The Islamic empire The ABSOLUTE TRUTH is, that God the Father has sent His Son to the world. Six hundred years later, the devil invented the ultimate deception - the Islam. If the devil would know the plan of God, [of God becoming flesh (John 1:1,14, Phil 2:6-11) and not holding back death, in order to be a ransom for us (Matt 20:28, 1 Tim 2:6)], he wouldn't cause the Son of God to be crucified (see 1 Cor 2:8). BUT now it is too late. Halelu-Yah!!! Copy-opposite So now, the devil could make a copy of the Truth (a replacement of the Truth - a Forgery) and has put himself as god, as the creator (but not as the Father) and he also has a "top messenger" for the world: Muhammad (but he is not as a beloved son. See 1 John 2:22). In order to become a Muslim, one needs to declare: "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger". [compare John 17:3]. This is the copy of the True Light, but the exact dark opposite. It's like a "negative film" or a "total inversion". It's the "anti thesis" of the Truth, or the "anti Christ". It is the highest level of deception, that could ever be. This biggest deception is the most evil lie, which the devil could come up with, because it imitates and perverts the Truth itself. And the Truth is Jesus - the Savior of the world! Because this lie is based on the ultimate Truth, it is seductive and deceives people so much, so that they are ready to give their lives for this god and to do his evil will. This makes him literally - the killer of the world! Severe deformity of the Word of God The devil didn't forget to invent a deception for the written Word of God: the Quran! LIFE and DEATH According the Truth, God died for men. According the "copy-opposite", men die for god. It is all about LIFE and DEATH! The god of Islam knows very well the Power of Christ, which is in His death and His resurrection. In the Kingdom of God, Jesus died for us, so that we can have the real life with joy and peace.

We have the privilege to die with Christ and live with Christ (Romans 6:4,8,11,

2 Cor 4:10), we give up garbage and get gold. We give up our old fleshly desires and live the New Life. We die to this world and the world is dead to us (Galatians 6:14). God created us for this New Life - it's like in our DNA. Therefore, the god of Islam also promises "a wonderful life" if being killed for the cause of the Islam or by killing Infidels (non Muslims).

In the True Light, DEATH is not an option, but only LIFE. In the darkness, LIFE is not an option, but only DEATH.

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In the Kingdom of God, we are called to be martyrs everyday for the lives of others. We are supposed to die daily (Luke 9:23). It is the way of "LIFE multiplication" and growth of the Kingdom (John 12:24). The Islam made a deceptive copy out of it: The Islam calls to give up life for the "holy causes" of Islam in order to gain a wonderful life after death, which is obviously a lie. That is to die for a lie and to kill for a lie - no live is coming out of a lie. Therefore, it furthers DEATH and darkness on the earth more than anything else. Jesus versus the false prophet what happens when people become real imitators of Jesus? what happens when people become real imitators of Muhammad? This two options are the clash of the end-time, which the Bible is focused on. It is not possible to find "acceptance" and "unconditional Love" of the Father in Allah and by following Muhammad. Neither true Hope, Joy and real Peace, could be found in Islam. The Muslims adore Muhammad and follow his footsteps. To say something against his teaching could be considered as blasphemy. They would not admit, but Muhammad is like god, or almost like god, for them. The evil and its peak The devil's goal is to annihilate the entire human race!!! People were created in God's Image and that's the reason why the devil hates all of us so much! The devil hates God and all His Creation, because the devil is darkness - the opposite of the True Light of God. - How is the devil able to kill? The devil and all the fallen angels (demons) "talk" to people and give them bad ideas. The people listen to them and are used by the demonic realm as a conduit, to do their will in our physical realm on earth, as it is in Hell. In this way, the devil makes people angry, envying, rebellious, hating, vindictive, lying, selfish, manipulating, stealing, killing and destroying. He wants people to become like him and act like him. Hell is moved and controlled by fear. And control is gained by fear. There is no trust in Hell and "fear" could be the second name for Hell. - Till now he didn't annihilate the entire human race, so why would he think to succeed in the future? The peak of Hell's success on earth, would be a scenario like the Holocaust of Nazism, but even in a bigger scale; and this peak will come just before the end ("You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come... And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." Matt 24:6,14). This terrible period (tribulation) is the darkest time ever existed (see Matt 24:21, Daniel 12:1).

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Multitudes will be killed in just moments and the brutality, like beheading, will raise up an unbearable fear (see Rev 20:4). The monster This "evil peak" will rise up as the "monster". A siege of the devil keeps people down and away from the Truth (which could make them free) and it's a preparation time, to sow fear and confusion, to rise up the level of hatred, revenge & Distrust - for the benefit of the uprising blood thirsty "monster". The world is doomed to make mistakes: either to fight the monster (probably the devils preference), to surrender to the monster, or to fear it and not to disturb it. The world is confused and is being held down by dominions and powers, which exist due to lack of peace, rest, hope & trust; and due to pride, greed & selfishness. These are obviously displayed in forms such as: religions, cults, secret power cults, humanism, politics, ideologies, philosophies, disputations, conflicts, wars, global money control systems, slavery, etc. Everyone is part of it, because the whole world is under the control of the evil. "We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life." (1 John 5:19-20). "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever." (1 John 2:15-17). The last "chapter" of the human race will begin as the "monster" will begin to strike. Its goal - is to annihilate the entire human race!!! The human race is not capable to survive by itself. This will be proven by the tribulation period. Smart and pride people try to save the globe, BUT without God. That's the most foolish idea! "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God's power to us who are being saved ... Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ... For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength" (1 Cor 1:18,20,25). We cannot be afraid of the "monster"! After all, He already told us, that the Light will win the darkness. It is not only the "time of the monster", BUT it is also the time of the sons of God to appear!!! (see Romans 8:17-23). It is for His Glory. We are His glory. We suffer with Him and are glorified with Him (2 Cor 4). HE is proud of His Bride. As the darkness covers the earth, His Glory will be shown on His people (see Isaiah 60:2). This "monster" is the beast, which is mentioned in the book of Revelation and Daniel chapter 7. This monster is the only "physical power" on earth, which has the desire to take over all the

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people of the world by force (force of brutality, fear, killing, destruction) and has the potential to do it very quickly. The Bible describes its unique power. This kind of monstrous physical power is very unique, which the world has never seen

before (we will see its uniqueness later). Its devastating global power of killing and destroying is not achieved by spiritual deceptions or by the philosophies of the world, like: Buddhism, Hinduism, Atheism, Communism, Humanism, Mormonism, Judaism, Catholism, Freemasonry, New World Order, etc. The Bible explains: Bible prophecies and background Geographically, the bible "looks" on the world through a lens, which is laid on the middle east and its focus is on Israel-Jerusalem-Temple place. The prophecies about the end-time are "looking" through the same lens with the same focus. Yes, all the world is controlled by the evil and is deceived. BUT in order to make it simple, due to the complexity of the global powers and so many hidden manipulations and international controlling systems/religions/powers, the lens of the Bible didn't move from its place. And also: the birth-place of the "monster" is in the desert of the middle east (as we will see later on). The "free-world" doesn't know yet, that they cannot fight against the "monster"(!) and that they are playing in the hands of the devil: Some want to "fight the bad guys" and think they can put an end to this uprising "monster". Others, out of fear and "humanitarian reasons" (want to stop massacre), they will try to stop the monster with their own understanding and with the weapons of this world. Of course, it will go only worse. If they cannot kill the monster completely, then it will just become bigger and wilder. The "free-world" is blind to see this and they are doomed to make mistakes, because there are no solutions, but only one solution, which they do not want to accept. This situation is like a "war-propelling" or a "killing-mechanism", which causes an increasing loop of bloodshed, which is the will of the devil. Many nations will be afraid of this monster and will try to survive. They will make egoistic and selfish decisions, even in the cost of other nations (especially in the cost of the small nation Israel). No nation wants to raise up the anger of the monster. It's a critical time, of LIFE or DEATH; of joining or supporting the monster (and it becomes bigger) or DEATH. It's a terrible tribulation: "For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn't been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again! Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose."

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The "monster" - the beast Let's look at this "different-special-unique" beast, at Daniel 7:7,19,23, which represents the last empire, shown through the lens of the Bible: " ... and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts ..." "Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws—the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left" "The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it." And in Revelation 13:1-4 "... I saw a beast coming out of the sea ... The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority ... People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?" Today The Islamic essence has come up to the surface. Although many moderate Muslims do not agree with this kind of Islam, the "monstrous Islam" is rising up anyway. If the new Islamic state ISIS is only a little "warning-wave" or the beginning of the Islamic empire, we will see in the near future. The Islamic empire is divided and cannot stick together; it is like Iron and Clay [like Sunni and Shia Islam], as we can see in Daniel chapter 2. This is the reason for the whole statue of Daniel 2 is crushed in one phase. It is swept away by the wind (or the Spirit) and disappears, as if it had never existed (Which is the victory of the Kingdom of God). [The other parts of the statue (Head, Chest, Belly, Legs), which represent past empires, are Muslim nations today. Therefore all the parts of the statue are "Islamic" today, meaning, that the whole Islam will fall in one phase]. What to do? We are fighting a ghost; and our own powers and understanding are only playing into the hands of this ghost. Therefore, God has prepared the victory! For us! Halelu-Yah! God has eliminated for us the DEATH problem. So now, we are bold like lions! AND God prepared for us the tools of love and mercy, in order to make a total cleanup! God has sent His Son to redeem (to save) the people. That is why God became man in the person, who is called "Jesus" (Phil 2:6-7). God, The Creator, became part of His own creation as a man. This is His way to show us, how much He loves us and that our value is high! Not only HE lived as a man, HE also died as a man. HE did it for us!!! Because HE loves us! There is no

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greater way to show us what is unconditional and un-egoistic love, but by giving the own life for the sake of the life of others. In order to fight the darkness, which deceives and kills people, Jesus has put His Light in us and showed us how to destroy the works of the devil (Acts 10:38). And when we do so, people will know the Truth and the Truth will be set free from bondage - and they will receive eternal life and they will be bold like lions - and they will carry the Light into the darkness - and other people will be set free - and so on and on ... Jesus said: "I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life." (John 8:12). Jesus showed us, that when He healed people from their sickness, it was a clash of the Light with the darkness; and the darkness had to flee, obviously. And so it was with the demons and even with death. And now we are sons, therefore imitators of our Father (Eph 5:1-2, Col 3:10), which is practically imitating Jesus (1 Tess 1:6, 1 Peter 2:21). Those who hold the weapons of this world, which are prepared for destruction, need to know the Truth, which will make them free. After they will know the tools of mercy, which were prepared by Jesus, they will put down their tools of destruction automatically (see Romans 9:22-24). We can become vessels of mercy and love, like Jesus has shown us, for HIS glory. We are HIS body, we are HIS bride and we are HIS glory; and His glory will fill the earth. Fighting for God It is actually good that many people who call themselves "Christians" are NOT YET on same page with this and didn't understand the Bible prophecies concerning the Islamic empire (that it is the devils strongest and last empire), because if they would, then they would hate Muslims and suggest to fight the Muslims and the Islam with weapons of this world, in the name of the Christian-God, which is not God's will at all; and it will not bring triumph and no glory to God. (God doesn't want to be represented with weapons of this world. Crusades are not the way of Jesus!). They would look at Muslims (or fanatic Muslims) as the direct enemies of God, which they need to fight; and they would think, that they are fighting for God. And there are "Christians", who do not see, that the solution was given into their hands through the Gospel of Jesus - to bring Jesus into the life of every individual - Not as a Religion & Rules, but as the New Life, which He has promised. Many "Christians" still strive for a temporal peace with a little 'p', instead of striving for the ultimate everlasting Peace with the big 'P'. Persecution God has eliminated for us the DEATH problem, but persecutions on earth, even to death (which isn't a problem anymore), are also promised. The persecutors don't know the Father and the Son (John 16:1-3). A popular method of killing, which is used by the Islamic empire is "beheading". Many will suffer terribly, but it is written:

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"I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." (Revelation 20:4). The Mark The warriors of the monstrous Islam often wear headbands on their foreheads and patches on their right arms.

The Islamic creed is written on it: "in the name of Allah".

A mere coincidence? (see also Rev 13:16) Back to the statue of Daniel 2: A "supernatural stone" will hit the feet of the statue and the whole statue will be shattered (v. 34,35,44,45). This stone doesn't represent the weapons of this world, but the tools, which Jesus has provided for us: The tools of love and mercy. The only weapon to fight the evil ghost, is by the Holy Ghost, who takes possession in us. The Holy Spirit wants to take possession in the lives of all people, including those of the Islamic empire. HE wants to make them a new creation. HE wants to hit them and crush their "old man"; sweep them away, like they never existed; and make them a "new man"; and only "new man" will fill the entire earth: "... a stone was cut out ... and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them ... and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." (Daniel 2:34-35). Notes for Daniel 2: - Kingdom number 4 (Ottoman empire, which is Islamic) will be strong like Iron [Daniel 2:40]. - This kingdom will continue to reign (also under the Islam), will be strong, but a divided empire (not united), like Iron and Clay [Daniel 2:41-43] (There are not 5 empires, but only 4. Number 4 is the last one. The fifth4b continues the way of the fourth one4a). - In the days of this empire, God will raise up His eternal Kingdom [Daniel 2:44]. And His Kingdom will fill the entire Earth [Daniel 2:45,35]. - The

1Gold, 2Silver, 3Bronze, 4aIron, 4bIron

& Clay

(1Babylon, 2Persia, 3Greek-Roman-Byzantine,

4aOttoman, 4bdivided

Islamic empire)

are crushed all at the same time [Daniel 2:35]. Meaning, that Iraq, Iran, middle east, Turkey, divided Islamic empire, which are all Islamic today, will be crushed at the same time. (Today - in our era).

Notes for Daniel 7: - The 4 animals are: 1Lion, 2Bear, 3Leopard, 4terrible Beast . They represent 3 past empires:

1Babylon, 2Persia, 3Greek-Roman-Byzantine

And animal number 4, the 4terrible Beast, which is different than the others (of the past) and is more terrible [Daniel 7:7,19,23]. It represents the Islam/Islamic empire.

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- The 4Beast of Revelation 13 is described as a 3Leopard with feet of a 2Bear and a mouth of a 1Lion. Here are the same animals, but in one terrible "mixed" 4Beast - meaning, that all of them have something in common (at the same time): all of them are Islamic (Today-in our era). How come that the last empire will be terrifying and frightening and very powerful ? Obviously, the next empire on the world will be stronger than all the past empires, because today we have modern weapons, which are "better" for killing and destroying (including mass destruction means and weapons in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics and computers). In addition, the devil (the dragon, the god of the Islam. see Revelation 13:4) will also give "good" motives and reasons to use them until all the world will be Islamic - or dead! (This is an unstoppable situation, because it's their apocalyptic duty, which was given by their Prophet Muhammad). This kind is unstoppable - because it is not possible to erase this apocalyptic duty from the heads of all people. In the end, there are only two kingdoms, which have the desire and ability to take over the whole world (and the devil is aware of it) and which hold "an apocalyptic holy mission": 1. This last empire of the devil (which will go to destruction. Rev 17:8,11). 2. The Kingdom of God (which will win and 'conquer' them. Rev 17:14). God's solution - We represent God in our flesh, we are possessed by the Spirit of God, we are the body of Christ. In the same way, but in an opposite dark way, there are people, who represent an evil god in their flesh and are possessed by the evil spirits and are the body of the monster. - We follow the One who was sent by God- Jesus. But they follow the one who was sent by Allah - the false Prophet Muhammad. - In our New Covenant (our New Life) we do not fight the monster with weapons of the world. We also do not pray to God, that HE will send the American army against ISIS, or that the Israeli army will be bold to fight against Hamas and crush them. [That's the way of the world to handle things; and they do not know a better way (yet). But we are not of this world]. God has another plan! HE is fighting and crushing, not with the weapons of this world, but with the weapons of His Kingdom. As the monster rises up, God is rising up a generation, which will not bow to the god of this world and will be bold to be good soldiers of Jesus (2 Tim 2:3), carrying His light into the darkness, with True Love and mercy, miracles, Signs and Wonders. People will be excited to join His Kingdom! - It is not possible to fight the Islamic ideology with weapons, because it could be successful for a short time only. The same ideology will rise up again and again, till the promises of Allah will be achieved. Trying to change their ideology, with the help of other worldly techniques, like: democracy, communism, humanism, education, new world order etc. ... are very limited

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and have no guarantee to be successful. Actually, part of the devils will is, that kings of this world would try to find solutions without God. The Islam is more than an ideology, more than a religion and more than a political system; it is a violence!!! It is the most brutal deception ever invented by the devil, which includes its mission statement and its promise to take control over the whole world, by any means and with the most high level of fear [like "Salafi jihadism", "Islamism" and "Wahhabism"]. In a whole, the Islamic world altogether, becomes an empire again. It is controlled by the devil and is the tool for the "apocalyptic-apostolic-godly" violence - the holy war!!! There is only one hope and only one way to stop the Islamic empire: JESUS, the Son of God! Naturally, the darkness needs to flee from the True Light! The Gospel of Jesus is the power to change(!) people, from evil to holy. The real holy people, the sons of God, Christ in His body (you and me), will face this giant, as it is prophesied in the book of Revelation and throughout the whole Bible. - God loves all people, including the ISIS people and the al-Qaeda people and the Hamas people! They do not know what they are doing. If they would know, they wouldn't do what they do. They need to know the Truth, one by one, and the Truth will set them free from slavery (to the devil) and then they will lay down their weapons automatically. This is the will of God, His pleasure and victory. This is the reason of the Cross. This is to show us how powerful and merciful the Cross is. Heaven is watching and all Creation is still waiting. This is how God prepares the real Peace (and His Bride). The full potential of the Gospel is required in order that anyone of those people would consider Jesus. This causes many of us to demand the full potential of the Gospel in our life. It will change us and many people in the world, including the people of ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hamas. A True disciple of Jesus is automatically and naturally looking for "change" and "multiplication"; and many of the ISIS/al-Qaeda/Hamas people, who also become disciples of Jesus, will bring His Light into their people-group; and they will be changed too! Halelu-Yah; till all the Islam will fall! (Isaiah 21:9-17, Rev 14:8, 18:2). Facing the giants Yes, we have to face the giants, when we cross into the promised land. But this time, it is the real promised land and the real Rest. (See Hebrews 4:8-11). Hopefully, more than just two, out of twelve, will be possessed by the right Spirit. (See Numbers 14:24). We want to be part of the generation, who entered the promised land (see Jude 1:5, 1 Corinthians 10:5-12). Everyone individually has his own giants in life (and his real and personal rest in Jesus), but also the last generation of God's people will face the monster of all monsters. For this special generation, many pages of the Bible were written. Are we ready? "... but tell to the last generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done ... so that the last generation ... so that they might put their confidence in God and not forget God's works, but keep His commands. Then they would

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not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not loyal and whose spirit was not faithful to God." (Psalm 78:4-8). "... the appointed time has come ... Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth Your glory ... He will appear in His glory ... Let this be written for the last generation ..." (Psalm 102:13-18). [HE wants us to be His glory and to appear as sons]. The Last Generation - It is not a mere coincidence, that the monster rises up in our days and also on the other hand, the True Light is also rising up to shine today. Disciples of Jesus rise up to shine His Light (Isaiah 60) everywhere. every time Jesus healed the sick people, it was a clash of the Light with darkness; and darkness had to flee. "The Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God's power" (1 Cor 4:20). I recommend to watch a small example of YouTube videos of: Torben Sondergaard, Pete Cabrera Jr, Todd White, Art Thomas, David Hogan, Tom Loud. And I recommend to watch this movies: Finger of God, Furious Love, Father of Lights, Sons of God, Paid in full - Art Thomas. Israel, Temple place, Jews - It is not a mere coincidence, that Israel and the Jews are on the scene again, after 2000 years! - It is not a mere coincidence, that Israel is surrounded by the Islam! - It is not a mere coincidence, that the Islam has a special hatred against the people of the book- the Christians and Jews! - It is not a mere coincidence, that the place of the Temple is under the control of the Islam(!) which was chosen by the devil to be one of the holiest places for the Islam! - It is not a mere coincidence, that the Jews do not have their Temple and cannot practice their old covenant! - It is not a mere coincidence, that Israel is so famous and popular in the Media-reports! The salvation of the Jews (and the Kingdom versus the monster) A Jewish standpoint says: "the Islam wants to kill us, but more terribly", some orthodox Jews say, "the Christians want to take our soul (converting us)". The salvation of the world is "moving" toward the Jews. The Jews will not accept their Messiah Jesus, unless the real Jesus is seen in His body (the believers). The Jews need to hear and to see the BEST Gospel - the BEST news! They must be convinced by the Truth and not by words of a religion. This is actually the duty of the gentile Church- to be FULL with the Gospel [Romans 11:25] and to make the Jews envy [Romans 11:11,31].

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Israel has a key role at the end-time display. The Global events are there because of this key role. When Israel will be saved, then everything can stop: This small nation of Israel plays the role of the little-brother-Benjamin. Only Benjamin is a "full" brother with Joseph, the saviour of the land. The other big brothers are half brothers with Joseph and their duty is to bring Benjamin to Joseph.

i.e. the duty of

the believers of the other nations is to bring the small-nation-Israel to Yeshua. Otherwise no one will see HIS face (Genesis 43:3+5, 44:23+26). [Why does it take so long? 43:10] Why so much grief? "why does God allow this level of brutality and loss of people on earth?" I think that I have an answer: "because Hell is much worse and we need to wake up and be the light". The question is not "why is it so dark?" But is this: "who turned off the light?". The greatest tragedy in the last 2000 years is, that the Body of Christ got deceived very craftily about the Power of the Cross (Gal 3:1-5). It is our responsibility to believe His Word, His promises and the authority, which He gave us. Therefore, when the Church of Jesus neglects these, than the world is suffering. Our Lord delights to confirm our preached word with signs and wonders (Mark 16:17-20, Acts 14:3). The healing Power of God, through His people, prevents grief (Acts 10:38) and it invites people to their salvation in Jesus the Messiah. The Human Race would like to achieve a place where they would live happily ever after, but without God. This kind of end exists only in fairy tales, because in the real world people cannot get free from their fleshly lusts for power and selfish ideas. Besides, God wants to share His life with our lives - And that is amazing! - It's not possible to "push" Him out of our "frame". If anything, then we will be pushed out of His frame!

PS I pray for mercy for those, who hold the weapons of this world, that they will have an encounter with the Truth (Jesus), which will make them free and lay down their weapons. That they will know that they are accepted, which will make them surrender to Jesus. I pray that many of them will have visitations of Jesus and that they will be transformed, like Saul, who became Paul. I pray for the victims and their families, that God will grant them a supernatural ability to forgive and that His great Peace would fill their hearts.

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Appendix Babylon The city of Babylon is the most mentioned city in the Bible, after Jerusalem. Jerusalem is always the city of God. The devil, however, always changes his capital city; and two of

them were called Babylon.

The name "Babylon" became a synonym for the Kingdom of darkness (Isaiah 13:19, 14:22). "Babylon" is a name of a city and of an empire (which is also called "Babylonia" in English). The first empire on the world begun with Babylon (of Nimrod - Genesis 10:10, Tower of Babel Genesis 11:4,9). The second Babylon was at the time of Nebuchadnezzar (time of Daniel). Babylon in Revelation (the last Babylon) is not one of those ancient cities in their geographical sense, BUT in the sense of "another city of the devil" and in the sense of "the devils empire". In Revelation 17 it is called "mystery Babylon" - It is Babylon, BUT as a cryptic name. Which city is the capital of the devil today? Here are a few depictions from the Bible: - "The great city" is referred to "the woman" and she is located in the desert (Rev 17:18,3). - "All the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication ... and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the power of her excessive luxury." (Revelation 18:3). Sounds like the oil treasure, which is irresistible to all the nations. It is like an addiction (not to wine, but to oil), which also made its merchants rich. - The city will burn and its smoke will be seen; and her fall will be heard from the red sea (see Rev 18:9,17,18. Jeremiah 49:21). Sounds like a nuclear bomb falls on the city. Which

city is located close to the red sea? - Her fall will cause a great financial crisis: "The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer" (Rev 18:11). - This city is "stinky rich" (see Rev 18:11-17). - Babylon in Hebrew means "confusion" or "jumble" (By the way, Arabs means "mixed"). In Akkadian language (Assyro-Babylonian language) Babylon means "gate of god". Toward which city multitudes of people bow down (every day 5 times), today? The name of this city is: Mecca, which is in Saudi Arabia and is located in the desert about 67 km from the red sea. Mecca is the last "Babylon"! - the "mystery Babylon"! - the last capital city of the devil. And the Islamic empire is "the last Babylonia"! - the last empire of the devil. Mecca is the most holy city for 1.3 billion Muslims. While Muslims pray inside the city of Mecca, the direction of bowing down is toward the "black stone". This black stone is the most holy thing for Muslims. Many Muslims believe that this stone can remove sins. The Muslims would not admit, but this stone is like an idol to them. They are deceived big time. This last Babylon/Babylonia - Mecca/Islamic empire - will be destroyed completely (see Isaiah 13:19, Jeremiah 50:34,40). - Many people will be destroyed "supernaturally" by God's

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Kingdom: But this time it is a very special battle against this Babylonia, which is fought differently and is won differently. Although the most powerful empire of all times rises up, it will be destroyed. This Babylonia will be crushed. ""luckily"" we have the New Covenant and Jesus goes ahead !!! The most evil and powerful empire in history is "reserved" to be crushed by the Kingdom of Jesus. The Babylonians will be crushed and carried away by the wind (or by the Spirit), so that not a trace of them would be found. And the supernatural Kingdom, which crushes them, becomes very big and fills the entire earth (see Daniel 2:34-35). "Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught, but you did not even know it. You were found

and captured because you fought against the LORD. The LORD opened His

armory and brought out

His weapons of wrath, because it is a task of the Lord GOD of

Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans." (Jeremiah 50:24,25). - Chaldeans are Babylonians.

- God's army are actually the sons of God, who fight against

spiritual forces of evil (and not against flesh and blood). The Babylonians (the people of the Islamic empire) do not know yet, but God is going to surprise them with His goodness, which will lead them to repentance (Ro 2:4) - God will crush them - He will crush their "old man" and will make them "new men"! That's His task.

That's the victory of God! Halelu-Yah! (see also ex. Jeremiah 51:48-58) This kind of victory is only possible, because of Jesus!

Now it is the era of JESUS!

Now it's a

different story! It is time to sing the NEW song and many will accept His goodness. It is going to be amazing. The empires in the Bible As we saw, according to Daniel Chapters 2 & 7 and Revelation 13, there were 4 empires: starting with 1

Babylon

and then:

2

Persia,

3

Greek-Roman-Byzantine,

4a+4b

Islamic first+second.

In Revelation 17:10, the Angel is telling John about 5 past kings, or i.e. about 5 past empires, that were before the days of John. Those 5 empires were: Starting with Babylon (of Nimrod) and then: Egypt,

Assyria,

Babylon,

Persia.

The Angel says, that right now in the days of John, is king number 6, meaning, the Greek-Roman-Byzantine empire. And king number 7 didn't come yet - Empire number 7 is the Islamic-Ottoman empire, i.e. the Islamic empire (the first Islamic empire). The Beast of Revelation 17 has only 7 heads; and while head number 7 is Islamic, the whole beast is Islamic. While head number 7 reigned, all the other 6 heads became also Muslims in their geographical land (At the time of the Ottomans, the Middle East was Islamic, including Egypt and Turkey). In verse 11, the Angel says, that this Beast is "Beast number 8". Head number 8 is replaceable with any of

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the 7 heads, because all of the 7 became Islamic. Therefore, "Beast number 8", which is empire number 8, is also Islamic (the second Islamic empire). This "second Islamic empire" got its authority from the "first" and will be the one who executes its authority , of getting the entire world submit to the Islam (Rev 13:11-12). [Islam means "submission"]. "Beast number 8" is going to destruction, meaning, it is the devils last empire. Empire number 8 is the strongest and the most evil of all empires, BUT it is going to be crushed by the Kingdom of God! Notes for those 7 empires - All of the 6 past empires are today controlled by the Islam(!), because of empire number 7. - Head (empire) number 7, was fatally wounded, but was healed (revived as empire number 8). The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast (Rev 13:3).

It is also called: "The

beast that was and is not" (Rev 17:8,11), hence, it was number 7, but it will rise up again, then it will go to destruction (is not). - The lens of the Bible is still on the Middle East, Turkey and Egypt. The prophetic events of the end-time, should be always compared with the events in the Middle East and specifically Israel. All the "nations of the end time", which are mentioned in the Bible, are under this "lens" and all of them are Muslim nations today, except Israel. - The "Temple place" of God in Jerusalem, was under the control of all the relevant past empires (from Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar till today) - Notice, that John (and Jesus) lived during the era of empire number 6 and actually only one more significant empire is going to come afterwards, which is empire number 7 (the beast has only 7 heads), which is going to be revived by number 8. Meaning, number 8 represents all the 7 and is one empire under one banner of "Islam". The Islam of the Ottoman empire didn't vanish, but is now revived (after a pause) to continue as an Islamic empire. The "revived Islamic empire" is the "second" one, which executes the ideologies of the "first" one (Rev 13:3+11+12). It is not possible to shutdown the Islam with conventional means, like it was with previous empires. The Islam is the empire which came after the time of Jesus and it also is the last empire, which is so much discussed in the Bible. Therefore it is a unique empire. This empire is different than the previous empires (Daniel 7:7,19,23. Rev 13:4); it is also unique because it is the strongest of all previous empires and because its end will come also in a unique way: only the power of Jesus can defeat it! Maybe it can be said, that all the past 6000 years, and a very big portion of the Bible, are actually a "preparation" for the "takeover of the land and its giants" in the end-time. Most of the prophecies in the Bible are prophesied for this unique era. The battle stories in the Bible, where the people of God fight against their enemies, are actually a "prophetic declaration" for the victory of the sons of God in the last battle in the end-time. Only this time, the fight is not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of the evil. (It is a global battle, but the Bible

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still describes the portion of the middle east). NOW JESUS !!!

It's a 'different story' now!

It's a new song!

The glory of God will be seen on His people. It is a unique time, because the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed!!! (see Daniel 2:44, Isaiah 60). It's a preparation time of His bride for the wedding (Rev 19:7). The world outside the "lens" Many nations are (and will be) affected and suffer by this empire in many ways: - Their national & international Politics. - Their decisions and compromises. - Their attitude toward Israel: they are afraid of the monster >>> the monster doesn't like when they support Israel or even give positive reports in the media about Israel >>> it causes Israel to be even more entrapped and isolated. - Many Muslims live in non-Muslim countries and many of them are ready to support the uprising Islamic empire (in the Middle East AND in their own countries) >>> and "supporting" means to sow fear in the land and to promote their ideology, politics, law and religion. - More nations could become Islamic (as we can see a tendency in Africa and Europe). - More of: fear, hopelessness, selfishness, manipulations, conflicts, fights, terrorism, wars. Or in short: more of hell on earth. BUT no worries The Good News are, that many Muslims (and non-Muslims) are joining and will continue even more to join the Kingdom of Light. The darkness will disappear because light comes in. "... because of the hope reserved for you in heaven ... It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world ... We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy giving thanks to the Father ... For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Colossians 1:5-14. Join the party, the wine is free - "on the house". It's the new wine and it's the best wine, which is served in the end (see John 2:10); and we don't need to say that the old wine is better. We can become NEW wine skins, so that the NEW wine will not get lost (See Luke 5:37-39). Doesn't matter if others mock us (Acts 2:13), we will just sing the new song (Psalm 33:3, 40:3, 96:1, 98:1), halelu-Yah. Yoram

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