A Presidential Sendoff
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
by:Darrell G. Young
Dec. 6, 2018
As one of millions who watched intently the memorial services of former US President George H. W. Bush, I could not help but be awestruck by the awesome grand celebratory “sendoff” from this life that he received.
But as I watched the auspicious sendoff off of President Bush, I also reflected on the lack of pomp and circumstance that most people that pass from this life to the afterlife are accorded, usually because the world finds in them no particular significance of importance.
Albeit, I imagined that even the most glamorous “glory of a worldly memorial” pales in comparison to the wondrous grandeur of the majestic reception in Heaven that is accorded to every single Saint of God when he is received by the Almighty Lord himself, in Heaven!
Thursday, December 6, 2018
A Date Which Lives in Infamy
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
by: Darrell G. Young
December 7, 2018
Today, Dec. 7 is the 77th anniversary of the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor. An underlying aim in World War II was the extermination of Western Bible-based Christian societies.
America’s remarkable victory by its greatest generation helped to preserve “Christian civilization” in the West, as Winston Churchill adeptly pointed out as being at risk in 1940.
Yet, today, modern western political philosophy and a compromising church are relinquishing the Judeo-Christian roots of America to the real enemy of Freedom; Satan!
As the echoes of “remember Pearl Harbor” are observed on this day of reflection, I would echo a more resolute caution to all Americans, “Remember the God of your Fathers.”
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
by: Darrell G. Young
December 7, 2018
Today, Dec. 7 is the 77th anniversary of the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor. An underlying aim in World War II was the extermination of Western Bible-based Christian societies.
America’s remarkable victory by its greatest generation helped to preserve “Christian civilization” in the West, as Winston Churchill adeptly pointed out as being at risk in 1940.
Yet, today, modern western political philosophy and a compromising church are relinquishing the Judeo-Christian roots of America to the real enemy of Freedom; Satan!
As the echoes of “remember Pearl Harbor” are observed on this day of reflection, I would echo a more resolute caution to all Americans, “Remember the God of your Fathers.”
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Critical Cultural Moments
by: Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
September 26, 2018
The US Senate Judiciary hearing tomorrow morning (Sept. 27) concerning the confirmation of another conservative Judge (2nd by President Trump) to the US Supreme Court is indeed a “Cultural Moment.” It is a pivotal moment in the decades long “Cultural War” that has ravaged our country!
At the root of this cultural war is a supernatural battle between the forces of our traditional, conservative Judeo-Christian society and the forces of a progressive movement that promotes Humanism, Secularism and Socialism, and is virulently anti-God and anti-Christian!
The epic Judicial showdown battle we are witnessing these days revolves around the following issues; Abortion, Gay Marriage and the superstructure of a society built upon the Constitution as designed by our Founders, who established a Republic built upon rights that can only be given us by our Creator!
I firmly believe our “ National Cultural Moment” is being forced upon our people and our leaders by Almighty God; either to “Soften” America’s heart toward God, or to “Harden” our minds and hearts against God!
Just as in the case where God sent Moses to confront Pharaoh to “Let his People Go,” that “event” lead Egypt and Pharaoh to “Harden” their hearts against God’s warnings! Thereafter, God began to bring his judgments against Egypt.
America today, like ancient Egypt, is in the process of being “Confronted” by Almighty God with just such a critical “Cultural Decision.”
by: Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
September 26, 2018
The US Senate Judiciary hearing tomorrow morning (Sept. 27) concerning the confirmation of another conservative Judge (2nd by President Trump) to the US Supreme Court is indeed a “Cultural Moment.” It is a pivotal moment in the decades long “Cultural War” that has ravaged our country!
At the root of this cultural war is a supernatural battle between the forces of our traditional, conservative Judeo-Christian society and the forces of a progressive movement that promotes Humanism, Secularism and Socialism, and is virulently anti-God and anti-Christian!
The epic Judicial showdown battle we are witnessing these days revolves around the following issues; Abortion, Gay Marriage and the superstructure of a society built upon the Constitution as designed by our Founders, who established a Republic built upon rights that can only be given us by our Creator!
I firmly believe our “ National Cultural Moment” is being forced upon our people and our leaders by Almighty God; either to “Soften” America’s heart toward God, or to “Harden” our minds and hearts against God!
Just as in the case where God sent Moses to confront Pharaoh to “Let his People Go,” that “event” lead Egypt and Pharaoh to “Harden” their hearts against God’s warnings! Thereafter, God began to bring his judgments against Egypt.
America today, like ancient Egypt, is in the process of being “Confronted” by Almighty God with just such a critical “Cultural Decision.”
Thursday, August 23, 2018
This I Know
This, I Know
Many years ago when I was in college, our psychology class had an in depth debate about the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. Most opinions surmised that knowledge and wisdom are interrelated. The concluding summations offered that knowledge was absolutely essential for wisdom to be possessed.
But the conclusion of our discussions seemed to assert that wisdom could never be attained by the lesser educated. While I highly recommend education and the accumulation of knowledge, I don't think we can simply discount the "common sense" that seems to be either imparted by a Creator, or accumulated by personal experience, even by those who have never had the opportunity for higher education.
Perhaps you are familiar with Socrates famous quote: "The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."
Over the years, and after accumulating a lifetime of experience and knowledge, my own personal observation has come to be this: "The greatest knowledge is coming to the point of acknowledging to myself that the vast amount of knowledge to be known, will never be known by me, and I surely do now know it."
Knowing you know nothing can be very disconcerting. It can make you feel downright ignorant. But even in my state of not knowing much, "This I Know.
There is a God who "KNOWS EVERYTHING"!
And when I need to Know something, I can ask him, and if I need Wisdom, he can provide that too! So the distinctions between knowledge and Wisdom, and knowing the difference begins with Knowing God!........ This, I Know!
I John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 23, 2018
Many years ago when I was in college, our psychology class had an in depth debate about the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. Most opinions surmised that knowledge and wisdom are interrelated. The concluding summations offered that knowledge was absolutely essential for wisdom to be possessed.
But the conclusion of our discussions seemed to assert that wisdom could never be attained by the lesser educated. While I highly recommend education and the accumulation of knowledge, I don't think we can simply discount the "common sense" that seems to be either imparted by a Creator, or accumulated by personal experience, even by those who have never had the opportunity for higher education.
Perhaps you are familiar with Socrates famous quote: "The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."
Over the years, and after accumulating a lifetime of experience and knowledge, my own personal observation has come to be this: "The greatest knowledge is coming to the point of acknowledging to myself that the vast amount of knowledge to be known, will never be known by me, and I surely do now know it."
Knowing you know nothing can be very disconcerting. It can make you feel downright ignorant. But even in my state of not knowing much, "This I Know.
There is a God who "KNOWS EVERYTHING"!
And when I need to Know something, I can ask him, and if I need Wisdom, he can provide that too! So the distinctions between knowledge and Wisdom, and knowing the difference begins with Knowing God!........ This, I Know!
I John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 23, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
An Unimaginable Heaven
Have you ever wondered what Heaven will be like? It is only natural for us mortals to try to imagine what the paradise of God's Heaven must be like. But every time I try to imagine the glorious wonders of Heaven, I come away mentally frustrated, because the concept of the Biblical Heaven is too overwhelming for the human mind to comprehend. ("Heaven is literally out-of-this World")
Recently, in preparing for sermons on Heaven and Hell, I spent a great deal of time studying and researching through the Bible on the subject of Heaven. We all aspire to go to Heaven someday. Oddly enough, it seems we all have our own ideas of what Heaven is like.
It seems that there is lot of scriptures concerning Hell, but when you diligently search for information on Heaven, there just isn't much detail, outside of Revelation chapters 20 and 21. There we can read about crystal clear rivers, gold streets, and numerous precious gems that make up the structure of the holy city of God. These verses are fascinating to contemplate, but they tend to leave you dreaming for more imagery of Heaven!
As I continued studying the scriptures on Heaven, I eventually found that there simply wasn't a ton of information on what Heaven is actually like. The more I studied, the more my mind and the Spirit returned me to one single verse that Paul had imparted to early Christians at Corinth.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Then, it the struck me like a bolt of lightning out of the blue! God does not want us to be overly preoccupied with the "THINGS" of Heaven, but focused on "HIM." God wants us to LOVE him, more than the things that he has prepared for those that LOVE HIM!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 13, 2018
Have you ever wondered what Heaven will be like? It is only natural for us mortals to try to imagine what the paradise of God's Heaven must be like. But every time I try to imagine the glorious wonders of Heaven, I come away mentally frustrated, because the concept of the Biblical Heaven is too overwhelming for the human mind to comprehend. ("Heaven is literally out-of-this World")
Recently, in preparing for sermons on Heaven and Hell, I spent a great deal of time studying and researching through the Bible on the subject of Heaven. We all aspire to go to Heaven someday. Oddly enough, it seems we all have our own ideas of what Heaven is like.
It seems that there is lot of scriptures concerning Hell, but when you diligently search for information on Heaven, there just isn't much detail, outside of Revelation chapters 20 and 21. There we can read about crystal clear rivers, gold streets, and numerous precious gems that make up the structure of the holy city of God. These verses are fascinating to contemplate, but they tend to leave you dreaming for more imagery of Heaven!
As I continued studying the scriptures on Heaven, I eventually found that there simply wasn't a ton of information on what Heaven is actually like. The more I studied, the more my mind and the Spirit returned me to one single verse that Paul had imparted to early Christians at Corinth.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Then, it the struck me like a bolt of lightning out of the blue! God does not want us to be overly preoccupied with the "THINGS" of Heaven, but focused on "HIM." God wants us to LOVE him, more than the things that he has prepared for those that LOVE HIM!
Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
August 13, 2018
Thursday, July 5, 2018
The Reality of Hell
by: Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
The belief in a literal Hell is totally out of vogue in today’s modern world, both philosophically and theologically. Recently, Pope Francis suggested that there is no such place as Hell. Also, a careful review of many Modern Bible translations reveal that the word Hell has been all but expunged, in favor of a more modest Purgatory type of holding place for the departed dead. We no longer hear the old fashioned “Hell fire” sermons either! Whatever happened to Hell? Is it a real place or not? This is after-all a very serious matter! Its more than just life and death; "its eternal life and eternal death"!
Well, Jesus talked a lot about Hell during his brief ministry on this Earth. He was quite adamant and descriptive of the reality of that place too! But by far the most convincing detail, for me at least, of the evidence of a literal fire and burning brimstone torment place called Sheol / Hades / Hell is the following:
“If there really is no such place as Hell, then the Almighty & all-knowing God really bungled it when he sent his only begotten Son to this world to die a horrible an ignominious death to save people from perishing in Hell; if there was no such place as Hell to be saved from!”
As for me, I think that God knew best, when he sent Jesus on his first mission to this world! Therefore, I have chosen to bank on the Biblical fact that there is a Hell to be shunned, and also (thank God) a Heaven to be gained!
by: Darrell G. Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
The belief in a literal Hell is totally out of vogue in today’s modern world, both philosophically and theologically. Recently, Pope Francis suggested that there is no such place as Hell. Also, a careful review of many Modern Bible translations reveal that the word Hell has been all but expunged, in favor of a more modest Purgatory type of holding place for the departed dead. We no longer hear the old fashioned “Hell fire” sermons either! Whatever happened to Hell? Is it a real place or not? This is after-all a very serious matter! Its more than just life and death; "its eternal life and eternal death"!
Well, Jesus talked a lot about Hell during his brief ministry on this Earth. He was quite adamant and descriptive of the reality of that place too! But by far the most convincing detail, for me at least, of the evidence of a literal fire and burning brimstone torment place called Sheol / Hades / Hell is the following:
“If there really is no such place as Hell, then the Almighty & all-knowing God really bungled it when he sent his only begotten Son to this world to die a horrible an ignominious death to save people from perishing in Hell; if there was no such place as Hell to be saved from!”
As for me, I think that God knew best, when he sent Jesus on his first mission to this world! Therefore, I have chosen to bank on the Biblical fact that there is a Hell to be shunned, and also (thank God) a Heaven to be gained!
How can a Loving God Send anyone to Hell?
by: Darrell G. Young
Focus On Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
How can a Loving God Send anyone to Hell? We hear this challenging question to God's very nature all the time. But in reality, this very question in and of itself is a subtle trick question, designed to challenge God's very nature and authority.
A better question appropriately asked would be as follows, “If God is LOVE, then why do some people go to hell? Our modern pop culture defines a “loving God” as a completely non-confrontational being who tolerates anything we want to do. But that is not the biblical reality about God as revealed in the Bible. Logic would suggest that, If God is love, then He cannot be at the same time unloving.
The first fallacy in this question is, “Is the idea of allowing people to go to hell an unloving act on God’s part.” If we humans decide that God is wrong to allow unrepentant sinners to pay their penalty for sin, then we claim that we are more loving than God is.
The 2nd fallacy presented by this trick question concerns the word “Send,” which denotes an action only on the part of the sender. This understanding of the word send cannot be applied because God has given human beings freedom to make their own life choices. We all have a choice and each makes his own life decisions.
The way this question is worded implies that, if anyone goes to hell, it is the result of God’s unilateral action alone, & the person being sent to hell is just a passive victim, with no options!
But God has given us options! It is called Grace! God gave us the freedom to choose how we respond to Him. To give us no option but obedience would be a violation of our free will. God loves everyone, but he will never force anyone to love him back. True Love is only love when it is totally voluntary, and freely returned. Therefore, we cannot love God unless we have the option of not loving Him.
God is not some bloodthirsty evil tyrant seeking to Send as many people as he possibly can to Hell. In fact, God loves us so much he has done everything in the world he can possibly do to prevent anyone from ever going to Hell. He became one of us, and paid the ultimate price of Love, by allowing evil to crucify him on a Cross in the greatest act of Love ever demonstrated in this world! And he did it, so that nobody need ever be SENT to Hell.
So, why would a Loving God Send anybody to Hell? The truth is; He doesn't; those who go to Hell reject his Love and Seal their own destination to that awful place!
by: Darrell G. Young
Focus On Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
How can a Loving God Send anyone to Hell? We hear this challenging question to God's very nature all the time. But in reality, this very question in and of itself is a subtle trick question, designed to challenge God's very nature and authority.
A better question appropriately asked would be as follows, “If God is LOVE, then why do some people go to hell? Our modern pop culture defines a “loving God” as a completely non-confrontational being who tolerates anything we want to do. But that is not the biblical reality about God as revealed in the Bible. Logic would suggest that, If God is love, then He cannot be at the same time unloving.
The first fallacy in this question is, “Is the idea of allowing people to go to hell an unloving act on God’s part.” If we humans decide that God is wrong to allow unrepentant sinners to pay their penalty for sin, then we claim that we are more loving than God is.
The 2nd fallacy presented by this trick question concerns the word “Send,” which denotes an action only on the part of the sender. This understanding of the word send cannot be applied because God has given human beings freedom to make their own life choices. We all have a choice and each makes his own life decisions.
The way this question is worded implies that, if anyone goes to hell, it is the result of God’s unilateral action alone, & the person being sent to hell is just a passive victim, with no options!
But God has given us options! It is called Grace! God gave us the freedom to choose how we respond to Him. To give us no option but obedience would be a violation of our free will. God loves everyone, but he will never force anyone to love him back. True Love is only love when it is totally voluntary, and freely returned. Therefore, we cannot love God unless we have the option of not loving Him.
God is not some bloodthirsty evil tyrant seeking to Send as many people as he possibly can to Hell. In fact, God loves us so much he has done everything in the world he can possibly do to prevent anyone from ever going to Hell. He became one of us, and paid the ultimate price of Love, by allowing evil to crucify him on a Cross in the greatest act of Love ever demonstrated in this world! And he did it, so that nobody need ever be SENT to Hell.
So, why would a Loving God Send anybody to Hell? The truth is; He doesn't; those who go to Hell reject his Love and Seal their own destination to that awful place!
Saturday, April 21, 2018
The Seriousness of Syria (Part 1)
Today President Trump tweeted: "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoins it!"
President Trump further stated that the relations between Russia and the United States are the worst they have been since the "mutually assured destruction" days of the Cold War.
On that point, the President is exactly right. But how did the worlds two superpowers reach this boiling point? After avoiding direct military confrontation for decades during the Cold War; how did Syria become the geopolitical breaking point for the world?
As soon as the Syrian civil war suddenly began eight years ago, I immediately knew our world had entered a new "Last Days of Bible Prophecy" phase. Syria is a lynch-pin of accelerating events that will have serious implications for the count
down to Armageddon.
Damascus carries an Old Testament Burden! That ancient Bible prophecy of a "burden" is best described as an ominous curse, or impending weight of Judgement. That "cup of a curse" will cause all the nations of the world to be entangled in a Divine Trap over the "Controversy" over another old city, Jerusalem!
President Trump further stated that the relations between Russia and the United States are the worst they have been since the "mutually assured destruction" days of the Cold War.
On that point, the President is exactly right. But how did the worlds two superpowers reach this boiling point? After avoiding direct military confrontation for decades during the Cold War; how did Syria become the geopolitical breaking point for the world?
As soon as the Syrian civil war suddenly began eight years ago, I immediately knew our world had entered a new "Last Days of Bible Prophecy" phase. Syria is a lynch-pin of accelerating events that will have serious implications for the count
down to Armageddon.
Damascus carries an Old Testament Burden! That ancient Bible prophecy of a "burden" is best described as an ominous curse, or impending weight of Judgement. That "cup of a curse" will cause all the nations of the world to be entangled in a Divine Trap over the "Controversy" over another old city, Jerusalem!
Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Jeremiah 49:24-25 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. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
The Seriousness of Syria (Part 2)
(Opening from Part 1) Damascus carries an Old Testament Burden! That ancient Bible prophecy of a "burden" is best described as an ominous curse, or impending weight of Judgment. That "cup of a maddening curse" will cause all the nations of the world to be entangled in a Divine Trap over the "Controversy" over another old city….. Jerusalem!
Bible prophecy carries within its context many symbols. A “CUP” is one such symbol. Old Testament prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah and Zechariah, in particular emphasize the perpetual Divine message involving the city of Jerusalem, and all nations that oppose and obstruct Gods providence for that city. God has chosen Jerusalem as a stumbling stone to his enemies!
Isaiah 34:8 For it is the “Day of the Lord's vengeance”, and the year of recompences for the “controversy of Zion.”
Jeremiah 25:15-16 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
The “Day of the Lord” in the Bible is always a reference to that climactic era in world history known more commonly as the Great Tribulation, or the time of Jacob’s Trouble. Of course, Jacob is a reference to the nation of Israel.
The “fury” and the “cup” symbols denote the built up indignation of the Lord, concerning his “chosen nation” and more specifically the city wherein God has mandated that should become the throne of Jesus Christ, Zion, or Jerusalem.
The “fury” and the “cup” symbols denote the built up indignation of the Lord, concerning his “chosen nation” and more specifically the city wherein God has mandated that should become the throne of Jesus Christ, Zion, or Jerusalem.
The word "sword” usually is a symbol of war and trial. However, in the panoramic view of latter days prophecy, the Sword, not only entails wars and rumors of wars, it also has linkages to the demonic inflammation of religious inspired terrorism! This Sword has the effect of making the nations mad; or becoming demonically manipulated into the swirling Controversy of Jerusalem! (i.e. Islamic terrorism aimed at wiping Israel off the map)
This week, Iran threatened harsh retaliation after Israel allegedly bombed an Iranian-held air base in central Syria. Then, on Wednesday, Israeli officials returned the favor, stating that if Iran made any foolish moves then everything it has gained in Syria over the past decade would go up in a puff of smoke.
Senior Israeli defense officials informed Syrian dictator and Iran-ally Bashar Assad that he himself will disappear from the map and the world if the Iranians try to harm Israel or its interests from Syrian territory." (Perhaps you well remember the battle mantra of the Islamic theocracy of Iran, “we will wipe Israel off the map!)
Senior Israeli defense officials informed Syrian dictator and Iran-ally Bashar Assad that he himself will disappear from the map and the world if the Iranians try to harm Israel or its interests from Syrian territory." (Perhaps you well remember the battle mantra of the Islamic theocracy of Iran, “we will wipe Israel off the map!)
In 700 BC, Isaiah wrote of the demise of Damascus. Today, 2,700 years later, many believe that we are close to seeing that long-standing prophecy fulfilled. However chaotic the events on the world stage appear, we know that all things are working toward the fulfillment of God’s Word.
Damascus, the capital of Syria, has a longstanding reputation for being the oldest continuously occupied city in the world. It has never been without citizens or totally destroyed. Thus Isaiah’s ancient prophecy still stands as future; so there is coming a day when Damascus will be nothing but a “heap of ruins,” perhaps by nuclear means!
The current war in Syria could indeed be one of the events leading up to the Syrian capital’s destruction; and after that; the geopolitical thrust for a structured Global Government that can effectively control the threat of another nuclear holocaust!
The following narrative from the prophet Jeremiah portrays the actual climax to the Great Tribulation, which narrative also matches John’s Apocalyptic scenario of Revelation chapters 14 and 16.
Jeremiah 25:27-30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for "the Lord hath a controversy with the nations," he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. 32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
But that is jumping ahead (at least 7 years minimum) of the current situation in Syria!
The Seriousness of Syria (part 3)
Darrell G Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
All eyes are on Syria these days, and dramatically so since the missile attacks ordered by President Trump on April 13. These attacks have been met by the usual protests from Russia and Iran. At the UN’s Security Council meeting, (April 14) Russia lambasted the US for its so-called intrusion against the sovereignty of Syria. Yet, there seems to be no diplomatic lament about the intrusion of Iran into both Syria and Lebanon.
As one Israeli foreign minister commented, “it is Iran’s presence in Syria” that is destabilizing the regional security. Added to that diplomatic analysis, is the charges now by both Israel and the United States that it is Russia that is “enabling” Iran to facilitate hegemony in Syria, and all for the sole intent of fostering terrorism and threats of annihilation against a nearby sovereign nation. Israel.
Not surprisingly, to those with a Biblical Worldview of the Last Days, this geopolitical development of Russia being an enabler of Iran squares with Bible Prophecy. The fact that Damascus is in the “eye of this storm” is all the more evidence that the world is moving at a rapid pace to a cosmic showdown over the “Controversy over Jerusalem.”
The following narrative from OT prophet Ezekiel conveys the perspective that the last days superpower to the utmost north of Israel, Magog or Russia (allied with Turkey and others) will act as a “Guard” to the “prince of Persia” in order to “enable” them to launch their long planned offensive to “wipe Israel off the map.”
Ezekiel 38:1-8 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel,
Russia has long employed Syria as a client state, even reaching back to the days of the Soviet Union. Syria holds significant strategic importance to Russia for several reasons. Perhaps foremost among those reasons is Russia’s ambitions to supplant the US as the major powerbroker in the Middle East, and in effect, hopefully the whole world. Russia and Iran are on common footing in that regard. But, Iran desires the diminishment of the US in the Middle East so as to hasten the day that they can annihilate Israel for the glory of Allah!
Iran has longstanding defensive alliances with Syria, and along with other anti-Israel factions built a regional superstructure of terrorist networks based primarily in Damascus! This alliance found its nexus effectuated by the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Iran founded the Hezbollah terror organization to destabilize and control Lebanon, for the design of fortressing a presence on Israel’s northern border. With Syria in tow, coupled with numerous Palestinian terror networks, Iran conveniently utilized these logistical bases for continuous covert operations against Israel.
But then, something changed! Iran got an unexpected gift; from the United States, of all places!
The Seriousness of Syria…..Part 3
Part Four…………..Coming Soon!
The Seriousness of Syria (Part 4)
Darrell G Young
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry
Believe it or not, Iran, or Persia had actually been an ally of the United States prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and was in fact a major oil supplier to the Allied powers during World War II.
But 3 major changes occurred that reversed the fortunes and fates of the whole region. First, was the rise of Islamic fundamentalism with the 1979 fall of the Iranian Shah. Succeeding to that, Iran founded the Hezbollah terror organization to destabilize and control Lebanon, for the design of fortressing a presence on Israel’s northern border.
Second, the emergence of the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980’s. During that long and devastating war, the US followed a foreign policy toward Iran of “dual containment.” The American hope under the Reagen Administration was to contain the spread of the threat of Islamic Jihad from Iran. That policy would backfire decades later in the two Persian Gulf wars with Iraq.
Thirdly, the American withdrawal in 2011 from Iraq under the Obama Administration, created a power vacuum in Iraq that was ultimately swallowed up by Iran. These policy fiascos have uniquely served only the interests of Iran, and fueled the great Islamic schism between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a major US ally.
These 3 developments in the great “Middle East Maze” resulted in the opportunity for Russia to become emboldened enough to forge alliances with Iran, and become an “enabler” or “guard” (as prophesied by Ezekiel) (Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them) for Iranian schemes that are ultimately aimed at wiping Israel off the political map!
Iran’s genocidal regime demands Israel’s destruction and supports terrorist organizations Hezbollah in the north and Hamas in the south. Today, a further Iranian entrenchment in Syria constitutes a grave and unacceptable threat to the Jewish state’s national security.
Like Iran, Russia’s presence in Syria is driven by imperial ambitions. Moscow’s main interest in Syria is to maintain its naval military base in the Syrian port Tartus; and to act as a counter to American prominence in the region. Tartus and Latakia in Syria represent the Russian Navy’s only bases in the Mediterranean Sea. (Hint: these bases also provide Russia logistical means of an air assault against Israel)
With Iranian dominance in Iraq, a logistical military superstructure established in Syria, and a proxy terror army already deployed in Lebanon, Iran has its long dreamed of land-bridge all the way across the 1000 miles from Teheran to Jerusalem!
Iran is now preparing for a sustained campaign of direct confrontation with Israel, with plans to use the Iranian military’s presence in Syria and Lebanon, and from Gaza-Sinai-Hamas on the south to launch attacks on targets inside the Jewish state.
So, how serious is the situation in Syria? It is very explosive! It is literally a ticking time-bomb sitting on Israel’s doorstep! None of these prophetic elements were possible prior to 1979 and 2011.
What can we now expect? When might this tinderbox ignite? Where will it all ultimately lead? These questions will all be addressed in Parts 5 and 6.
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