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You need to understand what is prophesied yet to happen in the Middle East. Whether you realize it or not or understand it or not, events there are destined to affect the lives of every person on earth.
Why does the Middle East so often dominate the headlines? One obvious answer is oil, the lifeblood of modern economies. Without oil to run factories, heat homes, fuel transportation and provide energy and raw materials for thousands of uses, the economies of many nations would grind to a halt. The crucial importance of oil alone ensures that the Middle East will remain in the headlines for years.
But there's more that keeps the Middle East in the news. It is the birthplace of the world's three great monotheistic religions-Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Too often it has not been just their birthplace, but their battlefield, with their adherents warring against each other for control of territory they considered holy.
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