The Van Impes - Jack Van Impe Ministries

14 | Perhaps Today | March-April 2008
Marco, a geologist at Tel Aviv
University, said.
Seismologists have often
warned of the prospect of a
major earthquake in the Middle
East. The Levant has undergone
a series of serious tremors on
the magnitude of five on the
Richter Scale, but without
causing significant damage.
On Nov. 20, an earthquake
measuring 5.1 on the Richter
Scale shook Israel and Jordan.
The earthquake, whose epicenter
was in the area of the Dead Sea,
did not cause major damage.
Marcos, a member of Tel
Aviv University’s Department
of Geophysics and Planetary
Sciences, has sought to predict
the next major earthquake in
the Levant through historical
examination. The geologist has
examined ancient records from
the Vatican and other religious
sources in his research.
The major earthquakes in
the Levant took place along the
Jordan Valley. Earthquakes
were reported in 31 BCE, 363
CE, 749 CE and 1033 CE.
‘So roughly, we are talking
about an interval of every 400
years,’ Marcos said. ‘If we follow
the patterns of nature, a major
quake should be expected any
time because almost a whole
millennium has passed since the
last strong earthquake of 1033.’
Based on history, Marcos
predicts a major earthquake
that would affect Israel, Jordan,
Palestinian Authority and Syria.
He said the sites important to
Christianity, Islam and Judaism
could be particularly
vulnerable…” Revelation 16:18
might be fulfilled at Christ’s
return upon the Mount of
Olives (Zechariah 14:4).
AHMADINEJAD: ISRAEL WILL NOT LAST
YnetNews.com reports: “Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad predicted that Israel would not survive, as
he lashed out at the US-hosted conference seeking to
relaunch the Middle East peace process.
‘It is impossible that the Zionist regime can last,’ the
government mouthpiece website of state broadcasting
quoted Ahmadinejad as saying in a cabinet meeting.
‘Deterioration is in the nature of this regime as it has
been built on aggression, lying, crime and wrongdoing,’
he added.
He said the meeting uniting Israeli and Palestinian
leaders in Annapolis, Maryland has ‘failed already and
was stillborn. It lacked the cornerstones of effective
political work’.
The Islamic republic - which has made non-recognition
of Israel one of its main ideological themes - has been
left isolated by the attendance at the meeting of Saudi
Arabia and its chief regional ally Syria…” Israel will
last forever as the angel Gabriel informed the
Virgin Mary (Luke 1:32,33) [Jacob]. Jacob changes
his name to Israel “Jacob whom he named Israel”
(II Kings 17:34).