The rift between the US and Saudi
Arabia
Written by Dr.
Stephen Jones: Oct 11, 2017
A new alliance is forming between Russia and Saudi Arabia,
as King Salman was the first Saudi king ever to visit Russia.
He brought with him dozens of corporate CEO’s and hundreds
of staffers. Business deals were signs, and no doubt even military alliances
were discussed, if not signed secretly.
A day later, the US government shifted its position and
cancelled some of the military exercises with the Saudis. The US also insisted
on greater “inclusiveness,” referring to Qatar, which the Saudis have been
boycotting since last June. Their borders have been sealed in the attempt to
isolate Qatar. Of course, the US has a large military base in Qatar.
ZeroHedge has recently run a headline:
One Day After
Historic Saudi-Russian Summit, US Suspends Military Exercises With “Arab
Allies”
The timing of the suspension may not be a coincidence: it
comes just one day after Saudi King Salman met with Vladimir Putin. Saudi
Arabia and Russia signed deals worth billions concerning energy and military
deals and MOUs.
If the US government continues to pressure the Saudi king
and threaten to break its military alliance, it will only further drive Saudi
Arabia into the arms of Russia. In fact, I would not be surprised if the Saudis
sign deals to purchase Russian planes and military equipment shortly.
The strong-arm tactics of US foreign policy, including
sanctions, is no longer effective, now that other nations can simply switch
their ties from the US to Russia and China. The US is left holding the bag, as
they say. US power brokers still think they can treat other nations in the same
way they did in the past century. They need to understand that the era of American
Empire is ending, and if they threaten to sanction other nations or punish them
by canceling their military alliance with the US, these nations will simply
realign themselves with Russia and China.
In other words, the US government’s threats are now becoming
meaningless, unless they intend to nuke everyone who disagrees with them.
The End of the
Petro-Dollar
In 1974 the Saudis agreed to sell their oil only in US
dollars, creating the petro-dollar. Any country wanting to buy oil had to buy
US dollars first in order to pay for imported oil. This made the dollar “king
of the world” even after Nixon stopped allowing dollars to be converted to
gold, which the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944 had established. The Saudi
agreement in essence created an oil standard to replace the gold standard.
This is now coming to an end, as other countries begin
paying for oil in their own currencies. The most significant is the sale of
Russian oil and gas to China, paid for in Chinese yuan. Russia can then use the
yuan to buy gold on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, if they choose. Years ago, when
Iraq threatened to buy oil in euros, the US invaded Iraq. The same thing
happened more recently in Libya. The US takes such actions very seriously and
is willing to overthrow any nation that does this. But they were unable to
overthrow Russia and China.
A Prophetic Shift
How important is this new Saudi shift from the standpoint of
prophecy?
Since the establishment of the petro-dollar, the Saudis have
been allied directly with the US, and indirectly with Israel. The
shift toward Russia means that the Saudis are no longer required to have an
indirect alliance with Israel (friends at a distance).
In the mid-1980’s the Chinese technicians built a nuclear
missile base for the Saudis at the base of the original Mount Sinai. This was
reported in Howard Blum’s book, The Gold of Exodus. The original Mount
Sinai is not in the Sinai peninsula (which is part of Egypt), but is across the
Gulf of Aqaba along the coast of Saudi Arabia. Howard Blum reports all of this
in his book, and pictures can easily be found online by using any search
engine.
The Apostle Paul himself tells us in Galatians 4:25 that
Mount Sinai is “in Arabia.”
The point is that God intends to judge Jerusalem and to “cast
out the bondwoman and her son” (i.e., Jerusalem and its “sons”), as Paul
noted in Galatians 4:30. Jerusalem is Hagar, the bondwoman, in the biblical
allegory, being contrasted with the heavenly Jerusalem, which is Sarah.
Jeremiah 19:10, 11 says that the earthly Jerusalem will be destroyed so
completely that it will never again be repaired or rebuilt. Jerusalem has
fallen many times in the past, but it was always rebuilt. But its final
destruction is yet to come.
The question is HOW? And BY WHOSE HAND? I have pondered this
question for decades. At first I thought it might be done by Iran (Persia),
since they were the ones who originally took the city of Babylon. But when I
began to think in legal terms, I settled on Saudi Arabia.
When the Jewish leaders rejected Jesus, the Mediator of the
New Covenant, they decided to remain under the Old Covenant, given by Moses.
They put their faith in Moses (so they thought), even though Jesus told them in
John 5:45-47,
45 Do not think that I
will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom
you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would
believe Me; for he wrote of Me. 47 But if you do not believe his
writings, how will you believe My words?
The Jewish leaders, both then and now, fail to grasp the
legal implications of rejecting Jesus in favor of Moses. In remaining under the
Old Covenant, which obligates them to be obedient as a precondition to be God’s
people (Exodus 19:5, 6), they put Jerusalem under the jurisdiction of Mount
Sinai in Arabia. But Mount Sinai is part of the inheritance of Ishmael, who was
given Arabia. Therefore, Jerusalem is called Hagar, and the adherents of
Judaism are spiritual Ishmaelites.
It is not a racial or genealogical matter. It is a matter of
legal jurisdiction. Because of the decision of the Jewish leaders to put
Jerusalem under the jurisdiction of Hagar and Ishmael, God later destroyed the
city (temporarily) and kicked the Jews out. Centuries later, He gave that land
to Ishmaelites, not necessarily genealogical Ishmaelites, but religious
Ishmaelites (of Islam).
It was only later that the land, including Jerusalem, was
given to the Jews, not because they were of Judah, but because Edom also had a
temporary claim to the land. I wrote about this in my book, The Struggle for
the Birthright. Edom had been conquered and absorbed into Judaism in 126
B.C., so all the prophecies regarding Edom must be fulfilled in Jewry today.
God had given Esau-Edom a promise in Genesis 27:40 KJV to do him justice on
account of Jacob’s sin in lying to obtain the blessing. Jacob would have to
give up the land to Esau-Edom for a time in order to allow Edom time to prove
their unworthiness to hold the birthright and blessing.
This is what happened in 1948 and in 1967. Jacob (Britain)
gave the land back to Edom (Jews) in 1948, and later Edom took control of
Jerusalem in 1967. Few understand this history, and even fewer understand the
laws on which prophecy is based. Most prophecy teaching today is based on huge
misunderstandings and false assumptions.
We are now almost 70 years since the Palestinian Resolution
was passed in the United Nations on November 29, 1947. As we approach the 70th
anniversary, we are also seeing the transfer of authority to the saints of the
Most High. The authority of the Dominion Mandate is not going to the Jews, nor
even to the church, but to the overcomers who qualify to reign with Christ.
This transfer of authority cannot be complete without first casting out the
bondwoman and her son(s).
Neither can it be complete until Esau-Edom is disinherited
as a rebellious son, according to the law in Deuteronomy 21:18-21. So all of
these prophetic laws are coming to a head today.
I see the possibility that the Saudis will be the ones
called to destroy Jerusalem. Isaiah 29:5, 6 seems to describe a nuclear blast
upon Jerusalem, making the land uninhabitable for anyone. The Saudis have had
nuclear weapons since the 1980’s, although the US government has never made an
issue of it, since they were its allies and friends. But that may now change.
It was customary in biblical times for disputing parties to
take their dispute to an established judge, or (if there was no official judge)
to choose a judge in whom they both had confidence. There is a present dispute
over the birthright. Many groups claim the right to be chosen to rule the
world. Most base their claim on fleshly things or upon genealogy. In my view,
the only rightful claim is based upon faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to
His word (law). The overcomers are the only ones who are chosen, or “elect,”
Paul tells us in Romans 11:5-7.
The dispute has been presented to the Judge, and the Judge
will determine who is truly chosen. What I believe is irrelevant. What the
Judge does, however, will affect world history and establish Kingdom government
for the next thousand years.
The Jews have appealed to Moses, in whom they have
confidence. They have appealed to Moses on the basis of the Old Covenant that
Moses instituted. The Old Covenant is Jerusalem and Hagar and Mount Sinai all
rolled into one, Paul says. In appealing to Mount Sinai in Arabia, where
“Moses” sits in judgment, as Jesus said. I believe that the judgment of Moses
will come from Saudi Arabia and from the nuclear missile base located at the
base of the mount.
I might be wrong in my understanding, of course, but the
recent shift in alliances seems to support this view. For years, I was unsure,
because Saudi Arabia was such a close ally of the US and (indirectly) of
Israel. But now that this alliance is cracking, my view is looking more and
more plausible. And the fact that this shift in alliances is coming at the same
time that we are seeing the transfer of authority seems to support the view as
well.
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