Dawing of a New Day in Egypt - The Ummah?

Protests continue to spark admiration and in some cases imitation. leading Muslim governments where this has not broken out in full force, to take measures to ensure it doesn't.  Such is happening to Israel's eastern neighbor, Jordan, full of it's own internal struggles. 
At the Middle East Media Research Institute, they quote Abu Basir Al-Tartusi as saying to the Egyptian people: "'Thanks to Your Jihad and Revolution, a New Day Will Dawn upon Egypt, the People of the Region, and the Entire [Islamic] Ummah'."

It seems Tartusi is looking forward to the near-coming day of a worldwide Islamic Caliphate.  In Islam, the world-wide Caliphate is led by the "Twelth Imam," who is not to appear until a time when Muslims bring about a state of world-wide catastrophe.    Could this indeed by the New Day that Tartusi is envisioning when he makes this statement?  It would seem so, and it would also seem to coincide with the ranting of Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad, to wipe the Jewish country off the face of the earth.

The world awaits anxiously to see what form of government Egypt is going to emerge with.  We have seen the Egyptians go to war with fellow Egyptians (Is.. 19:2), right in line with what God's holy Word states.  Mubarak has just declared that he is not going to be stepping down.  Will this lead to further fighting among opposing groups of Egyptians?

Two verses later, the Yahweh declares that He gives the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a strong king who will rule (Is. 19:4).  Will this indeed be the Muslim Brotherhood?  It will be interesting to watch as Mubarak says that he will not step down.  Will he enforce new measures over the land in the name of security?  Will something happen to this once American-ally to depose his office?

If Jordan's government is eventually given over to Muslim rule, and the peace treaty with Israel is revoked, then Israel will be surrounded on all borders by hostile Muslim entities.  It appears as if this may well be the scenerio that leads to the war decried in Psalm 83.

Since Yahweh, God of Israel, has brought the Jews back to the land promised to their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Israel, God has been gradually bringing them back, and restoring them, and in our lifetimes a number of prophecies have been fulfilled.  Firstly, Israel was re-instated as a nation after 1,800 years of exile among the nations in fulfillment of Ezek. 36, 37 and Is. 14:1-2 .  Israel has recently made a discovery of riches off-shore in the Med. Sea  (Is. 60:5) and they have made a discovery of oil in their land, a prophecy made by Moses in the Torah (Deut. 33:24).

Exact prophecies are being fulfilled before our eyes.  Eat your heart out Nastrodamus!  The day of our LORD returning in power and glory are quickly approaching, and so are the days that New Agers identify as a "cleansing" of the earth, or an "evacuation" from earth of all those of the wrong vibration.  It just so happens that all "tuned" to this vibrational frequency believe that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, in the work He did on the cross, dying for our sins, is the only way to be saved (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 10:9-10).  Hmmm... the Bible predicted such an event thousands of years ago, known today as the rapture (1 Thess. 4:16-17).

quotue cited from: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4979.htm 

Good News from Egypt

The Media has shown mass repeated footage of rioting, fighting, protesting in the streets, and victims of the violence.  Since the people began to call for the resignation of Mubarak, this has been the focus of the news.  With all the negative images coming from the Middle-East, it could be tempting for an individual to despair.

But there is some good news coming out of Egypt, which of course the mainstream media is not going to cover.  The body of Christ in the country of Egypt is seeing an expansion.  Tom Doyle, VP and Middle-East Director for e3 partners tells us of some of the information that he is receiving from within Egypt.

Actually, many ministries in that Biblical country are seeing God moving in very powerful ways in recent years. Egyptians are coming to faith in Christ, growing in their faith, pastors are being trained and encouraged, and the Church as a whole is growing. One ministry, for example, saw some 3,100 people pray to receive Christ and numerous churches planted throughout the country in 2010 alone. An medical ministry team serving in Egypt recently saw over 100 people become followers of Jesus. And these young national believers are committed to reaching even the most remote villages with the Gospel and to also leave behind a life-giving church that disciples the believers. God is clearly moving powerfully in the land of the Pharaohs.




We have been talking with friends and allies in Egypt during this new political and economic crisis and they are thankful for all the prayers of believers from around the world. Please continue to pray for their families and the rest of the great young leaders who have been discipled and are now church leaders in Egypt. Nine of our Egyptian workers went to prison last year for sharing Christ. But by God’s grace and the prayers of the saints, they were released soon after and remain deeply committed to serving the Lord. They thank God for the persecution and tell us: "When we believers are persecuted we go underground, and while we are there our roots grow strong and healthy. We then emerge more fit to be Christ's ambassadors and more willing to stand firm in the midst of the persecution."



Many of the believers are calling the church to more prayer and fasting all throughout Egypt. Let’s join them.


Amen.  Often when the riches of the world are taken from people, or these empty promises of fulfillment and satisfaction collapse, only then can they be opened to realize their true need for salvation through Jesus Christ.  It is when the riches of the world fail us that God rises and shows His majesty and His power, His salvation through the crucified and resurrected Lord Jesus. 

To read Mr. Doyle's full article, go to Joshua Fund: http://www.joshuafund.net/index.php/media/the_joshua_fund_blog/is_there_any_good_news_in_egypt/

Isaiah's Pronouncment on Egypt

About five days or so ago now, I began to review some in the book of Isaiah on the passages that speak to the end of days prophecies.  Chapters 14-19 have a series of condemnations against the countries in the Middle-East surrounding and including Israel.  Many are famfiliar with hearing of the prophecy in Isaiah 17:1, which foretells the destruction of Damascus, which many feel will be fulfilled in the next major Israeli war, especially since Damascus is headquarters for a number of terrorist organizations.

But chapter 19 is particularly interesting, especially concerning recent events.  It appears as if Chapter 19 is speaking directly to Egypts current crisis.  The chapter speaks of the LORD (Yahweh) coming to Egypt, and turning brother against brother, Egyptian angainst Egyptian (Is. 19:2) and this is what we see plastered on our TV screens! 

2"So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;



And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,


City against city and kingdom against kingdom.


3"Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;


And I will confound their strategy,


So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead


And to mediums and spiritists.

According to scripture, though it go against the teachings of Islam, the people will begin turning to supernatural forces for help and guidadnce in this terrible time of turmoil.  The second half of chapter nineteen speaks of the LORD's healing of Egypt, when they turn back to Him, and worship the LORD God of Israel, along with Assyria (Syria) and Israel, and it is said they become a blessing in the land  (Is. 19:23-24).

Right now, in the news, a big concern is who is going to take over the government that Hosni Mubarak has ran for 30 years?  We know that he has just now appointed his first vice-president, and promised to appoint a new parliament, which are mostly his people anyway.  Isaiah also speaks to this, as to who will come to power.

4"Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master,


And a mighty king will rule over them," declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

Now it could be argued that this mighty king and cruel master are already in power and have been for 30 years.  The Holman Chrisitan translation renders the hebrew as "harsh masters."  This could refer to the parliment that Mubarak has appointed, all the people over Egypt for the past thirty years who have run it into the ground.  But I think it makes more sense to view it as speaking sequentially here, and referring to the leader that will arise out of this situation.

America essentially appointed Mubarak, and since we give them 2 billion in aid annually, Mubarak has remained a key ally of the U.S.  If an extremist (i.e. orthodox) Muslim regime gains control, we can count this as the end of our democratic ally in Egypt, and an escalation to a Mid-East war, likely forcing Israel's hand to move more quickly in the Middle-East.
As to conditions that are going to affect the country, Isaiah goes on to predict the drying up of the Nile, and as a consequence, the end of all employment provided by the Nile and its products.  It will be interesting to watch developments in and around Egypt.  Southern Sudan recently gained the votes they needed to break off from Muslim controlled Northern Sudan, to gain their own independence.  This leaves the Northern part of Sudan without natural resources, while the Southern part has control of water and minerals.  I know that there has been contestation on how to use the waters of the Nile river.  It occurred to me that once Southern Sudan has gained independence from the North, that damming up their water sources, could effectively drain the Nile river, causing its canals to dry up and leave a stench from the ancient river bed and the death of all the animal life, as well as the death of inhabitants who live along the river and depend on its fullness to live.

5The waters from the sea will dry up,


And the river will be parched and dry.


6The canals will emit a stench,


The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;


The reeds and rushes will rot away.


7The bulrushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile


And all the sown fields by the Nile


Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.


8And the fishermen will lament,


And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn,


And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.


9Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax


And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.


10And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;


All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.



11The princes of Zoan are mere fools;


The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become stupid


How can you men say to Pharaoh,


"I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?

You can hear this refrain among the people of Egypt, asking the same question.  But for the LORD, it serves a different purpose, to point to His sovereign rule over the affairs of men.

12Well then, where are your wise men?


Please let them tell you,


And let them understand what the LORD of hosts


Has purposed against Egypt.


13The princes of Zoan have acted foolishly,


The princes of Memphis are deluded;


Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes


Have led Egypt astray.


14The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of distortion;


They have led Egypt astray in all that it does,


As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.


15There will be no work for Egypt


Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do
 
The final half of the chapter (Is. 19:16-24) speaks of the LORD's healing of the nation of Egypt, after they have gone through this national crisis and seen once again that their gods and spirits that they pray too can not help them (Ex. 5-11). 
 
Not only are national forecasters speaking of the rising oil prices, which will effect essentially everything we do, but this can lead much qucker to the collapse of the Egyptian economy, as well as througout the Middle-East, and around the globe.  As Mubarak has not stepped down, and the people are not satisfied, I think that things will continue to get much worse until a government is set up and control is seized, and so the prophecy of Isaiah will be fulfilled. 
 
This event is very siginificant, and will most likely drastically change the way we live our lives in America, as well as lead to the collapse of the "global-economy," resulting in people crying out for a stable monetary one-world currency.  Could this be the event that finally pushes us to that point?

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