Unleashing the Beast

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may very well lead the world into the fulfillment of some of the greatest prophecies in the Bible and if that is the case, this war will tax us in every way imaginable. In the end, our superpower status may be diminished but it has to be this way because the path will be paved for the coming Islamic beast. So, what can we do? E SCAPING THE C OMING D ARKNESS Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live (Genesis 19:20). Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto (Luke 21:21). The year was 66 A.D. The Romans had surrounded the city of Jerusalem. The leader of the army was called back to Rome and, for a brief period, the city was not open. A group of Jewish rebels had decided to create an insurrection against the Roman army. They believed God would help them liberate the city from Roman occupation. Another group chose not to fight in the soon-to-be battle for Jerusalem. Instead, they fled out of the city under the criticism of the rebels. They found themselves on the other side of the Jordan River in a community called Pella. A few years later (70 A.D.), the Roman 10 th Legion returned, slaughtering the rebels, burning the temple to the