ISRP JOURNAL
By Sean Mayfield
April 20, 2006
[Today’s ISRP Journal is an edited transcript
of the April
19, 2006 Antipas Audio Journal… There are multiple
links to articles reinforcing the points made during the
audio broadcast… so please do read this linked material
as well.]
Welcome to the Antipas Audio Journal. It’s April 19, 2006
and I’m your host… Sean Mayfield here at antipasministries.com.
I think we’ve got a really good show for everyone today…
We are going to talk a bit more about Gog Magog… and how
Iran fit’s into
the picture. We’re also going to go over a few points concerning
Turkey and Egypt
and how they relate to everything that is going on. I also
have a few things to share regarding the fact that the United
States is using death squads in Iraq…
and after that I’ll probably just wing it until we wrap
the segment up. When that happens we’ll go to part 2 of
Steve Shearer’s series on George
Bush, the Promise Keepers, and the Principles of Messianic
Leadership. Once part 2 is finished I’ll come back
and wrap things up.
Well… now that I’ve given you the breakdown on how today’s
show should play out… let’s go ahead and get things started
Man… we really got a huge amount of feedback after our
last journal broadcast and also after the release of the
transcript yesterday on our other website: www.isrp.org
For the most part people really understood the points I
was trying to make and overall I have to say that it is
very encouraging to know that I am not the only one who
sees things the way I do. A friend and brother of mine
named Michael had a lot to do with the decision to talk
about Gog
Magog during the last program. Though it was my
plan to soon discuss the matter… a series of correspondence,
in which we have been involved is actually what led to my
finally taking the time to formulate and articulate my thoughts
on the matter.
I think the most critical benchmark... insofar as deciphering
how close we are to Gog Magog... is the status of both Turkey
and Egypt.
In addition to the main reason... which is that they appear
to be explicitly mentioned/inferred in the Bible as participants
in the coming attack on Israel... they also possess the
1st
and 2nd most powerful armed forces in the region
/(excluding the US and Israel)/. No coalition of Muslim
nations could realistically think they stood any sort of
chance without these two forces
"in the fold" so to speak.
This is especially true... insofar as what I think is going
to happen vis-à-vis the strikes to be carried out
against Iran.
I am pretty sure that all of the advanced weaponry within
the country will be destroyed along with their nuclear facilities...
yet Iran is a nation of 70 million people and could surely
raise a conscription army of several million even in the
aftermath of such devastating attacks by the US or Israel.
Though such a force would be of no threat to the US
in and of its own self... were it be a part of some larger
confederation... including Turkey
and Egypt... it
would not be without impact.
The Biblical description of Gog Magog leads one to believe
that we are not just looking at a force of mechanized infantry
and modern weaponry arrayed against Israel
and the US... but
also a literal horde of attacking soldiers as well.
I say this because of what is written in Ezekiel 38:
9, which says:
“Thou shalt
ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt
be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands,
and many people with thee.”
And this isn’t the only passage in Ezekiel 38, which
indicates there are to be a large number of men involved
in this attack. To get back to the point though…
A fully
radicalized Iranian populace could still muster
a significant number of foot soldiers even with the technological
capabilities of their nation destroyed in an earlier US
attack. And there should be little doubt that should the
US strike the Iranians… the population will indeed become
fully radicalized insofar as the compulsion to strike back
at the US and Israel is concerned.
I have some more thoughts on all of this… but before I
get into them… let’s pause and listen to the following message
from those of us here at antipasministries.com.
--- Message Break ---
O.K. welcome back to the Antipas Audio Journal. Sean Mayfield
here… seeing you through this thing. Before the break I
was talking about how a US
strike against Iran
fits into what we know concerning the coming Gog Magog War.
Since I haven’t said it yet today… I will say now that anyone
wanting a more in depth treatment of this subject needs
to check out our online book… The
Antipas Papers, written by our own S.R. Shearer.
Chapter
6 of the Antipas Papers deals explicitly with the
details relating to this coming war… which for all practical
purposes will be World
War 3. Like I said though… please read this book
if you haven’t yet… and if you are still a bit cloudy on
some of the issues we discuss here… please read it again.
A link to the book is available in the menu found at the
top of our home page, which is www.antipasministries.com
.
I have a few more thoughts on this subject as well. As
I said in the last audio journal... I really think these
strikes against Iran
may be necessary on many levels... to push all the pieces
into place for Gog Magog to occur. Now don’t get confused
here… I am not saying they are necessary in the “good sense”
just that they may be necessary in order for all the players
to side up as the Bible predicts.
In my correspondence with my friend we also discussed Pakistan…
which is a nation that cannot be ignored in all of this.
Pakistan, after
all… is the only Muslim nation that presently possesses
nuclear weapons. They are also a nation in which there
exists a huge disconnect between the rulers of the nation…
who are essentially US lackeys… and the people… who are
more and more being drawn into the clutches of what I term
as fundamentalist, Islamic/pan-nationalism.
So what will happen to Pakistan
in the aftermath of US strikes against Iran?
Pakistan could
very well fall to the
same fever that is to sweep the secularists out
in Turkey and Egypt
in the aftermath of a US
attack on Iran.
After all... Musharref's government in Pakistan
is not
nearly as secure as those of his counterparts in
Turkey and Egypt.
And the tidal wave of rage sure to rip through Pakistan’s
populace may very well sweep him and his government away.
If that were to happen and fundamentalists
were to seize power in Islamabad… there may also be a war
between Pakistan
and India... or
Pakistan could
be a part of the attacking force in Gog Magog. I am not
so sure this will be the case though…
It may be that Pakistan
is one of the nations referred to in Daniel where it shows
that upon the "conclusion" of the Gog Magog War...
tidings out of the North and out of the East will trouble
the Antichrist... and he will hence move to destroy those
who are against him from those geographic areas as well.
The verse I am speaking about is Daniel 11: 44
As for what the Bible indicates insofar as Libya and Ethiopia’s
mention as participating in the Gog Magog War is concerned...
I think the mention of these two quote-unquote nations indicates
all the Muslim nations of North Africa... including Libya,
Algeria, Morocco,
Tunisia, the Sudan,
and Eritrea are
to take part in the attack. In most
ancient maps of North Africa there are in fact only
three nations… or kingdoms shown… they are Libya,
Ethiopia, and Egypt.
I exclude the actual present day nation of Ethiopia
from those, which will attack because at this moment Ethiopia
is a majority Christian nation and therefore I am lead to
believe they won't be involved in any Southern confederation.
The other nations listed though... could easily be radicalized
to the point where they are willing to take part in Gog
Magog... especially in the aftermath of US/Israeli attacks
against Iran... and most especially if such attacks made
use of nuclear weapons.
I guess a lot of rational people out there are thinking
to themselves… man, how could Bush and the Elites be crazy
enough to attack? Is that they don’t see how all of this
could lead to a full scale civilization conflict between
Islam and the West… with America
firmly in the lead?
Well… I don't think the US
leadership is all knowing or anything of the sort... but
I think there is a very strong sentiment within the ranks
of the Bush Whitehouse and the Neocons that bringing about
the sort of "total war" we are speaking about
here is not a bad thing. They believe that it is going
to come to all of this eventually... and that this moment
in history is their best chance to successfully destroy
their adversaries in the Middle East and deal with any nation(s)
that may rise up in protest. Henceforth... I think that at a minimum… they are peripherally
aware of the fact that attacking Iran
could have remarkably serious consequences... but they will
still do it anyway... because they are in essence choosing
to fight the larger battle while they feel most capable
of obtaining victory in what will in essence be another
world war. Also… it is entirely possible that they are
fully aware of the consequences to come from all of this…
and that they are actively trying to bring all of this
about… in order to seize the oil wealth of the region…
while once and for all destroying those to whom that wealth
presently belongs.
At this point I do want to make it clear that I am not
saying definitively that any of these things are going to
happen just like I have laid them out. Aside from what
the Bible explicitly says… everything is for the most part
speculation and most especially my analysis on how strikes
on Iran fit into
the context of the coming Gog Magog War. I like what my
friend Michael had to say on this point. Though I am a
bit more convinced than him that strikes against Iran
are necessary to bring about Gog Magog at a later date…
I none the less subscribe to his overall view on this.
In particular he said… and I quote:
“I don't know where I stand personally on the matter;
both lines of arguments have plausibility and uncertainty
associated with them, it seems to me. But I think
it is good to be aware of the contrariety of positions about
all these issues - if only so that one does not fall into
the trap of expecting things to work out one specific way
and then having one's faith shaken when it does not.”
He is right… in that it is good for all of us to be aware
of the contrariety of positions on matters like this. We
should all be open to let these things play out… without
becoming dogmatic about our predictions upon the outcome.
Once again though… I am speaking about this matter of striking
Iran… and other
such things. I am not speaking about Biblical prophecy…
and neither was Michael. God’s Word is the absolute Truth…
and as such He does provide us with many absolutes insofar
as how the history of the world and His people is going
to unfold. There are many unknowns… insofar as prophecy
is concerned… but not everything is an unknown… elstewise
there would be no meaning or relevance attached to God’s
prophetic Word… and we all know that is not the case.
One thing, which I believe everyone can agree on is that
any strike against Iran
would not be the end of things… but rather instead just
the beginning. What I mean is that destroying Iran’s
nuclear facilities and military infrastructure will not
be the last act in this play. Whether sooner or later…
it will indeed be a huge step in bringing about the next
world war… and I am not the only one saying this. Even
the International press is catching on to this fact. I
was reading an article in the Toronto Star when I came across
an article by Tim Harper, entitled; US
strike upon Iran could make Iraq look like a warm-up bout.
In the article Harper shares a quote from Joseph Cirincione,
director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace. Cirincione says that a US
attack on Iran
would… and I quote:
“…be Iran's
Pearl Harbor and it will be the beginning
of a war, not the end of a war…"
I totally agree with that assessment. A US
attack would be the beginning of a huge war… and would in
fact serve as a Pearl Harbor-type event for not just the
Iranians… but practically all of the Muslim World. The
thing is though… like I said earlier… on many levels… I
think this is exactly what Bush and his boys actually want.
I think they want to ramp things up to this level… I think
they want to push the world to the brink of this sort of
madness. The irony is that the spin they put out there
totally demonizes Muslim radicals as those who want to bring
about WW3… in the Harper article he quotes Karl Rove as
saying of the Iranian in particular and the Muslim world
in general… and I quote:
"It's going to be tough because they are led
by ideologues who have a weird
sense of history."
I hate to tell Mr. Rove… but both sides in this miserable
affair are led by ideologues who have a weird sense of history.
And not just history… but
theology as well. Rove, his boss GW Bush… and most
all the heavy hitters in the Bush Whitehouse operate in
the cloud of a twisted world view tainted by Dominionist
theology. They believe they are doing God’s service
in eliminating evil doers from the world. They fully embrace
the idea that the United States of America
and its Church are the vehicles through which God is going
to reclaim and restore His kingdom upon the earth. Any
one who is aware of what the Bible actually says… would
have to agree that those who think and believe in such a
thing are the ones who truly have a quote-unquote “weird
sense of history.”
Before I continue … let’s pause long enough to listen to
another message from those of us here at Antipas Ministries.com
--- Message Break ---
Alright we’re back here with the Antipas Audio Journal
and I’m your host Sean Mayfield. Before the break I was
talking about just who truly has a weird sense of history…
insofar as US efforts to conquer the world… and eliminate
evil doers is concerned. Think about it… Jesus Christ is
the Prince of Peace… America
promotes itself as a Christian nation… yet there is little
to nothing that is peaceful about the United
States. The blood of millions and
millions is upon the hands of those within the US.
Because America
has gone out and ruthlessly conquered the world in the name
of Christ.
Like I said… Think about it… would Jesus run death squads
to maintain His kingdom? Really now… would He? Because
that is precisely what the US
has done throughout Latin America and South East Asia… and
it is also precisely what they are doing this very moment
in Iraq. I was
reading an article by Richard Babb in the Tupelo
Daily Journal, which is a Mississippi Newspaper
by the way… and in the article Babb lays it out quite clearly
when he says… and I quote:
“On Jan. 8, 2005,
Newsweek Magazine leaked word that the Pentagon was thinking
of implementing "the Salvadoran Option"
to quell the uprising of the insurgents in Iraq.
The Salvadoran Option refers to the use of United States sanctioned death squads during the fight against leftists
in South
America in the 70's and 80's.
During that time, the United
States
supported or funded nationalistic armies which included
such squads to suppress the Salvadoran rebels and their
supporters.
According to that 2005 report,
Pentagon officials were concerned that too many Sunni Muslims
were supporting the insurgents in Iraq.
To suppress the Sunnis, Pentagon planners were considering
training Iraqi death squads to engage in special operations
which they believed would strike fear into the general population
and quash any such support.
Based on recent news reports, it appears that the 2005 Newsweek
report has turned into reality. Just over a week ago, 30
decapitated bodies were found in Iraq.
The Washington
Post indicated last December that death squads were roaming
in Iraq.
John Pace, the former United Nations Human Rights inspector
in Bagdad (sic) said up to
2000 people are being executed a month.”
America… God’s redeemer nation… is truly ruthless in the execution
of its business isn’t it? Where is the Christ in all of
this… how is the name of Jesus glorified in using the quote-unquote
“Salvadoran Option”? How is the kingdom of heaven promoted
by the execution of up to 2000 people a month?
Obviously the answer is that
it isn’t… the brutal and barbarous actions of the US have nothing to do with Christ and His kingdom… and instead
are all about building and maintaining an empire destined
to rule the world. As such… “Its
all about the Benjamin’s” as the late Biggie Smalls
would say… And in the case of Iraq… and what is coming up in Iran… this is most definitely true.
This is why Bush and company
were planning to attack Iraq well before 9-11 and it is also why plans to attack Iran were started well before this current crisis. The wealth
and power that comes with controlling
the oil wealth of the Middle
East trumps all in the eyes of the Elites. Death Squads, massive
air strikes, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of
civilians mean nothing to these guys when compared to the
riches that are there for the taking. Transforming the
United States into a police state and stripping away ever civil liberty
are a small price for these guys… when compared to what
they will gain by ruling over the oil riches of the Middle
East.
This thing is going to get VERY,
VERY bad as we continue… and those within the US truly need to recognize this fact and act upon all this as
God commands. He says to come out of that nation… so that
His people will NOT become partakers in the grievous sins
of an empire that has linked the name of Christ to its evil
deed. It is imperative that folks within the US realize this fact and act accordingly.
There is not much time left…
once the attack upon Iran starts… who knows how long it
will be before everything else falls into place. In the
next segment of the show Steve Shearer is going to continue
his series on George
Bush, The Promise Keepers, and the Principles of Messianic Leadership.
I truly hope everyone pays attention to what Steve is saying
because the transition to the sort of Messianic Leadership
he is talking about is occurring right now within the US. Once that transition is complete… there will truly be little
to no hope for those within the US… because what we are talking about here is the antichrist
himself rising to power… When this occurs… the US will be
transformed into a full-fledged dictatorship… and those
who claim to stand for the truth within that nation… will
have to choose between standing for the truth and losing
everything… or remaining silent and becoming a partaker
in the sins of Babylon the Great…
With that said I’ll wrap things
up for this segment… and after a short break and another
message, well jump into Steve’s segment. So at this time
let’s pause and listen to another message from those of
us here at Antipas Ministries.com.
--- Message Break --- Segment End --- Document End ---
April 17, 2006
[Today’s ISRP Journal is an edited transcript of
the April
14, 2006 Antipas Audio Journal… There are
multiple links to articles reinforcing the points made
during the audio broadcast… so please do read this linked
material as well.]
Hello to everyone… Sean Mayfield here… and welcome to
the April 14, 2006 Antipas Audio Journal here at www.antipasministries.com.
There’s all kinds of news swirling around out there… and
today we’re going to do our best to sift through the information
in an effort to look into a couple of very specific points.
Additionally we’ve got another segment from our own S.R.
Shearer for all of you to listen to today. The new segment
is part one of a series on “The Principles of Messianic
Leadership”. It is essentially an updated version of
a very powerful article Steve wrote back in 2001 entitled:
George
Bush, the Promise Keepers, and the Principles of Messianic
Leadership
And just to be clear… we at Antipas Ministries are not
singing the praises of those longing for a messianic leader
to emerge and take the wheel of the church and the empire…
rather instead… this series on the “the Principles of
Messianic Leadership” should serve to make it clear to
everyone out there… the gross
biblical inerrancy, which is at the foundation
of this present movement within the American Church and
State… as well as offer a very serious warning as to the
prophetically dangerous implications of it all.
For now though… lets get back on to schedule with my
segment on today’s program. There are a couple of issues
to discuss today that I will transition into the opening
of Steve’s segment. These are: the
Gog Magog War… and specifically, how a potential
US
attack on Iran fits into the Lord’s timing regarding
the Gog Magog War and the other issue is how the fall
congressional elections in the US
fit into all these things. After getting the fundamental
things I have to say regarding these two matters out in
the open, I’ll just let things flow from there… until
I work my way into the beginning of Steve’s segment.
After his piece is done… I’ll of course come back to wrap
things up on today’s journal.
Before I get started though… let’s take a quick break
and listen to the following message from those of us here
at www.antipasministries.com.
--- Message Break ---
O.K. we’re back to the business at hand here on the April
14, 2006 edition of the Antipas Audio Journal… and I’m
your host, Sean Mayfield.
Let’s start things off by talking about the Gog Magog
War. There still seems to be a bit of confusion among
people out there… as to exactly what this coming war is
all about… who is involved… what the outcome will be…
and just who exactly is on “God’s side” in all that is
to come.
For starters… everyone needs to be clear about just what
the Gog Magog War is. I am going to provide some basic
information on this and all the points related to it…
but for an in depth study on all of this… I implore you
to read our online book, The Antipas Papers. A link to
the book is available on the top menu of our homepage,
whose address is www.antipasministries.com.
I truly encourage everyone to read the entire book… but
for the purpose of today’s discussion I want to point
out that chapter 6 of the Antipas Papers covers everything
related to Gog Magog.
Anyway… In Ezekiel 37… the prophet paints a picture
of the restoration of Israel.
As the chapter unfolds we see that after a length of time,
which has seen the children of Israel,
scattered “among the heathen” they will be gathered
together once again an given
a place within “their own land”… i.e. the land
promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their descendants.
Obviously the fulfillment of these passages has occurred
right before our very eyes. Israel
was restored as a nation following the close of World
War 2. Since that time… in essence… the prophetic clock
has been ticking… for all, which is destined to occur
next.
The next chapter in Ezekiel deals with this “next
big thing” and we would do well at this point to go
over them in their entirety… since they are the fundamental
Biblical passages, which tell the story of what is to
occur during the Gog Magog War. So at this point let’s
go straight to the source and read the whole of Ezekiel
38:
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land
of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal, and prophesy against
him,
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy
jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with
all sorts of armour, even a
great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords:
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya
with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Gomer, and all his
bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many
people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself,
thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto
thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword,
and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains
of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought
forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely
all of them.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy
bands, and many people with thee.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the
same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt
think an evil thought:
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled
villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell
safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having
neither bars nor gates,
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine
hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited,
and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations,
which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the
midst of the land.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish,
with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee,
Art thou come to take a spoil? hast
thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods,
to take a great spoil?
Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel
dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and
many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses,
a great company, and a mighty army:
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover
the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring
thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when
I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old
time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied
in those days many years that I would bring thee against
them?
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog
shall come against the land of Israel,
saith the Lord GOD,
that my fury shall come up in my face.
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have
I spoken, Surely in that day
there shall be a great shaking in the land
of Israel;
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the
heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping
things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that
are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep
places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
And I will call for a sword against him throughout
all my mountains, saith the
Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with
blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and
upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing
rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and
I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they
shall know that I am the LORD. (Ezekiel 38: 1-23)
Now this prophecy continues on into the next chapter…
Ezekiel 39… but before we read that next chapter…
let’s first look at some verses in Daniel 11:
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south
push at him [the
“him” referenced here is the Antichrist]: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow
and pass over.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape
out of his hand, even Edom,
and Moab,
and the chief of the children of Ammon.
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries:
and the land of Egypt shall
not escape.
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold
and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt:
and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall
trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury
to destroy, and utterly to make
away many.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between
the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come
to his end, and none shall help him. (Daniel 11: 40-45)
Now let’s go back to Ezekiel 39 and read the first
9 verses… which show who the winners and losers will be
in this coming war… and also show just how devastating
it will truly be:
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,
and say, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince
of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth
part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the
north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of
Israel:
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and
will cause thine arrows to fall
out of thy right hand.
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel,
thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee:
I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort,
and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that
dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that
I am the LORD.
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of
my people Israel;
and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more:
and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy
One in Israel.
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith
the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall
go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons,
both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows,
and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with
fire seven years: (Ezekiel 39: 1-9)
There are additional passages within the Bible, which
deal in some way with Gog Magog War. Rather than read
those at this point I will instead just point them out
to you. They are Matthew 24:4-21 and Revelation,
Chapter 12. The above cited verses though… are indeed
those which are at the crux of the matter… insofar as
understanding the Gog Magog War is concerned… and now
that we have gone over them… we should now sort this information
out. Before we do that however… let’s pause long enough
to listen to another message from those of us here at
AntipasMinistries.com.
--- Message Break ---
Alright we’re back here on the Antipas Audio Journal
and I’m your host Sean Mayfield. Before the break we
went over the Bible verses relevant to the Gog Magog War.
Specifically we covered Ezekiel, Chapter 38; Daniel
11: 40-45; and then back to Ezekiel
39, verses 1-9. In these passages we learn of a coming
major assault against a restored Israel.
We learn that the nations to be involved in this attack
are the Muslim nations to the north of Israel,
i.e. Iran, Syria,
Turkey, and probably
even the people of Iraq.
We also learned that the ancient lands of Libya
and Ethiopia,
which today encompass those two nations and the Sudan
as well… will also take part in the attack.
The passages cited in Daniel provide us with some very
valuable additional information as well. In Daniel
11: 40-45 we learn that Egypt
will also take part in the attack… and that it will in
essence take the lead in efforts from the South. From
Daniel we also learn that the Antichrist, i.e. the King
of Babylon… will also be involved in this whole affair…
since the attack from the southern forces seems to be
primarily directed against him… as opposed to being directed
pri marily against Israel.
At this point I want to refer to S.R. Shearer’s writings
in the Antipas Papers on this subject. In Chapter
6: The Gog/Magog War and the Treaty with Death and Hell…
Steve writes… and I quote:
“…the Gog/Magog War will be initiated by a "push"
by the king of the south (i.e., the leader of the southern
confederation, probably the leader of Egypt) against the
Antichrist, whose forces are at least partially located
in the "glorious land" [Israel] - probably as
a result of a defense pact between Israel and Babylon,
the nation which he leads (1). Shortly thereafter, the
king of the north [Gog] - leading the combined forces
of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, etc - will launch his attack (2),
and between them, the king of the north and the king of
the south will attempt to trap the combined forces of
Israel and Babylon in a giant pincer movement. The attack
of the king of the north [Gog] has been referred to in
Ezekiel 38 and 39. Now new detail is given. Ezekiel 38
and 39 had mentioned the fact that Ethiopia
and Libya
would join Magog and Iran
in this attack; now a third nation is added - Egypt
(Daniel 11:42).”
Shearer then continues with insight as to why the Antichrist
and the forces of Babylon are involved. He says... and
I quote:
“Moreover, in Ezekiel 38 and 39, the object of Gog's
attack was Israel;
but in Daniel 11 the object of Gog's attack is the Antichrist. What is this? - the obvious answer is that the Antichrist [Babylon]
and Israel
are apparently in league with each other. The Bible says:
"And he shall confirm the covenant with many
for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading
of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until
the consummation, and that determined shall be poured
upon the desolate." (Dan. 9:27a)
The living Bible translates this passage thus:
"This king [Antichrist] will make a seven year
TREATY with the people [Israel], but after half that time,
he will break his pledge and stop the Jews from all their
sacrifices and their offerings; then as a climax to all
his terrible deeds, the enemy [Antichrist] shall utterly
defile the sanctuary of God [which is to say, he shall
commit the Abomination of Desolation]." (Daniel 9:27a
LB)”
And later on Steve continues:
“The treaty will be in the form of a defense pact
between Israel
and Prophetic Babylon and will be directed
against Israel's
enemies - most likely a coalition of Islamic fundamentalist
states in the Middle East. The Scripture
calls this agreement between Israel
and Prophetic Babylon as "YOUR COVENANT
WITH DEATH" and " YOUR AGREEMENT WITH HELL:"
"Wherefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye ...
men that rule this people which is
in Jerusalem.
"Because ye have said, We
have made a COVENANT WITH DEATH, AND WITH HELL (Prophetic
Babylon) are we at agreement; when the overflowing
scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us
...
"(But) ... your COVENANT WITH DEATH shall be
disannulled, and your AGREEMENT WITH HELL shall not stand;
when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then
ye shall be trodden down by it." (Isaiah 28:14-15,
18)”
So there you have it… We are looking at a future war
to be fought in which the Muslim nations to the North
of Israel will in essence confederate in order to initiate
an all out attack against Israel. Likewise, the Muslim
nations to the South… headed by Egypt
will attack as well. Yet their attack will be directed
against the Antichrist, i.e. the King of Babylon… as much
as it will be directed against Israel.
The fact that the forces of Babylon the Great, i.e. the
United States will be within striking distances owes not
just to their current strategic efforts to secure
the oil wealth of the Middle East… but also because
the partnership between the US and Israel will be cemented
in the future in the form of a 7 year treaty in which
the US will pledge to defend Israel against attack… most
likely in exchange for working out some sort of compromise
over the Palestinian issue.
These events… primarily the Treaty… and the Gog Magog
War, which will soon follow… will “officially” begin that
time period known in the scripture as Daniel’s
70th Week… i.e. the seven year period
known as the “Tribulation.”
Now that we have covered these basics… let’s look into
how all this plays into what is going on in the world
today… specifically how the threats of an imminent US
attack against Iran fit into what we know is going to
happen in the Gog Magog War. Before we get into that
though… let’s pause long enough to listen to another message
from those of us here at Antipas Ministries.com.
--- Message Break ---
Alright… welcome back to the Antipas Audio Journal… I’m
Sean Mayfield… and before the break we were getting ready
to discuss how a US
attack against Iran
fits into the biblical prophecies related to the Gog Magog
War.
There can be no doubt that the US is beating
the war drums all the louder… the propaganda machine
is ramping up in order to soften up the masses toward
the idea of preemptive strikes against Iran… and the US
is doing all it can throughout the international community…
to prepare everyone for what it feels it must do… insofar
as subduing Iran is concerned.
Could these strikes begin the war, which in Biblical
terms is to be known as the Gog Magog War? It is possible…
and as such maybe such an attack really isn’t exactly
imminent. Maybe this thing will draw out for another
few years… but I do not think so. Plus… Gog Magog is
to begin with what are in essence preemptive strikes by
the listed Muslim nations… against Israel
and the forces of the United States.
Therefore… I think any US assault upon Iran… even one,
which uses nuclear weapons in order to destroy underground
facilities… is one that will serve as a precursor toward
arraying the world order into the state necessary for
Gog Magog to occur.
The US has been
fairly explicit about the fact that it only plans to bomb
the Iranians… and not to send in an army of occupation
as it has done in Iraq.
This tact is predicated upon the fact that until they
can reinstitute the draft… the US doesn’t have the troop
strength to fiend another such army… and plus… the US
leadership doesn’t really care about occupying Iran anyway…
once Iranian nuclear sites… and military infrastructure
are destroyed… they won’t have any real dangers related
to Iran militarily… and plus… the oil fields in Iran are
conveniently there on the border with Iraq… making it
plausible to seize them without committing hundreds of
thousands of troops to do so.
What could likely happen in the event of such an attack
though… is that the struggling secular, pro-US governments
of Turkey
and Egypt
could fall within those nations. The populations of both
nations are rapidly being converted to the sort of fundamentalist,
Islamic/ pan-nationalism… which now rules most of the
Muslim world. If this were to happen then the stage for
Gog Magog would truly be set… insofar as the “players”
concerned. Additionally… as volatile as the region is
sure to become in the aftermath of such an attack… it
may well lead to the US placing a tremendous amount of
pressure upon Israel to settle things with the Palestinians
in order to somehow… someway bring a certain amount of
stability back to the region. Any such deal would have
to essentially be “underwritten” by the US… and by that
I mean that the only way Israel would give up any territory
that is critical to their defense… especially in the environment
likely to exist in the aftermath of a US strike against
Iran… would be if the US were to officially pledge itself
to defend Israel fully and completely in the event of
an attack by it’s neighbors.
Not without coincidence… both the US
and Israel are
already
moving in this direction anyway. As I have already
made note of in previous broadcasts and ISRP Journals…
the American Church is working feverishly to further strengthen
the ties between the US
and Israel… the
leadership of the US…
under the influence of the Neocons…
is also pushing for
this as well. And on the Israeli side… they are
more and more moving into a state of mind that will enable
them to give up a large portion of their sovereignty in
order to have an assurance of protection… in an all the
more hostile world.
Now back at the beginning of today’s Audio Journal I
mentioned how the fall congressional elections within
the US tie into
all of this. On paper it looks like the Republican majority
may
be in serious jeopardy. What with the nightmare
that the Iraq
war has become… and the scandals that have rocked the
Republican Party… it appears it may be too
risky for them to push for any strikes against
Iran before the
midterm elections. Yet there are a couple of factors
to consider here… Number one, I don’t think anyone has
any idea just how rigged the present
electronic voting system within the US
actually is. There are several very informative websites
on the Internet, which reveal this
fact… and when I provide the transcript for today’s
show I will include some of those
links. Number two… and this is a point I brought
up just the other day… it may well require another
9-11 type event in order to fully brainwash the
American public into supporting an attack against Iran.
Such an attack would also go to great lengths in providing
enough of a smokescreen for the Republicans to hold onto
to their congressional majorities… and in an unrelated
note… this may also be what enables the US
to reinstitute the Draft.
But to get back to my main point… It appears to me that
in many ways a US strike against Iran may actually be
necessary… in order to take things to the level necessary
to bring about the Treaty between the US and Israel… and
to cement the Muslim alliance necessary for those forces
to initiate the Gog Magog War.
Now who are the bad guys and good guys in all of this?
I got an email the other day in which someone tried to
point out to me that both Israel
and the US were
in the right for preparing to preemptively defend themselves
against hostile Muslim nations… which have vowed to destroy
them… Yet is this how God sees it?
For the Church… the answer should be obvious. Number
one… as citizens of the heavenly kingdom… we should NEVER
be involved in or supportive of those setting out to destroy
thousands and thousands of people… no matter the context.
To put it simply… Christ said
to turn the other cheek… He said to return good for evil…
and for the life of me I can’t see any good in irradiating
thousands of Iranians in order to prevent them from someday
being able to do the same to you. The only way this looks
like a good idea is if you don’t consider your kingdom
to be the heavenly kingdom… but instead consider this
present world your home.
And finally… Number two… can’t
people see that the US
siding with Israel
in this way… is very much a fulfillment of the fact that
the Antichrist as King of Babylon, i.e. the United States,
is the one who is going to give the appearance of standing
for Israel during the end of the age… and the he in fact
will pledge to defend her and will sign a treaty making
such a pledge official. People should clearly see that
the direction in which the US is headed is not a good
thing… they are not on the side of good… though God may
use them temporarily as His “hammer”, as it says of Babylon
the Great in Jeremiah 50: 23… the fact
that they are willing to defend Israel is not based upon
a love of God’s people… nor a desire to serve Him… it
is instead born of a lust for riches and power in this
present world… and the need to rule the world… in order
to maintain their hold upon said riches.
So are the Muslim nations then the good guys? Of course
not… they are going to bring about their own destruction
through initiating this attack… and God is quite clear
in His Word that He is in no way with them… in their efforts
here.
The thing is... the one matter that is a greater threat
to those in the US
than the Muslims... even Muslim terrorists... is the matter
of deception. I pray that everyone understands that the
end of days is about deception. It is about people thinking
they are doing God's service... when instead the exact
opposite is true. The threat to Americans is not from
Islam, Liberals, New Agers, International Bankers, or Communists. They cannot and
will not ever deceive rank and file Christians into following
after them... But a false form of Christianity can and
will. Think about it... how many Christians that we both
know personally would every be
duped into following Allah, Hillary Clinton, the Maitraia,
or the Rothschilds, or the ghost
of Joseph Stalin? None... But how many would follow after
a Christianity, which justifies their lives in this present
world and in the process divorces them from the clear
literal truth of God's Word?
Finally… and in conclusion… what all of this is also
going to do is continue pushing the US people and most
especially US Christians… into that state of mind where
they are looking for that one… true… strongman… to rise up and save the day. Maybe this will be GW Bush… and
maybe not… I don’t really know. However, what I do know
is that people are looking for a Messiah-type to lead
them. They are looking for the next King Arthur. Just
like in the days of Samuel when the people demanded a
king… so too do the citizens of the American Empire desire
a strongman to rule over them. In Samuel’s day this is
what happened as recorded in 1 Samuel 8: 4-7:
Then all the elders of Israel
gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto
Ramah,
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons
walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like
all the nations.
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said,
Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the
LORD.
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice
of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they
have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that
I should not reign over them.
But this extends beyond Americans merely giving up their
democratic rights for the security offered by the new
Emperor… it also strikes at the heart of what Christianity
is all about… in that what America and its church are
in the process of doing is supplanting Christ as their
King… to instead follow after the man who is to be the
Antichrist. Our Lord and Savior foresaw this situation
when He said:
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not:
if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
(John 5: 43)
This is what lies ahead for the United
States… i.e. Babylon the Great… as
the world careens toward the Treaty
with Death and Hell, the Gog Magog War, and the
beginning of Daniel’s 70th Week… the American
people are in the process of empowering the man of sin
to arise and rule the world. They are doing this out
of a longing for that Messianic leader who in their eyes
will deliver them from their enemies… and establish them
as the masters of this present world. In doing so they
are sealing their own fate… and as this transition continues…
the imperative for true believers within the US to flee
that nation will become all the more urgent.
With that said though… let’s wrap up this segment of
the Antipas Audio Journal… and let’s learn more about
how the Antichrist is to be birthed from the current Church/State
partnership within the US by jumping into the 1st
part of S.R. Shearer’s presentation on George
Bush, the Promise Keepers, and the Principles of Messianic
Leadership.
Before we start though… let’s take another break and
listen to a message from those of us here at Antipas Ministries.
--- Segment End ---
--- Message Break –
Alright we’re back here with the Antipas Audio Journal
and I’m your host Sean Mayfield. I hope that everyone
really paid attention to the groundwork, which Steve laid
in the 1st part of his series on George Bus,
the Promise Keepers, and the Principles of Messianic Leadership…
Because like I alluded to at the end of my segment… this
yearning for a strongman… this desire for what is essentially
a new “Hitler-type”
is exactly what is going to play a huge part in pushing
the United States over the edge… insofar as ushering in
the reign of Antichrist is concerned… as well as bringing
about both the Treaty with Death and Hell and the coming
Gog Magog War.
It is critical that people understand that there is no
escaping this conclusion… there is no hiding from the
reality, which is destined to come… Yet for those within
the United States… there is a call upon you to obey God
and come out of that nation before the blood of all who
are about to fall ends up upon your hands… before you
become a partaker in the sins of Babylon the Great as
it goes forth to utterly destroy its enemies… and in the
process falsely links the name of our dear Lord and Savior
to these actions.
In Revelation 18: 4 the Bible says clearly and
unequivocally to “Come out of her lest ye partake of
her sins and receive of her judgments.” Do not trifle
with God on this matter… take Him at His Word.
Lastly… and in conclusion… It is our desire that all
come to know the truth in Christ and be counted among
His… on that day! So in closing please listen to the
following presentation of the Gospel Message… from all
of us here at Antipas Ministries.com
April 11, 2006
[Today’s ISRP Journal is an edited transcript
of the April
8, 2006
Antipas Audio Journal]
Hello to everyone … Sean Mayfield, here with the April
8, 2006 edition of the Antipas Audio Journal. There are
lots of things to discuss on today’s show… I have a few
articles to share with everyone and some comments, which
in essence string them together. I’ve also got the 3rd
(and final) segment of S.R. Shearer’s series on the
THE AMERICAN EMPIRE: The Corporate / Pentagon / CIA / Missionary
Archipelago. After Steve’s segment I’ll come back
to wrap things up. As I said last time… this seems to be
the basic format by which the show had developed… so let’s
keep it going until something better comes along.
One of the bigger news stories of late is that of preparation
by the United States
and Israel toward
making some sort of preemptive
strike against Iran.
Part of this preparation
process is strikingly similar to that used in the
run up to war with Iraq.
What I am speaking of here is the full frontal assault of
the US propaganda
machine that is currently geared up to rally public support
for an attack on Iran.
The same lying methods used to deceive the public into
believing an attack against Iraq
was necessary back in 2003 are now being trotted out to
gain the traction needed to execute what is sure to be a
brutal
air strike against Iran.
Back in 2003 Bush, Cheney, and company… with the full support
of the leadership of the American Church (I might add)
used manufactured evidence
and outright lies to paint Iraq and then president
Saddam Hussein as possessing Weapons of Mass Destruction
that would imminently be used against the US. Once
again using outright lies they linked Hussein to Al Qaeda
and the 9-11 bombings. And lastly they forged documentation
to falsely establish proof that Hussein was attempting to
develop nuclear weapons for use against the US
and Israel.
Between September 11, 2001 and March of 2003 the American
populace bought the lies… hook, line, and sinker… and in
the process most were transformed into not just passive
supporters of an attack against Iraq…
but into active supporters. By this I mean that a climate
was created within the United States… in which the minority
who were vocal in their objection against striking Iraq
or the measures being implemented by Bush and company in
the larger “War
on Terror” were relentlessly attacked and accused
of a lack of patriotism, giving comfort to the enemy, or
outright treason.
The overwhelming majority of the American Christian population
blindly rallied behind the lies of the Bush Whitehouse…
and stood on the frontline of those who aggressively attacked
voices of dissent within the US.
As an added dimension… they extended their attacks
against Christian voices in opposition to a preemptive
strike against Iraq
or the war on terror to include charges of heresy, blasphemy,
and apostasy.
On this last count I can personally testify as to the hate-filled
invectives, which the American Church unleashed against
dissenters… As someone who was in the US during that time…
and very vocal about my objection to Christian involvement
in the coming carnage… there were many occasions on which
I was attacked personally and via email for (quote unquote)
“preaching a doctrine of antichristian, anti-Americanism”…
As if Christianity and Americanism are somehow linked together
in the eyes of the Almighty!
What is remarkable though… is that the words of warning
given by those of us here at Antipas Ministries and the
others who were warning about the lies upon which the coming
war was to be based… and the horrific results, which were
to come from such an attack… turned out to be absolutely
correct. There were no WMD’s! There was no link between Hussein and Al Qaeda… and
Iraq had no nuclear
program!
The warnings that an attack on Iraq would bring about severe
civilian casualties turned out to be true as well… as did
those warnings that that such an attack would serve to greatly
destabilize the entire region… as a precursor to further
wars… and the eventual Gog Magog War described in the Old
Testament books of Ezekiel (Ch. 38 and 39) and Daniel
(Ch. 11) as well as in the New Testament books of Matthew
(Ch. 24) and Revelation (Ch. 12).
So here we are once again… on the cusp of another preemptive
attack by American imperial forces against another Muslim
nation… This time of course we are talking about Iran…
and as I said at the beginning… the same lies, subterfuge,
and deception used to bring the American people on board
back in 2003 are being trotted out again… albeit with a
few twists. And once again the American people… and most
especially the American Church… are falling for this same
sort of B.S. hook, line, and sinker.
Once again those who stand in opposition to such an attack
are being painted in the worst possible terms… and once
again the American Church is at the forefront of the invective.
There are still quite a few voices unafraid to speak out
about all this though… I just wonder how long they will
be able to hold out as the wars in the Middle East keep
escalating to the point of Gog Magog. As I said though…
there are still such voices… and one who spoke out strongly
against what is coming down the pike is Ron Paul.
Paul is a member of the Texas delegation in the US House
of Representatives… and is a Republican (in name only) who
in actuality is a Libertarian. Paul recently addressed
the House and covered many of the points I have brought
up thus far in this audio journal. I want to share some
of his comments with you… but first… let’s take a short
break and listen to a message from those of us here at AntipasMinistries.com.
--- Message Break ---
Alright, we’re back from that short break… Sean Mayfield here with the Antipas Audio Journal. As
I said before the break… I want to share some of
Congressman Paul’s comments drawn from a speech given before
the House. To view the entire speech and/or read the transcript…
just go to the Information Clearinghouse website. The web
address for the Paul speech is as follows:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12640.htm
In the speech Paul lays out clearly the fact that the same
lies used to bring about war with Iraq
are once again being used to create justification for a
preemptive strike against Iran.
Paul even goes so far as to say that another 9-11 type event
may occur, which can then be linked to Iran
in order to serve as a justification for attack. Explicitly…
Paul says… and I quote:
“Common sense tells us the war in Iraq
soon will spread to Iran.
Fear of imaginary nuclear weapons or an incident involving
Iran--
whether planned or accidental-- will rally the support needed
for us to move on Muslim country #3. All the past failures
and unintended consequences will be forgotten.
Even with deteriorating support for the Iraq
war, new information, well planned propaganda, or a major
incident will override the skepticism and heartache of our
frustrating fight. Vocal opponents of an attack on Iran
again will be labeled unpatriotic, unsupportive of the troops,
and sympathetic to Iran’s
radicals.”
Paul also sees clearly that the coming strikes against
Iran are part of
“expanded war” to be fought in the region and that just
as with Iraq… Iran
and the wars to come will see further attacks upon and demonization
of those who speak out in objection to what is going on.
On this subject Paul says… and I quote…
“I smell an expanded war in the Middle East,
and pray that I’m wrong. I sense that circumstances will
arise that demand support regardless
of the danger and cost. Any lack of support, once again,
will be painted as being soft on terrorism and al Qaeda.
We will be told we must support Israel,
support patriotism, support the troops, and defend freedom.
The public too often only smells the stench of war after
the killing starts. Public objection comes later on, but
eventually it helps to stop the war. I worry that before
we can finish the war we’re in and extricate ourselves,
the patriotic fervor for expanding into Iran will drown
out the cries of, “enough already!””
This is truly the direction in which we are headed. Sadly…
there should be little doubt that strikes against Iran
are practically sure to come. There should also be little
doubt that the crackdown on dissenters will intensify proportionally
to the intensification of US
war efforts in the Middle East. Additionally… and saddest
of all… the American Church will continue upon the path
on which she is presently set. And in the process will
bring great shame upon the beautiful name of our Lord and
Savior… as well as bringing eternal damnation upon itself.
I guess though… that the next question should be when is
all of this going to take place? When will the attack on
Iran start? People
have been talking about this for almost two years now and
nothing has happened. War critic and former US Marine Scott
Ritter was saying back in early 2005 that an attack would
begin in March of that year. So what is going on?
Truth be told… the groundwork
is already being laid… and certain parts of the operation
have essentially already begun… at least according to Seymour
Hersh. Hersh has been warning and writing about the coming
strike against Iran
since way back in 2004. His most
recent piece in the New Yorker says… and I quote:
“The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating
diplomacy in order to stop Iran
from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine
activities inside Iran
and intensified planning for a possible major air attack.
Current and former American military and intelligence officials
said that Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists
of targets, and teams of American combat troops have been
ordered into Iran,
under cover, to collect targeting data and to establish
contact with anti-government ethnic-minority groups. The
officials say that President Bush is determined to deny
the Iranian regime the opportunity to begin a pilot program,
planned for this spring, to enrich uranium.”
According to Hersh there are already US troops in Iran
collecting targeting data and establishing contact with
opposition groups… and US
armed forces are already drawing up their list of targets.
If things have reached that point… then quite honestly,
an attack will have to be made within the next couple of
months… or else the preparative work done to date will become
worthless.
Just what would such a strike entail? How many targets
would be hit? What types of troops and weaponry would be
used? On this point Hersh weighs in as well when He writes…
and I quote:
“Last month, in a paper given at a conference on Middle
East security in Berlin, Colonel Sam Gardiner, a military
analyst who taught at the National War College before retiring
from the Air Force, in 1987, provided an estimate of what
would be needed to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. Working
from satellite photographs of the known facilities, Gardiner
estimated that at least four hundred targets would have to be hit. He added:
I don’t think a U.S.
military planner would want to stop there. Iran
probably has two chemical-production plants. We would hit
those. We would want to hit the medium-range ballistic missiles
that have just recently been moved closer to Iraq.
There are fourteen airfields with sheltered aircraft. .
. . We’d want to get rid of that threat. We would want to
hit the assets that could be used to threaten Gulf shipping.
That means targeting the cruise-missile sites and the Iranian
diesel submarines. . . . Some of the facilities may be too
difficult to target even with penetrating weapons. The U.S.
will have to use Special Operations units.”
Hersh then continues by pointing out that the solution
to destroying the facilities deemed as “too difficult to
target even with penetrating weapons” may well be to use
nuclear weapons. Explicitly, Hersh says:
“One of the military’s initial option plans, as presented
to the White House by the Pentagon this winter, calls for
the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such
as the B61-11, against underground nuclear sites. One target
is Iran’s
main centrifuge plant, at Natanz, nearly two hundred miles south of Tehran.
Natanz, which is no longer under
I.A.E.A. safeguards, reportedly has underground floor space
to hold fifty thousand centrifuges, and laboratories and
workspaces buried approximately seventy-five feet beneath
the surface. That number of centrifuges could provide enough
enriched uranium for about twenty nuclear warheads a year.
(Iran has acknowledged that it initially kept the existence of its
enrichment program hidden from I.A.E.A. inspectors, but
claims that none of its current activity is barred by the
Non-Proliferation Treaty.) The elimination of Natanz
would be a major setback for Iran’s
nuclear ambitions, but the conventional weapons in the American
arsenal could not insure the destruction of facilities under
seventy-five feet of earth and rock, especially if they
are reinforced with concrete.”
Given this fact Hersh then goes on to give the details
on US intelligence
showing the Iranians have secreted much of their program
to underground depths below 75 feet… and that the US
solution is to indeed use nuclear weapons to destroy these
facilities. Now before I continue… I want to pause for
a moment in order to share a short message with you from
those of us here at Antipas Ministries.com.
--Message Break—
Alright we’re back with the Antipas Audio Journal and I’m
your host, Sean Mayfield. Before the break we were talking
about US plans to use nuclear weapons to destroy components
of Iran’s nuclear program that are housed in underground
facilities.
How horrific is this? Here we have God’s supposed redeemer
nation… led by a Christian President who says God is directing
him on such matters… that is preparing to attack another
nation using nuclear weapons… There is no Christ in any
of this… regardless of what George Bush and his servants
within the American Church may tell you.
This is a plan spawned by Satan, himself. There is nothing
glorious or noble about it. It is not God’s desire that
His Church take part in the construction of an earthly empire
or the indiscriminate destruction of its enemies. It is
not His desire that those who take on the name of His son
take part in… or associate with the slaughter of tens… or
maybe even hundreds of thousands of people.
To put it simply… war doesn’t create heroes… it creates
monsters… And it doesn’t just turn those who are doing
the fighting into monsters… but also those on the home front
who justify the carnage by their actions… or lack of therein…
Those who fall prey to the pathology currently at play will
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