Citing Middle Eastern Prophecy Being Fulfilled

PaulK has bumped forth this Lebanon propecy thread as an example of one of my old citings of Biblical prophecy which I have layed claim to being in the process of fulfillment in our times. Since as I stated, Lebanon is just one of the end time prophesied nations of the Middle East I think it best to open a new thread inclusive of all the players in the end times relative to Israel and the Mideastern nations of the region.This thread will focus mostly on the prophecies of Ezekiel but most likely will involve cross references to other prophets covering the events of these prophecies as the thread progresses. That is necessary in order to corroborate the evidence of the relevance of these prophecies to modern era fulfillment.Please understand that this thread is not to be focused on the nation of Lebanon, Lebanon being just one of the nations cited in the prophecy of Ezekiel. I've cited PaulK's message to note that this thread will be in lieu of a response to that message.The remarkable prophecies of Ezekiel beginning at around chapters 15 or so prophesy how Jehovah will punish Israel for allowing paganism to corrupt their monotheistic orthodoxy of devotion to Jehovah and his precepts. This he does via pagan nations which he allows to punish his people, Israel and Judah. Then he goes on to prophesy how after his people have been soundly punished and scattered into all nations he will go after those nations which have laid claim to the land of Israel and Judah which leads up to the restoration of the land, the regathering of his people to his land which we call Palestine and Israel etc.This will all involve wars between Israel and her neighboring nations who lay claim to the land. It will culminate finally in Ezekiel 38 and 39 with Armageddon when the nations surrounding Israel along with other nations of the world body, including North African nations which will attempt a Desert Storm kind of invasion. This is what is known as Armageddon. The invasion will commence with the invading nations enjoying some success when the 2nd advent of Messiah comes to effect the destruction of these nations as they begin to turn on one another (as Muslims do) and destroy one another. The nations of the East cross the Euphrates (dried up) at this time and get into the fracas.Chapter 39 states that the hills will be literally covered with dead bodies and weapons which all will take months and even years to clean up. The nations of the world are destroyed and as this corroborates with other related prophecies, the Times Of The Gentiles ends for the land of Israel and the old Davidic kingdom becomes that of Messiah Jesus who will rule and reign the planet rom Mount Zion, the Temple Mount at Jerusalem.The first nation Jehovah condemns is his own people Israel who have departed from his laws and followed false gods and doctrines This covers a number of chapters up to about chapter 25. There he begins prophesying against Ammon, Moab, Edom, all in the region of what we now call the Palestinians as well as the land of the Philistines which we now know as Gaza. These all are cited by the prophet Ezekiel for destruction because of their chiding with the nation of Israel. We witness the fulfillment of these prophecies as Israel finds it necessary to continually pound away at their cities etc as was the case in the recent Lebanese war and more recently in Gaza.Actually the more signifant prophecy of Lebanon is in Ezekiel 26 through 28 where Tyre and Sidon are cited for destruction for their role against Israel. Tyre and Sidon refer to modern Lebanon.Then in chapter 29 Egypt is cited. During the 1967 war we saw on TV and in Life Magazine, etc all the Egyptian army and air force pretty much wiped out by Israel. Today Egypt flourishes to some extent but as time goes on we will likely see things flair up again as Egypt sides with Israel's other enemy nations for her destruction and demise.Egypt is covered up to about chapter 33 where Jehovah turns to his people and his land. He rejects the shepards, i.e religious leaders of Israel who have become corrupt and seeks out his people in the lands to which they have scattered. He works to effect their change of heart and desire to return to their land.Chapter 35 becomes significant to today's events where Seir/Edom is addressed just before we come to the direct messianic restoration of the land and the regathering of the people to it. In this chapter Edom which is essentially the people we know as Palestinians. Note that in 35:10 these people, Israel's neighbors to the East lay claim to two nations, saying "these two countries shall be mine and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there! In other words, The Palestinians, followers of the Muslim god Allah are saying whereas Jehovah was there, we shall move in with our god Allah to possess Jehovah's land!Jehovah's response: After this chapter 36 prophesies messianic pronouncements upon the mountains and land of Israel that it will begin again to blossom and produce after nearly 2 milleniums of desolation. Chapter 37 prophesied the regathering of the people to the land. Chapter 38 prophesies gathering of world body nations into the Middle East as we see prevailing the news today. In this chapter we are given particulars of the siege, the invasions etc naming the prime participants and in 39 we see Armageddon involving the Muslim world as well of the huge involvement of Eastern nations of the Orient.

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