The following article is a very well thought out and written look at Turkey's rising influence in the Middle-East. I'm posting it here because I think it is well worth reading. Three things stand out to me as interesting in the article.
1. Turkey is moving further away from a secular government and closer to a more fundamentalist Islamic government. Due to this, their relationship with Israel has taken a turn for the negative. Turkey is one of the nations mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39 that will be part of the coalition attacking Israel. Conditions continue to progress toward this inevitability.
2. Turkey is being discussed as a potential leader in bringing together an Islamic coalition of nations. Such a coalition could be the 10 nation kingdom that will bring forth the Antichrist (Revelation 17:12-13). Not that these would be the nations, but eight nations are mentioned in this article that could join together, Turkey and 7 others. Obviously two more would be needed.
3. The sobering thing as an American is the potentially negative effect such a coalition could have on the U.S. The scenario laid out by this article could greatly weaken the U.S. It does need to be said here that there is no mention of the United States in end time prophecy. If things play out the way the article says they could, that may be what weakens the U.S. to the point of not being an end time player.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=275621
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