The Iraqi War

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The Iraqi War
An Update on how the war is goingand Seeing the
war through the lens of scripture
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The Many Questions

• Was the War Wrong?
• Were we misled by the Bush Administration?
• Was Iraq involved in the 9/11 attacks?
• Did the Terrorists and Al Qaeda have ties to
  Iraq?
• Did Saddam Hussein have weapons of mass
  destruction?

For a thorough and balanced assessment of these
and other questions go to this Website
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Did President Bush lie?

• Over 3,000 American Soldiers have died since the
  war began over five years ago are their deaths in
  vain?
• Is this war another Viet Nam?
• Is this war really about oil?
• Has our country become more or less safe?
• Are we winning in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Angered about it?
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• Who has the most to gain or lose depending upon
  the wars outcome?
• Are the media covering everything and letting us
  decide or are they interpreting the news for us?
• Are we being told only what others want us to
  know? Is the war on Terrorism being defined
  properly?
• Will we be able to leave Iraq and not cause a
  civil war or chaotic conflict that eventually
  will lead to a stronger Terrorist organization?

winners losers
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What about Iran?

• Not only is Iran heavily involved in undermining
  Iraq so is Syria, what should be done to address
  their rising threats to stability in the Middle
  East and the world?
• Iran has become more aggressive and is being
  supported and supplied nuclear technology through
  Russia, the prospects of Iran possessing and
  using a nuclear weapon is drawing close.

Iran has already threatened to use it
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The Middle East is centered around Israel and the
Israeli-Arab conflict

• This is a battle that began with Abraham in the
  birth of Ishmael and Isaac. The rivalry between
  two half brothers and their descendants.
• It is a conflict over two histories and two
  different religions and two different promises
  (Covenants) (Gal. 421-31.)
• There is far more involved here than just feuding
  peoples the conflict strikes at the very purpose
  of life, the identity of God, and what is the
  truth.

Which is the son of promise?
Isaac or Ishmael?
Is the Bible right or the Koran?
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The Bible gives us signs, warnings, and a
prophetic picture that is centered around Israel
(See End of Age Prophecies on this DVD).
Who is this small nation? What significance do
they represent? Why are the Arab (Islamic)
nations so threatened, so incensed, and so
determined to annihilate Israel?
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The Jews they are known almost everywhere upon
the face of the earthwhere they had been driven
by Gods judgment against them (for disobedience
rejection of His Covenant with them) yet God
promised to bring them back to their homeland in
the last daysThey began to return in mass in
1948 when Israel became a nation again for the
third time.
Ancient Prophecies fulfilled...
Jews returning from four corners of the earth!
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God's Chosen People?

• Why did/do so many want to destroy them, (The
  Roman Empire, past Roman Catholic Popes, European
  Kings, Czars of Russia, Hitler of Germany and now
  the Arab/Islamic nations)?
• The answer to this question lies in the spiritual
  war that exists between God and Satan. Satan (the
  god of this world) wants to destroy Gods
  chosen people who were CHOSEN to bring in the
  SAVIOR JESUS! (Big problemthe Jews as a nation
  rejected Jesus)
• God has promised that there will always be a
  remnant of His chosen people on the earth! And
  someday (in the last days) the nation of Israel
  will finally recognize Jesus as their Messiah!

God told Abraham Gen. 123 I will bless those
who bless you, And I will curse him who curses
you And in you all the families of the earth
shall be blessed."
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Israel to Return to their Land

• In 1948 Israel became a nation once again after
  nearly 1900 years in exile. According to prophesy
  they will remain now until the Messiah comes.
• The conflict is the enemies of Israel have pledge
  to wipe them off the map of the world. This
  hostility is fueled from Satanic hatred through a
  false religion that claims Judaism is wrong.
• Iraqs role has been to partner with other
  Islamic nations in a confederacy to destroy
  Israel. However, now since Saddam Hussein is
  gone, and in agreement with prophesy, Iraq is not
  a participant in the final war of Gog and Magog.

What is Gog and Magog?
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• Question "What are Gog and Magog?"Answer
  Prophetically, Gog will be the leader of a great
  army that attacks the land of Israel in the end
  times. Gog is described as "the prince of Rosh,
  Meshech, and Tubal" from the north, "the land of
  Magog" (Ezekiel 382-3). The prophet Ezekiel
  prophetically describes Gog attacking Israel with
  a powerful force (Ezekiel chapters 3839).
  According to this prophecy of Ezekiel, Gog will
  be defeated by God Himself on the mountains of
  Israel. The slaughter will be so great it will
  take seven months to bury all of the dead
  (Ezekiel 3912). The book of Revelation also
  mentions Gog and Magog (Revelation 207-8). The
  prophecy in Revelation is essentially a
  restatement of Ezekiel's prophecy.Magog was a
  grandson of Noah (Genesis 102). The descendants
  of Magog settled to the far north of Israel,
  likely in Europe and northern Asia (Ezekiel
  382). Magog seems to be used to refer to
  "northern barbarians" in general, but likely also
  has a connection to Magog the person. The people
  of Magog are described as skilled warriors
  (Ezekiel 3815 393-9). The book of Revelation
  uses Ezekiel's prophecy about Magog to portray a
  final end-times attack on the nation of Israel
  (Revelation 208-9).

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The History of the World began in the Middle East
and it will conclude there
Gog Magog Alliance from Ezekiel 37-39 Magog,
Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal Russia former Soviet
Republics Persia Iran Cush Sudan,
Ethiopia Put Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia Gomer
Turkey, Armenia, Asia Minor Countries with
Mountainous border with Israel Syria, Lebanon,
Jordan Sheba and Dedan Saudi Arabia, Yemen,
Oman, and Gulf States Many peoples with you
Other Islamic nations

• The Garden of Eden most likely was located in
  Iraq.
• The final conflict of this age involves Jerusalem
  in the battle of Armageddon.
• A supernatural intervention will occur by God to
  prevent Gog and Magog (and allies) from
  destroying Israel (Ezekiel 37-39).
• These prophecies written thousands of years ago
  are being fulfilled in today's headlines.

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There is also another hidden war going on behind
the news

• Muslims are turning to Christ in large numbers
  for the first time since Islam has dominated the
  Arab world.
• There are fantastic reports of conversions,
  visions, and dreams, as literally hundreds and
  thousands across the Middle East are turning the
  Jesus.
• This is also true in Iraq and most of these
  conversions have occurred after 9/11!

Surprise Conversions to Christ?
Source Epicenter, Why the Current Rumblings in
the Middle East Will Change Your Future Joel C.
Rosenberg
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Jews are turning to Christ in preparation of His
return

• Many Jews are realizing the prophecies of the
  Messiah have been fulfilled in this Jewish
  Carpenter named Jesus.
• The Jewish nation is experiencing dramatic and
  prophetic prosperity with peace while at the
  same time continual and growing threat of
  annihilation from its enemies.

Turning to Christ
Destruction
Peace
Two Prophetic End of Age issues for Israel...
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Russia is interwoven today with Iran, (Syria,
Libya , Ethiopia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) and the
coalition of Islamic nations surrounding Israel.
Israel is indeed the Epicenter of the worlds
attention because there is far more at stake than
land, peoples, and oil, it is a Gods Issue!
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Iraq

• Saddam Hussein had painted on one of his palace
  ceilings a depiction of him riding into Jerusalem
  on a white horse with the Islamic armies
  destroying Israel.
• Yet, the prophetic picture of Ezekiel does not
  include this long time enemy of Israel in the
  alliance with Gog and Magog.
• There is another picture

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Iraq aligns with the West, Israel, Egypt,
Morocco, and prospers in the end times

• One prophetic picture describes the return of the
  city of Babylon to prestige and greatness. The
  nation of Iraq being restored to prosperity and
  growth.
• Iraq will form a strong, stable, and decisive
  central government. Iraqs military will succeed,
  the insurgency will be crushed and support for it
  will evaporate, and foreign terrorists will stop
  flowing into the country.
• In short, Iraq will emerge as an oil superpower,
  rivaling Saudi Arabia.
• The above nations are not destroyed with Gog and
  Magog and her allies

Iraq rebuilt prospering
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Right nowIn 2008 Iraqi and the US coalition
forces are winning the war.

• The people of Iraq are turning in the extremists,
  Al Qaeda and other radical groups are losing
  support all across the nation. As one military
  intelligence officer wrote That is why we have
  won this war already and it is just a matter of
  time with continued withdrawing supportI think
  the Iraqi government can handle it, actually.
• Iraqs military is beginning to exert its muscle
  and authority in Basra, Mosul, and other
  terrorist breeding grounds.
• The Iraq economy is growing exponentially as one
  America Pilot reported, the night lights were
  scattered and few, today the lights reveal
  cities.

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The Temple Mount the Middle East Trigger Point

• The Third Temple will be re-built however, every
  Muslim Nation has vowed to fight to the death if
  it is donewhy? A third Temple would strongly
  validate Judaism and their Old Testament claims
  verses the Islamic claims and the Koran.
• The Second Coming of Christ is portrayed by Him
  riding on a white horse with the armies of the
  Lord by His side (Rev. 1911). He is coming to
  Israel to defeat the armies of the antichrist
  arrayed again to destroy the Jewish homeland.
• Ultimately Jesus is coming to THE THIRD TEMPLE
  from which He will reign for a 1,000 years on
  earth.

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From Heavens Point of View

• General Georges Sada reports that Muslims in Iraq
  are turning to Christ. (Epicenter pp 203)
• A small revival has occurred since 2002 because
  the fall of Saddam Hussein, the window of
  religious freedom, and the people being turned
  off to radical Islam.
• Where only a handful of Christians existed now
  ten thousand do and many have gone public.
• Remarkable stories of healings, visions, and
  dreams have also brought about conversions. Many
  Muslims have reported having dreams of Jesusthen
  coming to Him.
• The War from Gods Eternal perspective has a
  different motive God not only wants a tyrant and
  mass murderer removed, religious freedom, and a
  threat to peace in the Middle East gone, most
  importantly He wants people to find Christ and
  salvation!

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Conclusion

• No matter what side one was on concerning the
  Iraq war there are eternal values in the lives of
  Muslims turning to Christ as a result. This is
  far more important than the temporal issues we
  are fighting over.
• Prophetic fulfillment is also in play considering
  that Iraq is NOT a part of the Russian Iranian
  alliance that will lead to Gog and Magog battle
  predicted by Ezekiel 37-39.
• And finally, the Iraqi war and subsequent
  occupation although difficult is now turned in
  favor of the coalition forces because Iraqis have
  turned against Islamic extremism. The Iraqi army
  has also responded to become strong enough to
  defend and provide for its own security.

Good News!
We are just beginning to here about this in the
news...