Harbingers of Judgment & The Middle East Update

The Noose Tightens on Assad

The Nazis Are Back

As most of you know Eric Holder the Attorney General is under attack for his role in the “Fast & Furious murders. I find it ironic that the contempt charge came on a day that the Fed announced another injection of  $600B into the economy. It seems our govt. officials need camouflage to do their dirty work behind the scenes. Our Founding Fathers rejected Democracy for a Constitutional Republic because a Constitutional Republic is the rule of law as established by a representative system. Democracy, in its true form, is the rule of the majority without regard for the law. In essence in democracy might often makes right. We know from the Bible that refusing to follow God’s law results in deep trouble. Yeshua said in Matthew 24:12, "And because lawlessness shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." The lawlessness he spoke of is sin, not obeying God's law. When we as Christians have the choice and we elect sinful men to represent us, the result is lawlessness. The Obama Administration is an excellent example. Obama doesn't need a Congress or Supreme Court, he can run the country with his Executive Orders. I am going to go out on a limb and predict, not prophesy, that like Tom Daschle and John Edwards who defied God with their vows of arrogance after 9-11 and brought about their personal downfalls so shall Obama with his vows of arrogance bring about his downfall. Listen to what God says in Isaiah chap 9 verse 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
To buttress the scripture consider the following harbingers or warnings to our nation. Also remember 7 is the Lord’s number of completeness. On 11 Sep 2001 the 9-11 attacks occurred. Seven years later, almost to the day on 12 Sep 2008 a great stock market crash occurred, 7% of the nation’s wealth was wiped out and supernaturally the DOW closed at 7,777. On 29 Sep 08 exactly 7 Hebrew years from 9-11-2001 Lehman Bros. went bankrupt.
On 12 Sep 01 Tom Daschle quoted Isaiah 9:10 about the falling bricks & rebuilding in defiance. On 11 Sep 04 John Edwards said the same words of defiance. These were just the two witnesses to defiance, the 3rd witness was Barack Obama. On 24 Feb 09 Obama said we will rebuild, we will recover the pride of the hardest working people, we will emerge stronger than before. Obama was commemorating 9-11 and vowing to rebuild bigger and better, and restore America to its prosperity. Friends, I do not know what Obama’s downfall will entail but we should pray that Obama the arrogant man repents and finds his true Saviour. Obama is not aware of the ultimate Biblical significance of his defiant words. Once again God says in Isaiah Chap 9 verse 15&16 the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. We and Obama need to get on our knees and humble ourselves and ask for God’s forgiveness as a nation. If we don’t then we bring God’s judgment upon ourselves.
Now to Middle East & Persian news: In Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi claimed victory in Egypt’s presidential election. What is interesting is that the official results will not be in for 3 more days and only the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamist propaganda organ Al Jazeera are claiming Morsi won. The bulk of Egyptian analysts say it is too early to tell who won the presidential race but Shafiq is winning. Of course, western media outlets are ignoring the Egyptian analysts. We should remember the Brotherhood employs a strategy called “war is deceit” and is using deceit to steal the election.
That being said, the election means little because the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) seized power and relegated the presidency to little more than a figurehead.
SCAF issued a decree giving the military the power to arrest civilians. The smallest infraction can land an Egyptian in jail. Full legislative power is now in the hands of the SCAF.
The Supreme Constitutional Court then dissolved the parliament. The Court also overturned a law passed by the Islamist-led parliament that former regime officials could not hold office.
There is no possibility for appeal because the Supreme Constitutional Court is the highest authority in Egypt. Bottom Line: regime change didn’t happen in Egypt. The future of Egypt is in the hands of the generals, just as it was before the Arab Spring or what the Iranians call “The Islamic Awakening”.
This is what God says about Egypt in Isaiah chap 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. Friends, this verse does not bode well for Egypt.
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. Friends, can you imagine the Nile River drying up?
Now to Syria. Putin & Obama meeting in Mexico apparently discussed dividing Syria between U.S. and Russian occupation forces. The Russians would control the Mediterranean coastal area and the U.S. and its allies the northern part of the country. This would leave Hezbollah and Al Qaeda free to inflict violence in the rest of Syria. In short, Syria would be balkanized. The heart of the conflict is between Shia and Sunni. Assad and his followers are Alawite Shias and the majority of Syria is Sunni.
Middle East military tensions concerning Syria sky rocketed this week when the Iranian news agency Fars falsely stated that a joint Russian-Chinese-Iranian exercise is to take place in Syria. It was described as “the biggest of its kind ever staged in the Middle East” with 90,000 personnel, 400 air planes and 900 tanks taking part. This false report sent ripples through the Christian community that the Ezekiel 38 prophecy was about to be played out. Remember always check the Bible as to whether or not these events are prophetic fulfillment. Always study the scriptures for yourself before you take my word or someone else’s word for prophetic events.
America, Russia and China are probably end time players. However, the nations mentioned in the Bible that come against Israel in prophecy and throughout history are Middle Eastern. Ezekiel 38:2 identifies the leader that will bring Middle Eastern nations against Israel: "Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him." Magog, Meshech, and Tubal were all located in Turkey at the time of Ezekiel's prophecy. Remember, last week we described Gog as an evil supernatural force.
It is the word "Rosh" in the Bible that causes a problem for scholars. Rosh in Hebrew means "Chief." Rosh also describes an ethnic group. In attempting to connect Russia to Rosh many scholars suggest that the Scythians, a nomadic people, settled in parts of what are now Russia and that they are the "Russian" connection. Yet the Bible has a better clue. In Revelation Chap 2 verse 13, Yeshua tells us that Pergamos is "where Satan's seat is." Pergamos is in Turkey, not Russia. I have an article on my blog on Satan’s seat.  search Satan’s altar (on this blog). Satan is the "Beast" of the end times and is referred to in several places in the Bible as the Assyrian. Assyria was an empire that lay just north of Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq and its capital was Nineveh. Assyria controlled many of these prophetic locations in Turkey.
As far as Biblical proof that Russia is leading the Ezekiel 38 attack, it is speculation. Turkey, however, is extremely significant and once was the home of the most antichrist political and religious system on earth, the Islamic Caliphate--the Ottoman Empire. Yeshua warns in Matthew 24:4, "Take heed that no man deceive you." Study the word for yourself that you may discern these troubling times.
One of my predictions may become true. The Saudis and Chinese have inked a deal for $60B that would provide China with oil for 23 years, in return the Saudis would get Chinese nuclear missiles. I said for years that if the Shia Iranians get the bomb then the Saudis must have a Sunni bomb.