Turkey's Place in History

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), May 19, 2009 at 19:41

It has been some time since I have reviewed a series of exchanges which purport to examine the potential for the event(s) that will lead to the tribulation. It is correct to understand that the only source for the development of history as it relates to Israel is Almighty God's Holy Bible. In it we can read the circumstances, causes and effects of the principle players of history as Almighty God visits His judgment against those that attempt to leverage peace at Israel expense. Everything we read about in the Middle East, and the world's political activists trying to insert humanist/religionist influences to dominate the Middle east, and especially Israel, all have their roots in what Almighty God said through Moses in Deuteronomy. The history of the world rises and falls on the history of Israel as portrayed in the Holy Bible.

Turkey, the land of the seven churches, plays a pivotal role in all of this, and exquisitely so, for we read in the Revelation the history of the Church as it is set out by Jesus Christ. Turkey was once in control of Jerusalem, a place now under contention by everyone, just everyone. How does one might think that Jesus Christ will handle those who try to submit Jerusalem to their will, and not Jesus Christ's? The Revelation gives that answer.

But we read in Zephaniah's closing verses about how the world has treated Israel up and until the opening verses of Zechariah. Leave us not forget Ezekiel's remonstrations alluded to here by others in this post. When the world powers in place now are unable to effectuate their false 'peace' at Israel's expense, they are 'coming to town' (read unwalled cities) to force the issue, and will get smacked down, with fire. Then the Revelation will move into the next and final chapters, and some of the prognostications mentioned here will make some sense, but only as they conform to Almighty God's Holy Bible.

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