Gaza – High Stakes Poker
According to the Oracle of Tolemac, a specific series of events will occur in the Middle East that will lead up to the appearance of the Anti-Christ and the ultimate return of the Redeemer. These events will involve the people of Israel and the armies of its enemies.
It is to the Middle East that we need to look for the true signs of the times. The Oracle warned that talks of peace in the Middle East would soon give way to thoughts of war. And the events that have taken place in Gaza over the last month have proved this warning to be correct.
But the onset of hostilities between the armed forces of Israel and the supporters of Hamas have little to do with the reasons advanced in the public press. Instead, perceptive students of Middle Eastern affairs will recognize that the entire Gaza campaign has been a high stakes gamble by the ruling political party in Israel to maintain its hold on power.
Ever since the abortive Lebanese campaign, the ruling Kadima party under the leadership of Ehud Olmert, has faced increasing opposition and unpopularity, culminating in the move to strip Olmert of his position as Prime Minister on the grounds of corruption.
Because his chosen successor, the Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, was unable to form a majority coalition, the President of Israel Shimon Peres was obliged to call for a new general election to be held on February 10, 2009. It was against this backdrop of impending elections that the Gaza campaign was conceived and carried out.
By choosing to attack their avowed foes in Gaza, the Kadima party clearly hoped that they would be able to win back the faith of the majority of the electorate, and maintain their hold on power.
As the events in Gaza unfolded however, it became clear that this high-risk gamble had failed. Not only did the three week campaign fail to subdue Hamas, it also failed in its primary intent, which was to stop the rockets which were being fired from Gaza into Southern Israel.
This failure looks likely to lead to a change in Government, with the reigns of power returning once again to the leader of the Likud party, Binyamin Netanyahu.
If this does prove to be the case, there is every likelihood that the final piece of the ancient Biblical prophecies of the events leading up to the appearance of the Anti-Christ will at last be in place.
