(A Word received from the Lord on Wednesday,
June 7, 1967)
"What is the meaning, says the Lord,
of that which is now transpiring in the Middle East?
Is it not that which you read about in my Word? And
what is it, says the Lord? Is it not written
that I shall gather all nations to Jerusalem
to battle? (Zech. 14:2). And is not the stage now
being set for the final conflict when multitudes
will be brought to the valley of decision for
judgment? (Joel 3:14). For even now is the time when
the nations are beating their plowshares into swords
and instruments of war, and all the mighty men of
war are being awakened. (Joel
3:9-10).
Be not deluded by overtures of peace and
seeming settlement which shall come among those
now in conflict. For this will be temporary. That
which seethes underneath shall yet break out in
total and final conflict. But l am using this
flare-up to give you warning, says the Lord;
warning that the final vortex of inescapable
conflict is drawing near. Therefore let me speak to
you and make known to you that which you need to
know in this crucial
hour.
Is it not written that blood shall flow
outside the city of Jerusalem even to the
horse bridles? (Rev. 14:20). Now what does this
mean? The horse is a symbol of the power to
war, and a bridle is that which controls, holds
back, or regulates the power of the horse. What then
is the bridle that shall be instrumental in staying,
for a time, the angry stampede of the nations
to war? The bridle, says the Lord, is
the United Nations organization. But this ability to
hold back the conflict to war cannot last but
for a short time. For I have determined that all
nations shall drink of the wine of my fury. And I am
weary of holding in, says the Lord. My lips
are full of indignation; my tongue as a devouring
fire. I have determined that the very instrument
which the nations have put their trust in to
maintain peace shall precipitate them into war. For
the bridle in the jaws of the nations shall cause
them to err (Isa.
30:27-28).
In its first application, the blood reaching
to the horse's bridle outside Jerusalem is the
United Nations holding back the bloodletting of war
for a time. In its second application it is the
United Nations becoming embroiled in war through its
member nations taking sides and pitting themselves
against one another when the final showdown comes in
the Middle East. And since a house divided against
itself cannot stand, the United Nations organization
shall collapse in the day of final reckoning. It is
pictured in my Word as a wall that is daubed with
untempered mortar, and in the day of storm it shall
not stand. (Ezek. 13:10-15). The untempered mortar
which will not allow the wall to adhere represents
the blasphemous nations of communism which have
been taken into the United Nations; but they are
treacherous and completely unreliable; therefore
when it suits their interests, they will abandon
their deceitful words of peace and launch a
full-scale invasion of the Middle East. Until that
day the nations that are truly interested in peace
with justice will continue to err by participating
with the communists in the United Nations
organization.
Now let me show you further the pattern in my
Word, says the Lord. When judgment was ready
to fall on the nation of the Jews in the days
following their rejection of my witness through the
apostles, I did give a warning sign to the
Christians to flee from Jerusalem and Judea. I spoke
to them these words: 'When you see Jerusalem
compassed with armies, then know that desolation is
near. Then let them which are in Judea flee
to the mountains and let them which are in the midst
of it depart out; and let not them that are in the
countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of
vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled’ (Luke 21:20-22). The armies which
compassed Jerusalem in those days were the
Roman legions sent to execute my vengeance on a
people who had rejected my witness. Even so shall it
again be fulfilled at the close of this
dispensation, for I have determined to once
again pour out my fury on those who have been
stiff-necked and unwilling to receive my Word.
Therefore once again shall armies encompass
Jerusalem. This time they shall be of the nations
which will have completely fallen into the maw of
the bear—Russian
communism.
Now hear my Word! When the nations which
today encircle the people of Israel are fully within
the communist camp, THEN know that your days
are numbered. For this is the SIGN that I give
to you that vengeance is about to fall, not
only on the people of Israel, but on
all nations of the
earth.
Now what, says the Lord, is the
meaning of the present crisis in the Middle
East. I say to you that the blowing of
the sixth trumpet is now taking place. The 'slaying
of the third part of men' (Rev. 9:15) is symbolic of
the destruction of the Influence of the
Christian west in the Middle East, paving the way
for a communist takeover. For the Christian nations
are symbolized by Isaac, who was one-third of the
house of Abraham; the other two-thirds being the
descendants of Ishmael, who was the son of
Hagar the Egyptian, and the descendants of the sons
of Keturah (Gen. 16:1-12, 25:1-6). The loosing of
the four angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates, refers to the coming breakup of that pact
which has bound four nations together as a buffer
against communist Russia. With the dissolving of
this western-inspired resistance to communism, the
nations of the Middle East will gradually succumb to
the domination of Russia and communism,
eventually becoming a part of the beast
empire.
I call on you to flee to the
mountains. A mountain is typical of a Kingdom, and
only those who are willing to flee to the Kingdom of Jesus
Christ and take refuge under His sovereignty, shall
escape the desolation that is
coming.
Therefore hear, my people, for the hour is
late, and I will require of you to know my
will in this day. Hasten, yes I say hasten, to the
bosom of your Savior and let nothing deter
you from clinging solely to Him in this day."
(end of prophecy).