Rev 16 “Kings of the East” revealed
Greater Khorasan a.k.a. "land where the sun rises"
As a Middle East news junkie I caught a rumor that came out of Kuwait last June reporting Osama Bin Laden to be alive and hiding in Khorasan Province, Iran. I thought OBL had been dead for many years but I googled Khorasan to see where it was and this wikipedia article came up.
I like wikipedia so the next thing I am reading that, “The name “Khorasan” is derived from Middle Persian khor “sun” + asa “literally, like or akin to, but usually meaning arising from”, hence meaning “land where the sun rises”.
In Revelation 16, it is written that “the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared”. I seem to remember that this term, “Kings of the East” in the original Greek was “Kings of the Rising Sun”. This was the text Hal Lindsey and other Western prophecy teachers have used for years while they taught China and Japan would invade Israel during Armageddon.
There is a Greek Interlinear Bible on line now. Anybody can view Revelation 16 in its original greek text here. (vs 12 is on page 3) but here is a cropping of the pdf file.
Uh… phone call for Pastor Obvious on line one!
- Ancient Khorasan: “land where the sun rises” is today a modern day rats nest of some of Planet Earth’s most notorious jihadis
- Revelation 16, Euphrates is dried up for “Kings of the rising of the sun”…
I was already fairly certain I had stumbled onto a solid nugget of truth but kind of just tucked it away in my brain and thought I would file it for future reference.
As circumstance would have it, it was not much later (about two weeks) I am reading Walid Shoebat’s “God’s War on Terror” for the first time. On page 174 he describes some Islamic prophecies in the Hadith indicating that black flags coming from the area of Khorasan will signify the appearance of the Mahdi is nigh.
Related by Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “(Armies carrying) black flags will come from Khurasan . No power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Jerusalem where they will erect their flags.
I actually got “chicken skin” when I read that reference from the Hadith in Walid’s book. I thought for sure I would find the “Kings of the Rising Sun” reference from Rev 16 in the next paragraph but Walid left it out. I am guessing Walid must not have been a big reader of Hal Lindsey back in the day.
A little more digging around the internet and I even found a facebook page for a jihadist group with descent photoshop skills who seem to be laying their hats on this prophecy. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=396103295056
Once again, a perfect match and mirror image of the Islamic Mahdi and the Christian antichrist. Also if Walid’s teaching is right about the name of Allah being the mark of the beast / 666 then these flags they are waving and the banners across their foreheads and arms are a further literal fulfillment of the Book of Revelation.
Shalom
Gideons Shofar 