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Magus55 · 07-13-2006, 07:21 PM

With the current breaking news going on with the Hezzbollah missle attacks on Israel, and many saying Syria and Iran may be behind it, it's hard not to see a huge coincidence in the making.

I'm not trying to start a huge prophetic, oh the end times are near thread, but honestly even if I weren't religious, I'd have a hard time looking at prophecies like Isaiah 17 as pure coincidence if Syria gets in the fight with Israel.

If this trend continues and Damascus gets destroy by attacks, would you all attribute it to pure coincidence? Or would you claim Israel and the U.S. blew up Damascus on purpose to fullfill Biblical prophecy ( talk about your conspiracy theory)?

How would men 5000 years ago be able to write anything even resembling the conflict we've seen in the middle East?

aa5874 · 07-13-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Magus55

I'm not trying to start a huge prophetic, oh the end times are near thread, but honestly even if I weren't religious, I'd have a hard time looking at prophecies like Isaiah 17 as pure coincidence if Syria gets in the fight with Israel.

How many times will Isaiah 17 be fulfilled? This is weird, everytime a
conflict arises between Israel and Syria, the same prophecies are used over and over, again and again. This is pathetic

Magus55 · 07-13-2006, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by aa5874

How many times will Isaiah 17 be fulfilled? This is weird, everytime a
conflict arises between Israel and Syria, the same prophecies are used over and over, again and again. This is pathetic

The prophecy hasn't been fullfilled yet since Damascus hasn't been turned into ruins.

aa5874 · 07-13-2006, 08:44 PM

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The prophecy hasn't been fullfilled yet since Damascus hasn't been turned into ruins.

Well why don't you think its the prophecy in Isaiah 7, maybe the Messiah is coming. Remember He said, 'I will be back'. But, then again, this may be the real Messiah, the One the Jews are looking for. The prophecies in the Bible have redundancies. Isaiah7:14, 'Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,and bear a son, and shall his name Immanuel'.

Demigawd · 07-13-2006, 09:12 PM

Apparently, the prophecy was fulfilled a little over 2700 years ago.

Damascus

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After Tiglath-Pileser III captured and destroyed the city in 732 BC, it lost its independence for hundreds of years, and it fell under the Neo-Babylonian rule of Nebuchadnezzar starting in 572 BC.

judge · 07-13-2006, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Magus55

I'd have a hard time looking at prophecies like Isaiah 17 as pure coincidence if Syria gets in the fight with Israel.

Can you explain why you think Isaiah 17 has anything to do with current events?

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Originally Posted by Magus55

How would men 5000 years ago be able to write anything even resembling the conflict we've seen in the middle East?

Who wrote what 5000 years ago?

Sauron · 07-13-2006, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Magus55

With the current breaking news going on with the Hezzbollah missle attacks on Israel, and many saying Syria and Iran may be behind it, it's hard not to see a huge coincidence in the making.

I'm not trying to start a huge prophetic, oh the end times are near thread, but honestly even if I weren't religious, I'd have a hard time looking at prophecies like Isaiah 17 as pure coincidence if Syria gets in the fight with Israel.

Yawn.

I remember people saying the same thing during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. They were wrong then as well.

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How would men 5000 years ago be able to write anything even resembling the conflict we've seen in the middle East?

1. 2700 years (more or less) ago.

2. How? By looking all around them at their contemporary political issues and assuming they would continue into the future. What is now, will also be later on. Not exactly a huge leap of faith.

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Magus55 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA Posts: 7,204	Syrian prophecies? With the current breaking news going on with the Hezzbollah missle attacks on Israel, and many saying Syria and Iran may be behind it, it's hard not to see a huge coincidence in the making. I'm not trying to start a huge prophetic, oh the end times are near thread, but honestly even if I weren't religious, I'd have a hard time looking at prophecies like Isaiah 17 as pure coincidence if Syria gets in the fight with Israel. If this trend continues and Damascus gets destroy by attacks, would you all attribute it to pure coincidence? Or would you claim Israel and the U.S. blew up Damascus on purpose to fullfill Biblical prophecy ( talk about your conspiracy theory)? How would men 5000 years ago be able to write anything even resembling the conflict we've seen in the middle East?

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