Hidden in PLAIN Sight!
That's right. All prophecy is "hidden" in plain sight. But, nobody wants to look, OR, are blinded by former teaching. I like to call it "over-educated tunnel vision." This is what happens when someone has accepted something so deeply that it is no longer possible to see anything else. Especially, anything else that disputes clearly what one has accepted.
A good example of this is Chuck Missler, who I heard on the radio last night. Along with him is Jack Van Impe, Dr. Hagee, and a whole bunch of others who claim to understand prophecy. Yet, they did not, and could not call something so simple as the Gaza strip turn over in advance. Why is that since it is clearly in Scripture? Well, simply stated, it is "over-educated tunnel vision" having captured the minds of some very capable men.
So, what has got them looking through the tunnel in the wrong direction? Why, the idea that nations in Western Europe will form the ten horns of the Beast of prophecy. They cling to that as if it is the only answer. Along with their false understanding of Ezek. 28 & 39 being an attack by Russia against Israel. These understandings they have could not be further from the truth. And, soon enough, these men will have no choice but to change their perspective.
This idea of Western Europe distracts them, and others, from being able to see what is "hidden in plain sight". It's like one reads in science books, history books, and other literature. The authors see and grasp individual facts. They then take these facts and put them in sequence in their writings and or lectures. But, here's where the "over-educated tunnel vision" comes in. See if you haven't noticed this before.
Fact 1
Fact 2
Fact 3
Fact 4
Fact 5, etc. etc. etc.
FALSE conclusion. Based on "over-educated tunnel vision" bias.
Let me give you an example:
Fact 1 Israel will be attacked in the end time.
Fact 2 Ten nations will form under the Beast power.
Fact 3 There will be a one-world government
Fact 4 A man will rule over that government
Fact 5 The man is called the Assyrian
FALSE Conclusion: Ten nations in Europe led by Germany will be the fulfillment of Daniel and Revelation's ten horns.
And, where do they get that? From ancient Roman Catholic teachings from the 3rd century A.D. A teaching that came way before the time Daniel said this would be revealed. Daniel said it would be revealed to the wise in the latter years, our day. Yet, these folks keep using something they learned centuries before the answer was to be revealed. Do you grasp that? That fact alone makes this teaching wrong. How can they know what the answer is supposed to be before it is to be revealed? They can't and don't. This is why none of them call any prophecy accurately. They are using the wrong teaching because they have studied it so long and accepted it without question for so long that it now gives them "over-educated tunnel vision."
Yet, in Psalm 83, right in front of their eyes, and your eyes, and mine, is the listing of these ten nations "in plain sight." One has to be OUTSIDE the tunnel in order to see the full horizon and full perspective. And, that is how we must look at this psalm. Now look at this, continuing with Dr. McGee's comments...
"Now we begin with the section of this psalm that is DIFFICULT to FIT into HISTORY.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are CONFEDERATE against thee: The tabernacles of EDOM, and the ISHMAELITES; of MOAB, and the HAGARENES; GEBAL, and AMMON and AMALEK; the PHILISTINES with the inhabitants of TYRE: ASSUR also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah [Ps. 83:5-8]
'Assur' is Assyria. 'The children of Lot' would be Moab and Ammon. The names in this portion of God's Word are His enemies."
NOW, notice this informative statement by the good Dr.
"There is NO PLACE IN HISTORY where they seem to fit in; and that makes it a very REMARKABLE section, because it appears that these verses look to the FUTURE. Apparently these nations which were in existence at one time will appear again in the future." And, boy is he right. He further states..."It looks as though the nations mentioned in these verses will come back into existence during the last days." (ibid. p. 806)
With the above facts in sight what could the conclusion be? That these are forming in Europe? I don't think so. Now, notice this. He mentions one of the names as meaning ASSYRIA. Well, my friends, where is modern day Assyria? You guessed it, NORTHERN IRAQ. Where modern day Assyrians STILL live. This psalm says they WILL become a powerful people again in our day.
What about AMMON, do you know who that is? Ever heard of AMMON, Jordan. There you go, a second of the ten mentioned. By the way, Jordan will split into THREE parts in the near future to form two more of the nations mentioned here.
How about TYRE? Try Lebanon on for size friends.
And, the PHILISTINES? Why, you guessed it, the PALESTINIANS. Ergo, a Palestinian State (Nation) is inevitable. Can you guess now, how I knew a Palestinian State would come about before it was ever mentioned by Pres. Bush, or anyone else?
Here's a further clue for you. Now go through the Scriptures and read all about the above peoples and the prophecies for or against them. There you will find what is to happen in the news regarding these nations in the years ahead of us. It is all there, IF you will get rid of your "over-educated TUNNEL vision."
Finally, prophecy in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures is GEOcentric. That is, it is all about the literal GEOGRAPHY mentioned by name in the Scriptures. Therefore, you CANNOT move the prophetic Assyria into Europe. That becomes geography taught as nonsense. Gaza is in Gaza not London. Tyre is not in Paris nor Amsterdam. Ammon is not Moscow or Tokyo. See my point?
If you want to understand Tomorrow's News Today, then study the above carefully, and then continue with your OWN research. If I can give you the clues, and then YOU find the rest of the answers yourself, then no-one can dissuade you. Otherwise, you will never be sure because you depend on someone else to teach you. Then, you too will be lost in your "over-educated tunnel vision."
Or, you can open your eyes to the full peripheral vision you are capable of, especially if you happen coincidentally to be one of the WISE described by Daniel.
