Chapter 1

Ishmael is not the Beast

Little did Abraham think as he plead for Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah that at home was Ishmael and his Mother planning to be the heirs to Abraham’s wealth and the promise of God for a Kingdom of God through Abraham.

“Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.”

Genesis 16: 1-2

“And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan , and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.”

Genesis 16: 3-5

“But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.”

Genesis 16: 6-9

“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

Genesis 16: 10-12

“And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.”

Genesis 16: 13-16

“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.”

Genesis 17: 1-4

“Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.”

Genesis 17: 5-7

“And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan , for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.”

Genesis 17: 8-10

“And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.”

Genesis 17: 11-13

“And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.”

Genesis 17: 14-16

“Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.”

Genesis 17: 17-19

“And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.”

Genesis 17: 20-22

“And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”

Genesis 17: 23-25

“In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.”

Genesis 17: 26-27

The year after Sodom and Gomorrah perished Isaac, as promised was born to Sarah. Ishmael mocked the child to the point that Sarah was alarmed and she put both Ishmael and his mother Hagar out of the house.

Many centuries later to Isaac, the Lord Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea as promised.

Ishmael had nothing to do with the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Roman empire , the last of the four great Gentile World empires prophesied by Daniel the prophet – Babylon , Media-Persia , Greece and Rome ­­– waned under the persecution of the Christians and eventually collapsed.

Six hundred years after the birth, death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, Mohammed was born, a son of Ishmael.

One thousand years later 1776 God gave us this great country.

This is the third attempt of Ishmael to take over the world. He does not want the world to be Jewish (Isaac), or Christian (The Lord Jesus Christ) but Islamic – Ishmael.

As a nation we are fighting for our very existence. Our leaders are now leaning to Europe and the Islamic countries from which God gave us an escape in 1776.

Islam is not the beast but in his own right is fearsome.

God will straighten out the boy. Ezekiel tells how.

After the demise of the Atheistic Russia, Russia becomes a guard to Islam and five Islamic countries, and they do invade Israel .

Israel after the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, His resurrection and His ascension into heaven from the Mount of Olives , Jerusalem fell under the Roman General Titus, 70 A.D. (the same year Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii ) and the Israelis were dispersed throughout the world.

In 1947, after World War II , Israel was given back her land. In 1967 the City of Jerusalem was given back to her.

But Islam controlled the Temple Mount .

Now Islam wants the land, the city and the Temple Mount as his own.

It is as grievous to God as it was to Abraham to put him, Ishmael and his mother out of the house. And God will put Ishmael out of the land again today and eternally.

Ishmael has nothing to do with Armageddon. He has already been dealt with in the battle of Ezekiel 38 and 39. That is for the Gentiles to take over the city of Jerusalem 42 months and tread it under foot. Ishmael has no part in this for he has been dealt with in the battle with Russia , as guard to the five Islamic countries that try to invade the re-settled Israel . The countries are Libya , Ethiopia , Turkey , Germany and Iran .

After this battle, it is the Lord and Isaac, against Ishmael and his followers, and it will take the Israelis seven months to bury the dead of Ishmael in Israel .

After that, Israel never again will doubt that the Lord, He is their God.

From the Desk of Estella

August 4, 2004 , 6:54 P.M.

© Estella M. M cGhee-Siehoff

Orlando , Florida USA

August 4, 2004