Prophecy foretells that the Euphrates will completely dry up, making way for the army of the King of the East to march into battle…
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Euphrates River drying up/drought
Prophecy Sign: (Revelation 9:14-16) “It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, ‘Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.’ And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number”.
“The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East” (Revelation 16:12).
Prophecy Sign: Revelation 16:8 “The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire.” Revelation 7: 16 “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.” Mark 13:8 “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.”
It is very clear from all the above prophecies that everything Jesus warned would happen in the last days is taking place right before our eyes. I want you to read a report about the drought that has hit many nations in the Middle East. The report below focus on what is happening to Syria and Iraq. The sun’s intense heat is not only causing this major drought, and famine, but it is helping the Euphrates River dry up. When you read the report please remember the curse God said He would put on anyone who comes against Jerusalem. Genesis 12:3 “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Syria has fallen under God’s curse for trying to divide up the land of Israel and for working toward the goal of retaking the City of Jerusalem for the Arabs.
Look what is happening. “The farmlands spreading north and east of this Euphrates River town were once the breadbasket of the region, a vast expanse of golden wheat fields and bucolic sheep herds. Now, after four consecutive years of drought, this heartland of the Fertile Crescent — including much of neighboring Iraq — appears to be turning barren, climate scientists say. Ancient irrigation systems have collapsed, underground water sources have run dry and hundreds of villages have been abandoned as farmlands turn to cracked desert and grazing animals die off. Sandstorms have become far more common, and vast tent cities of dispossessed farmers and their families have risen up around the larger towns and cities of Syria and Iraq.
For Syria, which is running out of oil reserves and struggling to draw foreign investment, the farming crisis is an added vulnerability in part because it is taking place in the area where its restive Kurdish minority is centered. Iraq, devastated by war, is now facing a water crisis in both the north and the south that may be unprecedented in its history. Both countries have complained about reduced flow on the Euphrates, thanks to massive upriver dam projects in Turkey that are likely to generate more tension as the water crisis worsens.
The four-year drought in Syria has pushed two million to three million people into extreme poverty, according to a survey completed here this month by the United Nations special reporter on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter. Herders in the country’s northeast have lost 85 percent of their livestock, and at least 1.3 million people have been affected, he reported.
Droughts have always taken place here, but “the regional climate is changing in ways that are clearly observable,” said Jeannie Sowers, a professor at the University of New Hampshire who has written on Middle East climate issues. “Whether you call it human-induced climate change or not, much of the region is getting hotter and dryer, combined with more intense, erratic rainfall and flooding in some areas. You will have people migrating as a result, and governments are ill prepared.”
In Iraq, 100,000 people had been displaced as of a year ago, according to a United Nations report. More than 70 percent of the ancient underground aqueducts have dried up and been abandoned in the past five years, the report said. Since then, the situation has only worsened.
Do you remember what Jesus told us in Matthew 24:8 referring to the last day signs? He said,“All these are the beginning of birth pains” Not only will you see more droughts, intense heat, and famines, but you will witness the Euphrates River drying up even more than it is now. When you read my book you will learn that there are already places on once Great River Euphrates that people can walk across. Do you think these signs are all just a huge coincidence? If you think this, your eyes have not yet been opened to God’s truth.
http://rete-eco.it/it/approfondimenti/siria/16717–earth-is-parched-where-syrian-farms-thrived.html
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