The face of the Middle East is changing very rapidly. Rebel forces backed by Turkey have made a huge swath through the Syrian Assad regime taking it out in less than 2 weeks. Assad has sent his family to Russia and as of this writing Russian media from the Kremlin: “former Syrian President Bashar Assad and his family members are in Russia. They were granted political asylum for humanitarian reasons”.
The last holdout for Assad was Damascus and has fallen into the hands of the rebels. The rebels or Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (previously Al-Qaeda). They are backed by Turkey.
Meanwhile, Israel has taken Mount Hermon in southern Syria. Listen to Netanyahu in this important announcement.
With no specific timeline, I will make a prediction and of course I can be 100% wrong. At some point we will see Isaiah 17 play out in Damascus under this new leadership. Israel will strike Damascus as the Rebels are more of a threat than the Assad axis was. Netanyahu had already threatened to destroy Damascus after Hamas attacked Israel in October of 2023. “The enemy wanted war, and it shall receive war. Israel’s actions will resonate for generations to come“. “IDF will destroy Damascus, target Syrian President Assad if Hezbollah joins war.”
Iran is weaker than ever now that their supply line to Hezbollah has been cut off by the rebels. And will only become weaker especially if Israel attacks their nuclear facilities. However, I feel they may play a role in Isaiah 17. In desperation, Iran may make a deal with the rebels to attack or harm Israel. You may remember the major blast at the port of Beirut caused by ammonium nitrate fertilizer back in August of 2020. One of the largest non-nuclear explosions on record. Supposedly there is still a much larger amount of this fertilizer in Damascus (placed by Hezbollah) which I believe will be the cause of that city’s destruction rather than nuclear.
There is yet too much prophecy in the general area for a nuclear explosion to take place. People would have to avoid that area for a very long time. If it is destroyed by the fertilizer, there is no radioactive fallout to avoid, and life goes on. Again, I could be wrong and nuclear is the destructive force. One thing is certain, the destruction is caused by Israel, but Israel will also suffer from this wide conflict. Not only is Damascus destroyed, but other cities in Jordan are abandoned.
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. Isaiah 17:9
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. Isaiah 17:4
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Isaih 17:2
Isaiah 17 may also be the trigger for Ezekiel Gog & Magog war. Why? “And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:” Ezekiel 38:4. Turn thee back from what? The destruction of Damascus. Israel is becoming if not already the main superpower in this region and the Damascus ordeal will be too much for the enemy to dismiss and they will attack with a very large coalition to try and put an end to Israel’s victories. Regardless, it would be very difficult for Gog to march his army towards Israel if a nuclear warhead goes off in Damascus.
BTW, as I have mentioned, Gog is not Putin and Russia is not the leader of the Gog & Magog war. Identifying Rosh as Russia and Meshech as Moscow is a false analogy by making connections simply because words sound the same. Gog will be a spiritual entity (fallen angel). How do we know this? Gog will return at the end of the Millennial reign.
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. Revelation 20:8
Just for fun, someone pointed out the similarity between Zelensky and Jolani. They even were the same clothes.
A statement from HTS: “We announce the end of this dark era and the beginning of a new chapter for Syria. In this new Syria, everyone coexists in peace, justice prevails, and truth is upheld”
We shall see.
Looking for that Blessed Hope! 