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UPDATE 09 February 2024: This update to SITREP 02-24 is likely the final to be posted; SITREP 03-24 appears to be on a fast track.
Multiple U.S. retaliation strikes for the deadly Tower 22 Jordan attack by IRGC-QF and its proxies have not made any difference with respect to deterrence of further attacks. There have been a minimum three UAV strikes on US bases within the past 36 hours which primarily targeted US and Coalition troops quarters. Making no mistake and no nuances, we are by and definition at war with Iran and its IRGC-QF external terrorist apparatus in Iraq and Syria.
From now on there will be no distinction made between the IRGC-QF and its various proxy forces - they're all IRGC-QF. The recent retaliatory strikes the US conducted against the IRGC-QF in the Dier Ez-Zor region, including at least two B1B Lancer intercontinental bomber strikes, did serious damage to their logistics. However, as damaging as they were even those strikes did not destroy the entire IRGC-QF armory. The weaponry that was not destroyed has been relocated to fortifications belonging to Hezbollah along the Syria-Lebanon border. This makes the IRGC-QF also inclusive of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria. Apparently the Iranian enemy assesses that the U.S. Biden Administration will not strike their facilities embedded along the Lebanon-Syria border. That may be true, but it will not be an issue for the Israeli Air Force.
Israel's conquest of Gaza, and bold attempt to eradicate HAMAs, PIJ and other terrorists continues apace. Israel's war cabinet has requested the IDF provide a detailed plan for the evacuation of all civilians from Rafah and the way forward to eliminating the remaining minimum of four "battalions" which are assessed to have survived to date.
In the north Major General Ori Gordin, Commander Northern Command, met today with all leaders of the regional councils evacuated along that entire border. Aside of coordination with the civilian leadership, MG Gordin made clear to those leaders the ongoing cross-border conflict will shortly expand into offensive operations in Lebanon to drive Hezbollah, et all, further north to beyond the Litani River. This operation's intent is to prepare for Israeli citizens to safely return to the homes they have evacuated. I think we all can see where this is going.
30 January 2024: Eschatology Today has long interpreted Israel's current war as one which would eclipse all previous wars the country has fought from 1948-1973 combined. That mark has clearly been achieved even without total war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iranian proxy forces in Syria frontier having erupted. (All indications from Israel are that an IDF Lebanon operation is very, very close, by the way.)
The Middle East is now at a point of no return to what it was on October 6, 2023. Those days are over, gone forever. The U.S. government is comparing the current situation to the fall of 1973 when the very real possibility of a super power nuclear conflict was at the forefront. Even harkening to the early days of June 1967 when Israel's armed forces were in dire straits and consideration of the Sampson Option was presented to then PM Golda Meir.
We have no doubt that God intervened in both of those very close calls; then was obviously not the appointed time, but many of us remember those days in terms of what Hal Lindsey had written in his global bestseller The Late, Great Planet Earth. The straight fact is, we're up against that threshold once again with staggering prophetic implications written about here since 2009. There's a flood coming.
Marana'tha!
I have assumed that the blank image at the head of this SITREP is worth a thousand words, prophetic and otherwise. There's little ambiguity about a "point of no return." Brothers and Sisters, there's only one Way forward through Christ Jesus and His Gospel. Witness!
ReplyDeleteUnprecedented operation by Israeli special forces in Jenin. Precise intel led the special forces to enter Ibn Sina Hospital, they were dressed as doctors and nurses at 05:30 AM. They carried silenced weapons and within 10 minutes eliminated three terrorists hiding in a concealed room on the third floor.
ReplyDeleteHAMAS terrorists hide in hospitals believing Israeli forces won't enter. New paradigm... yes, they will.
Take exceptional care (as always) when consuming media reports about the Israeli war cabinet's stability - it resembles a high school cafeteria food fight. A disinformation hail storm coming out of left field.
ReplyDeleteStrange announcement by Kata'ib Hezbollah that it will no longer attack US forces "to avoid embarrassing the Iraq government."
ReplyDeleteWould the current administration work with Israel in planning their response to the Jordon attack ? My gut tells me no.
ReplyDeleteNo. The attack on US troops at Tower 22 in Jordan, which killed 3 and injured more than 40 others, had nothing to do with Israel so there'd be no need for coordination. There would probably be quiet notification as the response was in progress.
DeleteI do expect the US response to be combat ineffective.
I thought everyone would understand why the "point of no return" had been reached. I was wrong about that as I've come to learn.
ReplyDeleteAt this time the military and political weakness in the West is at its highest point. There is no strong, resolute leader in the West. Massive military power absent the lack of a willingness to use it, tactically or strategically, no firm "red lines" or "or else" ultimatum to the enemy, makes the military power just a big show at taxpayer expense. It emboldens the enemy.
Iran, for all of its Shi'a Twelver apocalyptic rhetoric, does not want war at this point because such war would not be on its terms of engagement. The Ayatollah's critical need, just as in the fairly recent case of North Korea, is to demonstrate a real nuclear weapons capability and the means of delivery.
Nevertheless, God is in control, that's the bottom line.
The Syrian Army fired rockets at Israel on Tuesday, no damage, no injuries. This morning the IAF retaliated on the Syrian Army launchers in Daraa killing several Syrian soldiers.
ReplyDeleteIt's very refreshing to see PM Bibi Netanyahu hammering the blatant "disinformation hail storm" I referenced in my comment at 7:12 yesterday morning. This storm is coming from the WH via its media lap dogs.
ReplyDeleteOct 7 is keeping his resolve strong. I pray it doesn't weaken.
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That is my prayer also - for all of Israel to hold "Never Again" to really mean never again, and the LORD God to pour out His Spirit upon all Israel.
DeleteHave the Joint Chiefs given new ROE (Rules of Engagement) to US forces in CENTCOM AOR? Perhaps!
ReplyDeleteLast night the USS Carney (DDG 64) shot down a Houthi ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden. This is routine SOP of late.
However, our destroyer then engaged and blew 3 Iranian (IRGC) UAVs out of the sky over the Gulf of Aden.
With as much action as the USS Carney is involved in they must stay at General Quarters most of the time.
ReplyDeleteThe entire CSG... they're in a war zone.
DeleteWith Biden pushing hard and reportedly considering unilateral recognition of a de-militarized (yeah, right) Palestinian state, the upcoming eclipse in April takes on an even more ominous portent. I think it was Bill Koenig who compiled a list of the disasters that have struck America every time our leaders promoted measures/policies to divide Israel's land. Sobering. I can remember thinking in 2020 that that had such promise for the Rapture year, and every year since, based on solid reasoning and convergences of signs, but my goodness, how much longer can we be here given the state of the world/endtimes I&W today?
ReplyDeleteHmewrdbd,
DeleteExactly. No man knows that day/hour, but given everything that we do know is why I assess we're at the point of no return.
The Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) announcement of 30 January, noted above, was an attempt to save itself from annihilation in US retribution for the Tower 22 Jordan attack..
ReplyDeleteThe US intends to militarily wipe out the KH instead of holding Iran responsible in keeping the issue from widening the war, a la the "Biden Doctrine."
Early today another airstrike (IAF) on Sayyida Zeinab south of Damascus and Arqada. Another IRGC-QF "advisor" will killed, an Iraqi shi'a fighter and a currently unidentified individual of another nationality. This site is IRGC-QF electronic warfare HQ in Syria; has been several times in recent weeks. So much for the Iranian claim of having withdrawn IRGC-QF officers from Syria.
ReplyDeleteWith the announced US retaliation against KH terrorists in Syria and Iraq pending, now would be a good time to review Isaiah 17 again, but this time in the 1599 Geneva Bible Translation (Bible Gateway) which has excellent footnotes.
In this it appears there's a "past as prologue" connection in Isaiah 17 between the ancient and largely apostate northern Kingdom of Israel and the present-day secular and non-observant Israeli left. You decide.
Wow, Sean, thanks for that recommendation. The GNV seems to paint a fuller picture of what is going on in the whole chapter--and yes, it definitely appears reminiscent of the current situation in the ME . God's first choice is always to bless us into His kingdom, but if we continue to go our own way, depending on our own abilities and resources, out of His great love for us He will use all pressure necessary to bring us to repentance. I get the sense from the whole chapter that the destruction of Damascus is caused by God, not man. In Amir Tsarfati's last novel he depicts the destruction of Damascus by an earthquake, not military armaments/might. God but shouts and waters flee. Regardless, God will fulfill His word and it cannot be much longer now.
DeleteTsarfati is incorrect. He ignores prophetic Scripture.
DeleteNo earthquake.
Jeremiah 49:27
The US retaliation strikes have begun with at least 85 targets being hit across Iraq and Syria... gathering data...
ReplyDeleteALL Iranian sponsored militias in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in the first of several rounds of strikes. The strikes also include strikes on IRGC-QF HQs, logistics depots, communication hubs and troops. Strikes includes sorties of B1 bombers from their bases in the US and elsewhere. These are heavy strikes with precision weapons. These strikes look to be forced demilitarization of IRGC-QF and its proxies, to degrade them if not nuetralize their offensive combat capabilities.
DeleteThis has a huge benefit for Israel!
It remains to be seen if Iran will retaliate as promised since the IRGC-QF is being hit very hard.
The US strikes are heavy and run a high risk of having the opposite effect of their stated purpose of not widening the war.
DeleteDefinitely!! You take what you can get when you're in Israel's position. Obama needs to make his shadow regime look 'presidential' in an election year, before they change out old Joe. They were careful to make sure they leaked the plans publicly though (to CBS), to give the top (Iranian etc.) HVT personnel an opportunity to evac ahead.
DeleteBTW - Thanks for that Geneva Bible take on Isa 17. You're right about the BGW site footnotes. Been going through it a few times and 're-digesting'. Hanging out with fellow Bereans is great.
Bro. Steve.
Perhaps Biden wants Iran to acquire nuclear missiles to put Israel and Iran in a nuclear standoff to necessitate a 2- state solution. Of course, God does not want his land to be split (Joel 3).
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DeleteScripture, Scripture, Scripture!
Jeremiah 49:35-37.
Initial US strikes concluded yesterday; they included new sanctions on the IRGC rocket programs and a cyberwar strike on Iran. Battle Damage Assessment will determine priority of further strikes.
ReplyDeleteSince the IRGC-QF militias attacked Tower 22 on Jordanian territory there are reports that the Royal Jordanian Air Force was also given Shi'a militia targets to strike in southern Syria.
Jordan has been striking the cross-border IRGC drug smuggling operations near the "cities of Aroer" (Isaiah 17) and in Syria proper for weeks now. Drug smuggling into Jordan is one way Iran's proxy militias from Iraq fund their operations. A page right out of Lebanese Hezbollah's playbook.
Today, Saturday 3 February, Iranian militias attacked two US and Coalition bases, the Conoco oil field and Kharab Al-Jir base near Hasakah, Syria. Conoco took missile strikes and Kharab al-Jir was hit by UAVs.
ReplyDeleteStand by for round two. Round one of the US strikes killed 40 and leveled every target struck.
amazing they could manage to kill 40... the only thing they didn't do is announce where they would target in the last week
DeleteThe time of the strikes, roughly 10 - 11 PM start ensured a minimal loss of life. The initiation of the strikes on seven specific targets was announced to the Iraqi government.
DeleteThe considerable amount of stockpiled Iranian-made ordnance, rockets, etc., etc., that subsequently cooked off in secondary detonations only increased the scope and lethality of the U.S. and Inherent Resolve Coalition retaliation.
POST-STRIKE ANALYSIS:
DeleteThere was nearly a week between the Tower 22 attack and the US retaliation strikes, but the US announced the retaliation would occur immediately after the Tower 22 attack. That's a minimum of 120 hours advance warning to the enemy.
Biden also announced in advance the US would not directly strike in Iran. Big mistake!
The IRGC-QF and Shi'a militia targets were 100% weapons and ammo storage depots; the largest was a 20 bunker complex north of Dier Ez-Zor, Syria. It no longer exists, but big whoopie!
Bottom Line:
The US avoided striking enemy troops directly; this deters nothing the Shi'a Twelvers want to achieve.
The US is led by the same leftist ideologues who gave us the Afghanistan debacle. They have no idea how to deter (i.e. defeat) an avowed enemy.
Iran will simply deliver more weapons and ammo to the IRGC-QF and proxy militias in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
The net result of these strikes only guarantees a wider and more destructive war in the Middle East!
Aside of the CJTF-OIR (US-led) airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the US and UK have also been simultaneously pummeling Houthi targets in Yemen virtually non-stop in the past week. Thirty-six strikes on a wide array of military targets have occurred in the last 24 hours alone.
ReplyDeleteIn the last four years the Lebanese pound has lost 98% of its value. The government allows bank withdrawal of just $150 per month, which equates to a daily subsistence level of $5 per day. Lebanon wants war with Israel? Lebanon's government is not in control, Hezbollah is. When the war goes full-scale Lebanon will completely collapse; another failed state in the Arab-Muslim Middle East.
Notwithstanding the inevitable battle damage, Lebanon under Israeli administration will be a significant improvement. It is highly likely that more than a few Lebanese would share that sentiment. Bro. Steve
DeleteBro Steve, and all:
DeleteIt is here, at this specific point I believe, that we can "close the loop" so to speak. This is something that goes back to the very beginnings of Eschatology Today blog.
We're witnessing in real-time the conflict that will result in the fulfillment of Ezekiel 28: 24-26, and that in turn goes directly to a "past as prologue" template for the building of the Third Temple, the Temple of God's Two Witness and the Abomination of Desolation of the False Prophet and Antichrist. I am referring to the 2009 post titled "When Will The Third Temple Be Built?" The template is 1 Kings 5:1-5 and the dialog between King Solomon of Israel and King Hiram (Tyre/Sidon) in Lebanon. Verses 3-5 are the key.
Original post:
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Bro Sean: In other words - When there is no more 'pricking brier' - and there is resultant 'rest on every side' - Israel would logically be able to address the Temple issue with proper focus. That also seems to be about the time that those red heifers will be ready? Is that in line with your take? Bro. Steve
DeleteBro Steve,
DeletePrecisely, the direct connection between Ezekiel 28 and 1 Kings 5 is unmistakable, God-breathed.
And the red heifer aspect is like another advance notice on the nearness of these prophetic scriptures being fulfilled.
We've noted within the past few months that a rabbi has procured a location on the Mount of Olives, directly across from where the 2nd Temple stood and the 3rd will stand, for the ritual sacrifice of the first red heifer. Currently this purification ritual is scheduled for April 2024, or about 2 months from now. Those purification ashes make everything else for the 3rd Temple possible.
A new European Union naval force, commanded by an Italian Admiral, will begin defensive operations in the Red Sea in mid February. This force will not strike Houthis on Yemeni territory, only defend shipping from Houthi drone and missile attacks.
ReplyDeleteA new European Union naval force, commanded by an Italian Admiral, will begin defensive operations in the Red Sea in mid February. This force will not strike Houthis on Yemeni territory, only defend shipping from Houthi drone and missile attacks.
ReplyDeleteFrom the FORWARD website:
ReplyDelete"Rabbi Yitzchak Mamo, from yet another Third Temple group, Uvne Jerusalem, told the Christian Broadcasting Network that he has planned a ceremony for Passover 2024 to slaughter the imported heifers, assuming they have not developed any blemishes before then. Mamo said he bought a plot of land overlooking the Temple Mount 12 years ago, specifically in hopes of using it for the slaughter ceremony and beginning preparations for the Third Temple’s construction."
This is an "end times" war. It is not an 'add water and microwave for 90 seconds instant sticky rice' It is also not on any schedule except the one the Lord has appointed. Our Lord said "these things must take place."
ReplyDeleteTo that I would add, in the precise manner that they do take place.
Hello;
ReplyDeleteJust caught this article in ToI from Monday:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-sees-14-straight-days-of-rainfall-for-first-time-in-over-30-years/
With all that is happening; perhaps a reminder from Jesus vis Hosea and Joel, regarding the 'latter rain' and the current and coming revival and harvest of souls?
Bro. Steve
Hosea 6, James 5 and Paul's 1 Thessalonians 5 all speak to this; Hosea primarily to the Jews and James, Paul to Christians.
ReplyDeleteHosea 6 is linked to Ezekiel 39:29.
The rains (former and latter) are a reference, as James explains, to the patience of a farmer who prepares the ground and plants seed. The farmer cannot make it rain, so he waits on the Lord for the former rain after the planting (Fall) and then waits on the Lord for the latter rain (Spring) which results in a bountiful crop and the fruit of the crop.
We're in "that day" of the latter rain. Absolutely!
Eschatology Today blog has never let the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons program slide from our laser focused observation; reminders have been constant.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Washington Free Beacon:
Report - Iran Nukes Extreme Danger
Headline Report from Arutz Sheva (INN):
ReplyDeleteA survey by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) found that 61% of Israelis believe that the IDF must continue the war in Gaza until the Hamas terror group collapses, even if as a result not all of the hostages will return.
A 60% majority objects to Hamas's stipulation that Israel stops the war and leaves the Gaza Strip in return for the release of the hostages.
Israeli media reiterating Syrian media claims of an IAF strike in Homs tonight.
ReplyDeleteMuch to the chagrin of the globalists, PM Netanyahu has rejected the latest Gaza ceasefire gambit. Total victory, nothing less.
ReplyDeleteIn the past 48 hours Hezbollah in Lebanon, the IRGC-QF's premier proxy, fire 70 rockets into northern Israel. The IDF aerial defenses shot down most of the rockets and ignored others which posed no threat and fell on open ground. This rocket fire occurred as the Twelver's Foreign Minister was meeting Hezbollah's leadership in Beirut.
ReplyDeleteStationkeeping of late resulted in my missing a milestone for the Eschatology Today blog along The Prophetic Road to Revelation.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 2024 completed the 15th year and February 2024 began our 16th year of blogging about events, wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes and pestilences that plague the earth in these last days prior to the 70th Week of Years which result in the Revelation (Apocalypse) of Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Marana'tha!
An impressive milestone Sean, and we are near the end, God bless.
DeleteSean, first of all a heartfelt “thank you!” for all you do,. This is indispensable to me and I’m sure also to many other brothers and sisters. Congratulations on your 16th year of keeping us informed. This is my go-to site to find the intersection of prophecy and geopolitical happenings! We get truth with solid Bible teaching. You will be mightily rewarded when He comes for us!!! Soon!! Maranatha. LD
DeleteAmen, Sean! Hard to believe it's gone by this fast. Time between labor pains are getting shorter and shorter.
DeleteCongratulations Sean,
ReplyDeleteIt is a testimony to your faithfulness. We have all been built up in the faith and encouraged here at ET.
I pray our harpazo is soon and we can all rejoice in the presence of Jesus our Savior!
Marana'tha
Thanks again for blogging Eschatology Today.
ReplyDelete"For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry." Heb. 10:37
Richard
If we thought we were close in 2009, then verily it can be said we're closer to the blessed, and always imminent, Harpazo than ever before.
DeleteI believe 2024, in keeping with the title of this SITREP, will be one of key importance for several reasons. In fact, I think the next 30 to 60 days alone will evidence cause for great jubilation in the Bride of Christ and those who've as yet to receive Him but will be convicted to do so. Yes, revival!
....and I was here from the very beginning. 15 years. I remember when id see your comments and links on the Lamb and Lion blog at the beginning. I never dreamed this nation would be in the condition that it is today.
ReplyDeleteSo let me ask you this, when this site first started, did you think we'd still be here in 2024?
Do you agree with me that we could possibly be outta here within 10 years?
Please know that just because I don't comment too often, I still come here almost every day for updates, and that's the honest truth.
Jon (a/k/a hartdawg in the beginning),
DeleteI certainly never foresaw the US descending into this pit 15 years ago, nor the rollercoaster ride since then, but in hindsight the trend has been down, down, down with the last three really having accelerated the decline.
In 2009, six years after my all expense paid trip to witness Saddam's fall, I did not think we'd still be earthbound past 2021. Imminence of the Harpazo has always been my belief.
I don't think there will be another ten years for the Bride on this earth, probably less, but no one can know for sure.
Again, this year will be quite something I believe because "that day" is at hand.
Sean, I join the chorus of thank yous. While I follow several different watchmen/women sites that cover interesting valid considerations from other perspectives--celestial, geological, in-depth biblical searches--all of which make some insightful connections among all the various dots, I still come back to this one as the bedrock, if you will. While other approaches have validity, "the sign is not the event," (necessarily, one day it will be), the "signs" I watch most carefully are the ones associated with geopolitical events within a biblical framework. So in that regard, yes, thank you for your due diligence over all the years. Like many, I didn't get to be an avid watcher (always on the lookout, ofc, but not avid, daily looking) until the Revelation 12 constellation of 9-23-2017. Since then, we have been on a non-stop ride! Blessings, all.
ReplyDeleteMaranatha!
All I can say is "AMEN, COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS!!"
ReplyDeleteI too have been watching this site for about 15 years also. I done comment much but most days I come here probably a dozen times each day hoping something is posted to help us along the journey. I often think of GG5 and what a blessing she was. I reckon my wife knows her now as Sharon has been gone now for 3 years. Hopefully I will get to see her soon.
ReplyDeleteYeah, GG5 is surely missed. I enjoyed her matter of fact old school communication skills:) soon Mace, real soon I’m hopeful.
DeleteThanks Sean for all the hard work keeping all us watching so well informed. May God richly bless you!
Joe
Good news. The IDF's elite executed a long-planned intimate intelligence-driven hostage rescue mission in the course of one hour in Rafah last night.
ReplyDeleteTwo hostages were recovered, many terrorists were eliminated. The rescued Israelis are now with their families at a medical facility. Outstanding!
There's potential big trouble brewing between Israel and Egypt over the Philadelphi Corridor and a planned comprehensive IDF operation in Rafah to root out HAMAS and other terrorists.
ReplyDeleteThe peace treaty between Israel and Egypt may hang in the balance. Israel cannot destroy HAMAS without purging them completely from Rafah.
Research what Scripture foretells about the location of Israel's southern border.
The Egyptians lose a LOT of real estate.
DeleteMy understanding is that Israel will conquer and assimilate the Sinai and a big chunk of eastern Egypt.
DeletePer Isa.19; esp vv15-25; also discussed in Isa.11: 15-16.
The positive thing is that ultimately, the Egyptians repent and become major followers of the Lord; along with the Assyrians.
I wonder if there are any current secular plans on the 'drawing board', regarding a superhighway between Cairo and Baghdad. Bro Steve.
Some say "the river of Egypt" is the Wadi al-Arish in the Sinai, and others say its the Nile River. Looks like this is an issue resolved during the Millennial Kingdom. But right now we are seeing a bone of contention between Israel and Egypt appear that did not exist before HAMAS started the Gaza War.
Delete27 earthquakes reported yesterday in the Imperial-El Centro, California region. 27 is a significant swarm.
ReplyDeleteAll that recent rain played a role for sure. Massive additional weight / pressure and also lubrication of the fault surfaces. Hang on to your hats. Bro. Steve
DeleteHezbollah scored a direct hit with a missile in Kiryat Shmona this morning. The strike severely injured a 15-year old boy and moderately injured his 47-year old mother.
ReplyDeleteTick tock, tick tock.
Isaiah 14a
ReplyDelete"But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west..."
Check. Mission complete with the neutralization of Rafah. Gaza as it was on October 6, 2023 no longer exists. The million-some odd Gaza refugees corralled against the Egyptian border have no where to go; their homes to the north are rubble. This is what islamic jihadism (the satanic verses) has brought to Gaza and its people.
What, or who is next?
In a very short time, the IDF will enter Rafah to finish the job. Question; do you think that Hezbollah, Syria or any Iranian proxy will come to their defense since they all sat on the sidelines on October 7?
ReplyDeleteHezbollah and the IRGC-QF proxies (mostly Iraqi) have been launching attacks against Israel for more than four months now. They're not sitting on the sidelines, but are just short of full-scale land warfare.
DeleteJason's question:within
Delete"Question; do you think that Hezbollah, Syria or any Iranian proxy will come to their defense since they all sat on the sidelines on October 7?"
Jason, in a word, Yes, but not really for the sake of HAMAS.
I agree with Dr. Mike Evans that October 7th was not so much a HAMAS sneak attack as it was an Iranian preemptive strike against Israel to distract Israel from its nuclear weapons program which is just a hair's breadth from completion.
If Israel completes the destruction of HAMAS within a month or so, and Iran needs a little more time to build its nuclear weapon, then for sure Hezbollah and proxies in Syria will make war on Israel in their gambit to keep Israel preoccupied.
Yet, God is in control, and I also expect Jeremiah 49:34-39 to begin shortly.
Hezbollah attacked Tzfat (Safed) and the Northern Command HQ with a large barrage of rockets this morning. 1 Israeli killed in Tzfat. This enemy barrage struck deeper into Israel than has occurred since October 2023.
ReplyDeleteThe IDF/IAF has been responding massively into Lebanon with sustained strikes on the source of Hezbollah's rocket fires and other selected Order Of Battle (OOB) targets.
Hassan Nasrallah says if there's war Hezbollah will cause 2 million Israeli civilians to become refugees.
DeleteThat 'threat' carries an ominous undertone of one or more attacks using non-conventional ordonnance >> with Isa. 17 as the likely resultant outcome for the perpetrators. We at ET know the ultimate outcome for those threatening Israel. Pray, witness - and hang on to your hats. Bro. Steve.
DeleteBased upon the very public warnings (threats, actually) that Israel has been sending to Hezbollah and Lebanon's political establishment for many months now, it's not Israel's ordnance they should worry about, but their very existence as a sovereign nation. Joshua 13:1-7 remains unfulfilled.
DeleteBro Sean - I forgot to include that passage!! Thank you. Esp. v.6, which states with absolute clarity that the Lord himself will personally drive out all the 'Sidonians' from the 'mountain regions'. We may well be witness to a number of highly anomalous environmental events (weather; geological) when the northern front goes fully active. It has happened in recent memory. Bro Steve.
DeleteInquiring minds would like to know what the classified "serious national security threat" posed by the Russian Federation is. Declassify the threat.
ReplyDeleteYesterday Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, requested the de-classification of intelligence regarding a "serious national security threat." Crongress has been briefed in a SCIF below the Capitol.
DeleteThe crux of the threat appears to be collected intelligence about the Russian military planning to put a nuclear weapon into earth orbit.
2 Thessalonians 2:11 NKJV — And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,
DeleteNew info suggests this is a non-deployed weapon. It would be tentatively defined as an atomic-powered EM anti-satellite weapon.
DeleteThis report from 18 JAN 2024
ReplyDeleteIDF STRIKES DOZENS OF HEZBOLLAH TARGETS IN WADI SALUKI
This morning Israel launched massive strikes at Wadi Saluki and elsewhere in southern Lebanon. This is part of the IDF's continuous process of preparing the battlefield.
Hezbollah promising a response of the "same level" as IDF strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and today.
DeleteStraw and Camel's Back?
Navy F/A-18 fighters wings embarked on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower cruising international waters are carrying the heavy combat operational load of strikes on Yemen's Houthis and other Iranian proxies in Iraq and eastern Syria. The US is getting significant assistance from UK fighter wings based on Cyprus. Nevertheless this places undue strain on allied pilots and ships crews and their families at home. Expecting the IKE CSG to be relieved by another CSG soon.
ReplyDeleteThis is due to several regional allies, such as the UAE, placing restrictions on US aircraft launching strike missions from airfields on their territory. The Arab street in these Muslim countries have purely "islamic" issues, they don't differentiate in any meaningful way between their western allies attacking Iranian Shi'a terrorist proxies in Yemen, Iraq and Syria from Israel striking Shi'a terrorists in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Abraham Accords -bah humbug. "Infidels" attacking Muslims of any sect is a purely islamic red line, unless those attacks are to defend the ruling (non-democratic) regime of their country. This was not a major issue for Muslims during the 1991 Liberation of Kuwait or Iraqi Freedom of 2003-2010.
An observation – Susa (the ancient city of Shushan mentioned in the book of Esther) was the capital of Elam. Yes, that Elam, which is mentioned in Jeremiah 49. The festival of Purim (the celebration of the events detailed in the Book of Esther) occurs on Saturday, March 23 this year, about 5 weeks from now. That may be a date to watch for some sort of meaningful event. In the meantime here is a song about Purim: Jews refer to the events of Esther as a “hidden miracle” because Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not contain the name of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgJInVvJSZg
ReplyDeleteMordecai makes it very clear in the Book of Esther that God positions people in specific roles at specific times to accomplish His will.
DeleteThis is an extremely appropriate fact to be mindful of at all times, but especially right now.