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The IRONY Of It All Amazes Me!

God prepared the Earth He Created

To fulfill his prophecies by his own Power

When He spoke the word for them to Begin!

He may well speak the word twixt 2010 & 2015!

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The following quote was taken from the JERUSALEM POST excerpt which follows Archive Special Prophecy Update Number 185A:

“[Religious Jews and others believe it was God who instructed King David to make Jerusalem his capital, but now a US geologist claims that the limestone landforms near the Gihon spring is what decided it.]”

The irony of it all is that the same God who created the limestone landforms in the environs of Jerusalem and the Gihon Spring, is the same God who made it such long before King David was born, knowing that He would one day cause David to choose it as the Capital of Israel. I came to this conclusion in 1975, wrote books about it, and have lectured about it in more than 700 colleges, universities, and seminaries from 1978 to the present time.

SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 185A

August 16, 2004

Tectonic Chaos – Chapter 8 – A Spring Is Spring

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

See Archive Birth Pang Figures 39 to 42 to be able to understand the paragraph you are beginning to read. Geba was located to the north-northeast of Jerusalem, while Rimmon lay toward the distant south-southwest of the Holy City. If a line is drawn from ancient Geba to Rimmon, it will run through the Tyropoeon Valley that separates the lower section of Old Jerusalem from its upper section. A normal fault exists in the limestone substrata between the lower and uplifted sections of the Old City. It runs north-south at the base of the bluff of the uplifted section, and thereby divides Jerusalem into a fallen eastern and an uplifted western section.

Great earthquakes in the Jordan River Valley, between the opening of the sixth seal and the pouring of the last vial in Revelation 6:12 and 16:18, will cause several faults in the Jerusalem environs to shift up, down, and apart to fulfill the prophecies concerning the fantastic geological transformations that will be occurring during these earthquakes. The center section of the Mount of Olives will drop down to form a graben rift valley between two normal faults. Those sections of Jerusalem east of the Tyropoeon Valley fault scarp will fall slightly, and those west of it will be lifted up, which is what usually occurs when major earthquakes

occur near normal faults.

The locations mentioned in Zechariah 14:10 were all located along, and to the west of, the Tyropoeon Valley fault, and, during this period of great earthquakes, all the land west of the line from Geba to Rimmon, including western Jerusalem, will be lifted up to into a geological feature known as a fault-block mountain chain with a plateau like top.

All of these actions will divide the Holy City of Old Jerusalem environs into three parts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the western half of Jerusalem is lifted up the eastern half will subside slightly to form the structure of Birth Pang Figure 42. The substrata rocks of the Old City are made up primarily of thick layer after layer of limestone, occasionally separated by impermeable rock layers. When this type of formation is exposed to rain, it permeates down through the limestone, producing carbonic acid deterioration of the limestone. This effect produces what is known as a karst landscape. A karst topography is characterized by underground caverns, springs, and subterranean steams. When the western half of Jerusalem is lifted up, hydrologically collected ground water from the central Judean water shed, that has been collected from the sloping limestone layers above the impermeable rock layer, will surface as a natural spring on the sunken eastern section where the temple mount is located. After the return of Messiah, Israel will build the Millennial Temple such that the limestone spring issues from under the “right side of the altar.” (See Archive Birth Pang Figures 44 to 46).

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

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

As is typical of springs that surface from topography

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

The spring that eventually develops into a creek is the surface feature that will divide the sunken eastern part of Jerusalem into two parts, one north of the stream, and one south of it. This completes the Revelation 16:19 tribulation period division of Jerusalem into three parts – a lifted western part, and two sunken eastern parts separated by a stream (See Archive Birth Pang Figure 48).

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

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

We know, from Ezekiel 47:5, that a sudden change occurs at the end of a 4,000 cubit walk – the stream, or creek, suddenly becomes a great river. We also know from Zechariah 14:8 that part of the river will flow into the Mediterranean Sea (Hinder Sea), and part of it will flow into the Dead Sea (Former Sea). And the prophet Joel advises the part going into the Dead Sea will enter at the northwestern corner, which was called the Vale of Shittim (See Archive Birth Pang Figure 47).

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

Joel 3:18 – And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains

shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

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

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US geologist: Limestone bedrock persuaded King David to choose Jerusalem as his capital

October 25, 2009

Judy Siegel-Itzkovich , THE JERUSALEM POST

Religious Jews and others believe it was God who instructed King David to make Jerusalem his capital, but now a US geologist claims that the limestone landforms near the Gihon spring is what decided it.

Dr. Michael Bramnik of Northern Illinois University lectured on the topic at last week’s annual meeting of the Geological Society of America held in Portland, Oregon.

Having conducting a “new analysis of historical documents and detailed geological maps,” Bramnik said in a speech on “Bedrock of a Holy City: The Historical Importance of Jerusalem’s Geology” that the city’s geology was crucial in transforming it into the religiously important city that it is and the foundation stone of Judaism.

In 1,000 BCE, the Jebusite city’s water system proved to be its undoing, said the researcher. “The spring of Gihon s at just outside the city w

alls, a vital resource in the otherwise parched region.

But King David, intent on taking the city, sent an elite group of his soldiers into a karst limestone tunnel that fed the spring. His men climbed up through a cave system hollowed out by flowing water, infiltrated beneath the city walls and attacked from the inside. David made the city the capital of his new kingdom, and Israel was born.”

Karst landforms are characterized by weathering caused by the breakdown of soluble bedrock due to physical, chemical or biological processes.

Limestone areas are weathered when rainwater, which contains a weak carbonic acid, reacts with limestone, causing the mineral to be eroded. The resulting pattern is called karst scenery.

Rock openings expand, and an underground drainage system begins to develop, allowing more water to pass through the area and accelerating the formation of underground karst features.

King Hezekiah, one of David’s successors, watched as the Assyrians, a group of warriors stronger than the Jews, toppled city after city in the region.

Fearing that they’d soon come for Jerusalem, he also took advantage of the limestone bedrock and dug a 550-meter-long tunnel that rerouted the spring’s water inside the city’s fortified walls and can still be seen and visited today.

The Assyrians laid siege to the city in 701 BCE but failed to conquer it. Jerusalem was the only city in history to successfully fend them off, said the geologist.

“Surviving the Assyrian siege put it into the people’s minds that it was because of their faith that they survived,” Bramnik said. “So when they were captured by the Babylonians in 587 BCE, they felt it was because their faith had faltered. That conviction united the Jews through the Babylonian captivity, and so began modern congregational religion.”

In an arid region rife with conflict, water security is as important today as it was during biblical times, Bramnik concluded. “I think Jerusalem’s geology and the geology of Israel are still significant to life in the region, perhaps even reaching into the political arena.”

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TWO WITNESSES – PART 10

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We have come a long way in this series. Now we come to an area of great controversy in interpretation.

The great controversy revolves around the answer to the question: Who or what is the beast that ascends out of what is said to be a “bottomless pit.”

Revelation 11:7 – And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

The “bottomless pit” is in the heart of the planet earth. Most geometric objects have a bottom. Among objects having a bottom would be the square, the rectangle, the triangle, the prism, the cube, the cylinder, the hexagon, and many others. But the earth is shaped like none of

these, it is an oblate spheroid, and has no bottom.

If one started digging a bottom would never be found. And, if it were possible dig through it, a person would surface on the opposite side, never having found a bottom.

The earth has a center, but is bottomless. The Koine Greek

word translated as “bottomless pit” is “abussou,” from which our English word “abyss” is derived. The reason they translated it as “bottomless pit” in the KJV was in harmony with its use in other places in Revelation as a companion to the Koine Greek word “phreatos,” which in the English means “shaft.” One such usage occurs in Revelation 9:1, where the phrase “the bottomless pit” is translated from “phreatos tes abussou.” Phreatos means “shaft,” tes is “of the,” and abussou means “abyss” or “pit.” Sinply stated: “The shaft of the abyss.”

Revelation 9:1 – And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Please note that the word “earth” appears in this verse.

It is translated from “gen,” which means “earth.” I am telling you this because some believe that “the beast” of Revelation 11:7 is the false prophet, the second beast of Revelation 13:11, who comes up out of the “earth.” They say “the earth” in 13:11 is the same as “the abyss” found in 11:7. It does not seem reasonable that John would use “bottomless pit” (abyss), really meaning “the earth, since he had used the words separately when referring to the false prophet of 13:11 and the Antichrist of 11:7.

Revelation 13:11 – And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

The bottomless pit is filled with demonic spirits, fallen angels, with a king over them named “Destroyer” in both Hebrew and Greek.

He is over the weapons of Satan’s destruction of the earth and mankind, those weapons being the demonic spirits of the tormenting locusts in Revelation 9:3-11, and the killing spirits of the army of demons in Revelation 9:13-19. He is the Destroyer king of Satan that unleashes the three woes of his destruction upon the earth in the fifth, sixth, and seventh trumpets, which contain the three woes.

Revelation 9:11,12 – And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue

is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. [12] One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

After the blowing of the seventh trumpet, the saved of all the ages are found being judged in heaven, while on the earth God’s wrath

is about to come upon the demonic hoards that that have been engaged in destroying the earth under the demon king “Destroyer.”

Revelation 11:15 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever

and ever.

Revelation 11:18 – And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Please note: “AND SHOULDEST DESTROY THEM WHICH DESTROY THE EARTH.”

It is the wrath of God (“thy wrath”) that destroys the Destroyer’s armies with seven vials of wrath.

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.

Syrian Strategic War Plan FOR Israel

Is for Israel to attack Hizbullah FIRST!

Then Syria and Hizbullah Counterattack

From North & Northeast TO Pincher, AND

Encircle Israel in southern Lebanon, Then

Islam beg

ins pushing IDF south into Negev!

Where it remains until Messiah’s 2nd Advent

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All the end time kingdoms where the Islamic kings will arise are now exposed in the great statue of Daniel 2. When the 10 chosen end time kings arise and attack Israel, led by the Antichrist, after Israel has lamented in the Negev wilderness for some 3 and ½ years, the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, will return at his Second Advent to restore Israel to fellowship and begin his Millennial Reign. I believe those kingdoms in place to be Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The Chief Prince of Meshech and Tubal in Ezekiel 38 will arise in the midst of these Kingdoms.

Daniel 2:44 – And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Luke 21:25-27 – And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. [27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

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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October 22, 2009 No. 2612

Hizbullah MP: “Syria Opens Its Borders to Anyone Wishing to Wage Resistance, Including Al-Qaeda Fighters on Their Way to Iraq”

Walid Sukariyya is a Sunni representative of the Hizbullah party in the Lebanese parliament, who served for many years as an officer in the Lebanese army. In an interview with Al-Quds Al-Arabi, he said that Syria has opened its border to anyone who wished to wage resistance, including Al-Qaeda fighters on their way to Iraq.

He said further that Syria’s support of Hizbullah stemmed only from strategic military considerations – if Israel tried to invade Syria through Lebanon, Hizbullah would delay the Israeli forces; without it, Damascus would fall within hours.

Following are excerpts from the interview:

Syria’s Support of the Resistance in Lebanon Is Part of a Crucial Defensive Strategy, While Its Positions on Normalization and Negotiations with Israel, and on the Arab Peace Initiative, Are Merely Tactical Bargaining Chips

The Al-Quds Al-Arabi article states: “Sukariyya is certain that Israel cannot possibly agree to peace, and this is for objective reasons, the most important of which is that peace would prevent it from launching preemptive mil

itary strikes, at which it has excelled for decades, and whose purpose has always been to crush the resistance and generate crises.

Moreover, if Israel enters the peace process as a small state in its present boundaries, it will forever be a hostage in the hands of the U.S. Therefore, the Israelis want peace, but [only] after they [attain their goal of] the ‘greater Israel’ – because in its present dimensions, Israel cannot ensure its safety…

“[As for] Syria, Sukariyya says that it wants peace [too], but as part of [a general] Arab [agreement] and not in a separate framework. He adds that the understandings recently [reached] by Syria and Saudi Arabia will help to prevent normalization between the Arab world and Israel.

[According to him,] Syria’s rallying to the support of the resistance in Lebanon, and [its] occasional [attempts] to direct the activity [of the resistance], [are part of] a defensive strategy which is crucial for Syria, while Syria’s stance on normalization [with Israel], on the [Arab peace] initiative, on the negotiations [with Israel], and even on peace are [only] tactical bargaining chips.

Since, for obvious reasons, Syria cannot [conduct] a confrontation through direct resistance, it has opened [its] border with Iraq to all the resistance fighters of Al-Qaeda, even though it does not share

their ideology. [As for Hizbullah, Syria] supports it because it is the only resistance [force] that is present in Lebanon, in the area closest to Israel…”

Hizbullah Will Delay an Israeli Attack on Syria; Without It, Damascus Will Fall within Hours

“Syria cannot abandon Lebanon, [Sukariyya says.] This option does not exist, for reasons that have to do not with politics but with the security and military [considerations]. Syria’s front [with Israel] stretches from Jabl Al-Sheikh [Mount Hermon] to the Jordanian border, and [all the way] to the Lebanese front and the Mediterranean. This is why Damascus supports the resistance – because it dos not want to confront the enemy itself, [so] supporting the resistance is its only way for it to defend Al-Sham [i.e., Greater Syria].

“From a military standpoint, Damascus has no [other] way to delay the Israeli army and to impede its advance [into the Syrian heartland]. Since the withdrawal of the Syrian army from Lebanon, the entire Beqa’ region has become exposed [to an Israeli attack]. Therefore, the value of the resistance [in Syria’s eyes] is that it can delay an Israeli invasion into Syrian soil. Without the resistance, Israel would be able to enter the Al-Masna’ area [in Syria] within hours. Sukariyya explains that Syria needs a steadfast force on the Israeli border in the Al-Qa’im region – not in order to interfere in Lebanon’s [internal] politics, as the simple folk believe, but for a clear military and strategic reason, namely in order to defend Damascus.

Without the resistance [i.e., Hizbullah], Damascus will be as good as fallen, from a military standpoint. Syria’s direct lines of defense will be exposed, and it will take only a few hours to surround Damascus and take it. The situation [in Lebanon] is different from the one in the Golan, where [Syria’s] military lines are [defensible].”

The Missiles Fired by Hizbullah in the 2006 War Were Syrian

“Sukariyya admits that the resistance in the Lebanese region… may not prevent a forceful ground offensive by Israel aimed at taking Damascus. However, [Hizbullah’s] presence will delay the Israeli army should it decide to attack.

As everyone acknowledges, this is a great advantage in a military campaign, and it will be of considerable value to the Syrians now that they have withdrawn from the Beqa’ region. This, Sukariyya believes, is why… Syria naturally pursues a strategy of directing [the activity of] the resistance in Lebanon and supporting it. Also, according to him, this is why it is no longer a secret that the missiles that destroyed the Israeli tanks during the July [2006] aggression were actually Syrian.”

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TWO WITNESSES – PART 9

October 28, 2009

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The abilities of the two witnesses, to carry out the work they have been given the authority to accomplish by the testimony of God, is outlined in Revelation 11:5,6. Please bear in mind that these abilities, according to the Greek text, does not necessarily infer that they will use them. It simply states they have the abilities and authority to use them, if they so

desire. The President of the U.S. has the authority and ability to unleash atomic weapons, but he may never choose to do so.

It is the fact that he has both

the authority, and the ability, to do so, which has kept our enemies from launching them against us.

Revelation 11:5 – And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

Kenneth Wuest’s translation of this verse gives the best understanding of it I have yet encountered.

Revelation 11:5 – And if, as is the case, anyone desires to injure them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and indeed consumes their enemies. And if, as is the case, anyone shall desire to injure them, it is a necessity that in this manner, in the nature of the case, for him to be killed.

The “fire” coming out of their mouth, used as a figure in the Old Testament as “fire” coming out from the lips of a prophet, does not me

an literal fire will flow from their lips like a circus flamethrower.

I believe this “fire” used in Revelation 12:5 is of the same character as the “fire” from the mouth of Jeremiah the prophet.

It refers to the word of God from their mouths foretelling what terrible fire is to come down upon the enemies of Israel.

Jeremiah 5:14 – Wherefore thus saith the Lord

God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Jeremiah 23:28,29 – The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat

? saith the Lord. [29] Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces

?

I rather suspect the two witnesses, as prophets located in the Negev with Israel, will be warning their enemies that if they launch weapons of fiery mass destruction again Israel, they will do the same to them.

The brimstone and fire that comes down so often from heaven, following the sixth seal, is an unleashing of natural phenomena by God from His creation, and this is the 1260 day period of the testimony of the two witnesses before Armageddon.

The two witnesses will, at times, ask God to produce volcanic eruptions in specific areas in response to the actions of Israel’s enemies.

Revelation 11:6 – These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

James 5:17-18 – Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. [18] And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Just as it was absolutely necessary for Jesus and His first disciples to perform miracles to show they were from the God of Israel so will it be necessary for the two witnesses to do the same to prove they come from the same God. The happenings of verses five and six are limited to 1260 days, according to verse three, so the elimination of rain from the atmosphere will happen in this time period. I suspect the rain will be stopped from Dan to Beersheba, where the armies of Antichrist will be located. However, it may be stopped over the entire earth, or in many selected areas. Also, the future plagues are likely to be made up of earthquakes, famine, and pestilence. It appears God will advise the two witnesses before these plagues occur, then they will pass it on as His word to the occupants of the world.

The miracles listed in verse six were actually performed by Moses and Elijah during their lifetimes. In the vast majority of miracles performed by Moses and Elijah, God let them know beforehand what was going to be done to their enemies, and they went and told them the word God had given them. Although some of these things may be as often as “they will,” I suspect most of them will be announcements of what God has told them He is about to do.

Turkey will come against Israel in two different Attacks!

Modern day Turkey was a part of the House of Togarmath

As Ezekiel wrote his prophecies during Babylonian Captivity!

A first attack against Israel is likely to occur twixt 2010 & 2015,

And the last attack occurring some 3 & ½ years later in the Negev,

At the Final Battle of the Age of the Gentiles Known as Armageddon!

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran And

The Sudan are the best candidates for the 10 toes & 10 horns of Daniel!

Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, Togarmath, the Merchants

Of Tarshish, Sheba, and Dedan Blanketed What Later Became the Southern

Flank of The Fourth Beast, The Roman Empire – The AREA of Daniel’s 10 Toes!

Daniel’s 10 toes & Ezekiel’s 10 Peoples Come from Today’s Stronghold of Islam,

Now Covering the Southern FLANK of the Old Roman Empire of John’s Revelation!

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Ezekiel 38:1-6,13 – And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, [3] And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: [4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: [5] 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. [13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

There is only one war coming in the Middle East, which will be separated by a three and one half year truce. This war starts at about the same time a great tribulation period of geological and meteorological horror comes on this planet. It will initially involve only Islam and Israel. After Israel has been driven into the Negev, a truce will be made through the United Nations. The truce will be broken by Antichrist as he influences the peoples now occupying the known world at the time of the writing of Revelation by John, and they will come against Israel at the final battle of the Age of the Gentiles known as Armageddon.

As a young man, living in the pre-Hal Linsey books age, I was taught that only one war occurred during the “latter days” before Armageddon. It was a war that began in the Middle East when the antichrist attacked the nation of Israel, and ended some 3 and ½ years later with the final battle of this age – Armageddon. But I now find myself surrounded by a large array of preachers and teachers who are convinced that the war led by Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and found in Ezekiel 38 and 39, occurs before the war that commences some 3 and ½ years before the battle of Armageddon, and that the antichrist is not Gog, but comes out the war led by Gog, and then leads 10 European Union nations against Israel.

They teach that when Gog and his armies come against Israel they will be slaughtered, and that Israel will be absolutely successful in thoroughly routing them. Perhaps I overlooked it, but in all my years of looking in many old musty religious archives, I never found a manuscript published before 1812 that taught there were two back-to-back wars just before the battle of Armageddon. It would seem to me that the arrival of Napoleon in Europe set

the stage for a shift from bringing the antichrist out of the southern flank of the old Roman Empire to a new scheme of bringing him out of the northern flank. This shift necessitated the invention of two wars. I do not believe the shift should ever have been made. I believe the initial attack will occur some 3 and ½ years before the end of this age at Armageddon. I always used the expression “some” because I am never been able to settle in my mind whether the initial attack will occur against Israel 1260 or 1335 days before Armageddon.

It may well be that the attack occurs some 1335 days before

the final battle of Armageddon, followed by a truce some 75 days later, thereby leaving Israel 1260 days in the Negev Wilderness before the final battle of Armageddon, which closes the Age of the Gentiles. It seems plausible to me that the many horrifying geological and meteorological events may not begin until Israel is pushed south to Beersheba about a month and a half after the initial Islamic attack. This may be the time a big part of the flood of Antichrist’s Islamic Army is swallowed up by the opening of the earth north of Beersheba, thereby stopping his initial thrust against Israel until some three and one-half years later.

Revelation 12:15,16 – And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. [16] And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Ezekiel 38:10,11 – Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: [11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

Daniel 7:24,25 – 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.

Daniel 11:41 – He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief

of the children of Ammon.

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.

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 13:5,6 – And there was given un to him

a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. [6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy aga

inst God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

Revelation 17:12.13 – And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

[13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

I believe that the following names all apply to the antichrist: He is Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal in Ezekiel 38 and 39, the eleventh horn in Daniel 7, the king of the north in Daniel 11:40, the Assyrian in Micah 5, the seventh wounded head on the beast in Revelation 13, and the eighth head on the beast in Revelation 17.

The 3 and ½ year war in all the accounts follows a certain pattern from start to finish.

(1) The initial attack occurs, and is successful.
(2) After Jerusalem falls, and Israel is driven into the Negev
(3) The Lord leaves Israel in the Negev for 3 and ½ years.
(4) God protects Israel in the Negev during that period.
(5) Antichrist (Gog) attacks Israel in the Negev and God fights for Her
(6) The Lord leaves most of the enemy bodies on the hills of Israel at the final battle of Armageddon.

SEE SCRIPTURES FOR (1) THROUGH (6) AS FOLLOWS:

Ezekiel 38:8,9 (1) – 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.

Zechariah 13:8 (1) – 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.

Zechariah 14:2,3 (2) – For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. [3] Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Daniel 7:25 (3) – 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.

Revelation 12:6 (4) – 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.

Ezekiel 39:1-5 (5) – 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: [3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. [4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. [5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Revelation 19:17-21 (5) – And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; [18] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. [19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [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.

Daniel 12:7,12,13 (5) – And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

[12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. [13] But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Ezekiel 39:12 (6) – And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

Ezekiel 38:1,2 – And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Gog is a person, the antichrist. Magog is a land, the land of Magog. God tells Ezekiel to set his face against a person, Gog, and against a land, Magog, which is Russia. Gog is NOT the chief prince of Magog (Russia). He is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. At the time of Ezekiel’s writings the descendants of Magog were settled in Russia, while

the descendants of Meshech and Tubal were settled in Syria. The antichrist will come out of Syria to launch the initial attack. Some 3 and ½ years later Magog (Russia) will come down to join him at Armageddon.

To make a long story short – I believe there is only one war, the war that begins when Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, attacks Israel, and ends some three and one-half years later when Magog (Russia), along with all of Europe, Eurasia, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, comes down to join him against Israel at the final battle of Armageddon – Only to find the bodies of their great armies end up as buzzard bait on the hills of Israel.

BUT AM I PREPARED TO BE WRONG

? CERTAINLY! WHAT WILL I DO IF THERE ARE TWO WARS? WELL, I WILL JUST SAY I WAS WRONG, AND WAIT FOR ANTICHRIST TO COME OUT OF THE FIRST WAR, THAT IS, IF I AM STILL HERE.

BUT WHAT IF THERE IS ONLY ONE WAR? WELL, ONLY ONE THIRD OF ISRAEL WILL SURVIVE, JERUSALEM WILL FALL, ISRAEL WILL BE DRIVEN INTO THE NEGEV, AND YOU WILL BE WAITING FOR AN ANTICHRIST THAT IS ALREADY ON THE SCENE, THAT IS, IF YOU ARE STILL HERE.

My advice is to be prepared for either eventuality, even one that may be quite different from how many of these verses are commonly interpreted. I think that falls under the category of “watching.”

Mark 13:37 – And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

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Ahmadinejad: ‘The Zionist regime is a threat to all nations’

October 27, 2009

AP and jpost.com staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

“The Zionist regime is a threat to all nations … it cannot tolerate the existence of any strong country in the region,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, according to Teheran news agency Press TV.

Ahmadinejad spoke after welcoming Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived in Teheran Tuesday for a two-day visit.

Iran’s president praised Erdogan’s stance over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the Turkish leader’s “clear stance toward the Zionist regime has had a positive impact on the world of Islam.”

At an international conference in January, Erdogan strongly condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the steep Palestinian casualties inflicted there. The Iranian leader is known for his anti-Israeli remarks since 2005, when he said the Jewish state should be “wiped off the map.”

Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel, which is believed to have nuclear weapons, saying that when an “illegal regime has atomic weapons, it’s impossible to block others” from having peaceful nuclear energy.

The Iranian leader was echoing statements voiced by Erdogan in the Guardian on Monday, accusing the five permanent Security Council members of hypocrisy. While these countries put pressure on Iran, which does not have “a weapon,” he said, they themselves keep nuclear arsenals for military purposes.

During the Guardian interview, Erdogan also referred to reports saying Israel or other Western countries were planning to carry out what he termed a “crazy” attack against Iran in lieu of sanctions or negotiations.

“On the one hand you say you want global peace, on the other hand you are going to have such a destructive approach to a state which has 10,000 years of history. It is not correct,” he was quoted as saying, adding that Ankara was firm in its belief that Teheran’s nuclear program was peaceful.

Ahmadinejad reportedly suggested that if Turkey and Iran “reinforce their unity, they will overcome serious threats and make use of opportunities in favor of their own nations.”

In related news, Ahmadinejad announced on Tuesday that his country would persist with its nuclear program, despite international concerns.

His remarks were the first since a UN-backed draft was put forth aimed at easing tensions with the West.

Iranian State TV reported later on Tuesday that Teheran opposes shipping its full stockpile of low-enriched uranium at once, and seeks changes to the UN plan.

The demand for a step-by-step approach Tuesday came as the world awaited Iran’s decision on the plan, which seeks to ease Western worries about the country’s ability to one day create nuclear weapons.

According to an unnamed Iranian official cited on Arabic-language television channel al-Alam, Teheran will agree to the “general framework” of the UN-drafted plan, but will seek “important changes” in the deal.

The UN plan envisages Teheran sending out most of its low-enriched s tock

to Russia for further processing, which would reduce its stockpile significantly and limit its potential capability to build nuclear arms.

According to the plan, the higher-enriched uranium would be used to power a small medical research reactor in the Islamic republic’s capital.

Later on Tuesday, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who has been playing a role in negotiations with Iran, said that “the deal was a good deal and I don’t think it requires fundamental changes.”

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner also spoke on the subject, expressing concern over Iran’s strategy of delaying time and again its responses to world powers. “It cannot take forever.

We wait for answers,” he said during a visit to Luxembourg on Tuesday.

Iran’s stance on the plan has so far been unclear, and an official response from Teheran is expected on Friday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki hinted Monday Teheran could agree to ship some of its low-enriched uranium to Russia for processing as reactor fuel – but also left the possibility open that Iran may snub the proposal altogether.

The remarks came as UN inspectors were visiting a formerly secret mountainside uranium enrichment site near Qom, south of Teheran.

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