Fulfillment of Prophecy

I have mentioned on this blog before that there is a specific Biblical reference (Revelation 18:1-4) to the war in Iraq, the overthrow of its government (:1) and a plea for Christians to leave (:3). Critics of this teaching say that this passage doesn’t fit Babylon because Iraq does not significantly persecute the saints (Revelation 17:6). But recent news reports have confirmed the literal fulfillment of this prophecy in modern times. There were over a million Christians living in Iraq before the war and they were not significantly persecuted under Saddam. But since the war, the persecution of Iraqi Christians has intensified to the point that 90% of them are now gone. Sure, it isn’t the Maliki government that’s doing the persecution, but this government is only the official government, not the ones who are really running the country. The American troops aren’t defending the Iraqi Christians either. So it’s really the Muslim fundamentalists who are in control of modern Babylon as far as what religion is allowed and they are the ones who are “drunk with the blood of the saints”. The prophecy is fulfilled. If Christians would have heeded Revelation 18:4 (with the mindset that its fulfillment would be forthcoming after the fulfillment of Revelation 18:1), then many lives would have been saved.

Should you, then, vote for Barack Obama? Certainly not. This blog is filled with articles and containing reasons why he is neither a follower of Christ nor a good statesman. Obama has said that he couldn’t guarantee that the U.S would pull out all of its troops before the end of what would be his first term if he were elected! That is January of 2013! Now more than ever we need to be looking to Christ, not some silver-tongued politician to guide our lives in these troubling times. If you would like to know more about what following Christ is all about click here.