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Turkey Threatens To Declare WAR On Israel Over Gaza, “Can Come At Any Night Unexpectedly”

10/28/2023 Leave a comment Go to comments

This is looking like the beginnings of Gog-Magog. In other words, the stage is being set for Armageddon …

See: Turkey: Israel A “War Criminal … We Are Making Our Preparations”
See: Israeli Official Calls Erdogan “One Of The Greatest Antisemites Of Our Generation” As Israel Recalls Diplomats To Rethink Ties With Turkey

Express – “Turkey’s president appears to have threatened to intervene in Gaza in an impassioned speech at a pro-Palestine rally this evening.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a speech to a rally this afternoon in which he told attendees Israel was responsible for war crimes, and framed Hamas as ‘freedom fighters’.

In comments that have prompted Israeli outcry, and led the country to withdraw its diplomatic presence, president Erdogan suggested assaults on Gaza constituted a ‘massacre’.

In the same speech, he reportedly said that Turkey can ‘come at any night unexpectedly’ to ecstatic reception from hundreds of thousands of attendees.The footage, which is currently circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter, purportedly showed the pro-Palestine crowd responding with the chant: ‘Turkish military to Gaza.'” Read more.

What Is The War Of Gog-Magog? “[T]he battle of Gog-Magog and the battle of Armageddon are essentially separate descriptions of the same event. More specifically, the Gog-Magog description as outlined by the prophet Ezekiel provides is a broader overview of a conflict that simply leads up to and ends at Armageddon… It is a broader view of a conflict that comes to a definitive conclusion at Armageddon when Christ Himself destroys the surrounding armies directly, enemies who will have already been fighting against Israel and waging wars for quite some time — months, perhaps a few short years. Ezekiel 38-39 describes this extended campaign…” Read more.

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  1. Unknown's avatar
    Anonymous
    10/28/2023 at 10:28 PM
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    Not political, but biblical !. Revelation 2 :2-17 ,” Woe onto you Pergamun ( Turkey) I know thy works, the seat of Satan!”… prophecy being fulfilled and israel will have victory by God’s own hand against evil .

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  2. FX Merco's avatar
    FX Merco
    10/29/2023 at 4:26 AM
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    Bonjour ICA,

    Thank you for your new recent posts (after a long break. I was a fervent reader of yours more than 10 years ago!).

    With the current events happening in the world today, I’m trying to get a clearer picture of what we could expect in the next few years (knowing that I believe we may have enterred the last 7 years of this age and I’m expecting the last 3,5 years of the week of Daniel to start in 2027). The Messiah 2030 documentary that you shared was an eye opener and I believe they may very well be spot on, timeline-wise.

    For what it is worth, here is my current understanding of what we could expect in the next 7 years:

    – In the next few weeks or months, the ashes settle down in Israel. Hamas is almost completely eradicated (but will reappear in the future).
    (I may be wrong, but I do not think things will worsen on the Northen border with Lebanon. Iran will probably keep its deported forces [the Hezbollah] for the future war).

    – With Hamas out of the picture, Saudi Arabia and Israel enter into a covenant. (This covenant has nothing to do with the 7 years peace treaty everybody is looking for as per their interpretation of Daniel 9.24-27).
    This covenant between Israel and Saudi Arabia could very well be the “covenant with death” mentioned by Isaiah (in Isaiah 28.15). Not only will this covenant bring death to Israel, but it is also signed with the very entity where the cult of death/Islam was born.

    – When the “covenant with death” is signed, it will put into motion the unfolding of the end times events. We see the emergence of a new Middle East, which gets divided into two main blocks:

    1- The pro-Israel nations: the Abraham accord nations, including Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, etc. Altogether these nations could represent what Daniel 11 calls “the king of the South”.

    2- The cons-Israel nations: the future antichrist coalition, including Turkey [the leading nation], Iran, Afghanistan, etc. 10 nations will join the antichrist to resurrect the Ottoman empire (what will it look like, we do not know. It could very well be a commercial and/or military alliance). Altogether these nations could represent what Daniel 11 calls “the king of the North”.

    – The above happens within the next 3,5 years.

    In the meantime, in the rest of the world, the wars and rumours of wars worsen. China succeeds in its plan to weaken and “overtake” the USA as the number one power in the world. Ukraine is defeated by Russia due to the lack of concrete support from the Democrat administration. Things worsen in Europe with civil up-roars and ethnos fighting against ethnos.

    The 2024 US elections are (once again) stolen. The Democrat Marxists continue to destroy the US from within until its almost collapse before China. The Western world continue to implement the Chinese model (with video cameras everywhere tracking and tracing people) and freedom continue to disappear, slowly but surely.

    One way or another, the US have to be weakened for the future antichrist invasion of Israel. In the current war, we clearly see the US standing with Israel. The forces just being deployed in the Mediterranean by the US are impressive and will surely make Iran or any other nation think twice before making any move. This is one of the reasons that tells me there won’t be any war escalation this time.

    Things won’t be the case in the future. When Israel is invaded, the US won’t be able to stand on its side like they are doing right now. Clearly, this means that something will have to change for the US in the next 3 years. What will it be? Time will tell, but a complete loss of Word power to China or an actual war with China could be possible explanations…

    – The turmoil in the Western world with the fall of the US and the rise of China leaves Turkey and its allies free pass to move forward, form their alliance. Several wars erupt in the Middle East, Egypt is taken by the antichrist and Israel falls in 2027.

    Prior to the 2027 invasion of Israel, we see the re-start (one way or another) of the daily sacrifices either on an altar or in light setting as the tabernacle.
    When antichrist attacks Israel and enters into Jerusalem, he puts an end to the sacrifices, comes into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and present himself as al Mahdi. Muslims all around the world pledge allegiance to him and the final jihad starts. We see Muslim taking arms and attacking Jews and Christians all around the world. Welcome to the great tribulation…

    Everywhere Muslim take control of a town or of a territory – whether in the Middle East (the very epicentre of the end time events) or in another part of the world – people will have two options: take the mark of the beast through their allegiance to Islam and the antichrist or die.

    During the short reign of the antichrist, chaos will erupt just about everywhere, knowing that there are Muslims all around the world. When they see the unfolding of the end time events in the Middle East, Israel invaded and Jerusalem sized and “freed”, they will rally the antichrist and fight for Allah’s cause.

    After 3.5 years of chaos in Israel/the Middle East and other parts of the world, Yeshua returns to re-unite the glorified Israel and judge the surounding Muslim nations that have participated in the carnage of Jews (Juda) and Christians (mostly Ephraim).

    Is the above biblical? Is the above plausible? What are your thoughts?

    Be blessed!

    François-Xavier

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  3. ICA's avatar
    ICA
    10/30/2023 at 12:14 AM
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    Hi FX, thank you for the comment. It has been a long time indeed.

    For decades we have been suffering the aftermath of insensible, politically-correct “leadership” and it’s worth repeating that the Book of Revelation foresaw Islam and its effect upon the earth. In Revelation 17:1-2 we read about how the “kings of the earth committed fornication” with the “great harlot” of Babylon — the false religion of Saudi Arabia. As a result, the inhabitants of the earth were then “made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” For the past 1,400 years, history tells us that the fruit of Islam — it’s “wine” as it were — has yielded little more than destruction, desecration and death. Whether we call our leaders today Kings or Queens, Presidents or Prime Ministers, they have allowed and often encouraged millions of Muslims to immigrate to Western countries and live amongst non-Muslims in societies that were founded upon “offensive” non-Islamic values and who support the enemies of Islam (eg. Israel). And the repercussions are undeniable. As the Muslim population in non-Muslim nations continues to increase, we are now being forced to suffer the inevitable fall-out of myopic Western leadership that continues to jump in bed with and appease, instead of oppose, the very religion whose primary focus is to ensure that either we eternally submit to its dictates, or be permanently silenced for refusing. Yes, the “Religion of Peace” will one day come to a not-so-peaceful end when the “Whore of Babylon” is herself forced to “drink of the wine of the wrath of God” (Revelation 14:10), but until that Day comes, the inhabitants of the earth must continue to drink from the harlot’s bitter cup “the wine of the wrath of her fornication” (Revelation 18:3).

    With respect to the outline in your post above, I think a lot of that is very possible and I agree that if the Messiah 2030 timeline is correct then we can expect a pivotal triggering event (and ensuing global chaos in the name of Allah) to occur in the spring of 2027. We are now only seeing but a foretaste of what is in store for Western nations. The 50,000+ Muslim immigrants and converts demonstrating en masse in support of Palestine today will grow a hundred-fold with a triggering event tomorrow. And they will not be so peaceful.

    Since I am of the view that the 70th Week of Daniel was already partially fulfilled and we are only now awaiting the remaining 3.5 years to complete its fulfillment a lot will happen between now and the spring of 2027. (As a side note, the Messiah 2030 presentation calculates His return in the autumn of 2030 — which would likely be Yom Kippur — based upon the year of His death. Given the speed and ferocity of recent events I’ve been wondering if we might need to calculate the timing of His “Second Revealing” based upon the timing of His “First Revealing” when He was baptized by John the Baptist and was first “revealed to Israel” (John 1:31), so I’m also keeping an eye on a possible Abomination of Desolation in April of 2024 just in case).

    With respect to Isaiah 28 itself, however, I’m not yet convinced that the “covenant with death” is referring to an agreement that Israel makes with Saudi Arabia. Contextually, Isaiah is referring to the sin of Ephraim’s false “priests and prophets” who rejected God and stumbled in their drunkenness and pride. (Ephraim is completely left out of the list of the 12 tribes of Israel in Revelation 7 because of their disbelief and idolatry, cf. Deut 29:18-21; Hosea 5:9, 11). Isaiah later describes Ephraim’s religious leaders in Jerusalem as making a “covenant with death” — a rejection of God that is in stark contrast to the “covenant of peace and life” made between God and the priests of Levi in Malachi 2:5 who revered and feared the Lord. The rebellion of Ephraim in Isaiah 28 would see them become like a fading flower, for in rejecting God’s covenant these so-called “priests and the prophets” deceived themselves through false visions and stumbling judgments into believing that the wages of their sin would not scourge them. The wages of sin, of course, have always been — and will always be — death.

    Satan had the power of death (Hebrews 2:14) and for Ephraim’s religious leaders to reject the Father of Heaven was to embrace the Father of Lies (cf. John 8:44). Fortunately, God sent us His Truth. He sent Messiah — the Cornerstone that the builders rejected (Psalm 118:22) and the Rock of our Salvation (1 Corinthians 10:4) — who would swallow up death and be victorious over it, promising all those who believe in the covenant that He Himself confirmed with His blood (Matthew 26:28) to never taste the death of which He speaks (John 3:16; John 8:52).

    1 Corinthians 15:55-57, “Death, where is your sting? She’ol, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah” (HNV).

    Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Lord” (HNV).

    In my opinion, this appears to be the ultimate focus of Isaiah 28, not a peace treaty. But I could be wrong, and it seems like we’ll find out soon enough.

    Today, Israel is still viewed as militarily powerful. Despite this, America has come to her defense in the event that her enemies seize the opportunity to open up multiple fronts against her. Other nations who are sympathetic with the Jewish people will likewise come to her defense and stand with Israel, though I wonder how long America — which is on the precipice of financial collapse (imagine if BRICS+ suddenly announced they’d no longer accept US dollars to purchase oil) and has stretched itself quite thin with its support of Ukraine — can stay in the fray, or be completely effective. Israel, too, is consuming munitions heavily and I’m not sure how long they can sustain themselves militarily. The fight to destroy Hamas may take longer than anticipated for Israel and if Turkey, Iran and others sense a hint of weakness in Jerusalem and believes that America is no longer able to fully defend her (and there is also the question of leadership in America as you’ve alluded to which is shaky, both figuratively and literally) then Israel’s opportunist enemies will unite. And they will attack. All 200 million of them. With the floodwaters rising as rapidly and viciously as the Islamic world can muster, Israel will then have no one else to rely on but God Himself.

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    • FX Merco's avatar
      FX Merco
      10/30/2023 at 5:25 AM
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      Bonjour ICA,

      Thank you for your response and for your insights. Very interesting as usual!
      I had not thought about the possibility you mention regarding the timeline. As you say, let’s keep an eye on a possible Abomination of Desolation in April of 2024 (although, I must say the 777 Lamech prophecy from Messiah 2030 make a pretty solid case for a return on Yom Terouah in 2030, which falls on a shabbat, thus fulfilling the 777 pattern).

      Regarding the Abomination of Desolation, how do you see it being played out?
      According to what I read from you, regarding the word “naos”, you seem to lean more on a scenario where there would be no physical temple, correct?

      I’m trying to put together a small book summing up the most probable end time scenario reviewing the different possibilities to awaken French believers. Most, if not all of them are expecting a OWG with the antichrist heralded as the world saviour at its head.

      Would you grant me permission to use some of your writings?

      Blessings from France

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        ICA
        10/30/2023 at 11:35 AM
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        Yes, the 777 Lamech prophecy seems very solid indeed. Even though those days will be “shortened” somehow, let’s keep our eyes opened.

        As for the Abomination of Desolation, I anticipate that someone of significant authority within the Muslim world will proclaim himself, or be declared to be, the “Savior” of humanity. This would be a declaration of divinity in the eyes of God:

        Isaiah 43:11, 46:9b, “I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior… I am God, and there is none like me.”

        For anyone to call himself the “Savior” will be a direct affront to Israel as well as the Church (yes, I view the Church as the “third temple” according to the New Testament) and a religious “fatwa” (authoritative decree) could be declared which forbids the worship of anyone other than Allah. In the Islamic world this will cause the sacrifices and offerings to cease:

        1 Corinthians 3:17, “If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.”

        1 Peter 2:5, “And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are God’s holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.”

        Romans 12:1, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”

        This will have devastating and deadly consequences to any Christians who still reside in Islamic nations. Many will be killed, thereby their “living” and “spiritual sacrifices” of praise will cease being offered. And because of mass migration of Muslims to non-Muslim countries it will have serious consequences for the West as well.

        These articles should help to explain more:

        The “Perfect Human Being”: Can An Islamic Antichrist Present Himself As God And Receive Worship, Yet Remain A Servant Of ‘Allah’?

        2 Thessalonians 2:4 — A Rebuilt Jewish Temple, or Something Else?

        Antichrist: Leader Of A One-World Government?

        And yes, feel free to use anything from any articles you like!

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        • FX Merco's avatar
          FX Merco
          10/30/2023 at 11:57 AM
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          Merci beaucoup, ICA for your message and for your kindness.
          I’ll get back to you if I have any questions.
          Many blessings from our house to yours.

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    FX Merco
    11/01/2023 at 9:01 AM
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    Bonjour ICA,

    This is a bit off topic…How you respond to those who think that the antichrist or false Messiah will claim to be Yeshoua?

    Based on what Yeshua said:

    Mat. 24 “Take heed to yourselves that no man deceive you, 5 for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am Mashiach’, and many men will be deceived…. then, [after the great tribulation started] if a man says to you, ‘Mashiach is in this place’ or ‘There,’ you must not believe it. 24 Many liars will stand up and will do an abundance of things and wonders until the chosen ones of YHWH will almost go into error, if it were possible. 25 I tell you this before the time. 26 And therefore, if a man will say to you that, ‘He is in the wilderness,’ do not want to go. And if a man will say to you, ‘He is in this cave,’ do not be willing to believe it.”

    Mark 14 ““Look, watch out that no man deceives you, 6 for many will come in
    the world in my name – saying that, ‘I am he,’ and many will be
    deceived… And then, if any man says to you, ‘Behold, Mashiach is here,’ or,
    ‘Behold, Mashiach is there,’ do not believe. 22 Then lying prophets
    will arise, showing signs and wonders to destroy also – if it were
    possible to do so – the chosen ones. 23 Beware, I tell you before it
    happens!”

    Luke 21 “7 Adon, when will all these things happen…? And he said, “Guard yourselves that no man deceives you. For many will come in my name, who will say to you: “I am he” and, “The time is drawing near.” And then you must not want to go after them.”

    This is similar to Revelation 13:”And it was given to him to make war with the set-apart ones; and to overcome them, and all the peoples and nations. 9 [8] And all those who dwell on earth prayed to him – those whose name was not written in the scroll of life of the Lamb who was slain, from the beginning of the creation of the world… he did great wonders before the first animal, and made that the earth and those who dwell on it pray to the first animal, who was healed of his wounds. 14 [13] And he made fire fall from the heavens before man. 15 [14] And he seduced the sons of man with his signs and wonders…”

    What’s your understanding?

    Blessings,

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      ICA
      11/01/2023 at 10:11 AM
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      Yeshua means “Salvation.” It’s what the Mahdi is identified as by the Islamic world. The “Savior” or “Messiah.” Some Muslims even believe the Mahdi to be the manifestation of Isa (Jesus). Notice how the Islamic world already identifies him as their Savior:

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    Anonymous
    11/01/2023 at 9:40 AM
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    FAI International teaches that a peace agreement is required soon becuase the gog-magog war cannot begin unless Israel is a land of “unwalled villages” (Ez 38:11) so there has to be a long peace first for this to happen. Thoughts?

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      FX Merco
      11/01/2023 at 10:18 AM
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      Thanks ICA. Granted. But Al Mahdi doesn’t really come in Yeshua’s name, so not sure if we can interpret Yeshua’s words through this lens.
      Also, can the very elects be deceived?

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        ICA
        11/01/2023 at 11:37 AM
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        I don’t think the very elect will be deceived. I view Jesus’ words as saying that some false messiahs and false prophets will be so convincing to many people that it could deceive even the elect — if it were possible — but Jesus then forewarns the elect about what His coming will actually be like. That’s what followers of Christ have always known to look for throughout history, not what others claiming to be Christ or a prophet of God have claimed.

        Here’s how I look at it. Islam is a demonic “Christian Cult.” Mohammed’s religion borrows bits and pieces from Judeo-Christian Scriptures and teachings, but then twists and corrupts its Truth with poisonous lies. As Christians, we know that Jesus is God. One of His names is the “Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). Mohammed claimed that his religion was the “Religion of Peace.” Mohammed acknowledged Mary and the virgin birth of Jesus. Mohammed called Jesus the Messiah. Mohammed claimed to represent the true faith of the God of Abraham and claimed to believe in many Biblical prophets and figures such as Adam & Eve, Noah, Moses, David and others. But Mohammed’s teachings are blasphemous manipulations of both history and Scripture which promote a deviant and Antichristic theology in its denial of Christ as the Son of God in the flesh and denies His sacrificial death on the cross. Much like Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses today, Mohammed’s teachings also deny the Triune nature of One God. The “prophet” of Islam claimed to come in the name of the God of Abraham to the Jews and in the name of Christ to the Christians by claiming to be of the faith of Abraham, but Mohammed’s teachings deceived many then and are still deceiving many this very day … but we the Elect are not deceived by any of it.

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          FX Merco
          11/01/2023 at 11:58 AM
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          Thanks ICA. your approach makes perfect sense!

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      ICA
      11/01/2023 at 10:43 AM
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      Anonymous, “FAI International teaches that a peace agreement is required soon becuase the gog-magog war cannot begin unless Israel is a land of ‘unwalled villages’ (Ez 38:11) so there has to be a long peace first for this to happen. Thoughts?”

      The term “unwalled villages” is simply an expression referring to Jerusalem with a large population that has expanded beyond the “Old City.” In terms of safety, Jerusalem is actually ranked safer than most American cities, including places like New York City and Los Angeles, according to Numbeo’s Crime Index 2024, so the dependent clause of “unwalled” and “safe” of Ezekiel 38:11 that is required for the Gog-Magog invasion is already fulfilled in my view and does not need to await a future fulfillment. I also do not see anything in Scripture to suggest an upcoming peace treaty between Israel and Muslim nations.

      Zechariah 2:3-4, “And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him and said to him, ‘Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.‘”

      Compare with:

      Ezekiel 38:11-12, “And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.”

      Jerusalem is often mentioned repeatedly by name in this context:

      Zechariah 12:2-3, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

      Zechariah 14:1-3a, “Behold, a day is coming for the LORD, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations…”

      Joel 3:11-12, 17, “Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. Let the nations be aroused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge
      all the surrounding nations… Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will pass through it no more.”

      Geographically, the valley of Jehoshaphat is referring to Jerusalem.

      https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/02/06/despite-war-tel-aviv-and-jerusalem-earn-spots-as-safe-cities-in-global-report/

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        11/01/2023 at 11:45 AM
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        Interesting, ok. It is also claimed that a peace treaty is needed because when Israel says “peace and safety” then sudden destruction comes upon Israel? See 1 Thessalonians 5:3.

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    ICA
    11/01/2023 at 12:41 PM
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    Anonymous, “It is also claimed that a peace treaty is needed because when Israel says ‘peace and safety’ then sudden destruction comes upon Israel?”

    The claim above presumes that it is Israel who is saying “peace and safety” but this is a common misconception, imho. The key to 1 Thess 5:3 is the previous verse that identifies when the destruction happens, and thus upon whom the destruction comes. While “Allah” and his false “prophet” are themselves responsible for the never-ending death and destruction running rampant all throughout the Muslim world, the Muslim world blames Israel as the primary source of all the ills that plague them, a claim often echoed by Islamic clerics and Muslim leaders worldwide. They have deceived themselves into believing that in order for there to be “peace and safety” anywhere then Israel must first be destroyed. And “peace and safety”(or security) is precisely what Israel’s enemies expect to finally achieve as they are gathering together under “Allah’s” divine mandate to come up against Jerusalem, anticipating that Israel will finally be a nation no more in fulfillment of their own false Islamic “prophecies.” But it is not “Allah” that will be gathering them. It is Yahweh. And it is not Israel that will be destroyed. It will be them:

    1 Thess 5:2-6, “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when THEY shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon THEM, as travail upon a woman with child; and THEY shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.”

    1 Thess 5:2 puts the destruction as occurring on the day of the Lord, which is immediately after the tribulation at the Second Coming of Christ when He saves His people and saves Israel, according to Scripture. A future seven-year tribulation (or even 3.5 years of “Great Tribulation”) would require that we stretch the day of the Lord to include this entire span of time, despite the fact that there are passages that absolutely forbid the day of the Lord from overlapping into the tribulation. The two are mutually exclusive.

    Joel 2:31, “The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.”

    Matthew 24:29, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”

    Furthermore, in Isaiah 13:9, Joel 2:1 and Zech 14:1 we read in each of these verses that “the day of the Lord cometh”, and in each verse the text immediately begins to describe the battle of Armageddon. In each case the arrival of the day of the Lord brings about the battle of Armageddon. Likewise, Joel 3:9-17 describes the gathering of the armies of the nations around Jerusalem for the battle of Armageddon, the cosmic signs, and the coming of the Lord. After the armies are gathered, but before the cosmic signs, Joel wrote that the day of the Lord is “near.” The day of the Lord, therefore, must begin after the surrounding nations are gathered for the battle, which occurs at the end of the tribulation, according to Revelation 16:13-16.

    With that now established, note the following:

    Turkey’s Erdoğan Blames Israel for Mideast Insecurity, Calls Israel A Threat To Middle East Peace – “Turkey’s prime minister stepped up criticism of Israel on Wednesday and scoffed at remarks by Israel’s prime minister, a sign of escalating distrust between the Jewish state and its only ally in the Muslim world… Erdogan told reporters in Paris that he perceived Israel as the principal threat to Middle East peace…” https://tinyurl.com/3aa5htnf

    Pakistani Cleric: World Peace Will Be Established Only When All The Jews Are Wiped From The Earth – “Pakistani cleric Pirzada Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai argued that world peace will be established only when all the Jews are wiped out from the earth. In the video entitled ‘Yahodi Islam Kay Aur Aman Kay Asal Dushman Hain’ (Jews Are the Real Enemy of Islam and Peace), Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai states: ‘And all the troubles that exist around the world are because of the Jews. When the Jews are wiped out, then the world would be purified and the sun of peace would begin to rise on the entire world.’” https://tinyurl.com/554un86r

    Ground Zero Mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: For Peace Israel Must Be Destroyed – “Imam Rauf stated that there will not be peace until Israel ceases to exist. He says that Israel is destined to collapse and ‘In a true peace, Israel will, in our lifetimes, become one more Arab country, with a Jewish minority.’ To this day, Rauf has not said that Israel has a right to exist and has chosen to work with those dedicated to the country’s elimination.” https://tinyurl.com/2nwy27wc

    Former President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat: Peace For Us Means Israel’s Destruction – “We shall never stop until we can go back home and Israel is destroyed… The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations… the goal of this violence is the elimination of Zionism from Palestine in all its political, economic and military aspects… Peace for us means Israel’s destruction and nothing else.” https://tinyurl.com/3pvd5pa2

    Iran: World Forces Must Strive To Annihilate Israel To ‘Solve All The World’s Problems’ – “In a speech published on his website Thursday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the ultimate goal of world forces must be the annihilation of Israel… Ahmadinejad added that ‘liberating Palestine’ would solve all the world’s problems … ‘Qods Day is not merely a strategic solution for the Palestinian problem, as it is to be viewed as a key for solving the world problems … Anyone who loves freedom and justice must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime in order to pave the way for world justice and freedom.’” https://tinyurl.com/bdfy8p7y

    Hamas MP: ‘The Jews Are Behind Each And Every Catastrophe On The Face Of The Earth’ – “The Jews are behind each and every catastrophe on the face of the Earth. This is not open to debate. This is not a temporal thing, but goes back to days of yore. They concocted so many conspiracies and betrayed rulers and nations so many times that the people harbor hatred towards them. Throughout history — from Nebuchadnezzar until modern times… They slayed the prophets, and so on. Any catastrophe on the face of this Earth — the Jews must be behind it.” https://tinyurl.com/sk7knj84

    So, who is saying “Peace and Safety”? It should be much clearer by now. It will be the Islamic nations surrounding Israel who will be the ones declaring “peace and safety” immediately prior to the day of the Lord, just as they believe they’re about to finally destroy Israel once and for all. But then sudden destruction comes upon them. The examples above are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg …

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