Out of Step in Syria
While the Obama administration was calling Bashar al-Assad a reformer just a few months ago, a senior U.S. official observed this past weekend that "Assad is pushing his country on the path of being a pariah state." Though the Obama administration has been backing him, Assad continues to thumb his nose at the West, blaming it for Syria's lack of reforms. As if to prove the Obama administration wrong, after giving a speech in which Assad promised reforms, his military gunned down seven protesters.
How could the administration be so wrong? What is even more interesting is how God has demonstrated how wrong the administration was in such a short period of time. The same thing occurred with the Mubarak regime in Egypt, when, just a few days before the U.S. called for Mubarak to step down, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the regime was stable-and that the U.S. was in full support of the Mubarak regime.
The question being posed of the U.S. leadership is: Why has Obama publicly spoken on Syria only twice, while he has spelled out in detail (again and again) U.S. terms for Israel? Why so soft on Assad and so tough on Netanyahu?
Regarding the Middle East "peace" process, why has Obama shown a "brazen disregard for the views" and approach of the Israeli government, while he has ignored the Syrian regime's brutality? While complex political policy, or even multifarious psychological issues, could be cited to explain this question, the simple answer is that it appears God is using the U.S. leader's choices to move the U.S. out of the prophetic picture. This puts the U.S. on the wrong side of Israel, and, when the dust settles in the Middle East, it will have placed America out of step with the region. As a result, this will be a recipe to isolate the U.S. from participation in the end-times treaty. Though this may sound good, being on the wrong side of Israel will not be a good thing for America.
Out of Step in Lebanon
Eighteen out of the thirty new members in Lebanon's cabinet belong to Hizbullah. Clearly, Hizbullah is growing in political dominance within Israel's neighbor to the north. This is not good, because Hizbullah is a creation of Iran, a regime that is out for Israel's destruction.
This is clearly a setback for the Obama administration which had promised a new relationship and influence with the Middle East. Instead, right before the administration's very eyes, Iran has been building a puppet regime in Lebanon. As Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah stated over the weekend, Hizbullah owes its current status to Iranian Spiritual Leader Ali Khamenei.
This appears to be another signal the U.S. is fast losing its influence in the Middle East. In addition, it provides another illustration of how the once-revered U.S. could be absent from Bible prophecy.
Out of Step in Afghanistan
On Saturday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai "turned furiously on the United States" in a public outburst. Karzai, America's (and NATO's) key ally in the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda, accused Washington of carrying on talks with the Taliban and poisoning the environment with chemicals via NATO weaponry.
Adding to that slap on the face, the U.S. promised Israel there would be a reform of the U.N. Human Rights Council which has been grotesquely anti-Israel in its condemnations. After much effort, it turns out that every major reform recommendation made by the U.S. was rejected.
With the risk of being so repetitive, we can see one more illustration of America's lost global influence. In fact, with the political slide occurring so quickly for America (and not to mention the real possibility of an economic slide), can Bible-believing Christians doubt, any longer, how the U.S. could be absent from Bible prophecy?
Out of Step in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is greatly frustrated with the White House refusal to deal with Iran by "cutting off the head of the snake". Since it knows Israel will not back down from this, the Saudi royalty has offered Saudi air space for Jewish jets on their way to an attack of Iran. In the future, look for Saudi Arabia (and other Arab states) to come alongside Israel for its help with Iran.
This is an interesting development, as it indicates how Israel could be the hero for the Middle East (by being a prominent part of taking down the Iranian regime), while the U.S. may be left out in the cold, taking the wrong side on Israel-and with a number of other Mideast states. By being so out of step, we can see why some Arab states are beginning to turn from U.S. reliance to align with Israel. As a result, alignment with end-times prophecy seems quite evident.
This all means that we may be witnessing God's preparation of the fulfillment of end-times Bible prophecy via a U.S. president who is out of step with the Middle East. If that is true, we are definitely drawing near to end-times fulfillment.
