Now the
word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the
land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against
him, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks into your
jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all
splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them
handling swords. Persia, Ethiopia,and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all its troops; the house of
Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you.
“Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered
about you; and be a guard for them. After many days you will be visited. In the
latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword
and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been
desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell
safely. You will ascend, coming like a
storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples
with you.” ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts
will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of
unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of
them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’— to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch
out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a
people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell
in the midst of the land. Sheba, Dedan,
the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you
come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away
silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”’ Ezekiel 38:1-13 NKJV
The
events we find here in Ezekiel 38-39 revealing the Gog/Magog conflict with
Israel is possibly one of the most anticipated prophetic events on most peoples’
eschatological calendar as it is the conflict many believe immediately precedes
the rapture of the Church. It has been
the subject of teaching, books, movies, and discussion since the rebirth of
Israel as a nation in 1948, and the fever only seems to increase as we watch the
evolution of events in the Middle East today.
The financial upheaval in Russia the past few weeks has many believing
we are seeing the seeds sown which will usher in the reasons for this attempted
invasion to occur.
If
you read or have read this passage, I’m sure you have noticed that it
specifically states that the reason for the aggression is the desire to take what
is called in the New King James version “plunder and booty”. It goes on to also mention “silver, gold, livestock,
and goods” as to what exactly they are attempting to take away. For the longest time I have personally wondered
how a situation could evolve in Russia which would cause them to be so financially
desperate that they consider an invasion of Israel as their only viable
option. Yet here we are today with many
voicing the opinion that those times are upon Russia right now, and desperation
is the emotion of the day in the Kremlin.
What
the coming weeks will produce I certainly cannot say for certain, but I do know
where all this will lead. Not a day goes
by now where there isn’t something occurring somewhere in the world which we
can easily seem to recognize as a piece to be placed in the prophetic puzzle we
are told to watch for. Read the
following articles and decide for yourself if we are indeed seeing these things
“come to pass”.
Western Bankers Have
Committed Two Acts of War Against Russia
Is Ruble Collapse Act
of War?
Official: Russia plotting to start war on Israel
A Hook in the Jaw…
As recession looms,
Russia acts to support ruble
Russia forecasts
economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds
Expats eyeing the
exits after Russian ruble plunges
“And
you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold,
I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; and I will turn you around and lead you on,
bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of
Israel. Then I will knock the bow out of
your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand. You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel,
you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to
birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. You shall fall on the open field; for I have
spoken,” says the Lord God. “And I will
send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then
they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 39:1-6 NKJV
The
word used here translated “coastlands” is the Hebrew word “iy”, which is translated to mean,coast, island, shore, region. What
follows is an excerpt from an article by Chuck Missler where he discusses what
this passage might be inferring.
“The ultimate
invasion of the Middle East by "Gog and Magog" is well known to most
Biblically informed observers.1 The invading
forces of Magog - recognized as referring to Russia by most authorities - are
wiped out by "hailstones of fire" from the heavens, which also cause
an earthquake felt around the world.2 A disturbing aspect of this encounter is that
similar "hailstones of fire" also appear to fall on those "who
dwell securely in the isles" or coastlands.3 Some suspect that
this could be a hint of an intercontinental nuclear exchange as part of the
confrontation with Magog and its allies.4”
If
the possibility of the United States being on the receiving end of a nuclear
attack seems farfetched to you, I would suggest you consider the lengths to
which Vladimir Putin might go if he believes the very survival of Russia is at
stake. Many might have, in the past,
believed the possibility of this sort of scenario to be farfetched to say the
least. I for one think it might easily
answer the question many have asked as to why the United States seems to be
absent in the events revealed for the end times in scripture. Is it possible we are busy trying to recover
from a nuclear exchange with Russia?
Keep
watching.
US-Russia Nuclear
Showdown Looms as Putin Greets Fresh Obama Sanctions with 80+ New ICBMs by 2015
– Reports
Russia tests
10-warhead ballistic missile
