Psalm 83.1-4: “Keep
not thou silence, O
God: hold not thy
peace, and be not
still, O God. For,
lo, thine enemies
make a tumult: and
they that hate thee
have lifted up the
head. They have
taken crafty counsel
against thy people,
and consulted
against thy hidden
ones. They have
said, Come, and let
us cut them off from
being a nation; that
the name of Israel
may be no more in
remembrance.”
War is brewing in
the Middle East. The
contention between
Israel and Syria is
a volcanic eruption
waiting to happen.
The news is awash
with the civil war
in Syria and the
behind the scene
maneuvering of Arab
proxies fronted by
Iran to position
themselves to attack
Israel and draw them
into a wider
conflict. We hear of
the movement of
missiles that have
the capability of
striking the heart
of Israel being
bombed inside Syria.
I watched the video
of the attack and
the explosion was
ten times bigger
than anything I had
seen prior on this
attack.
The explosions that
rocked northern
Damascus on Sunday
were absolutely
massive. It is being
reported that they
registered about two
or three on the
Richter scale, as
enormous balls of
fire lit up the sky
that could be seen
from all over
Damascus. Some say
it was a low level
nuclear tipped
bunker buster bomb
that blew up the
site of these
advanced weapons of
war. To date,
skirmishes across
the border with
Syria at the Golan
Heights are growing
more frequent and
the fighting could
spiral out of
control. Israeli
warplanes bombed the
outskirts of
Damascus early
Sunday for the
second time in
recent days,
according to Syrian
state media and
reports from
activists, signaling
a sharp escalation
in tensions between
the neighboring
countries that had
already been
exacerbated by the
conflict raging in
Syria.
U.N. Peacekeepers?
There has been a
force of UN
peacekeepers that
have been trying to
prevent a clash
between the two
nations at the
border of Syria and
Israel, but they
have their own
kidnapped or
captured by Syrian
rebels. The four UN
Peacekeepers that
were abducted on
Tuesday 5/7/2013,
remain
unharmed according
to a UN Peacekeeping
spokesperson.
Negotiations to free
the men all four of
whom are Filipino
are underway and the
UN Secretary-General
has condemned the
incident.
The UN confirms that
the foreign backed
insurgents fighting
the Syrian army are
behind the abduction
and it’s not the
first time they have
harassed UN
Peacekeepers in the
Golan.
This is an
orchestrated
stand-down from UN
in conjunction with
Israeli, American,
major non NATO
Allies and NATO
allies.
We see an
opening in the Golan
Heights Syria Border
with UN forces
monitoring the
demarcation line
having pulled out of
the area as stated,
presumably to
facilitate an
Israeli armored
assault on Damascus.
Like a slow motion
horror show a major
Middle East war is
underway, and UN is
complacent in
allowing this
probable war front
opening up, but then
when does the UN
ever stick to its
supposedly anti war
agenda? They are
basically
facilitating this
war with continued
support of state
sponsors of
terrorism and war
criminals. The UN
was supposed to keep
the world safe from
wars, but its
blatantly obvious
actual role is to
make this war
inevitable.
If the UN stuck to
its mandate it could
end this war today,
demand all parties
cease all
hostilities, and the
funding of the
insurgency, and roll
in more UN forces to
deter Israeli armor
and reserves poised
to level Syria, and
issue arrest
warrants and
actually bring the
real perpetrators of
this war to criminal
court in the Hague.
They obviously know
who these tyrants
are, they are the
ones prodding the
whole thing along
funding the
insurgents, and
goading the rebels
and Israel and
whoever else stupid
and immoral enough
to wage unjustified
war, and not only
that but a war that
by any calculation
risks triggering an
absolute hellish
bloodbath of nuclear
war with the
shattered balance of
mutually assured
destruction.
Is prophecy about to
be fulfilled?
Is this when the
oracle of Damascus
will be fulfilled
(Isaiah 17:1-3)? I
believe it could be
so as a result of a
coming regional war.
Nobody should want
that or look forward
to that.
Unfortunately, the
next major regional
war in the Middle
East appears to be
closer than ever.
But nobody
should want it to
actually happen. But
God is in control of
these events. During
the next war in the
Middle East we will
likely see death on
a scale that is
unprecedented. It
won’t be like the
wars of 1967 or
1973.
It will
likely be a fight to
the death where
nothing is held
back. You see, the
truth is that most
Americans have no
idea what is really
going on in the
Middle East. There
are ancient grudges
and ancient hatred
that go back for
thousands of years.
There is no “peace
plan” that is going
to suddenly make
everything okay.
The Middle East is a
simmering volcano of
hate and resentment
that could erupt at
any moment.
That is why
what is happening in
Syria right now is
so important.
The Israeli
air strike in
Damascus that
reportedly was
attempting to
destroy a shipment
of Fateh-110
missiles that Iran
was sending to
Hezbollah has
brought Israel and
Syria to the brink
of war.
In fact,
Syria is calling the
air strike a
“declaration of war”
and is vowing
retaliation. The
Syrian government is
saying that,
“Israeli aggression
opens the door to
all possibilities”
but they have not
provided any
specifics about what
they plan to do.
Meanwhile,
Israel has made it
very clear that they
will do whatever is
necessary to keep
Fateh-110 missiles
from getting into
the hands of
Hezbollah.
Israel has every
right to defend
herself. Think about
it, would you be
concerned if Russia
or China had
chemical equipped
missiles in Cuba, or
Mexico aimed at Los
Angeles or Dallas
and not do
everything in your
power to stop them?
We had the same
scenario during
JFK’s presidency and
came near to nuclear
war with a
confrontation with
Russia over these
weapons being
installed into Cuba.
Russia blinked first
and war was averted.
But will it be
averted now? When
you speak of the
religion of Islam,
they are not
concerned with life,
as they are a
culture of death and
to die for their
god, Allah is their
goal to enter into
their vision of
paradise. They have
no problem with
starting a war, if
they think they can
actually win. Russia
in the recent past
was not so insane to
risk their lives in
a mutual war of
destruction. Not so
with the actors
placed into these
drum beats of war
brewing. Are we fast
approaching the
prophecy in Psalm 83
when in my opinion
the entire region
will be engulfed in
a war that is
designed to
eliminate the nation
of Israel? Build up
to war has been
being facilitated
and planned from the
last war with
Hezbollah in 2006.
Thousands upon
thousands of weapons
have been shipped
into Lebanon, Gaza,
and their
surrounding Arab
neighbors have been
waiting for just
such a moment when
Israel will be
encompassed by their
enemies with a large
stockpile of weapons
of war.
“Syria has stationed
missile batteries
aimed at Israel in
the aftermath of
alleged Israeli air
strikes in the
country, the web
site of Lebanon’s Al
Mayadeen TV,
considered close to
the regime of
President Bashar
Assad, quoted a top
Syrian official as
saying on Sunday.”
─Jerusalem Post
What would it take
to tip the scales to
an all out war
between Syria and
Israel? If chemical
weapons are found to
be in Damascus or
planned to be
shipped to the
border of Lebanon,
then I envision of
an assault on that
cache of weapons
that would release
chemicals into the
air and kill many
people surrounding
the explosion, but
what would make
Damascus a ruinous
heap and
un-inhabitable?
There is an island
off the coast of
Scotland where
scientist exploded a
series of anthrax
bombs to test what
would happen to a
flock of sheep. They
immediately all
died, and the island
has been inhabited
since. Release of
this biological
weapon of anthrax
would make the
regions
uninhabitable.
Another would be a
nuclear tipped
device that would
make the radiation
level so high, that
all who would live
there would die. The
latter would level
the surrounding
landscape into a
“ruinous heap”, as
described in Isaiah.
Such an attack would
assuredly bring all
nations surrounding
Israel into a direct
conflict with all
out war. Their sheer
size of numbers of
troops and weapons
would, I believe,
give them the
impression that they
could destroy
Israel. But only one
thing they do not
figure into their
scheme. The God of
heaven is on the
side of Israel. As
in the previous wars
fought in 1948 and
1967, the
destruction of
Israel was thought
to sure. But with
even an overwhelming
force, those Arab
forces were defeated
and it was believed
Divine intervention
saved the tiny state
of Israel.
The war will
bring us even closer
to the time of the
beginning of the
Tribulation, as
Israel will believe
they have finally
destroyed their
enemies and can live
in peace. Ezekiel in
chapter 38, that on
the heals of this
victory against
their Arab neighbors
that Israel will
live in peace and
safety. BUT,
Ezekiel 38.8: “After
many days thou shalt
be visited: in the
latter years thou
shalt come into the
land that is brought
back from the sword,
and is gathered out
of many people,
against the
mountains of Israel,
which have been
always waste: but it
is brought forth out
of the nations,
and they shall dwell
safely all of them”
(emphasis mine).
When was the last
time in your life,
have you heard that
Israel has lived in
peace and safety,
“dwelling safely all
of them?” You say
never and you would
be right. Since
their birth, Israel
has been threatened
with extinction from
their very ancient
cousins in a hatred
that has festered
for thousands of
years. Suddenly, the
Bible reports they
will live in safety,
but I believe to
feel they are safe,
then every enemy
surrounding them
will be defeated and
their lands
conquered. In my
opinion, Israel will
expand their borders
to include most of
the Middle East,
from the Sinai, east
to the Euphrates,
north to Syria, and
south to Arabia,
which will include
all of Jordan. Why
do I say that? Have
you noticed that all
the nations spoken
of in Psalm 83,
includes all the
people that surround
Israel now, but in
Ezekiel 38 none of
them are mentioned?
It is believed that
what I have proposed
as the borders of
the expanded nation
of Israel will be
won in this coming
war, as none of
them, including
Syria are mentioned.
Why is that so?
Because God has
allowed Israel to
overcome their
enemies that have
come against them
and destroyed their
weapons of war and
along with a major
portion of their
militaries. They
will possess all of
their land as spoils
of war. What will
they possess that
they never possessed
before? The answer
is a major portion
of all the gas and
oil of the world.
How quickly will the
enemies of Israel
realize that it is
unacceptable for
Israel to have such
wealth and control
of a major portion
of the world’s oil
and gas production?
Maybe they will get
a reality check in a
year, or two?
Ezekiel prophesies
that God will put a
hook into the jaws
of the Gog-Magog
coalition of nations
to even think that
they can come
against Israel to
take what they have
won in battle. Money
is a powerful
motivator for an
evil coalition to
take what is not
theirs.
As a believer in the
removal of the
church before the
tribulation and the
revealing of the
Anti-Christ, the war
spoken of in Ezekiel
will be waged not so
much by Israel, as
they will be
overwhelmed with a
superior nuclear
equipped force, I
believe headed by
Russia with Iran as
their front man.
This is when God
says that He will
fight for Israel.
Ezekiel 38.18-23:
“And it
shall come to pass
at the same time
when Gog shall come
against the land of
Israel, saith the
Lord GOD, that my
fury shall come up
in my face.
For in my jealousy
and in the fire of
my wrath have I
spoken, Surely in
that day there shall
be a great shaking
in the land of
Israel; and I will
call for a sword
against him
throughout all my
mountains, saith the
Lord GOD: every
man's sword shall be
against his brother.
And I will plead
against him with
pestilence and with
blood; and I will
rain upon him, and
upon his bands, and
upon the many people
that are with him,
an overflowing rain,
and great
hailstones, fire,
and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify
myself, and sanctify
myself; and I will
be known in the eyes
of many nations, and
they shall know that
I am the LORD.”
How long will the
war that is coming
that brings a peace
to Israel last?
Possibly a short
span of time. If
this war that
Ezekiel prophesied
about comes on the
heals of the war
that is now brewing
in the Middle East,
we could see Psalm
83 fulfilled and the
stage set for
Ezekiel 38&39.
Theologians are in
agreement that this
devastating war
waged by Almighty
God will so decimate
the nations that
come against Israel,
that a peace treaty
will be proposed for
7 years to prevent
another war and
allow Israel to have
sovereignty over
it’s land even to
allow them to
rebuild their temple
on the Temple mount.
There will be no
Arab that dares
stand in their way,
as they have been
thoroughly defeated.
Israel will
recognize that the
God of their
fathers, is indeed,
very much alive and
seek to rebuild
their temple in
haste, and resume
sacrifices to
Jehovah.
How much time will
it take?
Can you envision the
speed of these
developments being
fulfilled? Psalm 83
brewing right now in
the Middle East,
quite possibly.
Defeat of the
nations surrounding
tiny Israel with its
expansion to include
all of the Promised
Land given to
Abraham. Safely and
peace brought about
for a period. A
coalition of a major
power force coming
against Israel and
their total
destruction by God
on the mountains of
Israel, followed
swiftly by a peace
treaty, as a pact
with the devil. The
temple rebuilt, and
with today’s modern
technology, the
temple will be
rebuilt quickly, as
the pieces are
already made
awaiting their
assembly. Then a man
will arise who will
propose peace,
Daniel 9:27:
“And he shall
confirm the covenant
with many for one
week: and in the
midst of the week he
shall cause the
sacrifice and the
oblation to cease,
and for the
overspreading of
abominations he
shall make it
desolate, even until
the consummation,
and that determined
shall be poured upon
the desolate.”
This is the prophecy
of the appearing of
a man of a false
peace; a man of
deceit and filled
with all uncleanness
and a lying spirit.
He will deceive
Israel into a false
sense of security.
This is the
beginning of
Daniel’s 70th week
of the refining of
Israel to make an
“end of
transgression.”
This, my
friend, is the end
of the dispensation
known as the Church
Age, or the Age of
Grace. God has
turned His focus
away from a people,
who were not his
people, but has
taken those people
for Himself and that
work is completed.
Now He turns to the
nation who rejected
Him, He calls His
brethren, and will
purge them as silver
is refined in the
fire. God has never
focused on the
church and Israel in
the same period of
time. Now is the
time that all who
believe as I do, the
church will be
removed from this
earth.
The next few years
will be a time of
tensions mounting
and war being waged
at a level not seen
in our lifetimes,
unless you are over
75 years of age and
witnessed Hiroshima.
The upheaval in the
world’s economies
will be devastated.
Nations will be
bankrupt. Prices of
raw goods will
spiral out of
control. Oil will
become priceless and
gas will be priced
to the moon. The
amount of time will
move rapidly to the
Tribulation, if my
scenario turns out
to be true of this
timing taking
scripture at it’s
word and watching
the developments
that could speak to
it’s quick
fulfillment. It
could literally be
in a few
years...maybe
sooner. I have been
writing messages
that speak of the
Tribulation being
right upon us. This
is the time when
Israel will be
challenged like
never before, and
God will come to do
battle for her.
TIME IS ALMOST UP
The time is almost
finished. The clock
is a few seconds
before midnight and
the end of the age
of grace. Jesus said
in Luke 21:28:
“And when these
things begin to come
to pass, then look
up, and lift up your
heads; for your
redemption draweth
nigh.”
Folks, we are long
past the beginning
of these things
coming to pass. We
have seen prophecy
after prophecy
fulfilled, and the
time of the age
being over is on the
horizon. Scripture
is being fulfilled
in our lifetime and
the prophecy of what
Jesus spoke of is
upon us. There is
little time for
those who will look
to Jesus as the
substitution for the
wrath of God on an
unrepentant,
rebellious mankind.
God’s wrath is about
to be unleashed and
woe to anyone who
misses the ark of
salvation we know as
Jesus Christ. You
have a choice to
make...choose to
live the horror that
is coming or choose
the One person who
died for your sins,
that you will be
spared His coming
wrath. John 3:16-18:
“For God so loved
the world, that he
gave his only
begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth
in him should not
perish, but have
everlasting life.
For God sent not his
Son into the world
to condemn the
world; but that the
world through him
might be saved.
He that believeth on
him is not
condemned: but he
that believeth not
is condemned
already, because he
hath not believed in
the name of the only
begotten Son of
God.”
Tribulation is
coming. These wars
are the run-up to
it. Where will you
stand? Will you be
counted on God’s
side and worthy to
escape? Luke 21:36:
“Watch ye
therefore, and pray
always, that ye may
be accounted worthy
to escape all these
things that shall
come to pass, and to
stand before the Son
of man.”
How do we stand
before Jesus Christ
the Son of man, upon
that day? We are
found worthy only
because we believed
John 3:16 and
confessed Jesus
Christ as Lord and
Savior. Our
worthiness will be
sealed because of
what He did, not
what we did, except
to believe on the
only begotten Son of
God by faith. Others
will be thrown head
long into what is
coming. And coming
it is...right around
the corner.
This is Pastor Mike
Taylor, praying
Jesus Christ becomes
your Savior and
Lord. If there is
anything I can do to
counsel you, pray
with you, or just
listen to your
cares, then drop me
an email to
realteam1999@sbcglobal.net,
or visit me online
for more biblical
instructions in
these days of the
end of the age. God
bless you all, till
we meet at Jesus’
Feet.