FULFILLMENT OF BIBLE PROPHECY
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God gave man His plan for the end of the age (dispensation) of grace in The Holy Bible. We
are living in the very last days of this age. Jesus can come at any moment. In this Web
site, current news stories are correlated with ancient Bible prophecies to show that THE
HOLY BIBLE IS TRUE, that GOD IS REAL, and that JESUS WILL RETURN SOON to take those who
believe in Him to Heaven. Daily events reported in the news media can only be truly
understood by first understanding Bible prophecy. Be wise and prepare to meet your God in
glory and reward, not in shame and punishment. It is impossible to read Bible prophecy
with an open mind and come away without an unshakable belief in God and His Son, Jesus
Christ.
"Remember this... I am God, and there is no other.... I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please." Isaiah 46:8-10 |
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GO TO: Alcoholism, alcohol abuse GO TO: Antichrist and his kingdom GO TO: Apostasy (falling from faith) GO TO: Astrology GO TO: Bowl Judgment, First GO TO: Bowl Judgment, Second GO TO: Bowl Judgment, Sixth GO TO: China GO TO: Christians: persecution of GO TO: Communist China, N. Korea GO TO: Droughts GO TO: Drug abuse GO TO: Earthquakes GO TO: Epidemics GO TO: Ethnic conflicts GO TO: European Union (E.U.) GO TO: Evangelism GO TO: False doctrines GO TO: False Prophet GO TO: Famines GO TO: Financial system, one-world |
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GO TO: Anti-Christian symbolism and sentiment in the European Union GO TO: Why do some Muslims hate Jews and Christians? GO TO: Study aids GO TO: Other prophecy news sites GO TO: Prophecy study rewards GO TO: How to become a Christian GO TO: Future events GO TO: Your encounter with God GO TO: Contact the author GO TO: Sign, read guestbook GO TO: Reference acknowledgment PLEASE NOTE: The author of this site, Raymond Finney, is a candidate for the Tennessee Senate in District 8 (Blount and Sevier counties) in the Republican Primary, to be held August 5, 2004. Please pray that God's Will will prevail in this race. If you can vote for me or support my race with a small donation, please GO TO my campaign Web site to learn more about my candidacy. Thank you. |
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WELCOME! This Web site is only a sample of references available to you, if you are interested in Bible prophecy. Since approximately one-fourth of The Holy Bible is devoted to prophecy, and much of the prophetic verses deal with the end of the age, I cannot include all supporting Bible verses in this site. Thousands of news items appear in newspapers, television, and magazines daily, and many of these items relate to conditions which will be present at the time of Jesus' return, as prophesied in The Holy Bible by men of God many centuries ago. I cannot include all of these news articles in this site. COMMENT: All links are operative on the day posted on this site. If you cannot connect to a link, the source may have removed the story to make space for a more recent story or may have moved the story to a subscription-only service. The news stories which are fulfilling or creating the background for fulfillment of end-of-the-age prophecies. Each item contains the first paragraph of the news story and the title. By clicking on the title, you will be routed to the original story. God's timetable for man is short. Today is the day for you to accept Jesus Christ as Savior, confess and repent of your sins, and warn your family and friends. There may not be a tomorrow for you. |
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| BIBLE PROPHECY | CURRENT NEWS | BACKGROUND: Jesus foretold of a world filled with wars,
rumors of wars, and terrorism prior to His return to Earth. In Jesus' teaching, the
Greek word ethnos has been poorly translated as "nation." A better
translation is "ethnic group" or "people." This term accurately
describes terrorist groups-- small groups of people with, at best, only loose
connection with any recognized national government.
Since World War II, there has not been a single day free of international war, civil war, or terrorism somewhere in the world. Islam now holds the nations of the Earth-- especially The United States ("the great Satan") and Israel ("the little Satan")-- in expectation of the next terrorist attack. The September 11 attack on the United States was likely only the beginning of terrorism to be inflicted on America. REPRESENTATIVE SCRIPTURES: Matthew 24:6-7: (6) [Jesus said] "You will hear or wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things will happen, but the end is still to come. (7) Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom...."Mark 13:7-8: (7) [Jesus said] "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (8) Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom...." Luke 21:9-10: (9) [Jesus said] "When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away." (10) Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." Revelation 6:3-4: (3) When the Lamb [Jesus] opened the second seal, I [the Apostle John] heard the second living creature say, "Come!" (4) Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword [nuclear weapons?]. |
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+ Stratfor.com Strategic Forecasting
Al-Qaida plans to hit U.S. 'hard' WorldNetDaily.com (26 May 04) Attorney General John Ashcroft announced today "credible intelligence" indicates al-Qaida plans to "attempt an attack on the United States" in the next few months. Jordanian prince in WW III warning BBC News (26 Mar 04) Prince Hassan of Jordan has said he fears a third world war is erupting in the Middle East. Saudi royals still funding al-Qaida WorldNetDaily.com (26 Mar 04) Prominent members of the Saudi royal family continue to supply millions of dollars to al-Qaida and related groups, U.S. officials said, according to Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence service. Ukrainian missiles 'gone missing' BBC News (25 Mar 04) Ukrainian Defence Minister Yevhen Marchuk has said that several hundred of his country's missiles are unaccounted for. New evidence: Saddam's WMD in Lebanon WorldNetDaily.com (20 May 04) Over the last few months, the U.S. intelligence community has received new evidence a sizable amount of Iraqi WMD systems, components and platforms were transferred to Syria in the weeks leading up to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service. Analyst aays al-Qaida may attack by sea YAHOO! - Associated Press (17 Mar 04) The al-Qaida terror network likely is planning an unprecedented maritime attack, hitting targets on land with ships carrying chemical, biological or dirty bomb weapons, a defense analyst said Wednesday. 'Attack on London is inevitable' Guardian Unlimited (17 Mar 04) London's police chief warned yesterday of the ever-widening terrorist threat to the capital, stressing that bombers could strike not just on the rail or tube network but virtually anywhere-- pubs, nightclubs, buses or roads. British jihadist depicts U.S. Capitol in flames WorldNetDaily.com (15 Mar 04) Radical British Islamist Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, never one to shy away from incitement, now maintains on his website a prominent picture of the U.S. Capitol in flames, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. America 'on verge of new terror outrage' news.scotsman.com (11 Mar 04) The group which claimed responsibility for the Madrid train massacre threatened tonight that America was on the verge of another deadly terror attack. Hamas reveals worldwide aspirations WorldNetDaily.com (10 Mar 04) Admitting responsibility for a terror attack last year in Tel Aviv, the Palestinian group Hamas for the first time presented one of its actions as part of the worldwide Islamic struggle. Pakistan tests long-range missile BBC News (09 Mar 04) Pakistan has tested a nuclear-capable missile which could hit targets deep in neighbouring India. Canada admits: We're terror haven WorldNetDaily.com (02 Mar 04) The world's "most notorious" terrorist groups continue to operate in Canada, says a classified intelligence report written two years after Parliament gave police new powers and money to dismantle the country's deadly terror networks, reports the National Post. Suicide bombers coming to U.S.? WorldNetDaily.com (01 Mar 04) A document discovered during a recent Israeli army raid on some West Bank financial institutions found payrolls being prepared for terrorists trained to commit suicide attacks-- not just in Israel but in the U.S. and Europe, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reports. Osama's navy Mirror.co.uk (12 Feb 04) OSAMA bin Laden has a "terrorist navy" of 15 ships. ElBaradei: World may be headed for nuclear destruction Haaretz.com (12 Feb 04) The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday the world could be headed for destruction if it does not stop the spread of atomic weapons technology, which has become widely accessible. Islamic extremists invade U.S., join sleeper cells The Washington Times (10 Feb 04) Islamic radicals are being trained at terrorist camps in Pakistan and Kashmir as part of a conspiracy to send hundreds of operatives to "sleeper cells" in the United States, according to U.S. and foreign officials. The nuclear supermarket news.telegraph.co.uk (06 Feb 04) Intelligence agencies and nuclear inspectors are racing to close a vast international nuclear "supermarket" that has secretly supplied Iran, Libya, North Korea and perhaps several other countries for more than a decade. Iran 'has secret atomic bomb project' news.telegraph.co.uk (06 Feb 04) America has convincing new evidence that Iran is hiding an atomic bomb project despite Teheran's promise to open up all of its nuclear facilities to international inspectors, a senior US official has told The Telegraph. Nuclear war danger highest ever? WorldNetDaily.com (26 Jan 04) The threat of nuclear war is greater today than ever before, says the head of the U.N. nuclear agency, Mohamed El Baradei, in an interview in today's edition of the German magazine Der Spiegel. Trafficking in nuclear arms called widespread International Hearld Tribune (24 Jan 04) The head of the United Nations' watchdog agency on atomic weapons said Friday that the illicit trafficking of nuclear-related material and equipment had grown so widespread that it amounted to a Wal-Mart for weapons-seeking countries. Syria says having WMD 'natural' to counter Israel Reuters (06 Jan 04) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted by a British newspaper on Tuesday as defending his country's right to acquire weapons of mass destruction so long as it faced "aggression" by Israel. Military manpower (China)-- fit for military service: 206 million Central Intelligence Agency (18 Dec 03) Military data for China include: Available military manpower (males, ages 15 - 49): 375,520,255; military manpower fit for military service (males, ages 15 - 49): 206 million; manpower reaching military age annually (males): 10,973,761. Al-Qaida's plan to nuke London WorldNetDaily./com (07 Dec 03) Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network plotted to detonate a dirty nuke bomb floated into London on one of its armada of mystery ships, but the plan was foiled by security forces, says an official. Chemical attack foiled in Britain WorldNetDaily.com (22 Nov 03) A terror attack in Britain has been foiled after a "company" financed by "the Islamic community" tried to buy a large quantity of toxic chemicals, with the apparent intention of killing thousands. Al-Qaida: Be ready for attack killing 100,000 WorldNetDaily.com (13 Nov 03) An al-Qaida commander in Iraq close to Osama bin Laden warns of an imminent massive attack against the U.S. designed to kill as many as 100,000 people. Scientists use DNA to make virus BBC News (13 Nov 03) US scientists have produced a wholly artificial virus using a method they claim could lead to new lifeforms. Palestinian Authority funds go to militants BBC News (07 Nov 03) The Palestinian Authority, headed by Yasser Arafat, is paying members of a Palestinian militant organisation which has been responsible for carrying out suicide attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, a BBC investigation has found. Israel subs go nuclear amid fears over Iran smh.com.au (13 Oct 03) Israel has modified United States-supplied cruise missiles to carry nuclear warheads on submarines, giving the Middle East's only nuclear power the ability to launch atomic weapons from land, air and under the sea. US government warns of imminent net attack NewScientist.com (01 Aug 03) US government computer experts have warned that hackers may be preparing a large-scale coordinated attack. This could involve the release of a virulent type of internet worm or use thousands of enslaved personal computers to bring down websites. Chinese missiles concern US BBC News (30 Jul 03) The Pentagon says China has significantly increased its arsenal of short-range missiles facing Taiwan. 'Explosive' 9-11 report details Saudi financing of terrorists WorldNetDaily.com (10 Jul 03) Top Bush administration officials were warned in the summer of 2001 that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network was plotting to hijack aircraft and launch a "spectacular attack," according to the final report of a congressional investigation into Sept. 11, reports the Miami Herald. Palestinian TV urges young men to become martyrs CNSNews.com (09 Jul 03) While much of the intifadah (uprising) violence has disappeared from Palestinian television in the last few days, a video spot beckoning young men to become martyrs with the promise of virgins in paradise is still being shown, an expert here said. Pakistan and India test missiles BBC News (26 Mar 03) Both Pakistan and India say they have carried out test-launches of short-range, nuclear-capable missiles on Wednesday. Hamas upgrades its explosives knowhow, creates larger bombs Haaretz.com (23 Feb 03) Hamas has upgraded the organization's equipment for terror in Israel. Hamas had until recently used triacetonetriperoxide (TATP), which is highly explosive, for its major ingredient, but has now begun using urea nitrate. Informed sources said that this would significantly improve bomb preparation, particularly by helping to reduce accidents that occur in the course of preparations and allowing for larger and more devastating explosives. Conflicts rage across the globe CNN.com (03 Feb 03) Iraq and North Korea have dominated the world’s attention in recent months, yet in countries and regions around the globe, strife smolders with sporadic notice. FBI 'seeks 3,000 missing Iraqis' BBC News (27 Jan 03) Federal agents in the US are hunting for about 3,000 illegal Iraqi immigrants who have gone missing, The Washington Post has reported. Shoddy records slow 9/11 inquiry report: Feds can't find 4,300 aliens USA Today (22 Nov 02) U.S. authorities have been unable to locate thousands of illegal aliens for questioning in terrorism investigations, including the Sept. 11 probe, because the Immigration and Naturalization Service has long failed to track immigrants entering the USA, a new government report says. Oklahoma City cover-up: The Iraq connection CBN News (22 Oct 02) Before 9-11, it was the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American soil. The Oklahoma City bombing has been portrayed as an attack by Americans Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols against their fellow Americans. But that was never the whole story. Iraqis linked to Oklahoma atrocity Associated News Media (22 Oct 2002) The FBI is under pressure from the highest political levels in Washington to investigate suspected links between Iraq and the Oklahoma bombing. 200 Soviet nukes lost in Ukraine On-line Pravda (13 Sep 02) Pyotr Simonenko, the leader of the Ukrainian Communist Party released a sensational statement on Wednesday. In his words, there were 2400 nuclear warheads in Ukraine, although the export of only 2200 of them was officially documented. Simonenko claimed that nobody knows where 200 Soviet-era nukes in Ukraine are. They hate Christians, too Hal Lindsey International Ministries (31 Aug 02) Calls for waging holy war against Israel, combined with anti-Semitic rantings reminiscent of the Middle Ages, have sadly become all too common in so-called moderate Arab countries ranging from Egypt to Saudi Arabia. China termed leading source of missile technology Middle East Newsline (27 Aug 02) Despite pledges to the United States, China continues to serve as a leading source of missile-related technology to the Middle East, a new report says. |
| ISLAMIC JIHAD AGAINST ISRAEL, ISRAEL'S DEFENSE OF HER LAND AND PEOPLE |
| Muslim terrorist groups wage unprovoked, cowardly homicide bombing attacks against innocent Israeli citizens. Many world governments and news media do not vigorously protest this terrorism. Israel tries to protect her land and people, as would any sovereign nation, against a constant barrage of world government and news media criticism of Israel's defense measures. This struggle-- and the world's abandonment of Israel-- fulfill Bible prophecy. However, Israel has One (God) on her side Who nullifies all terrorists and hostile governments. God has promised that Israel WILL NOT be divided after this present-day aliyah-- the sons and daughters of Zion rising up to come home. (See Ezekiel 37:1-14 [the vision of the dry bones becoming living persons, a prophecy of Jews scattered throughout the world during the Diaspora coming home to their Promised Land] and Ezekiel 37:15-28 [God's promise that the two kingdoms will forever be united as the single nation of Israel].) A small sample of news stories about the Israeli-Muslim conflict is herein reported. |
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PA textbook calls for jihad, 'martyrdom'
WorldNetDaily.com (15 Nov 03) Though Palestinian Authority textbooks began to moderate their virulent anti-Jewish sentiments and instruction after the Oslo Accords, a new edition shows a return to incitement for jihad, or holy war, and "martyrdom." Palestinian TV: 'Proud' of our 'martyrs' WorldNetDaily.com (13 Dec 02) Palestinian television broadcast an interview with a mother who prayed during a pilgrimage to Mecca that her son would die fighting against Israel. The mother also launched into a warning to Israelis, expressing her desire to become a shahid, or "martyr," herself. Top Israeli general: Iran behind terror attacks NewsMax.com (24 Oct 02) On February 14th, Ya'aser Arafat met with leaders from Fatah, Hezbollah, and representatives from Iran. He asked them why there were not more Jewish casualties. He told them, "You know what to do." It was then that the Palestinian Authority became a terrorist organization. Arafat's child killers Gamla (3 Jul 02) The world has yet to come to grips with the long term ramifications of training children to first hate and eventually kill. Transmission of such hate and murder can and has already gone global. Pre-training children to obey destructive orders is not new. It was brought to a higher level of effectiveness by Hitler's Youth Corps called the "Hitler Jugend." They, too, were trained in camps with the expectation that they would one day become soldiers, officers, intelligence agents, Secret Service agents and assassins. Then they were to serve Hitler's 1000 year "Reich" (kingdom). Now, radical Islam proclaims that they will make the world's people accept Allah and Islam's Shariah laws. Their declared intentions are for Islam to rule the planet and they are using children and terror to achieve their goal. |
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ISRAEL-- DESTINY OF AND STRUGGLE FOR
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BACKGROUND: All end-of-the-age prophecy revolves around:
Amos 9:11-15: (11) "In that day I will restore David's fallen tent [the nation of Israel], I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be; (12) so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name," declares the LORD, who will do these things. (13) "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from the hills. (14) I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. (15) I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God. EXPLANATION: Prior to 1948, present-day Israel was a sparsely populated, poor, unproductive wasteland. Since the Jews' return in 1948, the land has become a vibrant, productive, modern, democratic country, by the grace of God and in fulfillment of His promise to the Jews. Zechariah 12:2-4, 6: (2) "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah {Israel] will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. (3) On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. (4) On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness," declares the LORD. "I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. (6) On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place." EXPLANATION: God will not permit Israel to be defeated in battle after the Jews' final return to the Promised Land (in 1948). Nations of the world will turn against Israel and hate the Jews, but they cannot-- they will not-- defeat Israel because all-powerful God will defend the Jews and defeat providentially all of the Jews' enemies! Psalm 83:2-8: (2) See how your [God's] enemies are astir, how your foes raise their heads. (3) With cunning they conspire against your people [the Jews]; they plot against those you cherish. (4) "Come," they say, "let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more." (5) With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you-- (6) the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, (7) Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre. (8) Even Assyria has joined them.... EXPLANATION: This list of ancient peoples is the same list of Arab/Muslim nations now fanatically attempting to push the Jews into the Mediterranean Sea, that the nation of Israel will never exist again. Ezekiel, chapter 37: SUMMARY: The LORD gave Ezekiel a vision: He saw a valley littered with many dry bones. The LORD said He would restore the bones. They were joined together and were covered with flesh, as men and women, but they did not breathe. Then, breath came to them from the "four winds", and the assembled forms had the breath of life. The LORD said that these bones depicted the whole house of Israel. The LORD promised to bring His people back to the land of Israel. Ezekiel was then told to take two sticks of wood, writing "Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him" on one and "Ephraim's stick belonging to Joseph and all of the house of Israel associated with him" on the other. Ezekiel was told to unite the two sticks into one because they will never again be divided. Then, "David" will be King over them and they will follow God's laws. COMMENT: This important prophecy, written nearly 2,600 years ago, surely was written for our time. In A.D. 70, Roman legions defeated the Jewish people, destroyed their Temple, and either slaughtered the Jews or carried them into captivity throughout the world-- a nearly nineteen-century period known as "the Diaspora." The Jews remained dispersed until May 14, 1948, when they returned to re-establish Israel (the dry bones becoming flesh). Since 1948, the Jews have re-built Israel under one government (the two sticks joined as one), and God has promised they never again will be defeated. Jews from all parts of the world (the breath from the four winds-- the four cardinal points of the world) have come to Israel. This part of the prophecy has been fulfilled since 1948. Rule under "David" will not occur until the Millennial Kingdom, when Jesus Christ will rule the world and all nations will know and worship God (Jesus was from the House of David, through Joseph-- Matthew 1:1, 6, 16-- and was sometimes called "Son of David."). Deuteronomy 30:1-5, 7: (1) When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come upon you and you take them to heart wherever the LORD your God disperses you among the nations, (2) and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul... (3) then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. (4) Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back. (5) He will bring you back to the land that belonged to your fathers, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers.... (7) The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.... SUMMARY: As present-day events spiral out of control, one area and one people are at the center of the world's turmoil-- exactly as foretold in The Holy Bible by the writings of prophets thousands of years ago. The descendants of Abraham's two sons will continue contending for the land given by God to Abraham and his son Isaac. As The Holy Bible clearly states:
The lineage of Abraham, Ishmael, and Esau-- present-day Muslims-- are not the heirs of Israel and Jerusalem. The Holy Bible clearly informs that the struggle between Jews and Christians and their enemies will increase dramatically prior to the return of Jesus; that the conflict between followers of the God of Israel, Jehovah (Jews and Christians), and other gods, (Allah for the Muslims and secular humanism for the Europeans), will take peace from the Earth; and that mankind will not achieve lasting peace until the return (the Second Coming) of Jesus the Messiah. Expect wars, rumors of wars, and violence to continue in the Middle East until the Lord Jesus Christ returns to bind Satan and stop the warring nature of man. Expect Jews to continue coming home to Israel from all parts of the world to fulfill prophecy of an aliyah (rising up to go home) of Jews in the last days. |
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RELATED REFERENCE SITES:
+ The Mitchell Report (April 30, 2001)... Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-finding Committee Final Report. + The Tenet Plan (June 13, 2001)... The Tenet Plan: Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire and Security Plan, Proposed by CIA Director George Tenet. + The Wye River Memorandum + UNISPAL... United Nations Information Site on the Question of Palestine. + The Palestinian National Charter + Peace in the Middle East: Senate floor statement by U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), March 4, 2002 + Zola Levitt Ministries-- On the home page, click on "The History of Israel in a Nutshell" + The Search for Peace (The United States of America Embassy in Israel) + U.S. State Department: Middle East Peace Process + The Peace Process Reference Documents + CAMERA Media Report (The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America + Israel's Timeline + The Bible promises that the Jews will rebuild the Third Temple. The Western Wall is the only part of the Second Temple which remains at the present time. WISDOM AND TRUTH IN TWO SENTENCES: I cannot give credit where due because I do not remember who said the following two sentences, but they sum up the present situation in Israel: there will be no more war. If the Israelis lay down their arms, there will be no more Israel. STATISTICS FOR AMERICANS TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF TERRORISM IN ISRAEL: (population numbers are close approximations)
ANTI-ISRAELI TERRORISM WATCH-- a sample of recent terrorist attacks against Israelis follows: Terrorism Timeline (since 1966)
MIDDLE EAST 'ROAD MAP' TO PEACE:
Bush hails 'historic' Sharon plan BBC News (15 Apr 04) President George W Bush has backed Ariel Sharon's controversial template for the future of the Middle East. Hezbollah sponsoring anti-Israel attacks YAHOO News - Associated Press (11 Apr 04) The Islamic group Hezbollah has become a key sponsor of Palestinian violence, funding suicide bombings that have killed dozens of Israelis in recent months, Israeli intelligence sources, Palestinian Authority officials and militants have told The Associated Press. Israel enlists pigs against terrorists WorldNetDaily.com (06 Apr 04) A special Israeli security group, known as "Gdud Ivri," or Jewish Legion, is enlisting pigs in its life-and-death fight with Islamic terror, reports Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. 11-year-old boy used as human bomb The Jerusalem Post (16 Mar 04) Fatah Tanzim activists in Nablus attempted to use an 11-year-old boy to smuggle a bomb through an IDF roadblock on Monday, and tried to detonate the bomb when soldiers stopped him. FM: Israel will not negotiate by night and bury its dead by day The Jerusalem Post (15 Mar 04) Tuesday's planned meeting between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei was postponed indefinitely since the government does not believe in continuing negotiations as if there is no terror, and fighting terror as if there were no negotiations, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Monday. Jihad vows 'blackest days in Israel's history' Haaretz.com (29 Feb 04) Islamic Jihad leader Abdallah al-Shami, vowing to avenge a Saturday Israel Air Force assassination strike that killed three Jihad operatives, declared Sunday that "The coming days will be the blackest days in Israel's history." Israel removes section of fence BBC News (22 Feb 04) Israel has begun to remove a small section of a controversial West Bank barrier it is building, the day before an international court case starts. PM plans to evacuate all Gaza settlements, 17 in W. Bank Haaretz.com (22 Feb 04) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spoke in private conversations in the last few days of his intention to evacuate all the settlements in the Gaza Strip and 17 others in the West Bank. PA leader: Israel has no right to exist WorldNetDaily.com (18 Feb 04) Although Yasser Arafat has acceded in peace talks to Israel's right to exist, Palestinian officials indicate otherwise. Big moves afoot on Mideast front WorldNetDaily.com (17 Dec 03) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon no longer sees any chance of negotiating a meaningful peace treaty with any Palestinian Arab leaders. Big moves afoot on Mideast front WorldNetDaily.com (17 Dec 03) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon no longer sees any chance of negotiating a meaningful peace treaty with any Palestinian Arab leaders. Unofficial Mideast peace initiative unveiled CNN.com (01 Dec 03) Saying their long-suffering region needs to achieve peace through painful compromises, and facing heated protests at home, dozens of Israelis and Palestinians gathered Monday in Geneva to launch an unofficial peace plan they dubbed the "Geneva accord." Al-Qaida recruits Israel's Arabs WorldNetDaily.com (30 Nov 03) Intelligence officials in Israel say al-Qaida is trying to establish operational cells in the Palestinian Authority, attempting to reach out to the Israeli-Arab communities in Galilee and in the so-called "triangle region," according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, a premium, online intelligence newsletter published by WND. Arab TV: Jews ate Christian's blood WorldNetDaily.com (20 Nov 03) In a reassertion of the age-old anti-Semitic blood libel, a Syrian-produced television program depicted Jews murdering a Christian boy to drain his blood for use in the special bread eaten at the Jewish Passover feast. Israel barrier 'brings hardship' BBC News (11 Nov 03) Israel's West Bank security barrier will cause serious human suffering, the UN has said in a report. Now Europeans see Israel as a threat to their existence The Guardian (07 Nov 03) Since her foundation, Israel has been troubled by the thought that she might have as much to fear from supposed friends as from avowed enemies. That is one reason why Israelis anxiously monitor public opinion in North America and Europe. Their anxiety, and perhaps their anger, showed a peak last week when the European Union's polling organisation released figures showing that Europeans reckoned Israel was a greater threat to world peace than any other country. The results reinforced the Israeli sense that the distance between them and the Europeans continues to grow and that the United States is their only reliable partner. The new anti-Semitism: WND probe reveals worldwide explosion of Jew-hatred WorldNetDaily.com (Whistleblower Magazine) (14 Oct 03) "This is the scariest time for Jews since the Holocaust," warns talk-show host and national columnist Dennis Prager in the spine-tingling October issue of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine, titled "The New Anti-Semitism.&$148; Alternative 'peace deal' for Mid-East BBC News (13 Oct 03) Israeli opposition politicians and Palestinian representatives have drawn up a draft peace agreement which they regard as a viable alternative to the international plan known as the roadmap. New 'peace deal' angers Israel BBC News (13 Oct 03) A draft peace agreement aimed at offering an alternative route to peace in the Middle East has been angrily attacked by Israeli ministers. Israel to expand security barrier BBC News (01 Oct 03) The Israeli cabinet has approved the next phase of a controversial fence it is building in the West Bank to stop Palestinian suicide bombers. Israel's West Bank barrier 'illegal' BBC News (30 Sep 03) A United Nations human rights investigator has denounced a controversial barrier Israel is building in the West Bank as illegal. Analysis: With the road map clinically dead, a new approach Haaretz.com (24 Aug 03) The security cabinet's decision Wednesday on theresponse to the previous day's deadly bus bombingin Jerusalem indicates a change in the Israeli strategy in the conflict with Palestinians. In the past, Israel saddled the Palestinian Authority with the responsibility for keeping the peace, and acted against the PA even when the people who attacked Israelis were from Hamas, Islamic Jihad or the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Israel targeted PA apparatuses as part of a 50-year-old Israeli policy of damaging the honor of the Arab sovereign so that Israel will be the one to reign in the terrorists. PA wants Saudis to continue Funding Hamas Middle East Newsline (09 Aug 03) The Palestinian Authority has relayed its approval of continued Saudi funding to Hamas. U.S. plans to penalize Israel for security fence Middle East Newsline (06 Aug 03) The United States plans to penalize Israel for construction of a security fence to protect against Palestinian insurgency attacks. Notice the interesting concurrence of a "Road Map to Peace" being imposed on Israel at the same time there are attempts to stop Israel from building a security fence between Israel and the land controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Is this the condition that will exist at the time of the War of Gog and Magog? See Ezekiel 38:12: "You [Gog] will say, 'I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people-- all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.'" Report: Syria has 100 nerve-gas missiles aimed at Israel Haaretz.com (31 Jul 03) Syria has at least 100 long-range ballistic nerve-gas missiles aimed at central Israel, Jane's Foreign Affairs reported this week. Etzion: Temple Mount situation is worst it's ever been Arutz Sheva (31 Jul 03) "The policy is simply to give in to the Waqf across the board, and I call on the public to arise against this." So says Yehuda Etzion, long-time Temple Mount activist, referring to yesterday's decision to close the holy site to Jews. Jerusalem touted as world's capital WorldNetDaily.com (23 Jul 03) Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres, a former Israeli prime minister, is proposing Jerusalem be declared the capital of the world as a way of getting around competing Israeli and Arab claims to the city. Palestinian TV urges young men to become martyrs CNSNews.com (09 Jul 03) While much of the intifadah (uprising) violence has disappeared from Palestinian television in the last few days, a video spot beckoning young men to become martyrs with the promise of virgins in paradise is still being shown, an expert here said. Arafat urges children to celebrate International Children's Day with suicide Arutz Sheva (02 Jun 03) In video footage played by Channel 2 News correspondent Ehud Yaari last night Yasser Arafat was shown urging children to become shahids-- suicide bombers. Yaari noted that Arafat's marks were inflammatory and made no suggestion of peace or reconciliation. Rights group: hatred of Jews at highest level since WWII Haaretz.com (14 May 03) Anti-Semitism is rising at a rate unseen since the end of World War Two, fuelled in part by an explosion of hate sites on the Internet, Jewish leaders told an international conference on intolerance Monday. Syria: Israel will never be legitimate WorldNetDaily.com (01 Apr 03) In an interview in a Lebanese newspaper, Syrian President Bashar Assad has lashed out at Israel, saying as long as the Jewish state exists it will be a threat. Jerusalem put in 'Held Territories'-- American Airlines mailing makes political statement WorldNetDaily.com (11 Jul 02) American Airlines has labeled a frequent flyer statement to a customer in Israel with the address "Jerusalem, Held Territories." |
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BACKGROUND: The Jewish prophet Daniel served as King
Nebuchadnezzar's slave in Babylon. The King had a troubling dream about a magnificent
statue. With guidance from God, Daniel was the only one who could interpret the dream.
This interpretation is found in Daniel, chapter 2. Even though the Book of Daniel was
written more than 2,500 years ago, the prophetic interpretation of the dream has been
inerrant in predicting the great empires that would affect the Jews from Daniel's
time to the present time. There is no reason to believe that the remaining portion of the
prophecy will not be fulfilled in the future. The head of gold represented Babylon; the
chest and arms of silver, Medo-Persia; the belly and thighs of brass, Greece; and the legs
of iron, Rome. At the time of Jesus, this part of the dream had been fulfilled. John had a
vision of a similar beast in Revelation, chapter 17.
But the dream continued. The legs of iron (representing the Roman Empire, which by now has passed into history) will sprout toes made of iron and clay. These toes represent the nations of the revived Roman Empire-- the European Union (E.U.)-- which will occupy the land previously ruled by Rome and will be a mixture of strong nations (iron) and weak nations (clay). As prophesied, the E.U. is a mixture of strong and weak nations, and blending these nations into a single united states of Europe has at times been difficult and controversial. But the dream continued. A stone cut without hands (which is a Biblical metaphor for Jesus the Messiah) will crush the toes and, then, will become a mountain covering the Earth. This prophecy coincides with other prophecies that Jesus, at His Second Coming, will crush the armies at Armageddon (including the army of the E.U.) and will establish His Kingdom worldwide (the Millennial Kingdom). Fulfillment of the final part of Daniel's prophetic interpretation began in 1948-- the same year the Jews were allowed to return to Israel to re-establish Israel after nineteen centuries of dispersion into other countries (the Diaspora) and the same year dozens of other end-of-the-age prophecies were fulfilled! Countries in Europe were weary of and frightened about two world wars that had been fought on their continent in a thirty-year span. Three of the smaller countries-- Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg-- formed the Benelux federation, which has grown into a multi-national alliance of nations, the European Union. The E.U. now occupies much of the land formerly occupied by the Roman Empire. The E.U. now has a single monetary system (currency), which is the first time this has happened since the collapse of the Roman Empire many centuries ago. The E.U. is building an impressive military force, in an attempt to replace NATO and the United States in the "defense" of Europe. The E.U. is actively engaged in international affairs, in an attempt to replace American diplomacy and influence. The E.U. grows economically stronger each day. In addition to the preceding trappings of a world superpower, two other events are shaping the future E.U.: (1) Once strongly or nominally Christian nations are becoming apostate. The worship of God is irrelevant for many Europeans. Many European churches would be empty today, except that they remain favorite tourist attractions. In Europe, secular humanism has largely replaced Christianity. (2) Many European nations are gripped with anti-Semitism. Jews have long been hated in many parts of Europe (witness the Jewish Holocaust in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s), and countries such as France are intensely anti-Semitic. E.U. policies favor Palestine and the Arabs over Israel and the Jews. The situation thus described sets the stage for the Tribulation. A powerful people-- with great military, technical, and economic might, not guided by the precepts of God and antagonistic toward Jews-- will be led by a charismatic man, the Antichrist, to make war against God's people. REPRESENTATIVE SCRIPTURES: Daniel 2:41-43): (41) [Daniel said] "Just as you [Nebuchadnezzar] saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. (42) As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. (43) And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay." COMMENT: Daniel in later life had other visions, foretelling more precisely the nature of the empires portrayed in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, including the role of the E.U. and the Antichrist. See Daniel 7:1-28; 8:1-27; 9:20-27; 11:36-45. |
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+ EUobserver.com + Web Site of the European Union + European Union Timeline + Europa Rising: Part I New book calls Europe 'Province of Islam' YAHOO News - Associated Press (05 Apr 04) A new book by controversial journalist Oriana Fallaci that hit bookstores here Monday accuses Europe of having sold its soul to what she describes as an Islamic invasion. EU to Israel: Don't kill terrorists, or else Jerusalem Newswire (02 Apr 04) European lawmakers Thursday accused Israel of perpetrating state terrorism, and threatened to suspend the current Israel-EU trade agreement if any more "Palestinian" terrorist leaders were vaporized by IAF helicopter gun ships. EU won't recognize changes in Israel's 1967 border Haaretz.com (26 Mar 04) The European Union said on Thursday it will not recognize any unilateral change in Israel's borders from before the 1967 Six Day War. EU calls emergency terror talks BBC News (16 Mar 04) European states have called emergency security meetings as suspicion mounts that Islamic militants were involved in the devastating bomb attacks in Madrid. EU-US head for fresh clash over Mid-East policy euobserver.com (27 Feb 04) Aiming to forge a strategic partnership on the "Wider Middle East," the EU and US will go into talks in Washington on Monday with much still dividing them. Time Europe defended itself- EU military official Forbes.com (18 Jan 04) The European Union's top military official suggested on Sunday that American and European forces should be responsible for their own territorial defence and only cooperate on major crises outside their regions. Europe wants to rival US as military superpower, says EU parliamentarian Crosswalk.com (n.d.) European Union support for the Palestinian Authority against Israel is part of Europe's "hidden war" against the United States to become a world superpower, a European parliamentarian said in Jerusalem this week. Israeli fence must not invade Palestinian area: EU statement DAWN.com (03 Dec 03) The European Union delivered a stern warning to Israel on Wednesday, declaring that its fence "must not invade" Palestinian territory. Britain in secret EU army deal news.telegraph.co.uk (29 Nov 03) Britain has taken a dramatic step towards a fully-fledged European army, signing up to Franco-German proposals for a planning headquarters outside Nato, it emerged yesterday. Christianity debate divides as much as ever euobserver.com (28 Nov 03) The question about whether to include a reference to Europe's Christian heritage in the Constitution has left member states as divided as ever. Background: Does Israel have the right to exist? Do Jews? Haaretz.com (17 Nov 03) The Sharon government has been accused of late of working to prevent a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, effectively blocking off the option of an independent Palestine alongside the Jewish State. Now Europeans see Israel as a threat to their existence The Guardian (07 Nov 03) Ever since its foundation, Israel has been troubled by the thought that it might have as much to fear from supposed friends as from avowed enemies. That is one reason why Israelis are often anxious monitors of public opinion in North America and Europe. Their anxiety, and perhaps their anger, showed a peak last week when the European Union's polling organisation released figures showing that Europeans reckoned Israel was a greater threat to world peace than any other country. The results reinforced the Israeli sense that the distance between them and the Europeans continues to grow and that the United States is their only reliable partner. EU viewed by China as world power to rival US news.telegraph.co.uk (14 Oct 03) The European Union is the world's rising superpower, poised to overtake both America and Japan as the biggest trade and investment force in China, according to a strategic policy paper published by Beijing yesterday. EU leaders assemble in Rome BBC News (03 Oct 03) The leaders of 25 European countries are gathering in Rome to hammer out the future shape of the European Union. US warns Europe it faces fight over war crimes court news.telegraph.co.uk (11 Jun 03) The Bush administration has formally warned European Union nations of a new rift between them and America, telling them that they face a "very damaging"p fight if they continue opposing immunity for US citizens at the International Criminal Court. Europe launches plans for military to rival U.S. NewsMax.com (27 May 03) The European Union demonstrated its determination to become a major military power today when its leading members signed a $23 billion contract to buy a fleet of 180 Airbus A400 military transport jumbo jets, with the capacity to deploy up to 20,000 troops far beyond Europe's shores in a single airlift. 'Old Europe' presses ahead with plans for an EU army news.telegraph.co.uk (30 Apr 03) "Old Europe" threw down the gauntlet at the feet of Britain, the United States and the Atlantic Alliance at a mini-summit yesterday, unveiling plans for a new Euro-army with its own military headquarters. EU Parliament clears path for enlargement euobserver.com (09 Apr 03) A majority of the EU Parliament voted in favour of the enlargement process Wednesday in Strasbourg, giving the right for ten future member states to sign the Accession Treaty next week in Athens. Avoid caveman politics, Solana urges US euobserver.com (08 Apr 03) A landmark speech by the EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, at Harvard University on Monday is set to spark off the debate on future relations between the US and the EU after the huge damage created by the American-led preventative war against Iraq. Berlusconi wants Russia and Israel in the EU euobserver.com (21 Mar 03) The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who takes over the EU helm from July, said the EU should enlarge to encompass even Russia and Israel so as to counterbalance the power currently enjoyed solely by the US. Landmark EU treaty comes into effect BBC News (01 Feb 03) The Treaty of Nice, which paves the way for the enlargement of the European Union, has finally come into force. Alarm at 'EU Pentagon' plan news.telegraph.co.uk (17 Dec 02) The European Union is drawing up plans for a "Euro-Pentagon" in Brussels commanded by a defence chief able to launch military operations anywhere in the world. Unveiled: the blueprint for United States of Europe independent.co.uk (29 Oct 2002) The blueprint for a new constitution for Europe, unveiled yesterday, paves the way for sweeping changes to the EU but provoked instant British opposition by suggesting the bloc could be renamed "United States of Europe". More power for Europe's army puts future of Nato at risk telegraph.co.uk (27 Oct 02) Members of the European Union will be invited to form a separate mutual defence pact to Nato and guarantee to defend one another if attacked, under a controversial plan being put forward as part of the convention on the future of Europe. US and EU at odds over new rapid response force euobserver.com (18 Sep 02) EU and US are at odds over a new rapid response force, as some EU countries fear that the US plan might undermine European plans to create their own strong rapid reaction force. The US plan to create a new Nato rapid response force that would act beyond the alliance's territory has already put EU and US at odds, despite the fact that it will be only revealed by US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the next week, reports the Financial Times. Court row continues to strain EU-US relations euobserver.com (9 Jul 02) Relations between the EU and the US have hit their lowest point since George Bush came to office according to the Spanish daily El Pais. Differences of opinion over the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just the latest in a catalogue of differences between the US and the EU. |
In the preceding text it is stated that the European Union (E.U.) apparently will be the base of power for the Antichrist. The E.U. has chosen pagan symbols, rather than biblical symbols, to portray this emerging confederacy of nations. These symbols are depicted on currency, public buildings, telephone cards, and posters. Anti-Christian and anti-Semitic views are flourishing. The foundation for the government of the Antichrist and the False Prophet is now being laid. Examples include:
The title "Queen of Heaven" has been given to several pagan goddesses. In Old Testament times, she was a fertility goddess and consort of Baal. Worship of her was an offense to God. (See Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19, 25.) She was worshiped by other names as Ashtoreth and Asherah in Canaan, Ishtar in Babylon, Astarte and Aphrodite in Greece, and Venus in Rome.
The E.U. has made wide use of the mythological Europa. Sitting on a bull rising from the sea, Europa has been the subject of statues, stamps, coins, and telephone cards throughout Europe, and has been pictured as the "Queen of Heaven" by showing her and her bull companion encircled by the twelve stars of the E.U. flag. GO TO examples of Europa and the bull honored throughout Europe.
PAVING THE WAY: These examples indicate that the European Union is well on its way to becoming a secular, non-Christian or anti-Christian, anti-Semitic confederation of states. The Antichrist will need a powerful economic, military base with little religious conviction-- even animus toward Jews and Christians-- to form his government during the Tribulation. The E.U. appears to be paving the way for his goevrnment.
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BACKGROUND: The Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics (USSR) was the Communist enemy of the West and Israel for much of the last
half of the Twentieth Century. The USSR, now dissolved, is today called "Russia."
Recently, the Russian leadership under Vladimir Putin has remained relatively quiet, giving the appearance of peaceful cooperation with the West. Has Russia's leadership had a change of heart? No. Russia is being "nice" because she desperately needs financial assistance from the West as well as a period of stability to solve grinding social problems at home, before crashing onto the world stage with her military might. In reality, Russia's intentions are not important because the prophet Ezekiel states that God will lead Gog, Russia's leader, into war against Israel by setting "a hook in his jaw," as one might use a hook in the jaw of an animal to lead it. Although weakened by decades of rule by an inept, corrupt Communist regime, Russia still possesses the potential of a world superpower. Russia has a large population of hard-working people accustomed to deprivation and sacrifice as well as abundant resources (well-trained scientists and the raw materials of weaponry). The Russian stockpile of weapons, e.g., nuclear weapons, missiles, bombers and fighters, tanks, biological weapons, and the like, is still intact and frightening in its excess. Despite the average Russian's poverty, Russia aggressively builds more war weapons and delivery systems of finest quality and superior technology. Russia truly is a "sleeping giant." Russia is anti-Semitic. Years of rule by an officially atheistic government has weakened the influence of Christianity. The Holy Bible tells that Israel's enemy to the north-- Moscow is due north of Israel-- will wage war against Israel and other nations at the end of the age. Russia is poised for a massive military attack. Russia's allies will be the King of the South, identified by place names in The Holy Bible as the Arab (Muslim) nations who hate Israel and who are economic, political, and military allies of Russia. Other countries to Israel's north-- Turkey and former USSR republics-- could be Russia's ally because of their Islamic ties and various political reasons. God will intervene and crush superior invading forces from the north and south, to save His people Israel. A remnant of the Russian army will apparently re-build and participate in the Battles of Armageddon at the end of the Tribulation, immediately prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. REPRESENTATIVE SCRIPTURES: Genesis 10:1-2: (1) This is the account of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. (2) The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. EXPLANATION: These sons migrated northward into Russia, and their descendants are listed as invaders of Israel.Ezekiel, chapters 38 and 39: SUMMARY: These two chapters, too long to reproduce here, are excerpted: God will put "hooks in the jaw" of Gog of the land of Magog, leader of Meshech and Tubal (ancient names of peoples to the north), to lead him against Israel. With him in this invasion will be his southern allies-- Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and other nations (ancient names for present-day Arab and North African countries). When Israel is living "in safety," Russia and her southern confederates will attack Israel in great force. Other nations of the world will offer diplomatic complaints, but none will offer Israel military assistance. God's anger will be set against Gog. God will send a great earthquake and other judgments against Gog's troops, and He will confuse Gog's leaders. Losses in Gog's armies will be staggering. God will do this to save His people Israel and to demonstrate His sovereign power. EXPLANATION: Gog is the leader of Magog, which is allied with southern nations. There can be no doubt that Magog is Russia and the southern allies are North African and Arab nations. The primary motive for the invasion is to capture the strategically important land bridge between three continents and the access to the Mediterranean Sea for exportation of Middle East petroleum. The secondary motive is the anti-Semitism in Russia and Muslim nations and the Islamic zeal to re-capture land once ruled by Islamic leaders (the Ottoman Empire [Turkey] ruled the land of Israel prior to World War I). Scholars agree that this battle will occur in the near future, but they differ in the timing with respect to the Rapture or Tribulation. It seems reasonable to believe this battle may occur before the Tribulation for these reasons: the prophecy does not mention the Antichrist and the seven-year peace treaty affirmed by the Antichrist and it notes that Israel uses weapons (captured nuclear warheads?) as fuel for seven years (the Tribulation only lasts for seven years). Concerning Israel being "at peace": Israel need not be totally at peace (free from terrorism), but only have a feeling of security (that is, not expecting a major military assault). Daniel 11:40: [The angel said] "At the time of the end the king of the South will engage in battle, and the king of the North will storm out against him [the Antichrist] with chariots and calvary and a great fleet of ships...." |
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