World leaders use the UN General Assembly to debate the dangers of the Iranian nuclear program

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The UN General Assembly was the scene for a debate on the threat that Iran poses to the world as Iran develops a nuclear weapon of mass destruction and continues to call for the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel.

US President Obama played down the threat and called for a continuation of diplomacy while Iranian President Ahmadinejad said Iran has a right to develop a nuclear program and they will defend that program and he also brought to the table that Israel is a cancer in Ahmadinejad's plan for a New World Order without the Jewish state.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the world leaders there must be a red line on Iran's nuclear program even as the PM assured the UN member states that Israel will protect its nation possibly with a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear program.

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World leaders discussing the possible destruction of the Jewish state of Israel on the stage of an international gathering of world leaders is a precursor to the end of times scenario that is found in Bible prophecy.

At the UN General Assembly held in NY City, leaders from the nations of our world gathered to discuss the problems facing us today. At the top of the agenda was the threat from Iran's nuclear program to Israel, the Middle East and in fact the entire world. Israeli PM Netanyahu says that the world needs to give Iran a red line on its nuclear program and if they go beyond that red line, the world must deal with the threat which might actually be a preemptive strike by the IDF on the Iranian nuclear program.

Bible prophecy does reveal to us that Iran and Israel will have a confrontation in the last days, Ezekiel 38:5. However, there is more prophetically to this present situation, and I am talking about an international, political, governmental body like the UN having this debate in the first place. Revelation 18 foretells of a one world government in the future that will be based in Babylon, modern day Iraq, and a world dictator will rule from his headquarters there in Babylon. That world leader is known in the Bible by 27 different names, the most familiar to you is the name, the Antichrist.

As world leaders debate the fate of Israel and how Iran is a threat that must be dealt with, let me remind you that Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

A massive naval exercise in the Persian Gulf prepares for war

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An ongoing US-led naval exercise involving 20 nations from the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America is preparation in order to ensure rapid control of the Persian Gulf in case of a war with Iran.

The US said in cooperation with Arab and NATO allies they are operating in every section of the gulf with the exception of the Strait of Hormuz.

The fear in the Persian Gulf is that Iran might drop mines in the gulf or at the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to slow down freedom of navigation thus stopping the flow of much needed oil supplies to the entire world.

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As massive naval exercises take place in the Persian Gulf, the stage is indeed being set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Twenty nations from around the world have been involved in the US-led naval exercises in the Persian Gulf in order to protect the freedom of navigation in this strategic waterway in the Middle East. The flow of a majority of the world's oil supply must travel out of the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz for delivery globally. With the threat of a war with Iran on the horizon, preparation must be made to ensure stability in the gulf. It is reality that has caused many world leaders to be concerned about the Iranian threat. According to Bible prophecy this concern is valid and the Middle East could indeed explode into an all-out war with not only Iran but other Middle Eastern nations as well.

Ezekiel 38:5 mentions Persia, modern day Iran, as one of the alignment of nations that will bring about war to the Middle Eastern region. Syria and Egypt are listed in Bible prophecy as nations that will be in that mix as well, Daniel 11:40. Libya, mentioned in Daniel 11:43 and Ezekiel 38:5 will join this same coalition of nations which will focus on the Jewish state of Israel that will actually bring about a regional war in the last days. The focus of the world has been on this volatile region as saber-rattling continues daily.

Naval exercises in the Persian Gulf are an indication that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Jews in Jerusalem and around the world mark Judaism's holiest day, Yom Kippur

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As Jewish people in Jerusalem and around the world stop for a fast day to mark Judaism's Holiest Day, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Israel shuts off the Palestinian territories and at the same time remembers the surprise assault by Egypt and Syria that sparked a war some years ago.

The entire nation of Israel shuts down for the twenty-five hour fast as the Jews seek forgiveness from God for the last years transgressions, using the fast day in lieu of the Yom Kippur sacrifice at the temple since there is no temple in Jerusalem.

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Yom Kippur, the Jewish Holy Day of Atonement, looks back to Biblical times. It also has a prophetic significance, that is according to Bible prophecy.

As Jews in Jerusalem and around the world stop to observe the Jewish Holy day of Yom Kippur, they are reminded how the High Priest at the temple in Jerusalem would enter into the Holy of Holies with the sacrificial blood to pour it on the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant.

During the ten days leading up to Yom Kippur, starting on Rosh Hashana, Jews were to seek forgiveness from family, friends, loved ones and neighbors for any trespass over the last year.

This act of seeking forgiveness is a part of the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, as the Jews seek to be included in the Book of Life and during temple times their sins would be covered for one year, until the next Yom Kippur.

Now without the Temple, Jews give money, do good deeds and pray, along with the twenty-five hour fast on Yom Kippur. Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah, will in the future fulfill the prophetic aspect of Yom Kippur as He did the other Jewish Feast Days, in the spring, 2,000 years ago.

Jesus was crucified on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, and rose from the dead on the Feast of First Fruits. Jesus, in the future, will come back to earth on Rosh Hashana, and ten days later will enter the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, for the purpose of giving salvation to all Jews at that time, Zechariah 3:9 and Ezekiel 43:1-7. Indeed Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad says Israel has no roots in the Middle East

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The very controversial Iranian President Ahmadinejad said recently that the Jewish state of Israel has no roots in the history of the Middle East and at the same time, he said that Iran has been around for thousands of years but Israel has existed for only 60 or 70 years.

The Iranian president said his nation does not take seriously the threats of the Zionists and that his country has all the defensive means at their disposal to defend themselves from an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear program.

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The radical statement by Iranian president Ahmadinejad that Israel has no roots in the Middle East contradicts biblical history and the biblical scenario for the end of times.

In a recent interview, Iranian President Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying that Iran has been in the Middle East for thousands of years which is true according to ancient and biblical history. Ahmadinejad was historically incorrect however when he said the Jewish state of Israel and the Jewish people have no historical roots in the Middle East. The ancient historic records do prove that today's Iran, biblical Persia, does date back thousands of years to the time of the Persian empire 2500 years ago. However, these same records are proof that the Jewish people were a part of that world as well.

The ancient Persian leader Cyrus is the world leader that allowed the Jews, 50000 of them, to return to Jerusalem to rebuild their Temple, Ezra 1. In fact, Isaiah one of the ancient Jewish prophets, foretold that a Persian leader named Cyrus would come to power and allow the Jewish people to return to their homeland so they would be able to rebuild their Temple, Isaiah 44:28, 45:1. The Jewish people date back to the time of Abraham, the father of the Jewish people and the establishment of Jews in the land known as Israel today, Genesis 15. Prophetically, Ezekiel 38:5 does mention Persia, modern day Iran, as one of the nations that will rise up in the last days to try to destroy the Jewish nation of Israel and that scenario is about to be played out today.

You can forget what Ahmadinejad says but do remember Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

The Middle East nation of Iran has stepped up its crackdown on Christians

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has stepped up its campaign on Christians in its nation and Iranian Christians are in a dire situation concerned that this militant Muslim army will close down their churches and even imprison or kill the Christians living in this Islamic republic.

In Iran, the death penalty is imposed on those who convert from Islam to Christianity and those who embrace Christianity are targeted for persecution and even death.

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The crackdown on Christians in Iran, and in fact across the entire Middle East, is only the tip of the iceberg as it relates to believers in Christ being persecuted in the last days according to Bible prophecy.

There have been a number of reports coming out of the Middle East that there has been an increase in the attacks on churches and Christians in this region of the world. A high ranking Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia recently issued a fatwah calling for Muslims to attack all churches, kill Christians and in fact rid the Middle East of Christianity. Now, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the militia of the supreme council of Iran, has increased their persecution of Iranian Christians and the closing down of churches in Iran.

The biblical book of Revelation written by the Apostle John records prophecies of the martyrdom of believers in Christ during the seven years of great judgment on the earth called the Tribulation. When Satan and his evil angels are thrown out of Heaven, Revelation 12, the Devil will try to eliminate all of those who stand for Jesus Christ. At the end of the Tribulation, to enter the Kingdom and rule and reign with Jesus Christ, Revelation 20:4. In addition, Jews who believe in Jesus Christ will be the focus of Satanic persecution as well during that period of time referred to as the Time of Jacob's Trouble, Revelation 12:13-17.

Iranian persecution of Christians is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The zoning board in the city of Jerusalem has granted access to religious Jews to a spring mentioned in the Garden of Eden

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An ancient spring that was mentioned in the Bible as the spring or river Gihon, recorded in the passage in the Holy Scriptures of the account of Creation, is now a place of opportunity for religious men to take a ritual bath in this sacred body of water.

The Gihon Spring in Silwan in the Eastern section of the city of Jerusalem is the site for Jewish men to perform their traditional ritual in the immersion pit, the activity religious Jews are required to do before entering the Temple Mount.

This spring in Jerusalem is considered to be the spot where Adam went after his sin in the Garden of Eden.

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Religious Jewish men can now use the one spring in the Garden of Eden to take a ritual bath before entering the Temple Mount, evidence we are living in the end times according to Bible prophecy.

The city of Jerusalem zoning board recently approved the construction of a special project at the Gihon Spring in the City of David which is the original site of the city of Jerusalem. Religious men will use the immersion pit being constructed at the Gihon Spring to take their ritual bath required before they can enter the Temple Mount. However, there is a problem with this decision by the zoning board. The construction project is located in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in the area.

This controversy today is part of the scenario that was foretold by the ancient Jewish prophet Zechariah in Zechariah 12:2. As to the statements that the site on the Gihon is where Adam went after his sin in the Garden of Eden, this statement is confirmed in Scripture only as it refers to the Gihon River being in the Garden of Eden, Genesis 2:10. The Gihon was the one river in the garden which was located in Jerusalem according to I Kings 1:33, 45. The Gihon River was the one river in the garden that became four rivers somewhere outside of the Garden of Eden.

Ezekiel 36:35 says that the Jews will be given back their Garden of Eden in the last days.

The reunification of the city of Jerusalem during the Six Day War in 1967 marked the beginning of the end for the Jewish people

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On June 7, 1967, the time of Israel's Six Day War, the Israeli Paratroopers led by General Uzzi Narcus rushed the Lion Gate of the old city of Jerusalem, entered the city, and moved quickly onto the Temple Mount for the first time in almost 2000 years.

At that time, they reunited their capital city with the most sacred piece of real estate in all of Judaism, the Temple Mount. Since 1967, the Muslims have controlled this site that is holy for not only the Muslims, but the Jews and Christians as well and has made Jerusalem's Temple Mount the most controversial site in the world.

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When the Temple Mount in Jerusalem was taken by the IDF during the Six Day War in 1967, history was made and it marked the beginning of the end for God's plan for the Jewish people, that is according to Bible prophecy.

After a 2000 year absence from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Six Day War in Israel prepared the way for the Jewish people to reclaim this most sacred piece of real estate in Judaism. IDF paratroopers broke through the Lion Gate into the old city of Jerusalem and then onto the Temple Mount and with great emotion they took the holy site which had such great historic significance for the Jewish people.

King David claimed the city of Jerusalem as the political and spiritual capital of the Jewish people as recorded in II Samuel 5-6 some 3000 years ago. Jesus spoke of Jerusalem being trodden down under the control of non-Jews for a 2000 year period, Luke 21:24. Zechariah, the ancient Jewish prophet, said that Jerusalem would be the center of controversy in the last days. God promised Israel's second king, King David, that one of his descendants would build a temple on the Temple Mount and rule and reign on that sacred spot forever, II Samuel 7 and Zechariah 6:12-13.

When the IDF captured the Temple Mount in 1967, it did indeed mark the beginning for the Jewish people on the Temple Mount.

The head of the Muslim Brotherhood says the creation of the Jewish state of Israel was the worst catastrophe to ever hit this world

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Mohammed Badie who is the Muslim Brotherhood's general guide, the head of this Islamic terror group, has stated the worst catastrophe to ever befall the peoples of this world was the creation of the modern day state of Israel.

The Muslim Brotherhood leader has called on Arab forces to confront Israel and reminded his followers of the movement's sacrifices in efforts to destroy the Jewish state.

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A call by the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood for the Arab forces to be ready to sacrifice even life itself in order to destroy the Jewish state of Israel is a page out of Bible prophecy for the end of times.

Mohammed Badie is the head of the Muslim Brotherhood and he believes that the Jews have no right to have a state in the land of their forefathers, the modern day state of Israel. This cry is echoing across the Arab world with an ever increasing intensity in the demand to destroy Israel. It is no surprise to students of Bible prophecy that there is a call for the Jewish state to be destroyed and this demand is actually evidence that Bible prophecy is about to be fulfilled.

Contrary to Mohammed Badie's statement that the modern day creation of Israel is the world's greatest catastrophe, the Bible says that it would happen because the Lord swore by His own name that indeed it would happen, Ezekiel 36:22. The prophecy of the valley of dry bones that watched as these bones came together and with skin covering these newly connected bones, two-thirds of Ezekiel's prophecy in Ezekiel 37 was fulfilled in our day, Ezekiel 37:1-10. Verse 11 of that same passage indicates that these dry bones are the whole house of Israel which has resulted in the modern day Jewish nation.

Ezekiel 38 foretells of a coalition of Arab and Islamic nations that will try to destroy Israel and chapter 39 reveals this alignment of nations will be destroyed instead and the Jewish state will live on forever.

The Muslim Brotherhood tells their followers to prepare for war against Israel so they can kill Jews

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Leaders and clerics in the Muslim Brotherhood are calling for their followers to prepare for war against Israel and one leading brotherhood cleric has called for killing Jews to the very last one. This is the brotherhood that has played a major role in the chaos in the Arab capitals of the Middle East.

As the Muslim Brotherhood rises to power in the Middle East, Israeli leaders see this as consolidating the power of Hamas and its hold on Gaza, a real concern to the Jewish state because the Hamas charter states unequivocally that it wants to eradicate Israel.

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With the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the so-called revolution in the Arab world, the endtime scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy comes much better into focus.

One of the major players in the chaos spreading throughout the Arab world is the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist terror group that has spawned such terror organizations as Hamas and al Qaeda. The ideology of the brotherhood was made clear by one of its leading preachers based in Qatar who in one of his sermons called for Israel and the Jews to be dealt with by Allah, the Islamic god, who should kill the Jews down to the very last one. This same Muslim Brotherhood preacher in a sermon aired on Al Jazeera claimed that Adolf Hitler was sent by Allah to punish the Jewish people. The brotherhood also supports Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah, all Islamic terror groups who want to eradicate this world of the Jews.

The scenario being played out now in the Arab world was foretold by the ancient Jewish prophets, a message for the last days. Daniel and Ezekiel both revealed that the Arab world would come to power and move to kill the Jews, Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38. The prophet Joel said this would happen when every Muslim would be ready to form the largest militia ever formed on the earth, Joel 2. Even the Psalmist prophet, Psalm 83 called for the Jews to be destroyed and their name be forgotten forever, Psalm 83:4.

The rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood and their impact on Middle East events is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Jews in Jerusalem and Around the World Are Celebrating Rosh Hashana, The Jewish New Year

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Rosh Hashana, the New Year for the Jewish people, marks 5773 on the Jewish calendar and is one of the seven Jewish Feast days that the Jews celebrate on a yearly basis. It's a feast also known as the Feast of Trumpets, a Holy Day that is very family oriented in Jewish families.

The Jews believe that it was five thousand seven hundred and seventy three years ago when God created the heavens, the earth, and all that is in them. A fact that lends itself to the belief that we are living on a young earth.

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Rosh Hashana not only marks the New Year for the Jewish people but it is also the day that Jesus Christ will return to the earth, that is according to Bible Prophecy. As hundred's of shofar's, which is the ram's horn, were blown in Jerusalem at the Western Wall; Jew's marked the first of the three fall Feast Days, the Feast of Trumpets, known in the Hebrew as Rosh Hashana, or the New Year. 

Jews celebrate 5773 as their New Year. Jews believe that five thousand seven hundred and seventy three years ago the Lord created the heavens, the earth, and all that is in them. God's chosen people also believe that the act of creation took place on what is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem which Orthodox Jewish scholarship believes is the original sight of the Garden of Eden. That's Isaiah 51:3 and Ezekiel 36:35.

According to the record of Scripture, Jesus Christ fulfilled the prophetic significance of the four spring Jewish Feast. Jesus was crucified on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, He resurrected on First Fruits and the Holy Spirit came to Jerusalem on the Feast of Pentecost, as the Lord had promised.

Looking back through history you can see that Jesus fulfilled those first four feast of the seven Jewish Feast Days in the proper day sequences. Thus to  be consistent, Jesus must fulfill the last three Feast, the fall Feast, also in the proper day sequences. The next Feast to be fulfilled will be the Feast of Trumpets or Rosh Hashana. And that happens when Jesus Christ comes back to the earth. Now I'm not talking about the Rapture of the Church but the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and that is the time when Jesus will tell the angel to blow the trumpet, that's Matthew 24:31.

This Rosh Hashana, the New Year for the Jewish people, the Feast of Trumpets; is indeed a reminder that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Muslim protests across the Middle East threaten to pull the entire region into a full blown war

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In what the Muslim world calls protests against a documentary film depicting Mohammed in a derogatory way, the world is watching as the entire region seems to be moving quickly to what some term could be a full blown war.

The latest evidence is that these violent demonstrations which have which have resulted in many being killed including the death of the US ambassador to Libya, the evidence shows that these were not spontaneous protests but instead pre planned well organized attacks carried out by Islamists.

As the region continues to heat up the US is moving war ships into the region and all US embassies are on high alert to prevent any other death and destruction.

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Muslim reactions to a documentary film supposedly attacking the Islamic faith seems to be overkill but may set the entire region afire which is what Bible prophecy says will happen in the end of times.

What started as a protest in Egypt of a documentary film attacking the Islamic faith turned violent when Islamists attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya and killed US ambassador to Libya. These protests have spread across the Middle eastern region and they seem to be more violent as time passes. Because of the Arab Spring, there is an atmosphere of revolution in the air and demonstrators seem to feel free to kill and destroy. The Arab Spring, responsible for taking down the Arab leaders of these nations who used strong arm tactics to hold down such demonstrations are gone and violence has prevailed.

Bible prophecy, written 2500 years ago, reveals that this type of scenario will be prevalent in the last days. Ezekiel 38 mentions many of the nations that have been involved in embassy demonstrations. The Psalmist in Psalm 83 continues the list of nations involved in radicalism. The prophet Daniel foretold of the first two nations to get involved in radical violent actions. These two are Egypt and Libya, Daniel 40:40-43 where the King of the South is Egypt. Jesus Christ said as recorded in Matthew 24:6-7 that there would be wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

The media mogul Rupert Murdoch says Jewish King David was right, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who is not Jewish, told attendees at an investment conference recently that what was right for King David is right for him, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

This conference, jointly sponsored by the Wall Street Journal which Murdoch owns, was the platform used by both Murdoch and the Israeli government to encourage investment in Israel.

Israel's finance minister reported that investments in Israel have dropped this year due to the threat of war with Iran but Israel remains a test case of a stable economy in a stormy global market.

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At a recent investor's conference, the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, stated that if Jerusalem is the capital of Israel according to Israel's second king, King David, then it was good enough for him, which also agrees with Bible prophecy.

The question of whether Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish state of Israel has always been in the forefront of both the US and EU foreign policy decisions over many years. In fact, almost every foreign nation has their embassies in Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem which is the delegated capital of the Jewish state. Time and time again, the US administration has rejected the resolution of the entire Congress, both the Senate and the House of Representatives, who have resolved to move the American embassy to Jerusalem.

Politically, every Israeli PM since David Ben Gurion has said that Jerusalem is the eternal, undivided capital of the Jewish state. Prophetically, Israel's second king, King David received the Davidic Covenant from God, II Samuel 7, when the Lord promised the Jewish people that He would give them Jerusalem as their eternal capital. Psalm 132:13-14 states that the Lord will dwell among His people, the Jewish people forever. Zechariah 1:16 says that the Lord will return to Jerusalem and build His Temple there, a Temple where He will rule and reign forever, Zechariah 6:12-13.

As it relates to Jerusalem, Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

Islamists have attcked the American embassy in Cairo, Egypt and the consulate in Benghazi, Libya and killed the US ambassador to Libya

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In protest of a documentary film being shown in the US depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in a derogatory way, Islamists attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, burned the building and killed four Americans including the US ambassador to Libya.

In another Islamic protest in Cairo, Egypt, the rioters stormed the US embassy, tore down the US flag and replaced it with an Islamic flag.

The US has put all of its embassies in the Middle East on high alert as Muslims threaten to attack other US properties in protest of this controversial film that Muslims say is demeaning to the Islamic faith.

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Muslim attacks on US embassies in the Middle East are evidence of the part religion plays in our world today and foretells of the key role it will have in the future, that is according to Bible prophecy.

With the attack on the US embassy in Cairo, Egypt and the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the world has witnessed the power of religion in our society today. The Muslim attackers claimed a documentary film being shown in the US depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad in a derogatory way and they said they had to defend the honor of Muhammad and the Islamic god, Allah. Though the US was not responsible for the film, the Islamists blamed America and took out their revenge on US properties.

This is absolute evidence of the role of religion in our world today. Bible prophecy reveals an even larger role for religion in the future. Revelation 17 foretells of a world-wide religion that will rule the world during the first half of the Tribulation Period, that coming seven years of judgment. This mother-son cult, the result of the false religion established in Babylon 4500 years ago will be led by the Antichrist.

What is very interesting to me is that Islam will not be a part of that one-world religion. Because they are an exclusive religion, they will not collaborate with any other religions. The role for Islam will be limited because the Islamic faith will be wiped out early in the Tribulation Period, Ezekiel 38:18-39:6.

One of the advisors to the Pentagon tells me there will be another attack on America similar to the one that took place on 9-11 2001 sometime in the future

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Col. Bob Maginnis, a broadcast partner with us here at Prophecy Today is at the site of the Pentagon 9-11 Memorial. I asked Bob to reflect on that horrific attack on the US in September 2001.

Col. Bob Maginnis, "Well in fact it was surreal Jimmy, it was a beautiful day here in Washington, a cool September morning and clear skies, I had been working on this guy called Osama Bin Laden and writing articles, but nobody was listening up until that time and subsequently, I eventually got home that night at about midnight and as I went down I-95 South there was nobody on the road I passed here at the Pentagon and the fire was burning and there were all sorts of fire trucks and of course when I got home the jets were flying over head."

Jimmy, "Bob tell me, has America learned anything from that attack?"

Bob, "I think we've learned, but we also have forgotten."

Jimmy, "Bob, I know you are a strategic planner by trade.  How likely is it that we will have another strike on America? On a scale of 1-10 where would you put it?"

Bob, "We're going to have another strike. It's a matter of how and when. So it's a 10. It's a matter of how bad it's going to be and that's my concern. All you have to do is get places like Syria, Iran, North Korea, China, Russia and then of course our adversaries in the terrorist realm. They've been clamoring for these agents for a long time so we know the threat, we have to be vigilant,  you never know when they're going to strike or how they're going to strike. I think most of the time, 99% of the time we're going to be able to beat the offense but it only takes a couple of times to get through and many people could die."

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The statement by a military strategic planner that there will be another 9-11 type strike on America is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Jesus Christ, in His Olivet Discourse 2000 years ago there in the city of Jerusalem, said there will be wars and rumors of wars, nations will rise against nations, kingdoms against kingdoms, Matthew 24:6-7. The ancient Jewish prophets, Daniel, Ezekiel, Joel and John the Revelator also foretold of the last days and all the wars that will be a part of the seven year Tribulation Period yet in the future.

As we stop to remember the horrific attack on America, September 11, 2001, let it remind us that Bible prophecy will indeed be fulfilled.

Saudi Arabia has declared war against the Islamic terror group al Qaeda

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The leadership of Saudi Arabia has been targeted by the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda as have a number of Arab regimes in the Middle East and al Qaeda claims the reason for this focus on Arab leaders and their governments is because Arab leaders have become atheists and no longer abide under the leadership of Allah, the Islamic god. Al Qaeda points out that Saudi King Abdullah has implemented a massive building project in the heart of Mecca, the Moslem holy city, and al Qaeda jihadist websites are calling for the king to be killed saying that the death of this leader of atheism would be among the most pious acts for a Moslem. Meanwhile the Saudi kingdom has activated its powerful intelligence and security agencies to kill or capture its Islamist foes.

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It is ironic that the founding nation for the Islamic faith, Saudi Arabia, has now called for the end of the Islamic jihadist group al Qaeda especially in light of the end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

The king of Saudi Arabia and and many of his family members are under the threat of death by the radical Islamic terror organization al Qaeda and basically because King Abdullah has become an atheist according to the al Qaeda leaders. Radical Islam has become more and more a threat to Arab leaders in  the Middle East mainly because they are perceived to be secular and are even moving away from the Islamic faith and becoming atheists. Ironically, Saudi Arabia has been the home base and the financial provider for many of the most radical terror organizations including the group that brought down the twin towers on 9-11. It is also ironic that the Islamic faith was founded by Mohammad in the 7th century in Arabia and at that time Mohammad said that he was a direct descendant to Ishmael, the first son of the patriarch Abraham.

The Biblical record does reveal that Ishmael did go to start one nation in the place that we know today as Saudi Arabia (Genesis 25:18, 17:20). Ishmael did not father the Arab world according to Genesis 10:6-10 but he did father the Islamic faith according to its prophet. Ultimately Saudi Arabia will be radicalized and play a key role in the end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy - prophecy  that will indeed be fulfilled.

An Islamic cleric in Israel says that he would rather die than to see the rebuilding of a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem

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Sheik Raad Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in Israel and speaking to Muslim students at Haifa University, told them that he would rather die than to give up the Islamic holy site where the Dome of the Rock is located in Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, and suggested the students should be ready to do the same. Sheik Salah also repeated his claim that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was intending on completing his plan to gain control of the Temple Mount and to rebuild the Jewish temple on the site that Moslems believe is holy - the third holiest site after Mecca and Medina.

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Muslims that would give their lives to protect and possess the Temple Mount in Jerusalem area actually setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is becoming more and more a center of controversy. The Temple Mount is the third holiest piece of real estate for Muslims. To the Jews, it the most holy site in all of the world and the site of the first and second Jewish temples . Muslims who are ready to die to protect and possess this site would fit a scenario that will be played out in the last days according to Bible prophecy.

Zechariah said that the Temple Mount would be the center of controversy in the end times (Zechariah 12:2). Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Joel said that the Moslem world would come to Jerusalem to take it from the Jewish people (Isaiah 51:3, Ezekiel 36:35, and Joel 2:3). Ezekiel also wrote of a temple on the Temple Mount for the Messiah to rule and reign from that location (Ezekiel 40 - 46). Ezekiel's temple is the temple for the kingdom period in the future.

The next temple to be erected on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem will be the one standing during the seven year Tribulation period (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, II Thessalonians 2:4, and Revelation 11:1). However, this next temple will not be built until after the Rapture when Christians depart from Earth for the heavens. Until that time, no one can build the temple even Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Two global strategists, both advisors to President Obama, call for the United States to break ties with Israel

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George Friedman, the publisher of Stratfor, a newsletter on strategic global planning, in his most recent book, "The Next Decade" has called for the Obama administration to have the United States to break ties with its main Middle East ally Israel, and increase its cooperation with the Islamic world especially Iran and Pakistan. Friedman's comments are in concert with a former consultant to President Obama, Tony Cordsman, who argues that the United States strategic alliance with Israel was harming Washington's interests in the Middle East.

Friedman said that Washington has been in a confrontation with the Islamic world, which consists of 1 billion people, and a decline in US support for Israel was vital for what he termed the survival of the United States empire.

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Strategic global planners calling for the United States to break ties with Israel will not save the United States empire as they believe but will do the opposite according to Bible prophecy.

George Friedman and Tony Cordsman, both not household names, but major players in United States strategic planning have called for the Obama administration to reorder its foreign policy in the Middle East and begin by breaking ties with Israel, America's long time strategic partner in that region. In essence, both men believe that the United States confrontation with the Moslem world, because of America's war with Al Qaeda, has brought harm to the American empire's ability to survive over the next decade. Friedman, in his recent book "The Next Decade" says that the United States must develop a greater partnership with Iran and Pakistan instead of the Jewish state of Israel.

The ancient Jewish prophets wrote 2500 years ago that God would destroy those Middle East nations that try and eliminate Israel from the face of the earth - that is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39 where both Iran and Pakistan are mentioned in Ezekiel 38:5 as Persia. God told Abraham 4000 years ago in Genesis 12:1-3 that those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed - that principle is still applicable today. Since the United States is not found in Bible prophecy, one can conclude that America will not be a major factor before the return of Jesus Christ to the earth.

If America takes the advice of strategic global planners over the Bible they can be assured that God will deal with them. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

Christians are under attack in the Middle East and are being killed because of their faith

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A number of Christian communities and churches in the Middle East have been the target of attacks by radical Islamist terrorists with many of the attacks deadly and scores of Middle Eastern Christians have been killed for no other reason than that they are Christians. These attacks are widespread throughout the Middle East, however the Christian communities in Iraq and Egypt are the main focus of these horrific attacks with both nations reporting that these attacks have taken place against churches during weekly services with many Christian worshipers being killed.

Radical Islamist websites have been circulating lists of churches with instructions on how to attack them with one al Qaeda video calling for the jihadist to blow the church up at a time when they are packed with worshipers.

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A campaign to attack the Christian communities and churches in the Middle East by radical Islamists is a page out of Bible prophecy for the end of times.

The Christian communities and churches in both Iraq and Egypt have come under attack by radical Islamists who are calling for the destruction of the cross in their internet communications to followers of the Muslim faith. The call in videos produced by al Qaeda to blow up churches while they are celebrating special holy days or anytime when the churches are packed with worshipers is evidence of the intense campaign going on by the radical Islamists to destroy the Christian community in the Middle East.

One radical Islamist website has been calling for attacks against the churches in Europe as well with instructions on how to attack the churches. This report is only the tip of the iceberg as it relates to attacks on Christians in the Middle East and around the world.

A study of Bible prophecy reveals that people of faith, those who believe in Jesus Christ, will be under attack with great force during the seven year Tribulation period to come. Revelation 6:9-10 talks about those who will be slain because of their testimony and their love for the Word of God, the Bible. Verse 10 of Revelation 6 says that those who are being killed for their faith will ask God to intervene for their safety because it will be so bad.

The ever increasing attacks on Middle Eastern Christians by radical Islamists is indeed a page out of Bible prophecy that will be fulfilled.

Middle East archaeologists are hoping to save the ruins of the Biblical tower of Babel

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Following the years of devastation under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein and the ensuing American invasion of Iraq archaeologists are beginning to work on ancient Babylonian sites and hope to save the ruins of the biblical Tower of Babylon and learn how it was built before it crumbled under the weight of confusion.

As a first step, experts are working on a plan to prevent further deterioration of the mud-bricked ruins which were damaged by Saddam's personal building projects.


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The meticulous work by archaeologists to preserve the mud-bricked Tower of Babel in Iraq is evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.

For several decades, the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein worked to restore the site of biblical Babylon which included the mud-bricked building of the Tower of Babel. Since the war torn nation of Iraq is working to restore its country to the glory days of this Middle Eastern state in many areas, they have arranged for archaeologists to work to save the ruins of the ancient biblical site.

The Bible records the destruction of the Tower of Babel when the people of the world at that time who only spoke one language were confronted by a heavenly visitor and the tower was destroyed by the confusion of one language becoming many languages, Genesis 11. This account of Babylon's beginnings found in Genesis 11 is only the start of a significant history for this city. Babylon is where the Jews were held captive for 70 years, II Chronicles 36. Babylon was the city where Alexander the Great became the leader of the known world. Babylon is also the city where the Apostle Peter traveled to start a church to reach that part of the world, I Peter 5:13. Babylon will also be the headquarters for a world economic center and its leader, the Antichrist, Revelation 18. Babylon is the city that will be destroyed in one hour, Revelation 18:10, 17, 19.
This will be a total destruction and forever, Isaiah 13,14, Jeremiah 50, 51, and Revelation 16:17-21.

Archaeologists working to preserve the city of Babylon is indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, is training women to be suicide bombers

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Feminism is alive in the Gaza Strip as the Islamic terror organization Hamas is training women to be suicide bombers and to shoot machine guns to kill Israelis according to a CNN television crew who traveled blindfolded to a secret location to film the women. Female terrorists are not a new phenomenon in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, but it is rare that a foreign news agency has been allowed to interview them and watch them while they were being trained.

The female terrorists were interviewed while sitting at a table loaded with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and explosives and they said they see nothing unusual in fighting alongside men because women also serve in the Zionist army who they want to destroy.

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Women who are eager to be trained as suicide bombers by the Islamic terror group Hamas so that they can kill Jews is evidence of the hatred of Jews that will lead to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

A CNN camera crew, taken blindfolded to a secret training camp operated by the Islamic terror organization Hamas was able to document the training of women as suicide bombers with the mission of killing Jews, this evidence of dedication to a cause that will take the life of the young women is also evidence of the hatred that the Islamist terrorists have for the Jewish people. These young women believe that their god Allah has directed them to wipe the Jewish people off the earth one attack at a time.

For most people in our world today this dedication is hard to understand. As a student of Bible prophecy, I have found in the Bible and a study of secular history that for 4000 years the Jewish people have been the target of evil forces who want to eliminate them from the earth. In addition to the study of history, a close study of Bible prophecy says that this hatred driving one people to destroy another people will only intensify in the last days.

Zechariah, and ancient Jewish prophet, foretells of a time when 2 out of every 3 Jews will be killed (Zechariah 13:8). Revelation 12:7-17 reveals that evil angelic creatures will try and eliminate the Jews also. Ezekiel 35:5,10 is a prophecy that tells of the Palestinian people working to kill the Jews.

The Islamic terror organization Hamas training female suicide bombers in Gaza is indeed evidence that Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.