End Times/Middle East Persia Update

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Friends, you will recall that a few weeks ago I issued a security warning on the grassrootconservative. I urged people to be aware of their surroundings especially when traveling. Terrorists look for soft targets and our consulate in Libya was definitely a soft target. Never forget that these people hate us. Do you think it is an accident that these mob attacks began on 9-11? This was a well planned, complex attack on a soft target on a very important date - 9-11. The consulate was surveilled and photographed prior to the attack, a routine part of an Al Qaeda (AQ) or Islamic terrorist operation.
We, in the U.S. are attempting to buy Muslims off with our money and it will not work. I urge you once again to be vigilant in regards to your personal safety. When abroad if some place does not feel right get away from there. Keep a low profile abroad. Be on alert in our own country, especially if you are Jewish. Terrorists scout for soft targets and time is on their side, not yours. Time is something they have plenty of.  Rioting mobs in Libya, Egypt and around the Muslim world is the price we pay for using a AQ to take down Gaddafi and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) to take down Mubarak.  
Remember we are training, supplying and directing the MB in Egypt, Libya and Syria and that AQ sprang from the Muslim Brotherhood. Zawahiri, the head of AQ started his terrorist career in MB.
If the events in Libya, Egypt and elsewhere shock you, well sorry, then you have your head buried in sand. Islam is ascending and Muslims abroad hate America. We are witnessing the birth pangs of a re-born Islamic caliphate and eventually it and Sharia law are coming to a town near you.  
We “the people” are now being led by corrupt politicians in high places who have no morals or scruples and view our military personnel and diplomatic corps as expendable. One of Hillary Clinton's top deputy's in the U.S. State Department is a member of the women's branch of MB. Hence, these mobsters are being directed by secret groups.
Do we really think these things are not coming to the U.S.? Do you think we are immune because we believe we are a Christian nation? Well, let me tell you we are not immune, we are not a Christian nation, we have become a cultural Babylon. Take a good look at Libya where Americans were thrown under the Obama administration's the bus. Appeasement has never worked and our foreign policy in North Africa, the Middle East and Persia is a disaster.
Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets is September 16^th to 18. I hope and pray we hear the Lord’s trumpet this coming week and I wish all my Jewish friends a happy New Year. Share some honey and apples with friends.
In the U.S. the Democratic Party followed in the footsteps of Peter by denying God three times in an oral vote at their convention.
My prediction that I had great concern about terrorist attacks both within Israel and around the world on soft targets came true. The Islamic world that hates the U.S. and Israel abroad erupted into a storm of violence. Supreme Leader Khamenei has issued directives for heightened activity against Israeli and Western targets.  The hundreds of millions of dollars that Iran has invested in terrorist training and establishing networks means that no location on the globe is safe from its reach.  The bitter hatred of these Islamists toward the Jewish people drives them to kill, injure and harm everyone they possibly can.  And if they acquire nuclear weapons, there is no doubt how they will use them.  Israel is a nation frantically trying to prepare for the prospect of war--and has run out of time.
America, in her unrepentant present state, is in prophetic decline. I say "prophetic" because there are many verses in the Bible that address what happens to a nation whose leadership embraces killing the unborn, corruption, homosexuality, the enemies of Israel and the covetousness of property. 1917 Czarist Russia is a great parallel historic example. God says in Proverbs 29:2 "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." All of us have to pray and ask the Lord for wisdom on upcoming election. Some Americans say that they are not going to vote. They say they will not vote for evil. I would say that by not voting, we are allowing the present anti-God system to advance. This period in American history is similar to when Israel had rulers who did not do right in the sight of God. There was no voting for the ancient Israelites. However, we do have a voting choice. Men and women, some of them my friends, fought and died for to afford us a choice that is still a blessing from God. Our choices have a bearing on our destiny, as the Lord said in Ezekiel 22:30, "And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.”
Our nation has fallen into spiritual ignorance and the solution is not political. But like the wall around Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah, we have to start somewhere. We need to stand in the gap. We need to be wise about our choices. God will know our hearts through both our prayers and our actions. We must not give up and as Paul said run the race to the end. Let us be a prophetic, not pathetic people. 
God bless the Canadians they decided to stand with God’s chosen people and broke diplomatic relations with Iran. The prime minister Stephen Harper wants the international community to follow Canada's lead. Iranian officials said Canada would be a target of retaliation following its decision. Harper responded saying "we should all know by now that this is a regime that does not stop at anything."
In Syria  The US military and intelligence agents are training and aiding Syrian rebels. Turkish officers command two Syrian rebel brigades. Now Britain and France are sending aid directly to the Syrian opposition, Turkey, the U.S. and NATO prodded by Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states are considering bombing Assad’s army and Air Force, especially the 9^th Division commanded by Assad’s brother Maher. The bulk of the Syrian army still maintains its allegiance to Assad and doesn’t appear ready to turn against him. All these actions have brought the Middle East close to war. It will only take a spark to cause hostilities between Hizbollah, Iran and Israel. French and British foreign ministers attending a European Union meeting in Cyprus called Friday night for sanctions against Hizbollah. Western pressure is being extended to Assad’s and Iran’s Lebanese ally.
150 elite officers and troops of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were flown into Syria to fight with Assad. Remember if Assad looks at his demise he will use his chemical and bioogical WMD. Washington has admitted that Syria’s chemical arsenal was bigger and more widely scattered than suspected.
In Afghanistan the false god Taliban organization showed its disapproval of a dance celebration held by a village in southern Afghanistan by beheading 17 of the participants. Slaughtering infidels and those perceived as violating Sharia law is a common practice of the so-called "peaceful" religion of Islam. It is ordained by the Qur'an and is a tradition that began with Muhammad in the early days of his leadership. Remember Arab and Islamic nations are those named in the Bible as coming against the chosen people in the end times. Beheading infidels may be a clue that the antichrist government will be led by Muslims.
God says in Revelation 20:4 says, "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yeshua, and for the word of God, and which had NOT worshiped the beast, NEITHER his image, NEITHER had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with the Messiah a thousand years." Here it is documented that the witnesses of Yeshua HaMeshiach were beheaded for their refusal to worship the beast. There is only one social-religious-economic system that has a tradition of slaughtering people by beheading them, friends it is Islam.
Mark A. Gabriel, author of the book "Jesus and Muhammad," notes that Muhammad called to his warriors and I quote "Do you see the soldiers from Mecca? Go and slaughter them." Unquote. Gabriel translated the meaning of the word "slaughter," "The Arabic word for slaughter presents the picture of a farmer harvesting his crop with a scythe. In other words, Muhammad was telling them, "Cut their heads from their bodies as you would cut fruit from the branch of a tree." Richardson's book documents several ancient and modern practices of mass beheadings that the media rarely mentions.  
The Qur'an instructs Muslims of the end times to use Muhammad as their example. Sura 33:21 says, "Ye have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day." That example is clearly emphasized in Sura 47:4 says, "When ye encounter the infidels, strike off their heads." Joel Richardson, another expert on Islam quotes International Islamic Front spokesman Omar Bakri Muhammad, and a Sharia judge: "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or the hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned." Here is great insight as to how the beast government will control not only its own people, but also believers in the one true God. Friends this punishment is already taking place in Libya, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia and Afghanistan. Christianity is being exterminated in the Muslim world. This is indeed becoming our Christian holocaust and yet the White House and the UN says and does nothing about it. Why, because Christians are politically expendable. Now to my gospel message.
 God says in Daniel 9:24-25 Seventy ‘sevens’ (490 years)are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
“Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’
There is one “seven” left to fulfill from the promise the angel Gabriel delivered to Daniel near the end of the Babylonian captivity. We know the prophecy as Daniel’s 70 weeks, where each week represents 7 years. 69 of these weeks (7 + 62) had passed when the Messiah, Yeshua Hamaschiach presented Himself to Israel as their King on the only day in His life that He did so Palm Sunday.
In the prophecy 69 weeks equals 483 years (69 x 7). This is the exact time that had passed since ArtaXerxes Longimonus issued his decree giving Nehemiah permission to begin rebuilding Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:1-10). The city had been destroyed when Nebuchadnezzar’s army conquered Judah and took its people captive to Babylon.  Daniel’s prophecy was being fulfilled in specific detail, and Israel’s failure to realize this marked the beginning of the end for them. (Luke 19:41-44).
In Daniel 9:26 God says After the sixty-two ‘sevens, the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.
The Hebrew word for Anointed One is Messiah or HaMashiach. Four days after He presented Himself to them, they “cut off” which in Hebrew means executed Him. Three days after that He rose again, fulfilling a sign He had promised to the Jewish religious leaders to prove His authenticity, the sign of the prophet Jonah (Matt. 12:39-40). He gave them 40 days to recognize what was the most dramatic fulfillment of a prophetic sign in the history of mankind and accept Him as their Messiah, and when they didn’t He ascended into Heaven, fulfilling another prophecy in the process.
God says in Hosea 5:15Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me”
37 years after Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection in 70 A.D. the Roman armies destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the sanctuary, and for all practical purposes the nation of Israel ceased to exist. But a few years before that happened, the Jewish leadership of the Christian movement called “the Church” had become divided over the issue of whether Gentiles who were coming into Christianity had to put themselves under the Law first. In other words, did a Gentile have to become a Jew before becoming a Christian? Another question that lurked behind the issue was even more troublesome to Christians, and that was, “what’s to become of Israel?” Jews had been taught that the only way to God was through Israel. Was this being changed?
The Council At Jerusalem
Well the Church came together in Jerusalem around 48 or 50 A.D., where James, the Lord’s half brother and head of the Church in Jerusalem set them straight. Israel is being temporarily set aside, he told them, while the Lord takes  the Gentiles as a people.  After that He will restore Israel to allow the Jewish remnant one more chance to seek Him (Acts 15:13-18). Therefore, Gentiles would not be required to convert to Judaism in the process of becoming Christians.
The Greek word translated “take” in Acts 15:14 means to carry away for one’s own purpose and the word translated “out of” means to remove from a specified time and place. Before restoring Israel to fellowship with Him, the Lord will take a people for Himself out of the time and place. James was describing the rapture of the Church and saying it will precede Daniel’s 70th Week.
Paul, who was at the meeting, confirmed this by saying Israel has been blinded in part until the full number of Gentiles has come in. After that Israel will be saved (Romans 11:25).  This is another testimony that the rapture of the church will precede Israel’s restoration and redemption. Now here is what is important - From these two prophecies we can see that Israel’s rejection of the Messiah did not end the Old Covenant. It merely interrupted its 490 year duration at 483 year mark, 7 years short of its allotted time. Remember God’s prophetic plan of 490 years must be fulfilled so after the Church is gone this seven years will be completed.
God says in Daniel 9:27 “He- the anti-christ will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”
The final seven years will begin with a covenant to be signed by the “ruler who will come”, mentioned in Daniel 9:26. Gabriel said this leader will come from the people who would destroy the city and the sanctuary after the Messiah’s execution. (Historical note: the bulk of the Roman Legions were manned by Arab mercenaries who were led by Roman officers.) In the middle of this last seven years He will put an end to sacrifices and offerings by setting up the Abomination of Desolation which kicks off the 3 ½ year Great Tribulation or Times of Jacob’s Trouble (Matt. 24:15-21).
Put this all together and you can see why the Rapture of the Church will precede the beginning of Daniel’s missing 70th week. According to these prophecies the church has to be gone before Israel returns to their covenant relationship with the Lord.
And That’s Not All
My main purpose in reviewing all this with you is to find the answer to one other very important question, and here it is. What event will suddenly cause Israel, currently a predominantly secular nation, to officially restore their Old Covenant relationship with God? The study of human nature tells us that while people typically fall away from their beliefs gradually, they don’t come back to them the same way. Usually, some external change or event, often catastrophic in nature, has to take place to snap them back. And so it will be for Israel.
And remember, it has to be a return to the Old Covenant because they’re seven years short of completing the time God promised them.  And the final seven years includes sacrifice and offerings, a requirement of Old Covenant worship. The rapture of the Church will get the remnant Jews attention and they will be motivated to enter a New Covenant relationship rather than return to the Old Covenant. Something else has to happen to bring them back.  And it will.
An unexpected event that will threaten Israel’s very existence is set to take place soon and God will use it to bring the whole nation running back to Him, ending a 2000 year divorce. This event won’t be a protracted one that causes them to slowly conclude that they’re doomed and drive them to their knees in a desperate plea for help. Rather it will be one orchestrated and executed by God Himself for the specific purpose of opening spiritual eyes that have been blinded since that first Palm Sunday. It will happen so fast that they won’t realize what has transpired until it’s all over.
God will cause a coalition of enemy forces to strike Israel with out warning.  They’ll come in such numbers that it will seem like a cloud has covered the land, and when they do, He will decimate them with torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulphur. Then He’ll sow confusion in the ranks of the enemy making them turn on each other. When it’s over there will be so many dead bodies that it will take Israel seven months just to bury them all.
Of course the event I’m referring to is the Battle of Ezekiel 38-39. Four times during Ezekiel’s prophecy of this battle God’s objective was made clear. Ezekiel 38:23, 39:7, 39:22, 39:28 all tell us His goal is to show His greatness and holiness to Israel so Israel will know He’s their one true God. This is the event that will cause Israel’s national reconciliation with God and kick off the remaining seven years of the Old Covenant.
Let’s look at the prophecy found in Daniel 2 where Daniel interprets the meaning of the statue in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Each part of the statue represents a Gentile kingdom leading to the last days. The last interpretation is the feet of the statue where the toes are part iron and part clay. Verse 43 says, "And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay." Some Bible scholars are now seeing that the final empire may not be Rome, but rather the revived Ottoman Empire of the Islamic Caliphate. Certainly the Shiite and Sunni Islamic sects are mingled, but do not cleave to one another.
Now what is interesting is that the Ezekiel 38 prophecy contains only Islamic-Arab nations, not European nations. These nations come against Israel in the latter days. These nations include the following with their modern location: Magog, Meshek, Tubal, Gomer and Togarmah all originally in Turkey, Persia (Iran), Ethiopia and Sudan (Cush), Phut (Libya), Sheba (Egypt and Saudi Arabia), and Dedan (Saudi Arabia). From this, we can see that a working alliance of Turkey, Saudi Arabia Egypt and Iran works very well with the same nations mentioned in Ezekiel 38. Yes iron and clay only mix for a short time, but long enough for Ezekiel 38:21 to occur: "every man's sword shall be against his brother.