Hal Lindsey say it is yet to be
fulfilled. Damascus has never been completely destroyed Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the world and has never
yet been leveled to the ground to my knowledge. The prophecy seems to
indicate that it will be utterly and completely destroyed. In
734 B.C. Assyria attacked Damascus and put it under siege. King Rezin was slain,
their nobles were impaled upon stakes and the city was burned and every other
city in the region was leveled. Over 800 citizens of nobility were led away as
captives to Assyria. The following paragraph makes a little sense to me,
what do you think?
(Isa 17:1 KJV) The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
The Hebrew word for burden means prophecy or doom. Thus, this is a prophecy of the doom of Damascus. Damascus shall cease from being a city because it will become a pile of rubble. The description is that of a nuclear blast that reduces the city to rubble. This has never before taken place in the history of Damascus. Damascus will look like Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped. ---http://www.thefirstfruits.org/2ndcoming/damascus.htm
Charles Mims
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Ok, I looked in the book I have, "Every Prophecy of the Bible" by
John Walvoord, and I looked up the prophecy about Damascus in Isaiah 17:1.
He said this has already happened. He didn't really explain when or
how. This is what he said: "Damascus was allied with Israel in fighting
the Assyrians, but it would all be to no avail because the Assyrians would
triumph. Jacob would be like a fat body that wasted away (vs. 4).
The destruction of Damascus was fulfilled in history and prophecy. As a
result of their discipline by the conquering Assyrians, Israel would turn from
their false gods and Asherah poles to the true God. (vs.
7-8)."
So, Damascus has been destroyed once, but I wonder if it may happen
again.
David L.
Ben Franklin: “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt, they have more need of masters.”
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Subject: [Sndbox] Interesting....copied from another groupKeep your eyes on Iran.
Russia (Gog) is building the nuclear facilities in Iran. If Israel destroys these, Russians would be killed and may be dragged into a middle east conflict against their will ( Eze 38:4 ). Syria is not mentioned nor is Iraq, in Ezekiel 38 & 39. The USA has eliminated Iraq from the fight and maybe Israel is about to eliminate Syria.
Eze 38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Eze 38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
Eze 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Eze 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Eze 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
[>>Charles<<]
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