REVELATION: 16-12. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.Posted on 08/10/2009 10:08:48 PM PDT by TaraP
Syria is experiencing an economic holocaust. There is no other way to describe what the Syrian regime is so much trying to hide.
The country is drying up, and no less than 250,000 farmers were forced in the past three years to abandon their land and migrate to the large cities. They live in tents there, completely neglected by the regime. These figures appeared in a special study undertaken by the United Nations and published on the al-Arabiya website.
The immense Euphrates River, Syria’s main source of water, is drying up.
The Turks are stopping its water in their territory, so that Syria and Iraq are receiving a declining portion of the water. Within about 10 years, the river is expected to dry up completely outside Turkish territory. Today already, it reaches Syria with contaminated water and therefore its fish, an important source of livelihood, is becoming extinct.
As result of the drought that had been plaguing Syria for several years now, another important Syrian water source, the Aasi (Orontes) River, is drying up as well. Its water is becoming saltier and increasingly contaminated, and its fish are dying off. And without fish, there is no livelihood. Entire villages fed by its waters for hundreds of years are simply being deserted.
Ground water in the country had reached such nadir that it is no longer possible to use the roughly 420,000 illegal wells dug by residents over the years. If there is no water, there is no agriculture; people proceed to leave the village and move to the city. As there is no work there either, the distress is terrible and political pressures builds up.
Many of the farmers leaving their villages are Kurd, which makes the problem an ethnic one. The Kurdish refugees accuse the regime of doing nothing for them. For several years now they have been living in thousands of tents near the big cities without being addressed. REVELATION: 16-12. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
Huh?
INDEED.
You’re awesome, Tara, and I’m glad you posted this article.
I follow Joel Rosenberg’s blog, and as I excerpted above, he mentioned a Times article about it too, and the NYTimes even quoted Scripture, Revelation 16:12, in that article!
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rev%2016:12;&version=48;
It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee, folks:
Get right with Jesus, be one of the five handmaidens who didn’t fall asleep watching for the Bridegroom, in Matthew 25.
Quote,
Matthew 25
1”Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
4but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6And at midnight there was a cry made: `Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.’
7Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
8And the foolish said unto the wise, `Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.’
9But the wise answered, saying, `Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.’
10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, `Lord, lord, open to us!’
12But he answered and said, `Verily I say unto you, I know you not.’
13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.
END QUOTE
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mat%2025;&version=48;
Link to Joel’s site,
http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/
and link to the particular article I mentioned,
Because Israel became a nation in 1948 and that has great significance in the end times prophecies. Just ask God to show you the truth about these things. It’s important in these times to know what’s really behind all of the current events, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. Israel is the pivot point.
Amen, RC. God uses foolish people to bring about His purposes.
We don’t know it NOW but if we keep watching the signs, He will let His people know, just like He always told His faithful followers of things to come. We may not know the exact hour but we will know the season. And the season is coming quickly.
And don’t you think God could have used the Turks to do just that? He’s certainly able and probably will use faulty humans to bring about his purposes.
What are you talking about? Did you even read my post(s)?
Ugh, nevermind.
My,aren’t you pleasant today...
Very interesting, I ever thought about where the Mississippi started.
I didn’t see the spring, but I did see the lake and even walked across the Mississippi at its source. But I didn’t walk on water, mind you.
Nope.
News to me.
Fascinating.
Would be interesting . . . particularly prophetically.
Would they dare use Islamists for that?
Now, now.
We usually don’t expect leopards to change their spots!
And may God purify all the hearts of those who seek Him with the least bit of authenticity.
Otherwise, we’d all be lost.
Ah, hope is eternal, LOL.
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