An Ominous Meeting
August 7, 2008 - email from The Open Scroll email list
Greetings!
It was reported that a meeting took place yesterday, one that should interest you. As you may know I've been watching events involving certain people at particular times with regard to the Lord's calendar, seeking wisdom from the Lord about the signs of His coming. The Washington Post (Page Six - gossip) reported the following under the heading: "WE HEAR..." "THAT Bill Clinton held a hush-hush meeting last night with the sponsors of his Clinton Global Initiative at the Russian TeaRoom, where no media were allowed" That's it, the whole of the report. This follows the trend of minimal media coverage of key events I really want to know more about, so I cannot offer any detail about what went on. Given what I've seen as I've been watching the signs of the Lord's coming, it is ominous indeed. Whatever it was about this meeting that required such privacy cant bode well for the public.
Why should we care about such a meeting? Bill Clinton is the man who been found doing the right things at the right time according to biblical patterns relating to the lawless one. It is this organization, the Clinton Global Initiative, that was launched on the very day and in the very year I was led to watch for a sign described in Daniel 9:27 as a firm covenant with the many.
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
27) And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is pored out on the one who makes desolate."
Daniel 9:26-27
I had detailed this event in a page on TheOpenScroll.com called "A Firm Covenant with the Many" that was written and posted back in July 2005 but was taken offline a few months ago as part of an updating effort. I had seen the launch as a sign identifying the beginning of that week that is the subject of Daniel 9:27, but, due to the subsequent events now appears to me that it may be one of a series of prophetic foreshadowings, events related to an event that will be the final fulfillment as a shadow is to the thing that casts it. Whether this launch was the actual fulfillment or a foreshadowing of the same, the man and the organization are subjects worthy of our watchful attention, particularly when a closed meeting is held. The people involved are those of powerful influence, truly kings of the earth.
The meeting was the evening of August 6, which would be the 5th day of the fifth month, know as Av. This comes not long before the nineth of Av, a day of infamy known as Tisha b'Av. It will begin this Sunday, August 10th, according to the Lord's calendar. Due to its history this day is always a day to be on the watch for signs. Also of interest is the day before it, which is Tisha b'Av on the more popular calendar accounting. To give you some background on this day I'm going to excerpt an email newsletter I received yesterday from Koinonia House (Chuck Missler). (August 6, 2008). It will appear at the end of this message.
I want to acknowledge this comes in the midst of much "saber rattling" with Iran and a number of other nations. Tensions with China are very high with the Olympics set to begin tomorrow. Some make note of the sequence of eights that marks tomorrow's date on the Gregorian calendar: 8/8/8. The number 888 signifies Jesus, and the number 8 itself, "new beginning." In connection with the number thirteen the number eight signifies the Lord's people. I pray the Lord's people are alert and watching, seeking insight from the Lord!
Blessings in Y'shua!
Bob Schlenker
TheOpenScroll.com
excerpt - from Koinonia House:
This Sunday, August 10th, is known as Tisha b'Av on the Hebrew calendar. Tisha b'Av simply means it is the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av. However Tisha b'Av is much more than just a date on a calendar. This peculiar day holds great significance for the Jews, as it is expressly linked with Israel's destiny.
Jewish tradition regards Tisha b'Av as the day the Children of Israel were prohibited from entering the Promised Land. You will recall, God commanded Moses to send 12 spies into the land of Canaan, one from each of the tribes of Israel. They returned with tales of a land flowing with milk and honey. However Israel feared the inhabitants of the land. Of the 12 spies, only 2, Joshua and Caleb, had faith that God would deliver the lad into their hands. God had delivered them from slavery and Egypt, parted the waters of the Red Sea, protected them, and miraculously provided for their every need. Yet the nation of Israel was consumed by fear and doubt, thus God decreed that a generation would pass away, wandering in the wilderness, before Israel would be allowed to enter His Land.
The 9th of Av has marked some of the most harrowing days in the history of the nation of Israel:
- On the 9th of Av, in the year 586 B.C., the First Temple, built by Solomon, was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Babylonian captivity began.
- On the 9th of Av, 70 A.D., the Second Temple, that which was standing during Christ's ministry, was destroyed by the Romans, precisely as Jesus predicted in Luke 19.
- Also on this day, in the year 135 A.D., the famous Bar Kokhba revolt was squelched when Bethar, the last Jewish stronghold, fell to the Romans.
- One year later,in 136 A.D., the Roman Emperor Hadrian established the heathen temple to Jupiter on the site of the Jewish Temple. Hadrian rebuilt Jerusalem as a pagan city, and renamed the land as Palestina, to distance its Jewish heritage. (This attempt to disavow the land from its Jewish roots was echoed by the British in their labeling the land "Palestine.") The date when the Temple area was plowed under by the Romans was the 9th of Av.
- On March 31, 1492, the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella issued a royal decree that all Jews must leave Span. The deadline was set for August 3rd of that year. If any Jews were found in Spain after this period they were to be killed. On the Jewish calendar, it was the 9th of Av.
If that weren't enough, the 9th of Av is also the day of:
- The declaration of the Crusades by Pope Urban II in 1095
- The burning of the Talmud in 1242
- The signing of the edict by King Edward I in 1290 expelling the Jews from England
- The start of the First World War in 1914
- The mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp in Poland in 1942
- The bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center by Arab terrorists in 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which killed 86 and wounded more than 120.
Thus the 9th of Av, Tisha B'Av, has become a symbol of all the persecutions and misfortunes of the Jewish people, for the loss of their national independence and their sufferings in exile. It is a day of intensive mourning for the destruction of the Temple and for Jerusalem.
In 2005, the 9th of Av marked another milestone in Israel's history. That year Tisha b'Av marked the beginning of the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. All 21 Gaza settlements were evacuated along with four of 120 settlements in the West Bank. The withdrawal marked the end of Israel's 38 year presence in the Gaza Strip. Approximately 9000 Jewish settlers were made to leave their homes, some were forcibly removed. The withdrawal took place amid a backdrop of widespread protests, and was accompanied by whispers of civil war.
The withdrawal was seen as necessary for Israel's security. However in the eyes of the Palestinians, the Gaza withdrawal represented victory in their armed struggle against the Israeli occupation. Israel's retreat was seen as the direct result of the sacrifice of suicide bombers and the almost constant barrage of mortar and rocket on settlements. The bottom line: it was a victory for terrorism. Six months later, after being credited for bringing about the Israeli retreat, the terrorist organization Hamas claimed victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections.