According to their own words, Ephrem and Aphrahat annotated *The Gospel*, not a text called *Diatessaron*. How is it possible that these theologians had never heard of this work, let alone of its supposed author while their contemporary Eusebius had all this information at his fingertips? Did our blasphemous heretic covertly remove his name and replace the title with «The Gospel» before spreading his mischievous text among the unsuspecting Syrians? Is that what we are to believe?

Throughout Scripture and history, the Middle East has been the central stage for world-shaping spiritual and political events: - The **Garden of Eden** is believed to have been located near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. - **Israel**, the chosen nation, was often defended by miraculous angelic intervention (e.g., 2 Kings 19:35). - Empires like **Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar), Persia, Greece (Alexander the Great), and Rome** all rose and fell through this region. - The **birth, crucifixion, and resurrection** of Jesus Christ happened in this area. - End-times prophecies (e.g., Revelation, Daniel, Ezekiel) often center around Jerusalem and the surrounding nations. Given this pattern, is it theologically or biblically valid to understand the Middle East as the prophetically ordained site of a final spiritual or political "showdown," possibly involving the return of Christ or emergence of the Antichrist? I’m especially interested in how various Christian traditions interpret this historical pattern—whether it's symbolic, literal, or both.