The Counterfeit Saber Rattling is Settling Down,
And the Drums of War are Now Stroked Lightly,
As I said in my previous blogs: No War in 2010!
But a Middle East War Will Begin Prior to 2015!
Iran, Syria, and Turkey Will Not rush their Plans.
They Will Plan Carefully for Their Counterattack,
Before they lure Israel across Lebanon’s Border,
And Will Make Sure they have ALL the Logistics,
And troops necessary to push Israelis in Negev,
After They Overrun the Great City of Jerusalem!
But Name of the Game NOW is Bonding AS ONE
Across open trade borders to prepare for a Jihad
United against the biblical enemy– Sons of Jacob!
They Won’t Attack Israel Until their bond is Solid!
When the bonding of Clay and Iron is Completed
Islam will attack, But the bond Will be Destroyed
By God some three and one-half years Thereafter
When Messiah returns and brings in his Kingdom!
June 12, 2010
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Daniel 2:41-44 – And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay,
and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
[42] 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.
Some three and one-half years before the final battle of Armageddon, which closes the tribulation period, ten kings of nations out of the territory once occupied by the ancient Roman Empire will attack Israel from the north.
Daniel 2:42 – 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.
II Thessalonians 2:3 – Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
The last evil kingdom of antichrist on this earth was to initially be comprised of 10 nations with 10 kings led by the man of sin himself. It was to arise out of the ashes of the old Roman Empire. I have always believed it would rise out of the southern half of the Empire and be made up of 10 Arab nations. I believe the elements for its formation are in place today, and I suspect that the most likely Arab nations of which it will be comprised are Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Some of these nations are strong like iron, and some are as soft and pliable as clay.
I do not question that in the final battle of Armageddon the descendants of Ham, Shem, and Japheth will be combatants against the nation of Israel. But I have always contended, along with the Bible expositors of the 18th and 19th centuries, that the antichrist’s initial attack would be led by Arab descendants of Abraham. They are the mingled seed of his oldest son Ishmael with the seed of the six sons he sired by Keturah, as well as some of the other offspring of his own father Terah. The empire of the antichrist will be an Islamic empire that eventually takes into it other old world nations. And, in the final great battle of Armageddon, all those nations that made up the world as it was known in A.D. 95 will come against Israel, such that Japheth, Ham, and Shem’s descendants will also be involved.
Daniel 2:41-43 – And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] 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.
The 10 toes will consist primarily of Terah’s descendants. Abraham came out of Terah.
Out of Abraham came the leaders of the three great monotheistic faiths associated with Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad.
And they have always been in conflict. (See Archive Update 78 Diagram)
The inspired word in Daniel 2:43, from which the word “mingled” comes, is ARAB, which means “to interlace or mix.” The “seed of men” refers to non-descendants of the man Abraham, from which both Jews and Arabs descended. “They” refers to the 10 toes of Daniel’s statue in Daniel 2:42, which have 10 kings over them. Isaac, the father of Israel, had seven half brothers – Ishmael from Hagar and the six sons of Keturah. It was from these seven half brothers that the Arab world has been primarily created. The descendants of Israel have been more likely to marry within the blood line of the man Israel than
have the Arabs to marry within their separate bloodlines of Hagar and Keturah, and the Arabs have also intermingled with non-descendants of Abraham more than have the Jews.
Daniel 2:43 – 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.
Just as iron and clay do not hold together very long, the 10 Arab nations will only hold together long enough to fulfill God’s end time tribulation period prophecies. The saved will be caught up on the sounding of the seventh trump to be judged in heaven, and the kingdom of God will all be united in heaven, waiting to return to earth with Christ at his Second Advent.
Revelation 11:15 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Daniel 2:44 – 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 God of heaven will call all the saved of all the ages together in heaven during the “days of these kings,” and will initially “set up” his kingdom, from whence he will return to earth with it as its head, after the saved have been judged in heaven. Christ’s coming kingdom will “break in pieces and consume all the kingdoms” of the present world, and his kingdom alone will rule.
Revelation 11:15-18 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. [16] And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, [17] Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. [18] And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Christ, the stone, came from the mountain representing God, without any human instrumentation, but by God’s Spirit forming his body in a virgin’s womb. Christ will return to destroy those morally destroying the earth. All of the evil that came out of the Babylonian, Medo- Persian, Macedonian, and Roman Empires will be laid waste by his Second Advent.
Daniel 2:45 – Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
The Scriptures which follow describe the coming of the great Stone, the great Rock, coming with his kingdom.
Revelation 19:11-18 – And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
[12] His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. [13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. [14] And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. [15] And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. [16] And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. [17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; [18] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both sm
all and great.
Daniel 2:44 – 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.
Revelation 19:19,20 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
[20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 16:15,16 – Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. [16] And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Jude 23 – And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Revelation 3:2-4 – Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. [3] Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. [4] Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 19:7-9 – Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. [8] And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. [9] And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Micah 4:7 – And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Begin Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM POST
‘No sign of war with Hizbullah soon’
By YAAKOV KATZ
06/11/2010
Exclusive: UNIFIL chief says situation in Lebanon far more stable now.
UNIFIL has not found any evidence of Hizbullah military activity and smuggling or the presence of guerilla fighters in its area of operations in Southern Lebanon, the commander of the multinational peacekeeping force, Maj.-Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas, has told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive first interview to the Israeli press.
He said the situation in Lebanon today was far more stable than it was before war broke out in July 2006 and that, contrary to some predictions in Israel, there was no reason to be concerned that war would break out between Israel and Hizbullah this summer.
Cuevas, from Spain, took up the UNIFIL command in late January after serving as adviser to the Spanish chief of staff. Prior to that he served as commander of UNIFIL’s eastern sector for about six months until April 2009.
“UNIFIL is focused on specific tasks under its mandate, which relates to a specific area south of the Litani River,” Cuevas told the Post ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Second Lebanon War.
“From that perspective, the most important thing is that our area of operations is not utilized for any hostile activity, there are no breaches of the cessation of hostilities, and there are no illegal armed personnel in this area. We have not found evidence of any new military infrastructure or any armed or guerrilla group in this area.”
Cuevas’s assessment comes in direct contradiction to IDF claims that Hizbullah is widely deployed in Lebanon and has dramatically bolstered its military infrastructure since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, primarily within the 160 villages in Southern Lebanon.
But Cuevas said that UNIFIL had not come across Hizbullah positions or fighters, or even evidence that the military organization was smuggling weaponry from northern Lebanon into the south and across the Litani River. UNIFIL, he said, conducted about 10,000 patrols throughout its area of operations every month in addition to the 100 permanent checkpoints that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) maintains throughout the area.
“UNIFIL and the LAF also maintain six co-located checkpoints along the Litani crossings and have in place other measures to prevent smuggling of weapons and entry of armed elements. Until now there is no evidence of smuggling across the Litani,” he said.
Asked specifically about Israeli claims that Syria has transferred long-range missiles to Hizbullah, such as Scuds and M-600s, Cuevas said that UNIFIL had not come across any such evidence.
At the same time, Cuevas mentioned the explosion last July of a Hizbullah arms cache inside a home in the village of Hirbet Sleim, as well as the interception in December of a group of individuals, likely from Hizbullah, who were transporting 250 kilograms of explosives.
“All these instances show that implementation of this task is a long-term endeavor, and underlines the need for UNIFIL and LAF to remain focused on further enhancing security control in the area. We take this matter with utmost seriousness,” he said.
Ultimately, Cuevas said that while the situation in Lebanon today was far more stable than before the war in 2006, it would remain precarious until a political process began that would install a permanent cease-fire between the sides.
“What is important now is that the cessation of hostilities is taken further and solidified by a permanent cease-fire that Resolution 1701 envisages. This has to be achieved through a political process, which is outside the remit of UNIFIL, but UNIFIL provides a strong foundation for it,” he said.
Cuevas also called Israel’s continued flights over Lebanon a clear violation of Resolution 1701 and Lebanese sovereignty.
“The UN continues to urge Israel to end the overflights, and this point was made once again by the UN Secretary-General during his meeting last February with Defense Minister Ehud Barak,” he said. “The daily air violations not only exacerbate local apprehensions, but also undermine the overall credibility of UNIFIL and the LAF.”
Begin Excerpt from the Lebanese Daily Star via World News
Turkey looks to create free trade zone with Arabs
By Osama Habib
Daily Star staff
Friday, June 11, 2010
ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Thursday that both Lebanon and Turkey are endeavoring to create an economic trade zone along with Syria and Jordan to allow people, goods and services to move freely and without charging tariffs and fees.
“Look at Turkey and Syria now. Both countries signed a free trade agreement and as a result people and goods move along the borders without any barriers. It is time that Lebanon and other Arab states create a trade zone,” Erdogan told hundreds of participants who gathered to attend the 5th Turkish-Arab Economic Forum in Istanbul which was organized by Al-Iktissad wa Alamal Group.
Some of the officials told The Daily Star that the free trade agreement between Lebanon and Turkey may be signed during Erdogan’s visit to Lebanon in few months.
They added that Lebanon and Turkey will benefit from a free trade agreement as prices of commodities will fall drastically.
Hariri said the course Turkey and the Arab states took would lead to economic prosperity for both sides.
“We in Lebanon are seeking to bolster Lebanese-Turkish ties in all fields with special emphasis on the economy. I have signed several successful trade agreements with Turkey during my last visit to Istanbul. The most important was an agreement to cancel all types of visas between both countries.
The other important impact for this agreement was the rise in the number of Turkish visitors to Lebanon in the past few months,” Hariri said.
Hariri added that he is looking forward to Erdogan’s visit to Lebanon in October this year, when several agreements are expected to be signed between both countries.
He added that the improvement of ties between the Lebanese and Turkish private sectors is also very crucial for both countries.
“Lebanon now enjoys tremendous stability thanks to the national unity government which groups all parties in the country. We want this national unity Cabinet to carry out its duties and revitalize the economy. We are all committed to the ministerial statement and especially what concerns reforms,” the prime minister said.
Hariri also denounced the Israeli attack against the fleet of ships that was trying to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, adding that once again Tel Aviv had violated international laws.
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