US military withdrawal from Syria is mentioned in Daniel 11: 29,30 and will lead to what verse 31 says. Namely the attack on Jehovah's witnesses holy place the WT headquarters at Warwick. And that will be the start of the often mentioned period of 3 and half years in end time prophecy. Daniel11:29 “At the time appointed he (USA under Obama) will return and come against the south (Syria). But this time will not be as it was before,30 for the ships of Kitʹtim (Russian war ships that are allowed to use Cyprus seaports) will come against him (US troops in Syria), and he will be humbled.“He will go back (Now begining to happen, the US military withdrawal from Syria) and hurl denunciations* against the holy covenant+and act effectively; and he will go back and will give attention to those leaving the holy covenant.31 And arms* will stand up, proceeding from him; and they will profane the sanctuary,+ the fortress (WT headquarters in Warwick), and remove the constant feature.*+
That implies Russia is either king of the south or an ally of it Russia is neither that nor is it the king of the North.
At last this thing is moving forward, US withdrawing troops out of Syria and abandoning military bases there. So I would expect the harassement of Jehovah's witnesses to begin in USA in the coming months. Because that is what is the next thing to happen according to Daniel 11:30 and forward.
Well, well, well. You were right about the troop withdrawal, before it happened. They didn't just abandon the bases, they destroyed them, along with weapons and equipment. We shall see! Only time will tell!
Tsaphah, I've been closely looking the news about Syria and Middle East. Assad and Russia has now regained more territory in Syria. But still US has not completely abandoned Syria. But Assad is determined to piece by piece take back the whole country. US being sqeezed out from Syria step by step leads to the fulfillment of that particular piece of fortold events in God's word. The time it will take is little unclear to me, but I have an idea what it could be. Maybe you remember my posts about September 23, 2017? I wrote that Revelation 12:1,2 point to that date, because the vision corresponds to the position of celestial objects on that perticular day. So if September 23, 2017 is a special date, maybe the 2300 days mentioned in Daniel could start counting from that date. And if either 1260 or 1290 or 1335 days ends at the same day as tbe 2300 days, then the begining of either 1260 or 1290 or 1335 days mentioned in Daniel 12 would begin next year. That is something I am very much waiting to see happen.
Hi Jan, I hope you are still present. It seems as though many are abandoning our little “congregation”. It has been 5 months since the post, and it seems as uncertain as ever with what we call “current events”. I guess we could say that there has been much water under the bridge. Time seems to be slipping away, without us perceiving the “day” in which we live. As it is quoted in Mark 13:32, Jesus says: “Beware, watch; for you know not when the time is.” ( Codex Sinaiticus )
Hi Tsaphah, yes time goes by. I am still waiting US to leave Syria completely. It should happen at the right time. I thought it would be sooner. But Russia is increasing pressure on USA. I just read a report that a Russian military ship delivered 150 tanks and armored vehicles to Syria. But we have an other line of prophecies to know when the 1260 days will start and all what events affecting us are connected to that. That is the empowerment of the seven headed beast in Revelation 13. I opened a new thread about that in the General discussions.