Daniel 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Hmmm?
Posted on 01/22/2002 12:21:27 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
Your version of the future is as good as anyone else's. Mine is different: I have Israel finally getting terminally irritated and wiping out Baghdad, Damascus and Ryadh with a surprise series of atomic attacks. They'll also make dust of the PA w/o atomics. Cairo might be irradiated also. It's a guess.
January 23, 1950, The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel ...
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/010123onthisday.html
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Now fast forward 49 years [or seven 'sevens'] to January 23, 1999
GOTCHA! The Big One That Didn't Get Away Robotic telescope captures visible light from a powerful gamma-ray burst
Jan 27, 1999: For the first time, scientists have witnessed the visible light emitted at the same time as a gamma-ray burst, a mysterious explosion in the far reaches of the universe…
…This particular burst had the power of nearly ten million billion suns, and the light grew so bright that anyone gazing at the night sky could have seen it using only a pair of binoculars. The chances were slim, however, that someone would be looking at that exact point in the sky at 4:47 a.m. EST, on Jan. 23. But thanks to the use of two satellites, a unique ground-based telescope, and the Internet, scientists around the world were able to pinpoint the location of the burst, and to monitor it from start to finish…
… Feb 10, 1999: Two weeks ago one of the most powerful cosmic explosions ever recorded bathed the earth in gamma rays. The gamma-ray burst -- called GRB990123 -- was so intense that its visible light could have been seen through common binoculars. Since then the optical counterpart to GRB990123 has faded until it is 4 million times dimmer that it was during its peak…
…Never before have scientists been able to watch the visible light during a gamma-ray burst. Ever since the bursts were first discovered in 1967, scientists have been eager to gather more data about these elusive, cataclysmic explosions.
Links at:
Autopsy of a Cosmic Explosion - scientists analyze what occurs during a gamma-ray burst.
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast26mar99_1.htm
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ABCNEWS.com : Gamma-Ray Burst Amazes
... WASHINGTON, March 25 — The first gamma-ray burst that astronomers got to watch "live" was the biggest explosion ever seen, second only to the Big Bang that ...
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/gammaburst990325.html
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Who stepped up to the plate in January of 1999?
January 22, 1999 King Hussein drops heir
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_260000/260875.stm
January 25, 1999 Hussein names son as heir
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_262000/262604.stm
Febuary 7, 1999 Abdullah sworn in
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle%5Feast/newsid%5F274000/274302.stm
Feb 10, 1999: Yesterday astronomers released a new Hubble photograph of the gamma-ray burst's fading optical counterpart. The relic fireball appears to be embedded in a faint, irregular galaxy.
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast10feb99_1.htm
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Daniel 9
24 "Seventy `sevens´ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven `sevens,´ and sixty-two `sevens.´ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.
26 After the sixty-two `sevens,´ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.
BTW, my guess on Arafat, he goes down in a Royal Jordanian helicopter leaving Israel. Of course Israel will be blamed. Date??
Daniel 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Hmmm?
AMMAN, Jordan (Nov. 9, 2000) -- Jordan's King Abdullah ll, in a message to 450 delegates attending today's opening session of the first Global Summit on Peace through Tourism, said "the time is now for the entire world to hear your message of peace and reconciliation echo loud" at a time "when we are being reminded by persistent images of painful suffering that justice delayed is tantamount to its denial."
The king said in a written statement delivered by Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb that "the dove of peace" is looking for refuge from the "unfulfilled promises of peace," adding that the current turbulence in the region threatens to throw the Middle East "back into the abyss."
He said the summit message "challenges the bitter reality of hatred and builds bridges, heals wounds, and advocates a better and safer future." The king said he was confident the Amman Declaration on Peace through Tourism, to be issued at the conclusion of the Global Summit tomorrow, will reflect positive expectations for peace and "live up to the vision of the future that we all aspire to realize."
The king, Royal Patron of the Global Summit, told the travel and tourism leaders and tourism ministers from 60 countries that "an appropriate political and economic framework" with agreement by countries to co-exist peacefully is a pre-requisite for promoting understanding, trust and goodwill around the world. He called for a "singular code of conduct" based on "effective governance, democratic accountability, and private enterprise."
He said that countries viewing tourism as a means of international cooperation in addition to an economic growth vehicle would reach tourism's full potential. Private sector investment, management and operations are essential for economic development, the king said.
Jordan has based its tourism strategy on cooperation regionally and beyond. "Tourism and travel are global by definition and by nature," the king said, "and cannot thrive in any other alternative environment." He said that the Jordan model can become "a pillar in the peace building structure of the Middle East."
Prime Minister Abu Ragheb was introduced by Jordan's Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Akel Biltaji who said summit delegates committed to the "safety, comfort, and movement of people" through tourism were well positioned to fulfill the late King Hussein's commitment to peace for the current and future generations.
Harvey Golub, chairman and CEO of summit title sponsor American Express, said, "We know the benefits our industry brings to a country. We know that travel and tourism does contribute to both economic development and personal understanding, two conditions that are prerequisites to maintaining peace. Once a cycle of conflict is ended, stability is needed -- the stability of governments, economies and personal intentions that will hopefully make the recurrence of war less likely. And those are conditions travel and tourism can impact."
He went on to explain his strong feelings about what travel can do to help sustain a state of peace. "The most important lesson travel can teach us is not about our differences, but about our similarities...whenever and wherever I go, I find this belief gets reinforced time and time again. Helping people come to this realization on their own is the first step toward tolerance."...
What a peace loving Arab this Abdullah II is!
Daniel 8:25 ...and by peace shall destroy many...
Oops, never mind.
Oh,I give him less than thirty days,and he will be killed by an ARAB.
I agree. The destruction of two American cities by suitcase nukes would be horrible -- it would be a nightmare. But it would not destabilize our society or our government. Cheney would become president, the surviving Cabinet members would be his advisors, and the surviving Democrats in Congress would be pounding on the door for the chance to vote to confirm all of it, with Barbara Lee the sole voice of dissent.
To get back to the point of the thread, I don't think the Israelis will kill Arafat. They know that any replacement is likely to be worse, and that killing him would just make him into a martyr. I think Arafat will be killed by radical Muslims, who will attempt to pin the blame on the Israelis. I can't put a date on that, but I would advise Mr. Arafat to cash in his 401K. I doubt if he'll have much time to enjoy it!
NAME
Camel; bridge (Aramaic); weaning; benevolence.
Worlds:
http://www.inner.org/HEBLETER/GIMMEL.HTM
Delegates, or prophets of Baal?
Three Tunisian doctors are due in Ramallah - with Israeli PM’s permission – to determine if immediate surgery indicated. He would then be flown to overseas hospital via Amman.
Tick tock?
I read an article a few months ago that said Arafat was believed to have stomach cancer.
Closer, closer...
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