Global SITREP C4: War in the Caucasus

27 September 2020: "Armenia has declared martial law, and has ordered the total mobilization of its military" - Jerusalem Post headline this morning. Other media inform that the Azeri military has issued similar full mobilization orders. So, for the umpteenth time over the past four decades Armenia and Azerbaijan have initiated combat operations over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave that has a majority Armenian population within the heartland of Azerbaijan.

Map of the conflict region

This always simmering conflict is of interest because Armenia for certain is one of the nations that will participate within the Ezekiel 38/39 Magog-led military confederation that will attempt to conquer and plunder the State of Israel. Armenia has for many centuries been identified as the ancient land known as Togarmah. The Armenians themselves say they are the descendants of Torgom, a son of Gomer, son of Japheth, who established the "House of Torgom" approximately four millennia ago. So, each time this conflict flares, or any open full-scale warfare within the Caucasus flares up (such as Russia vs Georgia) Eschatology Today perks up and pays attention.

There are to interesting side bars to this. One is that there are several Turkish military units currently in Azerbaijan, some of which have been direct transfers from the war in Syria. For its part Russia has sent military advisers, equipment and mercenary troops into Armenia. It would seem the Russia vs. Turkey zone of contention has extended northward from Syria.

Presently there are reports (unconfirmed) of Azerbaijani aircraft attacking targets in Armenia. Confirmed reports abound of ground combat causing civilian casualties on both sides, and of heavy artillery and armor engagements adding to the carnage. It would appear that both Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as their Turkish and Russian allies were in well advanced stages of preparation for this round of warfare. Turkey is threatening direct intervention against Armenia on the behalf of Azerbaijan.

Global SITREP C3-20: Rumors of Peace - The Abraham Accord

Abraham Accord Signing Ceremony

UPDATE 24 September 2020:  How many folks posting articles and commentary on the internet have actually read the text of the Abraham Accords? Eschatology Today is wondering about this after surfing various websites to see what others have had to say about it, and being left with the distinct impression that the answer to this question is - not many. 

First and foremost it has been noticed that the "Abraham Accords" most certainly are a "Peace Agreement." The Accords are [a] "Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization" between the State of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain according to the 15 September 2020 document published by the White House.

One of the key provisions of the Accords reads: "Recognizing that the Arab and Jewish peoples are descendants of a common ancestor, Abraham, and inspired, in that spirit, to foster in the Middle East a reality in which Muslims, Jews, Christians and peoples of all faiths, denominations, beliefs and nationalities live in, and are committed to, a spirit of coexistence, mutual understanding and mutual respect..."  The Accords also invoke the "Treaties of Peace" between Israel, Egypt and Jordan as being integral to the greater goal of advancing a "comprehensive Middle East peace, stability and prosperity." 

Again, are these conditions the Abraham Accords declare somehow different from what the prophet Ezekiel foretold in chapters 38 and 39 would exist at the time of the Gog of Magog military confederation's attempt to conquer and pillage the land of Israel? Of course they are and therein lies the prophetic importance of the Abraham Accords in establishing those conditions. How so few will even consider, much less teach, this most important and impending eschatological truth is stunning. 

Here's a fact: since Israel declared itself an independent nation 72 years ago there has been an Arab-Israeli conflict. The UAE and Bahrain are Arab Muslim countries and had been in varying levels of conflict with Israel as members of the Arab League. A key institution of the Arab League has been its Joint Defense Council. The Arab League was opposed to the UN Partition Plan of 1947 and created both the All-Palestine Government and the terrorist PLO to operate within Israel. Peace treaties such as the Abraham Accords were as inevitable a necessity as Gabriel's prophecy to Daniel about a "covenant among many" is to the fulfillment of God-breathed prophecy.

The Abraham Accords also seeks to "develop and launch" among the signatory parties a "Strategic Agenda for the Middle East" in a partnership with the United States of America and other nations as yet un-named. It should be apparent and if not demands that we recall the alliance between Israel, Greece and Cyprus that has been in place for a few years now. In other words, the Abraham Accords do not exist in a geopolitical vacuum; the parties committed themselves in obligations that far exceed the text of this soon to expand "covenant among many." 

Moreover, eighty percent of Israel's population (both Jew and Arab citizens) have expressed that they are in favor of the Abraham Accords. This is monumental in its scope, unprecedented even, and cannot be dismissed as something of lesser importance than what it really is.

17 September 2020: This morning the Gatestone Institute published a decidedly secular article by Khaled Abu Toameh. 

First, by way of introduction, Mr. Abu Toameh is an Arab Muslim journalist who has covered Palestinian issues for at least 3 decades. He studied at Hebrew University and early on in his career worked for a PLO newspaper. Most recently he is known to be the "eyes and ears" for foreign journalists in Judea/Samaria and Gaza; he writes for the Jerusalem Post and is also a producer and consultant for NBC News. 

With these credentials today's article took many observers by surprise, including yours truly. It was not what I expected it to be, the title notwithstanding: "Arabs: Israel Is Not Our Enemy." So, in reading just the opening five bullet quotes from Saudi and Emirates media sources you may understand why Eschatology Today views this article confirming what is written in the 14 September update to this SITREP regarding the coming final fulfillment of the Psalm 83 scenario. One could, if the sources were not known beforehand, assess these bullet items were written by a handful of conservative American writers.

A consistent theme emerges in Abu Toameh report, and it echoes part of the enemies list Ezekiel 38. The Arabs of the Gulf and Peninsula, except for Yemen, view Iran and Turkey as their primary enemies; they view Israel as their natural ally against these enemies. I suggest reading the embedded link, and to whet your appetite I include this quote from Saudi Arabian writer Mohammed al-Sheikh:

"Israel is an advanced and superior country in all fields, and by creating a space for peaceful cooperation with it, we believe that we will benefit from its progress and superiority." 

This puts some keen perspective upon Ezekiel 38:13, don't you think? I do.

14 September 2020: In the past month we've kept pace with current events of interest through items posted in the comments section of this SITREP. It has taken an entire month to discern what The Abraham Accord is and what it is not, what it replaces and what it doesn't, and what it may mean prophetically. 

The first thing to note is the the Oslo Accords (I and II) are dead; those accords died a few years ago. The Oslo I and II accords were supposed to result in a five-year plan (1995-2000) towards a final peace agreement between just two parties, Israel and the "Palestinian Authority" (PA). Accordingly, the Oslo I and II Accords never had a chance in becoming the prophetic "covenant among many."

The PA, or "Palestinian National Authority" as some refer to it, was created to take the place of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). In effect this was just a semantic name change because Israel could not make real peace with an avowed terrorist group (Fatah) dedicated to its destruction, even though Fatah remained as the political power broker, and Yasser Arafat disavowed with empty words the purpose of the PLO and accepted Israel's right to exist. 

The question is often asked, "What's in a name?" Now you know. The PLO and Fatah are the current Palestinian Authority. Not much has changed, but one has to look under the veneer to see that fact. This is not a difficult task either if one looks at the PA's statements in the months since the Abraham Accord was announced and Israel's full annexation of Judea and Samaria began to move forward. The terrorist Fatah/PLO is still there as it has always been. Only the soon-to-be literal and final fulfillment of Psalm 83 (which is inclusive of Isaiah 11:12-14 and Ezekiel 28:24-26) will permanently change this status quo.

The Abraham Accord is new, it is a singular accord that is aimed toward having many nations as participants, as guarantors of the peace it intends to create. The UAE and Bahrain are just the first among the many. However, the Abraham Accord also has a fatal flaw - it divides portions of the Covenant land of Israel. However, the aforementioned prophetic fulfillments are that which Eschatology Today believes will summarily eliminate this flaw. We believe these fulfillments will occur as a direct result of the Isaiah 17 prophecy coming to pass. Syria is not a part of the Psalm 83 war and that is a critical point to remember.

Again and for reference, the Psalm 83 prophecy involves, from north to south, Lebanon, Jordan, the PA, the terrorist enclave of Gaza and a remnant Shia militia from Iraq. That's it. The Abraham Accord will remain, but Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority along with the Gaza terrorists will be historical footnotes. Looking just a little further forward, these events prepare or "set the stage" the coming fulfillment of Ezekiel 38/39 and the literal creation of the conditions enumerated in Ezekiel 38:10-17. What we cannot know is when in all of this the Harpazo will occur. But occur it will; nothing can stop it.

13 August 2020: United States of America President Donald John Trump made the stunning announcement this morning that the his administration was instrumental in bringing about a peace treaty between Israel and the UAE (United Arab Emirates). The treaty is being referred to as the "Abraham Accord." The Abraham Accord will normalize full diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE, a reciprocal exchange of ambassadors, embassies and full diplomatic staff for each. Israel will also forgo any further annexation of territory in Judea and Samaria.

Folks who have been reading Eschatology Today for thee past 11 years may recall that a staple here has been the reference to Daniel 9:27 and "covenant among many" as being tied to a covenant among "Abrahamic Religions." This is precisely what we have in this "Abraham Accord" between the three principle nations that are a party to it - Jewish, Islamic and Christian nations. No doubt that is with the name of this accord was so selected. Needless to say, hearing the first reference to this peace treaty as the "Abraham Accord" nearly caused my heart to skip a beat; the hair on the back of my neck did stand on end with goosebumps the full length of my forearms. It was truly a stunner.

I expect, based upon what many are now openly saying, the Abraham Accord will expand to include many other Islamic and Christian nations. I also expect that Iran and its many proxies will do anything and everything in their power to preempt this peace deal. 

Global SITREP C2-20: Rumors of War Part VI

Some of the IDF Armor arrayed on the Northern Front
opposite the Lebanese and Syrian borders..

03 August 2020: Hidai Zilberman, a spokesperson for the IDF, said today that Israel holds Damascus responsible for Sunday's attempted IED cross-border attack at a temporarily unmanned IDF post. According to Zilberman Israel may yet retaliate against Damascus for that action in which the four terrorists were killed by ground and air fire from the IDF's Maglan Special Forces unit. There were no IDF injuries in the action.

Update 05 August 2020: About the Beirut Port Disaster

Beirut Port Before

Beirut Port After

Hezbollah and the IRGC are under no illusions about what took place yesterday at the Port of Beirut, Lebanon because they know they caused the explosion at Beirut port by their own negligence.

They have been negligent in the handling and storage of 2,750 metric tons of volatile ammonium nitrate, explosives and other munitions (i.e. the reported fireworks) at this site for many years. Since 2014 at a minimum. The resultant early tally of casualties speaks to scores of dead and 3,000 to 4,000 or more injuries.

The "white building" was a massive grain silo. Grains lie before the massive, now water-filled crater where the explosions occurred.

Details:

In 2018 the IDF made public their concerns about this site in releasing surveillance imagery with detailed analysis of the risks posed to the immediate civilian neighborhood, infrastructure, the port itself and Hariri Airport (source of the aircraft seen in some videos).

IDF release from 2018

Thereafter, Hassan Nasrallah released a video of himself 'theorizing' about a "nuclear like' explosion occurring in Haifa port, just as the Beirut port explosion appeared to all who witnessed it yesterday. Ironic to say the least.

Beirut Port Panoramic as it appears today courtesy of Hezbollah and their IRGC masters.

Hezbollah and the IRGC, and by extension the current Government of Lebanon, are 100% responsible for the Beirut Port disaster. They know it. Israel knows it, and so does the U.S.A. The ultimate repercussions of this disaster are currently unknown, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to assume that Israel will be blamed in due course by its many enemies. And therein lies the prophetic significance should Lebanon, Hezbollah and Iran opt for the wrong course of action going forward.

Global SITREP C1-20: Rumors of War Part V

Israel Knows Iran's Nuclear Secrets

10 July 2020: The lead item in 'Rumors of War Part IV' concerned what was initially believed to be sabotage at Iranian nuclear weapons and delivery systems facilities. Now Eschatology Today knows enough to fill in some of the blanks.

In the past two weeks (26 June to today) there has been a total of six major attacks on the the Iranian Twelver regime's nuclear and related ballistic missile delivery systems sites. These attacks have been a mix consisting of sabotage by an Iranian 5th column who are anti-regime military members self-identified as "Homeland Cheetah's," state-of-the-art cyber warfare and airstrikes. The cyber and air attacks are strongly believed to be attributable to the ever-increasing reach and lethality of  Israel's military forces, specifically its cyber warfare and F-35I Adir stealth strike aircraft. Of course it goes without saying that Israel officially neither confirms or denies any role in these attacks (wink, wink).

However, analysis of these strikes provides abundant evidence that their occurrence involved the significant resources and capabilities of a nation state. The sheer precision of the strikes strongly indicates they were guided in good measure by the treasure trove of intelligence taken from the Tehran vault penetrated by Israel's clandestine operatives which PM Bibi Netanyahu revealed to the world not so long ago (image above).

Destroyed Natanz centrifuge production site ICAC

For example, an attack on the Natanz nuclear site (ICAC) all but obliterated, perhaps permanently, the production of Iran's newest IR-9 nuclear centrifuges which would provide Iran the capability enrich uranium at 50 times that which the IR-1 centrifuges permitted under the JCPOA "Obama nuclear agreement." With operational IR-9 centrifuges Iran would have had enough weapons grade fissile material for a live warhead within few weeks (less than 8, but more than four). Still, this attack retards Iran's ongoing uranium enrichment program by a mere two years according to Western subject matter experts.

The initial 26 June attack on the highly classified and simply massive Parchin nuclear and ballistic missile complexes caused extensive destruction to large sections. In fact, entire facilities were instantly turned into dust and debris. The other four attacks hit targets in Tehran, Kahrizak, Ahvaz and Shiraz that Iran claimed were for civilian purposes and were in residential areas of the cities struck. We can attribute this Iranian Twelver claim to equate to a tacit admission of using civilian infrastructure in the furtherance of its nuclear weapons programs. Put another way, Israel knows Iran's nuclear secrets so much so that they can't even hide them in plain sight. Again, the precision of the strikes prevented any collateral (i.e. civilian) loss of life.

These attacks are not over by any measure. The most recent in the series occurred about 36 hours ago. Thus far Iran has yet to respond to them in any meaningful way. That may be because they cannot respond to them. It appears that the Lord is fulfilling the prophecy he gave to Jeremiah many thousands of years ago: He has sent a sword against this evil regime which will not relent until the regime has been totally consumed.

Update 16:30 EDT: Just got word of another massive explosion which occurred yesterday in west Tehran. This initial report claims the blast occurred at 4 AM local time at an IRGC missile storage facility. A second report just received has two additional explosions occurring in Garmdareh and Quds. These two are also reportedly "strategic sites." Waiting on confirmation of these potential attacks.

Updates as they occur.

Global SITREP B10-20: Global "Great Reset" to Establish Global Technocratic Order

Klaus Schwab, Chairman - World Economic Forum

30 June 2020: Eschatology Today has been warning about this for some time. (see: Global SITREP C6-19: It Is Sentient) Yet it seemed distant, non-palpable; in somebody else's future perhaps, as Divinely-inspired prophecy or prophetic interpretation so appears at times. Especially when it's key elements are straight out of what John on Patmos was told to write down two millennia ago in The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Jesus Christ.

As the expression goes in New York City slang, fuhggedaboudit, the warnings are being realized; they are here with us right now. Most importantly, the global epidemic crisis begun by the Chinese-origin SARS-CoV-2 virus (44,580 daily new cases in the United States alone as of 29 June 2020) is the vehicle by which the global oligarchy, the elitists of global technology, finance, business, government (a/k/a Deep State) and the over-arching control mechanism we have come to know as Artificial Intelligence (AI). It's not a "brave new world" but a new world populated by slaves. Paul explained all this in II Thessalonians 2 and that's where you should go for additional refresher or reference.

The now 75-year old United Nations (the facade of global governance) refers to this under the umbrella nomenclature of "Agenda 2030" and the "2030 Vision Platform." This agenda is also known as "the Fourth Industrial Revolution." Again, it's all present and accounted for in 2020, a decade early. 

So, in a nutshell, the plan is for the elites of the global oligarchy to coming riding in to the rescue like a cavalry save the planet from polar polarization, nationalism, racism, social unrest and conflicts on an ever increasing scope and scale, and during a global pandemic. Sound familiar. It should be. Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum (image above) put it this way: "...we can build a new social contract, particularly integrating the next generation, we can change our behavior to be in harmony with nature again, and we can make sure the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are best utilized to provide us with better lives."   

This is how they describe the world to shortly be enslaved by the unholy trinity of Satan, Antichrist and the False Prophet. And who are the human builders of this global beast empire? Here's the list. Bill Gates and Microsoft, the Rockefeller's (multiple Foundations and Funds), the Ford's, Bloomberg's and George Soros Open Society Foundation.  The list continues, the World Economic Forum, Avanti Global Communications,  British Semiconductor ARM, Germany's SAP, Google, and MasterCard, who will be key to the digital ID necessary for services and payments of the "New International Economic Order" (i.e. buying and selling). Everybody will have a new "digital identity" just as the name of the first beast has been identified in Revelation 13:18.

The digital ID permits a secure (verified ID), one-click entrance into any commercial activity or store, virtually or in person, for any activity you can possibly imagine of a social, medical, educational, travel, leisure - you name it - activity. Most people in America are being educated right now in how to do these things via the on-line virtual environment. If you've not yet experienced "teleworking" or "telecommuting" you probably will soon enough on your computer or smart phone. In the 70th Week the smart ID will be a device on the right-hand or forehead instead of the chip-enabled bio-metric ID cards millions are using right now. 

This brings us to "The Great Reset." Just days ago Mr. Schwab, supported by Prince Charles, the UN General Secretary Guterres, MasterCard, Microsoft and the IMF, spoke of the need for the "Great Reset" to restore order to a world "steeped in panic, conflict and economic turmoil." Here's the rub, in October 2019, all of this was set in motion by the same  global oligarchs identified above. They created this mess in order to "fix it." 

Details in the original article are HERE. 

Marana'tha!

Global SITREP B9:20: Rumors of War Part IV

Birds-eye view of Parchin, Iran explosion as it happened 26JUN20

26 June 2020: Since this is so recent it's at the head of this SITREP. Early this morning a pair of massive explosions occurred at the IRGC's massive Parchin nuclear weapons and military-grade explosives production complex east of Tehran, Iran. The detonations were captured in still and video photography dramatically lighting up the sky. Reportedly there was an explosion at an electrical power plant which just slightly preceded the Parchin blast. Social media and MSM speculation is rampant, yet Eschatology Today believes that these events were both deliberate and directly related. Very likely sabotage by anti-regime operators. 

At nearly the same time Iraqi government anti-terror forces raided a pro-Iranian militia (Kata'ib Hezbollah) headquarters arresting key leaders and seizing stores of rockets. The leaders were transferred into the custody of the Joint Operations Command (JOC). Intel has it that Kata'ib Hezbollah was preparing to fire the rockets at both Green Zone and Iraqi bases hosting US and Coalition forces. At last report Shi'a militia forces from southern provinces were arriving at the southern entrances to Baghdad,

The primary reason for this SITREP remains the approach of the Jordan Valley land annexation of Judea and Samaria to Israel. In preparation for expected resuming of combat operations the IDF has deployed Iron Dome and other defensive battalions around Gaza. HAMAS and the other factions have been testing their rockets into the Mediterranean Sea in recent weeks. HAMAS has declared that Israel's annexation plan is a "declaration of war" and reiterated its determination to liberate all of Palestine from Jewish occupation. 

However, in Hebrew-language media (N12) there is a report that Jared Kushner has pressed Jerusalem to call off annexation of the Jordan Valley. It's report has Israel informing Mahmoud Abbas via Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and Jordan's King Hussein that the Jordan Valley will not be included in the planned annexation of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria on July 1st. 

Bottom line: We'll see what actually transpires over the next several days.

Global SITREP B8:20: The Situation Report

The Last Few Grains of Sand

23 June 2020: The Situation Report is that there is clearly very little of what we know of time left. If you can count how many grains of sand remain in the hourglass, then you know more than Eschatology Today knows. 

In fact, only God Himself knows for sure, but we all sense it in our Spirit. There are very few grains of sand left to fall. We see all of the signs Jesus gave us in the Olivet Discourse on a daily basis these days, every one of them are as precise and plainly evident in every location and nation on this earth. Why, one would have to be Spiritually blind to not see the signs! 

But none of this is news to the bride of Christ; none of us are blind. What we see we've been expecting because He told us it would happen. Over at least the last ten years many have opined on the decline of the United States as an issue of prophetic importance even though Scripture doesn't specifically point to it. 

Nevertheless, few of them understood Jesus' words regarding ethnos rising against ethnos in the manner in which we see it manifesting in America's cities right now. If you're in a suburban region, it's there also or will be soon enough. This lawlessness is ideological, it is racial, it is economic and it is ethnic. It is satanic-inspired hatred in our streets and in city hall's from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And it is even worse overseas, in foreign cities, where the national army has had to intervene to keep opposing sides from slaughtering each other. 

But the good news is that this upheaval of global lawlessness is being restrained by the Holy Spirit within all of us. He goes, we go, and what we see at present will very quickly become unrestrained. Nobody in their right mind wants to be here for that. 

So, what is the situation report? It is this. Even though we know Jesus is coming for us very soon, and we are watching as He implores us to keep watching, a great many will be caught by surprise, and that we can remedy swiftly.

If you know a sleeping brother or sister who's spiritually snoozing, rouse him or her up to be looking up and looking out for all the rest of us. And pray, pray, pray; even be praying in that twinkling of an eye when we are called up to Him in the clouds. And keep on keeping on until that nanosecond comes. 

Marana'tha!