Iran - Missles- Messiah - Ahmadinejad

From an email from Joel C. Rosenberg

 

http://www.joelrosenberg.com/

 

MISSILES & THE MESSIAH MAKING NEWS

 

Comments and quotes from his latest email….

 

• (Washington, D.C., July 11, 2008) -- Talk of missiles and the Messiah are making big news in Israel, Iran, and the U.S. in recent days. It's a curious combination, to be sure.
• President Ahmadinejad's on-going call for the Muslim world to prepare for the "imminent" arrival of the Islamic Messiah, known as the Mahdi.
• The Israeli archaeological community, meanwhile, is currently abuzz over the discovery of an ancient stone tablet dated not long before the birth of Jesus that strongly suggests that religious Jews of the day were expecting the coming of a Messiah who would suffer, die, and be resurrected three days later.
• Front-page story in Haaretz, a leading Israeli newspaper, just a few days ago has a lot of people asking: Are Jews really supposed to believe their Messiah will actually die and rise again, and was this really Orthodox religious thinking before the time of Jesus?

 

Are you reading your bible?

 

Are you ready for what might be happening next?

 

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Mr. Rosenberg asked us to consider these recent  headlines…

 

Ø      Iran Press Service: In Direct Warning to Israel, Iran Test-Fired Long-Range Missile

Ø      Islamic Republic News Agency: President Ahmadinejad: US, Israel not dare attack Iran

Ø      AP: Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf

Ø      Times of London: Iran ready to strike at Israel's nuclear heart: Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel's Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets

Ø      AP: Israeli defense minister Barak hints at Israel's readiness to strike Iran

Ø      AP: Rice warns Iran that US will defend Israel

Ø      MEMRI: Iran in Preparations, Deployment to Withstand Possible Attack by West

 

Here are comments from a recent Wall Street Journal report that could almost come from one of Mr. Rosenberg’s books….

 

ü      "Yesterday's tests offered no big surprises about Iran's missile technology, but they are a useful reminder of just how real the Iranian threat is - and how rapidly it is growing.”

ü      “U.S. intelligence estimates that Iran will have a ballistic missile capable of reaching New York or Washington by about 2015. Iran may already have the capability to target the U.S. with a short-range missile by launching it from a freighter off the East Coast”

ü      “A nuclear weapon detonated a hundred miles over U.S. territory would create an electromagnetic pulse that would virtually shut down the U.S. economy by destroying electronic circuits on the ground. William Graham, head of a Congressional commission to assess the EMP threat, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee this morning”

 

Mr. Rosenberg makes this interesting and CHILLING comment…

 

• Shia Islamic eschatology teaches….. The way to hasten the Mahdi's appearance or arrival on earth… is to create chaos and carnage on the planet and kill tens of millions of people. They believe that annihilating Judeo-Christian civilization as we know it and sending the world goes up in flames will then trigger the arrival of the Mahdi who will bring righteousness, justice and peace and create a worldwide Islamic empire.
• “Shia eschatology is driving Iranian foreign policy”
• “Ahmadinejad -- and, more importantly, the Ayatollah Khamenei -- don't want to be stopped. They believe they are on a God-given mission to bring about the end of the world, and they are eager and passionate about getting the job done as quickly as possible.”