A Preview of Coming Attractions
July 12, 2006
The Special Blog we issued this morning will give you the latest details on the current northern Israeli border episode from two of Israel’s newspapers. Rest assured that Hizbollah’s actions were known by Iran and Syria in advance.
I do not believe this current episode occurring between the Hizbollah terrorist Army and Israel along the southern Lebanese will produce the Jihad I have discussed for many years against Israel. But I have made clear in numerous Archive Prophecy Updates and Blog for more than four years, I do believe it is this same type of scenario that is going to be used by Hezbollah and Syria
to justify the Jihad when it eventually does occur.
The current situation along the southern border of Lebanon is certainly not unexpected. The Hizbollah has made numerous attempts over the past several years to kidnap Israeli soldiers.
Finally, they have been able to pull it off. I titled this Blog as “Preview of Coming Attractions,” because I have repeatedly stated my belief this type of scenario will be used as justification to trigger a Jihad against Israel by 10 Arab nations. It is my guesstimate that the most likely time of this attack will be at a point in time between 2008 and 2012.
Please read Archive Prophecy Update 74D, which we issued more than four years ago, and which follows. I also implore you to read what I have written following it.
SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 74D
July 3, 2002
THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTIFICATION BLAME GAME!
WE DID IT BECAUSE THEY ATTACKED US FIRST!
The age of so-called civilized warfare really began in the era of the Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815. And, with the passage of time, it has become increasingly important for the two countries involved in a conflict to convince the rest of the world the other is the culprit who started the conflict. Every time Hitler, in his early conquests, marched his troops into countries to take them over in bloodless battles, he always had an excuse to justify his attacks. Finally, when he came to his planned conquest of the Poles, he could not really find what even remotely seemed like a justifiable reason.
So he manufactured one.
He had his own SS troops dress up in Polish uniforms and attack a German border outpost.
Then the SS put dead Polish bodies in the immediate vicinity of the outpost and had photographers and reporters in to verify their story.
Using this farce as justification for his actions, he attacked Poland in September of 1939, and World War II began.
Some interesting developments, involving Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and the terrorist groups, particularly Hizbollah, have been occurring along the northern border of Israel with Lebanon. I do not believe what I am now observing in that area will lead to an immediate war, but I suspect it may well do so in the not too distant future.
And, if I am correct in my assumptions, it could give Syria justification for attacking Israel in the eyes of most of the international world.
President Bush has demanded that Syria cut it’s backing for the Hizbollah terrorists that operate along the southern border of Lebanon, and
that it expel the other Palestinian terrorist groups it currently has operating out of Syria. Damascus now hosts 10 Palestinian terrorist groups, which include the extremist groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. In response to the demands of President Bush, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said: “Syria supports the Lebanese national resistance, including Hizbollah, in resisting Israeli occupation and liberating land.” Concerning the demand that the other terrorist groups in Syria be removed, he said: “Their work is limited to political and media activities, and their offices in Damascus provide political representation to the 400,000 Palestinians who look to attain their rights and return to their land.” Israel has repeatedly warned Syria that if Hizbollah continued its border attacks on Israeli civilians and troops on its northern border, they would start hitting targets in Syria in retaliation. Bashar has responded by saying that Syria would defend itself against any Israeli action. He said: “If the Israeli government involves itself in waging aggression on the territory of Syria, then Syria will defend itself.”
So far Israel’s policy against recent Hizbollah attacks has shown remarkable restraint, probably because of not wanting to open a second front of conflict to the one they now have going in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Even though seven Israeli soldiers were killed by a Hizbollah terrorist team that penetrated the border fence, Israel has held back from violent retaliation. And now Bashar al-Assad has joined with Iran to provide heavier rockets for the Hizbollah arsenal of terror. Israeli officials have watched Hizbollah deploy thousands of new missiles and rockets that are aimed at Israeli civilian population centers.
Once Israel has completed its long buffer zone fence around the West Bank, and beefed up the one it already has around the Gaza Strip, it will become confident it has finally achieved the impossible, it will say it has “peace and safety.” And all the time that it was tied up internally in so doing, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon will have been slowly slipping troops in position for a lightning Jihad from the north.
Israel’s preoccupation with its internal safety is going to cause them to slack off in their gaze on what is going on externally.
During the time that Alexander’s great empire had been divided into four sections, the Syrian section (Seleucid) held Israel some of the time, and the Egyptian section (Ptolemy) held it when they took it from the Syrians. Israel was at times a part of the Egyptian section, at times a part of the Syrian section, and at times a part of both. Daniel lists a very long series of battles between the king of the north (Syria) and the king of the South (Egypt). Most of Daniel’s prophecies about these two kingdoms were fulfilled by their many kings from Daniel 11:4 through 35, but there remains one war yet to be fulfilled, and I believe it is the aforementioned Jihad that begins in Daniel 11:40. Since Israel was once part of the section occupied by Ptolemy, I am persuaded that Israel is the king of the south and Syria is the king of the north in Daniel 11:40-45.
I suspect that after Israel has lulled itself into a false sense of peace and safety by it’s military might, it will have gained even more confidence in its great ability to take care of any Islamic intrusion. It may well be that Syria will get Hizbollah to kick up a storm of activity along the northern border by launching a massive missile and rocket attack across the border into the populations of northern Israel. Syria will do this knowing that Israel will cross the border into Lebanon and hit Syrian targets from the air. But this time Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran will be waiting for it, and six other Islamic nations will be poised to supply logistical support. The Islamic nations can cry out while they head south: “We were attacked first, we are justified in this response to the Israeli invasion of our sovereign territory.” This will cause a hesitation by the western world at first and, by the time it wakes up, Jerusalem will have fallen, and Israel will be fleeing into the Negev.
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
[4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Daniel 11:40 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
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.
First comes a time when Israel actually believes it can maintain “peace and safety.” Then a time of false “peace and safety” sets in for a brief period. Then a border incident!
Then a response! Then a Jihad, and the last 1260 days of the tribulation period are under way.
End Archive Prophecy Update Number 74D
Many believers are sticking their heads in the sand, believing they have plenty of time before the tribulation period begins.
They believe there is plenty of time left because, after all, the current European situation is not conducive to the appearance of the antichrist there in the immediate future. And surely it will take time for him to take control over the entire surface of the earth as we know it today. So while they do believe that one day an antichrist will eventually arise in Europe, it has to be an event that will perhaps occur in their grandchildren’s lives. And, even if it occurs in their lifetime, there still isn’t a problem, because they will be whisked away at the rapture just before, or as, antichrist appears. And, they say, well, even if we are wrong, and the rapture does not occur until the end of a three and one half year peace, at least we won’t be here when the Revelation seals and trumpets occur. To those of you who fall into one, or perhaps all, of these categories, I say this: you had better hope all the preachers before 1740 were wrong.
I implore you to read Special Prophecy Update 233A in our Prophecy Update Archives. You may not agree with it, but I assure you that you will know why I am adding this last paragraph on this Blog.