WAR IN THE AIR

2/5/10

WHAT I KNOW

*The Middle East will erupt into war just before the Abomination of Desolation.

*The war will be fought between Israel and her enemies from the north and south.

*The Antichrist will come in to try to keep the war from enveloping the earth.

*He seems to have some success, but it will eventually fall apart.

WHAT I DON'T KNOW

*Is the war talk the lead up to the prophesied war in Daniel 11?

*Will Javier Solana get some sort of security/authority position in the EU in time for this war, if it happens soon?

MY THOUGHTS

There are some very harsh words between Israel and Syria.  In order to understand fully what is going on we must understand the position of Syria.  Russia has a hold on Iran, Iran has a hold on Syria, and Syria/Iran has a hold on Hezbollah and Hamas.  Therefore, when Syria rattles the war cages, then it is actually Russia.  This is important because besides Daniel 11:36-45, we have Ezekiel 38/39 (Russian/Iranian/Muslim invasion of Israel) and Isaiah 17 (destruction of Damascus, Syria in the last days).  Whatever order these may find themselves in we know that eventually something is going to happen to set off a fire of apocalyptic proportions involving these Scriptures.  No other time in history have we had the weaponry and the alliances that the ancient prophets penned down centuries ago in our very news today. 

This is what I think is happening.  Iran knows that their time is coming.  They believe it is time to usher in the Mahdi, and they know that Israel is serious about their nuclear program.  I do not believe sanctions are giving them much fear, but their apocalyptic view of the end of days is driving much of this.  I believe that is why the secular governments of Europe and the United States do not understand Iran's thinking.  Russia is riding this religious fervor for their own greed of oil, money, and power which can all be found in the Middle East.  Religion is below the secular governments, but one day religion will come to the forefront in everything in this world. 

Satan is getting ready, he knows more than any of us how close his time is; therefore, he is using Russia/Iran as his proxy against God's people.  Putting a time on this is difficult, but if we are living in the end of days, than I can see the wars spoken above in Scripture happening sometime around the end of March, during Passover (March 30^th-April 4^th), or just before the middle of June if the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) is truly the treaty of the last days because it is June 14, 2010 that the midpoint of the ENP occurs.  A lot seems to have to happen for all of this to come to pass, but God has worked in this way before.  It was the last seven days of Jesus' life on earth when the push for the Cross happened, and it was fast and furious so it will be in the days of the Second Coming.  War is in the air and how this comes to pass Scripture gives us clues, and it also leaves out enough so that through faith we may see His mighty hand at work.

Bro. Brian

SCRIPTURE

Matthew 24:45-51

"Who then is the ^(BI)faithful and ^(BJ)sensible slave whom his master ^(BK)put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

 ⁴⁶"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

 ⁴⁷"Truly I say to you that ^(BL)he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

 ⁴⁸"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

 ⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

 ⁵⁰the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

 ⁵¹and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(BM)weeping and gnashing of teeth."

NOTE:  Again, the wise servant that watches these things, shares the Gospel, and lives a life of holiness will be rewarded, but the servant of his house that does not watch and does not follow His Commandments will be surprised at His Coming.  It is the latter that Jesus said He would come as a thief and those will be put into eternal damnation.  So be prepared, and live a life worthy of God, and He will reward you.

Bro. Brian

NEWS LINK

Israel's foreign minister raised tensions with Syria yesterday by telling Damascus to abandon its claim to the Golan Heights, the territory it lost in the 1967 war.

Avigdor Lieberman also warned Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, that "in the next war [with Israel], not only will you lose but you and your family will lose the regime".
In the past, Israeli leaders have accepted the principle that the Golan Heights will have to be returned to Syria as part of any peace agreement between the two countries.

However, Mr Lieberman declared yesterday: "We must bring Syria to realise that just as it gave up on the dream of greater Syria and control of Lebanon . . . so it will have to give up on its ultimate demand for the Golan Heights."

In an attempt to limit the fallout from Mr Lieberman's comments, the Israeli government issued a statement later on behalf of the foreign minister and of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister. It said: "We pursue peace and negotiations with Syria, without preconditions, while Israel will continue to act with force and determination against any threats."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3d965d6-11f5-11df-b6e3-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1