The current unrest and rebellion in a number of Middle Eastern Islamic states will lead to the coming of the "lawless one", the "other prince" revealed in
Daniel 7:7-25; 8:9-12; 8:23-25; 9:26-27; 11:36-45; 12:7;
2Thessalonians 2:2-12;
Revelation 9:11; 11:2; 13:1-5; 17:8-14
This Islamic "little horn" will emerge at the beginning of the coming 70th week decreed for Israel [
Daniel 9:24-27] and the Lord's hour [time] of trial and judgment against an unbelieving world .... his revealing will be by the workings of Satan.
He will appear in the north central sector of the Middle East and he will proceed to capitalize upon the Islamic masses who are currently engaged in attempting to overthrow established autocratic governments.
These who are striving to escape years of the suppression by dictatorial kings unknowingly seek a different form of the same that will be the stride of this coming theocratic evil tyrant who will unite them into a confederation of transgressors that will follow him
Islam will be his cult religion and the two major divisions of Shiite and Sunni Islamic persuasion [
Revelation 13:11] will at first clash with one another, but will ultimately be united into a unified confederation which will invade and occupy Israel, Jerusalem, and the temple mount [
Psalms 83;
Ezekiel 38;
Daniel 2:33; 2:41-33; 7:7-25; 11:40-41;
Revelation 13:11-18]
At the same time these will seek to eliminate the Israelite nation and to gain world domination, and they will cause great upheaval and destruction of the rest of the nations of the world during a period of unprecedented deception, vexation, and horror [
Daniel 11:40; 11:44;
Revelation 13:14-15; 17:16-18; 18:1-21]
All of this will be a part of the Lord's visitation [
Psalms 2;
Revelation 3:10; 6:12-17] to punish the earth dwellers who have refused to believe the truth about Him and He will give them the devil [
1Thessalonians 2:2-12;
Revelation 12:7-9; 12:12]
Jesus Christ will then turn on this beast [in the little horn] and his followers and destroy them at Armageddon [
Psalms 83;
Ezekiel 38; 39;
Joel 2; 3;
Micah 5:5-6;
Zechariah 12;13; 14;
Revelation 14:14-20; 16:1-16; 19:11-21]
Observation of the current Middle East setting reflects the coming biblical description of the unfulfilled portions of visions of the Bible prophets for the time of the end of this present age
The individual rebellions of today's Middle Eastern states are workings of sinister satanic forces through Islamic terrorist factions who will end up being drawn by Islam's coming "Mahdi" to serve him in his quest for world domination [
Daniel 11:36-45], but these are heading for a confrontation with Jesus Christ, the King of Kings who is coming to the earth to take back what is rightfully His [
Ezekiel 39;
Daniel 2:44-45;
Micah 4; 5;
Revelation 10:7; 11:15-18; 12:10; 14:7; 16:1-16; 19:11-21]
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