Hungry population in Arab States will continue to cause Instability
Arab Nations will Use Obama’s 4 Years to Get Their Acts Together,
So 10 Toes Unlikely to Attack Israel till After Obama Leaves Office.
The Specter of Famine will play a Major Role in Mid-East Prophecy,
And due to Arab Financial Corruption and Horrible Economic Policy,
They Continually seek Money via the West+UN to Feed Their Own
Which Arabs have been doing consistently since the end of WW-2
January 13, 2013
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
The foreign policy vulture eggs that Obama has laid, is laying, and will continue to lay, will not hatch into a Middle East War until he departs the office of the Presidency. The Islamic terrorist vulture nations will sit on his eggs until they hatch after his departure, and ten will then unite to follow Antichrist in an attack against Israel. The ten nations will give their power and strength unto the beast, uniting with one mind to destroy Israel, and will drive Israel into the Negev Wilderness, where she will remain surrounded for some 3 and ½ years by the forces of Islam.
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.
Luke 21:11 – And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and FAMINES, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Revelation 6:5,6 – And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. [6] And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
The population explosion, particularly in Africa, which has suddenly burst on the scene, should be no surprise to the human race. The world’s population has roughly, in a somewhat similar pattern, followed a formula of daily penny doubling. Suppose someone proposed to give you five billion dollars if you would double a penny he gave you for forty days, and then give him all the proceeds of the doubling process on the fortieth day – Would you take the deal? A single penny on the first day would produce two cents on the second day, four cents on the third day, eight cents on the fourth day, sixteen cents on the fifth day, thirty-two cents on the sixth day, sixty-four cents on the seventh day, and only a dollar and twenty-eight cents on the eighth day. So, based on what you’ve read so far, it seems like a pretty good deal. But on day forty you would have to fork over more than five billion dollars. This principle has been the backbone of when the famine prophecy prediction would occur ever since eight people stepped off the Ark of Noah. This principle opened the famine seal, and will cause it to intensify until Armageddon.
The world’s famine outbreaks in its developing countries have been occurring closer and closer together in time since World War II, and the trend will accelerate until the Second Advent. Why? A few thousand years ago eight men and women descended in an ark “upon the mountains of Ararat,” and then began to multiply. At first, like the penny, the increase was insignificant from a numerical standpoint. When Jesus was born the world population had only reached about 200 million. When Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 it had barely reached 400 million. But, like the multiplying principle of the penny, it began to accelerate noticeably about the time of the Civil War, and exploded after the Great Depression of the thirties. In 1989 the world population reached five billion and, the same year, eleven million of the earth’s residents died of starvation. The population of our planet passed six billion in October of 1999, and is predicted to reach ten billion in 2030. Some say it will only reach between eight and nine billion by 2030. But even if that is true, how can the additional three plus billion be fed, if eleven million died of starvation in 1989 with a population of only five million.
The simple truth is this, in 1993, for the first time since records began to be kept, world food utilization exceeded world food production. Utilization continued to exceed food production until 1996, and a massive endeavor was made by technology to catch up with utilization. The endeavor allowed food production to pass utilization in 1996, and it continued to exceed utilization until 1999, but the population passed six billion in October of 1999, and the production again fell below utilization, where it has remained to the present. In April of 2003, a report published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, stated that 200 million people in Africa are malnourished. The world food production has not been able to keep up with the stork in the twenty-first century, and the disparity can only increase with an increasing population growth.
The third horse rider will gallop faster and faster as he heads for Armageddon. I contend that the famine now occurring in Africa, which was a part of the prophetic world when the prophecies were written, is the beginning of the fulfillment of those prophecies, and that famine will spread out of this area into all sections of the world that were known at the time the book of Revelation was written by John. There will be a serious food shortage in the United States, but it will in no way be comparable to the famines that ravage what is referred to as the “Old World,” or the pre-Columbus world. I believe the vast majority of “Old World” residents, both religious and non-religious, will take the mark of the beast to get food without hesitation, but I do not believe the mark of the beast will be put on the residents of the United States. I believe that Revelation 13:16,17 applies only to that part of today’s world that was known when John wrote Revelation.
Revelation 13:16,17 – And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Followers of Islam pay no attention whatsoever about even the existence of this NT prophecy. The Catholic priests have not taught their masses in Europe about this, and only a handful of Catholics understand anything about it. The same is true among all the different sects of religion that are spread across the “Old World.” They will take the mark without hesitation to obtain food.
I believe the Antichrist’s Caliphate will, at first, take in the vast Arab area of Islam from Morocco to Pakistan, but it will spread out quickly like water, and when the time for the final battle of Armageddon arrives, it will either engulf or dominate all of the “Old World.”
Begin Excerpt from MEMRI
Middle East Media Research Institute
Mursi Regime Rejects Claims Egypt Is On Verge Of Bankruptcy, Bread Revolution
Special Dispatch No. 5132
January 11, 2013
In the two years since the January 25, 2011 revolution, Egypt’s economy has severely deteriorated. In recent weeks, figures have been published testifying to the depth of the crisis. On December 31, 2012, the Egyptian finance minister said the country needed $14.5 billion within the next 20 months, and that its revenue was sufficient to cover only 60% of its expenses.[1]
On December 27, 2012, the value of the Egyptian pound against the U.S. dollar dropped to a low not seen for years,[2] only days after Egypt’s credit rating was downgraded.[3] Moreover, the Central Bank of Egypt has warned that the country’s foreign currency reserves have bottomed out,[4] while the Egyptian government press has published data reflecting a significant decrease in the number of tourists to Egypt in 2012.[5] In yet another indication of the economic crisis, a 22-year-old youth from the Beni Suef governorate recently self-immolated after failing to find work.[6]
In an effort to overcome the economic crisis and to cover the deficit in Egypt’s 2013 state budget, the government has been negotiating a $4.8 billion loan from the IMF in recent months. However, in December 2012, the government decided to freeze the negotiations until after the constitutional referendum, fearing the public response to an increase in taxes as stipulated in the loan agreement.[7] Negotiations resumed following the referendum, and on January 7, 2013, an IMF delegation arrived in Egypt to discuss the loan with the president and prime minister.[8]
In response to the reports of the deepening economic crisis, officials, especially among the opposition, warned that the country was on the verge of bankruptcy. For instance, on November 25, 2012, it was reported that Hisham Tawfiq, a board member of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, anticipated that the country would declare bankruptcy within three months unless serious steps were taken to prevent this. The following day, it was reported that former presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq had made a similar estimate. Shafiq wrote this on his Facebook account following stock market declines.[9] In an article in The Financial Times, prominent Egyptian oppositionist Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei predicted that, unless the IMF loan materialized, the Egyptian market would collapse within six months.[10]
In response, President Mursi, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and other senior officials issued statements attempting to calm the public, denying outright the claims that Egypt was on the verge of bankruptcy. In his opening remarks at a December 29, 2012 session of the Shura Council, Mursi said: “Those who speak of bankruptcy are [morally] bankrupt,” and stressed that Egypt would never go bankrupt. Mursi supported his claims with encouraging figures, noting, for instance, that between July and October 2012, there had been an increase in revenue from the Suez Canal, and that the number of tourists visiting Egypt had grown in the last third of that year. He added: “Despite the burden on the government in this difficult situation, and despite the enormous challenges facing the Egyptian economy, the economic indexes of the social and economic situation indicate notable progress in several areas. For example, in the first quarter of the 2012-2013 fiscal year, Egypt’s economy managed to achieve growth… and to shrink the deficit in balance of payments… I say to everyone in Egypt and abroad that the state of the bank system is not [as grim] as some have claimed…”[11] On January 1, 2013, Mursi said that the depreciation of the Egyptian pound was the natural result of several economic measures, and estimated that Egypt’s currency would stabilize within several days.[12]
At a December 30, 2012 press conference, Prime Minister Qandil conceded that the economic situation in Egypt was fragile, and that the budgetary deficit was severe, but clarified that “there is no room to speak of bankruptcy or collapse.” He announced a national initiative for an economic breakthrough to achieve social justice, financial stability, increased investments, employment, business innovation, energy development, and tourism, and to fight corruption.[13]
Several days prior to his dismissal from office, Egypt’s former finance minister Mumtaz Al-Sa’id said that there were no signs whatever of imminent bankruptcy, and that the country was, in fact, quite distant from such a possibility.[14] Likewise, presidential spokesman Yasser ‘Ali dismissed such predictions, saying that they originated with non-experts in the matter, and emphasized that there was no need to panic.[15]
Egyptian Columnist: There Will Be “A Boundless Revolution of the Hungry”
For several months, and in light of the economic crisis, various voices in Egypt, including some supporters of Mursi and his regime, have been warning of the possibility of a “bread revolution.” For example, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party has warned that Mursi’s planned economic and social reforms, which are required by the IMF loan deal, and which involve raising gasoline prices and imposing new taxes, may lead to a revolution by Egypt’s poor that would topple his government.[16]
Similar warnings were voiced by well-known Egyptian businessman and columnist ‘Imad Al-Din Adib, who writes for the independent Egyptian daily Al-Watan and for the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.[17] He too argued in several articles that the next revolution is likely to be “a boundless revolution of the hungry.”
The Growing Frustration May Lead To An Explosion
In an October 23, 2012 article in Al-Watan, Adib wrote: “The bar of social hopes and expectations has risen to an unprecedented level today, because certain sectors of the patient Egyptian nation have grown very limited in their patience, and are tired of the false promises made by a series of regimes since 1952. [However,] what concerns the Egyptian [citizen] today… is how to punish [the criminals] of the past… when the real question is how to deal with [the problems of] the present and prepare for the near future… This preoccupation with the past is accompanied by a denial and disregard of the citizens’ current daily needs and a refusal to really deal with them…
“The next great danger [we will face] will not be political. It will be a furious revolution of the hungry [resembling] an earthquake measuring 1,000 on the Richter scale… I [therefore] hope that Egypt’s political elite will focus on the [economic] crisis – [manifest in] lack of resources, decreasing investments and insufficient public services – as much as it focuses on the issues of the constitution, the prosecutor general and the establishment of new parties. If, in the first quarter of the next year, we find ourselves [still] preoccupied with political retaliation, then the dire economic situation and the growing social demands may trigger an explosion and a danger beyond our control.”[18]
The Next Revolution Will Not Be A “Facebook Revolution” But A Violent Revolution Of The Poor, Emanating From The Slums
In an article published in Al-Watan the following week, Adib wrote: “The next intifada or revolution will not come from the Facebook youth but from the residents of the belts of slum surrounding the cities. These protests will not be peaceful; [they will be waged] ‘with swords and spears’. The calls will not be ‘the people want to topple the regime,’ but rather ‘the people want to crush the regime.’ [The protesters] will not clean up the squares after the demonstrations, nor will they return quietly to their homes or respect public and private property. The glue holding them together will not be Facebook but the poverty and despair of their daily lives and the lack of hope for a bright future.
“These people do not [even] have water to wash their faces in the morning, and have no choice but to use the sewage overflowing in their streets. They do not have a few pennies to pay a cab driver, and have no position and no job… They will [form] a ‘Nothing’ party that will offer nothing… and will not be committed to any figure or organization. Nor will [they] be concerned with notions of homeland, state, regime, people, security and stability. In the January 25, 2011 [revolution], the non-violent protesters were completely preoccupied with lofty notions about ‘the state of the homeland.’ But the next revolution or [outbreak of] anarchy will know only one slogan: ‘Me, me, and to hell with everybody else.’
“It is the latest data on the state of the slums that motivated me to write this pessimistic article. According to the data, there are 1,200 slums in Egypt, 682 of which are considered ‘dangerous.’ Moreover, the alternative housing solutions that have been offered to the residents of these slums meet only 5% of the demand… and most of them lack the necessary services. The situation is therefore on the brink of explosion, and the solutions we propose are very limited… This is a complete failure and an ideal climate for turning these citizens, who, for years, have lived silently on the margins of society, into frenzied, raging [rebels] and opponents of the [existing] order. [They may] even declare a state of anarchy and take up arms of every kind against society, which they regard as ‘oppressive.'”[19]
Egypt On Verge Of Economic Abyss
In a December 23, 2012 article in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Adib tied Egypt’s economic woes to its political problems and to Mursi’s mismanagement of the country: “While the lenses of the TV [cameras] are focused on the political events in Egypt, they are neglecting many of the financial and economic [woes] affecting the country, chief of which are:
“1. The Qatar National Bank’s takeover of the Egyptian-French [branch of the] Société Générale bank.
“2. The Dubai National Bank’s takeover of [the Egyptian branch of] the BNP Paribas bank.
“3. The deal between the UAE company Al-Futtaim and the [Egyptian] Mansour Group to purchase its supermarket [chain]…
“4. The strengthening of the dollar against the Egyptian pound to the highest exchange rate since January 25, 2011.
“5. Reports of a sharp decline in strategic comestible and oil reserves, due to a lack of foreign currency with which to import them.
“6. Reports of a ‘temporary freeze’ of the Egypt–IMF deal for a $4.8 billion loan, and of the Egypt-EU deal for a €4 million [loan].
“All this constitutes a steep bill that the Egyptian economy is paying as a result of the political struggle [between the two rival camps] in the country since the November 21, 2012 constitutional declaration.[20] This political decision came at a higher cost than anything in the history of modern Egypt, and no one knows why Egyptian President Dr. Muhammad Mursi [felt] it was necessary to pay this bill…
“If anyone wrongly thinks that, now that the issue of the constitution has been settled [following its ratification by referendum], things will calm down… he is completely mistaken. Things may seem calm on the surface, but the causes of the tensions and upheavals are still raging, for there is a basic crisis in how political decisions are taken in the country.
“[The struggle over] the constitution is a symptom of a central illness, namely ‘the historic hostility between the regime and its rivals.’ If the dispute between and within these forces is not resolved, the crises will only escalate, [our] economy will be increasingly shunned [by everyone], and the price of resolving [the crisis] will only rise… Egypt is on the verge of political danger and an economic abyss.”[21]
Endnotes:
[1] Alarabiya.net, December 31, 2012.
[2] Alarabiya.net, December 31, 2012.
[3] Al Sharq Al-Awsat (London), December 25, 2012.
[4] Alarabiya.net, December 30, 2012.
[5] Al-Ahram (Egypt),December 30, 2012.
[6] Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), December 30, 2012.
[7] Al-Ahram (Egypt), December 17, 2012.
[8] Al-Wafd (Egypt), January 7, 2013.
[9] Al-Masri Al-Yawm (Egypt), November 25-26, 2012.
[10] Ft.com, December 3, 2012.
[11] Ikhwanonline.com, December 29, 2012.
[12] Al-Ahram (Egypt), January 1, 2013.
[13] Al-Ahram (Egypt), December 31, 2012.
[14] Al-Yawm Al-Sabi’ (Egypt), January 1, 2013.
[15] Al-Watan (Egypt), January 2, 2013.
[16] Islammemo.cc, November 8, 2012.
[17] In 2011, Adib declined a proposal to serve as propaganda minister in Ahmad Shafiq’s transitional government established following the revolution, claiming that “democratic countries have no propaganda ministries.” Al-‘Arab (Qatar), February 14, 2011.
[18] Al-Watan (Egypt), October 23, 2012.
[19] Al-Watan (Egypt), October 31, 2012.
[20] See MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.907, Egypt Under Muslim Brotherhood Rule: The Constitutional Declaration – Dictatorship In The Name Of The Revolution, December 7, 2012.
[21]Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), December 23, 2012.
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