So any takes on latest Syria development(s)?

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I'm not one who always tries to see prophecy in everything, still consider myself somewhat of a preterist, but nonetheless have an interest in eschatology/End Times discussions, especially in regards to present-day events.

As you all probably know, things got real very fast last night. U.S. cruise missiles bombed an SAA airfield, killed a small amount of regime soldiers, and now of course, Russia and its allies are (unsurprisingly) furious. Relations have dipped, Syria's threatened to fire SCUDs at Israel in the event of future U.S. strikes (not that they haven't threatened Israel countless times before or anything), and...well, potential for escalation is real and frankly frightening to me.

Isaiah 17 comes to mind very quickly, but there's considerable debate about whether that's an event that's yet to come or one that's already happened, given Damascus has been besieged and damaged quiet a bit. And, of course, the strike didn't blow away the city, but again, escalation potential exists so I guess anything could happen (or, best-case scenario, tensions calm at some point, but not sure I have much hope in that happening).

In the end, I guess I'd just like to hear anyone's theories, interpretations or just general commentary on these developments. I figured something big was gonna happen within these next few years anyway, but still undecided if this is just simply nations attacking nations or a precursor to something (or things) a lot bigger. Thanks, all.
 

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The thing about Isaiah 17 to remember is that Damascus will cease to be a city.It will not just be damaged. It will disappear and be no more. It has been damaged before. It has been conquered before. But, it has not ceased to be a city as Isaiah 17 describes.
 
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The reason for all the bloody war in ME and Africa and the rest of the world is the US Military Budget of USD 595.5 Billion.

The people who control this MASSIVE MILITARY BUDGET will assure that they will keep gobbling down their 'SHARES' of this Huge Money from TAX into their pockets by making WARS and WARS again and again.

US MILITARY BUDGET 2015




While the US DEBT of USD.20 thousands trillions remains unsetlled and keeps getting higher and higher every second.







May Jesus bless you all HalleluYAH
 
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Isaiah 17 along with the Revelation 12 sign in September, a peace summit this summer with Jared Kushner brokering a peace deal, the Gog/Magog alliance needing one more member to join in, the mark of the beast can now be a reality, and various other signs of the world's ecological, social, economic, and political decline...

I'd say things are definitely going to get interesting very soon.

And Tillerson is suppose to visit Russia, I think next week. That should be an interesting visit.
 
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Wars and rumors of wars but the end is not yet

Trump obviously just doing his assigned job to replace Bashar Assad with American Puppet. Whoever is the President of America.

But now Russia and Iran threats to retaliate any further attack to Syria.


May Jesus bless you all HalleluYAH
 
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If anything, Syria could possibly be turned into a crisis that pushes the world closer to accepting a world leader that presents himself as having all of the so-called "solutions". I believe things are definitely going to build up to where we reach the brink at some point, but then some sort of agreement or treaty is made. I can't imagine a large scale military build-up happening under everyone's noses followed up by a massive invasion where everyone is surprised. Like I said, I believe there's going to be a huge build-up, but without any kind of disarmament following an agreement or peace deal, which of course would pave the way for a surprise large scale invasion.
This is just conjecture though and not something I would present as Gospel.

I personally think the US is stupid for pushing this matter to the point where we are militarily attacking another country; even dumber are the people who believe all of the media reports that Assad actually used chemical weapons; and even dumber still is the idea that Assad would risk throwing away Russian support and turn the entire global community together against him by using chemical weapons. His forces are much better equipped & supplied compared to the rebels that they have a lot more to lose than they have to gain from using unconventional/WMD weapons.
With the exception of supporting Israel, we probably have one of the worst track records of doing anything meaningful long-term in the Mid-East beyond leaving behind turmoil and fertile ground for terrorists.

When you look at Ezekiel 38-39, it has to be remembered that the scenario he painted in the prophecy indicates that Israel and a number of other nations are completely blindsided by this massive attack. Ezekiel 39:6 also seems to indicate another group besides Israel and Magog that is judged.
Coincidentally, a "daughter of Babylon" is also blindsided by an attacker from the north, compare Jeremiah 6:22-24 and Jeremiah 50:41-43 and its certainly not Iraq or a rebuilt Babylon in Iraq.
 
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It is looking more and more like the world is staging for something big. Russia and Iran are screaming about the air attacks on Syria. I just wonder how will Damascus be destroyed?

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