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Fulfillment: August 1, 2005: Death of King Fahd

The death of Saudi King Fahd matches a series of other important kingly deaths. In the other cases the king's death marked the start of a world war. Will Fahd's death have similar impact? This article explores.

Background

In the very early hours of August 1, 2005, Saudi King Fahd passed away. He had been king of Saudi Arabia since 1982. Disabled as a consequence of a stroke in 1995, his replacement had already been running the kingdom for many years.

There is a full obituary on the BBC.

Timing

The timing of this particular death does not match any known stories on the 30:1 prophetic time line we've been following closely here at Bible Time. (The next interesting date being August 7, 2005.)

What is interesting about this death is how it strongly matches a pair of stories from across the time line. Remember, Jesus' ministry replayed the same time line as Jesus' passion. We're looking at a date that shows up in passion, but seems to apply here, on the other time line.

The specific time of this death was at an echo of the time when Jesus was presented before Herod, and given a purple robe.

The name, Herod, may be a prophetic link specifically to Harrod the famous department store in London. If so, that store may be responsible for providing ceremonial dress to Jesus after Jesus' return, when all of these stories hit again in headline news.

For now, though, all that may matter is the names. The current owner of Harrods is an Egyptian, al-Fayed, a variation on the spelling for Fahd, the king who just died, adding credence to this line of thought.

1 week from Fahd's death, around August 7, 2005, is a prophetic echo of the death of King Edward of England. King Edward died on May 6, 1910. That death replayed the crown of thorns in passion, and the ascension in ministry.

What is most important about Edward's death is that it attracted most of the key royalty of continental Europe in the pre-World War I years. That royalty, the people who went to the Edward's funeral, would be responsible for the deaths of over 10,000,000 people in the years immediately following.

Funeral Attendees

In the case of Jesus' passion week story, he was displayed in public at this point with a "crown of thorns." This is a prophetic match to his ascension, replaying as they both do on August 7, 2005. The reason these match is because Jesus' ascension, as to a throne, is what he did at his ascension. He received his crown.

Thorns are also a Biblical symbol for people who cause grief. A crown of thorns is also a crown of people. Or, if you will a circle of crowns.

The disciples watching Jesus' ascension were also, if you will, a crown of thorns and they map generally to the lost tribes. They represent a type of kingship over the specific national branches of the Christian world.

In 1910 the death of Edward was followed by a state funeral the same way as Fahd has attracted a crowd. In 1910, at least the following royalty attended:

• King Haakon VII of Norway

• King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

• King Manuel II of Portugal

• Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

• King Gustav V of Sweden

• King Albert I of Belgium

• King Alfonso XIII of Spain

• King Frederick VII of Denmark

• King George V, Edward's son

Many of these 9 kings would be central to the war that would envelope the world in a few years.

They, too, were a crown of thorns.

Fahd's death has been followed by a week of state functions where key people have visited Saudi Arabia offering their condolences and visiting with the new King. Saudi Arabia's form of Islam does not allow elaborate state funerals, so the ceremonial process is different that in western nations.

The following is a partial list of known visitors to Saudi Arabia. They too form a crown of thorns and probably represent key players in a future world war. Note 2 of the names listed are the same office as the crown in Edward's day. Note also how the majority have shifted east.

• Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain

• Prince Charles of Britain

• Jacques Chirac of France

• Vice President Dick Cheney of the United States

• Former President George Bush Sr of the United States

• Former Secretary of State Colin Powell

• King Juan Carlos of Spain

• King Abdullah II of Jordan

• Sultan of Brunei

• President Mubarak of Egypt

• President of Syria

• President of Pakistan

• Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari of Iraq

• King Abdullah, Fahd's son, of Saudi Arabia

See the Vindy article or the BBC article for specific details of the funeral and visiting delegations.

1986

Fahd's death is playing to a prophetic series of events in April of 1986. At that time United States Vice President George Bush Sr traveled to visit the king of Saudi Arabia, to visit none other than Fahd himself.

That visit was a replay of Enoch's ascension, also a prophetic match to Jesus' ascension replaying now.

In January of 1986 the Unites States Space Shuttle fleet was grounded over o-ring problems that had caused the loss of a shuttle. NASA has also grounded the fleet in an apparent prophetic match.

In April of 1986 there was a disco bombing in Berlin that gave the US grounds for bombing Libya. The US and Libya had already been disputing territorial issues in the sea along the cost of Libya. This general pattern by yet be seen in headlines over the next several days. (A terrorist act giving the US grounds for war.)

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl power plant in the Ukraine exploded, depositing radio active dust across much of the western Soviet Union and Europe. Radiation was detected as far as the Pacific coast of the United States. There may be a similar event somewhere else in the world.

In August of 1910, another place that maps to this prophetic time there was the Great Idaho Fire, where over 3,000,000 acres were burned in the largest forest fire ever in United States history. (Some say recorded world history.) That fire spread smoke across most of North America and is a mild prophetic match to Chernobyl.

Future Dates

The procession of kings is replaying the crown of thorns, it is replaying the disciples who watched Jesus be taken to heaven. It may also be timing a war. If it is an opening to a replay of World War I and World War II, the near-term prophetic replay of those wars is over by late March 2006.

World War I and World War II are also at risk of a prophetic replay across the late part of 2009. This particular story, Jesus' ascension and whatever it may mean in 2009, replays on Sunday, November 22, 2009.

This funeral is simply the opening of a prophetic season that culminates about 10:00 AM GMT on Sunday, August 7, 2005. Continue watching for interesting headlines.

Phil Stone

August 5, 2005, 7:00 PM, Pacific Time