Another Two of Daniel’s Ten Islamic Toes are Wiggling into Place!
August 25, 2007
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I have long contended, against some objection, that when the 10 toes of Daniel’s great statue in the second chapter of his book attacked Israel, Iraq and Turkey would be among them.
It certainly appears, based on events in Iraq and Turkey that this is going to be the case. Even if the military brass were to pull off a coup, this time a revolution would break out in Turkey.
A return to an Islamic government is in the cards for Turkey, and Abdullah Gul will attempt to bring it in.
Please read Archive Special Prophecy Update 176B before reading Boston Globe Article
Special Prophecy Update Number 176B
June 16, 2004
Ten Toes Are Beginning to Wiggle
Daniel 2:42-44 – And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
[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.
This Kingdom and its Lamb King, who Daniel’s people rejected at his First Appearance, will soon return for his Second Appearance to bring in his Kingdom as its Lion King of Judah. I have always believed these ten toes would indeed arise out the territory once controlled by the two legs to which they were attached, namely, the southern flank of the old Roman Empire. The two legs of Daniel’s statue, during the time of
their existence as an empire, stretched their long toes into the nations now identified as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Soon there will be a new state, which will emerge among the ten, namely the new Palestinian state that is likely to come out of all the confusion in Israel.
I believe these 11 nations will be directly involved in the coming Jihad against Israel. I believe the 10 toes found in chapter 2 of Daniel are 10 of the 11 horns found in chapter 7 of Daniel, and that the “little horn” of Daniel 7 comes out of Syria or its immediate surrounding area.
Daniel 7:24-27 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from t
he first, and he shall subdue three kings.
[25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. [26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. [27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Begin Boston Globe Article
Turkey’s Gul set to clinch presidency next week
By Paul de Bendern
August 23, 2007
ANKARA (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul looks set to become Turkey’s president next week, completing the Islamist-rooted AK Party’s capture of all key posts in the country despite strong opposition from army generals.
European Union-applicant Turkey has been mired in political turmoil since April when the ruling AK Party first nominated Gul, a respected diplomat, as their candidate.
“His election as president is as good as guaranteed. Next week (August 28) he will get the sufficient number of votes and will be sworn in with lightening speed on the same evening,” wrote Mehmet Ali Birand, a leading Turkish columnist.
Turkey’s army, which has ousted four governments since 1960, and the powerful secular elite have opposed Gul because of his Islamist past and the fact his wife wears the Muslim headscarf, seen by secularists as a provocative symbol of religion.
The country of 74 million people is predominantly Muslim but is governed by a secular constitution. The AK Party is accused of seeking to undermine a separation of Mosque and state dating back to the foundation of the republic after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The party denies the charges.
The secular elite — which includes the powerful army generals, judges,
the heads of universities and other officials — derailed a first presidential election in April, a move which sparked early parliamentary polls. That election was handsomely won by the centre-right pro-business AK Party on July 22.
A newly elected chamber has begun another round of voting to pick between Gul and two other candidates to replace staunchly secular incumbent Ahmet Necdet Sezer.
Parliament failed to elect Gul in the first vote on August 20. It will hold a second on August 24, but Gul is unlikely to be elected until the third round on August 28, when he needs a only simple majority. The AK Party holds 341 of the 550 seats.
If he wins as expected, it would be the first time in modern Turkey’s history the post would go to a former Islamist.
In Turkey, the government holds most power but the president can veto laws and appointments of officials, and name judges. The post carries great moral weight because it was first held by the country’ s revered
secular founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
“WALKING A TIGHTROPE”
Secularists shudder at the thought of a leader with an Islamist past becoming president and commander in chief of NATO’s second largest member army.
Gul says people should judge him for his record in office, where he helped win EU accession talks status and improved Turkey’s human rights record. He has pledged to be a president for all Turks and says he will cut ties with his party.
The army and secularists will closely watch his performance and whether his wife wears the headscarf at official events. The garment is banned in public offices and universities and is not traditionally worn at Cankaya presidential palace receptions.
His behavior as president may also be a lightening rod in the debate between Turks who want to keep religion out of public life and a growing, more religiously minded middle class who have prospered under the AK Party and want a relaxation of curbs on religious symbols and expressions.
“Gul will have to juggle between two hostile sides … He will literally be walking a tightrope,” Birand wrote.
Few expect the army to intervene directly after public statements earlier this year appear to have backfired and helped secure more votes for the AK Party in parliamentary elections.
Events are also being closely watched in Europe and the Middle East, given Turkey’s strategic role in a volatile region.
“If the military intervenes, the message to the Muslim world will be clear: democracy is a dead end,” Anwar Ibrahim, a senior Malaysian opposition figure, told the daily Today’s Zaman.
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