Prophecy Update: July 7, 2017

The world is concerned about two touch points that may start World War 3. The two places where most of the commentators talk about are Syria and North Korea. The Syrian war is 7 years old and the North Korean conflict is almost 70 years old. The Syrian war is of much more concern to Christians who watch for the Lord to come back because of its strategic geographical and cultural position. The current tension between Qatar and the Arab nations has increased the tension in the area. My concern is that Russia and China side with the Syrians and the North Koreans. That means that the US is at a disadvantage. The Arab press is calling it the beginning of WW3. Consider this recent headline:
“Saudi Arabia Vs. Qatar conflict may trigger ‘Mother of all Wars’ – World War 3 threat issued.” Qatar and Saudi Arabia have collaborated eight years ago to overthrow the Assad presidency in Syria and replace it with a Sunni Muslim leader that would allow the creation of a pipeline from Qatar to Europe, for the benefit of the Gulf countries. This war was started for the purpose of increasing oil and gas lines through Syria that would benefit Saudi Arabia and some Arab nations. That war did not go the way people thought. The problem on the way to winning the war was the Russians. The Russians are in Syria and that has put a stop to what the Gulf Coast nations wanted to accomplish. America did nothing to stop the Russians from moving into Syria. America showed weakness which has emboldened our enemies.

Now that the Saudi’s and the Qatari’s are at odds, the original reason for the war is in jeopardy. The reason is that the Saudi’s have moved closer to the Americans and the Qatari’s have moved closer to the Iranians. Now the claim from the Saudi’s is that the Qatari’s are using the Palestinians as pawns. A recent Saudi paper had this headline: “The Escalation In Gaza – A Result Of Qatar, Iran, Turkey Toying With Lives Of Innocent Palestinians.” The Saudi’s wrote “This conduct of Qatar and its allies, in Palestine and elsewhere, is despicable. How disgraceful it is that some are willing to toy with the lives of innocents and with the future of small children in Gaza in order to achieve political aims.” The problem with the Saudi complaint is that all of the Muslim nations have used the Palestinians as pawns in a big game to destroy Israel. The Qatari’s played both sides with the Saudi’s and the Iranians. The Iranians and Turks have come to the side of the Qatari’s.

“Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday reaffirmed Turkey’s support for Qatar in its dispute with four other Arab states, and said their demands against Qatar were unacceptable, Reuters reported.” The Turkish President last month claimed that he has never known Qatar to give support to terror organizations. That is a huge lie! Hamas is the sworn enemy of Israel and the USA and Qatar has supported them with millions of dollars. This has led to another problem in the world: Israel.
The Palestinians are using this turmoil to push the UN to attack Israel again. This is what the Palestinians did: UNESCO vote proves Israel’s Jerusalem narrative false. UNESCO has proved that Israel’s narrative with regard to Jerusalem is false, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas said on Wednesday after the World Heritage Committee disavowed Israeli sovereignty over the city. Once again the world is proclaiming that Israel has no right to the city of Jerusalem. “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and no UNESCO decision can change that,” the ministry said. US Ambassador to the UN has strongly condemned the anti-Semitism again. The PLO says that Haley is just anti-Palestinian. The [fn]burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Zech. 12:1-3 says, Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup [fn]that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.” This is happening now and the Lord is moving nations into position to fulfill this prophecy.

“Nothing is more disgraceful than UNESCO declaring the world’s only Jewish state the ‘occupier’ of the Western Wall and Jerusalem’s Old City,” said Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon. “No faux ‘heritage committee’ can sever the bonds between our people and Jerusalem.” Some of the responses from Israel and the USA show that the US is on its own being allies with Israel at the UN. “Instead of protecting hundreds of sites destroyed by radical Islam, including the al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul, UNESCO is acting against the only Middle Eastern country safeguarding all holy sites and granting worshipers religious freedom,” Bennett said. If the conflict in Gaza persists then it will lead to a greater conflict on Israel’s northern border with Hezbollah and Iran. Yesterday, UNESCO declared that Hebron was Palestinian and not Jewish. What lies and deception.

This can lead to WW3 because the players in the Middle East are also tied to allies in Asia. North Korea has allies in China, Russia, Iran,
Syria, and Turkey. The two conflicts could become linked. North Korea has helped the Iranians in their pursuit of a nuclear bomb. Nikki Haley said of the NK situation, “One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces,” she said. “We will use them if we must, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction.” Since diplomatic avenues of solving the problem have failed, only a military option is left to us. China took over the South China Sea and this has brought a lot of tension. As America has sent three aircraft carrier groups into the area, the tensions between the US and China are high. The US has challenged the Chinese and now the President said that China has not done anything to help with the North Korean situation. The NK launched a ICBM on July 4th and issued this statement, North Korean state media hailed the July 4 flight test as part of what supreme leader Kim Jong Un called a “gift” for “American bastards.” After the July 4 launch, the president tweeted: “North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life? Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!” The problem is that so much time has gone by that NK used to build nukes to use against all of her neighbors, it now necessitates nations to appease even more. When will the appeasement stop? The President of the US wants it stopped now.

“Trade between China and North Korea grew almost 40% in the first quarter,” Trump tweeted. “So much for China working with us—but we had to give it a try!” As the US moves to take the provocations of North Korea to the Security Council and put more sanctions on them, China and Russia do not like that so much. South Korea and the US launched their own missiles to show North Korea that they have some serious fire power to bring to bear on them. Flying B1B Bombers up to the border with NK, the US sent a powerful message of strength. The B1B Bomber is the most sophisticated bombers in the world. Without the Chinese and Russians, North Korea does not have a chance in winning a war. But, they can do a lot of damage, especially to South Korea. This is a very big threat to the South Koreans especially with the Japanese close behind.

Part of the problem in these conflicts is that the major powers try to make deals and the other nations do not care about the major powers. Do you think that Al Qaida, Al Nusra, ISIS, and the other host of jihadist parties out there care what America and Russia say? Yesterday, the US and Russia came up with another cease fire for Syria. None of the other cease fires lasted more than a day. Here is the headline: Partial ceasefire deal reached in Syria, in Trump’s first peace effort
By REUTERS July 8, the ceasefire is due to start on Sunday and was announced following Trump’s meeting with Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg. Once again they cry peace, peace and there is no peace! Pres. Trump in negotiating this deal is trying to keep forces away from Israel. I appreciate that and want Israel safe, but do you believe this is going to stop the likes of the radical Islamists? The key statement in the article is this and it is an understatement like none other: “Previous similar ceasefires have failed to hold for long and it was not clear how much the actual combatants — Assad’s government and the main Syrian rebel forces in the southwest — are committed to this latest effort.” Let me save you the time and energy, they are not committed to the cease fire and it will not make a difference.
One last thing, the battle against Israel in the churches is so despicable to me. Now the Mennonites have attacked the Jews in a despicable anti-Semitic decision: Mennonite Church USA Adopts BDS with 98% Vote. The resolution calls on members to “avoid purchase of products associated with the occupation or produced in settlements in occupied territories.” According to the UN Hebron and Jerusalem are occupied territories. The Mennonite church has just put themselves under the judgment of God because they refuse what God is doing, moving His people Israel back to the land. The war for these cities is right around the corner. Be ready to pray like never before.
Is.62:1 says, For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her salvation like a torch that is burning. Please pray with me that God will accomplish this verse soon. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.