` Hashemite Kingdom

Hashemite Dynasty Shows the Flag at Gulf of Aqaba
Shortly before the October 7 Sinai bombings at Taba, inhabitants of Eilat noticed some strange goings-on across the bay in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba. A huge flag flying from a 136 meter- (446 foot) high pole. The flag was almost the size of an American football field, but there was something odd about it. It was not quite like the Jordanian national flag; it lacked the trademark star and its colors were in the wrong order. DEBKA identified it as the royal flag of the Hashemite dynasty.

The Family Tree of Mohammad

All information marked with * are directly from Official Jordanian websites

*The Hashemite royal family is interwoven into the life of Jordan, having established the modern state in 1921. It is impossible, therefore, to understand the fabric of Jordan’s modern history without some knowledge of the royal family. The Hashemites, or “Bani Hashem,” are descendants of the Arab chieftain Quraysh, a descendant of the Prophet Ismail (Ishmael), himself the son of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). Quraysh first came to the holy city of Mecca during the second century CE.

The first generation of Quraysh to rule the city came six generations later, when Qusayy bin Kilab ascended to the leadership of Mecca in the year 480 CE. The name “Hashem” is actually that of Qusayy’s grandson, who was the great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. The Hashemites are thus the direct descendants of the Prophet through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali bin Abi Talib, who was also the Prophet’s paternal first cousin and the fourth caliph of Islam.

Ali and Fatima had two sons: Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein. The direct descendants of their eldest son, Hassan, are known as “Sharifs” (nobles), while the descendants of Hussein are called “Sayyids” (lords). The royal family of Jordan, the Hashemites, is descended through the Sharifian branch of lineage.

Various Sharifian families ruled over the Hijaz region in Western Arabia between 967 and 1201 CE. Moreover, King Hussein’s branch of the Hashemite family ruled the holy city of Mecca from 1201 CE until 1925 CE, although they recognized the sovereignty of the Ottoman sultan in 1517.   This makes King Hussein the head of the Hashemite family which, in addition to being directly descended from the Prophet, also represents over one thousand years of rule in the area, and almost two thousand years of recorded presence in the holy city of Mecca.

I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. (Daniel 7:8)

Below is a concise report that among other things documents that King Abdullah has a very strong command of military and strategic issues.  This is something many believers have long recognized as one the attributes of the antichrist.  Remember this; I AM NOT suggesting that this points to King Abdullah as the future "antichrist"

Rather what THE LORD has revealed is that there is (as I've previously said) a triune entity in the earth that mimics the trinity.  One of these positions is biblically defined as the FALSE PROPHET.  This OFFICE will be held by a charismatic leader that arises in the  last days as a "little horn" that comes up among the ten horns of the "dreadful and terrible beast that the Prophet Daniel and the Apostle John saw; which is also the iron-clay kingdom that God showed king Nebuchadnezzar in a dream.

Biographical Information

King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein

* His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein is the 43rd generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). He assumed his constitutional powers as Monarch of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on February 7th, 1999, the day his father, the late King Hussein, passed away.

Born in Amman on January 30th, 1962, King Abdullah II is the eldest son of His Majesty the late King Hussein and Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al Hussein. He began his primary education at the Islamic Educational College in Amman, and later attended St. Edmund's School in Surrey, England. For his secondary education, he attended Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy in the United States of America.

King Abdullah II joined the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom in 1980, and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in 1981. He was later appointed Reconnaissance Troop Leader in the 13th/18th Battalion of the Royal Hussars (British Army) in (West) Germany and England. In 1982, King Abdullah II attended Oxford University where he completed a one-year Special Studies course in Middle Eastern Affairs. Upon returning home, King Abdullah II joined the Jordanian Armed Forces and served as Platoon Commander and Company Second-in-Command in the 40th Armored Brigade. In 1985, he attended the Armored Officers Advanced Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. A year later, he became Commander of a Tank Company in the 91st Armored Brigade of the Jordanian Armed Forces holding the rank of Captain. He also served with the Royal Jordanian Airforce Anti-Tank Wing where he received his wings as well as his qualifications as a Cobra Attack Pilot.

In 1987, King Abdullah II attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. as a Mid-Career Fellow. He completed an Advanced Study and Research program in International Affairs, part of the ‘Master of Science in Foreign Service' program.

King Abdullah II, thereafter, resumed his military career where he held various positions, among them Commander of the Royal Jordanian Special Forces and Special Operations Commander. From January 1989 until October 1989 King Abdullah II was the 2nd Company Commander in the 17th Tank Battalion, and from October 1989 until January 1991 he was 2nd in Command of the 17th Tank Battalion, during which time, in 1990, he attended the Royal Staff College in Camberley in the United Kingdom. He was then promoted to the rank of Major. From January 1991 until January 1992 he was Armored Corps Representative in the Office of the Inspector General of the Jordanian Armed Forces.

King Abdullah became Battalion Commander of the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment in January 1992. In 1993, he was in the 40th Brigade with the rank of Colonel, and was made Deputy Commander of the Jordanian Special Forces. In 1994, he was made Commander of Special Forces with the rank of Brigadier and in 1996 he reorganized the Special Forces and other Elite Units into the Special Operations Command. King Abdullah was promoted to Major-General in 1998, and in June / July of the same year attended a defense resources management course in Monterrey Naval Post Graduate School.

In addition to his career as an army officer, King Abdullah II served Jordan many times in the official capacity of Regent in the absence of the late King Hussein, and regularly traveled on official missions. He was proclaimed Crown Prince on the 24th of January 1999 by a Royal Decree. He had also assumed the position of Crown Prince at birth by a Royal Decree until April 1st, 1965.

Since his ascension to the throne, King Abdullah II has continued his late father's commitment to creating a strong and positive moderating role for Jordan within the Arab region and the world, and has worked towards the establishment of a just and lasting comprehensive solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. King Abdullah II is committed to building on the late King's legacy to further institutionalize democratic and political pluralism in Jordan. He has exerted extensive effort to insuring sustainable levels of economic growth and social development aimed at improving the standard of living of all Jordanians. He is also working towards modernizing Jordan's information technology and educational systems.

Under King Abdullah's reign, Jordan was admitted to the World Trade Organization, and ratified agreements for the establishment of a Free Trade Area with the United States of America, the European Union, the European Free Trade Association countries, and sixteen Arab countries.
 

If you continue to investigate King Abdullah II on your own; you will find that he is an extremely charismatic leader that has wide ranging vision for modernization in the Middle East, and like me you will probably be mesmerized to the point of denial as he is very convincing in his role, and I think may genuinely perceive at least from a secular or humanistic viewpoint the historic importance of that role.  He may also however be aware of this role from a spiritual viewpoint as well; at least from an Islamic perspective.

Quoting King Abdullah:

"It is not rocket science; everybody knows what needs to be done. We all know to the minutest detail what is required of Israelis, Palestinians and Arabs. The problem is, we have to make sure that the vehicle moves forward. The road map is explicit. And it needs, obviously, the strong role of the United States, the international community, which is represented by the Quartet ­ which is America, the United Nations, the Europeans, the Russians ­ and the rest of us in the Middle East. We all know what needs to be done. What needs to be done on the ground is implementing the road map. Once we do, then we will finally have peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the Israelis and the Arabs." From a Q & A session after a speech given at "The Commonwealth Club of California"- April 16th 2004
 

Before you buy into his outstanding moral character; remember the BIBLICAL STANDARD FOR REAL PEACE... 

Isaiah 9:7a - Of the increase of His government and peace
                     There will be no end,

ANY peace apart from a peace that comes as a result of the increase of the TRUE GOVERNMENT OF JESUS CHRIST will only be a FALSE peace. 

As will be born out over time the intensity of this man's vision for peace (which EXACTLY dovetails the plan of the Beast) will eventually fail and will cause a great backlash against Jews and Christians.

Remember this is a characteristic of the kingdom that Nebuchadnezzar saw... that this beast because of the wide range of belief systems would be "partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.   As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay." 

Based on His discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative six months after this was first published King Abdullah Hussein confirms by His own actions that he is moving towards fulfilling this role: CLICK HERE

NOTE:  ON A PERSONAL LEVEL; I find it hard as a minister of the gospel to look at someone like King Abdullah prophetically and condemn him to a future role as vile as that of the false prophet; as he seems like a descent man.  So I am compelled to pray for his soul; and if it be in the Father's will that he fulfill this role; then His will be done.

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