As you can tell, I love Bible prophecy. It is clear that the Middle East is following the long-ago prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and company. Bear in mind that the Bible is an Israel-centric, Middle East centered document. Everywhere else is described as islands or coastlands.

The Jewish Press is an American-based, obviously pro-Israel, newspaper and website. They are not pro-Christian as is Israel Today. Rachel Levy (what a Biblical name) has written an interesting summary of what is going on in the Middle East today.

Ms. Levy makes these points:

• “At least 3,000 Tunisians have flown to Syria to join the ISIS terror organization,” and now ISIS has a presence in Tunisia, just east of Libya.
• “ISIS made its ‘debut’ appearance in [Libya] with a public seaside beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian laborers.” Libya is just east of Egypt.
• “Egypt is facing one of the toughest fights of its life in the Sinai Peninsula as it battles a budding invasion by ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Iranian proxy groups, (including) homegrown terror cells and disgruntled Bedouin tribes.”
• “Gaza has been controlled since 2007 by Iran‘s proxies who include Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and in a consultant position, Hezbollah.”
• “Syria was the little ticking time bomb that appeared to have set off this entire conflagration. Syria is no longer really Syria; it is now divided up into cantons, each of which is governed separately by various emirs and such. Many report to ISIS already. Some report to Al Qaeda.”
• “Iraq was the first to fall to ISIS; its border crossings with Syria and Jordan were easy prey for the terror group. Iran easily persuaded the government that its was better off allowing its Islamic neighbor to “help” it fight off the Sunni threat than to place its trust in the American administration that had abandoned its ally.”
• “Lebanon has been swallowed by ISIS, Palestinian Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades linked to Fatah, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.”
• Jordan is facing an existential threat on its borders with Iraq and Syria due to ISIS having captured border crossings on both, and the presence of Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards along the border with Syria.

“Finally, there is Turkey. It’s odd how few actually discuss what’s happening in Turkey, a NATO member who has provided free passage to literally every single terrorist group that has requested safe passage through its country, even into Syria to reach the ISIS capital of Raqqa. Turkey is the ultimate “Casablanca” of today’s Middle East. Muslim Brotherhood officials are warmly greeted by their supporters there. Hamas has a new international headquarters in the country, Fatah and other Palestinian officials are always welcome, and ISIS operatives move across the border to bring imports (brides and other ‘items’) to Raqqa with no trouble at all.”

To read the entire article, please click HERE.

Ron Taylor commentary:

Have you noticed that all of these countries surround Israel? That is a clear pattern. Ms. Levy is describing Bible prophecy without intending to do so.

Turkey does not border Israel as do most of the above named countries. Turkey and Iran are the two largest military forces in the Middle East today. Turkey, supposedly linked to Europe and the U.S. by NATO, is the facilitator. Iran is the financial supporter and arms supplier of all the terrorist groups named above.

The famous prophecy of Gog and Magog is found in Ezekiel 38 and 39. Here are some of the characters found there:

• Meshech and Tubal – sons of Japheth (Genesis 10:2) probably lived in what is now Turkey.
• Persia is Iran.
• Ethiopa (the upper-Nile region) is modern-day Sudan.
• Put is Libya.
• Gomer - son of Japheth (Genesis 10:2) probably lived north of the Black Sea (Russia and Ukraine).
• The House of Togarmah is Armenia (borders Turkey and is in Russia’s sphere of influence).

Israel is surrounded. The characters named in Ezekiel’s prophecy are actively supporting the enemies of Israel. This is not rocket science. Something is shaping up, and it was prophesied 2,600 years ago.

Remember the metaphor of the pregnant woman used by the Lord Jesus, the Apostle Paul, the Prophet Isaiah and others. The pregnant woman knows she is expecting; she does not know the day or the hour. But it is obvious when the day is near. Of course, we do not know the day or the hour, but things are getting real pregnant.

“Amen. Even so, com Lord Jesus.” – The Revelation 22:20