Lebanon must be a Puppet to Syria and Iran for Islamic Forces to win a War against Israel!
September 25, 2007
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I have taught for more than 30 years that Lebanon cannot have a pro-western Government in power when the Antichrist attacks Israel some three and one-half years before the battle of Armageddon. By hook or crook, cunning, assassination, election, coup, or brute force, when the final jihad attack comes against Israel, Lebanon will be a subdued horn on the head of Daniel’s fourth beast as part of a regenerated caliphate of 10 Arab/Persian nations. Lebanon will be one of the three horns the Antichrist subdues and plucks up by the roots. The great Caliphate or Kingdom of Antichrist will stretch from French Morocco to India.
Daniel 7:8 – I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Daniel 7:23 – Thus he said, T
he fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
The expression “the whole earth” is a hyperbole, and refers to the world as it was known to be occupied when Daniel wrote his prophecies.
We know the Kingdoms of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome did not dominate the entire “world” as we know it today. God uses the hyperbole frequently in prophecy. (Consult Archive Prophecy Update Numbers 77, 77A, 77B, and 77C)
When a best selling book was written in the fifties about six emerging European Common Market nations, it began to cause many theologians to quickly change their minds
as to where the antichrist would eventually arise. Prior to that time most had believed he would arise out of the old Seleucid dynasty, which was formed by one of the generals who divided Alexander’s Grecian Empire into four sections. Many believed the Assyrian, in the fifth chapter of Micah, would be the antichrist, and that he would arise in, and come out of, modern day Syria. (Consult Whole Number Archive Prophecy Update Numbers 62 through 69)
Before the European Common Market theory arose, many believed antichrist would come out of the southern half
of the old Roman Empire, rather than out of the European northern half. But the great popularity of the aforementioned book ascended to the highest levels of acceptability, and previous beliefs were dwarfed to obscurity. The book indicated that the six original members of the Common Market would soon be joined by four other nations to reach ten, and then be joined by the eleventh horn, who would be the antichrist of Daniel’s fourth beast in chapter seven.
However, soon there were ten horns, then there were eleven, then fifteen, then twenty-five, and more may be added. But the astounding popularity of this book, and the thousands of preachers and other teachers who have taught it, have left a legacy that is very difficult to convince they might not be correct in what they have taught, and are still teaching.
I have been concerned, since the book was first published, about the possibility it might cause many to be deceived when he does not arise in Europe, but in Syria.
Quite frankly, I watch both Europe and Syria just like a hawk, and, if I do see him rising in Europe, I most assuredly will accept it. I am prepared for both. But many are so convinced he must come out of Europe, I doubt if anything would change their minds. In any case, in future updates I will show my reasons for believing he will come out of the Syria area.
The beast of Daniel 7:23 does indeed represent the old Roman Empire, and it certainly did tread down “the whole world,” that is, the “known” world of Daniel’s day. Have you ever thought that perhaps we were meant to take the expressions of Daniel’s day concerning the world, and believe that is the only part of the present world the antichrist will dominate completely? The ten horns will arise out of “the whole world” of Daniel’s day. But why do they have to be European nations? Were not Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Jorda
n, Egypt, northern Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and northern Sudan part of the old Roman Empire under the Emperor Trajan? And are not these countries the descendants of Ishmael, the first son of Abraham, and Keturah’s six sons by Abraham, and the two sons of Abraham’s nephew Lot, Moab and Ammon by his two daughters? Are not these descendants of Abraham the ones who have hated and battled the sons of Abraham through Israel for many centuries? In any case, since I believe the attack is likely to occur before 2013, most likely between 2010 and 2013, I expect to know where he will arise one way or the other in the next few years, that is, if I survive the grave before Jesus returns.
I do not question that Europe will come down as part of the mass of many nations that join antichrist in Jerusalem for the final battle of Armageddon, but I am confident that the initial attack of the tribulation period will be by the antichrist leading Islamic nations against Israel, some three and on-half years before Armageddon.
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.
A Time = 1 year Times = 2 Years Dividing of Time = ½ Year
What nations represent the 10 horns? My guess would be Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
What nations represent the three which are subdued? My guess would be a “take your pick” after Lebanon and Iraq between Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. I do not believe Egypt, Saudi Arabia, will be a part of the original ten nations, and I know Egypt will be conquered by the Antichrist, and Jordan by-passed, in his advance across Israel into the land of the Nile.
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.
Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran will move rapidly southward through the “glorious land” of Israel like a fast moving thunderstorm, bypassing the land where the people of Moab, Ammon, and Edom were settled when Daniel wrote his prophecies in about 600 B.C. The descendants of Edom (Jacob’s brother), and Ammon and Moab (the sons of Lot), as found on every published map for this time period, were settled immediately to the southeast, east, and northeast of the Dead Sea, precisely in the country we know as Jordan today. Hence, we can know that the antichrist will bypass Jordan as he moves south through Israel. Why would he bypass Jordan? She has no strategic, political, or economic advantage to offer him, but the Suez Canal and Egypt do, so he will head southwest toward that area after having driven the woman Israel into the Negev Wilderness south of Beersheva.
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.
Daniel 11:42,43 – He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. [43] But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
The three most “precious things” in Egypt are: the Suez Canal, the Nile River and its Delta, and Cairo, it’s capital. He will conquer the Suez Canal zone and all of Egypt. So just what is Egypt? Many are inclined to establish it as the land bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the west by Libya, on the south by Sudan, on the southeast by the Red Sea, and on the northeast by its Sinai border with Gaza and Israel’s Negev. And, geographically, that is quite correct. However, in reality, that is not Egypt. The real Egypt, where her people live, is much, much, smaller. Egypt is the land along her north and east coastlines up to about two miles inland, the Nile Delta, and the land along the Nile River extending about fifteen miles either side of its banks.
The antichrist will send messages to leaders of two of the original 10 nations confederated with him, namely Libya and Sudan, requesting them to mass their troops along the northern coastal border with Libya, and along the border where the Nile enters Egypt from Sudan. This will cause the diversion of some Egyptian troops away from Cairo and the Suez Canal in order to protect their western and southern borders. And this will allow the antichrist to rapidly push across the Suez Canal into Cairo and along her western and eastern coastlines, then to quickly progress southward down the Nile with little resistance. I believe he will control Egypt within two weeks after
he reaches the Suez Canal.
Once he has conquered Egypt, he will make an assessment of his geopolitical position. After having done so, he would be a military fool to return to his home country.
He will establish his capital at Cairo, and will remain there for more than three years. After three years he will receive news that causes him to quickly return to Jerusalem.
Begin Article from The Australian
Lebanon postpones president vote
From correspondents in Beirut
September 25, 2007
LEBANON’S deeply divided Parliament failed to elect a new president today and speaker Nabih Berri deferred the vote until October 23.
The Opposition stayed away from the session to elect a successor to pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, blocking the anti-Syrian majority from choosing a new head of state.
Parliament needs a two-thirds majority to elect a president in a first round of voting.
“Despite everything, we continue to seek constructive dialogue and practical discussion with the various opposition blocs to salvage the presidential election and save Lebanon from the danger of falling into a vacuum … and internal division,” said Farid Makari, deputy house speaker, reading a statement in the name of the governing anti-Syrian bloc known as March 14.
Thousands of Lebanese troops and police protected the assembly building in central Beirut where pro-government deputies arrived under armed escort from a heavily guarded seafront hotel where many had been staying.
The Western-backed March 14 alliance fears more assassinations to reduce its slim majority after last week’s car bombing that killed Christian MP Antoine Ghanem.
Some Opposition MPs went to parliament and mingled with their opponents but had no intention of attending an electoral session for lack of prior consensus on a new president.
Disputes over the election reflect deep fissures in Lebanon between factions which want to align the country with the West and those which favour close ties with Syria and Iran.
Two pro-government MPs walked into Parliament carrying a red banner with pictures of Ghanem and five other anti-Syrian MPs slain in the past two years, including former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
“Don’t boycott the nation,” the banner read.
Inside the chamber, a Lebanese flag and portraits of the assassinated deputies were placed on six empty seats.
Despite the impasse over the election, Berri, a close Syrian ally and opposition leader, met March 14 leader Saad al-Hariri in his office for 15 minutes.
They had not met for months.
“The climate is not as grim as everyone imagines,” Berri said on yesterday after talks with Maronite Christian Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir. “There will be a president for Lebanon before November 24 with the consensus of all the Lebanese, God willing.”
The March 14 bloc had hoped to elect one of its own members in the first presidential election since Syrian troops were forced to leave Lebanon in 2005 after Hariri’s assassination.
Syria’s al-Baath newspaper said March 14’s insistence on choosing the president meant that it was “pursuing its scheme for Lebanon to fall in the grip of US-Israeli projects”.
Troops and police lined the streets leading to parliament to provide safe passage for MPs, while others deployed across central Beirut, blocking off roads and removing parked cars.
The Parliament building is a short walk from a tented camp set up in December as part of an opposition campaign against Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s Western-backed government.
The political crisis, Lebanon’s worst since the civil war, spilled into street clashes in January that recalled the 1975-1990 conflict.
Failure to agree on a president could result in two governments, which could spark new instability.
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