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But of that day and hour knoweth no man
But of that day and hour knoweth no man
What day is this referring to?
By Craig C. White
A lot of Christians point to this verse and conclude that nobody can know the day that Jesus Christ returns for his Church at the Rapture.
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
But which “day” is Jesus referring to? Jesus is not referring to the day of the Rapture. Jesus is not referring to his second coming. Jesus is telling the Jews living around Jerusalem to watch for the Antichrist approaching. The Antichrist along with his armies will enter Jerusalem and capture or kill the Jews living there. This day begins Jerusalem’s great tribulation.
Jesus warned of great danger in Jerusalem and Judea at a time when its citizens were living their daily lives as usual. He said that it would be like the days of Noah just before the flood. He said that life would be going on normally just like in Sodom before God rained fire upon the city. The following verses do not pertain to Church age believers. They are not describing an abundance of sin on earth. They are not describing the days before the Rapture. They do not refer to Jesus Christ’s second coming. They apply to the region around Jerusalem. It will be life as usual just before the Antichrist invades Jerusalem and Judea during the middle of the seven year tribulation period. This begins Jerusalem’s great tribulation (Mat 24:21).
Luke 17:26-29 And as it was in the days of Noe (Noah), so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Mat 24:37-39 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
In the verse above, the “Son of man” isn’t referring to Jesus Christ. The Son of man is the Antichrist! One minute things will be happening as usual. Then suddenly Israel’s enemies will attack!
Luk 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Read my commentary titled One shall be taken and the other left
If you really want to understand Matthew 24 then read my book Judea Flee! Jerusalem Wait! It was written to the Jews just like Matthew 24.
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Ottoman Creep
Ottoman Creep
By Craig C. White
In 1918 the last Ottoman soldiers marched out of Damascus. Today in 2018 Turkish soldiers are back inside of Syria. Turkish President Erdogan is the widely recognized rightful Sultan of a revived Islamic Caliphate. Erdogan has freely shared his ambitions of reconstituting the lands of the Turkish ruled Ottoman Empire beginning with Syria.
The Bible tells us that the last world empire would be reestablished and that it would sorely oppress Israel. We are witnessing the birth-pangs of a revived Ottoman Empire.
Revelation 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
There were five past world empires when the Apostle John wrote the book of Revelation. Rome was the current world empire making six. The Turkish ruled Ottoman Empire was the next and only world empire to follow making seven. The eighth world empire will be a revived Ottoman Empire. That means that we should expect a Turkish ruler to be the Antichrist.
Yes the Turkish Army is in northwestern Syria but that isn’t all. Turkey is building roads and mosques in northwestern Syria and teaching the Turkish language in public schools. Turkey is providing electric power to some areas and revamping local governments. Northwestern Syria is becoming Turkish. The “Turkifcation” of northern Syria is also referred to as “Ottoman creep”
The Ottoman Empire is also creeping elsewhere. Turkish President Erdogan has vowed to take control over even more territory in northeastern Syria all the way into northern Iraq. This is generally Kurdish and ISIS territory. The Turks are dead set against allowing Kurdish forces to occupy territory along the Turkish border. Turkey has a somewhat willing accomplice in the Sunni Al-Qaeda ISIS rebels. I would expect Turkey to once again support ISIS against the Kurds in places like Kobani located to the east of the Euphrates River.
Let’s not forget Damascus. Turkish President Erdogan admitted that the “sole reason” why the Turkish Army has entered Syria is to remove Syrian President Assad from power in Damascus. This week Turkish President Erdoğan said it was impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power.
You can stop wondering who will destroy Damascus. The destruction of Damascus is chronicled in Jeremiah 49:23-27. Turkey will attack Hamah and Tell Rifaat in northwestern Syria and then destroy Damascus.
Damascus is only thirty miles from the Israel border. This week Erdogan vowed to defend Jerusalem from Israeli ‘invaders’. This statement is not to be taken lightly. Turkey intends to creep all the way to Jerusalem.
Turkish President Erdogan has also demanded that land be returned to the Ottomans from eastern Greece and from Cypress. Erdogan has real plans to reinstate ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi was the Muslim Brotherhood Presidential candidate in Egypt. Turkey has already received an old Mediterranean Ottoman naval port from Sudan. Lately Turkey has made agreements with Libya to supply security forces in exchange for Libya’s submission.
Turkish President Erdogan is reestablishing the Ottoman Empire beginning in Syria. This is the reestablished world empire that the Bible predicts. Turkey is planting their flag in northern Syria. Turkish President Erdogan is the recognized Sultan of a revived Turkish ruled Islamic Caliphate. Turkish President Erdogan is the Antichrist.
Read this article on Gulf News: The ‘Ottoman’ return to Syria, 100 years on
Read this article on Newsweek: Erdogan wants to recreate the Ottoman World
Read my commentary titled The nations are disquieted over Syria
Read my Book The complete guide to Syria in end time Bible prophecy
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Will Turkey give Kobani to ISIS?
Will Turkey give Kobani to ISIS?
Turks cry for Kurdish blood in Kobani
By Craig C. White
DATELINE DEC 2024: I saw a video where ISIS fighters changed their black clothes and became Free Syrian Army fighters. These groups consist of the same Sunni Muslim Al-Qaeda jihadis.
Speaking of which; the Turkish supported Free Syrian Army is attacking Kobani right now. Kobani is a Kurdish town located in northeast Syria. ISIS took Kobani from the Kurds twice and the Kurds were able to take it back.
I am sure that there are many ISIS fighters in the Free Syrian Army that are attacking Kobani. I think that the Bible indicates that ISIS will be in Mosul celebrating their conquest of Kobani when Jesus returns (at the Rapture) to destroy them with a flood.
DATELINE DEC 2016: Turkish citizens are blaming several recent terror attacks on Kurdish PKK fighters that train in Kobani, Syria. Kobani is a Kurdish town of about fifty thousand people that suffered near complete destruction by an ISIS takeover in October 2014. The Kurds were able to retake Kobani in January 2015.
Now the Turkish people are protesting to wipe out the Kurdish PKK in Kobani. The Turkish Army is already in Syria just west of Kobani. The Turks entered Syria under the guise of fighting ISIS but at nearly every turn they have avoided doing so. In fact it has been reported that ISIS fighters have joined the Turkish led Al-Qaeda rebels to fight against the Kurds in Syria. ISIS is Sunni Muslim Al-Qaeda from northern Iraq and is sympathetic to the Turkish led Al-Qaeda forces. The population of Turkey is predominately Sunni Muslim and is sympathetic to the Sunni ISIS.
The Turkish Army along with Al-Qaeda rebels have cleared a corridor between Azaz (north of Aleppo) and the Euphrates River in northern Syria; in every instance allowing ISIS to retreat from harm. The Turkish led forces are now closing in on Kobani. Perhaps Turkey will assist ISIS as they attack Kobani yet again.
Here is my two cents. The Prophet Nahum describes the Ancient Assyrians as they remember their conquest of the city of Thebes in northern Egypt. God tells the Assyrians that Thebes was a great city yet it fell. If Thebes fell then the Assyrian capital city of Nineveh could fall just as well. In 612 BC God destroyed Nineveh with a flood along with three plundering armies.
Today Nineveh is called Mosul. Mosul is the hometown and headquarters of ISIS. I think that the book of Nahum may also pertain to ISIS in Mosul. I wonder if ISIS will be celebrating their conquest of Kobani when the Mosul dam breaks?
While I don’t agree with the sentiment of the attached article it does illustrate the public sentiment in Turkey against the Kurds and against the northeastern Syrian town of Kobani in particular.
Read this article on the Daily Sabah Turkey should wipe out PKK nests in Kobani and Afrin
Read my commentary titled Will Mosul fall after Kobani?
Read my book The End of ISIS is near!
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Old Damascus neighborhood must be destroyed
DEC 8, 2024: Al-Qaeda rebels take Damascus without a fight.
The Prophet Jeremiah predicts the destruction of Damascus. Jeremiah says that the residents of Damascus will flee, and that the Syrian soldiers will die in the streets. Jeremiah also predicts that Syria’s capital will be reduced to ruble. None of these things have happened yet. Perhaps they are yet to come.
Old Damascus neighborhood must be destroyed
The city of my praise
By Craig C. White
Most Christians are familiar with the Bible verse that says that Damascus will become a ruinous heap. But the Bible defines a specific Damascus neighborhood that must be destroyed.
Isaiah 17:1-2 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Has Damascus already become a ruinous heap? Some outlying neighborhoods have. But the central core of Damascus remains relatively intact. Does this satisfy Bible prophecy? Not yet. Jeremiah chapter 49 identifies the neighborhood of Old Damascus with its Old buildings and ancient renown.
Jeremiah 49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Two different Hebrew words for city are used in the verse above. The city of praise is a fortified city that has been celebrated in song. When God says “how is the city not left” he could be communicating his astonishment that even after a terrible assault on Damascus, the city has still not surrendered. When God calls Damascus “the city of my joy!” he is specifically saying that he delights in the cities old buildings. So we are looking for the destruction of the old part of the city. The neighborhood of Old Damascus is the seat of Syria’s government as well as its center of ancient history. Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city on earth. It was founded by the Aramaeans over four thousand years ago, and was inhabited two thousand years before that. Damascus is a living depiction of human history.
Map of Damascus with the neighborhood of old Damascus outlined in red. This is the area of Damascus that the Bible pinpoints!
The Bible does not require Damascus to be destroyed by a nuclear bomb as so many Bible prophecy buffs teach.
Read my commentary titled The nations are disquieted over Syria
For the entire story read my book The complete guide to Syria in end time Bible Prophecy
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High Alert, Kurds driven from Tell Rifaat
High Alert, Kurds driven from Tell Rifaat
By Craig C. White
DEC 7, 2024: Every Christian should be alerted when they hear about Tell Rifaat, Syria in the news. Tell Rifaat is located in the northern part of Aleppo province. Tell Rifaat is the last remaining Kurdish held town west of the Euphrates River. Turkey has been driving the Kurds eastward for the past several years.
This week the Kurds have been driven out of Tell Rifaat by Turkish supported Al-Qaeda forces.
Jeremiah 49:23-27 says that when Hamah and Tell Rifaat (Arpad) hear evil reports then the residents of Damascus will flee and Damascus will be destroyed.
Jer 49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Aleppo and Hamah have been conquered by Turkish supported Al-Qaeda forces this week. End time Bible prophecy is moving forward.
Read this article on Middle East Eye: Syria: Aleppo’s Kurds fear displacement as thousands flee rebels in Tel Rifaat
According to Jeremiah the Turkish forces will attack Hamah and Tell Rifaat and will then march southward to destroy Damascus. Afterwards Turkey will lead the forces that are now fighting in Syria into northern Israel. Damascus is located only thirty miles away from the Golan Heights.
Read my commentary titled The nations are disquieted over Syria
Read my book The complete guide to Syria in end time Bible prophecy
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Jeremiah tells us about Hamah
Jeremiah tells us about Hamah
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Turkish backed rebels capture Hama, Syria.
By Craig C. White
DEC 5, 2024: Turkish backed rebels capture Hama, Syria.
Jer 49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
This is the beginning of the destruction of Damascus. We should probably expect to hear more about Tell Rifaat which is identified as Arpad in Jeremiah. Tell Rifaat is the last remaining Kurdish held town in northwestern Syria. Expect the residents of Damascus to flee soon.
Al-Qaeda rebels that used to be fighting all over Syria have all fled to the Idlib province. Please note that most of these rebels are not from Syria. The Syrian war is not a civil war. It is a multinational foreign invasion of Syria.
The Turkish Army has joined these Al-Qaeda rebels in Idlib and have provided them with weapons and have even provided soldiers from the Turkish led Free Syrian Army. The Free Syrian Army isn’t Syrian at all but consists mostly of Al-Qaeda rebels from Libya. I am certain that these are the same Libyans that Turkey will lead into Israel according to Ezekiel 38:5.
Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
The Bible tells us about Hamah. Just before Damascus is destroyed the northwestern Syria city of Hamah will hear evil reports.
Turkey is the sole supporter of the Al-Qaeda rebels in Idlib. Turkey is the only nation that is keeping the Syrian war going.
It isn’t difficult to see that Jeremiah’s prophecy is about to happen. The residents of Damascus will flee and Damascus will be destroyed. I think that the Turkish Army will lead the Al-Qaeda rebels along with the Free Syrian Army against Damascus.
Read my commentary titled The nations are disquieted over Syria
Read this article on Voice of America: Turkey’s FM Urges Russia to Halt Syrian Government Attacks
Read my book The complete guide to Syria in end time Bible prophecy
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The nations are disquieted over Syria
The nations are disquieted over Syria
verse by verse through Jeremiah 49:23-27
By Craig C. White
DEC 1, 2024: This verse is beginning to happen now!
Jer 49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings:
Turkish backed Al-Qaeda jihadis attacked parts of Aleppo and Hamah in northwestern Syria. Jeremiah says that when Hamah and Tell Rifaat (Arpad) hear evil reports then the residents of Damascus will flee and Damascus will be destroyed.
The Prophet Jeremiah asks the question “How is Damascus not there?”. Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. One day it will no longer exist.
Jeremiah 49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
What is Jeremiah telling us? Obviously this prophecy is concerning Damascus, Syria. In the verse above, Jeremiah mentions two cities. Hamath and Arpad (or modern day Tell Rifaat) are both located in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border. Today Hamah is Syria’s fifth largest city.. Hamah is further south but still close to the Turkish border. Arpad is modern day Tell Rifaat located about 25 miles north of Aleppo and about 20 miles south of the Turkish border. These cities are located along the path of an invasion launched from Turkey headed towards Damascus.
According to Jeremiah 49:23 the people of northwestern Syria will hear intelligence reports that the Turkish army is about to invade Syria. The army’s target is Damascus and they are coming through their cities! The people of northwestern Syria are terrified. Their hearts faint with fear
There is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. The sea in Bible prophecy can refer to the Mediterranean Sea when it is accompanied with the definite article “the”. The sea can also refer to the nations. There is no article used here in the original Hebrew. I think that Jeremiah is saying that the nations will have great anxiety over the coming Turkish invasion into Syria. The Hebrew word translated sorrow means anxiety, fearfulness, carefulness, or heaviness.
So the nations will be very nervous concerning the coming Turkish invasion into Syria. The Turkish army’s goal is the destruction of Damascus. The English says it well here. The nations will not be able to be still. The Hebrew word translated quiet is defined below. The nations of the world will not be able to be at rest. They are already feeling uneasy concerning Syria.
quiet – shâqat, shaw-kat’
A primitive root; to repose (usually figuratively): – appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet (-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
Damascus is waxed feeble. This is the idea of failing in your old age. Damascus is about to die. Damascus turneth herself to flee. This could refer to the city preparing to relinquish its life and it could also refer to the cities inhabitants as they attempt to escape.
The Hebrew word translated fear means to tremble with terror. Anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail; literally Damascus is feeling a localized tightness like a woman about to give birth.
Jeremiah 49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Two different Hebrew words for city are used in the verse above. The city of praise is a fortified city that has been celebrated in song. When God says “how is the city not left” he could be communicating his astonishment that even after a terrible assault on Damascus, the city has still not surrendered. When God calls Damascus “the city of my joy!” he is specifically saying that he delights in the cities old buildings. So we are looking for the destruction of the old part of the city. The neighborhood of “Old Damascus” is the capital of Syria. Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city on earth. It was founded by the Aramaeans over four thousand years ago, and was inhabited two thousand years before that. Damascus is a living depiction of human history.
Jeremiah 49:26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
In this verse the young men are contrasted to the men of war. The men of war obviously represent the Syrian Army. Lately Syrian citizens have joined Assad and the Syrian Army to help defend their country. The Syrian National Defense Force is a newly formed civilian guard. I think that the Syrian National Defense Force could be represented by the young men in this verse.
It sounds like the young men of Damascus will stay behind to defend the city. Perhaps they will be the first line of defense. The young men of Damascus will die in its streets. The Syrian Army will be bunkered in Damascus. When God says that all the men of war shall be cut off he means that every Syrian soldier will die defending Damascus.. Jeremiah isn’t necessarily saying that this assault on Damascus will last only one day. That day refers to the entire duration be it one day or longer.
Jeremiah 49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
The phrase “kindle a fire” leads many to imagine a nuclear explosion but that is not what is pictured here. The terminology “kindle a fire” is used in several other Bible passages. The terminology “kindle a fire” mean that God will send an army against a city or a nation. I think that God will send the Turkish army against Damascus.
Many so called Bible scholars claim that the destruction of Damascus has already taken place. They say that the Assyrian conquest of Damascus in 734 BC fulfills the Damascus prophecy. Well Damascus was conquered by Assyria in 734 BC and several cities around Damascus were burned with fire but Damascus has never been completely destroyed.
Jeremiah was a prophet around 600 BC. Jeremiah gave his prophecy one hundred years after Assyria conquered Damascus. So the Assyrian conquest of Damascus can not possibly fulfill Jeremiah’s prophecy. The Assyrians conquered Damascus in 734 BC. I think that Jeremiah is prophesying about an invasion of Damascus that is forming now.
In Jeremiah 49:27, The palaces of Benhadad refer to the ancient thrones of Syrian Kings in Damascus. Like the ancient invasion, this future invasion will also destroy Syria’s seat of government in the neighborhood of Old Damascus.
So the Turkish army will march down from Syria’s northwestern border terrorizing cities along the way. Their goal is the destruction of Damascus. The nations of the world will be in a tumult. They will not be able to calm down. Damascus will prepare to die. The people will flee and the young men and army will fight to the death never surrendering. The oldest city on earth will be destroyed along with its historical buildings. Jeremiah describes a city under siege not a city obliterated by a single bomb.
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For a verse by verse study read Isaiah 17 predicts the destruction of Damascus
Read my new book The complete guide to Syria in end time Bible Prophecy
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WARNING TO JERUSALEM
WARNING TO JERUSALEM
Flee! Erdogan is coming!
By Craig C. White
Do you remember when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem and destroyed the temple? He also took away Jewish captives. Do you remember when Grecian King Antiochus Epiphanes invaded Jerusalem and took one half of the people away? In both instances many Jews were killed. Well there is another invader on his way to Jerusalem. He is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Erdogan is the Antichrist. He will be worse than any other invader before him.
Erdogan will attack Jerusalem and Judea. His army will break into your homes. He will take one half of the people captive. He will kill anybody trying to leave Jerusalem. If you are caught inside of Jerusalem when Erdogan arrives then the only way to escape is to wait on Mt. Zion. The Bible warns the inhabitants of Judea to watch for this invasion and to flee to Moab of Jordan. Today we can see this invasion approaching.
Allow me to tell you what to watch for. Turkey will enter Syria from its northwestern border near Hamah. The Turkish army will fight against the Syrian National Guard and the Syrian Army in Damascus. Turkey will besiege Damascus until the last Syrian soldier is killed. The old city of Damascus will be left in ruins. Its inhabitants will flee to Kerak in Jordan. They will become refugees there.
Note: ISIS in Mosul may be flooded before Erdogan attacks Damascus. These things are likely to happen this year (2016).
From Damascus Erdogan will lead Al-Qaeda from Libya, Hezbollah from Iran, and Hezbollah trained rebels from Sudan into northern Israel. All of these armies are fighting in Syria today! God will fight against these armies with a tremendous rainstorm, debilitating disease, and infighting. Perhaps after this invasion a seven year peace treaty will be signed between Erdogan and Israel. Erdogan will break this treaty in the middle of its term. This isn’t the invasion that I am warning you about. This invasion takes place about three and one half years before the invasion into Jerusalem.
After Damascus is overthrown Erdogan will install new Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Syria. Once that is accomplished Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran will form a confederacy along with four other nations or terrorist groups. This confederacy or Union will be represented by a leopard. This new Islamic Union will wage war on the rest of the Middle East, central Asia, and northern Africa. In northern Africa Al-Qaeda from Libya and Hezbollah trained fighters from Sudan will join the Turkish army. These will be the deadliest wars in history with about 400,000,000 killed. At first only Israel and Jordan will be spared. But then Erdogan will come away from conquering northern Africa including Egypt and enter into Jerusalem. The Bible compares the coming Antichrist to Antiochus Epiphanes. Antiochus Epiphanes attacked Egypt more than once. Erdogan may also enter Egypt on more than one occasion. So don’t let your guard down if Erdogan doesn’t attack Jerusalem after his first visit into Egypt.
Attention inhabitants of Judea! This verse was written to YOU!
Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
All inhabitants of Judea please listen! You must watch.
Mat 24:15-18 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
You must flee to the Jordanian mountains when you see this invasion approaching. You will be taken care of in Jordan just like so many Syrian refugees are being cared for today. You will remain there for three and one half years. At the end Jordan, Lebanon, and northern Iraq will send armies to destroy you but your Messiah will return to fight against them.
When Erdogan invades Jerusalem it is the beginning of three and one half years of terrible persecution. At the end of this three and one half year time period the Messiah of Israel will return! After your Messiah rescues the Judean refugees in Jordan then he will deliver the few remaining Jews in Jerusalem.
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
This is the time of Jacob’s trouble.
Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Turkish President Erdogan will come from invading northern Africa when he enters Jerusalem. The Judean residents are instructed to flee to the Jordanian wilderness. Anybody left in Jerusalem must remain on Mount Zion if they want to escape their enemies. Jerusalem, Judea, and all of Israel will suffer for three and one half years but at the end Jesus Christ will rescue them.
Very interesting to read and hard to stop. – Alexandria
Read my commentary titled Before the Great Tribulation
Read about the great tribulation and the second coming in my book Israel’s Beacon of Hope
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Conqueror of Syria is the Antichrist!
Conqueror of Syria is the Antichrist!
The Antichrist is compared to the Assyrian kings
By Craig C. White
The Bible compares the Antichrist with the ancient Assyrian kings. The Assyrians conquered Syria and then invaded northern Israel. A few years later they invaded southern Israel.
In Jeremiah 49:23-27 Syria is invaded from its northwestern border near Turkey. Then Damascus is destroyed. Turkey will invade Syria, destroy Damascus, and then turn southward to invade northern Israel just like the Assyrians did in 734 BC. These events help to identify the Antichrist and are a prelude to Armageddon.
The Turkish Army has already entered Syria. Turkey President Erdogan has already called on every Islamic nation to take the Golan Heights away from Israel. Every nation that is mentioned in Ezekiel chapter 38 is today fighting in Syria. According to Ezekiel Turkey will lead Libya, Iran, and Sudan into Israel. The Free Syrian Army is comprised mostly of Libyans. Iranian forces are already shelling the Golan Heights on the Israel border.
Turkey President Erdogan has vowed to remove Syria President Assad from power in Damascus. Erdogan is the Antichrist. The Turkish Army is about to enter Syria in full force. Just like the ancient Assyrians, the conqueror of Syria is the Antichrist!
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Read about the coming Turkish led invasion into Israel in my book Turkey invades Israel – Halfway to Armageddon
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The Devil falls bringing Euphoria or Grief
The Devil falls bringing Euphoria or GriefThe Devil’s ousting marks the beginning of God’s great judgment and kingdom.
Revelation 12:1-13 verse by verse
By Craig C. White
Euphoria or Grief, which would you prefer? Every person chooses between the two. God will soon throw the Devil out of heaven. That event divides salvation and rejoicing in heaven from wrath and grief on earth.
Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Israel is pictured here. The LORD is her light (Isa 60:19-20). She is crowned with twelve sons, the tribes of Israel.
Revelation 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
The child is Jesus Christ; God in human flesh; the child given to the world by way of Israel (Isa 7:14). Jesus was born at his due time; Christ also died in due time (Rom 5:6).
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
The dragon is the devil (Satan); the god of this world. The seven heads are the seven gentile world empires of world history; Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, Roman, Ottoman plus a revived Ottoman Empire yet to come. Ten horns are ten kings that rule that final world empire (Dan 7:24). The Devil is the influence behind world empires. He wants to be worshiped as God on earth (Isa 14:12-14).
Revelation 12:4a And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:
One third of the angels in heaven follow the Devil. He will throw them to the earth with him. The following verse refers to Antiochus Epiphanies the king of the Seleucid dynasty of the Grecian Empire. It may also apply more directly to the Antichrist and to Satan at the time of the devil’s fall.
Dan 8:9-11 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Revelation 12:4b and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Satan (the Devil) influenced Herod the king of Judea to kill all male children around Bethlehem that were less than two years of age in order to eliminate the messiah (Mat 2:16).
Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Jesus was born through the nation of Israel. His destiny is to rule all the earth from Jerusalem forever (Isa 9:6-7). After Christ’s resurrection he was taken up to heaven to sit at the right hand of God until his return (Mar 16:19).
Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
During the Tribulation the people of Judea (region around Jerusalem) will flee to the mountains where God will sustain them for three and a half years (Mat 24:15-16, Luke 21:21-22). I think that this place is on the east side of the Jordan River near Jericho and Mt. Nebo where Israel entered the land after the exodus. It is also the place where ravens fed Elijah as he hid (1Ki 17:3).
Revelation 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
There will be a war in heaven and Satan and his angels (devils) will be thrown out. It may not have happened yet, but it will happen very soon. We will know that the war has happened by the revealing of the Antichrist on earth. The Devil is tossed out of heaven and then gives the Antichrist influence on earth (2 Thes 2; see notes next verse). The next verse may suggest that the Church is already in heaven when the devil is cast out.
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
The casting out of the Devil marks the beginning of God’s great judgment of the rebellious. It marks the beginning of God’s final dominion on earth. Only the Tribulation period precedes Christ taking his thrown in Jerusalem. Today the Devil accuses believers of sinning in front of God in heaven. Soon The Devil will be cast out of heaven for good. According to 2 Thessalonians 2 the Devil is cast out of heaven just before the Antichrist is revealed. The Devil empowers the Antichrist on earth. The Devil’s removal from heaven is called “the falling away”. The revelation of the Antichrist is the sign of Israel’s great tribulation.. Read my commentary titled “The Fall of Satan and Rise of the Antichrist”.
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
The next verse may further indicate that Christians are taken up into heaven around the time that the Devil is cast out of heaven (2 Th 2). The only way that a person can be with God in heaven is to trust in Jesus Christ’s blood sacrifice as payment for their sins (John 1:29).
Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
The Church will rejoice in heaven. People on earth will be subject to the wrath of the Devil and to the judgment of God during the Tribulation (Mat 24:21).
For more on the fall of the devil read The Fall of Satan and the Rise of the Antichrist in my book The Fall of Satan and Rise of the Antichrist
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