Some are saying this  development in Yemen essentially amounts to a coup.  The two sides were meeting yesterday, with intervention by UN mediators, to come to some kind of agreement and try to end the fighting between the factions. On January 11, I posted two videos from Prophecy Watchers in which Avi Lipkin explains the prophetic significance of this particular conflict, in a post entitled Sunni vs Shia ultimate showdown brewing in Saudi Arabia (the ultimate goal) and this development is one step in that plan. (videos are each about ten minutes in length)  Lipkin states in the video (paraphrasing here) that Yemen is a key player in the Arabian Peninsula and Sana is only about 400 miles from Mecca.  Saudi Sunni Islam has always been at odds with Iranian Shi’ite Islam, and like in the game of capture the flag, the faction that controls Mecca and Medina, will theoretically triumph.  The Houthi are allies with Iran and their goal is to bring down the Saudi regime.  In terms of Bible prophecy, the house of Islam is divided and we know what the Bible says about a house divided.  There are some (myself included) who believe that the various factions of radical Islam will serve to ultimately destroy or significantly defuse the power of radical Islamic extremism, while others believe Islam will be the source of the Antichrist.  These developments undoubtedly are setting the stage at present, for the shuffling of power and alliances which the Bible foretold in regard to the end of the age of Grace.

Watch for reports of movements of Iranian ships in the Straits of Hormuz and Suez Canal, for the Saudi Royal family to scramble and probably call upon Egypt to come in from the East to help, while Isis moves in from Iraq in the North, for this ultimate Sunni/Shia showdown.  Isis wants to see the Black Stone obliterated, and the Saudi oil wells to also take some hits, which will probably throw a kink into that whole falling oil prices thing, and possibly be the very straw that breaks the back of the petrodollar, which is the event that brings down the strength of the U.S.

That very chaos will ensure both the complete destabilization of the Middle East, and also provide the cover for the long-awaited attack on Israel, but we know the enemies of Israel will not prevail, and what’s more, this would probably precipitate the “Sampson Option” on Israel’s part, and bring about the fulfillment of Isaiah 17 destruction of Damascus. When the dust settles, Israel will have survived, reclaimed forfeited territory, and enjoy a level of “peace and safety” that sets the tone for a peace agreement finally to be reached. -S.T. Lloyd

via New York Times

SANA, Yemen —
“The staunchly pro-American president of Yemen abruptly resigned Thursday night along with his prime minister and cabinet, leaving his Houthi opponents as the dominant force in a leaderless country.” Yemeni Government Collapses as President and Prime Minister Resign