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Eerie front-page NYT story examines ISIS prophecies about an apocalyptic showdown
Joel Rosenberg Flashtraffic ^ | December 9, 2015 | Joel Rosenberg

Posted on 12/10/2015 8:31:52 AM PST by cdga5for4

Readers of this column know that I have been trying to draw the attention of leaders in Washington and Jerusalem, U.S. presidential candidates, journalists, Evangelical leaders, and the American people more broadly to the emerging threat of what I call “Apocalyptic Islam” of both the Shia and Sunni varieties.

My last series of political thrillers — The Twelfth Imam, The Tehran Initiative and Damascus Countdown — imagined a scenario in which Iran’s Shia Muslim leaders, driven by their genocidal belief in End Times Islamic prophecies, built an arsenal of nuclear weapons and set into motion a plan to annihilate Israel and the United States.

Now, my latest political thriller series — The Third Target (which was published in January 2015), and my forthcoming novel, The First Hostage (which releases December 29th) — imagines a scenario in which the leaders of ISIS are driven by a Sunni version of genocidal End Times prophecies to capture chemical weapons in Syria and launch a series of horrific attacks against U.S., Israeli, and Sunni Arab leaders. At the heart of the series is a fictional New York Times reporter trying to understand what Apocalyptic Islam is and get ahead of the coming attacks.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; lebanon; syria
Interesting blog from Joel Rosenberg. His new book, The First Hostage, releases 12/29.
1 posted on 12/10/2015 8:31:52 AM PST by cdga5for4
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So if the muslims lose the apocolypse, will they pack up and go home, or will they continue to be a pox on civilization?


2 posted on 12/10/2015 8:39:03 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: cdga5for4
8 US Code 1182 (Section a. Number 10, Paragraph f.)

Whenever the president finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, the president may, by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.

There's a reason this section of US law exists. This is not an EO or a SCOTUS decision, this is the law, and it is appropriate for the times that we live in.

3 posted on 12/10/2015 8:41:02 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: cdga5for4

ISIS stated goal is to kill at least 10 million Americans on American soil


4 posted on 12/10/2015 8:42:35 AM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
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To: dsrtsage
"So if the muslims lose the apocolypse, will they pack up and go home, or will they continue to be a pox on civilization?" ------------------------ It is kind of a winner-take-all proposition. FYI, a very good book to read on the subject of Moslem intentions is "Caliphate" by Tom Kratman. It was written about 10 years ago, and jumps between then and sometime in the late 21st Century. It is very, very entertaining and informative. Oh, and I'm not the author, have never met him or even exchanged emails with him - I just loved the book (got it for free on for my Kindle).
5 posted on 12/10/2015 8:47:37 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: cdga5for4
..a scenario in which the leaders of ISIS are driven by a Sunni version of genocidal End Times prophecies to capture chemical weapons in Syria and launch a series of horrific attacks against U.S., Israeli, and Sunni Arab leaders.

Sunni on Sunni?

For those that haven't seen it, there is a video produced in Iran about the 12th Imam and the "End Times". It was a TV show that was presented like a news program and went into great detail about the necessary steps that need to happen before the "Mahdi" would fully present himself.

I'm searching Youtube now for the link.

Some of the steps included a death of the Saudi King and Yemen playing a key role.

The prophetic interpretation or accuracy is irrelevant.

This propaganda was produced by the Iranian leadership for the Iranian people in order to make them believe and to make the 12th Imam prophecy, self fulfilling.

6 posted on 12/10/2015 8:55:59 AM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: dsrtsage

The real conflict will take place in the Valley of Megiddo (Israel).


7 posted on 12/10/2015 8:59:30 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: dsrtsage

When the Messiah returns it takes 7 months to bury them.


8 posted on 12/10/2015 9:05:11 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: dsrtsage
So if the muslims lose the apocolypse, will they pack up and go home, or will they continue to be a pox on civilization?

No. They'll be condemned to hell.

9 posted on 12/10/2015 9:08:04 AM PST by pgkdan (But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: cdga5for4
Graeme Wood had a nice piece about this from earlier in the year.

What ISIS Really Wants

10 posted on 12/10/2015 9:08:43 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Theoria

Yes, the Graeme Wood article is excellent.


11 posted on 12/10/2015 9:39:11 AM PST by cdga5for4
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To: huldah1776

I’m no Bible scholar; and it’s not clear that Yeshua Christ
will return at the same time frame as the battle and the
months’ long burials take place. - At some point, though,
Christ will split the eastern sky wide open, riding a white
horse, and thousands of his heavenly host will be with him
in all His glory. His feet will touch down on the Mount of
Olives which will cleave in two. - This world is getting in
a mess. I say, “MARANATHA”!! - Muslims have chosen the
pedophile imposter who taught killing, maiming, goat
abusing, child abusing. They have chosen wrong.


12 posted on 12/10/2015 9:58:18 AM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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