Posted on 09/14/2011 1:02:33 AM PDT by bibletruth
Psalms 83 represent the 10 nations against Israel during the Tribulation. Far too many people incorrectly identify the 10 kingdoms in Revelation 17 as the revised Roman empire; but if you study carefully an ancient map of the middle east, you will clearly see that all 10 of these nations surrounding Israel.
WONDERFUL presentation of Psalm 83 as a prayer for Israel:
http://www.acwitness.org/psalm83english.html
Thanks for the link!
Heres a few more facts you might find interesting!
Amman (Jordan) is situated on hilly area of north-western Jordan. The city was originally built on seven hills, but it now spans over an area of nineteen hills (each known as a Jabal, Tál, Mount or Mountain). The main areas of Amman gain their names from the hills and mountains on whose slopes they lie. The city's elevation changes from mountain to mountain. They range from 740 to 1400 m (20353610 feet).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman,_Jordan
This ones off the scale!
Find a map of the middle east, print it out then rotate it 90 degrees (so West becomes North) then check out Revelation 9.
Map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/middle_east_ref_july_2011.pdf
Revelation 9
7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like womens hair, and their teeth were like lions teeth. 9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
Now catalog the countries:
Horses prepared for battle: Turkey is the rider with upraised arm
Crowns of Gold: Sinai
Faces of men: Jordan
Womens hair: Lebanon
Lions teeth: Jordan
Breastplates of iron: Iraq
Wings: See no fly zone over Iraq
Scorpion tails: Somalia and UAE
Another interesting fact, the UAE buys more weapons from U.S. then Israel. Israel is fourth in the M.E. behind Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE then Israel.
And now on to Daniel 7
23 He gave me this explanation: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. 24 The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.
He will subdue three kings Egypt (weapons), Libya (oil), Syria? as always theres lots more!
Buckle up, cause the ride just gets wilder!
John Lennon
Also, compare the iron and bronze from Daniel 7 19 Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws.
With Nebuchadnezzars dream in Daniel 4 14 He called in a loud voice: Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 15 But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field.
Iron and bronze which is also what oil wells are constructed of.
Later
You gave perhaps the best answer on this entire thread, as it cuts to the core of the issue. The true purpose of prophecy is to exhort the Body of Christ to holiness and submission to the Father, knowing that the Father executes judgment in righteousness against those who oppose His will.
As it is written:
Psa 46:10-11 KJV - [10] Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. [11] The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
Wow!! Beautiful! Thanks so much, Quix!
DING DING DING DING!!! We have a winner folks! Pay close attention to Turkey in general and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in particular. He's shown some very interesting activity in the past few years which make me wonder. There's no doubt in my mind that Islam is the Beast mentioned in the Book of Revelation, but there's still things which I wonder how it will work out, like the little horn that uproots three larger horns. Which three nations are they?
The Arab nations involved in the Psalm 83 war will be totally defeated and complete non-entities by the time the ten kingdoms rise to their prophetic role.
Like Avalon Hussar (posting elsewhere on this thread) said, "The true purpose of prophecy is to exhort the Body of Christ to holiness and submission to the Father, knowing that the Father executes judgment in righteousness against those who oppose His will.
As it is written:
Psa 46:10-11 KJV - [10] Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. [11] The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah."
The Western leg of the Roman Empire has already returned in our generation. It is known as the EU or if you will, the European Union. As such let us look at what the scriptures point out to us about this last days kingdom.
The prophet Daniel points out that this kingdom will not hold together. Lets look at the EU.
First of all, the European Union is made up of the same nations that used to be in the old Roman Empire. At the current time there are 27 members.
Second, the EU has a group of nations that they now call The Ten. This group of ten nations took hold July 1, 2011. Revelation 17: 12-13 tells us ten kings would come from this kingdom. Daniel 7:24-25 shows us ten horns will come this kingdom of which the Antichrist will first subdue 3 kings. These horns are the same as the ten kings in the Revelation.
Third, Daniel 2:41-43 point out the following: Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potters clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. as noted in the above scriptures this kingdom will not hold together. All of these things I listed are the exact same things we see happening in this revived Roman Empire now. Here is the news today concerning the possible break up of the Eurozone nations. The headline to the report is entitled: Eurozone crisis could rip EU apart: officials
The eurozone crisis could wreck the European Union, top EU officials warned on Wednesday as the leaders of Germany and France held talks with Greece to avoid a default and widespread chaos. The pressure rose on all fronts with United States again expressing great concern, with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner saying European states "now recognise they are going to have to do more" to resolve to the crisis. Highlighting the threat to the global economy, Geithner is to exceptionally attend talks between European Union finance ministers and central bankers in Poland on Friday.
What I see is "I have a different take on this pre-mil end time thing and I'm proving my case by throwing aout a whole bunch of Scripture verses that seem to be related but really are not. Just don't look a the fine print and we will be all right." In other words, connect the dots...
http://runningfrombabylon.blogspot.com/2011/09/return-of-nephilim.html
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