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It seems scripture says that Damascus will fall into ruin and no longer exist as a city.
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Damascus ruins[/caption]Isaiah 17:1
The oracle concerning Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city
And will become a fallen ruin.Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been attacked and conquered a number of times in its long history. Yet Isaiah prophecied that it would fall into ruin and no longer be a city and clearly this has not happened yet.
Today Damascus like much of Syria is being bombarded by shells, bombs, and bullets, in a vicious civil war, Will Damascus fall as a result of this war? It certainly could. But there are other explanations. It could for example fall at the hands of Israel. If we read further into scripture, we know that Ezekiel talks about a war between Israel and Gog and Magog. And they attack Israel at an opportune time when their villages are unprotected which could be a result with a conflict between Israel and Syria.
We will obviously have to wait and see how these scriptures play out and in what order, but suffice to say that Damascus will be ruined to the point it will no longer be a city according to Isaiah. This has yet to be fulfilled and today we see major conflicts in this region with not only neigbouring Syria in turmoil, but threats of Iran wiping Israel off the map coupled with accusations that they are developing nuclear weapons. All the while Israel is surrounded by enemies and is very nervous.
Besides all these events happening today, is there anything else pointing to out time as being the time sopken of by Isaiah and Ezekiel. Yes there is another sign pointing to this time. There is an astronomical sign happening this year and next that could point to something serious happening to Israel and the Jews. Read the post “Four Blood Moons“.
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More Damascus ruins[/caption]Below are some pertinent snippets taken from Ezekiel 38 & 39 regarding a future conflict that takes place in the last days.
Ezekiel 38:8-12
8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them. 9 You will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”10 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan, 11 and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, 12 to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.’……………..
14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army; 16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”
I will hopefully add more about the Ezekiel scripture later as there is more to this story.
Isaiah 17:3Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
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The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria:
they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.Ezekiel 47:18Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
So maybe as in 17:2 Damascus shall be a pasture land for flocks forever in the millenium ? I might just ask God if I can go there and be a shepherd instead of being a priest or ruling over others with an iron rod. Being a shepherd sounds more peaceful to me.
Life in a rebel-held area of Damascus, as seen through the eyes of 15-year-old AmiraWatch more: http://bbc.in/1RgPCPv
Posted by BBC News on Monday, 30 November 2015
Now that the US has struck the Syrian regime with missiles, could this ultimately lead to the prophesied destruction of Damascus?
Isaiah 17:1
The oracle concerning Damascus.
“Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city
And will become a fallen ruin.The Destruction of Damascus:
Isaiah 17:1 Damascus will cease to be a city, she will be reduced to a heap of ruins forever desolate. Animals will live there, undisturbed.
Jeremiah 49:23-27 Of Damascus: The Syrians are covered in confusion, for they have heard news of a coming disaster, they run around in fear and trembling and panic grips them. No more joyful songs or celebrations are heard in her streets, because on that Day her young men will fall and soldiers will lie still in death. The Lord says; I will kindle a fire inside Damascus and it will devour her strongholds.
Amos 1:3-4 For crime after crime of Damascus, I will give them no reprieve because they oppressed My Land with malicious spite. Therefore I will send fire to consume her strongholds.
Zechariah 9:1-2 The Word of the Lord comes to the lands north of Israel and it will soon come upon Damascus. For to the Lord belongs all of that area and even though the cities of Lebanon have become rich, He will strip them of all their possessions and break their power. A devastating fire will devour them all.
Ref: REB. Some verses abridged and paraphrased.
All these prophecies tell of the soon to happen destruction of Damascus, Syria.
Note that in all cases, they go on to talk of other nations who are also affected by this fire judgement. Isaiah 66:16 In particular Isaiah 17:4-6 says how Jacob, that is: the 10 tribes of Israel- now the Western nations and the 2 tribes of Judah now the current State of Israel, will lose their strength. It seems that most of the world’s military forces will be destroyed. Isaiah 34:2-3, Hosea 2:18, Micah 5:10-11
Although the Sixth Seal, the next prophesied event to happen according to the sequence in Revelation, does not mention fire as the means of punishment, [there is nothing in Revelation 6:12-17 to say how it will be carried out] we can ascertain the details from parallel passages like: Isaiah 34:2-4, Isaiah 2:12-21, Joel 2:1-11, Malachi 4:1 and especially 2 Peter 3:7 & 10.
Notice in Jeremiah 49:23, how everyone knows what is coming. This can be explained by the 24 hour period between the initial flash of a Coronal Mass Ejection sunstrike and the arrival of the main mass of superheated plasma. Ezekiel 7:10-19
That it will be a single Day of destruction is confirmed by the use in every case of the Hebrew and Greek words for a 24 hour period and this fits how a CME will hit the earth and then continue on into outer space. Isaiah 63:4, Joel 1:15
Ref: logostelos.info
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