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The battle against NATO has commenced – The Identity of The Great Whore Is Revealed
By Pepe Escobar
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-russia-iran-strategic-game-changer/5542446
Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers – as well as Sukhoi-34 fighter bombers – leave from the Iranian Hamadan airfield to bomb jihadis and assorted «moderate rebels» in Syria, and immediately we’ve got ourselves a major, unforeseen geopolitical game-changer.
The record shows that Russia has not been present militarily in Iran since 1946; and this is the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that Iran allowed another nation to use Iranian territory for a military operation.
Bets could be made the Pentagon would, predictably, freak out like a bunch of pampered, irate teens. They did not disappoint, complaining that Russia’s advance warning did not allow enough time to «prepare» – as in blaring all across the planet another episode of «Russian aggression», on top of it in cahoots with «the mullahs». Further desperation ensued, with Washington claiming Iran might have violated UN Security Council resolutions.
Moscow’s spin, in contrast, was a beauty; this was all about logistics and cost cutting. Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, chair of the State Duma’s Defense Committee and a former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, gave a lovely explanation of the modus operandi:
It is expensive and takes a long time to fly from bases in the European part of Russia. The issue of the cost of military combat activities is, at present, a priority. We must not go over the current Defense Ministry budget. Flying Tu-22s from Iran means using less fuel and carrying larger payloads… Russia won’t be able to find a friendlier and more suitable, from the point of view of security, country in that part of the world, and strikes must be carried out if we want to end this war… Airfields in Syria are not suitable because of the constant [need for] flying over areas of combat activities.
Don’t mess with the SCO
All fine and dandy then. The Pentagon will keep crying foul. Enraged Zionists in Israel and fanatic Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia will throw tantrums and turbo-charge the proverbial «Iranian existential threat» to apocalyptic levels. Whatever. These «facts in the skies» cannot be altered. Especially because if they open the way for a decisive victory in the battle for East Aleppo, the foreign-imposed Syrian civil war will be all but over.
Ali Shamkhani, head of Iran’s National Security Council, made no mistake this is all about Iran-Russia strategic cooperation in a – real – fight against ISIS/ISIL/Daesh terror, and not, as spun by Western corporate media, the return of Iran as a «military asset» of a great power.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, for his part, stressed, «I allowed the bombers to fly over because we received clear information about them. They make precise strikes, avoid casualties among civilians. So, we will consider all the requests concerning security of civilians in Syria».
This was code for Baghdad coolly allowing Russian access through Iraqi airspace for the TU-22M3 bombers. Next inevitable step would be the Russian Caspian fleet launching cruise missiles over Iranian and Iraqi airspace towards those Beltway-protected «rebels» in Syria.
And there’s more, much more.
A 2015 Moscow-Damascus agreement has now been ratified by Russia. That, in effect, turns the Russian air base at Khmeimim into a permanent military base in the eastern Mediterranean.
Beijing and Damascus, for their part, have just agreed on closer military ties on top of Chinese humanitarian aid. Syrian Arab Army personnel will eventually be trained by Chinese military instructors.
Beijing is now directly involved in Syria for a key national security reason; hundreds of Uyghurs have joined Daesh or follow al-Qaeda goon Abu Muhammad al-Julani, the much-appreciated-in-the Beltway leader of the Army of Syrian Conquest – and may eventually return to Xinjiang to wage jihad.
And then, there’s the absolutely delicious cherry in the cheesecake, as professor of Middle East Studies at Shanghai International Studies University, Zhao Weiming, told the Global Times; Beijing’s new power play in Syria is payback for Pentagon interference in the South China Sea.
So what will Hillary do?
All of the above points to the new look of what used to be a white elephant in the room; the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) now means serious business.
As the «4+1» (Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, plus Hezbollah) started to share intel and operation procedures last year, including a coordination center in Baghdad, analysts such as Alistair Cooke and myself saw it as en embryo of the SCO in action. This was definitely, already, an alternative to NATO’s «humanitarian» imperialism and regime change obsession. For the first time NATO was not free anymore to roam around the world like an out-of-control Robocop. Even though only Russia and China were SCO members, and Iran an observer, the cooperation involved – at the request of a government fighting jihadis and still a target for regime change – already qualified as a major, new geopolitical fact on the ground.
Now, this variant of the New Silk Roads – New Silk Airways? – involving Russia, Iran, Iraq and Syria and precisely targeting Salafi-jihadism, qualifies once again as accelerated Eurasia integration. Both SCO heavyweights China and Russia will not only admit Iran as a full member as early as next year; they know Iran is a key strategic asset in a battle against NATO, and they will never let Syria become the new Libya. In parallel, Russia’s strategic moves in Crimea and Syria are set to be dissected in excruciating detail in Chinese military academies.
Eurasia integration is being progressively intertwined with the SCO.
Whatever Tel Aviv and Riyadh – with their massive Washington lobbies – may fear about Russian-Iranian security cooperation, it’s NATO that’s livid. And much more than NATO, Hillary «Queen of War» Clinton.
The record shows Hillary with a severe crush on Assad to be dispatched the Gaddafi way. In the event of a Hillary presidency, bets can be made she will force the Pentagon to impose a no-fly zone in northern Syria and weaponize assorted «rebel» remnants to Kingdom Come.
And then there’s Iran. During the 2008 US presidential campaign, I was on the floor as Hillary addressed the AIPAC conference in Washington, a truly frightening spectacle. Using the – false – premise of an Iranian attack on Israel, she said, «I want the Iranians to know that if I’m president, we will attack Iran. In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them».
Oh really? Over Russia-Iran strategic cooperation? Over a progressively integrated SCO? Bring it on, Queen of War.
END OF PEPE ESCOBAR ARTICLE
The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed
Ezek 16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;
The word imperious seems to suggest that of domination, as in the great whore excels in the realm of spiritual idolatry.The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed through her many abominable acts of lewdness. She has hast opened her feet, and thus spread her legs to every one that passed by, and increases her whoredoms (Ezek 16:25).
Ezek 16:2-3 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
Jerusalem became confident in her own ways apart from God. The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed through her obsession with spiritual fornication, having relationships with many strange gods (Ezek 16:15).
Ezek 16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Her beauty that was from the Lord, and her whoredoms had become greatly increased. The Great Whore had become detestable.
Manasseh reigned fifty five years in Jerusalem, he was the most wicked king that Judah would have (2 Chron 33:1).
2 Chron 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed through the demonic sacrifices of her children unto Satan. Here are some of the references to these heinous satanic crimes that the great whore has committed (2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 17:17; Lev 18:21; 2 Kings 21:1-6; 2 Chronicles 28:1-4; 2 Chronicles 33:1-7).
Ezek 16:33-34 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.
The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed in her rejection of Christ
Jerusalem and the idolatrous house of Judah, that was without the Lord God, was declared desolate (Math 23:37-38; Luke 13:35).This people and their religion were contrary to God and man (Lev 26:21-28; Rom 16:17; 1 Thes 2:15-16).
The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed through excelling in bringing her whoredoms to many others, thus perfecting the art of perversion and deceit that she once was a student of.
Borrowing heavily from what she had learned from her time in Egypt, and especially Babylon, the Great Whore would subvert many houses. The Identity of the Great Whore is revealed predominately by exposing the inhabitants of the earth that have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication (Rev 17:2 ).
To be made drunk with the wine of her fornication, refers to a state of Spiritual apathy or indifference. This spiritual stupor would cause many to become deaf and dumb to the true Gospel message; they would be easily deceived through her spiritual wickedness. In the second part of this series, The Great whore is not Mystery Babylon, we will take a detailed look at the damage this great Whore does.
Titus 1:10-11 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed by understanding the subversion of those who speak from their own hearts and deceive multitudes. These claim to be under the law, but really follow the wicked traditions of their fathers.
It is not through the flesh that one can claim to be of the house of Judah or Israel, the works of the old law and genealogy meant little after Christ. Those of the true tribe of Judah are made pure through Jesus, and seek not their own glory (Romans 2:28-29).
Prov 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Titus 1:14-16 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed by exposing those that have made their own law and commandments, and have turned many from the truth. They profess to know God, but their fruits prove this to be a lie. They are detestable in their idolatry, disobedient to the Law Of Christ, and are polluted in their own wisdom. They professed that they were wise, but in reality were but fools. The wisdom of all the world apart from God is foolishness (Rom 1:18-25; 1 Cor 3:19).
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed by understanding that the very minds and souls of this wicked people are defiled, and they are unable to even process the difference between what is pure and that which is pure evil (1 Tim 4:2; Isa 5:20; 1 Cor 3:19).
Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered
Those who make their own law, commandments and ordinances simply create false religions. They transgress or depart from God’s Law and have not the Spirit of Truth, and are therefore unable to come to the knowledge of the truth.
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed by pointing out the incredible destruction they bring upon themselves and their converts. Not only do they fail to enter into the kingdom, but they also prevent many others from entering in as well (Mark 7:13; Luke 11:52; Math 5:20; Math 15:2; John 3:5).
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Ezek 16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed by understanding that the Lord God will judge the Great Whore, though the very ones that she went a whoring with.
He will also judge them at the second death through the Law of Moses. For if they truly believed the words of Moses they would have also believed in Christ; Moses, the old law and the prophets all spoke of Christ (John 5:42-47; Rev 20:6).
Rev 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the (great) whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Throughout her history, Jerusalem went through many sorrows and ruins. As Israel after the flesh was put away, so to was Jerusalem finally declared desolate by Christ (Mat 23:37-39).
The Sons of God are now the Temple of God, and Christ dwells within those that are Baptized in the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 6:16). Up until the end of this age, Desolations are determined on Jerusalem, especially during the reign of the Beast during the Great Tribulation (Dan 9:26-27; Isa 6:11; Jer 7:1-17; Jer 7:29-34; Jer 9:5-10; Jer 19:1-8; Joel 2:1-11).
Ezek 16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezek 16:46-47 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed by looking at her sister, there were two women, and they were the daughters of one mother (Ezek 23:2). Samaria, was the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
Ezek 23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
Jerusalem and Samaria both had the same mother, Samaria was Jerusalem’s older sister, and Sodom was the younger sister. Sodom was destroyed by fire. This fate was also in Jerusalem’s destiny, as she was more corrupt in her whoredoms than Samaria (Ezek 23:11).
During the final 3 1/2 years of Jerusalem’s existence, before Christ returns, she is spiritually compared to Sodom and Egypt (Rev 11:8).
But even before this time period where the Beast controls Jerusalem, there is nothing to suggest any type of relationship with the Lord God.
Isaiah 1:21-22 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
In Isaiah’s prophecy Jerusalem will be burned with fire and be desolate. Except for a remnant, it is likened unto Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa 1:7-9).
Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jer 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The gathering of God’s people unto a Holy Jerusalem, through Christ, has yet to transpire.
Jer 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jerusalem is full of evil, deceit and iniquity.
The Lord will visit them for these great sins they commit (Jer 9:1-10).
Jerusalem shall be heaps and a dwelling place for dragons (Jer 9:11).
Babylon shall be heaps and a dwelling place for dragons…(Jer 51:37).
The cities of Judah will be desolate and a den of dragons (Jer 10:22).
Jer 23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Jer 9:14-16 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Rev 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
The third Vial judgment in the book of Revelations, refers to the plague called wormwood.
Rev 8:10-11 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
The third Trumpet judgment in the book of Revelations, also refers to the plague called wormwood.
Ezek 22:2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Ezek 22:11-12 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Here the great whore is not only involved in spiritual lewdness, but physical fornication and even incest.
Ezek 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezek 22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The Identity Of The Great Whore Is Revealed through observing how she interacts with those around her. Her leaders are like unto wolves that devour their prey. These people use oppression on the poor and those in need, and they are without compassion. They take what is not rightfully theirs, and with great cruelty trample down those around them unnecessarily. They are also quick to shed blood and love dishonest gain which is covetousness. They are guilty of breaking all of the commandments of Moses and worthy of God’s wrath (Ezek 22:24-30).
Is not Ezekiel chapter 22, a description of the modern day nation of Israel?
Ezek 22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Pour out my indignation and consume with the fire of my wrath, may be a better translation of the message in Ezek 22:31. The words therefore, and have I, are added, and suggest that this wrath has already been performed.
In Ezekiel 22:19, it is the Lord, Jesus (Adonai) that gathers the dross or impure in the midst of Jerusalem. This word dross is only used eight times in the Old Testament. Two of those references are in Isaiah chapter one, (which describes a future event), and three times the word is used in Ezekiel chapter 22.
The Hexagram is not the Star of David - Do Not Be Deceived -
This symbol may or may not be unto the Beast, but it does represent an image of a star of the heavens. The Hebrews were commanded not to make any graven images of anything on earth or in Heaven; the pentagram and hexagram are both images unto pagan deities. Because of their idolatry and the worship of the star of their god, the people were taken into captivity (Amos 5:25-27).
In light of all of these facts, the Identity of The Great Whore Is Revealed by the choice to use this Satanic symbol on a flag representing the nation of Israel, birthed through the great deception of the Whore. This satanic symbol that was adopted by the first Zionist congress in 1897 was not coincidental.
Ex 20:3-4 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
There is no mention in the Bible of King David ever adopting a star or the hexagram as a symbol of the nation he ruled, so this theory is just another lie.
Solomon, unlike his father David, became very wicked as he turned towards idolatry towards the end of his reign. Through his many wives he went after many strange gods, and he even built an alter unto Molech, in or near Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:7).
There are two Bible verses that do mention both the words Molech, and star of your god. The first reference to this star goes back to a time that Israel spent in the wilderness, that was well before Solomon’s reign, and may well have been an image to a god adopted from their time in Egypt.
Amos 5:25-27 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Solomon did marry pharaoh’s daughter, and also took many other wives, and went after their gods. So this hexagram symbol may have been an image to a god, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the true Israel of God.
Acts 7:42-43 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
The fact that mystery Israel would adopt this symbol, which has pagan roots is disturbing to say the least. This nation is not of the Lord Jesus, nor is she gathered together by Him.
The true Israel of God will not return to Jerusalem, until it is thoroughly cleansed and restored by and through Christ.
Israel is Given a Bill of Divorce, and Christ Declared the House of Judah Desolate.
Jer 3:6-8 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the whore. And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the whore also
The word backsliding is used twelve times in the Old Testament, all in reference to Israel or Judah. Here it refers to turning away from that which is Holy.
Israel that played the whore was put away for Her harlotry. Her sister, the treacherous Judah, saw it and was even more traitorous towards the Lord, and became known as the great whore (Jer 3:11).
Jer 13:9-10 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
The Identity of The Great Whore Is Revealed through the prophets describing her judgments, both in the past and in the future.
Jeremiah prophesizes that Jerusalem and the false tribe of Judah will be discarded and be considered good for nothing. He sees spiritual drunkenness and gross darkness, and because of their lewdness of their idolatry, destruction.
Luke 13:34-35 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
A final Woe is given to a filthy, oppressing and polluted city. At the end of this age, the Lord will gather all nations and kingdoms into Jerusalem. There He will pour upon them His Indignation and wrath; those that are full of pride and self righteousness will be removed from the midst of the land (Zep 3:1-11; Joel 3:2).
The progression of Sin and Idolatry………..
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