Lots of Islamic jockeying for Position in the Middle East!
January 3, 2006
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Most Islamic nations in the Middle East have reached the conclusion that war is inevitable between Israel and the Iran, Syria, and Lebanon threesome.
In the end seven other Islamic entities will join with this threesome to attack Israel in a vicious Jihad, but Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt will not be among the seven as I indicated in the following quotes from Archive Prophecy Update Number 46, December 14, 2001, and Number 32, September 5, 2001. The Antichrist will bypass Jordan and conquer Egypt, as shown in Number 46. Number 32 indicates all that Saudi Arabia and Europe will do is protest his actions.
The moderate Islamic nations with ties to the United States believe the Middle East is about to explode,
and they are all trying to ride the fence without taking a positive position on either side, hoping they will be in good shape no matter who wins after the explosion. The Jerusalem Post article, which follows Prophecy Updates 46 and 32, gives a perspective of how this jockeying for post-war position is being heightened by some three million Muslims in their annual pilgrimage to Mecca, while they mingle with citizens from the many different countries.
Begin Quote from Archive Prophecy Update 46
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 46
December 14, 2001
Ezekiel 38:8,9 – After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and THEY SHALL DWELL SAFELY ALL OF THEM.
[9] Thou shalt ascend and come LIKE A STORM, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Daniel 11:41 – He shall enter also into THE GLORIOUS LAND, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these SHALL ESCAPE out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
The ancient boil of conflict between the descendants of Jacob, Ishmael, and the six sons of Keturah, with all its internal blend of impurities, is finally coming to a head in the Middle East. The current drastic rise in the conflict between the Palest
inians and Israelis will, in the end, be the catalyst that brings a temporary false peace between them. The reasons for this false peace have been outlined thoroughly in the last five prophecy updates.
The apparently genuine peace will be shattered suddenly by a rapid blitzkrieg attack from the north by Syria. In league with Syria will be Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan.
I feel very confident of all but the last two named, and it could well be two other countries in the Middle East.
(Inserted January 3, 2006 – By 2003 I had changed my choice of the last two from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to Morocco and Turkey)
Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran will move rapidly southward through the “glorious land” of Israel like a fast moving thunderstorm, bypassing the land where the people of Moab, Ammon, and Edom were settled when Daniel wrote his prophecies in about 600 B.C. The descendants of Edom (Jacob’s brother), and Ammon and Moab (the sons of Lot), as found on every published map for this time period, were settled immediately to the southeast, east, and northeast of the Dead Sea, precisely in the country we know as Jordan today. Hence, we can know the antichrist will bypass Jordan when he moves south through Israel.
Why would he bypass Jordan? Jordan has no strategic, political, or economic advantage to offer him, but the Suez Canal and Egypt do, so he will head southwest toward that area after having driven the woman Israel into the Negev Wilderness south of Beersheba.
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.
Daniel 11:42 – He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
End Archive Prophecy Update Number 46
Begin Archive Prophecy Update Number 32
PROPHECY UPDATE 32
September 5, 2001
We concluded Prophecy Update Number 31 with an exposition of Ezekiel 38:12, which has been done continuously from Ezekiel 37:1. We will now continue this exposition, beginning with Ezekiel 38:13.
Ezekiel 38:13 – Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil
? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Verse 13 mentions three other descendants which were not mentioned previously as being among the horde that attacked Israel, namely, Sheba, Dedan, and Tarshish.
Sheba and Dedan settled in the land we know as Saudi Arabia, later colonizing across the Red Sea in the horn we know today as Ethiopia. Tarshish is much harder to nail down to a specific location.
The descendants of Tarshish were sea merchants who became the peoples of the Mediterranean Sea coast. The headquarters of the descendants of Tarshish is now generally accepted by most biblical authorities as a district in the south of Spain where the city of Tartessus once existed. The merchants of Tarshish scattered their descendants in village settlements along most of the coastal sections of Europe.
I am persuaded that Europe represents the descendant offspring of Tarshish. It is quite possible that God may look upon the rest of Western Civilization as being the offspring (descendants) of Europe (“the young lions thereof”). The countries of the New World became the “melting pot” of Europe. It is very interesting what Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the rest of Western Civilization have to say to Gog about his attack on Israel: “Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?” This is no more or less than the perfect description of a diplomatic protest to Gog’s actions. When the anti-Christ and his armies roar south into Israel in a blitzkrieg lightning strike, the rest of the free world will protest, protest, protest – and do nothing about it. The anti-Christ will take Jerusalem within four days of his initial strike in the north, and within three weeks most of Israel will have fled into the Negev south of Beersheva, where she will remain for some three and one-half years. Jerusalem will fall and only one-third of Israel’s population will make it safely into the Negev.
Zechariah 13:8 to 14:2 – 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.
[9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. [2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
End Archive Prophecy Update Number 32
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Iran seeks to use the haj for political gain
Yaakov Ben-Zvi, special to the Post, THE JERUSALEM POST
December 28, 2006
As the eyes of Muslims worldwide are directed toward Mecca – where ceremonies of the haj are held prior to Id al-Adha – Saudi authorities are busy working to maintain the safety of the worshipers on every stage of the pilgrimage to avoid repetition of accidents that occurred in past years due to excessive crowds.
However, this year the caretakers in Saudi Arabia are concerned more about a different kind of threat – specifically attempts by Iran to cause disturbances.
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz said this week that the kingdom has completed preparations against acts of violence.
“We will not allow any damage to the pilgrims and confront firmly and decisively any attempt to hinder the atmosphere of the haj,”Abdulaziz said.
On Thursday, nearly three million Muslims from around the world, chanting “I am here, Lord” and raising their hands to heaven, marched through a desert valley outside Mecca in the first day of the haj.
Dressed in seamless white robes symbolizing the equality of mankind under God, the pilgrims hiked through the 13-kilometer valley to Mina, starting a series of rituals in which they cleanse themselves of sin.
Prominent Saudi columnist Abdelrahman Alrashed, in his column entitled “Watch the Pilgrimage” published in the respected Alsharq Alawsat newspaper, expressed fear of disturbances initiated by Iran and its supporters during the ceremonies, “as Teheran did in 1987 and 1989, when demonstrations and acts of violence took place in Mecca under Iranian inspiration.”
Alrashed, a close associate of the Saudi royal family, warns of another Iranian attempt to use the religious ceremonies for political gain and concludes the article that “we stand on the verge of confrontation in a place crowded by two million people that could happen if the Muslim world does not take a firm stand to warn Iran and her supporters not to perpetuate a stupid act that will be considered an act of violence against a large army of Muslims.”
These words shed a new light on the surprising declaration by Saudi King Abdullah at the recent opening ceremony of the Gulf summit hosted in Riyadh.
The Saudi monarch referred to the situation in Iraq, Lebanon and the PA and warned that the Middle East is about to explode.
Observers say that since his swearing in on August 2005, Abdullah has been conducting a foreign policy with a close eye on the frequent changes in the region.
Saudi Arabia has identified the increased role played by Iran in the region, led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The king does not react to the developments slowly, observers say.
Saudi Arabia is concerned by Iran’s growing influence in the Gulf, its involvement in Iraq and Lebanon, and above all, the Iranian nuclear program.
Saudi Arabia is increasingly involved in Iraq in support and coordination with the US. The king’s adviser for national security Prince Bandar Bin Sultan plays an important role in coordinating between Riyadh and Washington on the Iranian issue, say Arab diplomats in the Gulf.
The same sources emphasize that Bandar took the place of the recently retired Saudi ambassador to Washington, Prince Turki Alfaysal, and visits the American capital constantly to express his country’s concern of the increased Iranian influence in the region that might lead to a possible change in the balance of power between Shi’ites and Sunnis in the region.
Saudi Arabia is concerned that Iran aspires to establish a Shi’ite state in Iraq and that the Iranian growing influence in Lebanon and Teheran’ s activity in the Pale
stinian arena, would have destructive consequences on the stability of the region, and pose direct threat to the kingdom.
For pilgrims streaming in from all continents, the haj is a crowning moment of faith, a duty for all able-bodied Muslims to carry out at least once. On Thursday morning, as they have for the past few days, hundreds of thousands opened their pilgrimage by circling the Kaaba, the black cubic stone in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site.
“For us it is a vacation away from work and daily life to renew yourself spiritually,” said Ahmed Karkoutly, an American doctor from Brownsville, Texas. “You feel you part of a universe fulfilling God’s will. It’s a cosmic motion, orbiting the Kaaba.”
AP contributed to this report.
End Jerusalem Post Article
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