The Damascus Prophecy

Updated 11/28

The Damascus Prophecy

by William Frederick; M. Div.

Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Many of you are familiar with this prophecy, some of you may not be. It was spoken by God through the prophet Isaiah and will be fulfilled. The prophecy is clear that one day Damascus, which many claim to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the world, will no longer be a city—it shall become a ruinous heap.

As you are also probably aware; Damascus is in Syria, and the Syrian government has been in a bitter war with “rebels” or “opposition forces” as they are called, for many months. As you are also probably aware, Syria has stock piles of chemical weapons. So far none of these have been reported as being used in the conflict. Syria’s President Assad has threatened to unleash a brutal attack--which could include chemical weapons--on the Mid East, and especially Israel, if he feels he will face a loss to the rebels.

The Syrian ruler and his spokesmen have frequently threatened since the eruption of the popular insurrection that if Assad had his back to the wall, the entire Middle East would go up in flames, especially Israel.

http://www.debka.com/article/22566/US-led-NATO-intervention-begins-in-Syria-war-Patriots-in-Turkey

How is Assad doing against the rebels? The quoted article above reports that rebel forces have just taken out a major radar site critical to Assad and his forces leaving him severely compromised.

Western military sources told debkafile that the destruction of this vital facility has blinded the two eyes which Syrian air, air defense and missile forces had trained on Israel. It has therefore crippled, though not completely dismantled, Bashar Assad’s ability to got to war against Israel, Jordan or Saudi Arabia.

The same article also reports that NATO has started the process to install patriot missile batteries in Turkey to be used against the Syrian government and help protect rebel forces. And it is also being reported that NATO is supplying the Rebels with tanks, which some are saying is a declaration of war.

It appears that Assad is being “cornered.” Will he unleash his chemical weapons and carry out his threat that the “Middle East would go up in flames, especially Israel?” If he does I could easily see how Israel could respond with nuclear weapons so that “Damascus is taken away from being a city" and made a ruinous heap.

Remember also that Syria and Iran are allies, and let’s not forget about Russia too, it is easy to see how the Syrian war could set off WWIII in the very near future, especially since we are in a prophetic time frame in which WWIII is likely to begin.

Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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