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PRESIDENT BUSH SEEMS TO BE DRIVING IRAN (PERSIA) INTO THE ARMS
OF RUSSIA AND EUROPE, JUST AS PROPHECY FORETELLS! Title:
PRESIDENT BUSH SEEMS TO BE DRIVING IRAN (PERSIA) INTO THE ARMS
OF RUSSIA AND EUROPE, JUST AS PROPHECY FORETELLS!
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This exciting story began in January, 2002, when President Bush announced his infamous "Axis of Evil" nations and declared his intent to achieve a "Regime Change" in all three instances. Let us review that story.
NEWS BRIEF: "Bush Puts Iran, Iraq, North Korea On Terror Notice", Yahoo News, January 30, 2002
"President George W. Bush singled out Iran, Iraq and North Korea as 'an axis of evil', bluntly warning the three nations that they could soon become targets in the US-led war on terrorism. Delivering his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Bush put the three so-called rogue states on notice that the United States is prepared to act, alone if it has to, against them should they threaten their people, their neighbors or others.
"In addition, the president said the United States could and would bear the immense cost of a military campaign against any one the nations, maintaining that the price of doing nothing to counter such threats 'would be catastrophic' ... 'All nations should know: America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security ... I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons', he said, laying down a direct challenge."
All three governments knew immediately that President Bush had just targeted them for destruction, a plan which came to be known as "Regime Change". President Bush did not wait too long to take the next, dramatic step.
NEWS BRIEF: "US forces told to destroy supply lines of terror", By Charles Laurence in New York, David Wastell, and Jack Fairweather in Kuwait, 24/11/2002, news.telegraph.co.uk
"American special forces commandos have been ordered to launch covert operations against arms supply lines to terrorists and the three rogue nations referred to by President George W. Bush as the 'axis of evil'. Mr Bush has signed a classified executive order giving special forces unprecedented authority to combat and, if necessary, destroy arms suppliers who aid terrorism and any attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction."
In this era known as the "Sovereignty of Nations", each nation has the inherent, stated right to defend its own territory against invasion or attack from foreign forces. Each nation has the inherent right to counterattack an invading force once a foreign force has set foot on that nation's territory. History is filled with examples where wars were started when a foreign force attacked the soil of another country.
Commando attacks are considered an intrusion upon sovereign territory that is significant enough, in and of itself, to possibly trigger a war between sovereign states. Thus, when President Bush signed his executive order authorizing U.S. Special Forces to go into the territory of a foreign nation so that they may destroy Weapons of Mass Destruction believed to be there, he was effectively declaring war on those countries!
Iran understood this principle very well, all the way back in January, 2002, and certainly understood it in November when the President issued his military order for Special Operations against these three countries. By November, 2002, when Bush issued his special military order, Iran could see the massive buildup of Coalition Forces in the Gulf and could hear the equally massive propaganda push through the Mass Media designed to whip up support for an Iraqi invasion. The handwriting was most definitely on the wall.
On March 20, 2003, Coalition Forces charged across the Iraq/Kuwait border, and in early April, Baghdad fell. Euphoria was in the air. Analysts were waxing eloquently about the overwhelming superiority of American weaponry. At this moment, the top leaders of Russia, France, and Germany met in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the end of their meeting, Russian President Putin stepped to the podium as the spokesman of the group. His remarks revealed that these three nations were not overawed by American military superiority.
NEWS BRIEF: "No strike on other countries, Putin warns US", Sify News, April 12, 2003.
"Saint Petersburg -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned the US-led coalition not to attack other countries under the pretext of promoting capitalist and democratic values after having defeated Iraq's dictatorial regime. 'We are not going to export capitalist, democratic revolutions,' the Russian leader told reporters as rumours in Washington allege that some elements of the US administration are mulling launching military operations against other Middle Eastern states. 'If we do, we're going to end up on a slippery slope to non-ending military conflicts. We can't let that happen,' Putin said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac after holding talks with them."
These are harsh words, coming from seasoned leaders of powerful countries. Such leaders do not issue such threats without seriously considering that the consequences if their bluff is called and they do not respond. Were America to now attack in a manner which would create a "Regime Change" in Iran and/or Syria, the public credibility of Russia, France and Germany would fall to nearly zero.
These three leaders understand this principle; therefore, we believe the threat is real. Certainly, Russia has the capability to stand up to America's fearsome military machine, because she has Scalar Weaponry, which is far more potent than any weapon America possesses -- a fact we explain thoroughly in NEWS1802 , NEWS1776.
Interestingly, during this April 12 news conference, President Putin specifically mentioned only Syria, against whom Bush officials were breathing threats of fire, and against whose borders we had moved troops and tanks. But, Putin's warnings could equally apply to Iran, who is the major recipient of our ire today. It is with Iran that Russia made her move to counter American power in the entire region.
In fact, her actions, which apparently began shortly after Putin's warning of April 12, 2003, may have just checkmated American power in the region. We explain this reality in NEWS2003, entitled, "RUSSIAN CHECKMATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?".
If you have not yet read this article, please do so now, for an understanding as to how closely American pressure has driven Iran (Ancient Persia) into the hairy arms of the Russian Bear, is critical to understanding the prophetic implications. You see, Persia is foretold in Ezekiel 38-39 as being one of the countries which will march against Israel in the Latter Days. The government in control at that time has to be anti-West and anti-Israel, precisely as it is today. If President Bush successfully overthrows the present regime, he will institute a puppet government just as he has done in Iraq; this government will be pro-Israel and pro-West. Therefore, we expect that current Iranian government is protected by the prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39 from being overthrown; we may attack their facilities, but it seems to us that the government will be protected from actually being overthrown.
What has taken us by surprise is the intensity of the forces which have driven Iran into the Russian camp, as she seeks protection from America's sophisticated weaponry. Further, since the prophecy says that Gomer (European nations) is marching with Russia; therefore, American pressure on Iran is resulting in forcing together three major elements of this prophecy: Iran (Persia), Russia, Europe (Gomer).
Let us now review this wonderful prophecy coming together right in front of our eyes.
RUSSIAN LED INVASION OF ISRAEL -- Ezekiel 38-39
Let us now reveal the prophetic truth that Iran will be allied with Russia when Russian leads the attack on Israel in fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39.
In Ezekiel 38-39, God foretells of a "latter day" invasion of Israel by a confederation of forces led by Russia. God states that several Arab nations will be part of the invading force. He states that these Arab nations will be: Persia (Iran), Cush (Ethiopia), Libya, and the House of Togarmah [Turkey].
A quick view of a Middle Eastern map will reveal that this invasion will be coming at Israel from both the North and the South. Libya and Ethiopia will be invading from the West, marching through Egypt, and then up from the South. Russian forces, along with those of Iran and Turkey, will be coming from the North. Thus, to the outside observer, it will appear that the nation of Israel will be surrounded by hostile armies. Remember this fact, because it will become very important just a little later in this article.
Let us now examine this prophecy in some depth (Ezekiel 38-39)
Verses 1-2 -- "And the word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, of Meshech, and Tubal, and prophecy against him'," [Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
This verse positively identifies the main protagonist in this invasion as Russia.
1. The word, "Rosh" is the old name for the country we now call "Russia".
2. The word, "Meshech" is the root form for the city, "Moscow"
3. The word, 'Tubal" is the name of one of the main rivers of Russia and the Ukraine. The Tubal River is still one of the most significant rivers in the world.
Verses 4-6 tell us that this is going to be a monstrous army. God uses words like "a great company", and "Gomer and all his hordes", a "great host, a mighty army [Verse 15], to describe the size of this military force. This military force will appear to be invincible as it marches to the borders of Israel.
While Bible scholars are unsure about the exact timing of this invasion, other than it being "in the latter years" [verse 8], "latter days" [verse 15], and "latter days" [39:28], some scholars believe that this invasion must occur before the Antichrist "confirms the covenant " with the religious leaders of Israel. This invasion may be the trigger to begin the 7 Jewish years of the Tribulation Period.
The basis for this belief is Ezekiel 39:9, where God states that the people of Israel will not have to worry about gathering fuel for seven (7) years because they can just cannibalize the leftover remains of this vast army which God has just destroyed. Since no one believes that anyone will have to worry about gathering fuel into the early months or years of Jesus' Millennial Reign, then this invasion and its bloody conclusion must be finished prior to the time Antichrist signs the Covenant of Israel, at which point the 7 years' Tribulation will begin. [Daniel 9:27]
CLARIFICATION AS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD -- 7 YEARS
How can this be, you say? Doesn't the 7-year Tribulation Period begin the minute Antichrist makes his appearance, and begins his deceptive "signs and wonders"?
No, the Tribulation Period does not begin then. It begins after he has convinced the Jewish Orthodox rabbis that he is the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. No person, despite all his miracles, will be able to win the hearts of the Orthodox Jewish leadership, until and unless he "fulfills" all the Old Testament Messianic Prophecies and the Messianic expectations that have been generated by the false Rabbinic Tradition.
Occult writers are aware of this fact, and have made elaborate plans for Antichrist to deceive the Orthodox Jewish Rabbis; they plan for Antichrist to deliberately stage all these expectations. Peter Lemesurier, writing in his book, The Armageddon Script , acknowledges this to be a fact. He lists all these expectations and the way in which Antichrist will fulfill them.
The point is, the world will pass through a period of at least a few months if not a year, between the time Antichrist arises and the time the Jewish Rabbis have officially declared him to be their Messiah, thus allowing him to confirm their national covenant.
Does the Bible allow for this scenario? Yes, it does, in the fact that it does not forbid it. In the passage of Daniel 9:27, where we see the official beginning of the 7-year Tribulation, we see no mention of of a time period between the appearance of Antichrist, and the confirming of the covenant. However, such a period is not forbidden in this Scripture. Further, scholars know the Jews well enough to know they would never accept someone as Messiah until and unless he has fulfilled these Biblical and extra-Biblical expectations.
God sheds further light upon this subject in Daniel 7:7-8. In this prophecy, God says that the actual appearance of Antichrist will be preceded by a global reorganization of 10 Super Nations, each with a leader. Revelation 17:17 is a parallel passage, in which God reveals that these 10 leaders will be pursuing an active plan to gather all the political and economic power in the world for the express purpose of giving it to Antichrist. We know this plan to be the New World Order Plan. This means that, when Antichrist arises, all 10 of these Super Nations will announce that they are giving all their power and influence to Antichrist. They will probably hold a joint news conference, with all 10 of the leaders present, along with Antichrist, as they hand him the keys to the world.
What a joyous celebration the world will give this event! You will see exultant news coverage like you have never, ever seen before.
However, Daniel 2:40-45, God tells us that, in the background of this exultant celebration, all is not well in the newly created Kingdom of Antichrist. In this passage, God tells us that this 10 Nation kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. Its composition will be like that of part iron and part burned, broken potter's clay. Since these two elements can never cohere, and since burned potter's clay is so fragile, when the weight of the global kingdom is actually placed upon this 10-nation structure, the whole thing will come crumbling down. How will this disintegration occur?
In Daniel 7:7-8, we see the only sequence of events that might tell us how close Antichrist is to appearing. Let us review these three sequential steps:
1. Verse 7, Daniel sees the 10 horns [nations] forming.
2. Verse 8a, Daniel sees another horn, a "little one" coming up after the 10 horns were established. This little horn is Antichrist, as God confirms in 7:24-25.
3. Sudden, cataclysmic destruction occurs, totally destroying three (3) of the original 10 Super Nations. God does not reveal exactly who these three (3) Super Nations might be, but He does give us some really good clues as to who might be at least two (2) of the Super Nations who are to be destroyed.
POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF THE THREE DESTROYED SUPER NATIONS
1. In Ezekiel 38:1-4, God reveals that the leader of this tremendous army marching against Israel in the "Latter Days" will be Russia. The New World Order Plan reveals that Russia will be the leader of Nation #5 in their global reorganization plan. 2. In Ezekiel 38:13, God states that Israel's allies at the time of this invasion do not aggressively move to protect Israel. Rather, they meekly issue a diplomatic note saying, "Have you gathered your hosts to take your prey? To carry away livestock and goods, to take a great spoil?" In other words, these allies of Israel will refuse to actually come to Israel's aid. At this time, Israel will feel the most betrayed she has ever felt in her life; furthermore, if the United States refuses to come to her aid, her military defeat at the hands of the Russians will seem most imminent, inevitable, and palpable.
Modern scholars have noted that the United States has historically backed Israel against Russia on several occasions since Israel's national rebirth in 1948. In fact, President Nixon ordered American nuclear forces on full alert in the 1973 Middle East war, when Russia was threatening to go to nuclear, and had actually placed her atomic forces on alert. On December 12, 2001, President George W. Bush obviously staged a "photo-op" showing him in front of the Israeli Illuminist hexagram flag (Read NEWS2128 for full details]. This staged event demonstrated that Bush is as pro-Israel as any of his predecessors.
American leaders have always supported Israel, no matter what the rest of the world thought of us.
Therefore, in this instance, modern scholars ask, where is the United States here? She is still dominated by Jewish leaders in our Cabinet, and Jews are still very influential in elections in several key states like New York. Even given the preference Liberal Democrats have shown for all things Arab, it is not conceivable that he could allow a steadily-marching huge army coming at Israel from the North and the South without moving to protect Israel.
However, if the United States, as leader of NAFTA, were destroyed, then we would understand why the rest of Israel's allies will offer only a mild diplomatic protest as defense.
3. One of the Messianic expectations Jewish rabbis have is that Messiah will deliver a Jerusalem surrounded by armies. Jesus alluded to this belief in Luke 21:20, "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies , then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." The context of this passage is the persecution of Jews in the Great Tribulation. When Jews see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, they are to know that persecution is very close, and they are to flee.
Jesus has just enunciated the Messianic prophecy contained in Zechariah 12, where Jerusalem will be attacked and surrounded by armies, but God has promised to deliver the eternal city by His omnipotent power.
Now, I ask you a simple question: when Antichrist is going about, deliberately "fulfilling" all Messianic prophecies so the Jewish Orthodox leaders will declare him to be their Messiah, how is he going to fake an attack on Jerusalem by encompassing armies, and the appearance of a Divine deliverance?
The answer is simple, but no one has apparently thought of it.
When the Russian-led armies move against Israel -- possibly after Russia has just destroyed NAFTA and right after Antichrist has arisen -- she will lead an army that will march from the North and from the South. The Libyans and Ethiopians will comprise the Southern armies, while the Russians, some Europeans, Turks and Iranians will comprise the Northern armies.
Just before God destroys the entire armies surrounding Israel, Jews will see that they and their beloved city, Jerusalem, are surrounded by armies. They will be looking for their Messiah to deliver them in accordance with Biblical prophecy. And, they will have an obvious Messianic candidate, who has been running all over Israel, claiming to be their Messiah, and fulfilling all Messianic prophecies. All Jewish eyes will be upon him to see if he can deliver Jerusalem surrounded by armies.
This will be the final, acid test to prove whether the man claiming to be the Jewish Messiah is truly their national messiah, for whom they have been long awaiting. Further, from the moment Antichrist arises, he will make his headquarters in Jerusalem. For him to be declared the Jewish Messiah, he could make his headquarters no place else. Therefore, when the armies approach Israel's borders from North and South, tensions in the office of Antichrist must be very high. After all, Russia has just annihilated the United States, Canada, and Mexico [NAFTA} and has probably destroyed one other Super Nation. Now they are obviously out to destroy Antichrist himself and take control of the world for Mother Russia.
Antichrist will probably be filled with unbelievable rage because the leaders of Russia have gone back on their long-standing plan to support Antichrist when he arose. How dare they move so quickly to destroy the 10-nation consortium that had been so carefully planned for so long, and had been so beautifully executed?
But, Antichrist must also be full of fear and foreboding. He has no Weapons of Mass Destruction arsenal to match that of Russia, nor the means to deliver it. Without the United States, Russia and China are King Kong , and China is making no sound way over there in the Orient, as her appointment with Jerusalem is at least 7 years away.
When God intervenes to annihilate Russia and all her accompanying armies, as He promises to do in Ezekiel 38:16-23, and in chapter 39, the peoples of the world generally and the Jews specifically, will credit Antichrist ! The Jews will say, "My goodness, he did deliver Jerusalem from encompassing armies". Since Antichrist had already "fulfilled" all the other prophecies and Messianic expectations, the Jewish Orthodox leaders will waste no time pronouncing him to be their Messiah.
Then, and only then, will they allow him to come to the conference table to "confirm the covenant", thus beginning the 7-year Tribulation.
You can see how very important Ezekiel 38-39 is to the entire prophetic plan to stage Antichrist on the world scene. Iran is one of those nations marching with Russia at the Latter Days. Her hardline government is exactly the kind she needs to hate Israel enough to march with Russia. And, since mid-2003, Iran has been seeking Russian protection against America. Today, she has sophisticated Russian radar and anti-aircraft missiles which are also capable of shooting down cruise missiles.
And, silently, Iran knows she has protection from Russian scalar weaponry -- unequalled by anything in our arsenal.
Both Russia and Europe are currently making no bones about their intention to establish ties with Iran, in face of tremendous American pressure to back off. Listen to several current news stories which really tell the story.
NEWS BRIEF: "Iran Signs Nuclear Fuel Agreement With Russia", By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writer, Feb 27, 2005
"BUSHEHR, Iran (AP) - Russia and Iran signed a deal Sunday that would deliver nuclear fuel to the Middle East country for the startup of its first reactor - a project the United States had for years pushed Moscow to drop ... Iranian Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh and Russian Atomic Energy Agency chief Alexander Rumyantsev signed the agreement at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. The signing, which was delayed by a day, came after the two senior officials toured the $800 million complex."
This agreement means that Russia has committed, not only to provide the nuclear fuel by which Iran can operate this plant, but also to provide security against American attack. This reality was underscored by the next revelation in this news story. The Russian Atomic Energy Agency chief is speaking.
" 'Today, a very important development occurred, and that was the protocol on returning nuclear fuel, which we signed together. In the next few weeks many Russian technicians will arrive in Bushehr' to finish the plant, Rumyantsev said after the signing." (Ibid.)
When Russian technicians will arrive at the power plant, they will be at risk of death from any American or Israeli strike. To deliberately cause the deaths of Russian technical experts at this plant through an attack, the Bush Administration risks an international confrontation with Russia, thus making an attack less likely.
Furthermore, Russia did not sign this accord, nor did she send her technicians to the plant, until she activated her air defense shield over Iran (NEWS2003 and NEWS2002). Therefore, Russia felt confident in signing this agreement with Iran, an action which really means a "poke in the eye" to President Bush.
Europe also seems to be lining up behind Iran, as this related story indicates.
NEWS BRIEF: "Are Europe and Russia Ganging up on America over Iran?", DEBKAfile Special Report, March 1, 2005
"The international ensemble dancing around Iran’s nuclear program appears to have regrouped: the European Union and Russia are suddenly lining up against America barely a week after US President George W. Bush held talks in Europe to patch up differences with both. European officials said Monday February 28 they had no problem with the deal Moscow signed two days earlier to sell Iran nuclear fuel for bringing Iran’s Bushehr reactor on line. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, after talks with EU leaders, urged Americans to take a 'more active' role in European diplomatic efforts with Iran."
The picture we may have here is that Russia and Europe are coordinating foreign policy regarding Iran, deliberately running counter to the policy of President Bush. News reports posted on Daily News Updates indicate that the European leaders did not really buy the line from Bush that America and Europe needed to just "forgive and forget". Instead, the 25 members of the European Union spoke with one united voice in contravention to Bush's policies. In fact, even Solana got in on the act, warning Bush to stop his "Regime Change", backed by bombing threats, against Iran.
The European Union has embarked on a separate diplomatic campaign regarding Iran, a campaign seemingly much closer to Russian policies than Washington's. Iran seems firmly in the Russian - European orbit -- and President Bush's continuous threats since January, 2002, have forced her into this kind of alliance. If this perception is correct, we are seeing the working out of an alliance which will result in Ezekiel 38-39 being literally fulfilled.
Truly, the world stands at the precipice of the End of the Age.
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