooperate with President Barack Obama if the United States changes its policies and practices in the region, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchechr Mottaki said on Thursday.

“We do believe that if the new administration of the United States, as Mr Obama said, is going to change its policies, not in saying but in practice, definitely they will find the region in a cooperative approach and reaction.

“And Iran is not excluded from this general understanding in our region,” Mottaki said at a panel before the World Economic Forum.

US-Iranian relations under the Bush administration were frozen.

But a British newspaper reported on Thursday that the US is drafting a letter to Iran to pave the way for face-to-face talks, and a State Department official said that US policy toward Iran was under review.

Asked about US relations on a panel here at Davos, Mottaki welcomed the new US president’s theme of change, upon which he ran his election campaign.

He said the Middle East wanted to see how that manifests itself. “All the countries in the region are waiting (to see) how this change is going to introduce itself. Is it a change strategically? Is it a change in tactics?” he said.—Reuters

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A Sneaky Way to Know A Country’ s TRUE Po

sition,

Is to get its leader angry in a peaceful Convention!

This Certainly Was Not Israeli President’s Intension,

It showed Erdogan’s true position that’s Mentioned!

Turk Prime minister winks his eye but causes Sorrow,

Which the World Will See in future Tribulation Horrors,

But in the End his Turkey and Islam is Predicted to Fall,

When Jesus Christ Comes At Second Advent Ending All!

January 30, 2009

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

Proverbs 10:10 – He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

A man who winks as a high sign he is on your side, making you think it will turn out well, then becomes a prating fool toward you in anger, is the kind of man who will cause you much sorrow, but he himself in the end will fall. As I have stated for years, the Turks will be one of the 10 strong iron toes arrayed against Israel when the attack of Daniel 2 and 7 occurs.

I believe “the house of Togarmah of the north quarters” in Ezekiel 38:6 represents modern day Turkey.

Ezekiel 38:5-9 – Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: [6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. [7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. [8] 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.

The following excerpt is from Wikipedia. It lends credence to the the belief modern Turkey is the ancient home of the biblical house of Togarmah of the north quarters..

Begin Excerpts from Wikipedia

Togarmah (Armenian: Thorgom; Georgian: Thargamos), third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat (Genesis 10:3).

In Ezekiel 38:6 the northernmost house of Togarmah will follow Gog. Through Assyrian folk etymology it became Til-Garimu, now the site of Gürün, Turkey

Flavius Josephus, Jerome, and Isidore of Seville were of the opinion that Togarmah was the father of the Phrygians.

In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey.

The Phrygians (Phruges or Phryges) initially lived in the Southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges(/Briges), changing it to Phruges after their final migration

to Anatolia, via the Hellespont.

The Phrygians spoke an Indo-European language, and are thought by some to be among the ancestors of Armenians.

Armenians represent Haik to be their founder and son of Torgoma (Moses Khoren i.4, 9-11). Fausset’s Bible Dictionary claimed the name is from toka, Sanskrit for “tribe”, and Armah “Armenia”.

End Excerpts from Wikipedia

Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post

Turkish PM leaves stage during debate with Peres over Gaza

January 29, 2009

Associated Press , THE JERUSALEM POST

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stalked off the stage at the World Economic Forum red-faced after verbally sparring with President Shimon Peres over the fighting in Gaza.

Erdogan was flustered after he tried to speak as the scheduled session was ending at the forum in Davos, Switzerland, asking the moderator, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, to let him speak once more.

“Only a minute,” Ignatius replied.

Erdogan said that “I remember two former prime ministers in your country who said they felt very happy when they were able to enter Palestine on tanks,” he said in Turkish.

“I find it very sad that people applaud what you said. There have been many people killed.

And I think that it is very wrong and it is not humanitarian,” he said.

Ignatius said “We can’t start the debate again. We just don’t have time.”
Erdogan said “Please let me finish.” Ignatius responded “We really do need to get people to dinner.”

The Turkish premier then said, “Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I don’t think I will come back to Davos after this.”

The confrontation saw Peres and Ergodan raise their voice shouting – highly unusual at the elite gathering of corporate and world leaders, which is usually marked by learned consensus seeking and polite dialogue.

The packed audience at the Ergodan and Peres session, which included US President Barack Obama’s close adviser Valerie Jarrett, appeared stunned.

Afterward, forum founder Klaus Schwab huddled with Erdogan in a corner of the Congress Center. A press conference with both men was scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

“I have know Shimon Peres for many years and I also know Erdogan. I have never seen Shimon Peres so passionate as he was today. I think he felt Israel was being attacked by so many in the international community. He felt isolated,” said former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik said.

“I was very sad that Ergodan left.

This was an expression of how difficult this situation is.”

Amr Moussa, the former Egyptian foreign minister who now leads the Arab League, said Ergodan’s action was understandable. “Mr. Ergodan said what he wanted to say and then he left.

That’s all. He was right.” Of Israel, he said, “They don’t listen.”

Begin Excerpt from Hurrinet Daily News

Turkish PM gives press conference in Istanbul on his return from Davos

January 29, 2009

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport where thousands of people gathered to welcome him on his return from Davos early on Friday.

Erdogan had stormed out of an angry debate on the Gaza war with Israel’s President Shimon Peres at the Davos forum on Thursday. Thousands of people gathered to welcome him in Istanbul in a show of support.

Here are the highlights of the press conference:

– We had very beneficial meetings in Davos.

– I had the opportunity to express our views on various issues from the global crisis to the global conflicts.

– We had a meeting with IMF Deputy Managing Director Lipsky. The domestic and foreign media showed great interest this meeting.

– Business leaders said they make important investment plans for Turkey and we told them that we are going to do our best to attract these investments.

– Today’s session started in a very nice atmosphere. I would like to underline one thing as the Prime Minister of Turkey.

– I attended this session as the Prime Minister of Turkey.

I would like to explain my behavior to

my people. This is not the first time I attend such meetings.

– We started the session.

I wrote down the minutes of

the speech duration. Ban Ki-Moon was the person who used this time.

Mr. Amr Moussa was warned by the moderator in his 12th or 13th minute and ended his speech at the 15th minute. My speech lasted 15 minutes.

– When it came to Mr. Peres. He spoke for 23 minutes without taking any notice or warning. During his speech he used a very surprising rhetoric and used insulting terms.

– His manner was unacceptable.

– I don’t speak the same language with the retired diplomats. I come from politics not diplomacy. I have to protect the dignity of my people.

– I told them that I don’t raise my voice but I have to answer some criticism.

– Whoever stands there, my people would have expected the same attitude. And when we asked the floor from the moderator to respond these words, he denied it.

– The issue is not personal. It is about my country’s reputation and dignity.

I cannot allow anybody to harm my country’s dignity and honor.

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