It Will Take the Power of God
To Temporarily Unite the Ten Toes
In Daniel two for a prophecy Fulfillment,
Which I am persuaded is very likely to Begin
At a point in time somewhere twixt 2010 & 2015,
Which will be marked by a replacement of Arab Rulers
From among those the article classifies as Arab Nationalists!
I believe 3 of the rulers will be from Jordan, Egypt, & Saudi Arabia!
January 25, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Barry Rubin and Carolyn Glick are my favorite writers in the Middle East, since I rarely find any thing they write with which I disagree. Their religious beliefs are quite different from mine, but their analysis of Middle East situations and events do always seem to parallel mine. I certainly agree with Barry Rubin’s assessment of the Arab nationalist versus Islamist scenario. From now until Armageddon we will see many Arab nationalist rulers replaced by coup and assassination. Once Islamic Jihad forces begin a major Middle East war with Israel, many Arab nationalists will head for sanctuaries in non-Muslim countries, taking as much of their loot along as possible, since those who had a friendship, relationship, or peace treaty with Israel, the United States, or other branded Western nation, will be cooked gooses. But some of them will repent of their sins against Allah before war begins, and hook up with Iran and Syria in battle against the Israelis as a case of self preservation.
The spirit of Antichrist declares freely that Jesus Christ is not the Son of their God!
I John 2:22,23 – Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. [23] Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
The Spirit of Islamist Jihad is the End Time Fullness of the Spirit of Antichrist!
It is now reaching maturity in the Islamic terrorist movement that is affecting all Islam, and it is searing and sealing the consciences of many being drawn into it by the spirit of antichrist. It will reach full maturity among the populations of 10 Arab nations, whose kings will lend their powe
r and strength to the antichrist, who will be the leader of this last day coalition of hate for Jews and Gentile infidels. The 10 toes of Daniel 2 are the same as the 10 horns of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 and 17.
Revelation 17:12,13,17 – 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. [17] For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
Extreme Islamic fundamentalism, now occurring and growing across the earth, is the religious fever behind the disease within the movement, and it is the exposed spirit of antichrist, which was prophesied to be fully visible in the last days.
It is this final spirit of antichrist that is uniting the Arab world in a growing belief they can pull the tails of world powers, causing them to gradually adapt a hands off policy concerning Israel, thereby isolating her from any great amount of outside military assistance, and setting the stage for a spirit led Jihad to come against her from a confederation of Middle East nations. It is the spirit of antichrist in the success of the Jihad movement in the Middle East that is, and will, unite the 10 toes of the great statue in Daniel 2:42-44.
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. [
The Arab nations have mingled themselves with the seeds of men not descended from Abraham, Gentile seeds, and have never been able to hold themselves together long enough militarily to defeat modern day Israel. But the spirit of Jihad is now drawing them together in a common bond – the destruction of the sons of Israel. And it will hold them together long enough to temporarily defeat Israel and drive her into the Negev Wilderness, where she will remain for 1260 days or “a time and times and the dividing of time.”
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.
The 10 horns of Revelation 13 and 17 are the same as Daniel’s 10 toes in chapter 2 and the 10 horns in chapter 7.
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.
The Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815 with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo and the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Before the rise of Napoleon in 1803, I only found a single book that had the antichrist coming out of Europe, other than those reformation writers that identified him as a Pope of Rome. I AM NOT saying that other books do not exist. In fact, I rather suspect that several do exist, but I could not locate them. The books that I encountered brought the antichrist out of the old Syrian Empire, which was one of the four divisions made when the vast
Empire of Alexander the Great was partitioned. The majority made the false prophet of Revelation 13:12 represent the Pope of Rome. It was also apparent to some that the antichrist’s empire was connected with Islam because of a conquest of the entire Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) by their forces in the eighth century.
And the fact Islam was not driven out completely until 1492, when Christian forces drove them out, made it easy for the people of 1803 to believe the antichrist would come out of the old Syrian Empire which was, at that time, and is even to the present day, of the Islamic faith. This natural fear across Europe of an Islamic antichrist, where most of the books were being published following 1455, is easy to understand. In addition to the Iberian penetration into Europe, part of which was still in place in 1455, there was an Islamic invasion of Europe going on when books began to be printed. In 1453 Constantinople fell to the great Muhammad II. The followers of Islam continued to drive into southeastern Europe under Suleyman I, and reached the gates of Vienna in 1529. During the 1700’s and 1800’s their decaying Ottoman empire fought against Russia, and Greece won its independence.
So how did the focus shift to Europe as the designated place of the antichrist’s rise to power? When the old Islamic Ottoman Empire let the Young Turk movement lead them to join with Germany in World War I, and were soundly defeated along with Germany, in a war dominated by great battles in Europe, then the antichrist watchers begin to look toward Europe. But most Bible teachers continued to bring the antichrist out of the old Syrian (Seleucid) Dynasty until World War II.
The rise of Hitler in Europe, and Mussolini in Italy, gave rise to many new books saying that the antichrist would rise out of Europe, and the false prophet would be the Pope of Rome. Millions of books were thrown in trashcans when the Axis powers were crushed to powder. But because two great wars had engulfed mankind in chaos, and both involved Germany and Italy, the fear of a third German uprising made what happened next inevitable.
The end of World War II left Europe in shambles, so the Marshal Plan was implemented to assure their economic growth. Six nations decided to link together to promote a more rapid economic growth. In 1957, the countries of West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg signed the Treaty of Rome, and the European Common Market officially came into existence. It was a foregone conclusion that they would grow in number and reach 10 in a short period of time. It was at this time that a very well known book was written about them. It was probably one of the first books in religious book history written by a dynamic writer with a very readable style, and an exciting manner of expression. Up until World War II religious books were written by old stick-in-the-mud writers like me, whose style of writing was designed to persuade their peers, rather than to gain the attention of the masses. But this well known book sold like wildfire, weaving its way into countless numbers of Sunday school classes, and into millions of sermons proclaimed from pulpits across the world. Today’s younger generation of preachers have no idea what a fantastic impact the book had on prophetic teachings. The writer indicated the European Common Market, or as it came to be called, “The Six,” would grow to 10 in number and, when this happened, the antichrist would arise in Europe and gradually take control of the entire world, as we know it today. He taught that these 10 European Common nations were the 10 toes of Daniel’s great statue, the 10 horns of Daniel’s fourth beast, and the 10 horns on each of John’s two beasts in the book of Revelation.
Well, if that was the correct interpretation, then at the present time the statue has 25 toes, and each of the three beasts has 25 horns.
We were also told that West Germany was a part of the old Roman Empire. Not even a bad historian will tell you that. In fact Germanic tribes eventually conquered Rome.
Because of the rise in power of the Soviet Union at the same time “The Six” were gaining prophetic attention, so we were given a revised interpretation of the word “chief” in Ezekiel 38:2,3 and 39:1. We were advised it meant “Russian,” and that “Gog” would be a Russian prince.
There is no way under heaven the Hebrew word “rosh,” translated as “chief” in Ezekiel, could legitimately mean “Russian.” Because this Hebrew word, when uttered, has the “R” sound of “Russia,” it was used as proof that it meant Gog would be a Russian prince. That is absurd.
You might as well say that since the “A” in Artic proves Gog will come from his place out of the north, and that this distant northern place is the North Pole where Santa Claus lives. I agree that Magog is most likely what we call Russia today, but in all three of the previously listed Scriptures it clearly states that Gog is “the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” The primary cluster of the descendants of Meshech and Tubal, when Ezekiel wrote, was centered in what we call Lebanon and Syria today. I made my case concerning the word “rosh” and the location of Meshech and Tubal in Prophecy Updates 27, 28, and 29. Before the Civil War most expositors taught that there was only one war in the last days of this present age, the war of Gog and Magog, which was to last for 3 and ½ years and end with the final battle of this age, the battle of Armageddon. However, in order to justify the antichrist coming out of Europe, another war was added out of which he was supposed to arise BEFORE the tribulation period. Please forgive this diversion. I will now return to the European events that gradually led to what most expositors now teach, that is, that the antichrist will come out of Europe.
Napoleon was supposed to the antichrist. Kaiser Wilhelm II was supposed to be the antichrist. Hitler was supposed to be the antichrist. Stalin was supposed to be the antichrist. But I do not believe we should ever have changed the teaching he was to come out of the area that we identify as Lebanon and Syria.
The Napoleonic Wars across Europe introduced modern man to new killing machines for battlefield destruction. World War I accelerated the process, and mass destruction by many more new destructive inventions produced even more widespread battlefield destruction, also allowing the destruction to begin to spread away from the local battlefields to civilian populations. World War II produced a fantastic arsenal of machines and weapons that terrorized on both land and sea, producing the massive worldwide destruction so well documented on TV. So, it was only natural that, after the Napoleonic Wars, there would be a gradual change in Biblical teaching as to HOW the Biblical prophecies of horrific events would be fulfilled in the tribulation period.
Before 1803 prophetic expositors taught that the events of the tribulation period were God’s unleashing of his power in the form of natural catastrophes in the earth and the heavens.
I am convinced they were right. This viewpoint persisted as the majority teaching until World War II. But after the first two drops of A-bombs, it rapidly became a minority viewpoint, and prophetic teaching of the destruction was matched to the new, and still developing, killing technology and scientific expertise of man.
I also believe prophetic expositors have make a great mistake in expanding the antichrist’s empire since it was first described in the book of Daniel (See Special Prophecy Update Number 73A). As men spread north, south, east, and west across the earth, we expanded the size of the antichrist’s empire to the world we know today. Did God intend for us to do that? Possibly, but I seriously doubt it. I do not believe it will be much larger than territory taken by the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans in the age of their maximum expansions.
In very recent times a series of new fictional books have arrived on the scene, and many more will follow. The 10 most popular of them, by the time you read this prophecy update, will have had more than 36 million copies taken off the shelves, and will continue to sell like hotcakes. The market is being flooded with them, and new follow up series will soon inundate it. All have teachings contrary to those prior to the Napoleonic Wars. They have a 7-year tribulation period, the first part being a 3 and ½ time of peace, and the second 3 and ½ year period filled with tribulation. They all have the saved caught up to be with the Lord when the 7-year period begins, thereby escaping any part of the tribulation period.
I must confess that I don’t have any surveys to back up what I am going to say next. So make your own guess on the answer to this question. How many saved men and wo
men on this earth believe they will be taken out before tribulation begins? My guess is more than 90 percent of them. If that turns out to be incorrect, then it may help to understand the two scriptures that follow.
Bearing in mind that the Koine Greek word translated “fables” is “muthous,” which means “fictional tales,” and that most of this last generation is convinced he is coming the hour the 7-week tribulation period begins, please consider the verses that follow.
II Timothy 4:3,4 – For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; [4] And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Is that the case? I DON’T KNOW! I know I am saved, so I know I will be taken if He comes 7 years before the battle of Armageddon. If He comes during the tribulation period I know I will be taken. If He comes at the end of the tribulation period I know I will be taken. The most important thing for me, as a believer, is to be living for Him from now until He comes. We will be giving our opinions on when He will come right up until He comes, but IT IS NOT AN OPINION that HE IS COMING, and that we should be living for Him FROM NOW UNTIL HE COMES.
Begin Excerpt from The Australian via World News
The real Mid-East conflict is between Arab nationalists and Islamists
Barry Rubin, Jerusalem
January 16, 2009
Article from: The Australian
IN Iran, elements from within the regime are reportedly offering a $US1 million ($1.5 million) reward for the assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak because of his opposition to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In Lebanon, the leader of Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, merely calls for the Egyptian Government’s overthrow.
In response to this, the editor-in-chief of the Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Tariq Alhomayed, describes Hamas as Tehran’s tool and argues: “Iran is a real threat to Arab security.”
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit agrees, and he is not alone. When Arab states met to discuss the Gaza crisis, Saudi Arabia vetoed any action. Even the Palestinian Authority blames Hamas for the fighting.
Activists in Hamas’s Palestinian rival Fatah, which runs the authority, make no secret of their hope that Hamas loses the war.
Welcome to the new Middle East, characterised not just by the Arab-Israeli conflict, but by Arab nationalists versus Islamists.
Recognising this reality, the Palestinian Authority and virtually all the Arab countries other than Iran’s ally Syria, want to see Hamas defeated in the Gaza Strip.
Given their strong interest in thwarting Islamist revolutionary groups, especially those aligned with Iran, the Arab states are not inclined to listen to the “Arab street”, which is far quieter than it was during previous conflicts, such as the 1991 war in Kuwait, the 2000-04 Palestinian uprising or the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
Today’s Middle East is very different from the old one in many significant ways.
First, the internal politics of every Arab country revolves around a battle between Arab nationalist rulers and a radical Islamist opposition.
In other words, Hamas’s allies are the regimes’s enemies.
An Islamist state in the Gaza Strip would encourage those who seek to create similar entities in Egypt, Jordan and every other Arab country.
A tremendous price has been paid in lives and treasure for this nationalist-Islamist conflict.
The violence has included civil wars among the Palestinians and Algerians, massive bloodshed in Iraq and terrorist campaigns in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
In the Palestinian case, after winning an election victory and making a deal with Fatah for a coalition government, Hamas turned on its nationalist rivals and drove them out of Gaza by force.
In return, the Palestinian Authority has been repressing Hamas in the West Bank.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah has been trying to bully its more moderate Sunni Muslim, Christian and Druze rivals into submission.
And because the Arab states confront an Iran-Syria alliance that includes Hamas and Hezbollah, in addition to the internal conflicts there is a regional battle between these two blocs.
A major aspect of this power-struggle is that the largely Sunni Muslim-led states face a largely Shia Muslim-led competitor for regional hegemony.
These two struggles pose far greater dangers to the existing states than does any (largely fabricated) Israeli threat, and the region’s rulers know it.
On the other side of the divide, Iran and its allies have put forward the banners of jihad and “resistance” to the US and Israel.
Their platform includes Islamist revolutions in every country; Iran as the region’s dominant state, backed up by nuclear weapons; no peace with Israel, and no Palestinian state until there can be an Islamist one encompassing all of Israel as well as the West Bank and Gaza Strip; and above all the expulsion of Western influence from the region.
This is a highly ambitious program and probably impossible to achieve. Nevertheless, it is a prescription for endless terrorism and war.
Both pro-Iranian and anti-Iranian Islamists believe that because God is on their side and their enemies are cowardly, they will win — and they are quite prepared to spend the next half-century trying to prove it.
Although this seems to be a pessimistic assessment of the regional situation, the radical Islamist side has many weaknesses.
Launching losing wars may make Islamists feel good, but being defeated is a costly proposition, because their arrogance and belligerence antagonises many who might otherwise be won over to their cause.
And the situation provides a good opportunity for Western policy makers.
The emphasis should be on building coalitions among the relatively moderate Arab states threatened by radical Islamist forces, and on working hard to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, a goal that is in the interests of many in the region.
The worst mistake would be to follow the opposite policy, making an inevitably futile effort to appease the extremists or seek to moderate them.
Such a campaign actually disheartens the relative moderates who, feeling sold out, will try to cut their own deal with Tehran.
The crisis in Gaza is only one aspect of the much wider battle shaking the region.
Helping Hamas would empower radical Islamism and Iranian ambitions, and undercut the Palestinian Authority and everyone else, not just Israel.
Arab states don’t want to help their worst enemy, so why should anyone else?
Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs Centre and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs Project Syndicate
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more detailed information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml.
You may use material originated by this site.
However, if you wish to use any quoted copyrighted material from this site, which did not originate at this site, for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner from which we extracted it.