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Table of Contents

Chapter One

The Emperor is Delusional.... ............................5

(Why Saddam Hussein wants to rule the world)

Chapter Two

The Good News..................................... ............17

(Hussein won’t succeed—and why?)

Chapter Three

The Great News!......................................... .......27

(The end of the world)

C

HAPTER ONE

The Emperor is

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Delusional

(Why Saddam Hussein wants to rule the world)

A few decades ago, Iraq found itself with a new hero.

This hero was a good-looking, American-backed

revolutionary who promised great things for a nation that

had once been the most powerful in the world, but had

been humbled by generations of foreign imperialists.

Saddam Hussein was the savior for whom an

oppressed and downtrodden people were looking for. He

was a hero in a military uniform, and the revolution he

engendered was exactly what the people had been looking

for.

But that was then; this is now.

After decades of war, genocide, chemical warfare,

United Nations sanctions, and a humiliating defeat at the

hands of the very Americans who had backed Hussein to

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power, the nation is reeling.

Worse, after a hideous onslaught of Islam-backed

terrorism in the United States, the world’s sleeping giant is

awakened—the most powerful nation in the history of the

world is suddenly aroused. And it isn’t feeling too friendly

toward nations that sponsor terrorism.

As I write this book, Hussein remains one of the

world’s leading sponsors of terrorism—to this day, he

offers monetary rewards to the families of Palestinian

suicide bombers for killing Jews.

That lines up Hussein’s Iraq for yet another

confrontation with America—something that would

devastate his nation both militarily and economically.

Why Is Saddam Pushing?

In the face of such a devastating defeat (both past, as in

the Gulf War, and present, as in the certainty of defeat at

America’s hands), Saddam Hussein continues to push, to

pose, and to provoke America and the world.

What would drive him to do such patently foolish

things?

The simple answer would be “psychosis.”

But the answer is more deeply involved than that.

Saddam Hussein is driven by a dream of which he cannot

let go: a united Muslim world—a united Arabic world that

becomes a mighty world power by two virtues:

• Sheer population

• Control of oil

Hussein is not a devout Muslim, though he gives token

support to the religion of his nation. He seems to

understand, however, that the one thing tying the diverse

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nations of the Middle East together is the common religion

—Islam.

There are many different ethnic cities in the Middle

East. Arabs make up a huge portion, but there are also

Aryans, Persians, non-Arabic Semitics, and others.

Ethnicity is not a common tie for unification.

But those diverse ethnic cities (with the exception of

the Jews) all observe the same religion, the same

traditions, the same customs, the same laws, the same

heritage, and largely the same goals.

They also share a common shame: the imperialism of

European nations, specifically Great Britain, but to lesser

extents, other nations as well.

Not only did the imposition of British rule divide up

the nations of the Middle East into what many consider

artificial boundaries, it imposed the most hated thorn in

the side of nearly every Muslim—it gave the Holy Land to

the Jews.

Hussein looks to play off the commonalities between

the various Muslim groups and the singular hatred of the

idea of future imperialism and the Jews to unite the

nations into the last thing that gave the Middle East pride:

Empire.

For millennia, the Middle East was the center of the

world.

It was the cradle of civilization. In Assyria, the world’s

first true civilization sprouted from nothing. Writing—one

thing that indisputably sets man apart from the animals,

and one of the most significant inventions in history—

appeared from seemingly nowhere.

It was again in the Middle East that the world’s first

mighty empire appeared—Egypt.

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That empire was replaced by another Middle Eastern

empire—Assyria.

That empire was replaced by yet another Middle

Eastern empire—Babylon.

That empire was replaced by still another Middle

Eastern empire—Persia.

For the greater part of history, the world was

controlled by Middle Eastern power.

But that ended abruptly with the coming of the

Europeans in the person of the man Alexander the Great,

king of Macedonia, but more often associated with Greece,

which was for all intents the progenitor of Macedonian

life.

After Alexander, his generals’ descendants ruled the

Middle East. Eventually, the even-more-hated Romans

came, making life even more difficult.

Not until the long-lasting Ottoman Empire would

Middle Eastern rulers once again truly set their own

destinies—but even then, they were isolated, marginalized

by their very Middle Eastern existence.

The world had moved on; the Middle East was not

quite as important as it once was. Sea travel had made

land commerce not as important.

And the final slap in the face was when the majority of

the region was conquered by the British Empire—an

empire ruled by a tiny island on the west coast of Europe

that had once been a weak, vassal state under the Romans.

In the midst of the changing of empires, a new religion

had been founded—Islam. It was a religion that at its heart

was Arabic.

The former most leading religion in the Middle East,

Zorastrianism, was Persian in origin, and the Persians

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were not considered by many to be Middle Eastern at all.

But in Islam, Middle Eastern people found a religion

they could believe in—a religion all theirs.

And to this day, it is that religion that joins the Arabic

world—and many outside the Arabic world. After

Christianity, Islam is the world’s largest religion.

Today, Saddam Hussein envisions another Islamic

empire—this one ruled from its “rightful” capital:

Babylon.

Babylon has served as capital for several empires,

including that of Alexander the Great, and of course,

Babylon itself.

But as a city, Babylon had long ago fallen into

disrepair, hardly resembling a city at all. Even Iraq’s

capital had moved away from the ancient city into

Baghdad.

But the Babylonian general who turned a regional

power into an empire—Nebuchadnezzar—was a long-lost

hero who inspired Saddam Hussein.

This was an Iraqi who had done the impossible—unite

the Arab world under Iraqi rule.

Hussein, with great pomp and flair, proclaimed

himself the “new Nebuchadnezzar,” and began the

business of rebuilding the city of Babylon to its former

glory.

He rebuilt the Ishtar gate. He rebuilt the great edifices,

spending millions of dollars while his own people starved

in the streets.

His goal was, and is, simple: to recreate the glory of the

Babylonian Empire.

His attack on the tiny nation of Kuwait—a nation he

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had always considered part of Iraq anyway—was to be the

first blow in his war to unite the Middle East. But he

miscalculated the West’s willingness to allow one ruler to

get his hands in control of the largest supply of oil in the

world.

The stability of the entire world’s economy was in

jeopardy; an amazing array of nations lined up to stop

Hussein’s meglomaniacal plan.

But even a devastating, rapid, overwhelming defeat

didn’t stop Hussein’s delusional grab for power.

The United States, which had accomplished its stated

goal of emasculating Hussein’s formidable war machine,

called off the war without accomplishing one major feat—

dethroning Hussein.

But the U. S. asserted it wasn’t into nation-building. It

would allow Hussein to remain, provided he allowed the

United Nations to keep tabs on his nation so he could be

kept under control.

It was a monumental blunder on the part of

Washington.

Hussein, unrepentant and still defiant, immediately set

about disobeying the agreement, building more chemical

and biological weapons, and accelerating his push to

acquire nuclear weapons.

Weapons inspectors were obfuscated, derailed, and

bluntly kicked out of the nation and accused of being

spies.

International economic sanctions were imposed—

sanctions at which Hussein promptly thumbed his nose.

He understood that the serendipity that put together

the anti-Iraq coalition in the Gulf War isn’t likely to

happen again.

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Many Middle Eastern nations had found it hard to

digest the first time to be in league with the West in

general, and the United States in particular.

Hussein, again instinctively understanding that

distaste, lobbed Scud missile after Scud missile at Israel in

hopes of provoking the Jewish state to respond against

him with overwhelming force.

To the untrained mind, provoking the world’s most

adept air force and the Middle East’s only nuclear state

into a confrontation might seem suicidal—or insane at the

least.

But there was a method to Hussein’s madness. He

knew that if the Jews joined the war against him, Middle

Eastern allies of the West who were holding their noses

while fighting alongside the Americans and British would

throw up their hands and abandon the anti-Iraq campaign,

hopefully joining his side and fighting with him against

the Jews and the American dogs.

Had he succeeded, he likely could have had what he

always desired in the first place: an instant empire.

Today, he’s pursuing the same goal—and this time

he’s having more success.

Many nations have told the United States they would

not support another strike against Hussein. The United

States does not need their military support. It was the key

player in the Gulf War and could unilaterally defeat

Hussein at any time with no help from other nations.

But the symbolic loss of Arabic allies would speak

volumes, and would be a public relations defeat for the

politically driven administration—a loss that could hurt at

the polls.

In pursuit of the goal of an Arabic empire, Hussein

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continues to think of ways to be a leader in the Middle

East. His latest push—the push to acquire nuclear

weapons—seems close to succeeding, as is demonstrated

in this news story from Fox News:

WASHINGTON—Part of the new intelligence on

Iraq gathered by the Bush administration to present to

Congress includes additional information on how

dangerously close Saddam Hussein has come to

developing a nuclear weapon, Fox News has learned.

Other sources told Fox News that, in addition, there

is new intelligence that Saddam has developed new

means to deliver chemical and biological weapons and

finally that there is intelligence information indicating

that Saddam’s regime has been in contact with Al Qaeda

before and after the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks.

Surrounded by security, Vice President Dick Cheney

and CIA Director George Tenet arrived on Capitol Hill

Thursday to brief the top two lawmakers from each

party in the House and Senate.

Afterward, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott

(Republican from Mississippi), spoke to Fox News and

said: “It was an important briefing—there was some new

information included in it. Is there evidence that he is

getting prepared to be able to use biological, chemical

and nuclear weapons and be able to deliver them? Yes!"

In an effort to drum up support for its campaign

against Hussein, sources suggested that the White House

was seeking rumored video of Saddam Hussein presiding

over the brutal execution of one of his political rivals as an

example of how ruthless this dictator can be.

In addition, according to the New York Times, an Iraqi

defector said Hussein had also heightened his efforts to

develop new types of chemical weapons. An Iraqi

opposition leader also gave American officials a paper

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from Iranian intelligence indicating that Hussein has

authorized regional commanders to use chemical and

biological weapons to put down any Shiite Muslim

resistance that might occur if the United States attacks.

American officials are alarmed that American

intelligence underestimated the pace and scale of Iraq’s

nuclear program before Baghdad’s defeat in the Gulf War.

Conscious of this lapse in the past, they argue that

Washington dare not wait until analysts have found hard

evidence that Hussein has acquired a nuclear weapon. The

first sign of a “smoking gun,” they argue, may be a

mushroom cloud.

The New York Times continues:

Iraq’s nuclear ambitions have a long history. Iraq

first sought to obtain the plutonium for a nuclear bomb

by purchasing a nuclear reactor from France, among

other steps. That effort was stymied when Israel bombed

the plant in 1981.

Iraq’s next step was to mount a secret program to

develop highly enriched uranium for a bomb. American

officials discovered after the gulf war that Iraq had

duplicate programs for every key aspect of its nuclear

weapons program and that it had been pursuing at least

two methods for producing highly enriched uranium.

Baghdad, they concluded then, was only several

years away from making a nuclear bomb from

indigenously produced nuclear material.

Under the cease-fire arrangements made after the

gulf war, Iraq promised to dismantle its weapons of

mass destruction and to admit United Nations weapons

inspectors. Still, American and United Nations officials

believe that Iraq sought to keep its nuclear program

alive by, for instance, keeping its teams of nuclear

scientists together.

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Hussein’s push to acquire nuclear weapons could be

within months of succeeding, American and British

sources determined—as did several Iraqi defectors who

confirmed—that Hussein was pushing pedal-to-the-metal

to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver

them.

Even more frightening, however, for the short term, is

the confirmed fact that Hussein has massive stores of

chemical and biological weapons—and history has

demonstrated that he is more than willing to use them.

Only after weapons inspectors found chemical

weapons did Iraq admit to having them—and to having

deployed 50 warheads with chemical weapons attached

during the Gulf War.

Not only that, but Hussein has admitted to having

botulism and other biological weapons (though he claims

to have destroyed them), and circumstantial evidence

from the weapons inspectors strongly suggests Hussein

has large stores of smallpox.

Defectors also confirm the existence of these weapons.

And history confirms Hussein’s willingness to deploy

those weapons on artillery shells, missile warheads, or

even carried by hand by Iraqi agents.

The Brink of War

Those developments were only a few among the

massive mountain of evidence U. S. and British diplomats

revealed in the early fall in attempt to build a coalition to

topple the Hussein regime.

With an attack all but certain, American and British

troops were already being deployed to the region, with

specialized and highly trained special forces troops

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already in Kuwait and massive air installations already in

service in Qatar, the new base of operations since Saudi

Arabia had rescinded permission to use Saudi land as a

base in any new war against Hussein.

But the international community faced a tremendous

question—does the threat of nuclear weapons in the hands

of a madman like Hussein warrant risking the lives of

troops in a war where the gains would be questionable?

For Americans and British, the answer was clear: the

consequences of doing nothing would be too great.

So America, Britain, and Iraq headed toward war—a

war that contained the barely sub-surface threat of

engulfing the entire world.

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C

HAPTER TWO

The Go d News

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(Hussein won’t succeed—and why?)

There is some good news waiting in the midst of all

this negative talk, Partner.

The good news is this: though Saddam Hussein wants

to build an empire in the Middle East and rule it from the

power seat of ancient Babylon, HE WILL NOT SUCCEED!

Even with military considerations put aside, it is all

but impossible for Hussein to accomplish his goal.

Partner, even if America and Britain suffered an

unthinkable loss in the region, Hussein would never be

able to unite the Arabs behind him for many reasons, his

ethnicity being one, his ruthless treatment of dissenters

being another.

Simply put, the leaders of the surrounding nations just

don’t trust Saddam Hussein.

And with good reason. He is both ruthless and

unpredictable, a deadly combination—and one that most

leaders won’t even consider without being forced to.

The only way Hussein could unite the Arab world

behind his own leadership would be to defeat the

individual nations and subjugate them.

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But Hussein’s military machine is in shambles.

He retains weapons of mass destruction, but his

conventional weapons are badly depleted.

The rapid and overwhelming defeat of his vaunted

Republican Guard troops in the Gulf War was a

devastating psychological blow to the proud Iraqi people.

When American troops invaded, they found starving

Iraqi troops ready to surrender to the invading forces.

From that humiliating defeat, the armed forces of Iraq

have never recovered.

Iraq still does not have an effective air force, navy, or

any semblance of a regimented ground force—though it is

in better shape than the other two.

Even if the nation developed nuclear weapons, it does

not possess the capability to develop enough nuclear

weapons to defeat the United States or Britain, nor could it

match warhead for warhead the vastly superior military

force of Israel.

Also, it most likely would not be able to sustain a war

long enough to defeat the various Arabic nations of the

Middle East.

In short, the military odds against Iraq are long indeed.

Hussein is viewed as a madman by many of his peers

in other nations—a dangerous madman.

And despite their healthy respect for his weapons of

mass destruction, Hussein is viewed as militarily weak by

many of his neighbors—and certainly not a man capable

of leading an Islamic Empire.

The Real Reason He Won’t Succeed

But, Partner, we’re dealing with temporal reasons

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Hussein won’t succeed. Temporal reasons, however, are

simply the physical manifestations of the actual reason

Hussein won’t succeed. The Bible is clear about the man

who will unite the entire Middle East into an empire—and

that man CANNOT be Saddam Hussein!

And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom

they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall

come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

DANIEL 11:21 KJV

The Antichrist will be the EXACT OPPOSITE of

Saddam Hussein—he will achieve power not through

revolution, but through slick politics. He will achieve

empire not through war or weapons of mass destruction,

but through shrewd negotiations.

Though he will never physically rule the entire world,

the Antichrist will have the world at his mercy through his

control of the world’s supply of oil after he consolidates

his power in the Middle East.

As we look across the dusty pages of time, we can see

that all six of the world’s truly world-dominating empires

controlled virtually the same territory—the territory we

call the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East.

Those empires:

• Egypt

• Assyria

• Babylon

• Persia

• Greece/Macedonia

• Rome

And three of these major empires ruled from one city

—Babylon. Ancient Babylonia included the land from the

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Tigris River on the east to the Mediterranean on the west.

Babylon’s seat of power, of course, was Babylon. Persia’s

ascendance to power came with the razing of Babylon in

the days of Daniel. When Alexander the Great conquered

his incredible mass of land, he moved his headquarters to

Babylon—and he died in Babylon at age 32.

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall

ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and

they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were

not written in the book of life from the foundation of the

world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and

yet is. And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven

heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And

there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other

is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a

short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the

eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

REVELATION 17:8-11 KJV

When John the revelator saw this vision, God gave him

a clear indication as to who the seventh head was.

His angel said,

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and

the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must

continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not,

even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into

perdition.

The seventh empire was the empire that:

• had formerly existed

• at the time of John’s book did not exist

• but would again ascend to power.

Five of the empires had fallen. One was still around.

The five who had fallen were:

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• Egypt

• Assyria

• Babylon

• Greece

• Persia

Rome was the empire that was in power when John

wrote Revelation.

Of the five fallen empires, only one was not in

existence in John’s day. Though they were fallen, the

others were still around. Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and

Persia were all still very much alive—and still are to this

day.

But one—one that was, but no longer is—was fallen

and basically didn’t exist anymore in any quantifiable

way: Babylon.

The seventh empire is yet to come—the revived

Roman empire. Many believe this is the European Union.

Others believe it is the UN (United Nations) or NATO

(Northern Alliance Treaty Organization). It could be any

of those or a combination of them.

The eighth empire

But the list doesn’t end with the seventh empire. That

empire will continue for a SHORT TIME!

After that, the eighth empire will rise and go into

perdition.

Which is the eighth empire? THE ONE THAT WAS,

BUT IS NOT!—BABYLON!

The revived Roman empire—the government that

controls the entire world by economic manipulation—will

only last a short time!

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When the eighth empire ascends, a ruler will rise up

from seemingly nowhere.

A king from the Middle East will “stumble and fall, and

will not be found,” according to Daniel 11:19. A raiser of

taxes will stand up in his place, but will die neither by

anger or by battle. After that:

And a despised one shall stand up in his place, and they

shall not give him the honor of the king; but he will enter

while at ease and seize the kingdom by intrigues. DANIEL 11:21

The King James version says he’ll obtain the kingdom

by “flatteries.” The actual Hebrew word is khal-ak-lak-

kaw, which means “something very smooth” or “a

treacherous spot.”

What it may mean is that he, through very smooth

politics, takes over a government leadership post that

would not be otherwise available to him.

He’s a nobody, a “despised one.” The King James calls

him a “vile” one. The actual Hebrew word, “baw-zaw”,

means “to disesteem.”

He’s not esteemed by anyone—no one thinks he’s

leadership material. He’s a nobody.

And the forces of the overflow will be swept from before

him, and they will be broken, and also the ruler of a covenant.

And after they join him, he will practice deceit. For he will

come and be strong with a few people.

DANIEL 11:22-23

The antichrist will convince the nations of the region to

join him before he becomes strong. He will not be viewed

as leadership material until he becomes a leader—then ten

nations will willingly surrender their sovereignty to

become his allies.

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He will be the underdog of underdogs. Not only is he

a nobody in his country, his country is a nobody in the

military scheme of things.

He will enter safely, even into the rich places of the

province. And he shall do what his fathers nor his father’s

father have not done. He shall plunder and spoil, and scatter

goods among them.

DANIEL 11:24

He will conquer without war. His entry into the “rich

places of the province” will be in safety.

This is the key. The antichrist will have a philosophy

that is fundamentally different from the philosophy of

Saddam Hussein. He will practice empire-building

through the cult of personality, not through brute military

force.

Will the antichrist rule the entire world?

The short answer is no.

According to Daniel, he will be at war almost

constantly. If he is at war, it is because there are kingdoms

or nations that do not submit to his leadership.

In fact, at the end, he will call to the “kings of the

earth”:

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the

mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and

out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of

devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the

earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of

that great day of God Almighty.

REVELATION 16:13-14 KJV

The kings of the earth must be convinced by evil spirits

to come to the battle—they’re not acting as the subjects of

the antichrist, they’re following the signs and wonders

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they see that convince them that they can overcome God

Himself.

The Antichrist’s power over the world will likely be

economic, not political. Indeed, when his capital is razed,

the Bible says the following:

And after these things I saw another angel coming down

out of Heaven having great authority, and the earth was

lighted up from his glory. And he cried in a strong, great

voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen! It has fallen, and it

has become a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every

unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, even

having been hated; because of the wine of the anger of her

fornication which all the nations have drunk, even the kings of

the earth have committed fornication with her; and the

merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her

luxury... And the kings of the earth will weep for her, and will

wail over her, those having fornicated and having luxuriated

with her, when they see the smoke of her burning; standing

from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe! Woe

to the great city Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour

your judgment came. And the merchants of the earth weep

and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any

more...

REVELATION 18:1-3, 9-11

The passage goes on to list all kinds of finery that were

traded from Babylon with the nations of the earth. It is

clear that Babylon, which will be ruled as the eighth

kingdom by the Antichrist, will be the economic center of

the world. Those who do not receive the mark of the beast

will not be able to trade—the world’s economy will be the

empire ruled by the Antichrist. Right now, the world’s

economy is centered in New York City. But soon, it will

move to Iraq—Babylon.

That’s not as farfetched as it might seem. If the

unstable dictatorship of Saddam Hussein were replaced

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with a more stable leadership, and if the leader of that

country was able, through “intrigue,” to take the “richest”

parts of the province, he could control the world’s supply

of oil.

Overnight, he would become the most powerful man

in the world, and the nations of the world would become

serfs to him and his control of the oil.

So to sum up, the antichrist will likely come from a

middle eastern country. He will be a nobody. He will

achieve power through political maneuvering that will

make our slickest politician seem like a rank amateur. He

will consolidate his power over the Middle East in

“safety.” He will control the world’s economy, but he will

not rule the entire world. He will break a covenant with

Israel in three-and-a-half years (we’ll study that when we

come to the great tribulation). He will send out evil spirits

to entice the rulers of the world to fight against God at the

Battle of Armageddon.

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HAPTER THREE

The Great News!

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(The end of the world)

Now, if you just read the title of this chapter, you

could indeed surmise that it’s dichotomous.

How could the end of the world be great news?

The answer is not in the end of the world, but in what

happens around the same time.

The Bible is clear that 10 kings from the Middle East

will cede their power to the Antichrist:

And the ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not

yet received a kingdom, but will receive authority as kings one

hour with the beast. These have one mind, and their power

and authority they shall give up to the beast.

REVELATION 17:12-13

After the ten kings give the leader of Babylon (the

Antichrist) their power: These will make war with the Lamb,

and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords

and King of kings, and the ones with Him are the called and

elect and faithful ones.

REVELATION 17:14

Now, at this time, the predominantly Gentile Church

has met with Jesus in the air and is no longer on the earth.

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The post-Rapture church is predominantly Jewish.

Previously, the dragon has been cast out of heaven, and

has gone out with fury on the Christians throughout the

world because he can’t reach the Christian Jews in the

wilderness outside Jerusalem, according to the book of

Revelation.

The ten kings under the Babylonian emperor will

“make war with the Lamb.” We know that he’ll make war

with Israel, and that the majority of Jews there will be

Christians. The devil has, by this point again according to

Revelation, largely overcome the remaining Gentile

Christians, as the Bible earlier said, but he is not able to

overcome the Jewish Christians in Israel.

After the Antichrist-led assault in Israel is turned back,

And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate

the harlot, and wil make her desolated and naked. And they wil eat

her flesh, and wil burn her down with fire. For God gave into their

hearts to do His mind, and to act in one mind, and to give their

kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

REVELATION 17:16-17

After they’re defeated in Israel, the kings will turn on

the Antichrist and burn down his kingdom—this is why,

in the next chapter, the angel is crying, “Babylon the great

has fallen! It has fallen!”

The Antichrist is not done yet, but this illustrates that,

even if the Middle Eastern countries are able to unite for a

while under the banner of one emperor, their differences

run too deep to support such an empire structure for very

long.

What will make the entire world mourn for Babylon,

however, will be the fact that, when the Antichrist would

be controlling the production of oil, his stabilizing

influence would have a deflationary effect on oil prices,

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and the world will prosper as they do business with him

to enrich him and themselves.

When that empire is destroyed, and its capital is

burned to the ground, the nations of the world will mourn,

because their economies will be in trouble.

But the final battle still has yet to be fought.

In Revelation 16, the Bible says this:

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the

mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and

out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of

devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the

earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of

that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief.

Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he

walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them

together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue

Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into

the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of

heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were

voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great

earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so

mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was

divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and

great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto

her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

REVELATION 16:13-19 KJV

This is the famous Battle of Armageddon, after which

the ten kings turn in great fury to Babylon and burn it to

the ground.

And after these things I saw another angel coming down

out of heaven having great authority, and the earth was

lighted up from his glory. And he cried in a strong, great

voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen! It has fallen, and it

has become a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every

unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, even

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having been hated; because of the wine of the anger of her

fornication, which all the nations have drunk, even the kings

of the earth have committed fornication with her; and the

merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her

luxury.

REVELATION 18:1-3

At this time, the Antichrist, who once was worshiped

by the entire world, will be defeated—this is after the

Battle of Armageddon, when the kings of the earth will

turn on him after their defeat at the hands of the King of

kings.

After this is the most incredible event in history:

And I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and

he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in

righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a

flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a

name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was

clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called

The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven

followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white

and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that

with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them

with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the

fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his

vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS,

AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in

the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls

that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves

together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the

flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty

men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and

the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their

armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on

the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and

with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him,

with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the

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beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were

cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

REVELATION 19:11-20 KJV

JESUS CHRIST WILL RETURN IN GREAT POWER

AND ASSERT HIS KINGHOOD ONCE AND FOR ALL!

Hallelujah!

Summary

Partner, Saddam Hussein is rattling his sabers right

now, but he has no power to do his heart’s desire, which is

to unite the Muslim world.

A king will follow him who will succeed, however, in

uniting the kings of the Middle East into a huge empire

that will effectively control the economy of the world.

But that king will seek to have even more power,

attacking the living God and suffering a withering defeat,

at which time the ten kings will turn on him and burn his

capital, Babylon, to the ground.

After that, one final battle will be fought—a battle

where the Lord Jesus Christ returns in great power and

victory.

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Document Outline

- Babylon - Capital for the Antichrist

- Table of Contents

- 1 The Emperor is Delusional

- Why Is Saddam Pushing?

- The Brink of War

- 2 The Good News

- The Real Reason He Won’t Succeed

- 3 The Great News!

- Summary

Table of Contents

The Emperor is Delusional....

The Good News.....................................

The Great News!.........................................

Babylon - Capital for the Antichrist

Table of Contents

Why Is Saddam Pushing?

The Brink of War

The Real Reason He Won’t Succeed

Summary