Drought is no doubt an unheard of situation in the thousands of years worth of Syrian history. Furthermore, the flow of the Euphrates has been a constant over the millennia, it hasn’t gone up and down with shifting weather patterns and agricultural usage. Although I have become inured to the shock of seeing otherwise intelligent Christians unquestioningly pick out bits and pieces of prophecy whenever they see the slightest similarity to the events around them.
Name another occasion, of the Euphrates drying up, eclecticEel. The written history of mankind is at it’s oldest in exactly this region, so certainly you can provide evidence.
Biblically speaking, this occurred only once previously, allowing Cyrus and his armies to invade Bablyon, again in accordance to prophecy, from centuries before.
As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
And Jesus answered them and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. “For many will come in my Name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
“For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes, “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Matthew 24:3-8
And in the Gospel of Luke Jesus says, “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Luke 21:25-26
Remember, the people who live in Ankara now have power 24/7.
No, “intellegent Christians” are too busy trying to get SUV’s off the road because they believe it’s Global Warming doing this.
It’s called being aware...