Where does it say in historic texts that Syria will be start of WW3

[Nansbread1]

Rumour going round that it was predicted in ancient writings that WW3 will start in Syria.

Where?

[dolphinboy]

This rather unscientific website claims there’s a connection between Syria and Revelation 6:4, but you can interpret an ancient writing to mean just about whatever you want it to mean.

[Mr.Kobayashi]

It’s in the Hadith;

The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them).[7]

[Czarcasm]

There are no ancient writings that mention World War III.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

Top 10 Nostradamus Predictions for 2016

[jtur88]

Here’s a checklist of what Nostradamus had predicted for 2015:

predictionsofnostradamus.com

[watchwolf49]

@Exapno_Mapcase

Top 10 Nostradamus Predictions for 2016

Truly amazing how well Nostradamus writes modern English … so you know it has to be true. I am worried about the Poles melting, is that all the Poles or just the ones in Poland?

[dolphinboy]

@jtur88

Here’s a checklist of what Nostradamus had predicted for 2015:

predictionsofnostradamus.com

And boy did he nail it!

[gnoitall]

@Nansbread1

Rumour going round that it was predicted in ancient writings that WW3 will start in Syria.

Where?

@Mr.Kobayashi

It’s in the Hadith;

The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them).[7]

The reason this little piece of prophecy has any significance in today’s public discussion is that it’s a part of the philosophical foundation of Daesh:

@Wikipedia

One difference between ISIL and other Islamist and jihadist movements, including al-Qaeda, is the group’s emphasis on eschatology and apocalypticism—that is, a belief in a final Day of Judgment by God, and specifically, a belief that the arrival of one known as Imam Mahdi is near. ISIL believes that it will defeat the army of “Rome” at the town of Dabiq, in fulfilment of prophecy.

The supporting cite for that part of the wiki article is article in The Atlantic online called “What ISIS Really Wants”, which is also an interesting read.

So, this claim is interesting because it’s the reason for the Daesh version of immanentizing the eschaton

[gazpacho]

@watchwolf49

Truly amazing how well Nostradamus writes modern English … so you know it has to be true. I am worried about the Poles melting, is that all the Poles or just the ones in Poland?

It would be kind of nice to link to the original text. The 2015 link talked about mount St Helen. I am pretty sure that mount St Helen was not named that by 1503 when Nostradamas died.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@gazpacho

It would be kind of nice to link to the original text.

Here you go.

[Declan]

@Nansbread1

Rumour going round that it was predicted in ancient writings that WW3 will start in Syria.

Where?

Well thats where it started in the book alas babylon

Declan

[gazpacho]

@Exapno_Mapcase

Here you go.

Unfortunately that link is blocked at work. But I assume it links to Nostradamus’ writings. I was hoping that the people that say

Western USA will suffer the major earthquake. Mount St. Helen may have the major volcanic eruption happening in May 2015, possibly. Even worse, the events may turn to be the superb volcanic eruption with the beginning of an earthquake.

would point to the specific passage that they interpret as referring to the USA and mount St. Helen.

[griffin1977]

Good discussion of this in The Atlantic here:

The Islamic State has attached great importance to the Syrian city of Dabiq, near Aleppo. It named its propaganda magazine after the town, and celebrated madly when (at great cost) it conquered Dabiq’s strategically unimportant plains. It is here, the Prophet reportedly said, that the armies of Rome will set up their camp. The armies of Islam will meet them, and Dabiq will be Rome’s Waterloo or its Antietam.

The Prophetic narration that foretells the Dabiq battle refers to the enemy as Rome. Who “Rome” is, now that the pope has no army, remains a matter of debate. But Cerantonio makes a case that Rome meant the Eastern Roman empire, which had its capital in what is now Istanbul. We should think of Rome as the Republic of Turkey—the same republic that ended the last self-identified caliphate, 90 years ago. Other Islamic State sources suggest that Rome might mean any infidel army, and the Americans will do nicely.

Though what I found most interesting is this factoid. The critical action in ISIS’s apocalyptic prophecy is taken by Jesus:

After its battle in Dabiq, Cerantonio said, the caliphate will expand and sack Istanbul. Some believe it will then cover the entire Earth, but Cerantonio suggested its tide may never reach beyond the Bosporus. An anti-Messiah, known in Muslim apocalyptic literature as Dajjal, will come from the Khorasan region of eastern Iran and kill a vast number of the caliphate’s fighters, until just 5,000 remain, cornered in Jerusalem. Just as Dajjal prepares to finish them off, Jesus—the second-most-revered prophet in Islam—will return to Earth, spear Dajjal, and lead the Muslims to victory.

[John_Bredin]

Dabiq was liberated from Daesh recently Cite Cite and [del]penis[/del] Armageddon did not ensue.

So what will Daesh call their magazine now?

[voltaire]

Predictably, they claim that the time for the foretold battle has yet to come.

[Czarcasm]

Does it say it anywhere outright, as opposed to being an arcane interpretation?

[Pantastic]

Predicting that there will be a war somewhere in the middle east doesn’t exactly take a lot of prophetic ability, so any prediction that says ‘there will be war in the middle east, then bad stuff happens’ would need to explain why all of the previous wars in the area don’t trigger the prophecy. And no ancient texts would actually predict World War III because no one came up with that name until after World War II started, calling whatever they predict ‘World War III’ is clearly someone putting a modern ‘interpretation’ on words that mean something different.

[Leo_Bloom]

When I was a kid I told my mother I had to choose between immanetizing the eschaton and cleaning my room.

ETA: That started as a joke, but call me Candide.

[LSLGuy]

@voltaire

Predictably, they claim that the time for the foretold battle has yet to come.

Well … they’re right in that. No battle anywhere anytime will ever foretell some silly second coming.

But it is a convenient excuse for them to keep promising “Wait 'til next year! We’ll be back.”

I was going to make a joke about the Chicago Cubs, but that just miiiight be tempting Fate a bit too much. For once.