Prophecy

Revelation 13:3 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
² And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.


Prophecy makes people very uncomfortable.  Bring it up in a social situation, and see what happens. 
However, prophecy is sort of like Islam...closing your eyes and putting your hands over your ears will not make it go away.

I think one of the reasons people are so uncomfortable with prophecy is that Americans are taught to "hope for the best,"  "reach for the stars," "envision the world you want and build it that way!"  Americans have grown up in an "if you can imagine it, then it can become true" kind of world. Being told that someone has already seen the outcome...that doesn't sit well with "positive" thinkers.

I personally think this is a lovely thing about our culture, and the very reason we have managed to become the dominant world power after only 250ish years of American culture. 

However, this sort of thinking, while constructive for building countries, is not real constructive at facing certain realities.  Islam is one of those ugly realities.  Americans seem to believe that if they just say positive things about it, and close their eyes and click their heels together, that Islam will magically change and become a better religion.  That is not going to happen.

ISIS/ISIL is written in prophecy.  They are the lion/leopard/bear hybrid beast found in the Bible.  The Bible is full of symbolism, and John's vision on Patmos was also full of them.  From the hindsight vision of history, we know that the animals used to depict the nations in this prophecy were the ancient symbols of Babylon (Iraq) (Lion), Medo-Persia (Iran) (Bear), Syria (Leopard.) According to the Bible, these beasts would be born together as an ancient hybrid.

Looking at recent history, ISIS/ISIL came to power in Syria, courtesy of the idiots in the White House, and have swept through Iraq like a freight train.  Iran will shortly be joining up with them, and then they will control the "whole world," as the word predicts...well, at least the "whole world"as the Bible saw it. 

This is happening.  Arguing with it will not change it.  Positive thoughts will not change it.  I know, cause I've read the end of the book.  :(  Shalom.