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MIDDLE EAST AWAITS THE ANTICHRIST!

A WEAK CLAY HORNED TOE IS SUBDUED

AS A STRONG IRON HORNED TOE ARISES

AS THE PROPHESIED BEAST OF THE EAST

BEGINS TO DOMINATE THE MIDDLE EAST,

PREPARING A WAY FOR THE ISLAM MAHDI

TO EVENTUALLY APPEAR AS A MAN OF SIN!

February 16, 2010

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SEE ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBERS 233B, 234A, 235A, 236A, AND 236B

THE ISLAMIC ANTICHRIST IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY!

Iran’s current President is a “died in the wool” religious Islamic fanatic from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. The Apostle Paul was a “Hebrew of the Hebrews,” and President Ahmadinejad is truly a “Shiite of the Shiites.” He is locked in combat with the old conservative heads. They have run Iran since the revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran.

He has slipped new leaders and departments into his new government. He is try ing

to get younger key members of the extremeists from his Revolutionary Guard into top positions of power, putting out the old leaders who have held power for so long over all governmental decisions. It appears he has another revolution in mind, one in which he has absolute power to form a very radical Islamic Republic to replace the cur-rent conservative one. I truly believe the religious extremism in the fanatical Shiite beliefs among their literal interpreters is going to unveil the antichrist among them.

Both the Sunni and Shiite sects of the Muslim faith believe in a coming Al-Mahdi, which we would relate to by our looking forward to the return of our Messiah Jesus Christ. The major difference between the two sects of Sunni and Shiite, concerning the coming of their Messiah, the Al-Mahdi, it that the Sunni believe he is yet to be born, while the Shiites believe he has been hiding in a cave for some 1,100 years, but will soon come out to rule all Islam as the 12th Imam. Many of the local Imams across Iran and Iraq are preaching his coming is very soon, and a fever for his arrival is growing.

The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is a Shiite religious literalist, who believes in the imminent return of the 12th Imam.

His segment of the Shiite faith believes the 12th Imam went into hiding in the 9th century.

The Sunni sect of Islam believes the Al-Mahdi, who is to arise and lead Islam to rule the world and establish a one-world Islamic religion, will be an ordinary man, born to an ordinary woman, and will live an ordinary life with the people of his time. But the Shiites under the same persuasion of their current President, believe that soon the 12th Imam, who disappeared mysteriously in the 9th century, will suddenly appear to lead the Shiites to victory over all enemies starting with the hypocrite mullahs and ending with the Jews. In the Shiite theology, believing in the Imams is the cornerstone of their faith. They believe the 12th Imam has been living in a cave for more than ten centuries, and that he will suddenly surface from his hiding place as their Mahdi, their Messiah, and will meet Jesus, the Son of Mary. They believe Jesus, the Prophet of Allah, will be second in command in that he will pray behind Al-Mahdi. They believe Allah will give Al-Mahdi the ability to rule the Muslim nations with righteousness in the span of a night.

In the Shiite theology of the religious followers of the current President of Iran, the 12th Imam is still the sole source of legitimate power on the earth. I suspect a man will suddenly arise in Islam claiming to be the 12th Imam. He will declare himself to have returned with the power of Allah but in reality, he

will be the antichrist. Islamic writers indicate the signs in the next paragraph will precede the 12th Imam.

There are many signs that will precede him, a very important sign is that he will come at a time when there is great confutation, intense disputing, and violent deaths – when people are experiencing great fear. Calamities will fall upon people, so much that a man shall not find a shelter to shelter him self from oppression. There will be battles and conflicts before his appearance. The people will be troubled to such an extent that they will long for death. It is then that Imam will arise. The messenger of Allah said he will be sent at a time of intense disputes and differences among people amidst widespread earthquakes.

It may well be that Paul’s man of sin, the antichrist, is the coming Islamic Al Mahdi.

A WEAK CLAY HORNED TOE IS SUBDUED

Begin Excerpt 1from Lebanese Daily Star via World News

Hariri calls for new era in relations with Syria

March 14 leaders take aim at Hizbullah’s weapons

Daily Star Staff

Monday, February 15, 2010

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri called Sunday for a new page in Lebanese-Syria ties away from power struggles between regional axes in order to guarantee Lebanon’s stability as thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut to mark the fifth anni versar

y of former Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination. While the premier refrained from tackling Hizbullah’s weapons, Future Movement bloc head MP Fouad Siniora called along with Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea and Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel for restricting the possession of arms and decisions of war and peace to the state’s authority.

But Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, once a leading figure of the March 14 alliance, left the rally before the speeches began after he and his son Taymour, who remained till the end of the event, said a prayer in Rafik Hariri’s memory.

Earlier Sunday, Jumblatt held a meeting with Saad Hariri at the latter’s residence in Downtown Beirut after which he accompanied the premier to the Martyrs Square.

The assassination of Hariri in 2005 led to the rise of the March 14 alliance whose leaders accused Syria of being involved in the murder and pressed for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, ending 25 years of military presence.

Jumblatt withdrew from the coalition following the June 2009 elections.

He then moved closer to Syria’s allies in Lebanon in an attempt to bridge the gap with President Bashar Assad after he had called in 2005 for the removal of the Syrian regime.

“My visit to Syria was part of a big window that Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz opened … and I am keen on keeping this window open, and establishing a new era in Lebanese-Syrian relations, from one sovereign, free and independent state to another,” Hariri said.

Hariri also stressed that no compromise would take place at the expense of the Taif Accord or the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

“There will be no room for compromise when it comes to national dignity, democratic principles

, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the Taif Accord or parity between Christians and Muslims and Lebanon First will remain our slogan,” he said.

The premier also underlined the importance of national unity and cooperation among the Lebanese to preserve national stability and enforce the state’s authority, adding that his visit to Syria was part of larger Arab reconciliations.

“Lebanese benefit from Arab solidarity is a strategic interest since Lebanon is majorly harmed if involved in axes games, and Arab reconciliation is an opportunity not to be missed,” Hariri added.

Hariri also reiterated support for the “Lebanon First” slogan and called for solidarity against Israeli threats.

“Stability is in the interest of Lebanon First, Arab reconciliation is in the interest of Lebanon First, Solidarity against Israeli threats is in the interest of Lebanon First, rejecting causes of civil strife is in the interest of Lebanon First,” Hariri added.

Meanwhile, former President Gemayel called for restricting possession of weapons to the state’s institutions.

Gemayel also expressed support for Hariri’s openness toward Syria but demanded from Damascus a specific timeline to settle disputed issues between both countries.

“We want the best possible ties with Syria but we want at the same time Syria to be convinced of Lebanon as a sovereign state and independent country with a special political regime in the region,” Gemayel said.

“We appreciate Premier Saad Hariri’s courage as he overcame his personal wounds to the benefit of Lebanon and we ask Syria to take practical steps in return,” Gemayel added.

Gemayel also called for grabbing the opportunity during national dialogue sessions to undertake true reconciliations among the Lebanese rather than circumstantial compromises, which he said only lead to more obstruction and paralysis in the state’s institutions.

“I suggest that the national dialogue table under the sponsorship of the president and in cooperation with the premier and all national leaders be an opportunity not to only discuss the national strategy but to undertake practical reconciliation which tackles the Lebanese problem in depth,” Gemayel said.

The Phalange Party head added that Lebanon’s stability and security were those of Syria and vice versa.

Echoing Gemayel, Former Premier Siniora stressed that the March 14 alliance rejected that any side enforced its opinion through the use of force or weapons, while voicing hope that Hariri’s visit to Damascus would open a new page of understanding and cooperation in respect with both countries sovereignty.

“We are committed to promoting reforms and development based on democratic and peaceful principles and we will not accept that any side imposes its opinion upon us by force or weapons,” Siniora said, a reference to Hizbullah’s arms.
Siniora also stressed that the only resolution to Lebanon’s problems would be to spread the state’s authority over all its territories, as he rejected “control by militias and status quo powers.”

“We instigated and participated in resisting the Israeli enemy and we will remain ready to resist it united if we are aggressed but we will do our best in order to deny the Israelis an opportunity or pretext to destroy our country,” Siniora said.

Meanwhile, Geagea said weapons outside the state’s authority were a burden on the Lebanese state since arms drew foreign aggression. He also urged Lebanese leaders to refrain from dragging Lebanon “into fire in defense of regional interests or nuclear ones,” a reference to Iran’ s nuclear program.

“Leaders of the other side are called to take a courageous national stance and hand their military capabilities to the Lebanese state since war and peace decisions should be taken by the Cabinet only,” Geagea said.

Geagea also stressed the alliance’s commitment to international resolutions 425, 1559, 1680 and 1701 while underlining that no compromise would take place concerning the tribunal.

He urged Sleiman and Hariri to prevent certain parties from turning the national unity Cabinet into a paralyzed government.

Commenting on Hariri’s speech later Sunday, Jumblatt said the premier’s statements were acceptable and objective but he added that he disagreed with the “Lebanon First” slogan since it contradicted his principle.

Jumblatt said he agreed with Hariri to establish special ties with Syria after its withdrawal from Lebanon, adding that he would visit Syria for the benefit of national interests and that of the Druze community, similarly to a visit he undertook following his father Kamal Jumblatt’s assassination.

Conversely, Deputy head of the Shiite Higher Council Abdel Amir Qabalan condemned turning the February 14 anniversary into an occasion to instigate civil strife among the Lebanese, while stressing that Hizbullah’s weapons would remain as long as the Zionist entity continued to exist.

Separately, US President Barack Obama expressed to Hariri his strong support and that of the American people to the Lebanese premier and people as both leaders emphasized the need to support the tribunal’s work to bring those responsible for the assassination to justice.

The tribunal was established in 2007 by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1557, which endorsed a prior agreement between Lebanon and the UN in 2006 based on Resolution 1664.

A statement issued by the white house press office stressed Obama’s continued support for Lebanon’s sovereignty and independence as the US president expressed his keenness to cooperate with Hariri to push the Mideast peace process forward.

President Obama and Premier Hariri discussed Lebanese-American bilateral ties including American support to Lebanese Armed Forces,” the statement said.

The statement added that the US was committed to the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, 1680 and 1701, adding that the US looked forward to cooperating with Lebanon as partner in

UN Security Council in the upcoming two years.

A STRONG IRON HORNED TOE ARISES

Begin Excerpt 2 from Khaleej Times via World News

Iran moves towards military dictatorship: Clinton

(Reuters)

15 February 2010, 6:06 PM

RIYADH – New U.N. sanctions on Iran would target enterprises controlled by the Revolutionary Guards which is driving the Islamic Republic toward a military dictatorship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday.

Speaking in Qatar before flying to Riyadh, Clinton denied the United States planned to attack Iran and said Washington wanted dialogue with Tehran but could not “stand idly by” while Iran pursued a suspected nuclear weapons programme.

Asked if Washington planned to attack Iran, she replied: “No, we are planning to try to bring the world community together in applying pressure to Iran through sanctions adopted by the United Nations that will be particularly aimed at those enterprises controlled by the Revolutionary Guard, which we believe is, in effect, supplanting the government of Iran.”

“That is how we see it. We see that the government of Iran, the supreme leader, the president, the parliament, is being supplanted and that Iran is moving toward a military dictatorship. That is our view,” she said, speaking to students in a televised session.

The United States is leading a push for the U.N. Security Council to impose a fourth round of sanctions on Iran, which says its nuclear program is to generate electricity so it can export more of its valuable oil and gas.

Clinton’s remarks were the most open assessment by a senior U.S. official about what they regard as the growing influence of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, an elite force whose influence has grown in recent years through a network of banks, shipping firms and other companies under its control.

Powerful Unit

The IRGC, set up after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution to protect the ruling system against internal and external threats, has about 125,000 fighters with army, navy and air units. It operates separately from the 350,000-strong regular army and answers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s top authority.

“I think the civilian leadership is either preoccupied with its internal domestic political situation or ceding ground to the Revolutionary Guard and that’s a deeply concerning development,” Clinton told reporters aboard her plane.

“It’s a far cry from the Islamic republic that had elections and different points of view within the leadership circle.

That is part of the reason why … we are so concerned with what we see going on (there).”

The West and many Arab states believe Iran is using its civil nuclear programme as a cover to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has said that the programme is simply to generate power so it can export more of its valuable oil and gas.

Clinton has acknowledged that U.S. President Barack Obama’s approach to Iran had not borne fruit, blaming Iran for refusing to engage and suggesting that a fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution was the only option.

“What we are trying to do is to send a message to Iran, a very clear message, that we still would be open to engagement, we still believe that there is a different path for Iran to take,” she said.

“But we want the world united in sending an unequivocal message to Iran that we will not stand idly by while you pursue a nuclear programme that can be used to threaten your neighbours and even beyond,” she added.

Enlist more pressure

While Arab states fear the possibility of Iran getting the bomb, and warn that it could spark a regional arms race, they are also uneasy about the possibility that military action by Israel against Iran could profoundly destabilise the region.

“We’re still hoping that Iran will decide to forego any … ambitions for a nuclear weapon,” Clinton said. “But we cannot just keep hoping for that. We have to work to take action to try to convince the Iranian government not to pursue nuclear weapons.”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said last week that Iran was able to enrich uranium to more than 80 percent purity, close to levels experts say would be needed for a nuclear bomb, but denied Iran had any intention of building one.

Clinton, expected to seek to enlist more diplomatic pressure on Iran, met on Monday with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, and was due to meet King Abdullah at his desert retreat outside the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

U.S. officials hinted that one way Saudi Arabia could help diplomatically would be to offer China guarantees it would meet Chinese oil requirements, a step that might ease Beijing’s reluctance to impose further sanctions on Iran.

China, which wields a veto on the Security Council, has lucrative commercial relationships with Iran and, along with Russia, has worked to dilute previous sanctions resolutions.

Other U.S. officials said they believed Saudi Arabia, which has recently increased its diplomatic and commercial contacts with China, had made some gestures toward Beijing on fuel assurances but gave no details. (Ed)

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Exposition of Isaiah 61 – Part 9

February 16, 2010

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Isaiah 61:10 – I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

my soul shall be joyful in my God;

for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

When Israel is in right relationship with her God she no longer addresses him as Baali (my master), but as Ishi (my husband). During the millennium Israel will be in right relationship with God, and he will be Ishi to her.

Hosea 2:15-23 – And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

[16] And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. [17] For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

[18] And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow

and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. [19] And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. [20] I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; [22] And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. [23] And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Isaiah 61:10 – I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

God put Israel away from him when she delivered his Son, their Messiah, to be crucified by the Gentiles. He declared her relationship with him to be broken, and their temple spiritually desolate.

Messiah promised he would come again and, at that time, they would receive him, saying “Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”

Matthew 23:37-39 – 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.

Isaiah 54:5 – For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

When Messiah comes at his Second Advent, he will then restore Israel to him, and she will no longer be termed “Forsaken,” but will be called “Hephzibah” (the object of God’s affection), and he will be married to her on the land while she dwells in the promised land grant he gave to them through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Isaiah 62:4-12 – Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah (married): for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. [5] For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. [6] I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, [7] And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. [8] The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: [9] But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

[10] Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highways; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. [11] Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. [12] And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

This is the city of Ezekiel 40:2 and 48:35, which will contain the sanctuary, the millennial temple, the house of God, in Ezekiel 37:25 and 43:4-7.

Ezekiel 40:2 – In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

Ezekiel 48:35 – It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

Ezekiel 37:26 – Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Ezekiel 43:4-7 – And the glory of

the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. [5] So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house. [6] And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. [7] And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

Why Peace Can Only Come with the Return of Messiah?

February 15, 2010

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The spirit of Antichrist

has been so effectively instilled for years in the hearts of Islamic boys and girls such that it is firmly lodged there, and only an absolute defeat of the Islamic Antichrist and all his followers by Christ will allow truth and peace to come on this earth when he returns.

The greatest false prophet in history up to now was Mohammad, but the greatest is yet to come as the false testifier of the beast of Revelation 13. The False Prophet, the Beast, and his great army will be destroyed. There will be no Islamic faith on the earth for a thousand years.

The Islamic faith is the strong delusion God has allowed the followers of Allah to believe because they refuse to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God.

I certainly would consider a religious Islamic lie, which now controls hearts of 1.7 billion Muslims, to indeed qualify to be classed as a possible cause God would eventually harden their hearts to receive to receive the lie.

Why? – Simply because they rejected his call to put their faith in His Only Begotten Son, but

in Allah, who they teach has no Son! That teaching is the spirit of Antichrist. It began in the New Testament, and was make into a false religion by Muhammad with the Koran.

II Thessalonians 2:8-12 – And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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.

The fable proclaimed by the child preacher in the following Excerpt is the instilling of the lie in the hearts of Islamic children from birth. How could there ever be any kind of true peace in hearts planted with such a seed from birth? Their hearts are filled with the spirit of Antichrist. It is the seed of the Devil they possess.

Genesis 3:15 – And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between THY SEED and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Begin Excerpt from Middle East Media Review Institute

February 5, 2010

Clip No. 2383

Child Preacher Delivers a Speech on Children’s Love of Martyrdom on Egyptian TV

The following are excerpts from a speech given by an Egyptian child preacher, Abd Al-Fattah Marwan, which aired on Al-Rahma TV on February 5, 2010, and from a TV children’s show, which aired on Al-Nas TV on June 15, 2006.

Al-Rahma TV, February 4, 2010:

Show host: Let us begin with our son, Abd Al-Fattah Marwan, who will tell us about the love of martyrdom for the sake of Allah. Can you do this, Abd Al-Fattah?

Abd Al-Fattah Marwan: Allah willing.

[…]

We meet today to talk about the love of martyrdom for the sake of Allah. Yes, the love of martyrdom for the sake of Allah… Dearly beloved, Allah said: “Allah has bought from the believers their lives, their property, because they shall have Paradise. They shall fight for the sake of Allah, and slay and be slain.” Dearly beloved, a woman came to [the commander] Abu Qudama Al-Shami holding two braids

of her hair, and said: “Abu Qudama, I cut off two braids of my hair, so that you could make them into reins for your horse, for the sake of Allah. Abu Qudama took the braids from her.

Abu Qudama says: When we wanted to set out for Jihad the next day, a boy stood in my way, and said: I implore you, in the name of Allah, to take me with you on the Jihad for the sake of Allah. Abu Qudama said: You are but a child, and cannot carry a weapon. The boy said: I implore you, in the name of Allah, Abu Qudama. My mother has given me as a gift to Allah. Do not return the gift.

Abu Qudama said: I will take you on one condition. The boy said: On what condition? Abu Qudama said: If Allah decrees that you be martyred, you should vouch for me before Allah. The boy said: You got it. I will vouch for you before Allah, if he decrees that I be martyred.

[…]

Abu Qudama says: One day, the boy went to prepare food. He was late coming back, so I went to see that he was safe. I discovered that the boy had lit the fire, placed the pot on it, and fallen asleep next to the fire. I looked at the boy, and saw that he was smiling. Then he smiled some more. Then he began to laugh until he woke up.

Abu Qudama said: What was that about, boy? The boy said: To Allah we belong, and to Him we return. By Allah, Abu Qudama, my mother considered me [a martyr] next to Allah.

My father was martyred last year, and my brother and uncle the year before that. My mother has presented me as a gift to Allah this year.

[…]

The boy said: While I was asleep, I dreamt that the Resurrection had occurred, and that Allah had ordered me to enter Paradise. The boy continued: When I entered Paradise, I saw a scented bouquet of black-eyed virgins, whose beauty I could never even begin to describe, Abu Qudama.

By Allah, I could never even begin to describe their beauty, Abu Qudama.

One of them looked at me, and said: This is the husband of Al-Mardhiya. I asked her who Al-Mardhiya was, and she said: Don’t you know her? I said that I didn’t. She said: She is your wife in Paradise. I asked her: Where is Al-Mardhiya? She pointed to one of the palaces of Paradise, and said: In that palace. Go inside, so you can see Al-Mardhiya.

The boy said: I knocked on the palace door, and went in.

I saw a black-eye virgin. I swear, Abu Qudama, if Allah had not ordained that we should not be blind in [Paradise], I would have become blind from the light radiating from her face.

If Allah had not ordained that we should not be blind in Paradise, I would have become blind from the light radiating from her face. If Allah had not ordained that we keep our sanity, I would have gone mad from the intensity of her beauty.

I asked her: Are you Al-Mardhiya? She said: Yes, my love. I have been raised for you in the palaces of Paradise for the past 500 years. When I tried to touch her with my hand, she said: No. May Allah spare you the disgrace and the depravity. We have a date tomorrow, after the noon prayer, in the Paradise of the All-Merciful God.

Dearly beloved, Abu Qudama said: At the exact time set by the black-eyed virgin, the boy said to me: By Allah, give me three arrows. I said: You will waste them. The boy said: Allah willing, I won’t. The boy took the three arrows and put them in his quiver.

During the Jihad, he said: “May God be with you, Abu Qudama,” and he shot one arrow, killing a Byzantine soldier. Then he said it again, shot another arrow, and killed another Byzantine soldier. Then he said it a third time, shot another arrow, and killed a third Byzantine soldier. Then the Byzantines saw him and killed him.

The boy fell from his horse, and when Abu Qudama saw him, stained with the blood of martyrdom, he dismounted from his horse behind the boy, and said: Boy, don’t forget your pledge. The boy said: I will not forget. I will vouch for you before God.

The boy said: By God, Abu Qudama, I ask you to take this shirt, stained with the blood of martyrdom, and bring it to my mother. Abu Qudama said: Who is your mother, boy? The boy said: My mother is the woman who gave you the two braids. Allahhhhhhh. My mother is the woman who gave you the two braids. Yes, one generation after another was brought up to obey Allah, on glory, and on fighting for the sake of the religion of Allah.

Abu Qudama said: When the Jihad was over, I went to the village of the boy’s mother. The mother said: Give me the good news. Abu Qudama said: By Allah, he died fighting. He died killing three Byzantine soldiers. He killed them and was killed.

May Allah’s mercy be upon him. He sent you this shirt, stained with the blood of martyrdom, and said: Rejoice, oh mother.

Your gift has been accepted, and Al-Mardhiya has been wedded to me in God’s Paradise.

When his sister heard the news, she dropped dead. The mother looked at her daughter and said: Blessed be Allah, who has not sent any offspring of mine to the Hellfire.

[…]

From the MEMRI TV archives – Al-Nas TV, June 15, 2006:

Egyptian cleric Sheik Muhammad Nassar: They dug a small ditch in the ground like a grave, and they put Sa’id in it, and covered it with earth. Then they began to walk away. All of a sudden, the grave shuddered, and they were frightened. What happened? The grave shuddered and ejected Sa’id. They said: “Allah be praised, what’s going on?” The corpse got out of the grave all by itself. They were amazed, and said: “Allah be praised.”

Abu Qudama said to them: “Wait just a moment. Let’s try again. How can we possibly leave his corpse like this?” So they put him into the ground once again, and covered him with earth. After they covered him and began to walk away, the ground shuddered, and threw out the corpse again. They were all frightened, and began to shiver.

Allah be praised. Allah Akbar. Then they all stood there in amazement.

Abu Qudama said: “We cannot leave him like this.

This is my beloved Sa’id. He instructed me to bury him when he dies, and to stay with him, and not to tell his mother anything. I must do it. I must bury Sa’id. I cannot leave him. Bury him again.” So he dug the grave himself, and said: “My Lord, reveal this thing to us, my Lord. We want to bury him, my Lord.” They put him into the grave again, and began to walk away. Then the earth shuddered once again, and the corpse got out. So they said: “Allah Akbar. This is Allah’s doing.”

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Exposition of Isaiah 61 – Part 8

February 15, 2010

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ISAIAH 61:9 – And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

Throughout the millennial reign of Christ, in a physical realm on this present earth,

all the nations and peoples on the planet shall recognize Jesus as the King of kings and Lord of lords, as he reigns from Jerusalem. The Israelites will be looked upon by the Gentiles, left on the earth in physical bodies after the great tribulation, as the chosen children of God, and they will be treated with

great respect as his children.

Zechariah 8:20-23 – Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: [21] And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord,

and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. [22] Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,

and to pray before the Lord. [23] Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you:

for we have heard that God is with you.

God will bring a third of Israel through the tribulation period in bodies of flesh and, having tried them in the Negev wilderness for some 1260 days, will call them his people, when they return to him by receiving Jesus as their Messiah, and calling on his name.

Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

(See Archive Birth Pang Updates Number 36 to 39)

Acts 2:19-21 – And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: [20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: [21] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

(See Archive Prophecy Update Number 131B)

Zechariah 13:9 –And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. (See Archive Prophecy Updates 130 & 131)

Hosea 1:10,11 – Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. [11] Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Revelation 12:17 – And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments

of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (See Archive Birth Pang Number 43)

“For great shall be the day of Jezreel.” The valley of Jezreel is the place of the final battle of Armageddon.

Revelation 16:16 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (See Archive Prophecy Update Number 101)

Micah 5:6,7 – And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. [7] And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. (See Archive Prophecy Update Numbers 66 & 67)

Hosea 2:14-23 – Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

[15] And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing t here, as in the days of

her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

[16] And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. [17] For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. [18] And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

[19] And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

[20] I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; [22] And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. [23] And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. (See Archive Prophecy Update Number 131)

Isaiah 65:9,10 – And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it,

and my servants shall dwell there. [10] And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

ISAIAH 61:9 – And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

Romans 9:27-29 – Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: [28] For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. [29] And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

JIHAD IS “THE RESISTANCE”

SYRIA DAILY TESHREEN SAYS:

NO ROOM FOR ZIONIST ENTITY!

IF THE RESISTANCE IS ATTACKED

IRAN WILL TARGET U.S. INTERESTS!

February 14, 2010

Begin Excerpt from Middle East Media Review Institute (MEMRI)

Article in Syrian Gov’t Daily: If Resistance Is Attacked, Iran Will Target American Interests

Special Dispatch No.

2802

February 11, 2010

Mohammad Sadeq Al-Hosseini, an Iranian researcher close to the Iranian regime and columnist for the Syrian government daily Teshreen, wrote an article titled “Tehran and a Middle East without Israel.” In it, he stated that the future of the Middle East is now in the hands of its peoples, and that their plan for the region does not include the “Zionist entity.” He also threatened that if the resistance forces come under attack, Iran will target American interests in the Middle East.

Following are excerpts: [1]

Iran Is Indifferent to America’s Overtures of Friendship Because It Has Discovered the Extent of Obama’s Weakness

“When Washington realized it had lost the battle with Tehran over the nuclear issue, just as it had lost its wager on dividing the Iranian public into supporters and opponents of Ahmadinejad’s policy, it started once again to relay direct and indirect messages [to Iran], calling upon it to cooperate in finding a solution for the Iraqi and Iranian issues in the best possible way, [and in a way] that would enable the world’s greatest superpower to save some face.

“We have started to hear such things [i.e.] calls to involve Iran in resolving problems] in Baghdad, Islamabad, Kabul and Istanbul, and there are calls to include Iran in the London conference on Afghanistan.

Tehran, [for its part,] is hesitating and playing coy, saying that it will not participate [in any conference] before it hears something definite about the role [it is expected to] play there…

“Tehran is not showing much interest in the direct and indirect messages of the American administration about the hand being extended [to it]. This is not only because [Tehran] has discovered how weak President Obama and his team are, but also because it has discovered the depth of the disdain being shown to this administration by the global Zionist government and by its Israeli arm, the extremist right-wing government of Binyamin Netanyahu, which has not bothered to protect Obama’s image even outwardly, at least where the Palestinian problem is concerned.

“Tehran knows clearly that America has lost its ground wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and that it is now pinning its hopes on wars in the seas and oceans, trying to take control of the important straits in the Muslim and Arab [region], in a bid to thwart the activity of the countries in the region that are opposing America’s plan for hegemony…”

Washington’s Interests in the Middle East Will No Longer Be Safe

“If Washington thinks that Iran, in its capacity and position as a regional power, will take [the U.S.] into consideration [just] because [Iran] needs a stamp of approval from the so-called international community that has been hijacked by the U.S., then [Washington] is gravely mistaken.

“The rapidly unfolding events, and the developing awareness of the vigorous countries, nations, peoples and forces in the region and the world, along with [the fact that] America’s influence is rapidly diminishing even though it continues to bare its military fangs – all these guarantee that the region in which we live will no longer be safe for anyone, least of all for Washington’s interests, unless Israel stops managing [these interests].”

The Middle East “Has Begun to Be Shaped by Its Own People – And the Map Does Not [Include] the Zionist Entity”

“I say this plain and clear: [The safety] of Washington’s interests depends on its [willingness] to accept [reality]. The quicker it does so, the safer its interests will be.

This Middle East, which [former U.S. secretary of state] Condoleezza Rice wanted to transform into the New [Middle East] according to the American plan, has begun to be shaped by its own people – and the map does not [include] the Zionist entity.

Lest anyone accuse me of spreading terrorism, hatred or violence, let me say that events are leading to the collapse of this racist entity from within, [and this is happening] much more quickly than Israel realizes.

“Israel and the forces that support it can instigate violence by deciding to embark on some escapade and attack one of the resistance forces. [If this happens], the entire region will go up in flames and become a keg of gunpowder – and the first thing to burn will be America’s direct interests, including its ships, navies, and [military] bases, which are within range of Iran’s missiles and are [thus] easy prey, as Iranian Defense Minister General [Ahmad] Vahidi said a few days ago…”

Endnote:

[1] Teshreen (Syria), January 27, 2010.

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