Title: THERE SHALL BE A HIGHWAY February 25, 2001



THERE SHALL BE A HIGHWAY

updated: November 2003

“THE KING’S HIGHWAY IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUS COMMERCIAL TRADE ROUTE IN THE WORLD” WHICH PASSES THROUGH EDOM, MOAB AND AMMON. (Greek Orthodox Tourist manual-Jordan)

Isaiah 11:11-16 (The words “that day” being our day and the near future.)

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that Yahweh shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria and from Egypt, and the isles of the sea…And he shall set up an ensign for the nations and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. They shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west… and THERE SHALL BE A HIGHWAY for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.”

Chpt.12 continues: “And in that day you shall say, ‘Oh Yahweh I will praise you’… Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you”.

In the last days before He is in the midst of His people, His people will return from all over the earth--all 12 tribes! This includes the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom called Israel (or the House of Israel, House of Ephraim, or House of Joseph) who were scattered in 722BCE into Assyria and then to the four corners of the globe, and the southern kingdom of Judah (incl. Tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) who went into Babylon in 586BCE but returned 70 years later, and in 70 CE were scattered to the four winds, also except for a remnant that stayed in the Land.

Isaiah 11, verses 11-16 are happening now. And, along with the return of His people from all over the world, is also the building of this highway. It is a highway for the remnant to walk on as they go into their place of safety for 3 ½ years---Mt.Seir/Petra. It is a highway, which is over 4,000 years old. It is a highway “like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt”. It is the highway, which leads from Mt. Sinai in Saudi Arabia east into Iraq, and into Turkey, through Syria north, passing the port of Aqaba and Mt. Seir/ Petra. It is the highway which will be traveled from Sinai to Petra as the Holy One of Israel returns to His ‘resting place”. It is a literal highway, built by literal Romans (a second time, the original Roman empire and the revised Roman empire of today).

Five years ago this King’s Highway was a two-lane road with ruts and pot- holes that would tear up a car. It was the truck route from the port of Aqaba into Syria, and Iraq. It was totally primitive. When the Rome-based companies came in 5 years ago, (Condotte-Roma worked primarily from the port of Aqaba north, and east of the Petra exit), it was a matter of re-doing the King’s Highway of ancient times. Now it is the same highway, brought up to 2001AD standards. Let us look more at what the Bible has to say about this great sign of Bible prophecy fulfillment. This is “the highway of our God”.

Numbers 20: 17 and 21:22

On their trip north, after passing the Red Sea port of Ezion Geber (Deuteronomy 2:1-9), or today’s Aqaba, they went north toward Mt. Paran, and then onto Mt. Hor, where Aaron died and was buried, which put them at the entrance to Petra—Esau’s city which Esau obtained in battle with the Horites (Genesis 14:6; and 36:8-9,20-21). Seir is the name of the father of the “tribe, ethnic group, or family of the inhabitants” of Mt. Seir, the Horites, or cave dwellers. Seir is named after the father of the cave dwellers in Mt. Seir, which is today called “Sela” in the Hebrew and “Petra” In the Greek, meaning, “rock”. (Isaiah 16:1)

Because of Esau’s hatred of the people of Isaac and Jacob, his descendants refused to let Moses and the millions of Hebrews who came out of Egypt pass into their city of Petra. (Basis of the hatred: Genesis 27:36-41--jealousy, fear, revenge, bitterness.) So, Moses said they would go around the city by the way of the “King’s Highway”. It is still there, rebuilt a little east of Petra by the Rome- based company, Condotte-Roma, and is called the “King’s Highway”. It goes north into Syria and Turkey, and east toward Iraq. But it is not called “the King’s Highway” all the way north or east. But, the portion now, in the country of Jordan, which goes from the port of Aqaba north past the turn off to Petra and on into Moab, is still called the “King’s Highway”. Here is how Deuteronomy 2:1 and 8 describes this journey from Aqaba to Petra along the highway:

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“Then we turned back and set out toward the desert (Arabah) along the route to the Red Sea--so we went past our brothers the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah Road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.” The Arabah Road is the King’s Highway. These are places here in Jordan today!! Check out the word “Arabah” in the Word.

I have lived in the “Italiano building” (apartments) for almost 5 years now. It is called that because it has housed the Engineers, Contractors, Surveyors, and Supervisors, and office staff of Condotte-Roma, who have been here a little over 7 years. So, I have been surrounded with many personnel who have come and gone, who are involved in this prophetic work. Except for, perhaps, a previous Christian consulting engineer, they don’t realize that before the foundation of the earth, they were chosen by God to do this work.

Numbers 20:17: beginning at verse 14-21 “And Moses sent messengers from Kedesh unto the king of Edom, ‘Thus says your brother Israel…let us pass, I pray thee, through your country…we will go by the King’s Highway, …and Edom said unto him, ‘you shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you by the sword’….and the children of Israel said, ‘we will go by the high way…’ and he said, ‘you shall not go through. And Edom came out against him…thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border”. Then they went to Mt. Hor, where Aaron died and was buried. Mt. Hor is just outside the entrance to Petra. The people complained to Yahuweh and He sent fiery serpents among them and killed. Many died. Then Moses put a dead snake on a pole and held it up, at Elohim’s command, and those that looked at the pole lived. Then they moved north of the Wadi Arnon, into the area of the Amorites. This river divides the area of Moab and Ammon. Check out the word “Arnon” or “fords of Arnon” in the Word. Today, this river is called the Mujib--and it is still the boundary between the land of Moab and the area of Amman. (Numbers 21:13)

Numbers 21:21-22 “And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, ‘let me pass through your land: …we will go along by the King’s Highway, until we be past your borders’. And Sihon did not allow Israel to pass through his border….” The word speaks of great judgment that will come in these days upon Edom and Moab and Ammon for their treatment of Israel then they came by their cities and asked for help along the “King’s highway”. This highway was an ancient trade route from Egypt into Iraq, which passed by Petra…the city of Esau.

Later on the “Nabateans”, a desert tribe, conquered the city and made it a major trading center in the years before, during and after Yahushua was on the earth. This tribe of “Nabateans” descended from Ishmael’s son Nebajoth (Genesis 25:13). They built massive tombs and other structures into the rock. It was in its “hay-day” just before Yahushua came. Later on, the Romans came in and conquered it. Mark Anthony gave it to Cleopatra, made many more “improvements”, as the amphitheater. Then the Byzantine church came in for a while and used it for Christianity. But, for almost 1,700 years, it lay dormant, lost, hidden, until about 1854 when a Swiss explorer re-discovered it. Now it is THE major tourist area for the country of Jordan, being visited by millions of people each year in the days before the “Intifada” began on September 29, 2000. In the days of the Roman occupation, the “King’s Highway” was built by the Romans, who built roads all over their Empire, to produce maximum travel advantages for trading.

Now since about 1995, Roman and Jordanian companies, like Condotte, have rebuilt and improved the King’s Highway. Now it is a first-class world important highway…. The Condotte Company is now improving roads around Aqaba, and will be here for a while longer. The old Roman-empire built roads worldwide, to use to conquer and for trade. Now the modern Romans are all over the world building roads for trade, to unite the new one world government.

More scriptures about the highway:

Isaiah 19:23-25 speaking of the highway and the new economic zone here in Aqaba: “And in that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. And in that day shall Israel be the third

with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts shall bless….” The new economic zone will include Egypt, Israel and Jordan as trading partners and free trade is being opened up again into Iraq. Again we see “there shall be a highway”. Now there is a highway, built by

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Romans--men from Rome. The highway is indeed going from the port area with Egypt to the old Assyria.

Isaiah 35:8-9 speaking of the days after Yahushua returns: “And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called ‘the way of holiness’; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up there on, it shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

From this place, where the highway is, the ransomed shall return to Zion. There is a wonderful walkway, coming into Petra, past beautiful hotels. Walking into this city will be all sorts of people, but when Yahushua returns, walking on this walkway beside the highway, will be only the ransomed who will be ready and watching for Yahushua to pass over the highway, from Sinai to Bozrah and pick up his redeemed that are “alive and remain”. The highway passes east of Petra, but the turn-off into Petra is now being redone—the road brought up to modern standards, the hotels, the sewage systems, etc. are being redone…the world bank pouring millions into the project. There is a highway! Our Lord is using the “beast”, one world, system to accomplish His plans for these last days.

Isaiah 40:3 “The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord’, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” The word “desert” is Arabah--the land area of the Red Sea as it moves north between Aqaba and Elat.. We are the voices in the Arabah crying for the preparation for His return. The word “straight” refers to Yahushua in the Hebrew language. The highway does go up through the Arabah north toward Mt. Paran, Teman, Seir/Petra, Bozrah. It is the path of our Lord’s return, from Sinai to Bozrah, north across Aqaba from Sinai--crossing over the King’s Highway, as He comes in His wrath to pick up His Bride and destroy the wicked. It is truly THE KING’S HIGHWAY……WHICH KING YAHUSHUA WILL TRAVEL ABOVE AS HE COMES AS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!!!!!!!

Isaiah 62: The whole chapter is about the coming of Yahushua, before, during and after.

Isaiah 62:10-11: “Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. Behold, the Lord has proclaimed unto the end of the world, say to the daughter of Zion ‘behold, your salvation comes; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.” The word “salvation” is “yeshua”. Salvation is a Person!! Is this a mandate to the Roman Empire of today, as well as to us who operate in the Spirit? They are the ones who have gathered up the stones and built the highway to prepare the way of Yahushua who will be traveling above it--and the way of the remnant who will be traveling on it down here. We are here spiritually preparing the “way of Yahuweh”. Yahushua said, “I come in My Father’s Name”!

Let us look at verse 10 in more detail and locate where this highway is…

In the NIV the scripture reads: “Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.” Verse 11: “the Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: say to the daughter of Zion, ‘see, your Savior comes! See, His reward is with Him….’”

Isaiah 63:1 (KJV): “Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? --this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? …”

On the surface it does not look like this highway has anything to do with the Arabah and the King’s Highway that we have been talking about. But, what highway is it that Yahushua will travel over as He comes from Sinai through Edom to Bozrah? It is this King’s Highway just outside my door and up the hill.

Let us do a word study on verse 10: It is comparative to Isaiah 40:3 using the words “prepare the way”, and “highway”. It is comparative to Amos 5:15, in which there is a port where the house of Joseph passes through--the port of Aqaba. From this port, the remnant of all 12 tribes, plus a “mixed multitude” of refugees from all over the world will travel on the King’s Highway into Petra for the preservation of His people before His return.

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Amos 5:15 “Hate the evil and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph”.

The word for “gate” is #8179, “an opening, door, gate, or port”. There is only one port that Yahushua will pass over as He returns…the port of Aqaba. Who will pass through the gates? – His people. The word for “people” is: 5971 “am”, “a people, a congregated unit, a tribe, a flock, troops, nation”. This is from #6004 which “aw-mam”: “to associate by huddling together”. “Prepare” #6437, “paw-naw”: “to turn, to face, appear, look, behold, regard.” We are to turn the people’s face toward the “way”. Yahushua said, “I am the way”…. The Hebrew word for “way” is #1870 “derek”: “a road (as trodden), course of life, mode of action, conversation, custom, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, high pathway, along, away, etc.” It is from 1869 “daw-rak”: “to tread, to walk, to string a bow (by treading on it in bending), to bend, archer, guide, lead, etc.”

We are to begin our task of leading the people to turn their heart toward Yahushua, as they pass through the port of Aqaba, going up the King’s Highway to their place of refuge.

But who is the next instruction to? I believe it is to the road builders…the Romans who are building the highway. They are actually removing stones. There is information that I have been typing for the highway Consulting Engineer (mentioned below), concerning the removal of stones—how to do it, and which ones to leave and why. This is regarding the building of this King’s Highway in Jordan.

The word for “highway” is: #4546 “mes-il-law”: “a thoroughfare, a turnpike, viaduct, staircase, causeway, course, highway, path, terrace”, from #5549 “saw-lal”…to mound up, especially a turnpike, to exalt, extol, make plain, raise up”. This “saw-law” is the same word (KJV) for “cast” used in the phrase “cast up the highway”.

“Go” (KJV) means “to cross over, to pass over” and is #5674 in the Hebrew (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance). “Pass through” is used in the NIV. Who will pass through the gates? The remnant will pass through them, and so will Yahushua.

The word “standard” in the KJV or “banner” in the NIV is: #5251 “nace”: “a flag, sail, flagstaff, signal, token, banner, pole, (en) sign, standard. From here at this port a “standard” or “banner” for the nations is to be raised. Who will raise it, the UN, or us? Again, it does not say this highway is in the desert (Arabah), but in Isaiah 62:11 it does say that the “Savior comes!” And, the very next verse is Isaiah 63:1….He comes from Edom. There is only one highway that the King travels on when He returns!!

This highway is being built to the best specification that man can do. I have been privileged to work with Mr. Ghassan Haddad, a consulting Engineer, who has the task of upgrading the existing standards for roads in 40 countries, including Jordan. He was the original consulting engineer for Condotte of their portion of the highway. Mr. Haddad now works for Dar Al-Handasah Company, which is a consultant company, as the Chief of Quality Control for Highways. This company has 40 offices in major cities, including Amman, Cairo. Beirut, and London. The owner is an Orthodox Christian, and lives in Amman, but his company actually does consulting work on major projects, like highways, in 40 countries. I have been helping with the additions he is making to the existing Engineer’s standards. I have been typing on his new computer (he does not know how to type or use a computer yet). He said I saved him weeks of work. He said my corrections would go into the new directives for 40 countries. That was a fascinating thought. As I said, in this work of typing, I actually helped to change some of the existing Engineering specs for the removal of stones and the use of existing stones for the strength of the road. Awesome!! (Note: the Romans used stones to make their roads, but Isaiah talks to people who take stones out, and use some other way to make a road straight…as asphalt).

Isaiah 40 also is a chapter that talks about things just before His return, during His return, and after His return.

In all of the Isaiah passages about the highway, they are referring to our day and hour and the events that are happening now and will happen in the near future. This highway is a literal highway. It runs along up the hill from my apartment’s front entrance. I can see the trucks coming from the port to go into north Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The highway will accommodate those of the 12 tribes (both houses, of Ephraim and Judah) coming in from all over the world into Petra.

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And, now Aqaba is an international seaport and has an international airport. It is the thoroughfare of trade and goods going to Iraq. The U.N. is headquartered here, and all humanitarian aid, cars, equipment, building materials and the like, come into Aqaba, and go up to Iraq from here. The finest wheat, grains, water and other things are being stored in the Edom area, from Aqaba to the base of the Red Sea, for the purposes of the world’s elite, and also for Father’s elite, who will be “housed here” until He comes.

Through this port will come food, stored by the UN, World Food Bank since 1963 at least, into the Petra/Edom area. Through this port will come the necessary clothes and medicines, and the troops that will guard the Operation. Six months before the Gulf War II began, we saw American troops coming up the King’s Highway in military convoys on their way to the Iraqi border. Now, the food and water is ready, now the troops and military bases are ready, the rock city of habitation is ready (Psalm 107:1-7; and 108:23-36). And, even the remnant of His people and the elite of the earth are getting ready.

Without the highway, none of these things could happen easily. Compare Revelation 6:12-17 with Isaiah 2:17-21, and other passages about the time of His wrath, and see that the elite of the earth--the wealthiest, most famous, richest, mightiest and most powerful, are hiding in the rocks together--from the “wrath of the Lamb”. The world’s food supply is becoming genetically altered, “modified”. The international community is talking about using cloned beef and sheep, and other animals for human consumption. But, in Edom and Moab, the food is pure; the water is pure; the sea is pure; and the environment is pure. While the world starves on genetically engineered food that kills rats in the field with starvation, because the hybrid grains are too poor in quality to sustain life, the elite of the earth, and Father’s remnant will be fed on the best. (See Isaiah 33:14-17 and Revelation 12:6)

“THIS IS YAHUWEH’S DOING AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES”!!!

Another scripture comes into play: Jeremiah 31:21 “Set up way-markers, make high heaps: SET YOUR HEART TOWARD THE HIGHWAY, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to your cities”. There is one and only one highway for these last days—THE Highway. The King’s Highway runs just two streets above my apartment building, just at the base of the Midian mountains. These beautiful, rugged mountains of Midian connect with Mt. Sinai (Horeb), just 75 miles south of Aqaba in Saudi Arabia (as the Bible tells us), the Red Sea crossing being at Nuweba, on the Egyptian side. These mountains have much history. After this range stops, the landscape drops into the Wilderness of Paran. Then rising from the wilderness is Mt. Paran, and then the mountains rise into the Seir mountain chain, named for Mr. Seir, the father of the Horites (Genesis 14). Esau, brother of Jacob, took Mt. Seir (Petra) away from the Horites, and moved his people into their caves. Esau built a mighty kingdom of his own in these mountains. Then, when Esau’s people migrated westward, the Nabatean tribe moved in and made Petra a famous trade, commercial route which lasted about 800 years, including the time that the Romans ruled it. Coming into the Petra area, is Mt. Hor, named for the Horites (which means cliff dwellers), where Aaron, Moses’ brother, is buried at its peak.

Many, many passages of Scripture are talking about our day, in which He is bringing back the “lost tribes” of Israel and the scattered of Judah, so that the whole house of Israel (all 12 tribes) will be brought together again. From Assyria in 722BCE, the 10 tribes were scattered into all countries of the earth. They were told to leave markers, to mark their path, so that at some distant time they would return. On what highway did they travel into Assyria (the area of northern Iraq)? On what highway will they be re-united? On what highway will the whole house of Israel travel in the last days before the coming of Yahushua? There is only one highway that it could be talking about--the one that has recently been restored from the port of Aqaba into the north and east--back into the ancient Assyria, across northern Iraq, across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and into China. I was told that the Salinas Company from Italy has taken the highway east, as well as many local companies working on the roads. In China it is a heavily guarded military highway only--along part of the ancient Silk Road.

In Ezekiel 27 it is talking about the return of Ephraim, the “firstborn” of the Lord, who is representative of the 10 tribes of scattered, “lost”. Yahushua said, “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost”. He said to His disciples to only “ “go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel”. (Matthew 10:5-6 and Luke 10:10) Matthew 15:24 says, “He answered and said, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel’”. In John

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7:34-36, after Yahushua tells of His going somewhere they cannot come, they questioned: “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will He go where our people live scattered among the Gentiles (nations) and teach the Gentiles?” The “lost sheep” are coming home… Many will come home as refugees, via THE one and only King’s highway. From Petra, at Yahushua’s coming, this remnant will return to their homeland forever.

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March 17, 2002: more notes added on the highway received from Ghassan Haddad

The name: Condotte in full is: Condotte D’Agua—it stands for conduit, for pipelines for water run offs and water transfers. Actually, though they have done highways in small stretches in different countries, the highway from Aqaba northward to Ma’an is their first real highway work. Their headquarters during this building project was at Al Quwayra. This is the reason why their structural engineer was sent from Aqaba to China to work on a dam. Their concrete supervisor works on bridges and conduits under bridges and water run-offs around the roads and bridges. They construct conduits mainly in many different countries. Condotte worked only on the King’s Highway in Jordan, and now is working on bridges and short projects around Aqaba for the next few months. The road known as the Arabah Road (or Wadi Arabah) is the Dead Sea Highway. Parts of it go right along the border with Israel.

There is a back road from the Arabah Road into Petra, via Bozrah. The “Dead Sea Road”, or the “Arabah Road” as it is also called, was built by the Chinese. The border crossing between Israel and Jordan, just outside the city of Aqaba, on the Red Sea, is called the “Arabah Crossing”. Ghassan Haddad worked with the Chinese as a consultant on this road. He told me that he gave gospel tracts to all the workers-- about 400.

From this Dead Sea road there is a back road into Petra. In fact, from Lisan Peninsula in the Dead Sea, there are several roads through the mountains of all sorts—including dirt roads and paths, which lead to Bozrah and Petra. So, when the Jews flee into Petra from Israel (Matthew 2415-21; Mark 13:14-19; Luke 21:20 -24), they will come across the land bridges in the Dead Sea (including “the great wings of a great eagle” (singular), seen so clearly on satellite maps—Revelation 12:14), and be able to go into Petra from the back -side. This “eagle” in the topography of the land as seen from satellites, is called the Lisan Peninsula.

But, the house of Joseph, the 10 tribes (plus the remnant of Jews in other countries)--millions of them--will come through the port of Aqaba, and travel up the King’s Highway directly into Petra on good, smooth roads. The water of the Dead Sea from the head of that “eagle” to the Israeli side has now dried up, due to mining, so that there is a land bridge now from the head of the eagle to the Jordanian side, and now with connecting roads into Bozrah and on to Petra. How amazing that this prophetic scene, viewed by John and recorded in the Revelation, is now before our eyes!!! From the “heart” of the eagle one can see “talons” and a wing-spread, which opens up north and south, and feathers out west to east, with many entrances into the ancient area of Edom. (Genesis 25:30; 32:3; 36:1)

Condotte has rebuilt the road 85km north to where the highway breaks off toward Ma’an, going another 25km toward Ma’an. But, from the Petra turnoff –where the old highway (now being modernized) goes north toward Petra, through Tyybet Zimman and Wadi Musa, another company has taken that project.

There is a highway, which runs from around Amman toward Baghdad. It is called the Haifa Road---it used to connect Haifa with Baghdad—an old oil pipeline ran through there between the two places, which is not in use now. There is an oil refinery near Amman. This road goes through Al Azraq where there is an oasis. The road has several stops, or stations, called H2, H3, H4 (referring to Haifa). This road has been improved lately,

several companies being involved. Of course, Assyria is in the northern Iraq area – but who knows today the exact boundaries of the old Assyria that took Israel in 722BC?

There is a highway from Turkey, through Syria, that goes into northern Iraq. There is a highway, which connects with China also…the whole trade route system from China to the middle -east. Of course, in Revelation 16, it says that the troops of the east will move across a dried up Euphrates. The dam, controlling the water of the Euphrates, is located in Turkey—called the Ataturk Dam. Most of the water has already been dried up, since the dam has shut off water that direction for some time now.

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Back to the focal point--the King’s Highway, and also the Arabah Road (Dead Sea Road): The official name of the area from the port northward along the Dead Sea is Wadi Arabah. Both have roads going from them to Petra. Both roads have been improved recently, as has been the Desert Highway, which runs between these other two. Isaiah 40:3 sounds like it is referring to the Dead Sea highway…”make in the Arabah a highway for our Elohim (God)”. Of course, there is a connecting road from the Dead Sea highway, the Arabah highway, into Bozrah. We know that Yahushua travels up the King’s Highway specifically because of the places He crosses, beginning at Mt. Sinai, to Mt. Paran, to Teman (now called Tyybet Zimmon), and Mt. Seir. With His huge entourage, He will cover a wide distance. (See Isaiah 63:1; Deuteronomy 33:2-3; Habakkuk chapter 3; and others)

In review, right now, Condotte has completed the road going from the port to the exit point where the King’s Highway turns north- west to Petra. Before they started work on it, it was a torn-up mess, with ruts and pot-holes, and almost impassable by car or truck. Condotte took takes the highway eastward into Ma’an. But, the stretch of the King’s Highway that runs past Petra, past Wadi Musa, on toward Bozrah, and then north to Amman, is just now being improved also. It is a two- lane road that winds through the desert and mountains and passes Tyybet Zimman, and into Wadi Musa and on north. Tyybet is the ancient Teman, and the town from where Job’s wisest friend came from. Job lived in Uz (Utz), which is also in the Petra area. His friend Eliphaz, was the son of Esau. Eliphaz’s son was Teman, who founded Teman--now a small town. (Genesis 36)

The stretch of highway that goes into Wadi Musa (the entrance town to Petra itself) has been improved, widened and even has walkways built along the highway, as the scripture says. This stretch of highway is beautiful. It has several 5-star hotels along the way, overlooking Mt. Hor and some of Petra.

Petra, in Isaiah 16:1, is called Sela. Sela or Selah is “rock” in Hebrew; Petra is “rock” in Greek. Some believe that Sela was the capitol of Esau’s empire. But, the Bronze Age city found much further north, called by archeologists “Sela”, is questionable.

The World Bank has poured millions of dollars into improving the roads around Wadi Musa, the sewer systems, water systems, etc. There are underground granaries in the area, underground military installations, the wonderful “Disi water”. Disi is an area north of the Wadi Rum desert floor, where Lawrence of Arabia made the area famous.

There is an electronic grid around, in and through the Petra rock formation, to keep out unwanted people. The Petra Board, headed by Queen Noor is dead-set against Christians living in the area. They know what some Christians believe about Petra in the “last days”, and want to be sure that these “crazies” don’t ruin the tourist business or invade their sacred spot. Worse yet, they are afraid of the Jews and Christians overrunning their land again. But, with the international community taking over this area for themselves, as Daniel 11:41 tells us, these areas will at one point be off limits even to the anti-messiah and to the devil.

Now, many of the Royal families of Arabs in different countries, are building palaces around the Petra area, and also in the Aqaba area, which is developing to welcome 250-300,000 investors and residents.

The winding road of the ancient King’s Highway, which Moses traveled upon to Petra, and past, is being rebuilt, widened and brought up to United Nations standards. I don’t know if Romans are working on it now, but millions are being poured into the area from the World Bank and from the EU--Italy in particular.

And now, in 2003, we have another phenomenon. With the zoning off of the area, as the official world Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, and connecting it to Eilat, Israel for trade purposes and work purposes, we have the fulfillment of another scripture. In Isaiah 19:23-25, it talks about a trade agreement that would reach from the areas of Egypt and Israel, and be a part of the commerce clear through to northern Iraq (ancient Assyria). Now, there is such a commercial trade route, and agreement. The King’s Highway is the oldest, continuous trade route in the world. It has been used from the most ancient times, and during the time of about 200BC to 600AD by the Nabatean Empire as a commercial trade route from the port of Aqaba throughout the regions of the Middle East. It connected the Decapolis cities of Greece and Rome, which are still tourist attractions in Jordan (as Amman, Jerash, Pella, Gadera). Now, up to modern standards, the trade route of ancient times to northern Iraq from this port is a daily thing. The trucks run up the King’s Highway by

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the hundreds each day, carrying goods to Amman, and eastward. We are living in a day of the total, and I mean total, fulfillment of His prophetic Word. And, we have watched it for 7 years here in Aqaba.

This King’s Highway will lead the remnant of the whole house of Israel from Israel itself, and from the port of Aqaba, into Petra, where they will be preserved for 3 and ½ years from the presence of anti-messiah, and Satan.

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Some of the scriptures that refer to these happenings are in Revelation 12:6, and 14 and Daniel 11:41, Isaiah 16:1-5; Isaiah 33:14-17; Isaiah 26:20-21 (“chambers” is “holes in the rocks”); Isaiah 63:1-6 with Revelation 19:11-16; Zephaniah 2:3; Matthew 24:15-22 and Luke 21:20-21; Isaiah 2:10-22 with Revelation 6:15-17; Jeremiah 30:23-31:3; Psalm 107:2-7, 29-30, 35-36; Psalm 108: 9-13; Amos 9:11-12; Romans 11:25-29.

The pure, almost perfect water from Disi, flows in an underground river--enough for 35 years of use it has been said. This underground river, found close to Wadi Rum, near Petra about 7 years ago. This wonderful water is piped into our water tanks here in Aqaba. It is delicious!! But, Saudi Arabia wants it and Libya wants it, Amman wants it, and who knows who else wants it! But, it is to mainly remain here for our Elohim’s purposes. Since 1963, the World Food Organization has been storing grain in the Edom and Moab areas, from Aqaba to Petra, in granaries above ground and below ground. In February of 2001, the UN began sending in tons of wheat to be stored in the Aqaba area. The area between Aqaba and Petra (Edom—from Esau) has been declared by the United Nations as a storage area for world famine and disaster relief. Yet not one grain of wheat has gone out of the area for any famine or disaster. It has also been declared an area of refuge. Even in the Jordanian Tourist materials, it is called “a land of refuge” from Bible days. The US military has been coming into the port of Aqaba, sometimes 5,000 at a time, for military exercises around the Petra area. The port is now an American military base. It was used in Gulf War II as a launching pad. It is used to transport troops also to Iraq. The area around Aqaba has been zoned off as a Special Economic Zone. It is called ASEZA—Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority.

Aqaba is a first class resort town now--everything being brought up to UN/first world standards in the last 1-2 years. Just like the widening of the Siq “gorge” going into Petra, and the water run-offs in the Siq, the bricking up of areas in the Siq, by the world community, this area is being prepared for many special things in the days to come.

The King of Jordan has a palace here, and his family is here now. Daniel 11:41 tells us that in the last days, the only safe zone in the world, from anti-messiah and the devil, (Rev.12:14), will be the ancient boundaries of Edom and Moab (southern Jordan). Isaiah says that bread and water would be given to the refugees and it would be “sure”.

Yes, not only the grain is being stored, but the area from Petra to Bozrah is a rich agricultural area, like a “bread basket” fertile area, for vegetables, fruit, and livestock. So, now we have the food, water, military, caves for people to live in, as well as the open areas. The caves, however, are cool in the summer, and a shelter in the winter, with water storage tanks outside, and some with beds carved in them—as seen in “Little Petra”. We now have sewage runoffs. And, there are water runoffs, to catch the water from flash floods in the area. The highway is there, and the walkways, and beautiful 5-star hotels, standing empty for lack of tourists. And, now, all we need is the final play out of events in the Word, and the return of our Savior, Yahushua ha Machiach, to take His people through the eastern gate into Jerusalem.

Let’s look at Yahushua’s return route: The Lord comes from:

From Edom: Isaiah 63:1; Psalm 108:10

Mt. Sinai (which is in Arabia, 75 miles south of Aqaba): Deuteronomy 33:2

Teman: Habakkuk 3:1-3; Amos 1:12 (Tyybet Zimman--4 miles from Petra)

Mt. Paran (the beginning of the desert): Deuteronomy 33:2; Habakkuk 3:1-3

Mt. Seir (Esau’s home/Edom/Petra/Sela ): Deuteronomy 33:2

Bozrah (the sheep fold): Isaiah 63:1; Micah 2:12; Jeremiah 49:22

Mt. of Olives: Zechariah 14:4-5; with Jude 14 and Revelation 19:11-16

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I have often wondered why the Jordanians were so close to the Italians—particularly the Romans. I learned from research, which was done by a Jewish scholar, that the Edomites settled in two places (outside the area), which was Germany and the area around Rome. But, even recently (in 2001), the President of Italy has been to Jordan, promising millions of dollars, as before, in support of the economy and trade. The President of Italy has encouraged Jordan tremendously. I have noticed posters in the Post Office in Aqaba about visiting Italy. It seems these two people groups are united in purpose and deed. There are more Italians (companies) in this area than any other foreign groups. Now I believe I have found the answer to my questions.

In the New Testament, from the killing of the babies in order to eradicate Yahushua from the earth (get rid of competition), to the dismissal of Paul to Rome, the Herods, who ruled in Israel were vicious people. They were Idumaean or Edomites--The word Idumaean being Greek. In Mark 3:8, there were people from Idumea who followed Yahushua. One Herod beheaded John the Immerser. One Herod killed James (Ja’acob) the Apostle, and then went after Peter. But, the Herod who was ruler over Galilee at the time of Yahushua was the one who mocked Him and put the purple robe on Him and the crown of thorns. At the time of Yahushua on this earth, Petra was a thriving trade center. The Romans helped build it up and also added and built some things in it. Mark Anthony gave Petra to Cleopatra as a gift. Rome controlled Petra later on, and it began declining in the 5th century. By the year 625, it was a ghost town. But, then Rome declined also, as did its control. But, it is no surprise that the line of Herods were powerful, being from Edom.

Let us look at Luke 23:6-12. When Pilate found out that Yahushua was from Galilee, he sent Him to Herod, who had jurisdiction over people from that region. Herod was in Jerusalem at the time. Herod was delighted to see Yahushua, for he had heard about His miracles. Herod was mocking Him--wanting to see a miracle, which Yahushua did not do. But, verses 11 and 12 answer my questions: “And Herod and his men of war set Him at nought” (ridiculing), “and mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him again to Pilate. AND THE SAME DAY PILATE AND HEROD WERE MADE FRIENDS TOGETHER; FOR BEFORE THEY WERE AT ENMITY BETWEEN THEMSELVES.”(KJV) The NIV says it like this: “That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they were enemies”. Rome and Edom became friends over the mocking of Yahushua, and the expansion of the Roman Empire. How amazing that the two are working together now to prepare the way of the King of Kings--the One they mocked and ridiculed!!!

Now let us look at the hookup of the King’s highway with China!!!

Additional information on THE HIGHWAY

Note from Grant Jeffrey’s book The Signature of God.

c. 1996, page 199

“The Apostle John, in the book of Revelation, foretold a future military highway across Asia that would allow this astonishing army to march toward the final battle in Israel. John describes the building of this highway in these words: `that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared’. (Revelation 16:12)

The Chinese government has spent enormous sums and expended the lives of hundreds of thousands of construction workers building a military super-highway across Asia heading directly toward Israel. This highway has no economic purpose and no foreigners are allowed anywhere near this road. This highway has been completed through the south of China, Tibet, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. This curious prophecy about `the way of the kings of the east’ is being fulfilled in the 1990’s, setting the stage for the final battle of this age.

This highway is in partnership with the highway through Iraq, for trade with the port of Aqaba, and the King’s highway that picks up in Jordan, down to Petra, and down to Aqaba. This highway will be used for the kings of the east to travel upon as they come to Israel for Armageddon.”

In looking again at Isaiah 40 and the verse about the highway in the Arabah (desert)….I looked down to Isaiah 40:3-5, reading from the NAS, it shows continuity with verse 3: “A voice is calling, clear the way for Yahweh in the wilderness, make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley be lifted up, and every

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mountain and hill be made low; and let the rough ground become a plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley; then (so that) the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.” There is a small remnant of believers in Yahushua the Messiah right now who are lifting up their voice to prepare His way, who actually live in the area called the Arabah. I live just 3 streets down from the King’s Highway. It is out joy to watch and report on what our Father is doing to prepare the way of Yahushua!!!

As Noah Hutchings said on the interview I had with him April 2000(aired on his radio broadcast in June 2001) that 5 years ago, he could not travel on the King’s Highway, because it was too full of pot-holes, and a car would be just ruined the road was so bad. Now, it is a smooth, modern highway, and he was able to travel on it in style. The Roman company was used of God to do this, all the way from the Dead Sea road into Bozrah the back route into Petra, and up from Aqaba to the Petra turnoff, the road from the Petra turn-off into Wadi

Musa, being recently expanded, and improved by another company.

The wording in verse 4 is the process that the road went through in being brought up to modern standards. “Verse 5 says that the purpose of the improved highway is so that Yahweh’s glory can be revealed. He will travel in the power of His strength, coming up through Edom from Sinai, across the port of Aqaba, and up above the King’s Highway, on His path of wrath and vengeance, to pick up His people in Petra/Bozrah—Isaiah 63:1-6; Deuteronomy 33:2-3; Habakkuk 3:3-7.

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Additional information from the NAS translation of the Bible:

Use the NAS for scripture reference and there are more references to the highway.

Example: Psalm 68:4 “Sing to El, sing praises to His Name; cast up a highway for Him who rides through the desert (Arabah), whose name is Yah, and exult before him.”

Here is a parallel to Isaiah 62:10 NAS: “Go through, go through the gates; clear the way for the people; build up build, up the highway; remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples. Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Sion, ‘Lo your salvation comes…’ “

Isaiah 57:14 NAS “And it shall be said, ‘Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle

out of the way of my people…”

NOTE: Going through the Siq, the gorge, which is the entrance into Petra, you will find that the path has been

widened (around 2001AD) and the old Roman road more exposed in some places. The old Roman roads used stones to make the road, with a type of mortar in between. It was very rough…as the stones were not level on the top.

I told an Italian engineer that I was very glad that they improved their road building methods since they built highways here 2,000 years ago. Walking on those stones can be hard to do!!

The Romans roads were rough, the stone blocks being large, slick when wet, and uneven on the top. But, the instructions in Isaiah to take out the stones and smooth the road, to raise the valleys and to lower the high places, must be talking about another time when road building methods were different--our day!!! What a thought!!! Isaiah literally giving instructions to people from Rome, who restored the ancient King’s Highway, and who have finished their project in 2003.

Isaiah 11:16 NAS: “And there will be a highway from Assyria (northern Iraq) for the remnant of His people who will be left, just as there was for Israel in the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt”. The King’s highway that Moses and the children of Israel walked on, also connects now with Iraq, northern Iraq, ancient Assyria.

Isaiah 19:23 NAS “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians”. Wow, is this ever true of now--they are Islamic brothers.

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Isaiah 49:11NAS “And I will make all my mountains a road, and My highways will be raised up. Behold these shall come from afar; and lo, these will come from the north, and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim (China). “

There is a similarity of wording, that the highways will be lifted up (mounded up) in order to be made smooth, and straight, and the rocks taken out, so that they can be used for modern transportation and travel and trade. Wow, that is so exciting, as again, that is modern road-building talk. In walking through the Siq at Petra, the Romans made roads of large cut stones, filled in by sand, but here we have instructions for modern road building.

This renovation of the highways, plural, of Edom, going north toward Mt. Seir, has only been in the last 7 years…a phenomenon of His Word being fulfilled. And, like I said above, the ancient Roman roads were built with rocks…not smooth on the top…so the instructions from Isaiah to road builders, had to do with a different day, when there was equipment to smooth out a road, and take rocks out…heavy equipment that we use today. Isn’t this awesome that we live in such a day of His fulfillment of His Word!!

I thank you for bearing with me in all these details, additions and repeats of information. But, all taken together we can just stand in amazement, that His Word is faithfully true, as always. He is doing these things before our eyes, and we are astounded. All we can do is give Him all the glory!!!!!

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