...Bible prophecy seems to tell us there's a good chance Turkey is about to take a fall - a rejection that's going to be very hard to accept.

Will the EU's rejection of Turkey, if it occurs at this point, create a bitter anger in the Turkish people which will cause them to look elsewhere for friends and unions - perhaps in the Arab world? Bible prophecy seems to tell us the answer is yes.

EU leaders are due to make a final decision in December concerning whether or not to begin accession negotiations with Turkey. I wonder how Turkey is going to feel if it finds out the EU's leaders can't see the EU marrying a Turkey?

My bet is Turkey will run right into the arms of its Gog-Magog allies. It's going to be interesting to see how this one plays out, huh?

On 9-25-04, I wrote, in a commentary entitled 'Assembling the prophetic jigsaw puzzle', the following:

The red hot issue of Turkey trying to get into the European Union is a hugely significant piece of the prophetic jigsaw puzzle as Turkey, according to most biblical scholars, is one of the nations Ezekiel 38 & 39 sees coming against Israel during the Gog-Magog invasion attempt which I believe, for a number of reasons I won't go into right now, will take place in the first half of the Tribulation Period to come when a western leader of Roman descent - the Antichrist - will have a seven-year peace covenant in place in the Middle East. On October 6, a key report, recommending whether Turkey should or shouldn't be allowed to begin accession talks to get into the EU as a member, will be out. As this date nears, it seems more and more likely, as demonstrated by an EU Observer article, it will be recommended Turkey be allowed to begin accession talks with the understanding talks will be ended if Turkey doesn't keep close tabs on human rights, torture issues, equality between men and women and economic development. Again, I don't think there's a chance Turkey is going to make it into the EU! None whatsoever.

On 4-1-05, I wrote the following:

In previous commentaries, I've discussed the nation of Turkey's desire to get into the burgeoning European Union - the revived Roman empire of Bible prophecy. Recently, it was announced, as most of the regular readers of my website know, Turkey, barring any unforeseen developments, is going to begin accession talks with the European Union later this year.

For those unfamiliar with what I've said in the past, I don't believe Turkey is going to make it into the European Union. In the unlikely event it should, I'm as certain as I possibly can be Turkey would soon be coming right back out --- to join Russia and an alliance of Arab-Muslim nations in a future attack on the nation of Israel described in the 38th and 39th chapters of Ezekiel.

Why do I feel that way? A majority of biblical scholars identify the modern nation of Turkey as one (or several) of the following nations prophecy tells us will come against Israel in the aforementioned end times attack commonly referred to as the Gog-Magog invasion:

• Meshech
• Tubal
• Gomer
• Togarmah

Interestingly, in spite of Turkey and Israel having a relatively friendly relationship, primarily due to Turkey's tendency to align itself with the western world via its membership in NATO, it was recently revealed that sales of Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic book, 'Mein Kampf', are soaring in Turkey - to the point the Turkish government has gone so far as to suggest there is no racism in the large Muslim nation. None!

Turkish government spokesman Cemil Cicek said recently, "We cannot allow prejudice against people for belonging to a certain race. We have never had such an attitude in our culture, nor in our history, and we do not have it now ... It's not possible for people to choose their races ... Turkish society's idea about this issue is clear. There is no racism in this country."

A Yahoo News story indicates political analysts are saying soaring sales of 'Mein Kampf' are probably more demonstrative of anti-American sentiment "rather than anti-Semitism or specific support for Hitler and his ideas." They could be right.

The only book, according to the same story, selling more copies in Turkey than 'Mein Kampf' is a book entitled 'Metal Storm,' which depicts a U.S. invasion of Turkey, which doesn't surprise me in the least. In the Muslim world, it's common knowledge two nations are despised above all others - the United States, largely a Christian nation, as well as a longtime supporter and ally of Israel, and the Jewish nation of Israel itself.

Although it's difficult to envision precisely how Turkey is going to go from being a NATO member aligned with the western world to joining some of the western world's top military threats in a massive attack on the nation of Israel, Bible prophecy tells us that is precisely what's going to happen!

As unbelievable as it is for many to consider, the current success of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' in Turkey reveals the underlying hatred which will be required for Turkey to turn its back on NATO in the prophetic future and subsequently train its weapons sights on the nation of Israel is likely already in place, yet another sign that Bible prophecy is accurate and God is alive, on the throne, and in control!

Fast forward to the present. An EU Observer article dated 9-5-05 states, in part, the following (emphasis added mine):

Turkey challenged the EU over the weekend saying that any new condition put to the country will make it go its "own way" and end its bid to become an EU member.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that it would not mean "the end of the world" to the country if it were forced to stay out of the EU by new conditions it could not accept.

What has the Turkish government ready to walk away from its long-standing goal of becoming a full EU member? Germany, Austria, and France have suggested a privileged "partnership" between Brussels and Ankara should be considered as an alternative to a full-fledged EU membership for Turkey. Austria has even gone so far as to demand that a "partnership" be explicitly mentioned in the negotiating framework as one possible outcome of Turkey's EU accession talks, which are tentatively scheduled to begin October 3rd. The Turks, as seen above, want no part of anything other than a full partnership with the EU. Period.

What is going to happen from this point forward? It's anyone's guess, but Turkey, seemingly growing tired of diligently working to appease Brussels, is threatening to turn its back on the EU and simply walk away. Ironically, as tensions soar between Brussels and Ankara, Turkey is making friends with its long-time enemy and future Gog-Magog ally Russia, strengthening military ties between the two nations, as seen in a recent Middle East Newsline article. How about that?

Isn't it amazing how the prophetic end times scenario foretold in the Bible becomes easier and easier to spot in the news of our world today? I think so and that is why I plan to keep plucking away on my keyboard, sounding the alert that Jesus Christ is coming SOON!

Are you ready?