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The Highway The Fourth Craftsman |
Tyre The Alignment of Nations |
Isaiah 19:23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The
Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria.
The highway from Egypt to Jerusalem was finished in late 1994. The rest, from Jerusalem to
Damascus Syria, is scheduled to be completed in late 1996.
Zechariah 1:18 Then I looked up—and there before me were four horns! 19 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, ''What are
these?" He answered me, ''These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and
Jerusalem." 20 Then the LORD showed me four
craftsmen. 21 I asked, ''What are these coming to do?" He answered,
''These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head, but the
craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted
up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people."
Egypt, the first horn, enslaved Israel. Moses, the first craftsman, destroyed Egypt and
delivered all of Israel in 1453 BC. Nebuchadnezzar, the second horn, scattered Judah for
70 years, 606-536 BC. Cyrus, the second craftsman, destroyed the Babylonian empire, and
restored Judah and the temple. Antiochus Epiphanies, the third horn, desecrated the
temple, took over Jerusalem, and scattered the Jews from 168-165 BC. Judas Maccabee, the
third craftsman, defeated the Seleucid empire and took back Jerusalem in 165 BC. Rome, the
last horn, scattered Judah in 70 AD. Israel became a state again and won the war of
independence in 1948, under David Ben Gurion, the fourth craftsman.
Isaiah 19:16-18 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shudder
with fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them. 17
And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is
mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD Almighty is planning against them. 18 In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of
Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the City of
Destruction.
In the 1967 war, Israel had pushed back Egypt beyond their original border and had
acquired part of the Negev (desert). This area, mostly just sand, there existed five
cities. Belonging to Egypt, the cities spoke Arabic, but now belonging to Israel speak
Hebrew (the language of Canaan), and swear allegiance to the LORD and Israel. The largest
of the five was called Al Arish, which translated into English means "City of
Destruction"
Ezekiel 38:1-6 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your
face against Gog, of the land of Magog (southern Russia), the chief prince of Meshech
(Moscow) and Tubal (Tobolsk in Siberia); prophesy against him 3 and say: 'This is what the
Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. 4 I will
turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army... 5 Persia
(Iran), Cush (Ethiopia) and Put (Libya)... 6 also Gomer (Germany) with all its troops
(Parts), and Beth Togarmah (Armenia) from the far north with all its troops—the many
nations with you. 13 Sheba and Dedan (Saudi Arabia) and the merchants of Tarshish
(Britain) and all her villages (Heb. cubs, USA, South Africa) will say to you, "Have
you come to plunder?"
Daniel 11:41 ...but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon (these combined lands form
modern day Jordan) will be delivered (Heb. escape) from his (Antichrist) hand.
For a long time Russia, Iran and Libya have worked together, Germany started two world
wars, and the U.S., Great Britain, and Israel have always been on the same side. In the
early 1990's we have seen Communists take over Ethiopia, the Berlin wall come down
combining East and West Germany, and the Iraq war putting Saudi Arabia on our side. In the
future we will see Jordan join our side, and Austria join in with Germany (all of Gommer).