What does the Word say about Damascus?

Excerpts taken from BBC News Health

The World Health Organization says it has received reports of the first suspected outbreak of polio in Syria in 14 years.

The Ministry of Public Health in Syria reported the disease will be hard to control amid the civil unrest.

At least one-third of the country’s public hospitals are not in operation and up to 70% of the healthcare workers have fled some areas.

The country suffers overcrowding, poor sanitation and a deterioration of the water supply, which increases the risk of polio outbreaks. More than four million Syrians who have relocated to “less volatile areas of the country” are mostly living in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions.

The WHO reports increased cases of measles, typhoid and hepatitis A in Syria.

Dr. Jaouad Mahjour, director of the Department for Communicable Diseases at WHO’s regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean, said, “Given the scale of population movement both inside Syria and across borders, together with deteriorating environmental health conditions, outbreaks are inevitable.”

The prophet Isaiah said,

“The burden of Damascus: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city and it shall be a ruinous heap…Behold, at eveningtide trouble, and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us and the lot of them that rob us” Isaiah 17:1,14.

Isaiah prophesied that in one night, before morning, Damascus will be destroyed. Damascus is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world; albeit, Isaiah said it will be destroyed in one night. This has not happened yet, but it will, because of their treatment of Israel and because Bible prophecy never fails.

God said,

"I will bless those who bless you (Israel), and curse him who curses you, and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed" Genesis 12:3.

Jesus said concerning the signs of His return,

“For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in diverse places” Matthew 24:7.

Syria, Damascus specifically, is suffering in many ways and it is most assuredly on its way to complete ruin. The type of destruction Isaiah saw, complete destruction in one night, would appear to be nuclear in nature.

Today, we can certainly see the languishing of Damascus, as it was foretold in Isaiah chapter 17.

Hundreds of Bible prophecies have been fulfilled throughout history, and the return of the Lord is no exception. The signs are all around us now.

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