1914 Solar Eclipse and Ottoman Empire Decline

So, the first thing that we want to correlate again, we have a solar eclipse coming on the biblical date of Av 29. Wednesday night. And that date on the Gregorian calendar is August the 12th. So, now let's see how the Ottoman Empire correlates to what we're seeing today. And then we'll go to the American Empire and we'll try to correlate all this in together. And then we'll look at a few worldly leaders on these as well. And then we'll tie all of this in together.

So, the 1914 Ottoman Empire eclipse. This occurred in 1914 at the decline or the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. They were overthrown by the British Empire, as most of you guys know. In Jerusalem, General Allenby walked into Jerusalem on Hanukkah and liberated Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire. So, beautiful. So, now with that setback, let's look at the 1914 Ottoman Empire eclipse. There was a total solar eclipse on August 21st, 1914, and the path of totality crossed portions of the Ottoman Empire, which is present-day Turkey, northern Syria, and northern Iraq. NASA's eclipse maps confirm the path crossed over the Ottoman territory. The Ottoman Empire had a solar eclipse over its land three years before it started to collapse, and seven years later, it totally collapsed.

So, let me just tell you guys this. So, 1914 was the solar eclipse. Then we had World War I, as we all know. And then, as we just said, it started to collapse in 1917, 1918, the Shmita year. And I'm going to go through that. And then it did collapse. It finally finalized its collapse at the end of the Shmita or the beginning of the new Shmita. So, both Shmita years, the Ottoman Empire started to collapse, then it did collapse. So, we have to realize this. I've said this many times before. We've done videos on this, and you can find them online. The Shmita cycle is very important to understand, and it has affected all empires throughout history. I'll give you a really quick rundown. Once Israel, you can find this in the book of Jeremiah, once Israel broke the Shmita year, they didn't let the land rest, they didn't free the slaves, they didn't cancel out debts, whatever it may be. God, you know, we all know what happened. They went to Babylon, right? And one of the main reasons was because they broke the Shmita year. You can read that in 2 Chronicles 36. What does it say? It says, "Israel, as long as you're out of the land, my land will enjoy its Sabbaths." What does that mean? We forget that sometimes. God made a covenant with the land as well. You can go read that in the Abrahamic Covenant. So, He made a covenant with the land and the people. So, don't forget about the land. That's God's land. Please understand that that's His land only that He gave to inherit. And so, we have to understand that. So, it's very important to understand the Shmita year is super important to understand. And you can find that in the Abrahamic Covenant about the land and the people. You can even read Ezekiel 36. It's the new covenant, what Ezekiel is speaking of. It's his version of the new covenant. Ezekiel 36: "I'll give you a heart of flesh and not a heart of stone. I'll put a new spirit inside of you," etc. So, He's speaking about the new covenant with the Jewish people. But before He gets to the people, Ezekiel 36 gets to the land first and then to the people. I've always thought that was very interesting that He speaks about the land first and then the people second. So, we have to understand that He's very serious about the land. And once Israel broke the Shmita year, and all these other things that they were doing, they were exiled to Babylon, and that started to affect the other nations as well.

So, what do I mean by that? When Israel was exiled from Israel, it was a Shmita year. So, 70 years in Babylon will put you at another Shmita year. Babylon fell, and Media-Persia rose, or Persia, Iran rose. You can find that in Daniel 5, where Media-Persia, Darius, overthrew Babylon. We all know the handwriting on the wall, right? Daniel 5: "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin." Your kingdom is divided and it's been conquered now. So, that's what's happened. So, again, the Shmita year affected Israel, it affected Babylon, they fell on the Shmita year, Persia rose on a Shmita year, Persia fell on a Shmita year, and Alexander the Great rose up on a Shmita year as well. So, you can see how, just with those examples, how the Shmita year has affected, or the Shmita has affected every nation or empire, along with Israel. It wasn't just Israel, it was also the other ones as well.

Now, let's fast forward to the 1914 World War I, 1917 and 1918. Let's look at it. Who fell? The Ottomans fell on the Shmita year. Then also the British Empire fell on the Shmita year. The Japanese Empire fell on the Shmita year with World War II. The American Empire rose on World War I. It rose on World War II as well. So, these are all historical facts according to the biblical calendar that these empires have risen and fallen on the Shmita year. So, we need to understand how important that is. If one doesn't understand the cycle that we're in now with the Shmita year, the cycle of seven years. So, when I say Shmita, that means seven years. It's Leviticus 25, the seven-year cycle in Leviticus 25 called the Shmita. So, once again, Israel broke the Shmita, Babylon got a taste of it, Media-Persia got a taste of it, Alexander got a taste of it, the British Empire got a taste of it, the Ottoman Empire got a taste of it, the American Empire got a taste of it, on the good as well. So, again, my friends, the God-given Shmita year and cycle will come to fruition. And we need to understand the last seven years of the age is a Shmita year cycle. That's common, right? So, Daniel's 70th week is a Shmita cycle. And that Shmita cycle, the rotation we're on, is the fall of 2022, Feast of Trumpets, is when the cycle began. And then it ends on the Feast of Trumpets, 2029. Please understand how important that is. When we look at President Trump, when we look at Benjamin Netanyahu, we look at Erdogan, we look at El-Sisi, all of these leaders are again, Donald Trump's last term is 2028. BB, we'll see if he gets elected here in the fall. Erdogan's coming up for election in 2029. El-Sisi is as well. So, we've got to understand we're going to see some interesting things here in the future with this Shmita year and Shmita cycle. And we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

But my friends, the 1914 Ottoman Empire, before it started to collapse, now remember this, before it started to collapse in 1917-18, the Shmita year, you had a solar eclipse in 1914, three years before they started to collapse. And then they started to collapse at the beginning of the Shmita year, the cycle, and then seven years, they collapsed. So, again, we all know it takes time for these major empires to collapse and also to rise up as well. It's a lot that goes into it. So, an empire doesn't collapse just in one night or one year or three years or whatever. It takes time before the empire totally collapses. And that's what happened to the Ottoman Empire. If you look at it, in 1918, they had a military defeat. 1922, the empire was abolished. 1923, the Republic of Turkey established with Atatürk. And then you had 1924 when the Caliphate was totally abolished, which was on the Shmita year again. So, my friends, again, this is super important to realize this.