Israel Today:  Islamic countries, some with sizable Christian minorities, are witnessing revolutions, which on the surface seem to display a desire by the peoples of these countries for genuine democracy, something only to be found outside the Middle East, except for Israel.  The story begins with an economic trigger of $147 a barrel for oil in 2008, leading to the near collapse of the world economy.  With this near collapse of the world economy, the barrel of oil dropped back down to $30, even if for only a few days, and then slowly began to climb back, hovering now around the $100 mark.  Whether the world economy recovers or not, we all know that food prices have gone through the roof as a result of this greed.  Higher oil prices mean higher food prices.  Food prices will continue to spiral upwards and starvation will increase in many more places.  When a Tunisian fruit and vegetable vendor immolates himself after a humiliating arrest that included being slapped in the face by a female officer and having his produce confiscated, ostensibly for not having a license (or paying a bribe), the word got out quickly, thanks to mass online media like Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, and massive riots ensued.  The corruption, the lack of employment, the lack of freedom and democracy led these people in the Middle to want and demand more, primarily what is to be found in the West and Israel, where there is work, democracy and food.  These revolutions spread to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain and other countries, and threaten to spread elsewhere as well, such as Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and perhaps even Iran.  The Egyptian revolution is a case in point.  Christians and Muslims demonstrated together in Tahrir Square and other places, calling for the overthrow of the Mubarak regime in hope of a better future.  The Mubarak regime suffered from the same corruption and elitist domination of the economy by certain chosen groups.  US President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the "democratic revolution" in Egypt, as they are now doing in Libya.  When the US administration was warned of the dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary Clinton's response was, "They are only a 30% minority."  The problem is that throughout the Middle East, the governments are usually controlled by the minority, not the majority.  Hitler came to power in Germany in January of 1933 with only 30% of the German democratic vote.  Khomeini in Iran came to power in 1979, leading a wall to wall coalition of democratic forces, but in the end, it was his fanatic group of fundamentalist Shi'ites that eliminated all the other groups, leaving only Khomeini's group in power.  Today, the Egyptian Army, in partnership with the Muslim Brotherhood are now the ruling forces.  There should be no doubt that the agenda in Egypt has never been for democracy, nor is it now.  On the contrary, the Islamic motto is:  "We kill the Jews on Saturday and we kill the Christians on Sunday."  Now that there are no more Jews in Egypt (Saturday people), the Muslims say, "We will go for the Sunday people (Christians)."  There is no doubt that the condition of the Coptic Egyptian minority is indeed dire.  Women are being kidnapped, raped and forced to marry Muslim men, who can have multiple wives.  When Christians protest about this, the Muslims riot and kill the Christians.  Churches are being burned down and Christians gunned down.  My fear is that the Egyptian Coptic community faces imminent and massive ethnic "cleansing," if not outright Holocaust at the hands of the Muslims.  In Syria, another country ruled by a minority, this time a pro-Iranian 10% Alawite minority, another volcano is about to explode.  The Sunni population of 80% is seeking democracy, or rule of the majority of the people.  The Christian population is about 10% and, until now, has been protected by the Alawites; but if Bashar Assad and his regime fall from power, the Sunnis led by the same Muslim Brotherhood as in Egypt, will decimate both the Alawites and the Christians, thus terminating the Christian presence in Syria and, by extension, the Christians in Lebanon.  We have already seen how the Sunni/Shi'ite struggle in Iraq killed Christians and forced them to flee to Syria.  Now this is about to happen in Syria.  Unfortunately, the Christian world in the West is silent about this, as are most of the churches.  It doesn't appear that anyone in the Christian world is saying or doing anything about the slaughter of Christians in Africa.  As the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood takes over in Egypt and Syria, as it already has in Turkey and Gaza, I believe we are witnessing the creation of a Sunni Caliphate that will soon be surrounding Israel as well.  

My Comments:  You can believe that with the other vital prophecies having been fulfilled, such as the return of Israel as a nation and the recapturing of Jerusalem by the Jewish state of Israel, this is the preparation of the upcoming "Gog and Magog" battle spoken of in Ezekiel 38.  It foretells of the Muslim nations surrounding Israel and marching against him in war.  I believe the seven year peace treaty, spoken of in Daniel 9:27, will result from the uprising.  We are so very near the End of the Age, people of God.  Are you ready?  When we "see these things happen, we are to look up, for our redemption draws nigh" Luke 21:28.