It Ain't Me; It's God...

I was watching C.B.N.'s television show today, the "700 Club" when the host, Pat Robertson interviewed a guest named Raymond Ibrahim, an Arab Christian who is the author of a new book called, "Crucified Again:  Exposing Islam's New War on Christians".  In the interview Mr. Ibrahim stated that he believed Egypt was headed for a civil war, "based on precedent."  He feels that the Muslim Brotherhood is so invested in returning ousted president Morsi to power that a violent civil war is all but inevitable. 

This tends to make me feel a bit justified in my having been proclaiming the same thing for the past four years, though I don't claim to be well versed enough in international geo-politics to base my opinion on present-day politics alone.  My opinion would certainly be most irrelevant if it were not backed-up by the Word of God, specifically in Isaiah 19.  My only concern is whether I'm interpreting this prophecy correctly or not.  Since I'm unaware of any historical fulfillment of Isaiah 19, and the present-day circumstances seem to be setting the world up to witness it's fulfillment in the near future, I feel God's assurance in making what would otherwise be rather outlandish predictions in this regard. 

Mr. Ibrahim stated that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has been struggling for power for almost 100 years, and having held power for a year, only to have it taken away is an affront that they will find intolerable.  He feels that the Egyptian Christian population will bear the brunt of their outrage, at least initially, in the form of a murderous persecution, and it will be up to the moderate Muslim population to support the Christians (called Coptics) if they wish to prevent Morsi's return to power.  It was the support of the moderate Muslims who brought Morsi his election victory a year ago, and it will only be by their support of the Coptic Christians that they have a chance of keeping him out, with or without the Army.  Since the Christians are only about 10% of the population, they can't do it alone.  So if enough moderate Muslims will stand by them perhaps they'll survive.  If not, it could be wholesale slaughter of genocidal proportions.  And the fact that God has promised to give Egypt, "into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord" ( see Isaiah 19:4) does not bode well for the Christians.  Perhaps they will be driven into an alliance with Israel, maybe taking refuge in the Sinai, or southern Israel, providing a buffer zone between Israel and a hostile Egypt.

Anyway, I found Mr. Ibrahim's interview very interesting, and I recommend that everyone should see it.  You can view it at any time by clicking onto www.cbnnews.com/ and then clicking the Raymond Ibrahim interview, titled, "Divided Egypt putting Christians in the Crosshairs".  Or just click, Raymond Ibrahim Interview.  C.B.N. also is publishing Mr. Ibrahim's blog on the same issue.  Read that at your on risk because the truth he writes about may just "scare the bajeebers out of you" ( whatever "bajeebers" are)!  God bless!