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HOW TO STUDY PROPHECY
"For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon
line, line upon line, here a little, there a little." (Isaiah 28:10).
We must be like detectives, always on the lookout for clues which
ISLAM could be hidden anywhere in the Word of God, «here a little, there a
little».
"The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is
AND THE FINAL BEAST sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, «Read this,
please»; and he says, «I cannot, for it is sealed.»" (Isaiah 29:11)
A practical way of interpreting prophecy
But then:
by Walid
"The Lord answered me and said: «Write the vision and make it plain
on tablets, that he may run who reads it.»" (Habakkuk 2:2).
The Word of God states positively that prophecy may well and
truly be understood!
All we need is to put into practice the counsels the Bible gives us, in
order to study prophecy in an effective way.
"[The Jews from Berea] were more fairminded than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and
searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so."
(Acts 17:11).
"Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private
interpretation." (2 Peter 1:20)
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Many who claim to have the gift of interpreting prophecy, yet have "separate war before Armageddon" or "a war after the millennium".
been proven wrong over and over again. Just as majority of Bible believers before Christ missed Christ in Isaiah
53, when it was so obvious, Christians miss antiChrist in Ezekiel 38,
and it too is very obvious.
THE SATANIC SETUP
Gog of Ezekiel, is the same Gog of Revelation unleashed at the world
From Ibn Khaldun's alMuqqadima: TWICE.
"... There will come forth a man from my nation who will talk The Bible gives the opposing names to the true God, and attributes
according to my Sunnah. God will send upon him rain from heaven, them to the Antichrist. Christ is called "The Truth", while Antichrist is
and the earth will sprout forth for him its blessing. The earth will be called "The lie". Christ is called the "Holy One", while Antichrist is
filled through him with equity and justice, as it his been filled with called "The lawless one". Christ is called "The Son of God", while
injustice and crime. He will direct the affairs of this nation for seven Antichrist is called "The Son of Perdition". Christ is called "The
years, and he will settle in Jerusalem." Mystery of Godliness", while Antichrist is called "The Mystery of
Iniquity".
The Mahdi of Islam has many elements in his description to set them
up for the greatest deceiver ever. God allows Satan to continue although He could destroy him. The
Bible teaches that Jesus Christ will finally destroy Satan's Son of
Perdition (The Antichrist) "by the brightness of His coming". Satan's
Tighten your seat belt, you are about to be taken on a long main tactic to destroy God's plan is to counterfeit the biblical
interpretation, but please read it and study it slowly. At first it will prophecies and present himself as the Messiah. He doesn't necessarily
sound absurd, but later on, it will click, and your thinking will never be have to have the same name, but carry the same attributes. God gave
the same. many warnings in the Bible concerning Satan and his works:
The question has always been, is antiChrist a Jew, an Arab, or a "Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and
European? magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the
God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished;
The answer for the above is "None of the above." for what has been determined shall be done" (Daniel 11:36). The
Antichrist's will is his father's will (The Father of lies or the Devil),
Most likely he will be from Southern Russia, Bosnia, Chechen, Uzbek, while Christ's will is His Father's will (The God of Truth). The mystery
Kazakhstan, Girgestan ... which are all majority Muslim. of God's nature is presented in the Bible as One God (Father, Son, Holy
Spirit): "Behold O Israel, the Lord your God is One". The unity of God
is supported in both the Old Testament as well as in the New
Testament.
IS GOG THE ANTICHRIST?
So Satan, "the proud one", "the devil", "AntiChrist", "Gog", and since
The answer is very simple, it is as obvious as apple pie, yet everyone he will be loosed after the 1000 years he is then STILL called "Gog"
seems to miss it. Ezekiel 38's "Gog" whom many seem to confuse as a
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and "Satan". AntiChrist is simply the "devil incarnate", "Satan in the says "Holy one of Israel"? Again, God will be here on earth, in Israel,
flesh" sort of speak. and in person. Can there be any doubt?
The fact that "Gog" appears in the tribulation and after the millennium Also, the birds that eat the armies are mentioned both in Revelation and
is a dead give away on whom he is. What seems a contradiction Ezekiel 38 and 39:
between Ezekiel and Revelation is in reality not. The Bible is 100%
accurate, God was not mistaken it is we who are confused. Rev 19:17 "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a
loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come
and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18
THE TOUCH DOWN That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the
flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on
This Ezekiel 38 & 39 is indeed when Christ will fight Israel's enemies them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and
with Gog their leader and will be here in the flesh. great."
Now, look carefully at Ezekiel 38:19, the earthquake is the greatest in Ezek 39:4 "Thou shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all
history and matches Zechariah 14:4. This earthquake is definitely the thy bands, and the people that [is] with thee: I will give thee unto the
mark of His presence on earth at the moment of His touch down. In ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be
Zechariah we have no doubt that it is His touch down. Zech 14:3 "the devoured."
Lord will go forth and fight ...", verse 4 "His feet will stand ...".
So we have now more confirmation that Ezekiel 38/39 is the
Whose feet? There is no escape of it "The Lord's feet" (verse 3). When Armageddon of Revelation.
did the Lord have feet?
And there is more, Ezekiel 38:17 "Are you not the one of whom I have
This earthquake in Ezekiel 38:19 is so awesome "fish of the sea, birds spoken in former days, by ... the prophets of Israel.". When was this
of heavens, beasts of the field, ALL the creeping things, ALL the men "Gog" predicted by the prophets? Which prophets?
on the face of the earth will shake at My presence".
We are unable to find any use of "Gog" in the prophets prior to Ezekiel
WHOSE PRESENCE???? Major verse my friend. This "presence" can or after, but if Gog is the antiChrist, there is little problem finding him
be proven further to make no doubt that Ezekiel 38 & 39 is the mentioned previous to Ezekiel: e.g. in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Zechariah, Joel
showdown between Christ and AntiChrist (Gog). and David, as well as later in the New Testament: Revelation, Letters to
the Thessalonians, Jude, the Gospel according to Matthew ...
In Ezekiel 39:22 "Israel will know that I AM the Lord their God from
that day onward." The AntiChrist was spoken of by all of them but with different nick
names: "Gog", "The Assyrian", "The AntiChrist", "Son of Perdition",
So it's Israel's redemption. To make this conclusive, look at Ezekiel "Lawless one", "Lucifer".
39:7 "the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in
ISRAEL". Why is the Holy one "in" Israel since the rest of Scripture In the Bible, we must always pay attention to combinations.
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So when the AntiChrist is attacked by the "King of the North" he is
WHY FROM SOUTHERN RUSSIA AND NOT south of him. This (Southern Russia) is generally Muslim. This will fit
NORTHERN? very well if the King of the north "leader of Russia" comes against him
and his territory south of Russia, yet still in the remote parts of the
LAND OF THE NORTH IS RUSSIA. north.
First we have to identify Ezekiel 38's "far north". Jeremiah predicted a Russia split, we have today the Commonwealth of the Independent
great exodus of Jews from "The land of the North". In Jeremiah 16:14 States (C.I.S) which are mostly Islamic and ethnically not related to the
15 he writes, "‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when people Slavic Russians:
will no longer say, "As surely as the Lord lives, Who brought the
Israelites up out of Egypt ...", but they will say, "As surely as the Lord Togarmah are the Turkic peoples, Uzbekistan in Southern Russia for
lives, Who brought the Israelites up out of the Land of the North, and example are Turkic. The Macmillan Bible Atlas, Oxford Bible Atlas,
out of all the other countries where He had banished them." For I will The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands, and others, locate Magog, Meshech,
restore them to the Land I gave their forefathers.’". Tubal, Gomer and Beth Togarmah in Asia Minor, not Russia. This
region, called Anatolia, Asia Minor or now Turkey, Uzbekistan,
Zechariah 2:57 ...And the Angel said, "Come! Come! Flee from the Tajikistan, Girgestan ... was the heart of the vast Islamic Ottoman
land of the north". Empire for many centuries. Hesiod, "the father of Greek didactic
poetry" identified Magog with the Scythians and southern Russia in the
The greatest exodus of Jews in history was from Russia, so we know 7th century B.C. Hesiod was a contemporary of Ezekiel. Flavius
that the "North country", the "Land of the North" is Russia. In this case Josephus records that the Magogians were called "Scythians" by the
then the "King of the North" is very likely Russia as well since the Greeks. Philo, in the 1st century, identifies Magog with southern
problem would be as to how could AntiChrist be from the land of the Russia.
North (Ezekiel 38:6) and then in Daniel 11:4045 "And at the time of
the end shall the king of the south push at him (Antichrist): and the Gomer is the founder of the Cimmerians who settled originally on the
king of the north (Russia) shall come against him (AntiChrist) like a shores of the Caspian Sea. The Assyrians referred to them as the
whirlwind"? Gimirraya. Esarhaddon (681668 BC) records his defeat of the
Gimirrai; whilst King Ashurbanipal tells us in his records of the
If AntiChrist is from the North, then who is the King of the North? Cimmerian invasion of Lydia in the days of the Lydian king Gugu
And how could the King of the North come against AntiChrist if Anti (Gygez) around the year 660 BC. This is the name perhaps preserved in
Christ is from the North? Scripture as Gog (Ezek. 38:2). Herodotus gave us a more detailed
account of the Kimmeri. In IV.11 he states the following:
Answer is simple in Ezekiel AntiChrist and Magog comes from the
"remote parts of the north" (Ezekiel 38:6) and NOT from the Land of "... The wandering Scythians once dwelt in Asia, and there warred with
the North. the Massagetae, but with ill success; they therefore quitted their homes,
crossed the Araxes, and entered the land of Kimmeria. For the land
The leader of Russia is the King of the North, and Southern Russia which is now inhabited by the Scyths was formerly the country of the
(Muslim MagogAntiChrist) is south of Russia and far north of Israel. Kimmerians." (Herodotus IV.11)
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Magog is the region of Gog, the second of the "sons" of Japheth, Ge In the 7th century B.C., nomadic Scythians migrated north into fertile
10:2, 1Ch 1:5. In Ezekiel 38:2 and 39:6 it is the name of a nation, Russian territories. Herodotus the Greek, who visited southern Russia
probably some Scythian or Tartar tribe descended from Japheth. They in the 5th century B.C., observed that "Some tribes cultivated the land;
are described as skilled horsemen, and expert in the use of the bow. The the builders of the Parthenon would have gone hungry without Russian
Latin father Jerome says that this word denotes "Scythian nations, wheat; but the ruling element remained nomads, living in tents, yet not
fierce and innumerable, who live beyond the Caucasus and the Lake altogether eschewing the arts of civilization." These people also began
Maeotis, and near the Caspian Sea, and spread out even onward to trading furs and honey with Constantinople; eventually, the merchants
India." Perhaps the name "represents the Assyrian Mat Gugi, or acted as middlemen between other settlements in the far north
'country of Gugu,' the Gyges of the Greeks" (Sayce's Races, etc.). (inhabited by Finnish tribes) and the Roman Empire. As these early
Slavic people began to cultivate the land, villages and towns sprang up,
The SchaffHerzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, citing protected by wooden citadels, or kremlins, cut from the abundant forest
ancient Assyrian writings, places the location of Magog in the land timber. The inhabitants gradually occupied an area from St. Petersburg
mass between ancient Armenia and Media in short, the Republics to Kiev and spoke a language (originating from Greek) quite similar to
south of Russia and north of Israel, comprised of Azerbajian, modern Russian.
Afghanistan, Turkestan, Chechnya, Turkey, Iran and Dagestan.
Significantly, all of them are Muslim nations. The numerous tribes were united in the 8th and 9th centuries, when the
Scandinavians, Vikings known as Varangians, migrated south and
The Russians of the far north (Moscow) are unrelated to the southern began establishing trade settlements with the Slavs, along with their
parts of the today's C.I.S which are mostly Turkic. In reality the own strongholds. Many of these settlements were situated along the
Russians of today are Scandinavians (The Vikings in History. Totowa, Neva River and Lake Ladoga. When the Norseman Rurik defeated the
NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1994). The Vikings' ventures into Eastern strongest Slavic settlement, Novgorod, in A.D. 862, the Varangians
Europe were to a great extent trade related. They established trade became the rulers of northern Russia. In the south, the Slavic Prince Kii
routes along the Great Russian rivers, such as Volga and Dnieper, and, had formed the Kievan territory. In 880, Rurik's successor, Oleg,
since some of the major Russian cities were located on those rivers, conquered the Slavicruled Kiev and made the city his capital two years
they came into the direct contact with the Slavs living there. Despite the later. With the two areas united, the State of Rus (its name derived from
controversy on the question of the Russian origins, the sources seem to the Viking word ruotsi, meaning "oarsman") became one of the largest
point out "that Russia had its origin in the Rus who were kingdoms in the world.
Scandinavians" (Logan, p. 186). Rurik settled in Novgorod and the
other two (Sineus and Truvor) settled in Beloozero and Izborsk In fact the Bible even gives the names of the peoples who will
(Roesdahl, p. 279). It is apparent that the Kievan dynasty was of a contribute in destroying the Islamic confederacy MENE, ARARAT,
Viking origin. Oleg (Helgi), Igor (Inguar) and his wife Olga (Helga) ASHKENAZ (Jeremiah 51:2728).
were of Scandinavian descent. "Igor and Olga's son Sviatoslav (95773)
was the first ruler to have a Slav name. In 998 AD his son Vladimir Armenia is MENE and ARARAT, while Ashkenaz are the Europeans,
adopted Orthodox Christianity ... In the reign of his son Yaroslav the and Russians.
Wise (101454) the connection with Scandinavia was sealed by royal
marriages" (Roesdahl, p. 279). One could ask as how did we conclude that "MENE" and "ARARAT"
are Armenia?
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Take for example the prominent city of Van, on the eastern lakeshore Ashkenaz, means "a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered". He settled first
of beautiful, scenic and sacred Lake Van in the heart of Armenia, was in Armenia, migrating thence to Bithynia, the northern islands of
the capital of the exalted and powerful Araratian Kingdom. (See Europe and European west coast: Germany, Scandinavia and Denmark.
http://www.armenianhighland.com/van/chronicle240.html) Further evidence is that Jews from Europe are called "Askenazim".
The land or the kingdom of Ararat (fl. c.9th7th cent. B.C.), called in
Assyrian Urartu, was situated between the river Araks and the lakes WHO IS THIS CHITTIM?
Van and Rezaiyeh. It included all the land later called Armenia.
(Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, sixth edition). In Daniel (11:30) the "Ships of Chittim come against Him" (Anti
Christ).
This is not to confuse "Mount Ararat" (in Turkey) with the Kingdom of
Ararat (Armenia). Balaam foretold (Num. 24:24) "that ships shall come from the coast of
Chittim, and afflict Eber." Daniel prophesied (11:30) that the ships of
The Armenians were the only people who cooperated with and aided Chittim would come against the king of the north. It probably denotes
the Crusaders. When the Crusaders withdrew, Armenia was invaded by Cyprus (Josephus), whose ancient capital was called Kition by the
the Caliphs of Baghdad, the Sultans of Egypt, the Khans of Tartar, the Greeks, and also extendeds to include lands west of Syria (the whole of
Shahs of Persia and the Ottoman Turks. For fourteen centuries, the Greece, as far as Illyricum and Italy which is not Muslim). The name
Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Mamelukes, Seljuk Turks and originally designated the Phoenician port of Citium in Cyprus, the term
the Mongols under Tamerlane, subjugated Greater Armenia and often appeared in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and was used of the Romans. So, if it
massacred much of her population. refers to the Romans this would means that the supposed AntiChrist
territory is in fact fighting itself?
The Muslim Turks massacred 1.5 million Armenians at once by the
order of Tal'at Pasha on September 16 th 1915. Finally God's vengeances In general, Chittim (Kittim) is used of all the islands and various
will be carried out using the Armenians. settlements on the seacoasts which they had occupied, and then of the
people who succeeded them when the Phoenician power decayed.
In fact, Russian and Armenian forces have recently had joint military Hence it designates generally the islands and coasts of the
work: Mediterranean and the races that inhabit them. The Dodanim who
were leaders of a race descended from Javan (Gen. 10:4). They are
"JOINT RUSSOARMENIAN MILITARY EXERCISE UNDER known in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting
WAY. Russian and Armenian forces began joint tactical exercises on Illyricum. They were a semiPelasgic race, and in the ethnographical
19 September, Russian and Western media reported. The exercises table (Gen. 10) they are grouped with the Chittim (q.v.). In 1 Chr. 1:7,
involve troops, warplanes and armored vehicles and are taking place and are called Rodanim. The LXX. and the Samaritan Version also read
near the Turkish border in Armavir. The exercises were originally to be Rhodii, whence some have concluded that the Rhodians, the inhabitants
held from 2327 September but were pulled forward to effectively of the island of Rhodes, are meant.
coincide with the Armenian presidential election. Last March the two
sides undertook similar exercises for the first time." – (Lowell Bezanis In Genesis 10:4 the word "Chittim" is applied to the descendants of
Open Media Research Institute's Daily Digest., Part I, Spetember 1996) Javan, and indicates, therefore, the GreekLatin races, whose territory
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extended along the coasts of the Mediterranean, and included its Argument: "Daniel 9:26 AntiChrist comes to destroy the Temple
islands. By the side of Kittim are mentioned Elisha, Tarshish, and again before the coming of Christ.
Dodanim ( = Rodanim of 1 Chronicles 1:7), generally explained
respectively as Sicily with Southern Italy, Spain and Rhodes. The In Daniel 9:26, the prophet said that a future ruler over the land of
statement of Josephus, that "all islands, and the greatest part of the sea Israel would destroy Jerusalem and the Temple. Daniel said this would
coast, are called Chethim ( = Kittim) by the Hebrews," on the other happen after an anointed one (messiah) is "cut off," which means
hand, must be taken as the testimony of one well acquainted with the "rejected" or "killed." A few centuries later, the Romans had taken
opinions of the learned world in his time. (New International Standard control of the land of Israel, Jesus announced himself as the Messiah,
Bible Encyclopedia). and the Romans crucified him. Forty years after Jesus was crucified,
the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple.
The Septuagint literally uses the word "Romans" for Daniel 11:30.
Christ Himself ends the arguments. In Matthew 24:15 we read "When
SELUECID EMPIRE OR DYNASTY? ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
Then comes the argument that AntiChrist comes from the understand)". In Daniel 11:21 the man who develops as the
Seleucid Dynasty versus the original land mass of the Selucid Antichrist comes on the scene in the north while many interpret the
Empire. "Kittim" has applied in history to all Seleucid mercenaries man as Antiochus Epiphanes since the Jewish writer of the Maccabees,
since Menelaus was first installed as high priest in Jerusalem with the the Roman Catholic Jerome, Scofield, Ryrie, and 10,000 other writers
aid of Antiochus Epiphanes and was accompanied by them. Here in believed so.
Daniel 11:30 we have the Seleucid's (Greeks) attacking the AntiChrist
which eliminates the place of Seleucid's origin and forces the position But Daniel didn't say it, and Jesus in Matthew 24:15 placed Daniel
of the Empire he controlled to be the likely candidate. This is more 11:31 into the future pointing to the Antichrist as this "abomination
plausible since no text in Scripture mandates lineage but control. First of desolation" before His second coming and not in Maccabean
Maccabees 1:1, written perhaps around 110 BCE, uses Kittim for the period. Daniel 11:520 is a broad sketch of postGrecian Empire
land of origin of Alexander, suggesting that Kittim was at that time history [Daniel 11:24] which leads right up to the time of the
related to the belligerent Macedonians, the people from whom the Antichrist ("Little Horn") in Daniel 11:21.
Seleucids came.
Christ by this shows to a certain degree that many prophecies of the
Bible have multiple fulfillments since Antiochus indeed fulfilled a
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION major portion. By this, we must revisit other supposedly fully fulfilled
prophecies such as Jeremiah 49, 50, and 51.
Argument: "AntiChrist is Roman as stated in Daniel 9:26 "the
prince who is to come". Secondly, confirmation of Jesus' simple scheme for the future is found
in Daniel. Here we follow Jesus' instructions carefully. The
Argument: "AntiChrist is Grecian since Daniel 11 was already abomination of desolation is the one described by Daniel (Matt.
fulfilled, Antiochus came and gone". 24:15). The precise expression "abomination of desolation" occurs in
Daniel 11:31 with a further reference to its appearance in the holy place
in Daniel 12:11. Daniel 9:27 contains a third slightly less direct
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reference. In all three cases (cf. also Dan. 8:13) Daniel describes a final accept that AntiChrist MUST come from the Grecian dominion as
evil ruler, King of the North (from the region of Mesopotamia), who predicted by Christ Himself. Daniel 9:26 69 weeks is completely
sets himself (or his image) up as "the abomination of desolation" and fulfilled with no connection in the passage or chapter to this "prince to
puts an end to temple sacrifices (Dan. 11:31). It is crucially important come" to the final remanding week since it was preserved by Christ for
to see that in Daniel 12:11 about three and a half years will elapse the little horn referred to in Daniel 8 and 11.
between the appearance of the abomination of desolation and the
end of the age. Jesus is merely elaborating (in Matt. 24) what was Also, in Daniel and Matthew the Temple is desecrated not destroyed,
already laid out by Daniel: abomination of desolation (Dan. 11:31; yet the Daniel 9 it's completely destroyed as predicted by Christ in
Matt. 24:15); tribulation for 3 1/2 years (Matt. 24:21; Dan. 12:1, 7, 11); Matthew 24. So the "prince" of Daniel 9, is NOT the same as the "little
resurrection (Dan. 12:2). The whole of Daniel 11:5ff. and 12 must be horn" of Daniel 8 and 11. When armies surround Jerusalem again, the
read as one connected story and the Daniel passage must be kept in Temple will be saved, after all the Messiah MUST enter it: "Then He
mind as the background to Jesus' discourse in Matthew 24. 3 brought me back to the outer gate which faces toward the east, but it
was shut. And the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not
Breaking the connection between Matthew 24:15 and Daniel 11:31 be opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the Lord God of
(12:11) is the one single factor leading to mistaken systems of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. (Eze 44:13) Now
prophecy. The link is established by Jesus' own words: "Let the reader see Ezekiel 43:1 "Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that
understand that I am referring to the book of Daniel" (see Matt. 24:15). faces toward the east. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came
4 Daniel 9:27 speaks also of an abominable person on the rampage from the way of the east". And in chapter 43: verse 4; "And the glory of
(desolating) in Jerusalem for 3 1/2 years. Daniel 8:13, 14 give more the Lord came into the temple by the way of the gate which faces
information. All these verses form the background to Matthew 24:15 toward the east." This is referring to the beautiful Eastern or Golden
31 and harmonize with it. Remember the one key to Matthew 24: The Gate, located 1,035 feet north of the Southeast corner of AlHarm or
tribulation of which Jesus spoke is to be followed immediately by Temple Mount area, on which Muslim Khaleefeh AbdelMalek bin
cosmic signs and the second coming. And the tribulation is to be Marwan built the Dome of the Rock in A.D 691. The gate had already
triggered by the abomination of desolation already prophesied by been sealed. It has been sealed almost a thousand years ago.
Daniel 11:31. When these facts are held together they build up a
composite picture of events destined to happen just before Jesus
arrives.
So to sum it up:
So, in accordance to Matthew 24, we must conclude that AntiChrist as
the Bible states in Daniel 8:9 "From one of the prominent horns came a Cush = Sudan (Muslim)
small horn whose power grew very great. It extended toward the south
and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel" must come from the Phut = North Africa/Libya/Morroco, Algeria, Tunis
Grecian Empire, and since He is going south, he must be coming from
the north parts, exactly as specified in Ezekiel 38. Antiochus in Daniel Gomer = Cimmerians
8 is the forerunner of the final Antichrist linking him to the Grecian
Empire rather then the "Prince to come" in Daniel 9:26. We MUST Togarmah = Turkic Tribes, Central Asia = Kazakhstan,
then conclude that since "The prince who is to come" in Daniel 11 was Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan...
NEVER referred to by any other prophecy, so it must be crucial to
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So Ezekiel 38 covers Persia, Sudan (Cush), Northern Africa (Phut, "And he said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall
Lybia, Morroco, Tunisia, Algeria) which will soon be allies with the happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed
C.I.S. nations against Israel. These nations are all in Ezekiel 38. time the end shall be."
These today are the main part of the Ottoman Muslim Empire and Do not the phrases "the appointed time", "latter time", "the latter time
covers the ancient Grecian Empire as well. The Ottoman Empire was a of the indignation" rather, indicate that "the appointed time" is yet to be
beast that replaced the Roman Empire after defeating the Eastern seen? That this image is a picture of specific empires revived in a
Roman Empire. The Ottomon Empire was the wounded beast which the combination for a future time? Is there no curiosity about the times of
world will marvel since the wound was "healed". the end of the years which bring this "great army, etc." down upon
Israel when the Glory of the LORD should reappear? Daniel is made to
So, it is not a revived Roman Empire, but a confederacy resembling the understand only "what should befall his people in the latter days,
ancient Grecian Empire. Daniel's image only includes the revived because the vision was yet for [the] days."
confederacy of endtimes. The image is regarding endtimes. Notice
that the stone that smote the image at the feet will break it and the gold, Now, in Daniel 2, it also says: "The Great God has shown the king
silver, iron, iron and clay is all smashed AT THE SAME TIME. what will take place IN THE FUTURE. The dream is true and the
interpretation is trustworthy." Daniel 7 is not a summary of world
In fact Scripture fully supports that the old 3 empires must be included empires but confederacy from revived empires of the past and all at
together to make the 4th EndTime confederacy: once to die all at the same time. Also: "The four great beasts are four
kingdoms that will rise from the earth."
"The head of the statue was made of GOLD, its chest and arms of
SILVER, its belly and thighs of BRONZE, its legs of IRON, its feet When Daniel wrote these words, two of the kingdoms had already
partly of IRON and partly of baked CLAY. While you were watching, arisen, these four kingdoms must arise in the future.
a ROCK was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its
feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the IRON, the CLAY, The Grecian Empire is also supported in Scripture:
the BRONZE, the SILVER and the GOLD were broken to pieces AT
THE SAME TIME and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the "When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and
summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee
ROCK that struck the statue became a huge MOUNTAIN and filled the as the sword of a mighty man. And the LORD shall be seen over them,
whole earth." and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall
blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. The
How could Daniel's image be a sequence of all world empires, if these LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue
empires here are destroyed AT THE SAME TIME? Especially when with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through
we have more then 4 empires. wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his
Also, Daniel 19:8 clearly states: people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign
upon his land. [Zech 9:1316]
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Look at "Against thy sons O Greece". This passage is also regarding current total to 15, and making this interpretation unlikely. So for this
Messiah's second coming. interpretation to fit, a major shuffle must occur to eliminate 10 nations
from the West and include 5 new ones from the east. Let's not forget,
Revelation 13:2 seems to narrow the scope to a Grecian Empire which that most of the modern Bible prophecy interpreters were wrong about
already encompassed the Babylonian and MedoPersian empires: prophecy. Take Hal Lindsey for example. Lindsey took the fig tree as a
symbol of Israel (so did many of the modern interpreters, Jeffrey, Van
"And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear's, Impe, Chuck Smith...), and identified it's rebudding with the founding
and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his of Israel in 1948, measured a generation as forty years, and deduced
power and his throne and great authority." that the Second Coming would surely happen no later than 1988. Since
he believed that the rapture of the church would predate the Second
Obviously the leopard is the Grecian empire (Daniel 7:6) and exactly as Coming by seven years, he implied that the rapture would occur by at
Gabriel interpreted it in Daniel 8 where the vision of the ram and goat least 1981. But, of course, there was no rapture in 1981. Nor has it
is given as foretelling the struggle between MediaPersia and occurred in any year since 1981. Jeffery also predicted 1993 to be a
Alexander's Greece. The Lion is Babylon, and the Bear is MedoPersia significant date, and was wrong as well. So much for date setting. Pat
which already was part of the Leopard (Greece). Robertson told the viewers of his "700 Club" television show that the
confrontation with Iraq, coupled with recriminations against Israel over
the shooting at the Temple Mount, point to fulfillment of Bible
IS IT THE EUROPEAN UNION? prophecies that the nations of the world are going to come against
Israel.
ARGUMENT: "The statue of Daniel shows 5 toes on each leg, this
mandates that the end times beast be 5 eastern and 5 western 2. Jack Van Impe told his national TV audience that four major
kingdoms". prophecies in the Bible pinpoint Iraq and the Persian Gulf as the
prelude to the Battle of Armageddon, a conflict he says will begin at
ARGUMENT: "The EU (European Union) is the only candidate" the Euphrates River in Iraq. Van Impe believes that Iraq is modern
Babylon.
Could that be correct? That a 10 nation confederacy be the EU? Are the
EU all western today (besides Russia which joined and was never part 3. Ken Fleming, a professor at Emmaus Bible College, Dubuque, Iowa,
of ROME) only parts of Southern Russia was part of Rome. identifies Iraq as the prophetic Babylon of Scripture. He wrote,
"Prophetically, in the future Babylon will once again be a great nation.
Are we saying that the southern independent republics of Russia will The Bible foresees that it will prostitute its political and religious and
join the EU? commercial power in association with a world leader called The Beast
(Rev. 14:89; 17:1112) ... Likewise we note things of interest in Iraq
1. But all the EU are western, besides Russia. Turkey was rejected (Babylon) which may have a bearing on the approach of the events
entry, so it's looking to the east for support, away from the EU. How surrounding the Second Coming."
does Turkey which was the seat of the Eastern Roman Empire fit in this
recent equation? Also, more recently, on January 1, 1995, Austria, 4. Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, EditorinChief of Pulpit Helps, advertises a
Finland, and Sweden were added to the European Union, bringing the cassette of his entitled, "Iraq in Prophecy." The ad states, "These
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lessons provide the biblical information to identify Iraq as the modern Jeremiah 51:9 – "We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed:
Babylon." forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country".
JEREMIAH 50, 51 All laborers in Saudi Arabia are IMPORTED and have no right to
Jeremiah's prophecy has Babylon invaded by great nations from the obtain citizenship, so they will flea each "into his own country".
north (50:9).
Revelation 18:7: "How much she hath glorified herself, and lived in
Ken Flemming said, "Jeremiah's prophetic vision of Babylon is clearly luxury".
linked to John's in Revelation 17 and 18 regarding events that take
place during the great tribulation. No one on earth lives as luxurious as the Saudis – golden shower
handles, castles, and great wealth.
Saudi Arabia fits much more then Rome:
Isaiah 47:8 "Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures".
1) Saudi Arabia has influence via Oil over the kings of the earth They enjoy so much pleasures, gambling in Vegas and Monte Carlo,
(17:18). and even the King of Saudi Arabia has a private 747 Jumbo Jet with all
the facilities in it.
2) Corrupts the nations (17:2; 18:3; 19:2) with Islamic influence.
Isaiah 47:10 – "For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said,
3) Even Mecca is called "The city of seven hills" today. None seeth me.". The Saudis commit sins and live in pleasures and
lusts, yet they think that since it is all hidden, that it is ok, but God sees
4) Persecutes the saints (17:6). Do you see any persecution in Rome them.
today? Yet in Saudi Arabia believers are "beheaded", exactly as
Revelation stated "I see the ones who were beheaded ...". This cannot be New York since sin is out on the open. This city is
sinning in "secret".
Saudi Arabia is even mentioned in Jeremiah 49:33 (Kedar and Hazor)
by NAME which will suffer this destruction. Iran (Persia or Elam) will Revelation 18:9... And the kings of the earth, who have committed
suffer destruction as well with her (Jeremiah 49:3439) which fits fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament
perfectly with the Gog of Ezekiel 38 since Persia is included. As well for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning.
as Isaiah 13 fits Jeremiah's prophecies.
They will cry for Oil and is no more, since the Oil was the reason they
Revelation 18:3: "For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of all prosper.
her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the Revelation 18:11 "And the merchants of the earth will weep and
abundance of her delicacies". mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore"
Through the abundance of Oil ALL the nations prospered. Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world will no longer import the products
that the West makes.
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Isaiah 47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast 18:13 – "And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense"
laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every
one to his quarter; none shall save thee. Spices, perfumes, and frankincense are well known in Saudi.
All the export companies will take off from Saudi. Saudi lives " and wine"
TOTALLY by imports.
Most of the rich Saudis drink in secret.
Yet what are the most things Saudi imports:
"and oil, and fine flour, and wheat"
Revelation 18:12 – "The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious
stones" They import ALL their foods.
Go to Saudi and see for yourself the bazzars, what are they selling? "and beasts, and sheep, and horses"
Gold, silver, and diamonds.
Arabs love sheep (lamb) meat more then any other. This cannot be the
"and of pearls" West which is famous for cattle. They also race horses and all of these
rich Saudis love Arab horses.
They buy tons of pearls from other Arab countries and from Japan.
"and chariots"
"and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet"
Chariots? They import ALL there cars.
They love fine silks in Saudi.
"and slaves"
"and all thine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner
vessels of most precious wood, and of brass" Aha ... slaves? All workers are imported from all over the world, they
even literally have slaves.
They love to buy expensive decorations, even ivory is sold in Saudi for
expensive swords and dagger handles. All sorts of wood work is also "and souls of men."
bought to decorate their castles, brass art works and copper tables and
decorations is well known amongst the rich Arabs. Souls of men ??? !!! They corrupt the souls with Islam. Who else fits
that bill more then Mecca which tries to Islamize the world? Saudi
"and iron, and marble" Arabia funds almost EVERY Islamic movement to Islamize the world.
Iron for construction and marble for the flooring and exterior. Who else 18:15 "The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her,
uses so much marble in houses like the Arabs of Saudi? They import shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing"
marble from Turkey and Italy.
Yes indeed, all the companies that export to Saudi will suffer a loss.
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18:16 "And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine Yes, after the death of Alexander the Great in the night of 10/11 June
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious 323 BCE, his empire was divided by his generals. One of the
stones, and pearls! " successors was his friend Seleucus, who became king of the eastern
provinces more or less modern Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and
decked with gold? They use the simplest things made of gold. Even the Lebanon, together with parts of Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan,
faucets are made of pure gold for the rich Saudis. How can anybody Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. His kingdom had two capitals, which he
miss that? founded c.300: Antioch in Syria and Seleucia in Iraq. Babylon was a
third important city. The empire was, like the empire of Alexander,
18:17a... "For in one hour so great riches is come to nought." actually the continuation of the empires before: Persia, Babylonia and
Assyria."
Good riddense.
(Refer to: "Alexander the Great" <http://www.livius.org/aj
Also precesion bombing will even be the method of destruction: "their al/alexander/alexander00.html>)
arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain."
Not one rocket is lost. This is exactly what we see these days. THE SEVENTH KING
Revelation 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping Now, to the mystery. Regarding Antichrist, in Chapter 17 of the Book
and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich of the Revelation we are provided with some key information which is
all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour generally overlooked. In that chapter, Antichrist is referred to as the
is she made desolate. beast. In verse 3 we are told the beast has seven heads and ten horns
(verse 3). Fortunately, verses 910 give some indication of what this
Saudi was unique in that she imported/exported most of her trade via means. "The seven heads are ... seven kings ..." Then we get a further
the sea. explanation of these kings:
Revelation 18:23b ... for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; five have fallen,
for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. one (the sixth) is,
the other (the seventh) "has not yet come; and when he comes,
Who deals with building Saudi but the greatest nations? All the nations he must remain a little while."
were deceived with Islam (sorceries).
Then we learn from verse 11 that the endtime beast "an eighth" is also
Babylon is NOT America as many say, how else will God muster "one of the seven." That is to say, he will be a repeat of one of the
"nations from the ends of the earth" to destroy her? What nations? And seven.
where is this "ends of the earth"?
If, on the other hand, kings refers to world empires and/or their rulers
(i.e., Alexander/Greece, Caesar/Rome, Hitler/Germany, etc.) then we
GRECIAN EMPIRE? have the following picture:
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five (empires) have fallen: One is (the Roman), another (the seventh) from Babylonia. The moon god was worshipped even in Roman times
that will come and remain only a little while is the Islamic Empire that (see http://www.geocities.com/mandaeans/Sabians6.html)
took over the Roman. Remember that the Roman Empire ceased to
exist in the West and moved to the east (Byzantium in Turkey). Even a coin depicting Hadrian and the moongod on it can be seen in
fig #18.
"And the beast which was, and is not, is himself also an eighth and is
one of the seven, and he goes to destruction". Do you see the "WAS" In 217 AD Emperor Caracala was killed after he was returning
above? Do you see the "and IS NOT"? from visiting the temple of the moon god in Harran. In 363 AD
Emperor Julian paid his respects to the temple of Sin. In the
At the time John wrote Revelation The Roman Empire was ruling, yet Doctrine of Addai, the author writes of the moon god at Harran.
John specifically says "is not". This rules out the Revived Roman Jacob of Serug also writes of the god Sin, the moon god of Harran.
Empire theory.
The "Mystery Babylon" stemmed from Babylon and lived throughout
Some say that this beast is Satan who will be shot and revived, so he is history in every empire in the east. It will end up being destroyed when
not at the time when John was writing, and we ask: was Satan ruling Islam falls.
before and stopped at the time of John, and later he will take control
again? It will not fit in this context at all. This indeed sounds absurd, The problem with many interpretations rose because many interpreters
Scripture specifically qualifies this beast as "The BEAST which was failed to see what "beast" fully meant. They implied only one meaning
and is not" verse 11. or an "either or", yet ignoring that in all Scripture "beast" has been
written in both contexts being a man, also an empire, and manwith
The Beast is and always has been a world government with a king, or a empire (Kingdom & King). In Daniel we see it clearly:
government with many kings. In verse 10 "AND THEY ARE (the
seven heads, mountains) seven kings, FIVE HAVE FALLEN, one IS, "These great BEASTS are four in number ARE four KINGS who
the OTHER has NOT YET COME, he must remain a little while". Do WILL arise from the earth". Here "Beasts" are kings.
you see "AND THEY ARE"?
Mountains/Heads/Kings are also symbols of beasts, kings and
Rome, the idea many have of it being the city of "seven hills", and it kingdoms:
may have been built on seven hills, but the word in the Greek in that
verse is "OROS" which means mountain. This is distinct from "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven
"BOUNOS", which is the Greek word for hill. mountains on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings".
IT ALL ORIGINATED IN BABYLON Here the seven heads are seven mountains (verse 9) AND THEY ARE
seven kings.
Revelation 17 gives a snapshot of the entire Babylonian influence were
man sinned and were disbursed. This includes all the empires with their So, the heads are "Mountains (kingdoms/empires)" and "kings (seven
"Babylonian" false religions. Islam's crescent moon in reality stems kings)".
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Now verse 10: fallen before John's time. The angel says that one is. In other words, the
sixth kingdom the angel is referring to is in power in John's time, even
"AND THEY ARE (the seven heads, mountains, empires/kingdoms as the angel is saying this to John. Then the angel says "the other has
and kings) seven kings, FIVE HAVE FALLEN, one IS, the OTHER not yet come", telling John that the 7th kingdom is a future kingdom.
has NOT YET COME, he must remain a little while". The usage of
"AND THEY ARE" is significant since this combines all of them Finally, the angel directly addresses the identity and kingdom ancestry
together. The BIBLE clearly is the authority and it gives the of the lastdays Beast power. The angel says that the seventh "is
interpretation already. himself also an eighth, and is of the seven". What does this mean?
Also they are FALLEN IN THE PAST. What KINGS have FALLEN The first empire to control the Middle East was the Old Babylonian
IN THE PAST when John wrote Revelations? Jeremiah also confirms Empire.
that a "Mountain" is an "Empire", as he addressed endtimes Mystery The second empire to control the Middle East was the Assyrian
Babylon: Empire.
The third empire to control the Middle East was the New Babylonian
"And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the Empire.
evil they have done in Zion in your sight," says the LORD. "Behold, I The fourth empire to control the Middle East was the Persian Empire.
am against you, O destroying MOUNTAIN, Who destroys all the The fifth empire to control the area of the Middle East was the Grecian
earth," says the LORD. "And I will stretch out My hand against you, Empire.
roll you down from the rocks, and make you a burnt mountain. They
shall not take from you a stone for a corner nor a stone for a These five empires are the "five (that) have fallen" at the time of John.
foundation, but you shall be desolate forever," says the LORD.
(Jer.51:25,26) The sixth empire to control the area of the Middle East was the Roman
Empire (as clearly identified by the angel in Revelation), which during
He calls Babylon a mountain. It can be clearly seen from these John's time (approximately 100 A.D.) was at the height of it's power.
scriptures that mountains, prophetically speaking, refer to
kingdoms/empires. With this in mind, let us take a close look at what The seventh empire to control the area of the Middle East was the Arab
John is actually saying: Muslim Empire which the angel told John, "the other has not yet
come".
"So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, Yet, Scripture even offers an interpretation. With all this in mind, let us
having seven heads and ten horns. Here is the mind which has wisdom: take another look at Revelation 17:711:
The seven heads are seven MOUNTAINS on which the woman sits.
(Revelation 17: 3, 9). "But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the
mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the
The seven Mountains here ties with the 10 kings. So the angel is clearly seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw was, and is not,
referring to 7 kingdoms that occur over a span of time: past, present and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those
and future. At the time the angel was speaking this to John, he says that who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the
5 of the kingdoms had "fallen". These are kingdoms that had arisen and Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast
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that was, and is not, and yet is. Here is the mind which has wisdom: of the pagan world. The Roman Legions left no ethnic marks upon the
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There lands of Nebuchadnezzar's first dominion such as Greece did. But the
are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet Grecian influence within the nation of Israel worked its leaven to the
come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. And the point where even the Holy Scriptures which contain the "good news"
beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven, were caused to be written in the language of the Greeks. Is it not
and is going to perdition. obvious that the New Testament Scriptures, like the LXX translation of
the Old Testament documents were written in Greek and not in Latin
The beast the woman rides is all the Empires past, present, and future. to say nothing of the other Greek customs or traditions which
The 7th empire being the Muslim Empire. influenced the east.
Ezekiel 38 could very well include Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Sudan, The Hellenic culture had its origins in the region of the Hellespont, in
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Chechneya, Azerbezian, Girgistan, the eastern Balkans on the Sea of Marmara. Constantinople stands on
Uzbekstan, Turkmenstan, Bosnia, and Psalm 83 which is a continuation the shore of that sea. It remained the imperial Fortress City of the
of the Arab Israeli wars could include Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Christianized Roman world for a thousand years. Rome moved
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, eastward, not westward. This is very important for understanding end
Kuwait, Iraq. Psalm 83 started in the ArabIsraeli wars and is not times prophecy. Eventually, the Ottoman Turks held the throne of the
completed, since verse 18 "Let them know that you, whose name is the Caliph. The Ottomans were able to build an army of a quarter of a
LORD that you alone are the Most High over all the earth" has not million warriors. This army finally breached the walls of
been fulfilled. Constantinople and captured the city in 1453 A.D and by that it
ENDED the Roman Empire. The Bible MUST agree with history and
history MUST agree with the Bible.
BUT ROME NEVER FELL
The Ottoman Empire at its zenith extended from Venice and the
Argument: "But the Holy Roman Empire never ceased to exist". borders of Germany to Persia and from Poland to the north of Africa,
from Egypt to Morocco. This is no small time, they even took the holy
I could already hear the critiques that ROME NEVER FELL". Is that land. This conquest marks the death of the true imperial throne of
true? Rome. Its scepter was broken forever. The sixth king was finally slain
one thousand years later than most western historians and students of
The Western Roman Empire died in 410 A.D. when the barbarians prophecy realize.
sacked the city of Rome. Zeno safely held the Roman imperial throne at
Constantinople. Yes, Constantinople, a city a thousand miles east of And it was slain by an entirely different "king" than they realize. It
Rome, which is now known as Istanbul. should be obvious though. It was slain by the throne that had taken the
Promised Land centuries earlier. The dryingup of the Islamic Turkish
You must also realize that the Roman world was not centered in the Empire and the decline of Mohammedanism has been the progress of
Italian peninsula. The Roman Empire was built on the Hellenic culture the Zionist Movement when Israel was created. The beast finally had to
of the eastern Mediterranean. Daniel's prophecy does not at all speak get a great wound in order for the Jews to come back to the land as
about the Roman power which overcame Greece and conquered much prophesied in the Bible long ago. The Islamic Empire ruled the east
until 1918 when the Ottoman Empire fell against the British Empire.
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This issue is critical for a clear and right understanding of endtimes Muslims are slaying over a million of nonMuslims already with the
prophecy. Without it, your expectations will be misplaced and you will west giving a deaf ear.
not be able to see the prophetic events that are occurring right now
before your eyes. You will be blinded by looking for events that will
never happen. THE COMBINATION CONFEDERACY
Do you understand how no other king could have fulfilled the prophecy Now, the end times confederacy of nations must be a combination of
of the seventh king? It has to be the Islamic Caliphate which started in ancient empires.
the Hashemite Dynasty and ending in the Ottoman Empire.
In Daniel 7 the three ancient empires are referred to as a "mouth of a
This "seventh king" continued to hold the Promised Land until the last lion" (Babylonian religion), "feet of a bear" (Persian) and a "body of a
year of World War I. Let's not forget that a Hashemite Dynasty STILL leopard (Grecian)".
hold control over the Temple Mount. King Abdullah of Jordan is a
decendant of Muhammad. It is still called the Hashemite Kingdom of So, in Revelation 13:2 the lastdays Beast is described looking back to
Jordan. Yet, "an eighth" king must come from the seventh. How is this these ancient empires as being a composite of a leopard (Grecian), bear
possible, unless it's one of the same, Islamic. (MedoPersian/Iran) and a lion (Babylonian). In what way is the last
days Beast Empire a composite of these three ancient empires? Today
A question could arise that the British Empire is the eight, so how can these are all Muslim. Islam is simply a revival of a Babylonian religion.
we Also, if we examine the geography of these three ancient empires. They
had one thing in common, all three were Middle Eastern empires. All
God uses conundrum in his prophetic testimony throughout the of which were under the Grecian Empire.
scriptures. For example, how could the Messiah be born in Bethlehem,
be called out of Egypt, and be from Galilee? They cannot possibly be The lastdays Beast is identical with the fourth beast described in
describing one person, can they? Daniel 7. Many prophetic interpreters consider the fourth beast of
Daniel 7 to be the Roman Empire. As a result of this faulty assumption
Before Christ's coming you would argue that Messiah is from Galilee, they incorrectly conclude that the lastdays beast in Revelation is the
others would say that he is from Bethlehem, and others would say that "revived" Roman Empire. This supposed "Revived Roman Empire"
he is an Egyptian. Yet all are true. Always keep in mind that many will in theory consist of 10 of the Common Market nations of Europe,
characters are described in combinations and different wording. united under the authority of the Antichrist. This failed, there are 15
and ALL are in the West far away from anything mentioned in the
Because of the nature of this prophetic riddle, we should be able to see Bible.
who the eighth king is when we know the seventh king. This is unique,
because none of the previous kings can be identified by the king that Sir Robert Anderson, one of the greatest authorities on interpretation of
came before them, yet we see the Seventh becoming the Eighth through prophecy stated:
Islamism which is exploding forth throughout the Islamic world. The
nonArab Muslims to the north of Israel are on the verge of giving "It has been confidently urged by some that as the ten kingdoms were
rebirth to the Caliphate. The Caliphate is the only title of authority over symbolised by the ten toes of Nebuchadnezzar's image, five on either
all Islam, yet we see the call for it throughout the Islamic world. The
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foot, five of these kingdoms must be developed in the East, and five in were one of their own, they probably would not have to actually sign a
the West. The argument is plausible, and possibly just; but its chief document. The policies of Prime Ministers Rabin, Peres or Netanyahu
force depends upon forgetting that in the prophet's view the Levant and were accepted by their fellow Jews without the necessity of signing
not the Adriatic, Jerusalem and not Rome, is the centre of the world." formal documents. But dealings with Gentile powers like the U.S., the
(Sir Robert Anderson, The Ten Kingdoms) Arabs, or the Oslo peace accords themselves were contractual matters
more like the Antichrist's upcoming covenant. And finally, there is the
Even Sir Robert finds problems in "European" empire. lack of logic in assuming that this major antiSemite will persecute his
own people. It really is difficult to imagine a Jewish person
blaspheming to the extent of claiming to be the God of Israel. But on
BUT HE MUST BE JEWISH? the matter of just who among the world's Gentiles the Antichrist may
be, I just don't know. And that is how I answer that question in the
If most of the Christian scholars were correct how come then that most churches." (Levitt Letter, volume 21, 1999)
modernday witers say (without Biblical support) that he will be a Jew?
Especially when they rely on a mistranslation of "He will not honor the
God of his fathers (since Jews believe in one God) when the original KING OF BABYLON/ASSYRIAN
Hebrew states "gods (plural) of his fathers" (multiple gods)? Zola
Levitt sums up the issue: In Isaiah 14, the "king of Babylon," is defined as Satan "O shining star,
son of the morning! How you have fallen from heaven", and to him the
"The scriptural sanction for this theory is Daniel 11:37. "Neither shall Bible says "You shall be cast from your grave," and, "You shall not be
he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard united with them [the other kings of the earth] in burial, because you
any god: for he shall magnify himself above all." (King James ruined your land and you have slain your people" (Isaiah 14:1920).
Version). It is rendered this way in a different translation. "He will This harmonizes perfectly with Revelation 19 where we see the anti
show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by Christ thrown alive into the Lake of Fire. It is the embodiment of Satan
women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them in the AntiChrist (Satan in the flesh) (False Messiah).
all." (New International Version). The second translation is the accurate
one. The Hebrew word used for God is not Elohim, but elohai. The So, the Babylonian king is not Nebuchadnezzar, or any other ruler, of
difference is crucial. Elohai means "gods" in the sense of idols. The ancient Babylon. In Isaiah 14 all the way to verse 23 its about Satan,
verse states that the Antichrist will not worship the idols his father then suddenly verse 24 and 25 come out with the following endtime
worshipped. The King James translators, living in particularly anti terminology:
Semitic times in England, must have fallen into temptation to use the
ancient Jewish expression "God of his fathers." This indictment of the "As I have purposed, it shall rise; to break Assyria in My land, and on
Antichrist being Jewish has persisted for all these centuries. (The King My mountains I will trample him ... this is the purpose that is purposed
James translators' aversion to Judaism is obvious again in Acts 12:4 on all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the
where they substitute Easter for Passover. The idea that the Antichrist nations.". Same in Micah 5:5 "Assyrian".
is a Gentile is easier to support. All Biblical persecutors of the Jews
were Gentiles from the pharaohs to the foreign kings to the Caesars.
Also, Israel undertakes a formal covenant with the Antichrist. If he
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The text suddenly goes from describing the antiChrist's destruction to Amazing. Many read Micah 5 as the prophecy of Messiah. While that
describing the destruction of "Assyria" without any apparent break in is indeed correct, they forget to continue and see what the rest of the
the subject. Now, to the rest of the prophets: passages are saying.
3. The Babylonian/Persian region, including Southern Russia (today The "little horn" of chapter 8 is the eleventh king, and cannot be
Muslim), Afghanistan (Muslim), Iran (Muslim), Syria (Muslim), Antiochos Epiphinise since he has major attributes that only fits Satan
Lebanon (Muslim), and all the coastland to the city of Tyre. himself (The AntiChrist). Daniel 8 does not reveal which of the four
splinter kingdoms the antiChrist will rise from. Yet Central Asia
Also known as the Seleucid Dynasty and ruled by Seleucus. (All today seems plausible since it too was part of the Grecian Seleucid Empire:
Muslim)
"Seleucus, who became king of the eastern provinces more or less
4. The whole of Egypt (which in prophecy includes Libya and the modern Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, together with parts
Nubians). Also known as the Ptolemies. (Today Muslim). of Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. His
kingdom had two capitals, which he founded c.300: Antioch in Syria
Antiochus Ephiphanes from the Seleucid came to the scene as a and Seleucia in Iraq. Babylon was a third important city. The empire
foreshadow to the AntiChrist. was, like the empire of Alexander, actually the continuation of the
empires before: Persia, Babylonia and Assyria. (chronological research
In Daniel 8 the AntiChrist comes from one of the four Greek factions by Bert van der Spek 'New Evidence from the Babylonian Astronomical
"little horn," being that "the vision is for the time of the end" (8:17). Diaries Concerning Seleucid and Arsacid History' in: Archiv für
Yet many commentators conclude that the activities of the little horn Orientforschung 44/45 (19971998) 167175.)
unmistakably point to Antiochus IV Epiphanes. That can't be Antiochus
as the sole little horn while the little horn of chapter 7 is the endtime This covers the image of Daniel, the 3 Empires plucked by the root, and
antiChrist. The man mentioned here causes 1/3 of the angels to fall – the land of Gog from the north (Central Asia).
"And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host
and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them. Regarding the image of Daniel, Sir Robert Anderson a leading
Yea, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and from him the prophecy scholar stated that the rise of all the four kingdoms is future,
continual burntoffering was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary including the head of the lion: "Verse 7 appears definite that the rise of
was cast down." (Daniel 8:10). all these kingdoms was future."
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"In the history of Babylonia there is nothing to correspond with the this beast unless the symbolism used is to be very loosely interpreted.
predicted course of the first Beast, for it is scarcely legitimate to To "devour the earth," "tread it down and break it in pieces," is fairly
suppose that the vision was a prophecy of the career of descriptive of other empires, but Ancient Rome was precisely the one
Nebuchadnezzar" power which added government to conquest, and instead of treading
down and breaking in pieces the nations it subdued, sought rather to
"Neither is there in the history of Persia anything answering to the bear mould them to its own civilization and polity. All this and more might
like beast with that precision and fulness which prophecy demands. The be added suggests that the entire vision of the seventh chapter may
language of the English version suggests a reference to Persia and have a future reference."
Media but the true rendering appears to be: "It made for itself one
dominion," instead of "It raised up itself on one side." Sir Robert Anderson concludes that Daniel 7 is STRICTLY speaking of
the endtimes empires that come at once.
"While the symbolism of the sixth verse seems at first sight to point
definitely to the Grecian Empire, it will appear upon a closer He amazingly even stated that the Middle East will be the main
examination that at its advent the leopard had four wings and four conflict:
heads. This was its primary and normal condition, and it was in this
condition that dominion was given to it." This surely is very different "Now Dan. vii. 2 expressly names the Mediterranean (" the Great Sea")
from what Dan. viii. 8 describes, and what the history of Alexander's as the scene of the conflict between the four beasts."
Empire realised, viz., the rise of a single power, which in its decadence
continued to exist in a divided state."
WHAT ABOUT THE EXPERTS
Then, Sir Robert Anderson concludes: "Each of the three first empires
of the second chapter (Babylon, Persia, and Greece) was in turn Commentators generally fashion their interpretations of Daniel,
destroyed and engulphed by its successor; but the kingdoms of the Chapter 11, upon the historical basis (following the death of Alexander,
seventh chapter all continued together upon the scene, though "the the Great) of the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kings who became the leaders
dominion, was with the fourth (Dan. vii. 12). Verse seems to imply that of Syria and Egypt. The two portions of Macedonia and Thrace/Asia
the four beasts came up together, and at all events there is nothing to Minor are disregarded as having no significance, yet Gog comes from
suggest a series of empires, each destroying its predecessor, though the Asia. How could they miss this?
symbolism of the vision was (in contrast with that of chap. ii)
admirably adapted to represent this. Compare the language of the next Even such luminaries as Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, and Isaac
vision (Dan. viii. 36)." Newton made solemn declarations about the fulfillment of prophecy
that now appear foolish. Yet millions still follow and quote them. Yet I
Then he finally concludes that even Rome is not mentioned: see that many interpret the AntiChrist religious system as the Roman
Catholic Church. How could that be when in fact Romanism teaches
"While the fourth beast is unquestionably Rome, the language of the that God did come in the flesh?
seventh and twentythird verses leaves no doubt that it is the Roman
Empire in its revived and future phase. Without endorsing the views of "He who denied that Christ (God) came in the flesh IS THE ANTI
Maitland, Browne, etc., it must be owned that there was nothing in the CHRIST."
history of ancient Rome to correspond with the main characteristic of
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Islam denies that God came in the flesh. Indeed that is the main creed candidate. The Encyclopedia Britannica has this to say about the
they advocate and Roman Catholics don't. Ottomans:
Also, "they have a king over them, who is the [fallen] angel of the "The Ottoman Empire, one of the most powerful states in the world
bottomless pit whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in during the 15th and 16th centuries, spanned more than 600 years and
the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon" (alias 'Destroyer')" The Deity came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish
of Islam in the Quran is also called the Destroyer, especially when the Republic and various successor states in southeastern Europe and the
real influence behind Mohammad and Islam is Satan himself. Now Middle East. At its height it included most of southeastern Europe to
he comes in person as the destroyer. Allah is called also "The God of the gates of Vienna, including modern Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia,
the worlds" in the Quran "Maliki rab AlAlameen" (Fatiha). Satan tried Romania, Greece, and Ukraine; Iraq, Syria, Israel, and Egypt; North
to be like God. Indeed, he pretends to be that Deity called Allah. Yet he Africa as far west as Algeria; and most of the Arabian Peninsula.
remains only the Destroyer. It is significant that the Geneva Bible here (Vo.28, p.945).
calls 'the angel of the bottomless pit' in Revelation 9:11 "Satan's
ambassador." The Turks also ruled what is today, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the
Crimea, regions north of the Black Sea, and part of Iran.
Strikingly, Allah is sometimes described by Muslims themselves as:
"the One Who brings damage"; or "the One Who leads astray"; or "the "Atrocities that shocked the world, including massacres estimated to
Bringerdown"; or "the Tyrant." As such, this Muslim concept of Allah have caused the death of 200,000 Armenians in 1896 alone ... Armenia
is really that of a great idol opposing the true Triune God, which became the battleground for Russian and Turkish armies during World
matches perfectly a denier of the Father and of the Son. War I ... As World War I continued, Turkish atrocities against
Armenians increased, and the reports of the atrocities finally led the
Let's keep in mind that the combination beast (Bear, Leopard, Lion) government of the United States to send a formal note of protest to
will have "the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great Turkey on Feb.17, 1916. The massacres continued, however, and
authority." So the final beast is not political but religious. privations and famine added to the death list, which reached an
estimated total of 800,000 Armenians during the war period. (Funk &
Also, the AntiChrist changes times. Islam changed A.D. into Hijrah: Wagnalls New Ency. V. 2, p. 287)
"He will speak against the Most High and oppress the saints and try to All Islamic nations have persecuted and killed Christians, the killing
change set times and the laws." (Dan 7:25). continues even now.
Who else changes laws as soon they control a government? Islam "Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness
invokes the Sharia laws and changes the dating system to A.H from to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshipped the Beast or
A.D. The beast that was wounded then healed. Islam was wounded, his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their
now it is rising again. Who else kills Christians and Jews thinking that hands." (Revelation 20:4)
they do God a service? You could say that this is the Catholics. But
remember, that he will be using the beheading system. Beheading is an It is also important to notice that no other modern movement, legal
Islamic law, Papal law was burning and other. Jihad seems the best system or nation condones beheading as a form of punishment. The
Shariah law, however, requires it for many specified offenses.
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Those who imagine that the Beast power is going to arise out of the In Daniel 4 we have Nebuchadenezzar's dream, Daniel's interpretation
European Community should wake up and use some common sense and then it's fulfilment. If you notice in verse 20 the tree (as it was
and logic. In modern Europe, even spanking your kids when they before it was cut down) was "visible to the whole earth". What does
misbehave is considered brutal. In many European nations, corporal this mean ? Does it mean that Neb *literally* and *actually* ruled over
punishment is actually a crime. every square mile of inhabited space on the earth? Is there evidence
that he actually rules all of India and all of China, for instance? If that
"Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is was the case BEFORE Neb's sanity then how it be said AFTER his
antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son." (I John 4:3) restoration that he had "become even greater than before"(verse 36)?
"And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed I think the best way to explain this is to say that Neb *could have*
exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the literally ruled every square mile of inhabited earth only IF he had
pleasant land." (Daniel 8:9) wanted to take it.
"yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers "How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is
God service". (John 16:2) Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (Jer 50:23)"
In fact Muslims are awaiting such person who brings peace: Same thing could apply to the socalled "Revived Roman Empire".
From Ibn Khaldun's alMuqqadima:
WHY WILL GOG ATTACK?
"... There will come forth a man from my nation who will talk
according to my Sunnah. God will send upon him rain from heaven, In the Middle East and North Africa, deserts are gobbling up land once
and the earth will sprout forth for him its blessing. The earth will be used for livestock grazing or cultivation. Overgrazing can strip land of
filled through him with equity and justice, as it his been filled with vegetation, and climate changes such as drought can kill off plants.
injustice and crime. He will direct the affairs of this nation for seven
years, and he will settle in Jerusalem." Land turned to desert can't easily be returned to agriculture even if, say,
a drought ends and normal rainfall resumes. This irreversibility may be
The Mahdi of Islam has many elements in his description to set linked to the patterns that the vegetation adopts as the land becomes
Muslims up for the greatest deceiver ever Gog. arid and semiarid, Jost von Hardenberg of Ben Gurion University and
colleagues propose. (nature, science update, oct 29, 2001)
THE WHOLE EARTH?
APPENDIX
ARGUMENT: "But AntiChrist dominion will be over the whole
world". Summary of nations addressed in endtimes:
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Psalm 83 includes all, Syria and Iraq "Assyria", Jordan "Edom, Ezekiel 25 Jordan "Moab", Saudi Arabia "Teman, Dedan (v. 13)".
Moab, Ammon", Arabia "Ishmaelites, Hagarites", Lebanon "People of
Tyre" since Tyre was destroyed (Ezekiel 26). This was partly fulfilled Ezekiel 27 Lebanon "Tyre, Zidon, Gebal" (v. 9), Iran "Persia" and he
in the Arab Israeli wars since these armies are a "confederacy" (v. 5), adds Libya "Lud", and Phut (North Africa). This takes in middle Asia
"consult together with one voice" (v. 3). All these are Muslim. and North Africa (chapter 27:10,21), just as Ezekiel predicted in
chapter 38.
Ezekiel 30 the nations of North Africa, including Egypt and Sudan in
the time of the "Day of the Lord" a clear reference to the end time Ezekiel 30 The fall of the nations of North Africa, including Egypt, in
destruction of Islamic nations. the time of the "Day of the Lord" a clear reference to the end time.
Amos 1 Syria (vs. 15), Gaza (v. 6), Lebanon (v. 9), Jordan "Teman" Ezekiel 35:1215 (Edom, Jordan)
(v. 11), Iraq "Bozrah", Amman Jordan "Rabbah" (v. 14), "Gaza" (v. 6).
Daniel 11 Egypt (verse 40)
Amos 2 Jordan "Moab"
Habbakuk 3 "Teman" and "Paran" "Midian" are Saudi Arabia (center
Joel 3 This is Armageddon (v. 2) which includes Egypt and Jordan (v. of Islam), and "Cushan" is Sudan (Cush). "God came from Teman, and
19), Lebanon (v. 4). Why does Armageddon have Muslim nations by the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens,
name? and the earth was full of his praise." This is definitely Messianic
pertaining to the second coming.
Jeremiah 6 Jeremiah speaks of Sheba (probably the area of modern
Yemen. 3:37, 1216 ["He beheld, and drove asunder the nations [Midian]; and
the everlasting hills [nations] did bow" (v. 6), "Thou didst thresh the
Jeremiah 9 Egypt, Edom, and Ammon heathen in anger" (v. 12)
Isaiah 13 "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh" (v. 9), For the stars
of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light" (v.
Jeremiah 48 Moab and others. 10), is endtimes and includes Babylon (Iraq, Arabia, all Muslim).
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Isaiah 1516 (Moab/Jordan) Muslim Zechariah 12:2 "I will make Jerusalem and Judah like an intoxicating
drink to all the nearby nations that send their armies to besiege
Isaiah 17 (Damascus, Syria) Muslim Jerusalem". All the nations "round about" (RSV) or "near by nations"
(NTL) "peoples around" (NASB), "surrounding peoples" (NKJV) Israel
Isaiah 18 (Punishment of Sudan), 18:6 matches the birds feeding on are all Muslim, regardless of which translation of the text one uses.
the dead in Ezekiel 38/39 after the Sudanese (Cush Ezekiel 38:5). Some say that the entire world's nations are around Israel for the use of
the term "round about" only pertains to the fact that they surround the
Isaiah 19 "Egypt will fear Judah" (v17), then Egypt will be healed. borders. Yet the verse is clearer when we see the usage in the
continuation of the verse "that send their armies to besiege Jerusalem".
Isaiah 21 against Arabia (Kedar, Tema, and Dumah) The curses on So this understanding is flawed since it doesn't make sense that
Arabia "burden of the desert of the sea" (v. 1). Dumah is in Saudi "surrounding armies" send "armies" to surround Jerusalem. The correct
Arabia near Yathrib in verse 11, today called "Dumat elJandal", also rendering of the verse then must be that these nations are nearby (round
Kedar in verse 17. These prophecies find both historical and future about) and send there armies to lay siege on Jerusalem. The Old
fulfillment as well. "The glory of Kedar shall fail" (1117). What other Testament references to the nations "round about" are widespread, with
then Mecca and Islam could the "glory of Kedar" be? over 50 references to these entities between Deuteronomy 6:14 and
Zechariah 14:4. In passages where these are identified by name (e.g.,
Isaiah 31 "shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Psalm 83), they are Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, the "Palestinians" of
Zion, and for the hill thereof" is the end when Messiah fights "The Gaza, the Bedouin PLO within Israel, Jordan (Moab/Edom/Ammon[the
Assyrian", "The Egyptians". ancient name which Amman the capital of Jordan is derived from]) and
Saudi Arabia.
Isaiah 34:28 (Edom, Jordan) note "it is the day of the Lord's
vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion" Micah 5:16 agrees with Isaiah 14 (Satan, AntiChrist) in which the
(v. 8). destruction of "the Assyrian" upon Israel's mountains is foretold, and
that "(Israel) shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword" (v. 6).
Isaiah 63:16 ("Who is this who comes from Edom (Jordan), with
dyed [bloodstained] garments from Bozrah (Iraq)." This is definitely The whole of Scripture regarding endtimes with minor and major
second coming of Messiah and these nations are Muslim. prophets speak on none else than the Islamic world.
Zechariah 9:1,2 (Syria, Lebanon) Muslim, Lebanon is the heart of
Hezbullah.
Apart from the all the details that are given regarding these countries
Zechariah 9:5 (Gaza) Gaza is a Muslim city and the heart of individually and about their relationship today, many of which have
Hammas. been discussed in this article, these two observations alone are
amazing:
Zechariah 10 Syria, Iraq and Egypt's armies destroyed in Lebanon (v.
10) Besides the huge geographical distances between them, at the time
these prophecies were given (some 500 years before Christ), all these
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nations mentioned had many different religions and many of them no
political connection. Only over a thousand years later they all became
Muslim (religiously) and were unified politically in the Islamic Empire.
That Biblical prophecy, more than twothousand years ago, binds
together exactly the Muslim nations and not the nonMuslim countries
neighboring to them, should give everyone including Muslims
every reason to take biblical prophecy very seriously.
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