Damascus is fully prepared to defend its territory in a potential military conflict with Israel, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Sunday as the regional crisis continues.
Mekdad was speaking at a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Damascus, where they discussed joint support for Palestinians during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
Mekdad said that Syria “has been resisting” Israel since 1948, when the first full-blown war broke out between several Arab nations and the newly established Jewish state.
“Syria has fought wars against the Israeli occupation, and is ready to fight wars, but it will decide when and how,” the foreign minister stressed, noting the importance of the Golan Heights – a part of southwestern Syria controlled by Israel since 1967.
Ending the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights is “at the top of our priorities,” Makded insisted, adding that “Syria is ready to pay the price for all these liberation operations.”
https://www.rt.com/news/592290-syria-ready-for-new-wars/
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Is. 17:1
Category: Prophecy
Tucker Putin Interview
The interview is now posted here:
The first hour may be long in the tooth, but it gets interesting afterwards.
https://tuckercarlson.com/the-vladimir-putin-interview/
The Executioners of Gaza
Who were/are the executioners of Gaza?
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. Zep 2:4-5.
In this passage the word ‘Cherethites’ = “executioners”. All of the cities mentioned were the ancient cities of the Philistines. They were ferocious men as King David even used them to serve as bodyguards.
We will come back to this passage, but first a little history. Jeremiah 46 began the section of Jeremiah’s prophecies against the nations surrounding Judah. Jeremiah 47 is the record of this prophecy against the Philistines, the ancient enemies, and rivals of Israel.
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. This prophecy was given before Pharaoh attacked the city of Gaza around 609 B.C.
2 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. Later, from the north, the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar would conquer all of the cities mentioned in Zep. 2:4-5 including the Egyptian occupation of Gaza sparing none.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. Tyrus and Zidon were Phoenician (Lebanese) cities allied to the Philistines but were cut off and unable to help them. Understand that the Philistines came from Caphtor. Today it is called Crete an island off the coast of Greece. There is zero DNA connection between the ancient Philistines and today’s Palestinians as the Philistines were completely wiped out. ‘Palestine’ came from the word Philistine during the Roman occupation of Jerusalem. It was a Roman insult to the Jews knowing the Philistines were their ancient enemy.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? One that has their head shaved will eventually grow their hair back. Keep this in mind.
From Jeremiah 47, we see how the prophecy of Zep, 2:4-5 would be fulfilled. Now let’s look again at Zephaniah. By the way, if you did not already know, violence in the bible is the Hebrew word Hamas.
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Remember in Jeremiah 47 the baldness? Could it be eventually this strip of land would once again contain ferocious men capable of unspeakable evil? That is what we saw on October 7th as these executioners came flying and driving into Israel killing anyone alive. This verse also says Gaza shall be forsaken or meaning to leave without intending to return. That is exactly what is happening today with Hamas. They are either captured or killed by the IDF or forced to flee south to the Rafa border with Egypt while the IDF utterly destroys Gaza infrastructure.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. All were destroyed except a few women that married into the Jewish population (Neh 13:23).
Benjamin Netanyahu is the current PM of Israel and possibly also a prophet. I have read many of his statements concerning this war and many seem to be prophetic utterances. He has repeatedly stated they will not stop until Hamas is totally demolished. Here are his latest statements.
“We will not withdraw the Israel Defense Forces from the Gaza Strip and we will not release thousands of terrorists. None of this will happen,” Netanyahu told students and staff during a visit to the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli in Samaria’s Binyamin region.
“I hear talk about all kinds of deals. I would like to make it clear: We will not conclude this war without achieving all of its goals. This means eliminating Hamas, returning all of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza never again constitutes a threat to Israel,” the premier said.
https://www.jns.org/ben-gvir-threatens-to-topple-government-over-hostage-deal/
I highly recommend reading again the 3 chapters of Zephaniah. It is a very intriguing book. There may also be another theme that is presented in this book. We know the biblical number 7 refers to the program of God on behalf of man, like the 7-day week, 7-year tribulation, Noah was on the Ark 7 days before the rain came, on the 7th day Noah sent out a dove, and again 7 days later. The ark rested in the 7th month. You get the idea hopefully. There are numerous examples that one can find.
So, why the 7? Because “the day of the Lord(s)” is mentioned 31 times in the KJV and exactly Seven times within the book of Zephaniah alone. Is it a theme suggesting we need to be ready when the ‘executioners” strike Israel, for the Day of the Lord is near???
Swords of Iron – Gaza Update
Warmapper.org does a tremendous job of creating maps for a given conflict. Below is the current situation in Gaza. You can see the IDF has split Gaza in half and is about to take the Shifa Hospital were Hamas (ISIS) currently has one of their HQ’s. Eventually, the IDF will control all of Gaza, permanently.
God made a covenant with Abrahm: “In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:” Genesis 15:18. The borders are more detailed in chapter 34 of Numbers (Num 34:1) and updated in Ezekiel 47 starting in verse 13 (Eze 47:13). One day they will draw the borders of Israel to look something like the below. Make no mistake, what God has promised no man or fallen rulers of darkness can take away.
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The Final Blood Moons
First things first. This is a longer post than usual. I am not setting any date in stone for anything, but simply establishing a timeline. There is a fascinating prophecy in the book of Hosea that gives us the expected timeline for the literal return of Jesus to the Earth.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Hosea 6:1-3
Basically, the prophecy is saying that Israel will return to the Lord after a 2-thousand-year hiatus from the time Jesus died on the cross for all mankind. Then the third day or the millennial reign of 1-thousand years, Israel will once again live with the presence of Christ and God will fulfill all of the unfulfilled promises of the Old Testament upon the nation. There will be blessings upon Israel again in the latter rain just as there was in the former before they rejected Christ. It is interesting to note that “latter rain” in the Hebrew text always refers to the spring rains of March and April. We know each day is equal to 1-thousand years because Peter stated, “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2Pe 3:8.
The consensus is that Jesus died during Passover week in 32 A.D. Six days prior to Passover (Jhn 12:1), Jesus rode on a donkey into Jerusalem to present Himself as a king on Palm Sunday of April 6, 32 A.D. fulfilling a prophecy from Zechariah 9:9. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass”. John 12:12-15 says “On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. For more information on how this date was derived, click here: The Unexpected King.
Joel 2:30-31 says “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come“. The “Day of the Lord” is usually referred to as the 7-year Tribulation period, but in this instance, it is referring to the great and terrible day, the final battle at Armageddon. The moon will turn to blood “before” this battle. “That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath”. Job 21:20. “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap.” Mal. 3:2.
Perhaps it will make more sense here: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Matthew 24:29. Here we see at the last day of the 2nd half of the Tribulation (1260 day period), the moon will turn to blood. This also happens after the 6th seal of Revelation is opened. “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;” Rev. 6:12. Then there will be a 30-day commencement period as the armies of the antichrist gather to fight against our Lord. “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” Mat. 29:30. We know there is another 30 days from Daniel 12:11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days”.
Back to the prophecy in Hosea. If Jesus died in 32 A.D, there should be a blood moon two thousand years later in 2032, right? Well, there just so happens to be another tetrad of blood moons coming up for the years 2032 – 2033! Don’t get caught up in the Tetrad or set of 4 as they have happened quite regularly since the time of Christ death. The key to understanding the blood moons is Jerusalem. Can the city of Jerusalem see the blood moon at the time of occurrence for it to be relevant to the nation of Israel. Of the four blood moons for this time period, two of them are clearly seen by the city of Jerusalem.
In my mind, these are the final blood moons just before our King sets down on the Mount of Olives. But wait, there is more. For many years, many people have pointed out that the Psalms are an ongoing narrative of Israel’s history and future. If that is the case, then Psalms 132 and 133 should reference the end. Let’s take a look.
Assuming 2032 is the end of the Tribulation; Psalm 132 starting in verse 7:
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 10 For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Assuming 2033 is beginning of Millennial reign; Psalm 133:
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
So, if this is the case, then 7 years back from the end at 2032 is the beginning in 2025……
You may not agree with this post, but again I am not setting anything in stone. The whole purpose of this blog – “looking for”.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13
The Land of Milk and Honey
Dr. Emir Caner was a guest speaker recently at First Baptist Atlanta. If you want to really know why the continued chaos in Israel, specifically for Jerusalem and including some very revealing insight into the religion of Islam, I highly recommend watching the sermon below. Emir was a former Muslim that accepted the call into the saving blood of Jesus. This is part one of a two-part series. Listen carefully when he mentions Damascus and if you are a student of bible prophecy, “The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”, Isaiah 17 will suddenly make more sense. As I had mentioned in a recent post, we are witnessing the beginning stages of the fall of Islam.
The Land of Milk and Honey: Israel, Islam, and The Promises of God
Obadiah and Israel’s Expanded Borders!
I believe we are watching the beginning of the downfall of Islam. Through the various yet prophetic wars, culminating with the Gog and Magog war, Islam will cease to exist as they will not succeed in any of them. Obviously, this will not happen overnight, but I do not think this will drag out for years to come like in years past in my humble opinion. Obadiah chapter 1 is full of prophecy concerning Israel and the non-Jewish people now living in the area. I have made comments by each verse in parenthesis and blue letters. We are extremely close to fulfilling much of Obadiah 1. Verses 1 to 14 have already been fulfilled as it talks about the destruction of Edom; the Edomites or descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob. Beginning in verse 15 we see the future re-claiming of land by Israel.
15 For the day of the LORD (Tribulation period) is near (Days we live in) upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. (If you attack Israel, you will be attacked either by Israel or God’s revenge).
16 For as ye have drunk (rituals) upon my holy mountain (Jerusalem, Temple Mount), so shall all the heathen (non-Christian, non-Jewish) drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. (Fall of Islam)
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob (Israel) shall possess their (heathen) possessions. (Israel re-gains more of their God given land)
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire (IDF), and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble (Edomites came up from Edom and populated the area in Israel/Palestine after the Jews were dispersed by Rome in 70AD), and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
19 And they of the south (Negev Desert) shall possess the mount of Esau (Past event, Mount Seir in Jordan); and they of the plain, (Gaza Strip) the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: (Past event, West Bank) and Benjamin shall possess Gilead (Northern Jordan. Future, possibly very soon) (From 1948 to 1967, the populace came to settle in the Gaza strip, West Bank, and Jordan along with the Edomites that had previously settled in 70AD).
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel (The Jews that returned in 1948) shall possess that of the Canaanites (Future event, the entire coastal area from Egypt to Zarephath in Southern Lebanon), even unto Zarephath (Future event, Southern Lebanon, Phoenician city situated between Tyre and Sidon); and the captivity of Jerusalem (Jews expelled in 70AD that went to Spain), which is in Sepharad (Sephardic Jews of Spain), shall possess the cities of the south (Negev Desert, yet future event).
21 And saviours (IDF Generals) shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.
Looking for that Blessed Hope! 