Chance (15 Dec 2024)
"HTS - Not Just Another Terrorist Group - They Have Eschatological Goals"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
Looks like the leader of the new terrorist group (HTS) in charge of parts of Syria has threatened to go from the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (the site of Islam's first caliphate) to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to the Kaaba at Mecca in Saudi Arabia.  With the plan for creating an Islamic caliphate.
 
HTS's goal wasn't Damascus - it was the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
 
This mosque is the fourth most holy side of Islam.  And according to a hadith - this is the site where Jesus will return from heaven, appearing on a white minaret, at his second coming.  He will return shortly before the Day of Judgement.  
 
Muhammad Jawlani, leader of HTS, is very much in line with Islamic eschatology - he fights "in order to return God's authority to Earth" and his groups first video "alludes to important Islamic eschatology and heritage sites such as the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus....the main media outlet will be called al-Manarah al-Bayda (The White Minaret), the name of the place where hadith literature notes that Jesus will descent to fight the Dajjal (false porphet).  The fighters of HTS swear religious allegiance.
From Global Jihad to Local Regime: HTS Builds Different Forms of Legitimacy | The Washington Institute
 
With the Umayyad mosque in their control, they are emboldened to continue on to bring the top three most holy sites of Islam into their caliphate. Their swift victory over Assad's kingdom will only bring more to fight for this cause.  They are on a holy mission from god.
 
HTS's message to the Islamic world and the West couldn't be more clear.  They want to take the four holiest sites of Islam and create the last, greatest Islamic caliphate.
 
HTS - the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant:
 
This organization is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) or the Organization for the Liberation of the Levant - they are Sunni Muslims (The Levant is the east coast of the Mediterranean from Greece to Egypt; Obama (Muslim Brotherhood) often referred to Israel and the surrounding countries as the Levant); their leader is Abu Muhammad Jawlani - a Sunni Muslim.
 
His swift shock offensive against Syria resulted in Assad fleeing the country for asylum in Russia.  And Syria falling to the HTS.  HTS is a 'collection' of various fighting/terrorist groups in Syria.  HTS split off from al-Qaeda back in 2017.  It's income has been primarily from the oil fields/petroleum.
Many are saying that the U.S. is behind the swift victory of HTS, to a certain extent, and 'removing' Assad was with 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' plan.  This certainly didn't work when the U.S., under Obama, created ISIS.
 
How much the U.S. knew of HTS's plans to overthrow Assad, how much they helped, how much they funded is yet to be revealed.  
 
U.S. Funding of Islamic]Terror Organizations:
 
Why is the U.S. backing, funding, arming groups/organizations that the State Department has labeled as "terrorist organizations'?  The U.S. has a history of supporting terrorist organizations in the Middle East. 
 
After HTS toppled Assad, Biden called this "a moment of historic opportunity"..."Biden said the end of al-Assad's presidency was in part due to the US support for Israel's war on Gaza and its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as support for groups in Syria and Iraq that weakened Syria's closer ally, Iran."  "The uphsoot of all of this, for the first time ever, neither Russia nor Iran or Hezbollah could defend this abhorrent regime in Syria."  "Make no mistake, some of the rebel groups that took down Assad have their own grim record of terrorism," he said.  A senior US official quoted by Reuters, however, said that HTS was "saying the right things."
 
Was this "U.S. official including Abu Muhammad Jawlani's rant about liberation of the Levant?  And taking Jerusalem and then Mecca??  (The Biden administration is no friend of Israel's.) Does the Biden administration even know about Islamic eschatology, Islamic caliphates, or even Christian eschatology?  They seem clueless/blinded.
 
The Afghanistan/Taliban Debacle:
 
Back in 2021, the U.S. military under the U.S. State Department/Antony Blinken carried out a disastrous pullout from Afghanistan. And ever since then, the U.S. has been sending billions to Afghanistan.  A country under the control of the Taliban.  Who took over as the U.S. pulled out.
 
Even though the U.S. has no embassy in Afghanistan.  The U.S. has no presence in Afghanistan - the U.S. taxpayer is paying for billions in 'aid' since the U.S. military pulled out and left billions in military equipment for the Taliban.  It's probably safe to say that all the money the U.S. and the U.N., etc. are giving to Afghanistan is going right into the coffers of the Taliban.  And the U.S. government knows it.
 
December 2024:
 
December 2024: Blinken was grilled by the House Foreign Affairs Committee (I think these Representatives felt emboldened to call out Blinken because Trump's coming back into office.)
'You're A Disaster': Blinken Yelled At, Grilled Over 'Disastrous' Afghan Exit, Taliban Return - YouTube
run time 5:14
 
 
 
April 2023:
"..the U.S. may have provided billions in taxpayer dollars to the Taliban and Afghan terror groups since the withdrawal of American troops..."
U.S. taxpayers may be funding the Taliban and Afghan terror groups, watchdog says
 
 
The U.S. is funding, supporting, arming the enemies of America and Israel.  The U.S. has a nasty history of this.
 
The Fall of Syria - Another Debacle?:
 
And now, after the fall of Syria to yet another terrorist organization, the new leader is planning on creating an Islamic caliphate - starting at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria.
 
Jordan may also be in the sights of HTS as Jordan is ripe for rebellion against King Abdullah.  And then Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muahmmad Bin Salman isn't on good relations with the Saudi younger generation concerning reforms and Western attachments.
 
Why The Umayyad Mosque?:
 
The Umayyad Mosque is also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus and is located in the old city of Damascus.  It is one of the oldest mosques in the world.  Tradition says that John the Baptist's head is buried at this mosque.  It started off as a temple to the god of rain during the Iron Age. Then under Roman rule is was converted to a place of worship for Jupiter - the Temple of Jupiter - the god of rain/thunder.  Then under Christian Byzantine reign, it was turned into a cathedral under the Bishop of Damascus.  In 634 Damascus was conquered by Muslims, who took the cathedral and demolished most of it and erected a mosque. And in 661, the Islamic Caliphate made Damascus the "administrative capital of the Muslim world.
 
This mosque is the fourth holiest site of Islam.  According to one hadith, "the Great Mosque of Damascus is the site where Jesus will descend from heaven at his Second Coming, appearing on a 'white minaret'."
Umayyad Mosque - Wikipedia

 
So HTS (Sunni) has control over the fourth holiest site of Islam, and have their sites on the other three:   Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem which is the third holiest site, the Kaaba in Mecca, which is THE holiest site of Islam - the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and the Prophet's Mosque, al-Masjid an-Nabawi, in Medina, Saudi Arabia, the second holiest site.   In Mecca is the Kaaba - a large black cube called the sacred Black Stone.  Kaaba means "House of God".  (See my other letter today on Saturn.)  
 
Jerusalem Is Next!:
 
We can easily see that Israel is on the pathway to Saudi Arabia with Mecca and Medinia.
'Jerusalem Next': Syria HTS Chief Julani Vows to Capture Al-Aqsa & Mecca|Next War In Israel & Saudi? | Watch
 
This last week I heard that Israel was 12 km from Damascus and Israel was bombing Syria's chemical weapons.  "Israel said it has struck chemical weapons stockpiles, and Israeli troops crossed into Syrian territory for the first time in 50 years after an Islamist rebel force seized the capital, Damascus, on Sunday and toppled President Bashar Assad."  Israel hit "strategic weapons systems, including stockpiles of chemical weapons and long range missiles and rockets in order that they will not fall in the hands of extremists."
Israel attacks Syria's chemical weapons, sends troops into buffer zone
 
With HTS in control of Islam's fourth most holy site - the mosque where they believe Jesus will descend at his second coming.  His coming will be a "sign of the approaching Day of Judgment".  They are emboldened with their swift victories to continue with their goals of Jerusalem and Mecca and Medina.
 
To Islam:  "He (Jesus) will "be a just judge.  He will make right judgement between the truth and falsehood.  He will break the cross, kill the pig and will remove the jizyah." That is, he will "correct the false doctrines and beliefs that are common about him and his teachings among his followers  and many of them will follow him. Thus the followers of the Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Jesus will be united into one Ummah and there will be no need for jizyah (payment for non-Muslims)."  Jesus will fight the Dajjal (the false Messiah) and will kill him near Jerusalem. 
Facts about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ | About Islam
 
Israel is watchful of HTS - it's not a secret what Abu Muhammad Jawlani  said- they want an Islamic caliphate that stretches from Damascus (the 4th holiest site) through Jerusalem (the 3rd holiest site) to Mecca/Medina (the 1st and 4th holiest sites). If HTS takes up headquarters in Damascus and Israel knows they are planning massive attacks on Israel - maybe with leftover Syrian chemicals that the IDF did not hit - Isaiah 17 could happen soon.
 
The 'turning of Damascus into a ruinous heap' will turn Islam's fourth most holy site into a heap also.  That wont sit well with the Islamics...towards whoever does this.
 
HTS is made up of various terrorist factions, all wanting an Islamic caliphate.  More and more groups may join HTS as they have secured massive victories against the Assad reign and ousted Assad.  Making this Islam's last and greatest caliphate - the one that takes all the holy sites of Islam.  And removes Israel from the map.
 
Are we seeing beginnings of the Last Days in the Middle East with the formation of this caliphate?  Does HTS help bring the Islamic hordes against Israel?  Turkey is backing HTS - maybe from Turkey comes Gog in the Gog and Magog war.
 
Interesting timing with everything else that's going on.
 
I doubt they are stopping with Damascus.  Jerusalem is next.
 
"HTS claims Damascus is just the beginning...HTS militants recently declared that after entering the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus they aim to conquer Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina and the Kaaba in Mecca."
'Jerusalem Next': Syria HTS Chief Julani Vows to Capture Al-Aqsa & Mecca|Next War In Israel & Saudi? - video Dailymotion
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance