The Sting in the Tail of the Scorpion

ISIS

THE HEAD

(Refer Revelation Chapter 9 - The Islam Chapter)

Verse 2 A darkening – like a swarm of Locusts

Verse 3 Locusts & Scorpions – The destructive nature of the Islamic armies

Verse 4 Islamic armies instructed not to damage trees, especially fruit trees, when destroying villages

Verses 5 & 10 Period of 5 months=150 days=150 years = The Rise of Islam 612AD to 762AD, from the vision of the Prophet to the Saracen (Arab) Expansion.(Prophet born in 570AD leading to Islam’s beginnings in Mecca)

Verse 7 to 9 Description of Islamic cavalry (for example “hair of women”= the troopers had long hair)

Verse 11 Abaddon = Adversary Apollyon = Destroyer (The Devil)

Verse 14 Quran taken to Baghdad (762AD)

THE BODY

Verse 15 day, and a month, and a year = 1+30+365 =396 days = 396 years

‘1057AD + 396 years = 1453AD

“Islamic period: invasion by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1057 A.D., from Afghanistan;”

Islam brought into Turkey –Ottoman Empire - Caliphate

“The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire.”

Verse 17 Use of Gunpowder by Islamic armies & Colour of their uniforms= Red, Blue & Yellow

Verse 18 The eastern half of the Roman Empire destroyed

Verse 19 The Ottoman expansion continued, and they used horses to attack the front and cannons to attack the rear, of the armies they came up against.

Verses 20 & 21 Holy Roman Empire continued on without repentance

Revelation Chapter 16

Verse 12 ... the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (Decline of Ottoman Empire & Independence of Arab Nations & formation into Kingdoms)

Verse 13 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. (Three Religions: Judaism, Nominal Christianity & Islam)

Verse 14 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. (The driving force gathering the armies of the whole world - the end of the world)

Verse 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (Ottoman Empire = defeated by General Allenby "Viscount of Megiddo" & Allied forces at Hill of Megiddo on 19th September 1918 / Sultan abolished Caliph in 1923)

Verse 19 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. (Jerusalem divided into: Judaism, Nominal Christianity & Islam)

THE TAIL (the sting of the scorpion)

Terrorist Attacks Sept 11 2001, Bali Bombing 2005 etc.

ISIS – The first Caliphate since 1923 with plans to expand across the Europe, Middle East & Africa.