I have been waiting a few days to post anything else about the Egyptian demonstrations...to see how things will and have been characterized.  Two popular trains of thought.  1. The liberal media machine is spinning these demonstrations in Egypt as popular uprisings...  2. but many are seeing the reports of the Muslim Brotherhood getting involved in these uprisings as a swelling under current in the renewal of Islamic Revolution.

It is not a great surprise to me to see the Islamic world beginning to gel around the possibility of gaining more power and control over the middle east.  As I have been saying for a long time now, we expect, according to God's Word a move towards consolidation of power in the Islamic world and in particular around Israel.

It is not secret that the Islamic World hates the USA...and they have good reason to do so.  Our government has been meddling in the affairs of the Middle East for decades (at least).  They created a lopsided economic exchange by requiring so many nations to abide by economic affairs in the power of the almighty dollar.

Poverty is rampant in Middle Eastern and Arab countries.  I am not saying that they don't have their own problems which cause poverty...but we have certainly dealt unfairly with the rest of the world...and to our own advantage economically.

But more importantly...this merely sets the stage for a stronger Islamic unification against all that we represent.  This includes Jewish Israel, and all Judeo-Christian nations.

It is astounding to see Obama's lack of zeal for supporting our long time ally Mubarak in Israel...and now we see in other nations the beginning of the explosion of Islamic power.

In any democratic nation with Judeo-Christian laws, it will be easy to see the disintegration of freedom as "freedom" allows for the tolerance of all beliefs.  When one belief moves forward with force (as Islam has been and continues to do so) it usurps the rights and freedoms of others.  We have been cowed into allowing the beginning of tolerance of Islamic ways of life in America.  It is their right to practice their religion in freedom, including the spread of Sharia Law wherever Islamic people multiply.

Islam is satanic in and of itself.  It denies the deity of Jesus Christ and continuously propagates it's own ideas of law upon free peoples, until such time as they control and totally dominate a culture by majority.

America is in the beginning of judgment and it will get much worse.   We are being judged for abandoning God in our culture.  We are also being rightfully judged for allowing our freedom to be usurped by evil.   We are also deserving of equalization with the nations of the world because we have lived a higher standard for so long on the fantasy of credit.  Other people and economies finance the dream that was America.

Now the chickens are coming home to roost.

I expect to see the nations around Israel solidify into Islamic Extremist states which are anti-Israel and anti-America.  But I also expect to see a false peace take place where Israel is promised a seven year covenant of peace by whomever takes charge of the Islamic Union of states.  Most likely based in Turkey where the seat of the Islamic Caliphate will be re-established.

These nations will comprise the famed Gog and Magog nations of Ezekiel 38

1The word of the LORD came to me: 2“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of^aMeshech and Tubal; prophesy against him 3and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of^b Meshech and Tubal. 4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 5Persia, Cush^c and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

7“‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. 8After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. 9You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

10“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme.11You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars. 12I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.” 13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages^d will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’

14“Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it? 15You will come from your place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 16You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, O Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.

The times of the gentiles will be fulfilled when these armies trample the Holy City underfoot for 42 months...but before that 42 months is over...God will intervene on behalf of HIS people.  And His destruction will continue until the consummation of HIS wrath.  But first the inhabitants of Israel and all those who oppose the Islamic system of power will be persecuted during "the great tribulation".  Christ will come back to remove HIS people and then HIS wrath will continue until the end of the 7 year covenant and then the final plagues of God's wrath will fall upon the unbelievers of this world who have mocked the creator of the universe...and done right in their own eyes.

17“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you not the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel? At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign LORD. 19In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. 21I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

Jesus speaks of the time of this invasion of Gog and Magog against Israel in Luke 21 when he says..."

20“When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. 22For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. 23How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Jews will be punished as God's people...but HE will save a remnant and HE will come back for HIS elect before HIS wrath falls upon the unbelievers.

The following times of signs will come after the antichrist has made a covenant with Israel, and then broken it at the midpoint of seven years.  This will include the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet and mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 24.   This corresponds to Luke 21 and Ezekiel 38 when God shows his greatness and holiness in the sight of many nations.

LUKE 21 CONTINUED....25“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

This will not come as a surprise to the believers who are watching as Jesus Christ commanded.  We are seeing the solidification of Islamic forces which will bring to pass a false peace...a covenant of seven years...which will allow Israel to rebuild their temple....so it can be desecrated by the anti-christ in the abomination of desolation...when the armies surround Jerusalem.  The antichrist will come from the newly reborn Turkish Ottoman empire...and he will be the Islamic Caliphate...re-established in the last days.

The end is not yet though...we still have time to prepare our hearts and minds for what is coming.  We will live through great persecution...but we will see the return of Christ if we are yet alive and remain before the great and terrible day of God's Wrath.

Keep the faith brethren....in the Glorious Battle to come.

The Strong Watchman

Original Article at: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=257681

TEL AVIV – Islamists, in particular the anti-Western Muslim Brotherhood, seem poised to take power throughout the Middle East as a result of riots that have already toppled one Arab regime and are threatening others, in what some are calling only the latest wave of an Islamic "tsunami" sweeping the globe.

In Egypt, members of President Hosni Mubarak's family reportedly have fled the country as a flood of violent, fatal street protests threatens the stability of this most populous Arab nation, a longtime U.S. ally and the only Muslim nation with a long-lasting peace agreement with Israel.

The White House has been championing the protests, calling for a transition to democratic rule in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood formed the main opposition to Mubarak.

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The Obama administration's support for the unrest is strikingly reminiscent of Jimmy Carter's support of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, which marked the birth of modern Islamist expansion now seemingly sweeping the Mideast.

In fact, some Muslim clerics are already calling the riots in Egypt simply an extension of 1979's Islamist conquests.

"Thirty-one years after the victory of the Islamic Republic, we are faced with the obvious fact that these movements are the aftershocks of the Islamic Revolution," said Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, as reported by Iran's Radio Zamaneh. "The fate of those who challenge [our] religion is destruction."

Speaking of media and government leaders, Khatami added, "They want to highlight the labor, liberal and democratic issues, but the most important issue, which is the religious streak of these protests, [is] being denied."

The leader of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, Hammam Saeed, warned that the unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast until Arabs succeed at toppling leaders allied with the United States.

"The Americans and Obama must be losing sleep over the popular revolt in Egypt," Saeed said at a sympathy protest held outside the Egyptian Embassy in Amman. "Now, Obama must understand that the people have woken up and are ready to unseat the tyrant leaders who remained in power because of U.S. backing."

And on the Internet, the Middle East Media Research Institute reports, prominent Salafi cleric Abu Mundhir Al-Shinqiti issued a fatwa in the website Minbar Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad encouraging the protests in Egypt, claiming Islamist jihadis are now on the verge of a historic moment in the history of the Islamic nation, an "earthquake" he likened to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City.

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As the clerics are accurately noting, Egypt is only one of many recent cases where Islamic unrest has surged in the Middle East and North Africa.

In Tunisia, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was toppled following rioting and street protests and widespread looting.

In Yemen, last week witnessed the largest protests in years against Yemen's leader, Ali Abullah Saleh, who is considered a crucial ally in the U.S. fight against al-Qaida in his country and in the Middle East. The protests further escalated yesterday.

Banners wielded by protesters in Yemen demanded the country's president abandon changes to the constitution that would grant Saleh another 10 years in power.

Algeria, Jordan and Morocco are taking note, fearing similar outbreaks.

In Pakistan, even the "peace-promoting," so-called "moderate" Islamic Barelvi sect is organizing rallies demanding the release of a policeman who confessed to the assassination of Punjab governor Slaman Taseer, a liberal politician who criticized federal blasphemy laws.

In Lebanon, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia seems to be hijacking the country's government using legal means.

Earlier this month, Hezbollah used its veto power to topple the government of the Western-oriented prime minister, Saad Hariri. Hezbollah feared Hariri would use security forces to arrest members of its militia following indictments expected to be issued in the near future against Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

Last week, the Hezbollah-backed candidate for prime minister, Najib Mikat, seemed poised to form the next government, sending Hariri into the opposition amid the threat of sectarian clashes.

Hezbollah members reportedly deployed on the streets of Beirut this week in a clear signal intended to deter Hariri backers from rioting.

The news media largely have painted the revolts in Yemen, Tunisia and Egypt as popular unrest, citing the use of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to make the arrangements for the demonstrations.

White House championing

The White House itself has been almost openly championing the unrest.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today called for an "orderly transition" to democracy in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood is the main opposition group.

Obama himself reportedly voiced support for an "orderly transition" in Egypt that is responsive to the aspirations of Egyptians in phone calls with foreign leaders, the White House said.

Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough, speaking in a White House webcast, also urged the government and protesters in Egypt to refrain from violence.

Egyptian officials speaking to WND, however, warned the Muslim Brotherhood has the most to gain from any political reform.

The Brotherhood seeks to spread Islam around the world, in large part using nonviolent means. Hamas and al-Qaida are violent Brotherhood offshoots.

An Egyptian security official noted the Muslim Brotherhood was directly involved in protest organization.

Similarly, it is Islamists allied with the Muslim Brotherhood who stand to gain in Pakistan, Jordan, Tunisia and Yemen. Already, the Shiite fundementalist Hezbollah organization is poised to exert enormous influence over Lebanon.

WND reportedthe Egyptian government suspects elements of the current uprising there, particularly political aspects, are being coordinated with the U.S. State Department.

A senior Egyptian diplomat told WND the regime of Mubarak suspects the U.S. has been aiding protest planning by Mohamed ElBaradei, who is seen as one of the main opposition leaders in Cairo.

ElBaradei, former International Atomic Energy Agency chief, has reinvented himself as a campaigner for "reform" in Egypt. He is a candidate for this year's scheduled presidential elections. ElBaradei arrived in Cairo just after last week's protests began and is reportedly being confined to his home by Egyptian security forces. He is seen as an ally of the Muslim Brotherhood, the main opposition force in Egypt.

Last week, ElBaradei gave an interview to Der Spiegel defending the Brotherhood.

"We should stop demonizing the Muslim Brotherhood. ... [They] have not committed any acts of violence in five decades. They too want change. If we want democracy and freedom, we have to include them instead of marginalizing them," he said.

Just today, the Muslim Brotherhood said it was in talks with other anti-government figures, including ElBaradai, to form a national unity government without Mubarak.

David Rubin, former mayor of the Israeli town of Shiloh and author of the book "The Islamic Tsunami," however, warns that the Obama administration cannot continue to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood's and other Islamist groups' greater goals.

"There is a plan to take over Western civilization," Rubin told The Washington Times, "and we need to recognize it for what it is."

"Confronting the growing threat to Western civilization first involves admitting the problem exists, something President Obama not only refuses to do but strongly denies," a Times editorial on Rubin continues. "The administration has censored any discussion of the problem in these terms within the government, preferring to focus on ill-defined 'violent extremism' when the real extremist threat is only partly violent and wholly Islamicist."

Muslim Brotherhood declares war on U.S.

Multiple prominent U.S. commentators have also been claiming the Muslim Brotherhood is a moderate organization and denying any Islamist plot to seize power.

On Friday, President George W. Bush's former press spokeswoman, Dana Perino, told Fox News, "Don't be afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. This has nothing to do with religion."

Bruce Reidel, a former CIA analyst and advisor to President Obama, penned a Daily Beast article in which he claimed, "The Egyptian Brotherhood renounced violence years ago. … Its relative moderation has made it the target of extreme vilification by more radical Islamists."

Reidel's assertion the Brotherhood renounced violence, however, is contradicted by the Brotherhood's own statements in recent months, including a call to arms against the West.

In November, the Brotherhood's new supreme guide, Muhammad Badi, delivered a sermon entitled, "How Islam Confronts the Oppression and Tyranny."

"Resistance is the only solution," stated Badi. "The United States cannot impose an agreement upon the Palestinians, despite all the power at its disposal. [Today] it is withdrawing from Iraq, defeated and wounded, and is also on the verge of withdrawing from Afghanistan because it has been defeated by Islamist warriors."

Badi went on to declare the U.S. is easy to defeat through violence, since it is "experiencing the beginning of its end and is heading toward its demise."

Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center, noted Badi's speech evidenced "the likelihood that more Brotherhood supporters in the West will turn to violence and fund-raising for terrorism."

Frank Gaffney, president of the American Center for Security Policy, takes it a step further.

"In short, the Muslim Brotherhood – whether it is operating in Egypt, elsewhere in the world or here – is our enemy," he wrote.