PREVIEW OF REVELATION ATTRACTIONS!
September 6, 2005
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John 11:53,54 – Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. [54] Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
This city called Ephraim is known as Taiba,
and is the only West Bank village that is entirely inhabited by Catholics. It lies just east of the city
of Ramallah, where Yassar Arafat was positioned for so long before his demise. In Arabic, according to the article which follows, Taiba means “nice and kind.”
I strongly suspect what you will read about in the Jerusalem Post article that follows, is a preview of what will happen to Catholic churches across the Islamic territories during the last few years in the tribulation period. At the time that John wrote the book of Revelation, the great city of Rome ruled the known world, and John identified it as the city representing the woman.
Revelation 17:1-3,15,16 – And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: [2] With whom the kings of
the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. [3] So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. [15] And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. [16] And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
[18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
BEGIN JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE
MUSLIMS RAMSACK CHRISTIAN VILLAGE
By Khaled Abu Toameh, THE JERUSALEM POST
September 5, 2005
Efforts were under way on Sunday to calm the situation in this Christian village east of Ramallah after an attack by hundreds of Muslim men from nearby villages left many houses and vehicles torched.
The incident began on Saturday night and lasted until early Sunday, when Palestinian Authority security forces interfered to disperse the attackers. Residents said several houses were looted and many families were forced to flee to Ramallah and other Christian villages, although no one was injured.
The attack on the village of 1,500 was triggered by the murder
of a Muslim woman from the nearby village of Deir Jarir earlier this week. The 30-year-old woman, according to PA security sources, was apparently murdered by members of her family for having had a romance with a Christian man from Taiba.
“When her family discovered that she had been involved in a forbidden relationship with a Christian, they apparently forced her to drink poison,” said one source. “Then they buried her without reporting her death to the relevant authorities.”
When the PA security forces decided to launch an investigation into the woman’s death, her family protested for fear that the relationship would be exposed. The family was further infuriated by the decision to exhume the body for autopsy.
The attack is one of the worst against Christians in the West Bank in many years. Residents said it took the PA security forces several hours to reach Taiba. Others complained that the IDF, which is in charge of overall security in the area, did not answer their desperate calls for immediate help.
“More than 500 Muslim men, chanting Allahu akbar [God is great], attacked us at night,” said a Taiba resident.
“They poured kerosene on many buildings and set them on fire.
Many of the attackers broke into houses and stole furniture, jewelry and electrical appliances.”
With the exception of large numbers of PA policemen, the streets of Taiba were completely deserted on Sunday as the residents remained indoors. Many torched cars littered the streets.
At least 16 houses had been gutted by fire and the assailants also destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary.
“It was like a war, they arrived in groups, and many of them were holding clubs,” said another resident.
“Some people saw them carrying weapons.
They first attacked houses belonging to the Khoury family [looking for the man who had the affair with the women, not realizing he had already fled the village.] Then they went to their relatives. They entered the houses and destroyed everything there. Then they tried to enter the local beer factory, but were repelled by PA security agents.
The fire engine arrived five hours later.”
Col. Tayseer Mansour, commander of the PA police in the Ramallah area, said his men arrived late because of the need to coordinate their movements with the IDF. “The delay resulted in the torching of a number of houses and cars in the village,” he said.
Taiba, the only West Bank village that is completely inhabited by Christians, is famous for its Taiba Beer factory, which was established by the Khoury family in 1994.
The residents are Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox or Greek Catholic.
The village was originally called Ephraim, and is thought to be the city to which Jesus came with his disciples before his crucifixion: “Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim” (John 11:54).
According to some accounts, Salah a-Din, who led the war against the Crusaders, was responsible for the name change. He is said to have found the villagers there to be nice and kind – in Arabic, taybeen – and the name stuck, to become Taiba.
END JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE
To the Arabs, all non-Islamics are looked upon as Crusaders today. It is true especially of those in their land from the western world.
They are waiting for another Salah a-Din to arise and drive all non-Islamics from their world in a great Jihad. I do not think they have long to wait.