APPETITE FOR WAR

A Palestinian public opinion survey carried out at the end of the summer’s Gaza war showed that Hamas is more popular than ever, and that most local Arabs are eager to continue the campaign of violence against Israel.

Conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, the poll began by asking respondents who won the latest Gaza flare-up.

An overwhelming 79 percent majority of Palestinians from both Gaza and West Bank said Hamas had clearly won the war, while just 3 percent said Israel had walked away victorious.

Despite the vast destruction visited upon Gaza, 94 percent of respondents said they were pleased with Hamas’ performance, and 86 percent would like rocket fire against Israel to continue.

Over 70 percent said they supported rocket fire from the West Bank, too, until Israel complies with Palestinian demands.

The poll revealed that if elections were held today, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh would easily defeat Mahmoud Abbas for the Palestinian Authority presidency.

ISIS or ISIL

ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or al-Sham. ISIL stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Levant describes a territory far greater than simply Iraq and Syria. The Levant today consists of the island of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey.

The Islamic State has warned Christians, possibly for the last time, saying "there is nothing to give them but the sword." Across Northern Iraq, Christians are huddled in refugee camps, trapped in the desert, or trapped in their homes, waiting for death.

Christians were warned to either leave the city of Mosul and other areas under Islamic State control, or they would have to pay a tax or be put to death. Today, nobody has heard from those Christians and nobody knows what is happening to them.

Are they being quietly "put to the sword" as this militant strain of Islam asks they be?

The Human Rights Watch reported on July 14 that homes in Mosul were painted with red letters to indicate Christian homes. Other homes of Shiite Muslims were also adorned.

Christians who have escaped reported being deprived of all their belongings except their clothes. Jewelry, money, automobiles, even food and water were confiscated on the edge of town as Christians were forced to pass through Islamic State checkpoints.

Most recently, thousands of Aramean families had already escaped the Mosul region to the Nineveh province, after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists rampaged the area. The Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of St. Matthew, including its fourth-century Monastery of Mor Matay, and other local dioceses have been closed.

The Nineveh plains are now emptied from its native Christians, who belong to the Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Chaldean and Assyrian (Nestorian) churches in the region. This is the second region that has been emptied from its Aramean population for the first time in its millennia-old history. Thus, an ancient civilization, cultural heritage and population have been destroyed and erased from Iraq’s future.

The majority, if not all, of the local Muslim population apparently did not fear their lives to abandon their homes, while the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters suddenly retreated. The withdrawal of the Kurds is striking, particularly in light of a similar situation that took place a few days ago where thousands of Yezidi men, women and children were abandoned and sacrificed to ISIS by the Peshmerga.

PUTINISM

Obviously we can read Putin's mind; he wants to regain all the former Soviet Republics. Putin is not a creator, but an opportunist feeding on what others have. Ukraine was once called the Bread Basket of Europe.

Putin is poor in legitimacy. He is poor in his ability to deliver goods and dignity for his people. But he is rich in brazenness. He is rich in his ability to play by the lawlessness of the jungle, so he wants the whole world to operate by jungle rules.

There has been a norm, generally operating over the past few decades, or even centuries, that big, powerful nations don’t gobble up everything around them just because they can. But this is precisely the norm that Putin is brazenly crushing under foot. If Putinism can effectively tear down this norm, more and more we’ll live in a world in which brazenness is rewarded and self-restraint is punished.

Then there are the Islamist movements like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. This movement is poor in offering a lifestyle that most people find attractive. But it is strong in spiritual purity, so it wants to set off a series of religious wars and have the world organized by religious categories.
ARMAGEDDON

Many prophecies come to pass. It would take us at least a week to go over all the Bible prophecies that refer to the current events.  The brutal evil deed of the ancients are upon us today. Time stopped and all clocks refused to move forward. The sun sets on humanity and stars don't twinkle anymore but weep for mankind.

God had destroyed the earth because of man's violence. Every imagination of their hearts was evil continually.

European and American youth converts to Islam, is being brainwashed and then joins ISIS. The resident in their genome ancient violence has never evolved. Progress, education and better understanding find no place in those people's brains. Bestial instincts cloud their brains. They are being financed by the super rich who are bored just having money, so they must play with it at the expense of other people until the monster they have been so luxuriously feeding will come to eat them. Once that happens all Muslims will make as their priority to overwhelm Israel with their numbers.

Missiles can be shut down. They know now that it is not as efficient way of destruction as they have imagined. Since they are suicidal anyway they will "martyr" themselves for their religion. Their misery is not the State of Israel but the inner turmoil and unceasing restlessness as declared by God regarding Ishmael.

[Genesis 16:12] 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers.

Muhammad did not bother to incorporate into Koran this part of the Bible. Christianity comes from the Jews and so does Islam.

Any nuclear warhead sent from Iran would be shut down with even a more sophisticated anti-ballistic system then the Iron Dome.

The Bible is clear about the masses.

[Joel 3:1-2; 12; 14-15; 19-20] For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, [2] I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land.

Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. [14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. [15] The sun and moon grow dark and the stars lose their brightness. [19] Egypt will become a waste, and Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood. [20] But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.

The Apple of God's Eye - Israel

The first ring of of the surrounding Israel nations is Egypt, Jorda Syria and Lebanon.

To the west the Northern African Arab countries. The second larger ring is Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan.

The third ring encompasses Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad and Libya.

These three rings will come against Israel. The remotest third ring (the remote parts of the north) is Gomer,  Gog and Magog. 

[Ezekiel 38:2-6] Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him [3] and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. [4] I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords; [5] Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; [6] Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops--many peoples with you.

Ancient Territories

The lands of Beth Togarmah and Gomer were the ancient areas of present day Turkey, which is moving back to its original Ottoman Empire Islamic roots. Once again Turkey is allying itself with the Islamic, which will seek to invade and destroy the nation of Israel.

Prophet Joel describes God's hook in the enemy of Israel mouth. And like beasts they will be drawn to their own extermination.

Muslims do not know the Bible as we do; and are absolutely uninterested in this Book Of Great Intelligence... lest they might lose their hateful spunk. They are willing to die for their ideals and love violence. Women are spoils of war to be traded like cattle although women gave birth to these beasts. This is something demonic and diabolical; Hitler-like. Like the Garasene man who was loaded with the dead souls of the Roman legion. This demonized man lived in the tombs displaying violence on himself. So it is the case now with ISIS. They have opened themselves up to the evil spirits conjured up by their spiritual clerics. Although Islam explicitly forbids learning, teaching and practicing magic” as well as consulting magicians, fortune-tellers and wizards still, Jihad is a form of witchcraft. As through witchcraft one seeks to control another; through Jihad one terrorizes another. Either way, fear is the tool used in both cases. Some reports say that Jihadists have stolen several commercial jetliners in Libya, raising concerns with intelligence officials about 9/11-style terror strikes as the 13th anniversary approaches.

For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem.  

This is the time of restoration of Judah and Jerusalem. Hamas leaders have declared that they are not after the lifting of Gaza's blockade, or easing any imposed by Israel restrictions (for security reasons), but their objective is Jerusalem.

[Zechariah 12:3]  It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

Clearly, we have the hook and the heavy stone Jerusalem. Not so long ago we could not imagine that missiles can be shut down the way the Israel's Iron Dome system does and the success has been phenomenal. If Teheran shoots a missile like the Russian-made SCUD Saddam Hussein used, such missile can be shut down over Iraq and Jordan by Israel's Arrow system. 

What is happening today is that both Hezbollah in the North, and Hamas in the south only test Israel's defensive capabilities. But the frustration mounts, and this frustration will eventually spill over on that fateful day at the battle of Armageddon, which has come closer than ever before.