Prophetic implications of US
Middle East policies
The Middle East was a
big ticket item in the 1980 presidential election
between incumbent Jimmy Carter and challenger Ronald
Reagan. Carter had overseen, even encouraged in the name
of "democracy," the overthrow and deposing of the Shah
of Iran,
one of the staunchest non-Jewish US allies in the
region. The Islamists under Ayatollah Khemeni stormed
the American Embassy and took it and its people hostage.
This, and Carter's growing friendship with terrorist
Yassir Arafat, leader of the Soviet-backed Palestinian
Liberation Organization, ushered in the modern era of
Islamic terrorism. Yet, Carter won a 2002 Nobel Peace
Prize for his misguided policies in advancing peace,
democracy and human rights.
Some 30 years later,
radicalization of the Middle East continues with America's
help. The man who occupies the Oval Office has repeated
history on a much grander scale. The current
administration has publicly partnered with known
terrorist sponsor, the Muslim Brotherhood, and at times
America's enemy of the decade, al Qaeda, to overthrow
governments in the Middle East in the name of
"democracy." Now the entire Middle East from Libya
to Egypt
to Tunisia
to Yemen
to Morocco
to Syria
to Pakistan
is afire with vehement infighting and revolution. The
most common outcome is the positioning of anti-Israel,
anti-American Islamic Sharia Law governments rising to
power.
This, coupled with the
actions of the previous Bush Administration in Iraq,
Afghanistan
and in Israel
(by forcing the evacuation of Israeli settlers from Gaza
and democratic elections where terrorist were
legitimately voted into power) has made the world a much
more dangerous place, but has also advanced prophetic
fulfillment. The foreign policy objectives of the past
two White Houses has resulted in the elevation of
Islamic radicals to positions of power throughout the
Middle East. Meantime, there has been nothing greater
than lip service and useless sanctions put in place to
stop the Russian-China-North Korea axis from assisting
Iran in obtaining nuclear weapons and the missile
systems to deliver them.
The signs of the time,
in the very least, point to a type and shadow of the Day
of the Lord, if not the real thing. Isaiah 14:1 speaks
of the Lord having "mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose
Israel, and set them in their own land." Isaiah 17:1
prophesies "Damascus is taken away from being a city,
and it shall be a ruinous heap." As Iran is assisted in
its radicalization efforts directly or indirectly by US
policies, end time prophecies continue to align.
Directly North is Turkey, which has become more Islamic
and less secular. It was the last capital of both the
Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire Caliphate which
ruled much of the same territory as Rome
until the 1920s. Be watchful that you are not deceived.
Have a Blessed and Powerful
Day!