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T
EY IN CRISIS!
Turkey- a key defense link in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-stands on the brink of
collapse. Prophecy reveals the future of this nation at the crossroads between Europe and Asia.
T
URKEY TODAY ÍS
in deep
trouble! This st rategically
placed country spanning
Europe and Asia at the mouth of
the Black Sea is caught in the
grip of growing economic and
political c haos.
Western observers warn that
Turkey may explode al a ny
moment- unless immediate ac–
tion is taken. A military coup in
Ankara, Turkey's capital, is a
distinct possibility.
Why have events in Turkey
gone largely unnoticed by the
Wes tern press? Because news–
men do not know where Turkey is
found in Bible prophecy!
lt
is
time to awake to the importance
the Bible attaches to deve lop–
ments in this largely ignored
nation.
Military analysts and news
June/ July 1980
by
Keith W . Stump
commentators wonder which
power Turkey will ultimately side
with in the game of big-power
politics. Bible prophecy leaves no
doubt.
What the Bible Reveals
Students of the Bible have long
pointed ou t that the Ottoman
Turks are descended from a
bra nch of tbe family of the
ancient patriarch Esau. One of
Esau's grandson s was Teman
(Genesis 36:9-11 ), said to be the
ancestor of the Ottoman Turks.
Esau was the twin brother of
Jacob (Israel) and son of the
patriarch Isaac. ln the Bible,
Esau is also called
Edom
(Gene–
sis 36:1, 8, 19).
One whole book of the Bible is
devoted to a prophecy of Edom's
future. It is the book of Obadiah,
the shortest book of the Old Tes–
tament. The prophecy of Oba–
diah is advance news of Turkey's
immediate future!
Obadiah reveals that the an–
cient animosity between Esau
and his brother Jacob-to whom
Esau Jos t his birthright (Genesis
27)-has persisted to this very
day. But who are the descendants
of J acob??
The astounding answer is
found in Herbert W . Armstrong's
book
The Vnited States and Brit–
ain in Prophecy.
The modern
descendants of Jacob are the so-
~
called Ten Lost Tribes- the
i
house of l srael- and the two
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GIANT BOSPORUS BRIDGE, linking
Europe and Asia, has made Turkey a
major wor/d crossroads. The mi/e-long
span was completed in 1973.
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