SECTION 1
CHAPTER 2
“THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS”
Isaiah 17:1
By Doug Krieger
Pergamos Ministries
The Tribulation Network
www.the-tribulation-network.com
Today, December 30, 2004, the Fox News Channel had a lengthy discussion with military leaders and pundits regarding Syria’s persistent encouragement of the current insurgency plaguing Operation Iraqi Freedom. It appeared they had been reading virtually all the contents of this prophetic series!
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to check out the geopolitical tea leaves and come up with that one; does it? Yet, the next geopolitical development prophesied in Holy Writ should come as no surprise; not if you understand the message of Isaiah 17 and 18.
Scoffers, however (and we include amongst the secularists many a “dear brother and sister in the Lord”), insist that the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent Tsunami Waves which struck throughout the Indian Ocean region are just a happenchance phenomenon that occurs every 100 years—and that such occurrences are made worse by population growth, etc.
Likewise, do they scorn the notion that “wars and rumors of wars” have occurred from time immemorial. Further, that “false christs” and the “spirit of antichrist” have plagued humanity for centuries. Indeed, the Biblical prophecies are simply a hodgepodge of generalities that fit whatever situation you desire!
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man” (Luke 17:26). Little do these “antidepressants” realize that they are fulfilling prophecy by maintaining such a superlative attitude!
But can the prophets so clearly forecast the immediate demise of Syria? Speak of Israel’s military alliance with the pre-positioned forces of “the prince who is to come”—leader of the “Mystery Nation/People” of Isaiah 18?
Do Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Jesus, Paul and John (among others) tell of the upcoming and imminent “Syrian Regime Change” (affecting Lebanon and the disillusionment of the Palestinian Authority)?
We contend that they do and that the struggle within Christendom once again revolves around the theological tectonic plates which collide with each other time and again: “Spiritualization” methods of hermeneutics, popularized by Origen and Augustine, and embraced by both the Catholic Church and most Reformational Churches, as well as Liberal Christianity and “Kingdom Now” Evangelicalism—stand in stark theological contrast to evangelicals who embrace “Biblical Literalism” which de facto ascribes to the Messianic Scenario by D. R. Shearer and recently released through the tribnet blog.
Yes, the battle lines have always been drawn—but Israel’s MATERIALITY changes the eschatological equation! That’s what disturbs so many “spiritualized brethren” among us.
This compendium of insights will bring you face to face with the immediate upsurge of Radical Islamic Fundamentalism/Nationalism which will take place shortly after Syria’s demise: The Gog-Magog War of Ezekiel 38 and 39 (as well as Isaiah 17:12 and Daniel 11:40-45) is a real and present danger ready to explode upon earth’s landscape.
The occupation of virtually the entire Levant by the USA-led “Coalition of the Willing” will join with Israel in a DEFENSE PACT that will precipitate this conflict and/or immediately thereafter what once stood as a “Memorandum of Understanding” between Israel and the USA, will become a full-blown TREATY WITH DEATH AND HELL (Isa. 28:15, 18; Dan. 9:27). The long-sought Mid-East Peace Settlement, wrought by a US President will soon come to pass . . . but its apocalyptic will, in particular, devastate an entire generation of American Christians who have embraced the “Left Behind Series” which excludes believers from the Reign of Antichrist. Alas! They will be left behind to testify in the “Street of the Great City” – Babylon!
The All-Islamic Federation of both nations north of Israel (“King of the North”) and south of Israel (“King of the South”) will mount a concerted PINCER ATTACK on BOTH the forces of the West and Israel and will be resoundingly defeated! The Bible makes it abundantly clear that in this onslaught, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and virtually all nations in the Saudi Arabian Peninsula will NOT align themselves with this All-Islamic Federation. Instead, Iran, Turkey, and other Islamic peoples south of Russia, as well as Egypt, the Sudan and Libya will head up the “Southern Islamic Federation” of peoples allied with the “King of the North.”
Included in this four-part series, now presented in this e-format for easy reading, will be:
(1) The immediate tripwire to the Gog-Magog: Syria . . .
(2) The Antichrist Comes First . . . that sinister character of Biblical import who shall arise during this time of earth’s tribulation . . .
(3) The actual Gog-Magog War as envisioned by Daniel the prophet, and foreseen by Ezekiel . . .
(4) The “Hidden Treasures” of the Middle East . . . the economic imperative of the West and her leadership . . .
You will more clearly understand the prophetical timing of these events and the theological debate surrounding the interpretation of the Scriptures . . . we encourage you to study the Word of God yourself to see if these things be so . . . God bless you in your pursuit of the Truth!