The talk lately has been of the fulfilling of Isaiah 17:1 and Damascus becoming a ruinous heap. We all know that if a mushroom cloud appeared over Damascus that it most likely would have originated from Israel.

What if Iran is counting on that very mindset?

Imagine a slew of conventional missiles being fired from Syria into the heartland of Israel by Syria...then all of a sudden Damascus gets nuked. Who would know where the nuke originated?

What if Iran's first nuclear weapon is used on Damascus... and not Israel? Would Israel's denial count for anything? If Iran could pull that off then it has set the stage for world opinion against Israel...(and its own destruction).

Think about it. The Persians (Iran) have always claimed to be master chess players. Think of all the threats made by Ahmadinejad against Israel and the West. I dare say, this scenario has not been anticipated.

Mark W., if you've been watching FoxNews/CNN...it sounds like the U.S. is giving Israel our to going ahead and attack Iran.

As for Syria, it looks like Bashar Assad, himself, is bringing on the end to his country & Damascus. God must be (like he caused the hardness in Pharoah's heart re: him not letting the Israelites leave Egypt) doing same to BA, do you suppose?

Maranatha!
Tammy

I just read this on the Jerusalem Post and I do not believe that Obama will allow Israel to attack Iran, this fulfills the prophecy that the whole world would be against Israel if they do attack Iran...

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Jerusalem Post:

An Israeli attack on Iran would be “destabilizing,” the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army General Martin Dempsey, said Saturday.

“It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran,” Dempsey said in an interview with CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” scheduled to be broadcast Sunday. The US government is confident the Israelis “understand out concerns,” he said, according to an e-mailed transcript.

Amid US concerns that Israel may initiate military action against Iran’s nuclear sites, the White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon begins a two-day visit to Israel today to discuss Iran and other issues, such as the turmoil in Syria. Iran has been under United Nations investigation since 2003 over suspected nuclear weapons work.

“A strike at this time would be destabilizing and wouldn’t achieve their long-term objectives,” Dempsey said of the Israelis. “I wouldn’t suggest, sitting here today, that we’ve persuaded them that our view is the correct view and that they are acting in an ill-advised fashion.”

Dempsey said the economic sanctions imposed on Iran and international pressure are beginning to have an effect, without elaborating. The European Union agreed on Jan. 23 to ban any oil imports from Iran, and the US denied access to its financial system for any foreign bank that conducts business with the Central Bank of Iran.

‘Iran is a rational actor’

“We are of the opinion that Iran is a rational actor,” Dempsey said. “We also know, or we believe we know, that the Iranian regime has not decided” to make a nuclear weapon, he said. Iran says its enrichment of uranium is for making power while Israel says it’s aimed at making weapons.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday called for “tight, ratcheted up” sanctions against Iran to force the country to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

“I think there is consensus in most capitals of the world that Iran should not be allowed to turn into a nuclear military power,” Barak said at a press conference today in Tokyo at the end of a four-day visit.

And is Israel Obama's vassal? Will Israel only do what Obama will allow it to, even though it cost Israel its life?

You wonder why Netanyahu doesn't tell Obama that they, Israel, will do what they want...Netanyahu has taken a lot of grief from "O"...

SisterNChrist and BrandonT,

Isaiah 17:1 leads modern day Bible students (like us) to believe that could mean either an extremely devastating earthquake or a nuclear warhead has taken place. Even chemical or biological weapons wouldn't leave a "ruinous heap" as Isaiah suggests.

When it does happen it will be a game changer ala extraordinaire. Fear will become prevalent like never before and no one (except the Church...or some of the Church) will feel safe. The after shock on the market will be devastating and $4.00 gas will be remembered as cheap...maybe even half price of what it will be.