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May 10, 2003

Bush Proposes Mideast Free-Trade Zone

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/09/bush.mideast/index.html

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- The United States will use its "influence and idealism" to "replace old hatred with new hopes" in the Middle East, establishing a free-trade zone with countries in the region within a decade and working to improve their educational and legal systems, President Bush said Friday.

"Reformers in the Middle East are gaining influence, and the momentum of freedom is growing," Bush told graduates at the University of South Carolina in a commencement address. "We have reached a moment of tremendous promise, and the United States will seize that moment for the sake of peace."

"The way forward to the Middle East is not a mystery. It is a matter of will and vision and action. The way forward depends on serving the interests of the living, instead of settling the accounts of the past."

Comments

This is a major development in the world of prophecy.  Basically, President Bush is proposing a trade zone that will cross all lines.  His plan hopes to open up free trade between Israel and the Arab world within a decade.  Personally, I think it will be much sooner than that, but I could be wrong. 

A little over a year ago (Article# 62), I brought you a quote from J. Dwight Pentecost's book "Things To Come" (copyright 1958), that predicted, based on the Bible, this day would come.  Here's what the quote said:

"According to Daniel 9:26-27 the prince of the Roman empire will make a covenant with Israel for a seven year period. This covenant evidently restores Israel to a place among the nations of the world and the integrity of Israel is guaranteed by the Roman powers. This is not only an attempt to settle the long standing dispute among the nations as to Israel's claim to Palestine, but also a satanic imitation of the fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant which gave Israel title deed to the land." (Things To Come, Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapids, MI, pp. 342-343).

President Bush's roadmap looks to be the beginning of an attempt to restore Israel to place among the nations of the world starting with the Arab nations.  This is just the beginning , but the U.S. will not be successful in making this a reality.  It might be their plan, but the antichrist will make it happen.

You must remember, this quote was made back in 1958 when Israel was in the beginning stages of statehood.  Forty-five years later that prediction looks to be taking shape. 

Pastor Malone

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