Unleashing the Beast

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The city of Damascus is the oldest continuing city on earth and has never been destroyed in the manner the prophet lsaiah predicted. Isaiah wrote: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation (Isaiah 17:1, 9). Since 1948, Israel has fought five wars with its Arab neighbors. Syria has been involved in four of the past five conflicts. If Syria sent a chemical or biological weapon on the Israeli population, Israel would not restrain from utterly destroying the enemy. If Damascus were destroyed, then Baghdad would become the leading city in the old Babylonian crescent, stretching from Lebanon to Syria and Iraq. After the Gog and Magog war, many believe the seven year agreement of Daniel 9:27 will be signed. It may be that the Islamic nations will realize that Israel, as a nation, is not going anywhere. They may understand that future wars could mean total annihilation for all humans in the Middle East. Islamic nations will only agree to peace with Israel after a war resulting in many Islamic deaths, has ended. I'm certain the United Nations will lead the way for a major peace treaty at the beginning of the seven-year Tribulation. This may be what Revelation 6:2 alludes to,