Damascus to house Iran's nukes?

by Michael G. Mickey

(12-21-05)

In the prophetic future, Persia (modern day Iran) is going to join a Russian-Arab confederacy in an attack on the nation of Israel described in Ezekiel 38 & 39. Recently, Iran has been the subject of great international scrutiny, suspected (and rightly so, in my opinion) of working on a top secret nuclear weapons program.

A question in my mind for some time now, given the existential threat a nuclear weapon-armed Iran would pose to the western world and Israel, has been what Israel and the West is going to do, if anything, about the threat posed by Iran that would leave it capable of participating in the Gog-Magog invasion of Ezekiel 38 & 39 yet prevent it from destroying Israel.

The answer may lie in a World Tribune article which, if accurate, may also explain why Syria will be nowhere in sight when the Gog-Magog invasion attempt takes place. It may even, in my opinion, be some pretty strong circumstantial evidence that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction really did exist prior to Gulf War II, but were moved into Syria to be hidden as suggested by The Telegraph in a 2004 report.

First of all, was President Bush and Tony Blair's intelligence concerning Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction faulty as many suggest or could the weapons have existed and been moved to Syria? Please consider the following excerpt from The Telegraph's report dated 1-25-04 on that topic before we dig into the World Tribune information and more:

David Kay, the former head of the coalition's hunt for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, yesterday claimed that part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons programme was hidden in Syria.

In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Dr Kay, who last week resigned as head of the Iraq Survey Group, said that he had uncovered evidence that unspecified materials had been moved to Syria shortly before last year's war to overthrow Saddam.

"We are not talking about a large stockpile of weapons," he said. "But we know from some of the interrogations of former Iraqi officials that a lot of material went to Syria before the war, including some components of Saddam's WMD programme. Precisely what went to Syria, and what has happened to it, is a major issue that needs to be resolved."

Dismissed by many as unrealistic, I and many others have suspected Damascus played a prominent hand in Iraq being found to be WMD-free. Isn't it odd we're now hearing that Syria, as documented in a World Tribune article, has signed a pledge to store Iranian nuclear weapons and missiles within its borders to prevent the international community from detecting them once they're assembled? If the latter is plausible, could the former be as well? I don't know why we'd think anything other than that quite frankly --- and then there's Bible prophecy to consider.

When the Gog-Magog confederacy attacks Israel in the prophetic future, the following nations are predicted to be involved in Ezekiel 38:

Magog - Most agree this is a reference to Russia.
Meshech - Most associate this with modern day Turkey, ancient Anatolia, but some say it refers to the Moscow area.
Tubal - Most associate this with modern day Turkey, ancient Anatolia
Persia - modern Iran
Ethiopia
Libya
Gomer - eastern Europe or Turkey
Togarmah - southeastern Europe or Turkey

Did you notice that Syria, the world's #2 state sponsor of radical Islamic terrorism, is nowhere to be found? While I suppose it's possible Syria will just sit Gog-Magog out, I can't help but wonder if all the WMD Syria has now (its own chemical weapons stockpiles and, potentially, Saddam Hussein's WMD), combined with Iran's nukes it may well be hiding in the prophetic future, is going to result in a dark, dark day coming for Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

I'm not being dogmatic in stating this is how things are going to play out, but would it now surprise us if Damascus goes up in a mushroom cloud in the prophetic future, given Syria's decision to hide an existential threat to the nation of Israel and, quite possibly, the western world itself within its borders?You have to admit it's a theory worth considering at the very least.

If it should work out that way, wouldn't it be ironic to see Iran's nuclear weapons program result in Damascus being wiped from the face of the earth instead of Israel, given Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's over-the-top anti-Israel rhetoric of late?

I don't know about you, but I find myself on the edge of my seat every day, waiting to see what is going to happen next in the ongoing drama we refer to as the end times, leading us closer to prophetic fulfillment and, most importantly of all, the return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Keep your eyes on the skies! Jesus Christ is Lord and He is coming soon!

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