ARTICLE - 10/18/07
by Terry James
Key players in world diplomacy continue to beat the drums for peacemaking while the entire Mid-East region overtly prepares for war. Such dichotomy would in any other region of the planet perhaps be a non sequitur. But, in Middle Eastern doings there does seem to be a convoluted logic that one does follow the other. Efforts at peace and at the same time preparation for war isn’t overly strange, when considering the history of the geographical area called the “Holy Land”. Bible prophecy forewarns as much. Issues of war and peace, according to the prophecies, are scheduled to contrast starkly one against the other, the deeper into this pre-tribulation era mankind advances. Jesus said about such a time: “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars…” (Matt. 24: 6a). The great apostle Paul foretold a time when peace will be a thing desperately yearned for by Israel: “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (1Th 5:3).
There is to be a cry for peace, and there will be a prince who will step from the shadows of the rulers of the darkness of this world system. He will have the answers to the impending war-making. The “prince” who will come forth as a great leader on the world stage is seen in Daniel 9: 26. Again, using the Scripture we look at so often, we see, through prophecy, this coming statesman of luciferian royalty: “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate” (Dan. 9:27).
So, you say, "Yes…yes…we’ve gone over and over this so many times. So, why go over it again?"
Good question…
Reports crash against our visual and auditory senses every hour, alerting us to the buildup of war. So much so, that many who aren’t interested in Bible prophecy have become callous to all the news. Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad –the man who recently was allowed to speak at Columbia University—framed the war-threat. The same man who was praised by some as wanting peace said about the nation Israel and her allies:"The creation, continued existence and unlimited (Western) support for this regime is an insult to human dignity…The occupation of Palestine is not limited to one land. The Zionist issue is now a global issue."
Ahmadinejad's remarks were made before millions while Iranians held protests across Iran in objection to Israel’s continued control of Jerusalem. War is in the making, considering Syria’s threats, Iran’s rabble-rousing, and the enraged hordes in Gaza and throughout all of Islam in the Middle East and beyond. Rumors of conflict are almost certainly more than just that, with Israel and the U.S. reportedly planning surgical strikes following Israel’s IDF Air Force probing, possibly having destroyed some of Syria’s key air defensive and offensive capability. The scent of war is in the air above the plains surrounding Megiddo –and earth’s “peacemakers” fear that Armageddon approaches.
The drum for peace is sounding with greater volume, too. The west’s machine of diplomacy is on the march, sensing the dangers of the bubbling Middle East cauldron, even if most of the civilian populations of America and Europe hide their collective heads in the sands of doing business as usual. The diplomatic elite have at the heart of their ideas about keeping the Middle East at a low simmer, toward the objective of achieving true peace, the one thing God’s Word assures will prevent the region and the world from achieving peace. Bottom line is that they are determined Jerusalem must be divided, which equates to poking God in the “apple” of His eye.
They use “retired” diplomats from among their illustrious ranks to do the grunt work --to keep the negative heat off of themselves –the active members of the diplomatic corps.
“Five former State Department and Pentagon officials are proposing Israeli and Palestinian capitals in Jerusalem and excluding Arab refugees from returning to Israel as part of an Middle East accord. In a six-page policy statement submitted to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, they also suggested a series of peace conferences following the one she hopes to convene next month, probably in Annapolis, Maryland, near Washington” (Associated Press, Israel News, Oct. 4, 2007).
Now to see the importance of mentioning yet again the prince that shall come of Daniel 9: 26-27. That future and worst of earth’s tyrants will one day beat the drum for peace as no other purveyor of phony peace has ever done. He will make Adolf Hitler’s putting one over on Britain’s Neville Chamberlain look like a childish prank. Most of the world will fall for the beast’s latter-day “peace in our time” ploy.
The vital thing to notice is that the news is flowing in confluence now. The peace planning by the joint American/European initiatives, with Tony Blair the point man on site in the Middle East, combined with the dynamic rearrangements that continue within the heart of the EU are, in my view, of profound significance.
“A European parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved plans to reduce the overall size of the parliament and allot fewer seats to 17 of the 27 EU member nations in the next legislature. The redistribution of European parliament seats is one of the last hurdles to be overcome as member states finalise a reform treaty to replace the rejected EU constitution…” ("Plan for 17 EU nations to lose seats in europarliament," Oct 2, 2007, AFP News).
EU nations continue to suffer loss of sovereignty, with the elite planning to prevent, through nefarious manipulations of national rights, citizens’ ability to vote on Members of the European Parliament by selecting candidates from among their own countrymen.
“The committee also envisaged electing a proportion of MEPs through transnational elections or lists, rather than the current system of elections in their own nations” ("Plan for 17 EU nations to lose seats in europarliament," Oct. 2, 2007, AFP News).
Antichrist’s incubator, the evolving European Union, continues to take shape. Drumbeats of the coming of the peace that will destroy many (Daniel 8:25) are incessant in the ears of this generation for those who will hear. Preparations are being made for the latter-day fuehrer to confirm the covenant that will bring the wrath of God upon Planet Earth.
SOURCE: Rapture Ready