There was never a Snowball’s Chance in Hell for True Middle East Peace!
February 26, 2007
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I have always liked King Abdullah and his Father before him. My respect for both of them is genuine.
They both wanted real peace in the Middle East and worked very hard to obtain it, but true peace in the Middle East before the Second Advent is prophetically impossible, that is, if one believes the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
The Muslims believe the Koran is the inspired Word of Allah and, according to all its prophecies, true peace cannot come to the Middle East until the Muslim Messiah comes to being it. So, whether you are Christian or Muslim, it is prophesied true peace will not come to the Middle East by any form of peace agreement between the descendants of Japheth, Shem, and Ham. There will be a brief period of false peace – take your pick – by force, negotiations, hudna (truce), or a combination of all three, but it cannot be a true peace, nor can it last very long – LIKE IT OR NOT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A FINAL WAR MUST COME, AND ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE POT!
In the article from the Jerusalem Post, King Abdullah, Jordan’s ruler, bemoans that the last chance for Middle East peace is slipping away, but according to both the Muslim Koran and the Christian Bible, there was never a possibility of it until after the final great war, which both books prophesied must happen.
Please consider one of the Koran’s prophesies of the last Great War by comparing it with one of our Bible’s prophecies of the same war, as they are laid alongside one another following the Jerusalem Post article.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Abdullah: This could be last chance for ME peace
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
February 23, 2007
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said in remarks broadcast Friday that prospects for Mideast peace are dwindling, and that a current window could represent a “last opportunity.”
“We find ourselves at this very important crossroads … that I do feel really is the last opportunity for peace for all of us,” Abdullah told Israel’s Channel 2, in an excerpt from an interview to be broadcast in full on Saturday.
Begin 2001 Prophecy Update Number 14 from our Archives
PROPHECY UPDATE 14
March, 2001
In order to understand why the only type of peace that can occur in Israel must be both false and temporary, one must comprehend the religious promises made to the Islamic martyr in the Koran.
The Koran is not a lengthy book. It can be read by the average reader in about 18 hours. It is unquestioningly accepted by Muslims to be the infallible word of Allah, as revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel, some 1400 years ago. Muslims believe it is a transcript of a tablet that is preserved in heaven. It is divided into numerous short sections.
In the section titled “The Night Journey,” it teaches that Israel has already been scourged twice by the Babylonians and Romans, and that if they again transgress against Allah, they will once again be scourged
by a third army, supposedly Islamic.
This would be the Jihad (Holy War) sought by Iraq and Iran, and all the Islamic terrorist groups.
Under “The Chambers,” in the Koran, true believers are identified as those who are willing to fight for the cause of Allah. It is written as follows: “The true believers are those who have faith in Allah and His Apostle and never doubt; and who fight for His cause with their wealth and persons. Such are those whose faith is true.” In the Koran, under “Ornaments of Gold,” this is the promise to the faithful and all martyrs of the Islamic faith: “But you, My servants, who have believed in my revelations, and surrendered yourselves, shall on that day have nothing to fear, or to regret. Enter Paradise, you and your spouses, in all delight. You shall be served with golden dishes and gold cups. Abiding there forever, you shall find all that your souls desire and all that your eyes rejoice in.”
The members of the terrorist groups believe this promise of Allah in the Koran, and are more than willing to die in the fight for Allah’s cause. This is the basic belief of most Muslims, so the terrorist groups are not having a problem in getting numerous volunteers to die for Allah in suicide bombings. In fact, there is a backlog waiting to die in Allah’s cause, and many grow weary in waiting their turn to secure the eternal blessings of Allah. It does not matter what you believe about these promises, it only matters what they believe!
The only w ay the terrorist groups c
an be satisfied by their homeland leaders, is to be assured that by holding off their activities for a brief period of time, a Jihad can successfully be launched against peaceful Israel by a surprise attack. Those dying in this Great Jihad, as the martyrs of Allah, would be ushered eternally into the presence of Allah. The key to peace in Israel rests with the terrorist groups. When they can be assured the end result of their ceasing their activities will be the killing of millions of Jews, and a retaking of their land, they will stop their attacks, and await the promised Jihad. So WATCH the terrorist groups.
When they finally cease their activities, false peace will come for a brief period, and will be ended with the sudden launching of a Jihad from Syria.
End Archive Prophecy Update Number 14
Begin Archive Prophecy Update Number 47
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 47
December 21, 2001
We closed Prophecy Update Number 46 after having exposited on Daniel 11:40 to 42. We left the antichrist in verse 42 poised to head southwest from Beersheba to gain control of the Suez Canal, and eventually west to conquer all of Egypt. He has already driven southward through Israel to take the land from Dan to Beersheba in verses 40 and 41, which is what was identified as Israel in the Old Testament. By the beginning of verse 42 he has driven one-third of the surviving Israelis into the Negev south of Beersheba, where they will remain contained for more than three years.
Daniel 11:41,42 + Zechariah 13:8 + Revelation 12:6 – [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. [42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. [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. [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.
This Jihad (Holy War) attack by Islamic nations against Israel is the third in a series of attacks described in the Koran of Islam. In Arabic, the name Koran means “The Recital.” Allah speaks in the first person plural, which often changes to the first person singular or the third person singular in the course of the same sentence.
QUOTE FROM THE KORAN, THE NIGHT JOURNEY 17:4-8
The Night Journey 17:4 – In the Scriptures We solemnly declared to the Israelites: ‘Twice you shall commit evil in the land. You shall become great transgressors.’
“Scriptures” refer to those found in the Old Testament of our present day Bible.
Mohammed claims that Allah is the God of all men, including Israel, and that he gave them what we call the Old Testament. Mohammed calls the Jews “the people of The Book.”
Also please bear in mind that Mohammed was born about AD 570, almost 500 years after John finished Revelation, the last book of the New Testament.
“Twice” refers to the sins of Israel in the Old Testament that led God to cause them to be led into captivity on two occasions. The first being the 70 year captivity into which the Babylonians carried them in about 587 BC.
Jeremiah 25:8-11 – Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, [9] Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. [10] Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. [11] And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
The second occasion was the carrying away by Romans which began in AD 70 by Titus, and was completed by Hadrian some 65 years later.
This led to the worldwide dispersal of the Jews.
Luke 21:24 – And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Please remember that both these attacks had already occurred BEFORE Mohammed wrote the Koran. But since he is claiming that his God Allah wrote “The Scriptures” we call “The Bible,” he is interpreting our Bible to say that Allah and Islam warned the Israelites in advance of
the two attacks before they occurred.
The Night Journey 17:5 – And when the prophecy of your first transgression came to be fulfilled, we sent against you a formidable army which ravaged your land and carried out the punishment with which you had been threatened.
This was, of course, the Babylonian invasion and the 70 years of captivity.
The Night Journey 17:6 – Then we granted you victory over them and multiplied your riches and descendants, so that once again you became a numerous people. We (Allah and Islam) said: ‘If you do good, it shall be to your own advantage; but if you do evil, you shall sin against your own souls.’
Mohammed here claims that Allah gave them victory by causing the conquest of the Babylonians by the Medes and the Persians, and then raising up Cyrus, King of Persia, to allow them to return to their homeland.
The Night Journey 17:7 – And when the prophecy of your second transgression came to be finished, We (Allah and Islam) sent another army to afflict you and to enter the Temple as the former entered it before, utterly destroying all that they laid their hands on.
Mohammed here claims that because they did not heed Allah’s second warning, he sent the Roman army against them, and they, like the Babylonians had destroyed the Temple of Solomon in about 587 BC, destroyed the Temple of Herod in AD 70.
Mohammed then makes the prediction of a final punishment if they trespass against Allah for a third time. This attack will result in their being scourged and cast into Hell, the prison house for all unbelievers. I believe Mohammed extracted this prophecy from both the Old and New Testaments, and guesstimate it will occur before the year 2012.
The Night Journey 18:8 – We (Allah and Islam) said: ‘Allah may yet be merciful to you. If you again transgress, you shall again be scourged.
We have made Hell a prison-house for unbelievers.’
I suspect that Mohammed took the writings of the “prophets of Israel” that were “spoken in old time” of the final attack against Israel, and them predicted it as being a prophecy from Allah.
Ezekiel 38:14-17 – Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? [15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: [16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. [17] Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets
of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
I guesstimate this attack to occur before 2012 and, indeed, it will be a scourging by the armies of Islam as they sweep south from Dan to Beersheva, and Israel will be exiled in the Negev Wilderness for some three and one-half years.
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