Now we hear that Russia is planning to support Afghanistan’s military when NATO pulls out.
When we revisit the map of the ancient Seleucid empire we find that Afghanistan is included within the ancient boundary which formed the empire of the King of the North.
Here is the news article:
Here is a list of very recent news related to Daniel 11:
Another milestone in current events – Putin himself has officially confirmed reports that he has boots on the ground in Syria.
Russia has sent the biggest nuclear submarine in the world down to Syria
The world’s largest submarine, the Dmitri Donskoy (TK-208), Nato-coded Typhoon, has set sail for the Mediterranean and is destined for the Syrian coast, DEBKAfile reports exclusively from its military and intelligence sources. Aboard the sub are 20 Bulava (NATO-code SS-N-30) intercontinental ballistic missiles with an estimated up to 200 nuclear warheads. Each missile, with a reported range of 10,000km, carries 6-10 MIRV nuclear warheads.
The Russian sub set sail from its North Sea base on Sept. 4, escorted by two anti-sub warfare ships. Their arrival at destination in 10 days time will top up the new Russian military deployment in Syria.
Europe is experiencing more instability with a migrant & a farmers crisis
Thousands of migrants have crossed into Austria and Germany, following a long journey that has brought many from conflict zones like Syria into the heart of Europe.
Police have used water cannon during a farmers’ protest in Brussels. Hundreds of protesters were throwing stones, eggs and firecrackers at officers and used two tractors to try and break through a cordon.
Not what you expect to to see in Brussels which is the de facto capital of the European Union (EU) and headquarters for NATO.
Russia had a hand in this when it decided to cut off agricultural imports from Europe.
The EU can only suffer from so much instability. Greece is dragging them down. What will Russia do next?
The False Prophet speaks again
Pope Francis has called on every European parish to host one refugee family each in a goodwill gesture that will begin in the Vatican state. It comes as Europe faces the worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Click here to see a timeline of notable current events coming up this month.
For the first time ever, Putin has officially confirmed reports that he has operational boots on the ground in Syria. Wow.
This momentous admission means nothing on its own, but everything for those who understand Daniel 11.
Syria is not what matters here. What matters is that Putin has an occupational ground force inside the ancient Seleucid Empire, and he just admitted it.
This week is a milestone indeed and shows us without a doubt that Daniel 11 is fast becoming a reality.
Why is this so significant?
In Daniel 11, the angel (probably Gabriel) tells Daniel a prophecy that will occur around “the time of the end”.
Interwoven throughout the prophecy is the “King of the North” who was and is the occupational power of the area of the ancient Seleucid Empire which today includes Syria.
The King of the South is the occupational power of the Ptolemic Empire which includes the territory of Egypt.
Up till now, Russia had only asserted herself as the regional power via proxy. It would supply the Arab states with weapons and act as a diplomatic power broker on behalf of regional states. It also had some military bases in the region but was never actively participating in warfare.
However it wasn’t until yesterday that Putin confirmed that his troops are in Syria and are actively engaged in war against Syrias enemies, making it the first time that Russia has had an operational ground presence within the Seleucid empire bringing him a step closer to becoming the King of the North.
Why is this important? because Daniel 11 says of the King of the North in the latter day:
He (The King of the North aka Russia) shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt:
As you may have heard, along with a number of current events coming up in September, evangelical pastors in the US are warning that there will also be a “Blood moon” and a “Shemitah”.
Social media and news sites have jumped onto the evangelical bandwagon and responded with a great deal of alarmist material warning emphatically that a cataclysmic financial crisis will hit in September.
Conspiracy videos such as this are being shared on social media:
Jeff Berwick, founder of the Dollar Vigilante produced this video:
Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, the writer of “The Mystery of the Shemitah” is interviewed here on the Jim Bakker show:
This post does not assume or suggest that there will or wont be a global crisis of some sort this September, but rather that there is very little scriptural basis for these evangelical theories and in some cases they actually contradict our understanding of scripture.
For example. It has been traditionally accepted by Christadelphians that:
Revelation is symbolic not literal. However, the blood moon theory is based on a literal understanding of Revelation.
The moon that turned blood red in Revelation 6:12 is referring to political upheaval as shown by Bro. Thomas, not a literal blood red moon.
We must not look to the natural, but to the political universe for the interpretation of its ‘signs’
~ Eureka, John Thomas.
Below are three articles worth reading
The Testimony magazine recently published an article on the topic of the blood moons showing that the blood moon theory conveniently cherry picks data:
When you review the data it becomes apparent that there isn’t a pattern to base predictions on.
Mike Moore is the General Secretary of Christian Witness to Israel and he points out that none of the upcoming “blood moons” will even appear over Israel ;
The only eclipse of the tetrad visible in Israel will be the last in the series. It will take place at the Feast of Tabernacles on 28 September 2015 but when it is visible it will have almost set on the horizon and will be over in a matter of minutes. If you’re in Israel and you blink, you’ll miss it!
BiblicalIntegrity.org published a pertinent review of the best seller “Is the Shemitah Real?” by Jonathan Cahn:
That God expects or will impose a Shemitah upon any nation other than Israel has no scriptural basis. Neither do the Scriptures provide any indication that the Shemitah is some sort of universal principle that operates throughout or even at various times in history.
The most fundamental principle of the Christadelphian movement is to have a strong biblical basis for a scriptural belief before accepting it. The Blood moon and Shemitah (US) theories are based on data and observations largely constructed outside of scripture.
“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them”
~ Isa 8:20
“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.”
~ 2 Peter 1:20
Furthermore, if we believe or propagate the blood moon theory we imply that Revelation should be read literally. It is for this reason and others that these theories should not be entertained as part of our preaching efforts.
“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.”
A financial crisis has now become an increasing topic of discussion within MAINSTREAM media (Bloomberg, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal), not just the conspiracy theorist sites. Isaiah speaks of a time when there will be a financial crisis during or after the return of Christ.
Putin is facing arguably the toughest time in his 15 year reign. Political analysts say that he MUST act soon to do something to distract the attention away from Russias internal economic problems or he will be in trouble. There have been reports of Russia preparing for full scale war over the past few months.
The Pope is speaking at the UN next month to discuss “a new world order”
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