New organism raises Mars questions

     The Holy Scriptures paint a picture of ancient history by referencing places on Earth in association with the stars and planets.  For instance, it is in the Book of Isaiah 63:1-6, where the color "red" is associated with Edom (Edom means "red"), and it is within the Holy Scriptures where the planet Mars is revealed.  The "Red Horse" in the Seals referenced in the Book of Revelation indicates the time-period equated to the constellation of Scorpius, known to Aratus as "the great beast" (Rev. 6:3).  The red horse equals the symbol for war with rivers of blood (Isaiah 63:2; Rev. 12:3).  The 2nd Seal is the result of opening the 1st Seal (Dan 7:24; 11:40-45; Matt 24:6-7) when peace is taken from the Earth, seen in Matthew as "wars and rumors of wars" (from Countdown to Eternity, The 7,000 Year Time-Line in The Book of Revelation, Lampholder Publications, 1998).   

     Iraq is seen in Ezek 25, 35, 36; Psa 137, Oba 1 and Isa 24; 34.  The land of Edom (Esau) is also called also called Idumea or Bozrah (the ancient capitol city). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob.  Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a meal (Gen 25:30).  The country given to Esau was called Edom and the descendants were known as Edomites (Gen 32:3; 36; Deut. 23:7). 

     The Edomites bitterly hated their brethren, the Jews.  It was because of this hatred they were punished, "For thy violence against thy brother Jacob...neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction" (Oba 1:10-12).  The Edomites believed their strength to be invincible; but it was only four years after Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70, when the Edomites were completely conquered and subsequently absorbed by other cultures. 

     The name of Babylon dominates the ancient cities mentioned in Scripture, especially in the Book of Revelation; but it is the city of Baghdad where current events prophecy begins to unfold.  It was the Abbasid caliph who built the Iraqi city of Baghdad in A.D. 762.  He declared it would flourish into a world renowned empire, and it has, especially in the vast wealth found in Iraqi black gold -- the oil reserves revealed in Oba 1, as "...his hidden treasures."

     Both ancient history and prophecy unfold  in early Mesopotamia, "the land between the two rivers;" namely, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the city of Baghdad, Iraq?  Who and what now dwell within the caverns, tunnels, and caves of Iraq?  If they were opened from above, what sleepers might they reveal hidden beneath the Earth's surface?  And what is their coming fate, "And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them..." (Oba 1:18). --