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THE CUTTING EDGE

NEWS BRIEF:  "The Final Phase:  Things Fall Apart", by J.R. Nyquest, WorldNetDaily, July 17, 2000.

"With Western economies in an especially vulnerable position with regard to Middle East oil output, it is more than a little ominous that Russia is beginning to mass 50,000 additional troops on its southern frontiers, which look down on the Middle East. These troop movements, announced on Friday and masked by a phony row between the Defense Minister and the Chief of the Russian General Staff, are supposedly linked to a series of bomb blasts that have recently rocked southern Russian cities. Kremlin military leaders are also pointing to an increased threat from Afghan and Chechen rebel forces in the Caucasus and Central Asia, respectively. But there may be more to it than that, because the Russians are now claiming that NATO has entered the Chechen conflict. This entire operation, said ITAR-Tass, was planned "by officers from the general staff of a certain NATO country." It is further alleged that Russian intelligence has intercepted radio communications between the Turkish military and Chechen rebel commanders."

For the past two years, I have maintained that the Russian battle against Islamic terrorists in Chechnya was staged and was as fake as a three dollar bill.  What the Russians have really been doing is to use this "war" as a smoke screen that could hide a huge buildup of military forces and of an even larger supply of materiel. Since Chechnya borders Georgia to the South, and Georgia borders Turkey on the South, Russia could not afford to lose Chechnya if she is ever to march into the Middle East one day; further, a "war" there would provide an excellent smoke screen to build up men and materiel without provoking any kind of public media outcry.

However, a look at a map of the region [http://encarta.msn.com/maps/mapview.asp?mi=T629449A&ms=1] shows that Russia cannot march into Iran, Syria, or Iraq without marching first through Georgia and then Turkey.  Since Georgia is controlled by old New World Order Illuminist Sheverdnaza, who was in the Cabinet with Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia can count on Georgia allowing its troops to pass through on the way to the Middle East. 

However, Turkey is a very different story, as its government is decidedly pro-Western and anti-Russian.  In fact, Turkey is a NATO member, and as such is supposedly the recipient of instant NATO military help in the event of an attack.  Turkey is also fighting a fierce internal battle against Islamic extremists; at one point, several years ago, Turkey was considered a very shaky regime, one that might actually topple to the Islamic extremists.  If these extremists were to topple the government in Turkey, they would welcome a Russian force marching through Turkish territory if it were on its way to attack Israel.  This is the geo-political reason Israel has been so aggressive in cultivating a relationship with Turkey, even to the point of selling its latest military arms to that nation.  Israeli generals and politicians can read a map as well as anyone.

Therefore, Russia would be highly interested in toppling the pro-Western government in Turkey, replacing it with an Islamic fanatical government that would closely resemble the Ayatollah regime of Iran during the 1980's.  With this thought in mind, let us return to Nyquist's article on WorldNetDaily.

"Last week military sources in Russia unofficially alleged that a NATO country was involved in the terror bombing of the central market in Vladikavkaz, and that this same NATO country was directing Chechen forces to launch diversionary attacks against Russian positions at Gudermes and Grozny. According to ITAR-Tass, the diversionary attacks were intended to facilitate the insertion of 1,500 rebel reinforcements that have been massing in the former Soviet republic of Georgia."

Now, Russia has unofficially accused Turkey of meddling in the "war" in Chechnya.  Such a declaration might be the beginning of real trouble and even an invasion of Turkey.  

RUSSIA LEADS INVASION OF ISRAEL!

Let us now reveal the prophetic truth that Turkey will be allied with Russia when Russian leads the attack on Israel in fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39.   

In Ezekiel 38-39, God foretells of a "latter day" invasion of Israel by a confederation of forces led by Russia. God states that several Arab nations will be part of the invading force. He states that these Arab nations will be: Persia (Iran), Cush (Ethiopia), Libya, and the House of Togarmah [Turkey].

A quick view of a world map [http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/is.html] will reveal that this invasion will be coming at Israel from both the North and the South.  Libya and Ethiopia will be invading from the West, marching through Egypt, and then up from the South.  Russian forces, along with those of Iran and Turkey, will be coming from the North.  Thus, to the outside observer, it will appear that the nation of Israel will be surrounded by hostile armies.  Remember this fact, because it will become very important just a little later in this article. 

Let us now examine this prophecy in some depth (Ezekiel 38-39)

Verses 1-2 -- "And the word of the Lord came to me:  'Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, of Meshech, and Tubal, and prophecy against him'," [Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]

This verse positively identifies the main protaganist in this invasion as Russia.

1.  The word, "Rosh" is the old name for the country we now call "Russia".

2.  The word, "Meshech" is the root form for the city, "Moscow"

3.  The word, 'Tubal" is the name of one of the main rivers of Russia and the Ukraine.  The Tubal River is still one of the most significant rivers in the world.

Verses 4-6 tell us that this is going to be a monstrous army.  God uses words like "a great company", and "Gomer and all his hordes", a "great host, a mighty army [Verse 15],  to describe the size of this military force.  This military force will appear to be invincible as it marches to the borders of Israel.

While Bible scholars are unsure about the exact timing of this invasion, other than it being "in the latter years" [verse 8], "latter days" [verse 15], and "latter days" [39:28], some scholars believe that this invasion must occur before the Antichrist "confirms the covenant " with the religious leaders of Israel. This invasion may be the trigger to begin the 7 Jewish years of the Tribulation Period.

The basis for this belief is Ezekiel 39:9, where God states that the people of Israel will not have to worry about gathering fuel for seven (7) years because they can just cannibalize the left-over remains of this vast army which God has just destroyed.  Since no one believes that anyone will have to worry about gathering fuel into the early months or years of Jesus' Millennial Reign, then this invasion and its bloody conclusion must be finished prior to the time Antichrist signs the Covenant of Israel, at which point the 7 years' Tribulation will begin. [Daniel 9:27]

CLARIFICATION AS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD -- 7 YEARS

How can this be, you say?  Doesn't the 7-year Tribulation Period begin the minute Antichrist makes his appearance, and begins his deceptive "signs and wonders"?

No, the Tribulation Period does not begin then.  It begins after he has convinced the Jewish Orthodox rabbis that he is the long-awaited Jewish Messiah.  No person, despite all his miracles, will be able to win the hearts of the Orthodox Jewish leadership, until and unless he "fulfills" all the Old Testament Messianic Prophecies and the Messianic expectations that have been generated by the false Rabbinic Tradition. 

Occult writers are aware of this fact, and have made elaborate plans for Antichrist to deceive the Orthodox Jewish Rabbis; they plan for Antichrist to deliberately stage all these expectations.  Peter Lemesurier, writing in his book, The Armageddon Script , acknowledges this to be a fact.  He lists all these expectations and the way in which Antichrist will fulfill them.

The point is, the world will pass through a period of at least a few months if not a year, between the time Antichrist arises and the time the Jewish Rabbis have officially declared him to be their Messiah, thus allowing him to confirm their national covenant.

Does the Bible allow for this scenario?  Yes, it does, in the fact that it does not forbid it.  In the passage of Daniel 9:27, where we see the official beginning of the 7-year Tribulation, we see no mention of of a time period between the appearance of Antichrist, and the confirming of the covenant.  However, such a   period is not forbidden in this Scripture.  Further, scholars know the Jews well enough to know they would never accept someone as Messiah until and unless he has fulfilled these Biblical and extra-Biblical expectations.

God sheds further light upon this subject in Daniel 7:7-8.  In this prophecy, God says that the actual appearance of Antichrist will be preceded by a global reorganization of 10 Super Nations, each with a leader.  Revelation 17:17 is a parallel passage, in which God reveals that these 10 leaders will be pursuing an active plan to gather all the political and economic power in the world for the express purpose of giving it to Antichrist.  We know this plan to be the New World Order Plan.  This means that, when Antichrist arises, all 10 of these Super Nations will announce that they are giving all their power and influence to Antichrist.  They will probably hold a joint news conference, with all 10 of the leaders present, along with Antichrist, as they hand him the keys to the world.

What a joyous celebration the world will give this event!  You will see exultant news coverage like you have never, ever seen before.

However, Daniel 2:40-45, God tells us that, in the background of this exultant celebration, all is not well in the newly created Kingdom of Antichrist.  In this passage, God tells us that this 10 Nation kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.  Its composition will be like that of part iron and part burned, broken potter's clay.  Since these two elements can never cohere, and since burned potter's clay is so fragile, when the weight of the global kingdom is actually placed upon this 10-nation structure, the whole thing will come crumbling down.  How will this disintegration occur?

In Daniel 7:7-8, we see the only sequence of events that might tell us how close Antichrist is to appearing.  Let us review these three sequential steps:

1.  Verse 7, Daniel sees the 10 horns [nations] forming.

2.  Verse 8a, Daniel sees another horn, a "little one" coming up after the 10 horns were established.  This little horn is Antichrist, as God confirms in 7:24-25.

3.  Sudden, cataclysmic destruction occurs, totally destroying three (3) of the original 10 Super Nations.  God does not reveal exactly who these three (3) Super Nations might be, but He does give us some really good clues as to who might be at least two (2) of the Super Nations who are to be destroyed.

POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF THE THREE DESTROYED SUPER NATIONS

1.  In Ezekiel 38:1-4, God reveals that the leader of this tremendous army marching against Israel in the "Latter Days" will be Russia.  The New World Order Plan reveals that Russia will be the leader of Nation #5 in their global reorganization plan.

2.  In Ezekiel 38:13, God states that Israel's allies at the time of this invasion do not aggressively move to protect Israel.  Rather, they meekly issue a diplomatic note saying, "Have you gathered your hosts to take your prey? To carry away livestock and goods, to take a great spoil?"  In other words, these allies of Israel will refuse to actually come to Israel's aid. 

Modern scholars have noted that the United States has historically backed Israel against Russia on several occasions since Israel's national rebirth in 1948.  In fact, President Nixon ordered American nuclear forces on full alert in the 1973 Middle East war, when Russia was threatening to go to nuclear, and had actually placed her atomic forces on alert. 

Therefore, in this instance, modern scholars ask, where is the United States here?  She is still dominated by Jewish leaders in President Clinton's Cabinet, and Jews are still very influential in elections in several key states like New York.  Even given President Clinton's obvious preference for all things Arab, it is not conceivable that he could allow a steadily-marching huge army coming at Israel from the North and the South without moving to protect Israel.

However, if the United States, as leader of NAFTA, were destroyed, then we would understand why the rest of Israel's allies will offer only a mild diplomatic protest as defense.

3.  One of the Messianic expectations Jewish rabbis have is that Messiah will deliver a Jerusalem surrounded by armies.  Jesus alluded to this belief in Luke 21:20, "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies , then know that the desolation thereof is nigh."  The context of this passage is the persecution of Jews in the Great Tribulation.  When Jews see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, they are to know that persecution is very close, and they are to flee.

Jesus has just enunciated the Messianic prophecy contained in Zechariah 12, where Jerusalem will be attacked and surrounded by armies, but God has promised to deliver the eternal city by His omnipotent power.

Now, I ask you a simple question:  when Antichrist is going about, deliberately "fulfilling" all Messianic prophecies so the Jewish Orthodox leaders will declare him to be their Messiah, how is he going to fake an attack on Jerusalem by encompassing armies, and the appearance of a Divine deliverance?

The answer is simple, but no one has apparently thought of it.

When the Russian-led armies move against Israel -- possibly after Russia has just destroyed NAFTA and right after Antichrist has arisen -- she will lead an army that will march from the North and from the South.  The Libyans and Ethiopians will comprise the Southern armies, while the Russians, some Europeans, Turks and Iranians will comprise the Northern armies. 

Just before God destroys the entire armies surrounding Israel, Jews will see that they and their beloved city, Jerusalem, are surrounded by armies.  They will be looking for their Messiah to deliver them in accordance with Biblical prophecy.  And, they will have an obvious Messianic candidate, who has been running all over Israel, claiming to be their Messiah, and fulfilling all Messianic prophecies.  All Jewish eyes will be upon him to see if he can deliver Jerusalem surrounded by armies. 

This will be the final, acid test.

Further, from the moment Antichrist arises, he will make his headquarters in Jerusalem.  For him to be declared the Jewish Messiah, he could make his headquarters no place else.  Therefore, when the armies approach Israel's borders from North and South, tensions in the office of Antichrist must be very high.  After all, Russia has just annihilated the United States, Canada, and Mexico [NAFTA} and has probably destroyed one other Super Nation. Now they are obviously out to destroy Antichrist himself and take control of the world for Mother Russia.

Antichrist will probably be filled with unbelievable rage because the leaders of Russia have gone back on their long-standing plan to support Antichrist when he arose.  How dare they move so quickly to destroy the 10-nation consortium that had been so carefully planned for so long, and had been so beautifully executed?

But, Antichrist must also be full of fear and foreboding.  He has no nuclear arsenal to match that of Russia, nor the means to deliver it.  Without the United States, Russia and China are King Kong , and China is making no sound way over there in the Orient, as her appointment with Jerusalem is at least 7 years away.

When God intervenes to annihilate Russia and all her accompanying armies, as He promises to do in Ezekiel 38:16-23, and in chapter 39, the peoples of the world generally and the Jews specifically, will credit Antichrist !  The Jews will say, "My goodness, he did deliver Jerusalem from encompassing armies".  Since Antichrist had already "fulfilled" all the other prophecies and Messianic expectations, the Jewish Orthodox leaders will waste no time pronouncing him to be their Messiah. 

Then, and only then, will they allow him to come to the conference table to "confirm the covenant", thus beginning the 7-year Tribulation.

HOW DOES RUSSIA NEUTRALIZE TURKEY, CAUSING HER TO CHANGE TO ISLAMIC FANATICAL GOVERNMENT THAT WILL INVITE RUSSIA TO CROSS HER TERRITORY?

The most obviously simple plan would be to foment such a terrible Islamic revolution within Turkey that the pro-Western, pro-Israeli government would be overwhelmed. This scenario would prevent Russia from attacking Turkey from without, thus triggering a NATO response.  Russia has been aiding the Islamic Fundamentalists for years, nearly toppling the Turkish government several years ago. 

What one key event might so outrage Turkish Arabs so greatly that they would unite as never before and cause such havoc as to overthrow the current government?

I think the bombing of the Dome of the Rock would be exactly the kind of unifying event that would cause all groups of Turks to unite to overthrow their present government.  When the Palestinians bomb the Dome of the Rock [Read NEWS1404 for full details] and blame it on the Israelis, the entire Arab and Islamic world will explode as one!  No Arab will ever believe the destruction of this 1,400-year-old shrine did NOT happen by Jewish hand, and certainly no Arab will ever believe the Palestinians blew it up in order to instantly unite all of the Arab world like never before.

ARAB GOVERNMENTS WILL HAVE THE MOST TO FEAR FROM THE FLOOD TIDE OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, TRIGGERED BY THE BOMBING OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK

And it will unite the entire Arab world.  One of the major problems facing Islamic Fundamentalists in their genocidal campaign against Israel is that they can never be united.  Most of the Arab governments in the Middle East have been moderate to liberal, not Fundamental Islamic.  Therefore, most governments have repressed fanatical Islamic extremists to one degree or another.

When the Dome of the Rock blows up, however, the dynamic forces throughout the entire Arab world change instantly!  For the first time ever, since Israel became a nation in 1948, the fanatic Islamic fundamentalist will command the loyalty and fervent passions of every Arab in the world.  Even moderate Arabs will be radicalized, to the point of fervently following the goals of the Fundamentalist Islamic leaders.

Every moderate to liberal Arab government will instantly be under attack, and my guess is that every one of them will fall to the hatreds and passions of the fanatics.  I would believe that, suddenly, every Arab government in the world will be fervently anti-Israel and will gladly join in the "Jihad", holy war.

Thus, the current governments of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Turkey will come under the greatest attack of their history, and will probably fall to the extremists.  Israel will suddenly find her agreements with Egypt and Jordan to be null and void.  She will discover that the Arab extremists in Turkey have not only toppled the current government, but have possession of every piece of military equipment Israel has ever sold her.

This kind of Islamic uprising is precisely what the Palestinians, under the leadership of Arafat, is counting upon.  They believe that the entire Arab world will never unite as one against Israel unless something like this event occurs.

ILLUMINIST SECRET HAND IS BEHIND THE DOME OF THE ROCK DESTRUCTION

But, as we demonstrate in NEWS1404, the bombing of the Dome of the Rock is really an Illuminist plot.  Why would the Illuminati be so interested in uniting the Arab world? This question is especially pertinent when you realize that Illuminized Jews were responsible from the beginning in 1897 in the first Zionist Conference, all the way to 1948, when Israel became a nation.  Furthermore, every single Israeli Prime Minister has been Illuminist.  Why, then, would the Illuminati be so interested in fomenting the type of conflict in which a mere 6 million Jews would suddenly be pitted against one billion Arabs?  Might not this type of conflagration cause the violent death of the entire nation of Israel?

Yassir Arafat certainly seems to think so.  But, how does the Illuminati justify deliberately creating the very event which will unite the Arab world as nothing else possibly could, and threaten the existence of a nation led by Illuminists?

The answer is simple, and yet profound.  The Illuminati plans the elimination of all Arabs , every single one of them, because they are fervently Monotheistic and could never accept the claims of the coming Antichrist.  The Illuminati has provided Israel with atomic and neutron bombs, which Israel will certainly use in this upcoming battle.  But, the Illuminati has also supplied Israel with the latest in exotic weaponry, Beam Weaponry using HAARP technology.  We have noted in HAARP articles that particle-beam technology has been perfected that would allow a "death-ray" to obliterate every living thing within the prescribed area. 

New Age author Jerry Smith, one of the authors writing about HAARP weaponry technology, told me in an email in 1998 that American forces had experimented with this particle-beam technology in the Gulf War in 1991.  Large 2 1/2 ton trucks have been outfitted with particle beam weapons.  Israel has used the Oslo Peace Accords to legalize the Palestinians' enclaves within Israel and to discourage Jewish citizens from living there.  Many Jewish citizens have been invited by their own government to leave, and resettle in a Jewish community.  Many Jews have done just that. 

Hebron is a good example.  When Israel turned this city over to Palestinian rule, the paper said that over 40,000 Arabs lived in Hebron, and less than 1,000 Jews.  Therefore, if Israel can just get those 1,000 Jews out, they could have a clear shot of annihilating the Palestinians with particle beam weaponry.  This weapon is so devastating that it will allow 6 million Jews to win a battle with one billion Arabs.  Truly, God's prophecies about Israel winning against such large odds in the End of the Age are coming true today.  Truly, all the prophecies about Judgment at the End of the Age against every Arab nation are coming true, and in a most unexpected manner.

Watch the Dome of the Rock .  When it blows up, the entire Arab world will be reunited as never before, and Islamic extremists will begin their charge against liberal or moderate Arab governments.  If Turkey falls to extremists, then the prophetic scenario of Turkey joining the Russian-led invasion of Israel in fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39 will be reality.

Truly, these events demonstrate once again that we are truly at the End of the Age.

Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.