Prerequisite to Ezekiel's War has been fulfilled!

In Ezekiel 38 and 89, the prophet recorded God's prophecy about a great war against Israel in the End Times. There are a number of prerequisites for the fulfillment of this prophecy. Many have already been met (return of the Jews to restore the State of Israel, emergence of Russia as a major power, alliance between Russia and Persia (modern Iran), and many others.

This prophesy also speaks of Israel being wealthy, providing great plunder and spoils.

Through hard work and the blessings of God, the Jews have already made Israel much more prosperous than the surrounding Islamic countries. However, Joel Rosenberg (author of The Last Jihad, The Last Days, The Ezekiel Option, and other novels and non-fiction books) contends that the scriptures speak of much greater wealth than that, and that prophecies in the Old Testament seem to point to the discovery of oil or gas in Israel.

This has just happened!

The Jerusalem Post Internet Edition

Gas find may meet demand for 15 years
Jan. 19, 2009
Sharon Wrobel , THE JERUSALEM POST

A historic natural gas reservoir found offshore from Haifa is poised to meet Israel's natural gas demand for about 15 years and reduce the country's dependence on gas imports from Egypt and offshore from Gaza.

The discovery of the natural gas field 90 km. offshore from Haifa, known as Tamar, was made by a US-Israel consortium including the Delek Group, through its subsidiaries Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration, Isramco Negev 2, Dor Gas Exploration and US oil operator Noble Energy Inc.

Preliminary estimates indicate that the Tamar field might contain over 88 billion cubic meters of gas.

"If the Tamar site opposite the Haifa coast succeeds in producing the significant quantities of natural gas predicted, we are talking about a revolution which will have an impact on the Israeli economy for the coming generations," said Dan Halman, CEO of Halman-Aldubi Group. "The vast reservoir is poised to bring down electricity prices, reduce the country's dependence on gas from foreign countries, in particular from Egypt, and thereby turn Israel from a gas importer into a gas exporter."

Yoav Burgan, analyst at Leader Capital Markets, believes in the possibility of long-term deals resulting from the Tamar well which could generate a potential value of $15.5 billion.

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Read the rest here. This is a huge discovery, and could lead to a great deal more gas and oil being discovered in the near future.

Not only should this discovery and others result in a much greater level of wealth in Israel, it could also provide a reason (aside from hatred of the Jews) for the Russian and Iranian led coalition to attack Israel.

Maranatha