I don't think we yet fully appreciate what's going on. The Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) is beginning to appear to be much more than just another limp wristed UN initiative. It's beginning to look like the AOC may actually be an attempt by the international community to -- at long last -- bring about their dream for world peace. In fact, that's how a co-sponsor of the AOC, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sees the initiative himself. This report says:

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey considers the Alliance of Civilizations the global peace project of the 21st century Read about it here.

Recently we're hearing a lot about how when a world leader says something -- such as did Hitler before the start of WW2, the rest of the world should pay attention. Here we find the Turkish Prime Minister saying the AOC is a "global peace project." Friends, I think we should believe him.

If you have read the AOC's latest report, you are aware that much of it is about settling the Israeli/Palestinian dispute. Well, as I have already reported, the AOC wants their global peace project to first begin in the Middle East. And, according to this report Read about it here, the other  co-sponsor of the AOC, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, is already starting that ball rolling Read about it here.

What interests me about Zapatero's Middle East peace plan is that it appears to completely sidestep the interests of both the U. S. and Israel Read about it here. If this turns out to be the case, it's obvious who the real interested parties in the AOC's global peace project are -- the EU and the so-called "moderate" Arab states. However, all may not be as it seems. As I said before, we may not yet fully appreciate what's going on.

Here's what I'm beginning to think. A deal with the key players in the Middle East peace process may have already been made. If so, that could explain why Syria, Iran and their allies -- like Hezbollah -- are so upset. You see, it's possible when Israel launched their forces into Lebanon it was the beginning of a grand plan -- a plan by these key Middle East players to bring a time of peace to the region. And, naturally, it wouldn't be a plan that everyone in the region would like.

Now we're learning the EU peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon have been invited into Gaza as part of Zapatero's new EU peace initiative. Friends, how much more news like this do we need to believe that the final events of Bible prophecy may now be before us?

You see, if the AOC is in fact a global peace project, if the AOC is in fact a war against fundamentalism, if the AOC is in fact going to appoint a High Representative, if the AOC is in fact part of Javier Solana's scheme for a new international order, if the AOC resolution proposal will in fact be delivered to the UN Security Council in 2007 and it includes a deal regarding Old Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, and if the seven-year New ENP will in fact also start in 2007, then it's not hard to believe we're seeing what the Bible predicted. 

Or, is it?