DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Palestinians say final-status talks to start Wednesday Mon Nov 26,
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Final-status negotiations towards a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians will be formally launched here on Wednesday, a Palestinian official told AFP Monday. The negotiations on the final status will begin on Wednesday in the presence of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo said.Rabbo also said a joint Israeli-Palestinian document setting out the contours of future negotiations is due to be released Monday on the eve of US-hosted Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, Rabbo said.
This document, which we are due to conclude today with the blessing of the Americans will determine the terms of reference for negotiations -- such as the roadmap and international resolutions -- and the modalities for negotiations after Annapolis, he said.Israel foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev denied the two sides had agreed on a final draft of a joint document but said the negotiation teams had made important progress in talks on Sunday.Another Israeli official denied there was an agreement to launch final-status negotiations on Wednesday, which would end a seven-year hiatus.The Israelis and Palestinians have been trying to narrow differences over the joint document to be issued at Tuesday's peace conference in intense negotiations.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas were scheduled to meet later Monday with President George W. Bush, kicking off three days of intense diplomacy.More than 50 countries and organizations -- including some 16 Arab nations -- are gathering for Tuesday's conference, which is being seen as the first real initiative to revive the peace process in seven years.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Bush cautiously hopeful on peace talks By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer NOV 26,07
WASHINGTON - President Bush stepped cautiously into the most direct Mideast peacemaking of his administration on Monday, meeting separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to explore whether peace is possible. A day ahead of a major Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md., Bush said he was optimistic. The gathering is to launch the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians of Bush's nearly seven years in office, and has attracted Arab and other outside backing.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have already said they want to conclude a bargain within the 14 months that Bush has left in office. The two sides were unable to frame a blueprint for the talks before they came to the United States, and negotiations over the text were expected to continue into Tuesday.Bush emerged from an Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and told him: I'm looking forward to continuing our serious dialogue with you and the president of the Palestinian Authority to see whether or not peace is possible. I'm optimistic. I know that you're optimistic.Next, he met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who stressed the need to address issues of Palestinian statehood, sticking points that have doomed previous peace efforts.
We have a great deal of hope that this conference will produce permanent status negotiations, expanded negotiations, over all permanent status issues that would lead to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people, he said. This is a great initiative and we need his (Bush's) continuing effort to achieve this objective.Olmert said that international support — from Bush and also, presumably, from the Arab nations that will attend the conference — could make this effort succeed where others have failed.This time, it's different because we are going to have a lot of participation in what I hope will launch a serious process negotiation between us and the Palestinians, Olmert said. He was referring to the talks expected to begin in earnest after this week's U.S.-hosted meetings.We and the Palestinians will sit together in Jerusalem and work out something that will be very good, Olmert said. As to timing, he added later: We definitely will have to sit down very soon.The agreement that was shaping up, as Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo described it, is a starting point for negotiations and sketches only vague bargaining terms. The big questions that have doomed previous peace efforts would come later.The document was to include a formal announcement of the renewal of peace talks, Abed Rabbo said. It will set a target of concluding negotiations before Bush leaves office in January 2009. And it commits the two sides to resolving the key issues that divide them.Chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia said after an afternoon meeting with Rice, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and others that details of the document had not been finalized. Our efforts are still going on to reach this document, he said.Some in Bush's administration doubt that a settlement is possible in such a short time frame and have reservations about whether the Palestinians, in particular, are ready to make necessary concessions. The goal of the talks is to set up an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Bush's tempered outlook as he readied the Annapolis conference suggested he has his own misgivings, although administration spokesmen said the United States will remain closely involved after Tuesday's session closes.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the administration is committed to moving the process forward but added t hat ultimately, it's going to come down to the two parties and bridging the differences that now exist between them on all the issues that we know are out there.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said Bush urged Olmert and Abbas to seize the moment.He said history is full of missed opportunities because people just looked to the downside, she said.
The Palestinian question underlies numerous other conflicts and grievances in the Middle East, and has scattered hundreds of thousands of Palestinians across several Arab states. The Palestinians are unlikely to strike any bargain that their Arab backers and neighbors do not support, so the Annapolis conference is meant to make Arabs what one administration official called ground-floor investors in the new round of talks. Saudia Arabia, linchpin of Arab support for the new peace push, said it agreed to attend after receiving assurances that the Bush administration would remain energetic after the talks begin, and intervene with its own ideas if necessary. When the president says I am fully backing this effort, I will use every resource ... how can you not be confident? asked the kingdom's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal. He also said Saudi Arabia would not consider establishing diplomatic relations with Israel until after Palestinian and other territorial questions are settled. Criticism directed at the conference from afar pointed to the enormity of the challenge.
Leaders of the Islamic militant group Hamas labeled Abbas a traitor even for coming to the meeting, and vowed to reject any decisions to come out of the conference. In Jerusalem, more than 20,000 Israelis gathered at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, to protest the conference. Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu labeled the summit a continuation of one-sided concessions.In Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech that the conference has already failed and that the U.S. was only trying to preserve its reputation. The events unfolded as the Israeli military killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike and a ground clash. At a briefing with reporters, Olmert pounded his fist on a desk as he spoke of the need to work toward peace despite difficulties. We want to move forward, he declared. We don't want the status quo.But he also said Israel would insist that the Palestinians fight terror in Hamas-ruled Gaza before any peace deal would be implemented. After months of trying to forge a joint outline, Israel and the Palestinians have made an 11th-hour push in recent days to come up with a statement that their U.S. hosts call a workplan for the coming talks. But long-standing disputes over final borders, sovereignty over disputed Jerusalem — and the fate of Palestinian refugees who lost homes in the war that followed Israel's 1948 creation — have tormented peace efforts for decades. Associated Press writers Amy Teibel, Jennifer Loven, Matthew Lee and Mohammed Daraghmeh contributed to this report.
Israelis, Palestinians voice hope for breakthrough by Nasser Abu Bakr NOV 26,07
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders Monday voiced hope that long frozen peace talks may soon be revived, as US President George W. Bush launched his biggest push yet to end the Middle East conflict. Bush, who met separately with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, said he was hopeful the peace process could move forward after a seven-year hiatus.I'm looking forward to continuing our serious dialogue with you and the president of the Palestinian authority to see whether or not peace is possible. I'm optimistic, I know you're optimistic, Bush told Olmert at the White House.He was speaking on the eve of Tuesday's US-hosted peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, gathering more than 50 organizations and countries, including some 16 Arab nations.Olmert praised Bush's initiative saying: This time it's different because we are going to have lots of participants in what I hope will launch a serious process of negotiations between us and the Palestinians.He added that after Tuesday's conference he hoped we and the Palestinians will sit together in Jerusalem and work out something that will be very good and create great hope for our peoples.Abbas was also upbeat as he met Bush, who has worked hard to drum up support, particularly among Arab nations such as Syria and Saudi Arabia, for the Annapolis meeting.We have a great deal of hope that this conference will produce permanent status negotiations, expanded negotiations, over all permanent status issues that would lead to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people, Abbas said.Both Israeli and Palestinian negotiators appeared to be close to bridging differences on a key document setting out the contours for future negotiations between the two sides aimed at ending their decades-long conflict.
The negotiation teams have made important progress towards an agreement on a joint document, Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev told AFP.But he denied claims by Palestinian negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo that the two sides had already agreed on a final draft which would be made public later Monday after weeks of behind-the-scenes haggling.We want to move forward. We do not wish to maintain the status quo, Olmert later told reporters.We are heading towards a process that will have endless potholes. We are not naive. But at some point, we must start trying and we cannot say that we would not do anything because we are afraid of failure.
Another senior Israeli official however denied comments by Abed Rabbo that final-status negotiations on core issues such as the status of Jerusalem, which both sides claim as their capital, the borders of a future Palestinian state and the fate of Palestinian refugees, would be formally launched in Washington on Wednesday.
The final status talks will not begin in Washington, but probably next week in our region, the official told AFP.Amid an intense round of diplomacy in Washington, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to meet later Monday for the second time in 24 hours with the heads of Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams, a Palestinian official said.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Rice felt confident that the preparations for the Annapolis talks were going well.She does feel ... that we will get to Annapolis in a good shape to accomplish all of the objectives that we, as well as the other participants, have laid out for the conference, he said.
In a major coup for US diplomacy, both Syria and Saudi Arabia are attending the Annapolis talks, which will mark the first time that Saudi officials have sat with Israelis to talk about peace in the Middle East. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said in an interview published in Time magazine Monday that Israel and the Arab world were at a turning point in their search for peace. One of the elements of optimism is the sense of determination of the United States to see this through, he said, adding he believed in the ability of Bush's administration to steer the peace process. We have confidence in that. I hope we are proven right, he said. With their continuous involvement, and serious intent, this can turn things around.
Remarks by President Bush and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas Before Meeting
Monday November 26, 2:05 pm ET
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oval Office
1:11 P.M. EST
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, welcome.
PRESIDENT ABBAS: Thank you.
PRESIDENT BUSH: It's good to have you back here in the Oval Office. Thank you for coming, and thank you for working hard to implement a vision for a Palestinian state.
We want to help you. We want there to be peace. We want the people in the Palestinian Territories to have hope. And we thank you for your willingness to sit down with Israel to negotiate the settlement.
The United States cannot impose our vision, but we can help facilitate. And the process will begin tonight at the State Department, and then on to Annapolis tomorrow. And I want to thank you for coming. Wish you all the very best.
PRESIDENT ABBAS: (As translated.) I am delighted to have the opportunity to meet with President Bush after his invitation and this historic initiative that he launched to convene the Annapolis Conference. We have a great deal of hope that this conference will produce a permanent status negotiations, expanded negotiations, over all permanent status issues that would lead to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people, an agreement to secure security and stability.
President Bush's initiative is a great initiative. We will continue to rely on his support and the support of the United States and his administration in order to achieve the intended objective. Thank you.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir.
END 1:14 P.M. EST
Text of U.S. President Bush's statement on the Mideast peace conference - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOV 25,07
Text of President George W. Bush's statement Sunday on the Mideast peace conference this week, as released by the White House:
I am pleased to welcome Prime Minister (Ehud) Olmert, President (Mahmoud) Abbas and representatives of more than 40 countries to the United States for the Nov. 27 Annapolis Conference. The broad attendance at this conference by regional states and other key international participants demonstrates the international resolve to seize this important opportunity to advance freedom and peace in the Middle East.
This conference will signal international support for the Israelis' and Palestinians' intention to commence negotiations on the establishment of a Palestinian state and the realization of peace between these two peoples.
It will also provide an opportunity for the Israelis, the Palestinians and their neighbours to recommit to implementing the roadmap, with the U.S. monitoring their progress by the parties' agreement. Finally, the conference will review Palestinian plans to build the institutions of a democratic state and their preparations for next month's donors' conference in Paris.
I remain personally committed to implementing my vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.
The Israelis and Palestinians have waited a long time for this vision to be realized, and I call upon all those gathering in Annapolis this week to redouble their efforts to turn dreams of peace into reality. I look forward to my discussions with Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas this week, as well as to addressing the conference along with them on Tuesday.
President Bush Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert
Oval Office
10:53 A.M. EST
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Prime Minister, welcome. It's an honor to have you back in the Oval Office. Thanks for coming to the Annapolis Conference. I'm looking forward to continuing our serious dialogue with you and the President of the Palestinian Authority to see whether or not peace is possible. I'm optimistic, I know you're optimistic, and I want to thank you for your courage and your friendship. I'm proud your -- proud of you.
PRIME MINISTER OLMERT: Thank you very much, Mr. President. I'm delighted to come with my colleagues to -- another time to the Oval Office. This time it's different, because we are going to have lots of participants in what I hope will launch a serious process of negotiations between us and the Palestinians. This will be a bilateral process, but the international support is very important for us.
And I thank you for the efforts that you, President, made in order to make it possible, and the Secretary of State, together with us, in order to come to this point where from we and the Palestinians will sit together, in Jerusalem, and work out something that will be very good to create a great hope for our peoples.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir. Thank you all.
END 10:55 A.M. EST
