Iraq rising from the
dead
June 26, 2013 at 10:10
AM
Iraq is preparing
fireworks and roses for their new independence day celebrations tomorrow night.
They fully expect to be removed from Chapter VII of the UN sanctions that were
imposed upon them in August of 1990 after the invasion of Kuwait.
The sanctions were
imposed 23 years ago (in August). The number 23 is the number of "death
and resurrection life." Iraq has been "dead" for 23 years, and
now they are rising from the dead.
For the meaning of the
number 23, see my book, The
Biblical Meaning of Numbers.
This naturally leads us
to be on alert for the 9th miracle-sign of Elisha, recorded in 2
Kings 4:42-44. It has been a few years since the 8th sign showed up (July 9-15, 2010). Recall that the 8th sign
was the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, April 20, 2010, in the Gulf
Basin. The 8th sign of Elisha is "death in the basin" (2 Kings
4:40), which was healed by casting (barley) meal into the stew.
So on July 9, 2010 we
were led to go to the headwaters of the Mississippi River to cast barley meal
into the river as it began to flow into the Gulf Basin. Precisely 144 hours later, on July 15, the oil spill was capped.
We then turned our
attention to the 9th sign, but it has now been three years that we have waited.
The 9th sign specifically mentions the
first-fruits of barley in the story, so we know that it occurred at the time of
the wave-sheaf offering shortly after Passover. It signifies Christ's
resurrection from the dead. So now we are
seeing the connection between the 8th and 9th signs, as both are connected to
Iraq.
In that Iraq has been "dead" for 23 years and is now due to
be raised from the dead Thursday, June 27, it seems to be an appropriate time
to see the 9th sign of Elisha fulfilled as well.
Coming
"barley" dates are:
July
1, 2013. This is the first day of the seventh month on
our calendar, which is a type of the feast of Trumpets on the Hebrew calendar. Trumpets prophesies of the resurrection of the
dead, and is therefore a "barley" date.
July
9, 2013. This is the 3-year anniversary of the day we
cast barley into the Mississippi River in 2010 as an act of intercession on
behalf of the Gulf. The Gulf of Mexico, of course, represented the Persian Gulf
as well. This year (2013) July 9 marks
the start of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month. If you check pages 34, 35 of The Wars of the Lord
in the early part of chapter 6, you will notice the revelation of the angel:
"Watch the month of Ramadan." This was a revelation from 1986,
but the angel said that Ramadan was in "July." In 1986 it was in May.
This year, 2013, however, it is in July, so there is an obvious application of
this word to 2013.
July
15, 2013. This is the 3-year
anniversary of the day the Gulf oil spill was capped.
We have believed for the
past three years that the revaluation of the Iraqi dinar was the 9th sign of
Elisha. If we are correct, one of the
above dates in July are the strongest watch dates for this revaluation.
In
addition to this, July 9 appears to have some ominous implications, because it is connected to the two "bears" in my 1986
vision. This "Ramadan" revelation has remained a mystery until now,
but it seems that the mystery is about to be revealed. The first
"bear" was the spiritual cause of the Gulf War in 1990-1991. The
second "bear" was prophesied to be the cause of a second war that
would end only with the destruction of Jerusalem.
Daniel 7:5
identifies Persia as the bear, but it is more than Persia. It is the spirit of
that entire region, including Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. But the point is
that July 9 may be the date of some significant event or political move or
military event that will trigger this war that is coming. The second
"bear" was technically released on Sept. 11, 2001, but I believe that on July 9 we could see a second
release, a greater release of that "bear," which will speed up
events.
This event may or may
not be directly related to Iraq. It may simply
be a change of US policy that seems unrelated. It is often the case that
smaller events lead to bigger ones in a chain reaction.
At any rate, July 9 and 16 are definite watch dates that
could reveal what is coming soon on the world stage. One of these dates could
be the fulfillment of the 9th sign of Elisha. It will be good to get past this
one, as we could then turn our attention to the 10th sign, the story of Naaman,
the General from SYRIA who was healed according to the laws of leprosy (2 Kings
5; Leviticus 14).
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Please list your source credits - this excellent analysis is from Dr. Stephen E. Jones at gods-kingdom-ministries.net. People should know the author.
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