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Iraq’s Future

Yesterday my wife and I and Apostle Mike went to see the movie “Greenzone”. First, this is an excellent movie – very well done and very realistic. Definatly a movie worth seeing.

That said – as we left the theatre, I began to ponder Iraq and its WMD’s. I recalled that in the early days of the Iraq war, God had given me a very specific prophecy via sctipture that literally came to pass. I felt drawn back to this scripture to take a look at the outcome of the Iraq war, and its future.

Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your father’s house all the offerings made with fire by the Israelites. Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

“Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and your father’s house would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained. The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your family line and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, in your family line there will never be an old man. Every one of you that I do not cut off from my altar will be spared only to blind your eyes with tears and to grieve your heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

“And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you–they will both die on the same day. I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always. Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a crust of bread and plead, “Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.”
1 Sam 2:27-36 (NIV)

This is the scripture God gave me a few years ago, and I believe it shows Saddam’s past, and how God chose him to bring Iraq into the future. However, because of his growing disdain for God and for Israel, and how he allowed his sons to become ruthless, God cut him off.

And what God said would happen: “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you–they will both die on the same day. “ literally happened.

This was a sign to me of the correctness of the word, and a sign to Saddam that God had turned against him. And what happened to Eli is what happened to Saddam – “His neck was broken and he died” 1 Sam 4:18 (NIV)

So what about the WMD?
In Samuel 4, it speaks of the war, and how the Philistines (the allies) captured the Ark of the Covenant. I believed at the time – and still do – that this was a prophetic word that Weapons of Mass Destruction did exist in Iraq. I personally believe they were re-routed to Syria, however that is not prophetic, it is mearly an opinion. But – I believe without a doubt God has shown that WMD did exist there.

And what about Iraq’s future?

“I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always.”
1 Sam 2:35 (NIV)

This is the future of Iraq. God is raising up a leader inside Iraq – one of Iraq’s own people. And he will raise Iraq and its people from the darkness and bring Iraq into the future that God has in store. They will become a prosperous nation – a nation that has leadership that stands with God.

To the Iraq’s – have faith, stand firm, remain strong – God is on your side.
To the Americans and all others that stood with them - you did good, do not allow the enemy to tear you down or turn you from knowing this in your heart. Regardless of political feelings towards President Bush or Tony Blair, they did as God directed and for that they will be honored.
To Believers everywhere – let us stand firm with the Iraqs. they need our prayers. For God is at work in this nation.

Prophet Bill

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