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July-Aug. 2006
News of prophetic importance from Israel and the Middle-east,
with analysis from Messianic Jewish Evangelist FRED SHMIDT
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SYRIA OFFERS TALKS
ON GOLAN FUTURE

SPECIAL REPORT BY FRED SHMIDT
As the Hamas-Hezballah War
entered its 13th day, and amid a flurry of diplomatic urgings, U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleeza Rice enjoined talks with Syrian, Saudi Arabian, and European
representatives to set the stage for ending the fighting that Hezballah started
with Israel.
The fighting has killed 50 people in Israel, mostly civilians. About 381
Hezaballah fighters and their staunchest civilian supporters have died in
Israel’s bombardment of Hezballah strongholds in southern Lebanon at this point.
The Lebanese civilian deaths are due to two factors:
1. Israel dropped thousands on leaflets over each area that they intended to
bomb, warning all civilians to vacate the areas in and around Hezballah
strongholds. These warnings were repeated several times before Israeli
bombardment began 24-48 hours before attacking. Those who chose to remain were
families of, or staunchest supporters of Hezballah’s program to kill all Jews
and possess all of Israel.
2. Both Hamas and Hezballah continue their practice of positioning arms
factories, munitions storage, training facilities, command posts and terrorist
hiding places in the middle of civilian neighborhoods among their strongest
civilian supporters.
Yasser Arafat, their mentor, began this practice in the 1960s, knowing that when
he forced Israel into the next war, as careful as Israel would be to avoid
hurting civilians, civilian deaths would be unavoidable. The terrorists would
then use the news media to show the deaths of women and children to shock the TV
viewers around the world. This has been a major means for putting blame and
guilt upon the Israelis, and gaining public sympathy for the terrorists. The
public is never told that most of the civilian casualties are strong terrorist
supporters who are willing to die for their moon-god—and for the damage it does
to the Israeli public image.
After all, the Muslim religion centers itself around death. They are told that
they cannot attain Mohammed’s paradise unless they take the life of Jews and
other non-Muslims.
This cult, formed by Mohammed in the 630s, can only operate under an extremely
dictatorial, theocratic autocracy called the Caliphate. Islam cannot survive in
a free society where people are allowed to think and make decisions for
themselves. For Muslims to think and act of their own volition breaks the very
commands found in the rigid laws of their Koran. Y
On Sunday, July 23, 2006, Syria said that it was ready for talks with
the United States to broker a cease-fire, according to a report from USA TODAY,
but only if doing so would lead to a return of the Golan Heights, which Israel
captured from Syria during the 6-Day War in June of 1967.
Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad said Syria could “facilitate
communication” with Hezballah to help end the crisis. He said, “America and
Israel are mistaken to think that destroying Lebanon will bring peace. What
Israel is doing with U.S. involvement will only produce more violence and
hatred.” The wording of this statement shows Hezballah’s determination to
continue to hold the two Israeli soldiers they kidnapped as bargaining chips,
and to continue their missile attacks upon northern Israel.
John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, repeated calls for Syria, a
strong patron of Hezballah, to pressure the group to stop firing rockets into
Israel and to release two Israeli soldiers whose capture ignited the conflict.
Lebanon’s foreign minister, Fawzi Salloukh, said the two soldiers are in good
health.
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israel could accept an international
force to guard the southern Lebanese border with Israel, preferring it be led by
NATO, to keep Hezballah a safe distance from the Israeli border. Bolton said
Washington was open to a multinational peacekeeping force without a U.S.
contingent. Y
I have written frequently that the Golan Heights is militarily
priceless to both Israel and Syria. The high elevation of the Golan region
provides tremendous military advantage for whoever occupies it. From its
heights, I can view most of the northern Israeli cities from Tiberias on the Sea
of Galilee to Haifa on the Mediterranean coast. Y
There was no Syrian presence on the Golan Heights from the 1800’s until
the early 1950s when Syria moved military forces and equipment into the area.
From then to June, 1967, not one civilian structure was built by them on the
Golan. Instead, hundreds of military bunkers, tunnels, and weapons installations
were installed by the Syrians, and manned by thousands of their soldiers. This
is ample proof that Syria has no civilian agenda for the Golan Heights.
If Syria is permitted to acquire control of the Golan Heights, this ancient
avowed enemy of the Jewish State would gain an immeasurable advantage over
Israel’s entire northern region. Syrian forces would be able to cut off the
entire northern portion of Israel from the rest of the country.
The Golan Heights is part of the Land Grant which God has covenanted to the
Jewish people. With these facts before us, it is clear that Israel must not
relinquish one inch of the Golan Heights (see Gen. 15:7-21; Ezek. 13-48:35 to
see the territories promised to the Chosen people). Y
Antichrist will first appear on the world scene at the ratifying of a
seven-year, false peace covenant with Israel. This historic act will take place
on day one-scene-one of the 70th Week of Daniel’s prophecy, also called the
Tribulation. In fact, the signing of the peace covenant will launch the
Tribulation (see Dan. 9:27; 8:24).
Three and one half years into the peace treaty, the Bible prophesies that
Antichrist will break the treaty by a sudden invasion of Israel with the use of
all Muslim multinational armies united. Isaiah 10:20--27 reveals that only a
remnant of the present Jewish population will survive Antichrist’s slaughter
campaign. Verses 28-32 graphically describes the slaughter of the Jews as
Antichrist overcomes the Israeli resistance, and sweeps southward to conquer
Jerusalem. The newly finished Jewish Temple will be taken over by the Wicked
One’s forces. The Bible further prophesies that a global campaign to annihilate
all Jews around the world will be launched 3 1/2 years into the Tribulation,
coinciding with this massive invasion of Israel. It is my sad duty to inform you
that 2/3 of all Jews living on earth at that time will be slaughtered by the
followers of Antichrist (Ezek. 20:33-38; 22:19-22).
The Jewish survivors will have to run for their lives. Forced to flee their
homeland, they will cross over the Dead Sea area into the kingdom of Jordan,
where Moabite ladies will escort them to the temporary safety of the Rose-red
city called Petra (read Ps. 60:6-12; 108:8-13; Isa. 16:1-5; 26:20-21; 42:11-13;
63:1-5; Ezek. 20:33-44; Dan. 11:36-45; Hos. 2:14-23; Matt. 24:15-22; Dan. 9:27;
Rev. 12:6, 13-16). Y
At the end of the seven years of Daniel’s 70th Week, (3 1/2 years after
Israel is invaded and defeated), Yeshua ha Mashiach will physically return from
Heaven to take over this planet. He will bring with Him all of His heavenly
angels:
“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:” (Matthew 25:31).
Included also in this heavenly invasion force will be all of the newly Raptured
and glorified, redeemed followers of Yeshua:
“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the
Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him” (Jude 14-15). Y

There will be two world-wide earthquakes during the future Tribulation.
1) “And I beheld when he had opened the 6th seal, and, lo, there was a great
earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became
as blood;
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth he
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places” (Rev. 6:12-17).
2) “And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great
earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an
earthquake, and so great.
And the great city was divided into 3 parts, and the cities of the nations
fell:….And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight
of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the
plague thereof was exceeding great” (Rev. 16:19-21). Y

Bashar Assad appears to be taking another page from his father’s playbook on
how to be a strongman dictator. Syrian authorities have arrested dozens of
human-rights activists and other dissidents in recent weeks.
Bashar’s actions seem to be out of weakness instead of strength, however. A
much-awaited June 15 UN report tied Syria to the assassination of former
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. Syrian exiles gathered in London to
discuss how to bring regime change. Leading the opposition National Salvation
Front are 2 unlikely partners: former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam, a
secular former loyalist of Bashar’s father, Hafez Assad, who broke with Bashar,
accusing him of ordering Hariri’s murder. The other is Ali Sadreddin Bayanouni,
leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.
In a Harvest News article in 2000, I predicted a relatively short regime for
Bashar, from the day he took office after the death of Hafez, his father. A
change appears likely in the short-term as evidenced by the current instability.
The reason for my interest in high-level instabilities in Syria is because of
this country’s latter-day significance in Bible prophecy. The future Antichrist
will originate from Syria (see Isa. 10:20-27; 14:25; 30:31; 31:8; Micah 5:3-15).
Israel will turn to Messiah as a nation and will be “born in a day,” on the day
Yehovah (Jesus) returns to Earth on the last day of the Tribulation to defend
and preserve Jerusalem (Isa. 31:8). Then the Assyrian (Antichrist) will be
destroyed, “not by an ordinary man,” but by Messiah Himself (Rev. 21:11-21),
(see also Dan. 7:11, 21-22; 8:23-25; Mic. 5; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19:19-21). These
prophesies reveal the Antichrist emerging from the Syrian portion of the former
Assyrian Empire. Y
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