Opinion & Comment
War in the Persian Gulf Found in Tanach?

Dear Sir,

Your photo (12 Shevat) of HMS Ark Royal reminds how it is that Western warships keep being attracted to the Persian Gulf as if by a magnet!

There must be some deeper symbolism in that 13 years on, the same military scenario is being played out on the same territory between protagonists of exactly the same name: Saddam Hussein (gematria of 250 -- the same as "Amoleki"!) and George Bush!

Does it portend the fulfilment of Bilom's last ominous prophecy? "Woe, who will survive the L-rd's devastation? Warships will come by way of Kittim to attack Assur and attack Ever (Iraq and Iran?), and they too will be destroyed!" (Bamidbar 24).

Syria may become involved: "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, and it will become a ruinous heap" (Yeshaya 17). And Egypt: "I will cause Egyptian to fight Egyptian, brother against brother, city against city" (Yeshaya 19).

Other prophecies in Yechezkel and Daniel explicitly refer to Ethiopia, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Germany and Russia as being involved in an End-Time war involving Israel!

"In the future the sons of Ishmael will stir up mighty battles in the world and compel the sons of Edom to gather against them from the ends of the earth, to wage war for three months at sea, on the land and near Jerusalem" (Zohar II:32).

But ultimately there will be true peace in the Middle East: "On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assur . . . blessed will be Egypt My people and Assur the work of My hands and Yisrael My inheritance" (Yeshaya 19).

Yours truly,

Amnon Goldberg

Safed, Israel

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