There remains a debt unpaid the Chaldeans (Modern Iraq) by God on behalf of the Israelis.
Please go through Jeremiah chapters 51 and 52. According to Jeremiah, the destruction of Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, would be complete, utter and eternal. "And Babylon shall become heaps, a home for jackals, a horror and a hissing, without an inhabitant." [Jeremiah 51:37] The Chaldeans became the Babylonians, and under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, conquered the Jews, destroyed Jerusalem and carried the treasures of the Temple into captivity along with the majority of the Jewish population. Jeremiah promised that "The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say."[Jeremiah 51:35] Isaiah writes, "Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin." Isaiah 23:13 The Chaldeans at first were not a people, not formed into any commonwealth or kingdom until they were united under Nimrod. Nimrod founded the Assyrian monarchy and built the city of Babel, which he anointed as the seat of the Chaldean monarchy. The destruction of Babylon the city in part took place when Belshezzar's party was crashed by Darius the Mede. [Daniel 5]. The power of the Babylonian kings was broken. And Babylon, although continuously inhabited through the centuries, was never again anything like the great city of Daniel's day. But note that Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, was much more than the city of Babylon [which still exists as an inhabited city about an hour southwest of Baghdad]. Babylon was [and is] a literal city, it was a historical political empire, and it was [and is] a religious system that is used symbolically of the world religious system in the same sense that Egypt is used as a metaphor for the world political system. Now lets look into the present scenarios, The US and its allies, UN and Iraq. If we go through the history of Saddam, the way he rose and his activities in and around Iraq we may change our pattern of thinking. Along with this learn more about Middle East problem (Israel - Palestine), Six day war in 1967 - reasons and result, Gulf war 1991 and Israel stand. I also become interested in the formation of modern state of Israel and prophecies in the Book of Daniel. It seems Saddam wants to be the first Arab leader since Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to defeat the Israelis in battle. This strategy is in two parts. In the first part, he hopes to draw Israel into the war, and thereby drawing in the remainder of the Arab world, including the Syrians and the Saudis. Israel is already on the brink of war with the Arab world. It is a tiny, tiny country with a tiny population, despite the fact it possesses one of the most powerful military machines in the world. In the event of a strike by Iraq against that tiny population using weapons of mass destruction -- or even the credible threat of such a strike -- would invite a nuclear counter-strike by Israel. One button, no more Iraq, and Israel can turn her attention back to the enemies on and inside her borders. The Bible says such a fate yet awaits the Chaldeans. "A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great ruin from the land of the Chaldeans," writes Jeremiah. This is not Babylon the system, or Babylon the symbol Jeremiah speaks of. It is Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans. Since that has never happened, the fulfillment of the utter destruction of the land of the Chaldeans remains yet future. Dear friends in this situation what is our role, what we will do for the millions of innocent people in Iraq....LETS RAISE OUR HANDS UP AND ASK FOR GOD'S MERCY. We know that Word of God never changes but there are lots of examples of miracles when HIS beloveds intercede. Share your views... Rgds/GS/Muscat =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
