Islamic Plucking of a Lebanese Chicken!
December 1, 2006
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There seems to be little doubt that Syria and Lebanon, using Hizbollah and their own infiltrated intelligence units, are determined by hook or crook to pluck up
the Lebanese government leaders by their roots. The two articles, one from the Jerusalem Post, and the other from YNet News, indicate that by so-called peaceful or violent means they plan to eventually get the job done.
Daniel 7:24 – 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. (See Archive Prophecy Update Number 234A).
I have long taught Lebanon would be one of the 10 horns that rose from the south part of the Daniel 7 fourth beast, namely the ancient Roman Empire. The current frantic activity by Iran, Syria, and Lebanon based Hizbollah, is certainly an attempt to subdue its current leader (king) and his elected government. I do not know the Antichrist’s identity, but have always taught he was most likely to come out of Syria or Lebanon. Whoever he is, I believe he will be directly involved in the major Jihad attack that I guesstimate is likely to occur at some point in time between 2008 and 2012. It is my opinion, repeat, opinion that the three kings (rulers) which will be subdued are likely to come from among these four – Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, or Egypt. If I am correct in my guesstimate, the Antichrist will arise in the Middle East before 2012.
Iran and Syria are determined to build a power chain link around Israel from the capital city toes of Lebanon (clay) to Syria (iron) to Iraq (clay) to Iran (iron). These four toes will be more directly involved in the initial onslaught against Israel than any of the other six toes.
This 10 toed kingdom of kings will be replaced by the Kingdom of Christ after the final battle of Armageddon, which will occur three and one-half years after their initial attack against Israel.
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. (See Archive Prophecy Update Number 233B)
It is somewhat ironic that the Islamic teachings on their version of the Dajjal (Antichrist), indicate he will arise from the area between ancient Damascus (Shaam) and Iraq, which is along the iron and clay link Iran and Syria are attempting to build. (See Wednesday Afternoon Blog).
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Nasrallah: Government has proven Its Incompetence
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
November 30, 2006
The leader of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Thursday that Lebanon’s Western-backed government had failed and he called for peaceful protests to force it to resign.
Prime Minister Fuad Saniora’s government “has proven it is incompetent and has failed to fulfill its promises and achieve anything significant,” Nasrallah said in a televised address broadcast on Hizbullah’s television station, Al-Manar.
Hizbullah-led opposition groups have called for mass protests to begin Friday in downtown Beirut with the aim of bringing down the Western-backed government.
The call for peaceful street action came in a statement broadcast Thursday on the television stations of Hizbullah and other opposition groups.
It said the street action would begin on Friday at 15:00 in downtown Beirut, where the embattled government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has its offices.
The prime minister and members of his Cabinet have been bracing for mass demonstrations for days. The security forces have deployed troops and armored vehicles outside government offices, where the prime minister is holed up.
The call for protests came after weeks of political tension between pro-Syrian groups in the opposition, led by Hizbullah, and anti-Syrian factions supporting the government, which has wide Western backing.
The opposition “calls on all the Lebanese of all sects and parties … to gather peacefully and stage an open-ended sit-in to protest the absence of real political participation and to demand a national unity government, whose priority is to decide a new election law,” the statement said.
It called on supporters to carry only the Lebanese flag and to avoid carrying party banners or posters.
Although the statement said the protest would be peaceful, any attempt by demonstrators to take over government buildings could lead to violence.
It was not clear from the opposition statement whether the groups would attempt to take over government buildings.
Previously, groups that support Saniora’s government have vowed to call counter demonstrations.
End Jerusalem Post Article
Begin YNet News Report
Report: Syrian network planned to kill Lebanese officials
YNet News
November 29, 2006
Al-Mustaqbal newspaper reports Lebanese security forces exposed network of 200 members which trained in refugee camps in Lebanon, planned
to assassinate 36 senior Lebanese officials
Ali Waked
The Lebanese security forces exposed a network which planned to assassinate 36 senior anti-Syrian Lebanese officials, the Lebanese newspaper al-Mustaqbal reported Wednesday morning.
The newspaper, which belongs to the family of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated last year, reported that the Lebanese security forces managed to arrest two of the network’s key members.
According to the report,
the investigation revealed that the network trained in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and planned to execute a plot initiated by the Syrian government to assassinate 36 senior Lebanese officials.
According to the newspaper,
the Syrian intelligence appointed a group belonging to the Fatah-Intifada organization to implement the plan.
The organization split from the Fatah movement in the 1970s and is led by Colonel Abu Moussa.
According to the report, about four days ago two detainees admitted to having been sent from Damascus to the al-Badawi and El-Bureij refugee camps in order to coordinate the activity with the Fatah-Intifada movement.
Most blatant violation of UN resolutions
The detainees, a Syrian and a Saudi, noted that they were part of a 200-member network which planned to execute the plan. The two were arrested by Lebanese security forces after they were suspected of a criminally-motivated murder at the al-Badawi refugee camp.
According to the report, the investigation revealed that the Syrian government, through this plan, carried out the most blatant violation of United Nations Resolutions 1559 and 1701 and interfered in internal Lebanese issues.
The report does not mention who the names of the officials the network planned to assassinate.
In addition, it should be noted that Saad Hariri, Rafik Hariri’s son and head of the faction that constitutes the majority in the Lebanese parliament, recently harshly criticized President Bashar Assad and the Syrian regime and claimed that they were operating in an attempt to damage the political stability inside Lebanon and were even inciting an internal Lebanese war.
End YNet News Report
Whether or not this immediate Islamic attempt to take over Lebanon’s government will succeed is problematic – But it will succeed sooner of later.
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