A DRAWING CLOSER TO THE PROPHETIC END!
CLOSER TO ELEVENTH HORN UNVEILING!
CLOSER TO TIME FOR 1 OF 3 TO FALL!
CLOSER TO START OF FINAL WAR!
CLOSER TO SECOND ADVENT!
CLOSER TO HIS KINGDOM!
May 8, 2008
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Daniel 7:20-22 – And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
[21] I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; [22] Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
To the vast six billion plus population of this planet, including a fair number of believers, the events in the Middle East are quite frightening, because they are a harbinger of a great war and terrifying times coming on mankind. Most of mankind does not believe the prophetic writings of terrible last days events are true, but in the deep recesses of their thoughts the remote possibility of their being true does linger. In the minds of may believers there is a desire for the Second Advent, but they want to see their daughter have the new baby, their grandchildren grow up, and to continue their lifestyle here until they die at age 102, at which time Jesus would come shortly after their body lowers into the grave, and then they could live happily ever
after in heaven with all their kids, grandkids, and friends of this life who were saved. In other words, in all of us “natural” human beings, there is such a desire in us because the present life in the flesh is the only life we have ever seen with our eyes, smelled with noses, heard with our ears, felt with our fingers, and so on. I would say Luke 17:26-30 describes what it will be like just before a time of sudden chaos abruptly ends the status quo
of domestic bliss, as it has on two previous occasions when God judged mankind for a buildup of iniquity that caused his judgment cup to overflow.
Luke 17:26-30 – And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. [27] They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. [28] Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; [29] But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. [30] Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
No one knows precisely when Israel is going to be attacked by 10 Arab horns, but I am certain that time is drawing much closer, more so than at any other time since I began to study prophecy. And I admit that the guesstimate I have offered for some time is just a guess, no more or no less, based on what has transpired over the last five years in the Middle East.
I believe Israel will be attacked at some point in time between 2010 and 2015. Whatever you intend to do about putt ing your faith
in Jesus Christ to save you from what you are by birth and nature, by an act of repentance (turning) toward God, and placing your faith in his Son to save you, should be done NOW, not tomorrow. And for those of you who have exercised what Paul wrote in the following Scriptures, it is time to submit your will to the will of the God who saved you.
Galatians 3:26 – For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Romans 10:17 – So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Acts 20:20,21 – And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, [21] Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 4:12 – Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Romans 10:13 – For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:9,10 – That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Acts 2:41,42 – Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
[42] And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
IT IS DRAWING CLOSER TO THE FALL OF 1 OF 3 HORNS
Begin Article from The Star Online – World Updates
Lebanon political conflict turns violet
Wednesday May 7, 2008 MYT 12:16:46 AM
By Laila Bassam
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Supporters of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government fought battles in Beirut on Wednesday with gunmen loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating the worst internal crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.
Supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah paralysed the capital and cut routes to its sea and air ports by blocking roads with blazing tyres, old cars, heaps of earth and concrete blocks.
An opposition source said the protest campaign would continue until the government rescinded decisions affecting Hezbollah, including a move to take steps against a telecommunications network operated by the group.
Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, has led a 17-month-long political campaign against Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s anti-Syrian cabinet. Friction has already led to bouts of lethal violence.
Security sources said pro-government supporters exchanged assault rifle and grenade fire with Hezbollah sympathisers in the Beirut neighbourhoods of Noueiri, Ras al Nabae and Wata al-Musaitbeh. Some 10 people were wounded in the violence.
Opposition gunmen took over an office of the Future political group led by Saad al-Hariri, leader of the governing coalition, Lebanon’s most influential Sunni politician and a close ally of Saudi Arabia.
Youths loyal to the rival sides pelted each other with stones in Mazraa, one of the Beirut districts where sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shi’ites have been high.
The army, mostly regarded as neutral during the crisis, deployed in force but did not attempt to remove the barricades.
Government minister Marwan Hamadeh said Hezbollah, a political group with a powerful guerrilla army, was using “military means” to block the airport. The blockade trapped some 300 passengers arriving at the airport.
Tension between the government and Hezbollah escalated sharply on Tuesday when the cabinet said the group’s communication network was “an attack on the sovereignty of the state”. Hezbollah said it was part of its security apparatus and played a major role in its war with Israel in 2006.
Hezbollah was also infuriated by government allegations it was spying on the airport and the cabinet’s decision to remove the head of airport security, a figure close to the opposition, from his post.
“ARMED AND ANGRY”
Provoked by the government’s moves, Hezbollah was “flexing its muscles” in the streets, said Oussama Safa, director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies.
“The heat has been turned up. But it’s probably not going to unfold into war. A confrontation is not winnable,” he said.
“Things could get very ugly, but I don’t think they will spread out of hand,” said Paul Salem, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. “Everyone is armed and angry.”
Hezbollah was the only Lebanese faction allowed to keep its weapons after
the civil war to fight Israeli forces occupying the south.
Israel withdrew in 2000 and the fate of Hezbollah’s weapons is at the heart of the political crisis.
Hezbollah has deemed Siniora’s cabinet illegitimate since its Shi’ite ministers resigned in 2006. The governing coalition has refused to yield to the opposition’s demand for effective veto power in cabinet. The crisis has paralysed much of government and left Lebanon without a president for five months.
Air traffic was suspended for six hours on Wednesday because of a strike by staff taking part in labour union action to demand more pay. The opposition had urged its supporters to back the strike.
(Additional reporting by Nadim Ladki and Yara Bayoumy)
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