Revealing Eschatology.

Isa. 63-1-6, "Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This (that is) glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore (art thou) red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat (winepress)? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people (there was) none with me; for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.----And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth."
Edom represents all who hate Israel. "Bozrah" was Edom's capital city. The description given in the text is similar to Revelation chapter 19. Where in Rev. 19-13 "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his name is called the word of God." The red-stained condition of the garments has been caused by his trampling blood in the "winepress" of God's judgment. The entire passage in Isaiah  is where Christ comes in Revelation 19 to "judge and make war---clothed with a vesture dipped in blood--treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God." The flowing of the blood is the description seen in Rev. 14-20. So severe that the lifeblood of the nations will be poured out on the earth in great quantity.

The Persian Gulf War is prophecied in scripture. The Persian Gulf War was prophecied to "bring in" the fulfillment of the end times prophecied to come. To bring in the fulfillment of prophecy concerning Israel and that prophecied or her as well as the world at large. The prophecy seen in Dan. 9-27 called there the final "seven" that would involve her in that end time. The Persian Gulf War would become the "catylist" that would bring about the fulfillment of the prophecies concerning Israel, the Middle East and the surrounding Arab nations, the saints, the daily, and all other events spoken of in the end of the age prophecy. This Persian Gulf War fulfillment is seen in the book of Jeremiah.
In Jer. 25-13 we read, "I will bring upon that land (Babylon) all the things I have spoken against it. All that are written in this book, and prophecied by Jeremiah as being against all nations." In Jer. 25-15-26 is seen there as being the cup of God's wrath. In verse 26, we see the last to drink it will be the king of Sheshach.* This is known in scripture to be what is called a "cryptogram" used to indicate a thing kept hidden. Used to keep hidden and concealed a certain thing or character. In this case, the character being "the king and place or kingdom" called here "Sheshach.* Here this last king of Sheshach* that would drink God's cup of wrath would be the "mystery Babylon" that would come; that being the mystery Babylon of Revelation. So whenever we see a cryptogram in Jeremiah's prophecy when he speaks of Babylon, we know it to mean mystery Babylon to come. When the cryptogram is not used, we know it to mean the old Babylon, which today lies in Iraq.
We read in Jer. 25-26, that after all these nations of the known world were made to drink the cup of God's wrath, seen in verses 18-25, we read of the rest of the world that will be made to drink it. "And all the kings of the north, near and far, one after the other--all the kingdoms on the face of the earth." As Jeremiah tells us in verse 17, all the kingdoms on the face of the earth were made to drink of it. Then we read, "And after all of them," all nations and kingdoms to come, on all continents and land masses of the world, then we are told; "the king of Sheshach* will drink it to." That being the mystery Babylon to come seen in Revelation.
Revelation speaks of mystery Babylon having a golden cup in her hand filled with abominable things, and she made the earth drink of them, that she herself got drunk on. Since Revelation is an end time prophecy, and the king of Sheshach*, mystery Babylon drinks it last, then this prophecy, when it speaks of sheshach*, concerns the prophecy of mystery Babylon seen in Revelation. And since it's an end time prophecy, it concerns the whole world that God's judgements would fall upon.
The prophecy begins in chapter 50 of Jeremiah. The prophecy that concerns the Persian Gulf War on old Babylon, Iraq as she is now called. The Lord used the nations and mystery Babylon to do this to fulfill the end time prophecy of the book of Daniel and Revelation, among other scriptures. This in turn would fulfill all that is prophecied about mystery Babylon seen in the book of Jeremiah. Not all the prophecies seen here in Jeremiah concerning "Babylon" have been fulfilled, as some today agree. The prophecied fall of mystery Babylon would begin to occur "where" it all started, in Babylon of Old, at the Euphrates River. The last words of Jeremiah were about Babylon. We read in Jer. 51-64, "Then say, "So will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring upon her, and her people will fall."
WE see in verse 63, "When you finish reading this scroll (prophecies of Babylon in the book), tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates." To indicate where Babylon (Iraq) and mystery Babylon"s prophecied fall would begin. This corresponds with Rev. 18-21, the angel throwing the boulder into the sea; "thus with such force will she be thrown down--never to be found again." So all that was written about Babylon and mystery Babylon was thrown in and at the Euphrates River corresponding to the 6th trumpet seen in Revelation. The four angels who were bound at the great River Euphrates. So we see that what was bound and released at the Euphrates is what would cause the prophecy's fulfillment to begin, and at the prophecy's fulfillment would come Babylon and mystery Babylon's fall.
In this chapter 50 of Jeremiah, we see the prophecy and the history of the Gulf War corresponding with each other, also the prophecy of Isaiah, Ezekiel and Revelation.
Beginning in Jer. 50-9, we read, "I will stir up and bring against Babylon (Iraq) an alliance of great nations from the "land of the north." They will take up their positions against her, and from the "north" she will be captured." The Persian Gulf War brought a great alliance of nations against Iraq, with the U.S. leading that coallition of nations. In Jer. 50-38 we read, "A drought (judgement) on her waters! They will dry up." The "drying of the waters" is figurative to mean a sword and judgement upon the waters. This is seen in Rev. 16-12 with the pouring out of the 6th vial. A sword judgement did come upon Iraq's waters at the Euphrates. Because of the intense allied bombings and bombings of the bridges around the Euphrates River, Iraq's waters did become polluted and undrinkable, where there was little or no water left to drink. WE read in Jer. 50-46, "her capture was heard worldwide." This does not speak of events thousands of years ago, for the whole world would not have known of it. It speaks of events that could only be known worldwide in our time of history.
WE read in Jer. 51-1, "See, I will stir up the Spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai* ( Babylonia). Here the Lord would stir up a Spirit of a destroyer, and we see this corresponds to Rev. 9-11, the king of the abyss, and of the demon spirits let loose at that time. The king of the demons is called in Greek Apollyon, to mean "destroyer." The Lord stirs up this Spirit destroyer not only against old Babylon, Iraq, but against Israel and the saints also, to fulfill the end time prophecy.
In Jer. 51-6 we read, "It is time for the Lord's vengeance." The Lord makes it known that this is the time of the fulfillment of prophecy, the Lord's wrath on mankind. And this would be the catylist to begin the fulfillment of that end time prophecy. We read in Jer. 51-7, "Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord's hand, she made the whole earth drunk." The context shows here that this speaks not only of old Babylon but mystery Babylon also as can be seen in Rev. 16-19 and 18-3. Where we can see these scripture verses speaking for themselves.
In Jer. 51-24-25 we read, "I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion, Declares the Lord." Here he speaks of repaying Babylon, Iraq, for what they've done, where the next verse then speaks of Mystery Babylon. "I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth." Here mystery Babylon is seen as a destroying mountain (kingdom) who destroys the whole earth. This mountain kingdom nation called America who in time would corrupt the earth with her cup of abominations.

In Jer. 51-27 we read, "Prepare the nations for battle against her (old Babylon); summon against her these kingdoms; Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz", and kings of the Medes verse 28. These people are seen as being Armenea, Turkey, Arab and Kurdish people. This also corresponds to Ezekiel chapters 38-39 as you read Jeremiah's prophecy. Ezek. 38-7, "You and all the hordes gathered, and take command of them---." In Jer. 51-27, "Appoint a commander against her." Against old Babylon, Iraq. And the commander appointed against her is mystery Babylon, the Spirit of the destroyer. The United States headed that coallition of nations against Iraq. In Jer. 51-30 we read, "They remain in their strongholds---their strength exhausted." Iraq had dug in along central Iraq, at the Euphrates River and its areas, with barely any food or supplies. "Her dwellings are set on fire;" This was due to the constant bombings for many weeks destroying much of the country. "The bars of her gates are broken." Her lines she had set up were broken partly due to desertion and retreat by Iraq's soldiers. We read in Jer. 51-31, "One courier follows another and messenger follows messenger to announce to the king of Babylon that his entire city is captured,--." Messengers announced to old Babylon, Iraq's king Saddam Hussein that his entire city is captured. It was as good as being captured if they wished to, but President Bush chose not to do so.
The reason for the capture and surrender of Iraq, old Babylon, is seen in the next verse of Jer. 51-32. "The river crossings seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers terrified." This occurred because the allied bombings had destroyed the bridges along the Euphrates and surrounding areas, so they could not cross or escape. Even the marshes were set on fire by our weapons to prevent and make escape impossible. This left them only with "surrender."
The U.S.-U.N. coalition used an "arcing" motion to outflank and corner them at the Euphrates River. From their southern positions they first began moving northward, then in a circular "arcing" motion as they moved toward the Euphrates River in the Euphrates Valley. That is from the south, moving north, then east along the Euphrates Valley that was "dried up," and to the Euphrates River, where the Iraqis became trapped and surrendered. Thus here in Jer. 51-32 ends the prophecy concerning the Persian Gulf War. That which would become the "catylist" to bring to fulfillment the end time prophecy. Where then, at its fulfillment, the Lord's wrath on mystery Babylon. This is seen in the following verse, Jer. 51-33. "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel says; "The daughter of Babylon (mystery Babylon) is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled; the time to harvest her will soon come." This corresponds with Rev. 14-16, the threshing and the harvest seen there.
The prophecies of Isa. 13-10-11 speak of the prophecy of this Gulf War. We read there, "The stars---the rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light." At that time the Lord says, "I will punish the world for its evil." (v.13) "And the earth will shake from its place." We read in Isa. 34-8-10, "A day of vengeance and a year of retribution. Edom's streams will be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulphur, her land will become blazing pitch! It will not be quenched night or day."
During the war Saddam Hussein had given orders to his soldiers, that if they had to retreat, to destroy as many oil fields as they could, and that they did. They blew up hundreds of oil wells in and around Kuwait, causing Kuwait for well over a hundred miles to become as night in the middle or noon of the day, day and night for many weeks; with no sunlight or moonlight. With these hundreds of burning oil wells, it caused major oil spills that effected its rivers, streams sea and land along their coastal shores, and greatly polluting the air in those areas of the Middle East.
Ezek. 38-7, "Get prepared--you and all your hordes, and take command of them. After many days you will be called---." Then "you will invade a land that has recovered from war." The U.S. and U.N. coalition, commanded by the U.S. invaded a land that had recovered from war. The 8 year war between Iraq and Iran from 1980 to 1988. Then he would come against another land that had recovered from war, Israel. Ezek. 38-16-17, "O Gog, I will bring you against my land (Israel),---." Are you not the one I spoke of---, to my servants the prophets of Israel?"
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