It follows a survey on the political landscape in the Middle East that the usual sabre-rattling in the region has been raised a notch. We are well aware of these rants political and anti-Semitic of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and more recently Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan. But an interesting article today was that it seems to be showing that King Abdullah of Jordan now joined the growing chorus of threats aimed at Israel. Jordan is one of the two Arab countries with a "peace agreement" with Israel, the other being Egypt. King Abdullah was reported to have stated that Jordan was better without peace with Israel. The reports of the national news from Israel website:
King Abdullah Jordan has joined Arab saber rattling against Israel and warned that the status of Jerusalem could erupt into another war. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, also said that Jordan was better economically before he made peace with Israel in 1994.
Taking advantage of the diplomatic offensive led by United States against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the attitude refusal to Obama to Israel, said, "I think that overlapping that occurred between Prime Minister Netanyahu and I 10 or 11 years ago was not very nice." It was really the three most unpleasant months in the relationship between Jordan and Israel...Our relationship with Israel is a low bottom of all. "It was not so bad as it is today and as tense as it is today."
As we can see King Abdullah is trying to collect in the recent political spat between Israel and the United States. King Abdullah Jordan is like many other Islamists and want to get the most bang for your buck measure that increases the tension between Israel and the United States. Jordan figures which will be very important in any solution of two final State it will be the country with the most close proximity to any new Palestinian State. Jordanians also currently helping to "manage" the Temple Mount and the dome of the rock through the Islamic Waqf that was established shortly after Israel captured the eastern part of Jerusalem in the 1967 six-day war.
In the INN article, it seems that King Abdullah tried to repeat several times the threat that a Palestinian State was not setup to the West of the Jordan River and the status of Jerusalem decided that this could ignite the Islamic tension and frustration in the region. King Abdullah went to another State:
In the interview, he warned three times the lack of a new State of the Palestinian Authority to the West of the Jordan and failure to resolve the status of Jerusalem, according to Arab demands could ignite the wrath and Muslim frustration.
The King also maintains that "Jerusalem specifically involving Jordan because we are the custodians of the holy Christian and Muslim sites and this is a flash point that goes beyond relations between Jordan and Israel." King Abdullah nor the interviewer noted that Jordan deny access of Jews and Christians to holy sites when occupied illegally over Jerusalem, including the old city, the Temple Mount and wailing, between 1949 and 1967 wall. This was the result of his successful invasion of the troubled young State of Israel. Jerusalem was never recognized by any other nation as belonging to Jordan.
"Political confidence is gone", he said. "There is no real economic relationship between Jordan and Israel". "So economically we were best in trade and movement before that my father signed the peace treaty."
While Abdullah speaks of things as bad has gotten politically Israel, also noted that Jordan has begun to adopt a more inclined towards Syria, which as we know is closely aligned with invaders future Gog and Magog of Ezekiel 38-39. While the Islamic invaders of Ezekiel 38-39 are Russians led in Muslim countries, it should be noted that the major players of the coming Psalm 83 and 17 Isaiah conflicts are Arabic. This would appear to include all Arab countries of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and of course the various terrorist factions on the border with Israel. It seems to me that this rhetoric release by King Abdullah in Jordan potentially could be an additional indication and evidence that Psalm 83 and perhaps Isaiah 17 compliance are not far in the prophetic horizon.
King Abdullah was also quoted in reference to the growing ties between Jordan and Syria. These comments come despite the fact that Jordan is basically the simplest Islamic ties with Israel of any country in the Middle East. King Abdullah was also reported to they have said:
Although Jordan is considered the most warm relations with Israel, King Abdullah comments reflect a shift to warm relations with Syria. "We are sort of the Brigade of power... we and other countries, trying to see where issues of contention between Israelis and Palestinians and make the environment more friendly," he said. "Jordan relationship with Syria is better than it has been in a long time;" probably the best that has ever been, "he told the newspaper." "So the compromise now between the Syrian and Jordanian Government on economic cooperation are in a record".
In the course of the interview King Abdullah appealed again to the demographic card and noted that within eight to ten years to fifty per cent of Israel it was Arabic. While this demographic card has been played numerous times during the negotiations there is a lot of controversy over this claim and there is some evidence that Islamic births are really in the downward spiral while Jews born in upward. Abdullah rejected any suggestion that Jordan absorbs the Palestinians, this is ironic that Jordan is one of the main real origins of the Palestinian people. The truth is Abdullah is not interested in the absorption of the Palestinians and have them become rioters and create chaos in his Kingdom, nor is he interested in welcoming to Hamas and other terrorist groups that used to running wild in Gaza and the West Bank. King Abdullah is only interested in forcing Israel to make concessions to the Islamic global objective of the eventual destruction of the Jewish State.
It is my opinion that these unusual comments from King Abdullah of Jordan could be an indication that we are moving closer and more near the scene of the Psalm 83 and perhaps even for the fulfillment of Isaiah 17 as Syria has made recent announcements that do not sit still in the next conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. These threats and comments have the potential to bring the compliance of prophecies which directly toward the next period of tribulation will lead us and the revelation of the future Antichrist. But before the tribulation and Antichrist appear, the Rapture of the Church will mark believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to heaven before God's wrath spilled during the period of the tribulation of Israel impenitent sinners and unbelievers. With all the hoopla and threats occurs around the Middle East these days, I recommend that all you keep looking, that our redemption is approaching!
God bless you.
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