I wrote in my post for April 30th, a partially sincere apology for my apparently myopic view of international developments. I apologize for the redundancy of my repetition of the same reference to the Ezekiel prophecy, which, as I believe concerns the soon to be Russian, and Muslim nations' invasion of the Middle-East, beginning with (and, unintentionally, ending with...) their invasion of Israel. I don't feel that Israel is the main objective of this invasion, but Israel must be neutralized first, as the only real military threat to the invasion's success, before proceeding on to the real objective, the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, and the other Gulf State Emirates.
I understand how boring it must seem to have me spout this seemingly ridiculous theme endlessly, especially to those who find it difficult to believe that a prophecy given some 2500 years ago should be about to be fulfilled today. But, if I am right, then the urgency of preparing the whole world for this critical event will be evident to all, and I believe the offense of boring my readers will be forgiven, and forgotten.
Eight days ago, I wrote that I now tend to view all international developments from the perspective of how they might effect this prophetic scenario. Today, we have President Trump's announcement that he is pulling the U.S. out of the Iran Nuclear treaty, that John Kerry negotiated for the Obama Administration. Personally, I can find no fault in this decision, as it was reputed to be a bad deal in the first place, and should never have been agreed to. But, I strongly suspect that the unintended consequences of this action will be to enrage an already insane regime in Iran, which is already "chomping at the bit" to cross the Syrian border with Israel, where they have been amassing their troops, as if an invasion were imminent. Iran has been preaching the violent destruction of Israel for decades, and believes they have a "prophetic" mandate to do so. I guess we will soon know whose prophecy was really given by God, and whose prophecy was false!
I suspect that Russia intends to sit the beginning of this invasion out, believing that Iran, and their other Muslim allies, should be able to defeat any Israeli defense, especially if it is begun with a massive poison gas attack. They will probably wait to attack the Gulf States after Iran has wiped out Israel, but when Israel turns their invasion into a full-fledged, panicked retreat, they will try to turn the retreating forces, resulting in what the Bible describes as, "every man's sword (or, modern weapon) will be against his brother (or, comrade in arms)". This is how God intends to destroy the invasion force, up to 83, and 1/3rd%!!! Just like the Persians' intent to destroy the Jewish captives was turned against them, in the book of Esther; and the Nazi "final solution" was meant to kill all the European Jews, yet Germany was decimated instead; God will turn the invader's evil intentions back on themselves!!! And He will do it in a way that Israel can not be blamed for doing it, though I'm sure their enemies will try, anyway!
As to why my voice seems so lonely, when there are many others who are well-respected Biblical scholars who are not, as yet, calling for this prophecy to be fulfilled soon; the reason seems simple to me. They all have platforms that must be protected from criticism for outrageous charges, like, "a 2500-year-old prophecy seems about to be fulfilled!" They are pastors of large churches, or professors at respected universities, and must consider their professional reputations. I'm sure there are many others who have wondered the same as I , when they have considered the developments in the Middle-East, but they are not yet ready to stake their reputations upon their beliefs. I have no reputation to be ruined if my guesses about future prophetic fulfillments don't come true. I can be as outrageous as I choose! I have very little to lose, and I feel it is worth the risk being called an "Internet Fool", just to get others to investigate my views, to see if there seems to be any truth to it all. I guess that's what the Bible calls being a, "fool for Christ"!
Perhaps the old World War II ( or was that World War I?) tome of, "Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition!" would seem appropriate here!
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