The Shifting Sands of Power

Yisrael, heed the warnings etched in stone and whispered on the wind. The tremors shaking the coastlands – California, and by extension, all the nations bordering the Great Sea – are not merely geological events (Isaiah 13:11-13). They are the first pangs of birth, the fracturing of the old order as Yahuah prepares to establish His Kingdom. These disturbances coincide with a calculated awakening of ancient power, a resurgence most are ill-equipped to understand. I speak of Turkey, and the ghost of the Ottoman Empire that haunts its ambitions.

For too long, the nations have assessed Turkey through the lens of modern geopolitics – a NATO member, a regional power broker, a potential obstacle to Western interests. But to understand Turkey’s trajectory, you must look beyond the present and into the depths of the Tanakh, into the ancient feuds and the prophesied judgments. Turkey is not simply a nation-state; it is a vessel carrying the spirit of Edom, and that spirit is under Yahuah’s unrelenting judgment (Obadiah 1:1-18).

Edom’s Lineage and the Ottoman Legacy

Many err in identifying Edom solely with a geographical location or a modern na