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Iran, Syria, Turkey Cementing Ties
Iran made a point of declaring its solidarity with both Syria and Turkey in recent days, on the heels of joint Turkish-Syrian military exercises.
It was also announced during the visit that Iran and Syria are seriously considering the formation of a regional economic bloc, with Turkey and Iraq as their key partners.
Just a few days earlier, Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed the shared interests and concerns of his country and Turkey. He said that both can play important roles not only in safeguarding security in the region, but in “influencing the new world order.”
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About to years ago I wrote an article which presents the beast of Revelation 13 as a Middle Eastern alliance of nations primarily led by Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. Click here to read the article. The news article above describes exactly what I suggested in the article which is a political and economic bloc to be formed primarily by Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. This will eventually encompass most of the Middle East and then will be ruled by ten regional powers which will be the ten horns of the leopard beast with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. Main stream prophecy circles keep on insisting that the European Union is the fulfillment of the beast of Revelation as the ''revived Roman empire.'' No European nation is literally mentioned as the enemies of God and Israel in the prophets and there is not imperial about the European Union. On the other hand most Middle Eastern Islamic nations are specifically mentioned by their ancient names in the prophets as coming under God's judgment in the last days for mistreating his people and one must be blind and deaf to realize that Iran wants to rule the world as a nuclear Islamic empire along with Syria, Turkey and the rest of the regional nation of the Middle East as the wish to create a ''new world order.'' Prophecy teachers. Wake up!!!!!!!!!
'Hated Israel will be annihalated'
The Palestinians and the nations of the Middle East will be rid of a “bad omen” once Israel is annihilated, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, in a speech communicated by Press TV.
Israel, a foreign presence and a “Western prodigy” in the region, had “reached the end of its road,” Ahmadinejad told supporters in southern Iran.
Israel was not as useful for “its masters” – apparently a reference to the United States and Europe – as it was at its inception, he said.
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The words of Iranian president Ahmadnejad in which he says that the nations of the ''Middle East'' will seek the annihilation of Israel is identical to what Bible prophecy predicts for the end time scenario. While prophecy circles in America are insisting upon a confederacy of European nation to seek Israel's destruction, the Bible clearly points to the Middle Eastern nations as the ones that will for a confederacy against the Jewish state in the last days. In our article entitled The Middle East and the Beast of Revelation we show how the symbolic imagery found in Revelation 13 speaks of Middle Eastern geography and not European. In our other article entitled The Ten Kings of the Beast: They Come From The East we show how all the nations literally mentioned by name in the prophets as Israel's enemies in the last days are Middle Eastern and not European.
The words of the Iranian president confirm what Bible prophecy has declared for centuries which is becoming reality right before the eyes of the world.
Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever
TALCA, Chile (AP) -- One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and authorities said at least 214 people were dead.
The magnitude-8.8 quake was felt as far away as Sao Paulo in Brazil - 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) to the east. The full extent of damage remained unclear as dozens of aftershocks - one nearly as powerful as Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake - shuddered across the disaster-prone Andean nation.
The surge of water raced across the Pacific, setting off alarm sirens in Hawaii, Polynesia and Tonga and prompting warnings across all 53 nations ringing the vast ocean.
Read more>> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/
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In Matthew 24 Jesus said the following concerning the end times:
''nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.'' (Matthew 24:7)
The Greek word translated ''earthquake'' is the word seismos from where we get the word ''Seismology''. Seismology (from Greek σεισμός, seismos, "earthquake"; and -λόγος, -logia, as a whole "Talking about earthquakes") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic, atmospheric, and artificial processes (such as explosions).
We are currently witnessing an increase in earthquake and tsunami activity in various places throughout the world just as Jesus predicted. The earthquake in Haiti which occurred just weeks ago and the earthquake that struck Chile which was one of the strongest ever shows us that the end of this age is very near and Jesus will soon return to this earth. We Christians should use this time of tragedy to give an answer to those who wonder what in the world is going on.
Israel Reportedly Training Kurdish Forces
According to recent media reports, Israeli military and intelligence agents are currently operating in Iraqi Kurdistan. Their primary role, according to reports, is to train elite Kurdish commandos in guerrilla warfare and anti-terror tactics. The Kurds - whose country is currently occupied by Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria - are reportedly again, after many years, accepting Israeli assistance in their struggle for independence.
Like Jews, Kurds are a non-Arab indigenous Middle Eastern people seeking independence in their ancestral homeland. Active Israeli support towards a free Kurdistan is seen as a natural and pragmatic policy by many in the region. “By aligning with the Kurds, Israel gains eyes and ears in Iran, Iraq and Syria,” a former Israeli intelligence officer told the New Yorker.
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Last year I wrote an article about the Antichrist's nationality being Kurdish. This is based on many prophetic passages which point to the Antichrist rising out of the ancient Assyrian territory which is within the area of modern day Kurdistan whose citizens comprise of a percentage of Medes and a percentage of ethnic Assyrians who became subject to Islamization some centuries ago. The Antichrist is said to enter into some kind of friendly covenant with Israel while he fights the nations that surrounds his country as if he and Israel are military partners against a number of surrounding enemies. We are told that he evens conquers three of the ten nations surrounding his country before he breaks his covenant with Israel.
It is very interesting to see how the Israeli government is finding the Kurds in Iraq to be ''friends'' against Islamic enemies and how Israel even supports an independent Kurdish state. Could this be pointing to the beginning of the end as Israel finds Kurdistan to be a friend against Syria, Iran, Iraq and other Islamic nations just to find out later that this alliance will result in a covenant of death?
Read our article entitled Could the Antichrist be from Kurdistan? for more information on this subject.
Iran's leader predicts Israel's destruction
Iran's supreme leader predicted the destruction of Israel in comments posted on his Web site on Wednesday, in some of his strongest remarks in years about the Jewish state.
In the past, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Israel a "cancerous tumor" that must be wiped from the map, but the new comments mark the first time in years he has openly speculated about Israel's demise.
"Definitely, the day will come when nations of the region will witness the destruction of the Zionist regime," Khamenei was quoted as saying. "How soon or late (Israel's demise) will happen depends on how Islamic countries and Muslim nations approach the issue."
Read more >> http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167024
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The words of Iran's leader sound almost identical what the Bible says concerning Israel and the surrounding nations coming against Israel in the end times. Zechariah 12:1-3 says that Jerusalem would become a burden some stone to the nations (peoples) ''round about'' and Joel 3:11 says that God will judge all the heathen (nations) ''round about.'' In other words, the Bible says it is the nations of the region (Middle East) that will come against Israel.
God even names the nations involved in Joel, Psalm 83, Isaiah 13-21, Jeremiah 46-51, etc. All nations mentioned are Middle Eastern nations and the one thing that unites all those nations to seek Israel's destruction is the religion of Islam. While the prophecy world insists upon a European confederacy of nations to seek Israel's destruction under the Antichrist, the Bible leaves no doubt as to what nations will be involved in the last attempt to destroy the Jewish people. Khameni although not a true prophet and an enemy of God himself got it right. The days will come when ''nations of the region'' will come against Israel and that confirms what Bible prophecy has to say about the Middle East's geopolitical scenario for the end times. For more information, read our article entitled ''The Middle East and the Beast of Revelation.''
Assad Draws Peace Map - Syria On Northwest Shores Of Kinneret
Seeking to secure a peace deal with Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad has reportedly drafted a document defining the boundaries of the Golan Heights which puts Syria on the northeastern Kinneret shore. According to the Reuters report Damascus was waiting for an Israeli reply through Turkish mediators. Sources quoted in the report said that an agreement by Israel on six points could helpseal a deal by the end of next year.
Read more >> http://www.infolive.tv/en/infolive.tv-35140-israelnews-assad-draws-peace-map-syria-northwest-shores-kinneret
Our Prophetic Perspective
According to the Bible, a peace deal between Israel and the Antichrist will be confirmed which will trigger the final years of the Middle East conflict before Jesus returns to reign. In many articles posted on the Beast From The East web site, different authors have argued that the Antichrist will come out of Syria and will be the last king of the North (Seleucid division of the Grecian Empire headquartered in ancient Syria) according to Daniel 11:21-45. I have suggested that the Antichrist could be either from a new independent Assyria or an independent Kurdistan within Northern Iraq but what the contributors to the Beast From The East web site have to say about Syria being the nation of the Antichrist is worth reading.
The current negotiations between Syria and Israel for a peace deal could be the starting point of the covenant that will later be confirmed between the Israel and the possibly ''Syrian'' Antichrist for a few more years.
Read articles related to the Syrian Antichrist below:
The Syrian Antichrist by Scot Dryer
The Antichrist by Richard Perry
What is the Nationality of the Antichrist? by Tom McElmurry
Daniel's Scope of Prophecy Does Not Include Rome! by Dave Watchman
HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE END? by Michal & Roland Back
TURKEY: Re-Writing The Middle East?
ISTANBUL (IDN) - In a record time, Turkish diplomacy has managed to put together several pieces in its Middle East puzzle -- in fact it has struck strategic deals with three key regional players: Iran, Iraq, and Syria. A new ’quartet’ has been formed. The question is what kind of music can it play?
Last summer, Ankara accepted a challenging plan, promoted by Damascus, to form a new Middle East bloc between Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria itself.
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I may sound too repetitive in this section of our web site but I cannot help it. I feel the need to emphasize what has been going on in the Middle East so more people can open their eyes to reality and once and for all give up on what they have been spoonfed by mainstream prophecy ''experts''. More than a year ago I wrote the following words in one of my articles:
''The Antichrist who is the little horn appears on the Middle East political scene and conquers three of the first horns (kings). Could it be that these three kings are the kings of Syria, Iran and Iraq since these are the three kingdoms that form the body of the beast in Revelation 13:2 ? I believe this a very possible scenario because current developments in the Middle East point to Syria, Iran and Iraq as the major players in the future of the Middle East. Syria and Iran are becoming political and military allies. Iraq is not far away form becoming a stable nation in the region and Iran is proposing to help Iraq have more influence in the region after the U.S. withdraws its troops from that nation. Turkey is slowly getting involved in Middle East affairs and is on its way to give up democracy and become an extreme Islamic nation.So far we have covered Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq as the kingdoms that form the body of the beast in Revelation 13:2. We are now going to expand on the fact that the Antichrist will come from the Middle East and find out where in the Middle East he will come from based on the biblical text'' Read full article here
Does this sound like the latest developments in the Middle East according to the news article above? Please, read it carefully, compare it to the article I wrote in July of 2008 and ask yourself if the current popular European Beast theory is what the Bible really foretold for the last days. If you are humble enough to accept the truth over the traditions of men, God will open your understanding to the Scriptures as they relate to the days in which we are living as far as the alignment of nations that will form the beast kingdom is concerned.
Deal with Syria brings European Union spirit to Middle East
Turkey and Syria's decision to remove visa requirements for the nationals of the two countries and establish a high-level strategic council is bringing the spirit of the European Union, based on integrated economic relations and political cooperation, to the Middle East, pundits say. Experts add that cooperation between Ankara and Damascus will gradually spread throughout the Middle East and that extra-regional powers that really want peace and stability in the region should support this process.
Turkey and Syria announced on Wednesday evening that they would create a high-level strategic council, modeled on a similar mechanism launched earlier by Turkey and Iraq, and would remove visa requirements between the two countries, during a one-day visit by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to İstanbul.
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The deal between Turkey and Syria which will bring the ''European Union Spirit'' to the Middle East is the preparation for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. In our article entitled The Middle East and the Beast of Revelation we mention that Syria and Turkey along with Iraq and Iran would start forming a political and economic partnership that will eventually lead to the establishment of an alliance of ten Middle Eastern Islamic nations that will be the ten horns or kings of the beast system that will be led by the Antichrist.
Many who teach prophecy keep insisting that the beast is an alliance of European nations. The Bible points over and over again to Middle Eastern nations that are specifically mentioned by name in the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and symbolically referred as horns in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 & 17.
Sanhedrin Rabbis meet with Adnan Oktar
Just recently the Israeli Sanhedrin met with Muslim intellectual and Mahdist Adnan Oktar in order to discuss the future of the Middle East and how a Turkish led Islamic Union will bring peace and harmony to the region. The rebuilding of the Jewish Temple is among many of the subjects addressed by the Sanhedrin and the Muslims intellectual who is looking for the soon coming of the Islamic Mahdi to bring an era of peace to the nations of the Middle East and the world.
Read entire article >>http://www.thesanhedrin.org/en/index.php/Hachrazah_5769_Tamuz_9#Statement_of_Jerusalem_Court
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Myself and a few other prophecy students have asserted that the Antichrist who will confirm some kind of an already existing covenant with the Jews in Israel will be a Middle Eastern figure who will very likely be a Muslim who will come in the name of peace. Some of the popular prophecy experts have recently given an interview to a very prominent prophecy teacher that the idea that the Antichrist will be a Muslim is just an ''impossibility.'' The video can be viewed here.
The recent dialogue between the Israeli Sanhedrin and the Muslim intellectual and Mahdist Adnan Oktar which seeks to bring peace and reconciliation between Jews and Muslims at least gives the impression that the idea of a Muslim Antichrist from the Middle East as opposed to a secular European Antichrist is not an impossibility as some of the so called prophecy experts claim. It is possible that the awaited Islamic Mahdi that is being promoted by Adnan Oktar and the Antichrist will be one and the same. The Turkish led Islamic Union promoted by Adnan Oktar which seeks to establish peace in the Middle East which will include Israel might very well be the covenant that the Antichrist confirms at a later date for seven more years. Not that this will be the covenant itself but that it will be the initiative that will be used as a platform by the Antichrist who comes later on the scene to confirm a covenant with the Jews which may give the Jews permission to share the Temple Mount with Muslims.
Many are looking for a peace agreement between the Antichrist and the Israeli government but that may not be the case since Israel is run by a secular government. The covenant the Antichrist confirms might be with the orthodox Jews who wish to rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and exclude to some extent the secular government in Israel. These orthodox Jews could be the ''many'' referred to in Daniel 9:27 since the context of the passage makes reference to the sacrificial system of the Mosaic law that orthodox Jews wish to observe and which requires a Jewish Temple.
It is also possible that the Jews might be granted permission to rebuild the Temple even before the Antichrist appears to confirm the already existing covenant and such project could be part of the Turkish led Islamic Union plan of peace. Most Christians may be caught by surprise with such development since most of them are looking for a European Antichrist ruling over a European confederacy of nations while the Bible seems to clearly point to a Middle Eastern Antichrist ruling over a Middle Eastern confederacy of nations.
Haredi protesters: Shabbat desecraters must die!
Masses of haredim demonstrated and hurled rocks at police in Jerusalem on Saturday in an ongoing protest against the opening of a parking lot on Shabbat to accommodate weekend visitors to the Old City.
The protesters chanted that anyone who desecrates Shabbat "must die." To police seeking to rein them in, they warned, "You will burn in the fire of hell!"
The level of violence at the afternoon protest was lower than it was the previous weekend, police said. Setting the stage for further violent clashes, however, activists from the Eda Haredit were planning a major midweek demonstration in Jerusalem against the desecration of Shabbat.
Read more >> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443715331&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Our Prophetic Perspective
In referring to the persecution being of Jews in Jerusalem during the time of the Great Tribulation just after the Antichrist places the abomination of desolation in the then rebuilt Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, Jesus said the following:
''But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.'' (Matthew 24:20-21)
Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have been fighting against the Israeli government in order to enforce Sabbath keeping in the Holy City. As these orthodox Jews gain stronger influence within the Israeli government, Sabbath keeping rules against opening parking lots, train, taxi, bus and all kinds of transportation services will begin to be enforced causing the population of the Holy City to be without any means of transportation within the city and perhaps throughout the entire nation of Israel on Saturdays. As the persecution of the tribulation comes, many living in the holy city will not be able to escape persecution by means of transportation should they try to flee on any given Saturday during the days of the Tribulation. What Jesus predicted two thousand years ago concerning the Sabbath in Jerusalem is becoming news headlines in our day. This shows us how literal the Bible is when it comes to prophecy despite the attempt of many to try and spiritualize it.
Can Third Temple be built without destroying Dome of the Rock?
A new Jewish interfaith initiative launched last week argues building the Third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem would not necessitate the destruction of the Dome of the Rock. "God's Holy Mountain Vision" project hopes to defuse religious strife by showing that Jews' end-of-days vision could harmoniously accommodate Islam's present architectural hegemony on the Temple Mount. "This vision of religious shrines in peaceful proximity can transform the Temple Mount from a place of contention to its original sacred role as a place of worship shared by Jews, Muslims and Christians," said Yoav Frankel, director of the initiative.
Read more >> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184891155&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Our Prophetic Perspective
While many prophecy teachers insist that the Dome of the Rock must be destroyed in order for a Jewish Temple to be rebuilt, the Bible seems to suggest a different scenario. In revelation 11 we read:
''And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.'' (Revelation 11:2)
This passage says that the outer court of the Temple is given to the Gentiles who will tread the holy city of forty two months. The Arabs must be the Gentiles referred to in this passage and the Dome of the Rock must be standing on what the passage refers as the ''court which is without the temple.'' I could be wrong in my assertion but this passage in Revelation appears to be telling us that the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt next to a pagan shrine standing on the Temple Mount and indeed there is one. One thing that really caught my attention in this headline was the following:
''Sheikh Abdulla Nimar Darwish, founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel, said it was pointless to talk about what would happen when the mahdi, the Muslim equivalent of the messiah, would reveal himself. "The mahdi will decide whether or not to rebuild the Temple. If he decides that it should be rebuilt, I will go out to the Temple Mount and help carry the rocks." Darwish warned against any attempt to rebuild the Temple before the coming of the mahdi.''
Myself and others have suggested that the Islamic Mahdi and the biblical Antichrist will be one and the same. Some prophecy teachers reject this idea since they expect the Antichrist to be a secular European leader. In my article Debunking the European Antichrist I offer valid points to show that the Antichrist will not be European but a Middle Eastern figure. Shiite Muslims who are the minority put a lot more emphasis on the Mahdi than Sunni Muslims. What is interesting is that Sunni Muslims reject the Shiite view of the Mahdi because Shiite Muslims expect the Mahdi to be some kind of holy being who will have the same attributes of Allah. In other words, he will claim and will be received by Shiites as some type of god-man just as Jesus claimed to be God and Man. 2 Thessalonians 2 says the Antichrist will claim to be God. The Antichrist might take advantege of the Shiite beliefs concerning the Mahdi, convince the Arabs that he is the Mahdi, convince the Arabs to allow the Jews to rebuilt the Temple next to the Dome of the Rock and later on desecrate the Jewish Temple and claim to be God. Oh my, I think we are beginning to witness the last of the last days!
Muslim nations link better ties with Israel to peace
Muslim countries meeting in the Syrian capital criticized Israel on Monday but said they were open to better ties with the Jewish state if it took steps towards a "just and comprehensive" Middle East peace deal.
"We must not reward Israel for its crimes," said a statement issued at the end of the three-day meeting of foreign ministers of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
"It should be affirmed that any progress on ties must be linked to how much the Israeli position represents a commitment to a just and comprehensive peace that guarantees the restoration of rights and occupied land," the statement said.
Our Prophetic Perspective
The fact that the Muslim world is promoting better ties with Israel for a peace agreement is a step toward the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The Bible says that the Antichrist who will come from the Middle East will confirm a covenant with the Jews for a period of 7 Hebrews years according to Daniel 9:27. Since he comes to confirm an already existing covenant, a covenant must be already in place before he arrives on the scene. Daniel 2, 7 and Revelation 17 speak about a ten-nation confederacy of Middle Eastern nations that will give their power to the beast who confirms an already existing covenant. These ten nations might enter into a covenant with Israel so both the Jewish state and the Islamic world can co-exist together. The Antichrist comes at a later date to confirm and strengthen the covenant for seven more year. Watch for an Islamic Union which will enter into a covenant with Israel in the near future which may give the Jews permission to have access to the temple mount. Do not jump to hasty conclusions by saying that the mediator of such a covenant between Israel and the Islamic world in the Antichrist for he will come at a later date to confirm an already existing covenant.
President In a meeting between the senior delegations of Iran and Syria: We should look for new world order
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in addition to resistance and steadfastness, Iran and Syria should look for creation of a new world order, otherwise, new cruel regimes would be created. They considered expansion of ties and cooperation among countries of the region necessary and said that quadlateral cooperation between Iran, Syria, Iraq and Turkey would be beneficial and strategic for nations of the region. Ahmadinejad and al-Assad said relations between Iran and Syria were strategic in different fields and called for expansion of mutual ties.
Read more >> http://www.president.ir/en/?ArtID=16361
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Almost a year ago I wrote the following in my article entitled ''The Middle East and the Beast of Revelation:''
''So far we have covered Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq as the kingdoms that form the body of the beast in Revelation 13:2. We are now going to expand on the fact that the Antichrist will come from the Middle East and find out where in the Middle East he will come from based on the biblical text.''
Read entire article here
The above headline caught my attention because it mentions Iran, Syria, Iraq and Turkey as forming a quadlateral cooperation that would be beneficial and strategic for nations of the region. These are the very four nations that I mentioned would start forming the political kingdom of the beast in the near future. My message has not been very popular and has been heavily criticized by supporters of the European beast theory. Recently France and Germany announced that they oppose Turkey joining the European Union and Turkey has announced it might break with NATO to side with Iran. This is causing Turkey to shift to the East and make alliances with Syria, Iran and Iraq. These nations will eventually create an ''Islamic Union'' which will include other nations of the region. This union will ultimately constitute of ten nations that will be the ten kings of Daniel 7 and Revelation 17. The Beast from the East is beginning to grow before the eyes of the world and many are still blind to this fact because the traditions of men keep pointing to the Europe instead of the Middle East.
Turkey To Break With NATO On Iran
A report issued by the Washington Institute says Turkey has moved steadily away from its NATO allies and toward Iran, Russia and Syria.
The report, titled “The AKP’s Foreign Policy: The Misnomer of Neo-Ottomanism” and authored by senior researcher Soner Cagaptay, says Turkey’s new foreign policy — led by the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP according to its Turkish initials — has come at the expense of Ankara’s relations with Israel, the European Union and the United States. “It [AKP] is pro-Hamas, pro-Syria, pro-Hezbollah, pro-Qatar, pro-Saudi,” the report said. “The AKP views the world as composed of religious blocs, and this disposition colors its views of the Middle East and the world.”
Our Prophetic Perspective
The fact that Turkey is moving away from its NATO western allies toward the Islamic world fits exactly with the prophetic scenario for the last days. Ezekiel 38 mentions Turkey (Togarmah, Gomer, Meshech and Tubal) as one of the primary allies against Israel alomg with Iran (Persia), Libya and Ethiopia (Sudan). Now the Israel of Ezekiel 38 may not be the modern Jewish state of Israel which is the ancient kingdom of Judah which has returned to the land of Israel and renamed their country Israel instead of Judah which was their ancient name. The House of Israel which was the Northern Kingdom is what Ezekiel refers to in chapters 38 & 39, not the Jews of the Southern Kingdom of Judah who are the modern Jewish Israelis. Judah of the Jews we prophesied to return to the land in order to fulfill the seventieth week of Daniel in a covenant with the Antichrist.
I recommend reading my friend Jeff Booth's article entitled The Gog Magog War: A Supposition for more information on this complex subject. The House of Israel or the Northern Kingdom also know as the lost ten tribes lives in a place other than the land of Israel today. It may be that the Gog and Magog War which will include Turkey as one of the main allies will not be against the modern Jewish state of Israel which is composed of Jews from the House of Judah, but against the lost Israelites of the Northern Kingdom who currently live in a geographic area other than the land of Israel.
Syria and Iran united against Israel'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday his country and Syria are united behind Palestinian "resistance" to Israel, taking a tough tone as he met with his top Arab ally, Syria's president. Ahmadinejad was expected to meet with the chiefs of Hamas and other Palestinian groups during his visit to Damascus, said Khaled Abdul-Majid of the Popular Struggle Front said. Iran is a strong supporter of militant Islamic groups in the region, including Hamas and Lebanon's Hizbullah.
"Syria and Iran have been from the very beginning united and in agreement to stand on the side of the Palestinian resistance," Ahmadinejad said. "They will continue to do so. We see that the resistance will continue until all occupied territories are liberated."
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The Alliance between Syria and Iran is one of the major signs that we are living in the last days. Revelation 13 tells us that the beast looks like a leopard, has the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. The leopard refers to the Grecian Empire in Daniel 7 which later was divided into four separate kingdoms. According to Daniel 11, two of those divisions, namely Syria and Egypt will be preset until the time of the end. The Bear represented the Persian Empire. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935. The Lion represents Babylon which will be the political capital of the beast according to Revelation 18. Babylon was the capital of the ancient country of Babylonia, modern day Iraq which will soon join Syria and Iran to form the composite beast of Revelation 13. The Antichrist is said to come during or right after the formation of such alliance, conquer it and rule over it as he also pretends to grantee Israel's military security from these nations. As he conquers the Middle Eastern alliance which will be composed of Syria, Iraq, Iran and seven more nations, the Antichrist will then turn against Israel by breaking his covenant with the Jews and use this entire Middle Eastern alliance to destroy the Jewish state which is referred to by Joel 3 and Zechariah 12 as the ''nations round about'' Jerusalem.
'No one will dare attack Iranian nation'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his nation on Saturday that "no country in the region threatens Iran," just hours after The London Times published a report claiming that Israel was preparing to attack targets in Iran within hours of receiving a green light from the government in Jerusalem.
Speaking during a ceremony in Iran's Army Day, Ahmadinejad said Iran was one of the strongest countries in the region and that "the gall to threaten the Iranian nation was quashed forever." "The Iranian nation is ready to become more involved in maintaining order and security based on justice in many regions of the world," Ahmadinejad said.
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Our Prophetic Perspective
The Bible says that Iran will be one of the major players in the last days against Israel. In Revelations 13 we read that the beast kingdom of the Antichrist will have the feet of a bear. The bear represents Persia in Daniel 7 which is one of the nations of the composite beast of Revelation 13. The arrogance of the Iranian president in proclaiming that Iran is becoming a power in the Middle East shows that the composite beast of Revelation which is the political kingdom of the Antichrist is being formed before our eyes. For more information on this subject, read our article entitled The Middle East and the Beast of Revelation.
Clinton: There will be a Palestinian state, Jerusalem will be its capital
Just hours after blaming Hamas and other terror groups for the lack of peace in the region, visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signaled that while it may recognize the source of the obstruction, that won't stop the Obama Administration from pushing for the rapid creation of a Palestinian Arab state.
Clinton told reporters in Jerusalem that she and President Barack Obama plan to be "vigorously engaged" in bringing about the birth of "Palestine," adding that "there is no time to waste."
Our Prophetic Perspective
In the book of the prophet Joel we read the following:
''For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.'' (Joel 3:1-2)
This prophecy seems to suggest the creation of a state in the land that God calls his land. God will judge the nations for parting (dividing) his land. The situation in Israel today clearly shows how this Biblical prediction is becoming reality before the eyes of the world. The nations want to push for a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and these are the very things mentioned in this passage of the prophet Joel. The nations God judges are mentioned in the rest of the chapter as Edom, Egypt and the coasts of Palestine. It is possible that eventually the US will withdraw from the region and leave the matter in the hands of Islamic nations. The exciting thing about all of this is that God comes to earth at the time his land is being divided by other nations. This shows that we are very close to the return of Jesus Christ to earth. I hope you have Jesus as your Lord and Savior. If not, please click here
'Kayhan': 'Turkey's Place is Alongside Iran'; The Turkish Muslim Brotherhood Model Is Influenced By, and Supportive of, The Iranian Islamic Model
At a January 2009 meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Iran Salim Kara 'Othman Oglu, Parviz Davoudi, deputy to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said: "In the new circumstances [that have emerged], the expansion of relations between Iran and Turkey is a necessity... As the two great powers [in the region], the two countries have a broad common denominator, and by deepening the cooperation between them, they could play a decisive role in [shaping] the regional and international balances [of power]... The support of the Turkish government and people for the oppressed people of Gaza showed that [Turkey] was taking an independent stance."
Kayhan: Turkey's Inclination Towards Political Islam - A Strategic Goal For Us
A February 3, 2009 Kayhan editorial titled "The Muslim Brotherhood in Turkey" dealt extensively with the growing influence of the Islamic movement (i.e. the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood) throughout the Middle East, presenting it as a Sunni Islamic model that supports the model of Iran's Shi'ite Islamic Revolution. The editorial stressed that Islamic Turkey, as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, must stand alongside Iran as part of an emerging Islamic Middle East bloc confronting the West:
