Turkey and the Battle of Armageddon By: Avi Lipkin

In April 1571 the naval fleets of the Holy Catholic Alliance crushed the Ottoman Empire fleet in what many saw as a miraculous battle.  It marked the beginning of the end for Ottoman dominance.  Yet the Turks remained powerful and forced major concessions: the Catholics had to rebuild their fleet, and Venice and Genoa were compelled to surrender Cyprus.  Today that surrender still echoes in Turkish ambitions to reclaim Cyprus, disrupt the growing alliance between Israel, Cyprus, and Greece and control the strategic gas pipeline to Italy and Europe.  Turkish ambitions also extend toward Gaza, Libya, Syria and even Jerusalem.  I believe Lepanto II will again destroy the Turkish fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean, igniting Armageddon -- a final northern assault on Israel.  The cutcome will reveal whether the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob triumphs decisively over all rivals!