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Does America Have A Role In The Prophetic Battle Of Gog/Magog?
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This article is written from the teachings on the 3-Disc DVD entitled, Ezekiel 38: When God Defends Israel, the Coming Russian-Iranian Led Invasion of the Promised Land. 

The DVD unpacks Ezekiel 38:13 to unmask the mysterious modern-day identities of ancient Tarshish and their young lions, or "villages" in some translations. 

Additionally, it examines their specific roles within the prophecy. If Tarshish is the UK and the young lions are partially represented by the USA, then the ramifications for the future of America are staggering!

Ezekiel 38 and 39 involves at least fifteen participants in the prophecy. They are:

1.) The Victor: God,
2.) The (intended) Victim: Israel,
3.) The Invaders: Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, and Togarmah.
4.) The Protestors: Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish and their Young Lions.

The prophecy informs that, in the latter years the invaders will attack Israel to capture plunder and booty. They covet Israel's economic prosperity and conspire militarily to confiscate this livelihood as part of their spoils of war. As the victor, the Lord prevents this from occurring by utilizing supernatural means to defeat these invaders. 


Meanwhile, as the epic event unfolds, the protestors complain about the evil intentions of the invaders. Their protests are lodged in the questions in Ezekiel 38:13 quoted below. Ultimately, after the invaders are conquered, Israel graduates from being the intended victim and instead becomes the resultant benefactor.

"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 38:13)

The modern-day equivalents of these protestors today are commonly understood and taught to be:

Sheba: Yemen,
Dedan: Saudi Arabia and perhaps parts of the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) Arab Gulf States,
Tarshish: Either the UK or Spain,
Young Lions: Either the colonies that came from the UK, namely North America, or the offshoots of Spain, mainly the Latin American countries.

Ezekiel 38:13 imparts several important clues to the reader. One of them is that the merchants (of Tarshish) are concerned about the motives of the invaders. They are not referred to as soldiers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, etc., but as merchants. The Hebrew word used by Ezekiel is clearly talking about commerce. 

Being labeled as merchants in Ezekiel 38:13 insinuates that at least some of the protestors have commercial interests at stake within Israel at the time of the Magog invasion. This is not a new phenomenon. According to Ezekiel 27:12, Tarshish has been conducting foreign trade in the Middle East for centuries.

These merchants appear distraught over the possibilities of the invaders seizing Israel's national assets. This raises the questions, "If they are concerned about protecting their foreign trade relations within Israel, why do they not appear to be fighting alongside the Jewish state in this conflict? Why don't they coalesce militarily to oppose the Magog coalition?"

 
In 1990, George H. Bush had no problem assembling an alliance of nations against Saddam Hussein's Iraq in Operation Desert Storm. That American led coalition was comprised of several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, who is represented as Dedan in Ezekiel 38:13. However, in the Ezekiel invasion, a Desert Storm scenario does not seem to be repeated.

This might mean that passive political leadership is in place, but more likely implies that the protestors lack military prowess at the time. Maybe, these abstaining countries are concerned that their forces won't match up against the invading armies. This is the possible conclusion that I favor.

Who was Tarshish?

According to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10, Tarshish was Noah's great grandson through his son Japheth, who fathered Javan, who in turn fathered Tarshish.

"And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." (Genesis 10:4-5, ASV)

Where was Tarshish?

The two most favored locations for Tarshish among historians, archaeologists and Bible teachers are Spain or Britain. My research leads me to conclude that Britain is the location of "Tarshish" and the North American countries most resemble their "young lions."

Tarshish settled in the isles or in some translations the coastlands. In addition to the verse above, the theme of Tarshish in connection with the isles shows up in Psalm 72:10, and Isaiah 23:6, 60:9, 66:19. A careful reading of these verses uncovers a clear connection between Tarshish and a geographical location associated with isles or coastlands. One example is below.

"The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts." (Psalm 72:10)

The isles alluded to could be the British Isles, which are a group of oversized islands off the northwestern coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles.

Many of the maps that display the location of ancient Tarshish locate it around or beyond the Strait of Gibraltar. The Strait of Gibraltar is the westernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea before it merges with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the water barrier that separates Southern Spain from Northern Morocco. It is far to the west of Israel, which is also a point made in Psalm 48:7. The Psalm says, "As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind." This implies that the ships are coming to the Middle East from the west, rather than the east.

Bible prophecy expert Dr. Mark Hitchcock points out a possible connection between Tarshish and Britain in his book entitled, "The Late Great United States." Hitchcock states:

"Some archeologists believe that Tarshish was the ancient name of Britain. "Tarshish" can also mean "beyond Gibraltar" depending on your translation. Tarshish and her villages or young lions -- in other words Britain which then settled Canada and the United States and Australia."

Dr. J. R. Church, the founder of Prophecy in the News, says the following about Tarshish in his book called, "The Guardians of the Grail."

"An inscription discovered in 1780, on a cliff above Mt. Hope Bay in Bristol, Rhode Island, contained an engraving that read "Voyagers from Tarshish this stone proclaims." ... Believed to be inscribed around 533 B.C....Harvard University has found five locations within the United States where the merchants of Tarshish had colonies."

Another respected Bible prophecy experts that advocates this same connection is Dr. David Hocking, of Hope for Today Ministries. We shared a speaking platform together on July 3, 2011. During that event, Dr. Hocking provided several sound biblical, historical and archaeological reasons that support America as the Young Lions of Tarshish. Dr. Hocking's conclusion that he gave at the event is quoted below.

"If you ask me today if the USA is in Bible prophecy, I would have to say on the basis of historical documentation and on the basis of the British museum and all of its records around Glastonbury that it begins with Great Britain (Tarshish), and undoubtedly as a seed-bearing people it refers to the USA as the "Young Lions."

What was Tarshish famous for?

Tarshish's claim to historical fame was primarily two-fold. First, they were known for their vast wealth and abundant mineral and metal resources. We glean this from historical accounts as well as several Scriptures. One example is found in Ezekiel 27:12, which says, "Tarshish was your (Tyre) merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods."

This verse, written around 587 BC, acknowledged that "tin" was among the primary metals that came from Tarshish. Cornwall, a county on England's rugged southwestern tip, was the only major source of tin in Europe for the past 2,500 years. In the 19th century there were approximately 400 mines in Cornwall employing 18,000 people. It is also true that the mountains of Wales, just north of Cornwall have been a source of all the minerals and metals listed above in Ezekiel 27:12.

 

On September 13, 2019, the Heidelberg University issued a report entitled, The Enigma of Bronze Age Tin. The report examined Bronze Age tin from the second millennium BCE from Israel, Turkey, and Greece. Below is a summary statement from their findings:

"The tin artefacts from Israel, for example, largely match tin from Cornwall and Devon (Great Britain)."

Second, Tarshish gained renown for their extremely sturdy ships. These seaworthy vessels would take extended voyages to transport their exports and imports across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. These ships of Tarshish are alluded to at least nine times in the Bible.

"The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your (Tyre's) merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas." (Ezekiel 27:25)

What About Tarshish Today?

Ezekiel 38:8, 16 notifies that this is a prophecy that finds fulfillment in the last days. Ezekiel 38:13 places Tarshish in the epic event. Since these appear to be the last days, then it's safe to say that ancient Tarshish has a modern-day equivalent. 

This logical deduction applies geographically in the world, and geo-politically in the Middle East. Furthermore, Tarshish and their young lions have a relationship with Israel in this prophecy. This beckons the questions, what nation or nations have played instrumental roles in modernity in the Mideast? What countries have been interacting with Israel the most since its rebirth in 1948?

This seemingly rules out Spain as Tarshish and the Latin American countries as the young lions. The Spanish Empire was a dominant world influence in between the late 15th century until the early 19th century. During that time, Spain shared the global power struggle with the Ottoman Empire, which controlled the Middle East between 1517-1917. Today both empires have faded from their former glories and neither has much influence in the geo-political affairs of the Middle East in general and Israel specifically.

Around the end of the 18th century, the second rise of the British Empire began. At its height it was considered the largest empire in history. No other nation in history created as many colonies (young lions). The empire grew so rapidly that it became characterized by the phrase, "the empire on which the sun never set." By 1922, the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population. Moreover, the empire covered more than 13,000,000 square miles, almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area.

The Ottoman Empire's control over the Middle East ended with its defeat in World War I. Subsequently, Britain and France took sovereignty over the territory. When Israel was rebirthed in 1948, it was Britain, rather than Spain, that controlled the subject territory, which at the time was called Palestine.

Presently, America, not Latin America, is playing a young lion's role in the Mideast. In 1979, the USA was instrumental in brokering a peace deal between Israel and Egypt with President Jimmy Carter, and again in 1994 with Israel and Jordan by President Bill Clinton. It seems as though today, Britain, as Tarshish, is now playing a subservient role behind the young lions of America in important geo-political issues of interest to Israel. On the other hand, Spain and the Latin American countries are not involved much at all in Mideast matters.

Conclusion

I am convinced that the majority of biblical, historical, archaeological, geographical and geo-political arguments for the identity of Tarshish and their young lions favor Britain and America. My conclusions are also based upon a thorough examination of several respectable commentaries that clumsily attempted to connect Tarshish to Spain. In my estimation, the arguments I uncovered in favor of Spain were easily refutable.

If Britain and the USA are mentioned as mere protestors in Ezekiel 38:13, then this should trouble Americans. Why does the greatest superpower that ever existed seem to abstain from fighting alongside Israel at this critical point in its future? We are presently Israel's greatest ally!

The USA, in the past, has consistently voted pro-Israel in the United Nations, even when it was unpopular to do so. We provide Israel with state-of-the-art weaponry and other forms of foreign aid. As of June 15, 2015, Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II.

Why does the USA seem content to remain on the sidelines when Russia and its hordes invade Israel? Is it because America declines from superpower status between now and Ezekiel 38? Britain already has! In only seventy years, between 1920 and 1990, in the midst of Israel's rebirthing process, Britain collapsed as a world superpower. Now the sun always sets on the British Empire. Today the UK only spans 94,058 square miles and has a population of only about 64 million.

It's easy to see why Britain, as Tarshish in the prophecy, would tremble at the thought of fighting against the Magog coalition. But what about the USA? Is America following in Britain's same failed footsteps? Will America turn its back on God and Israel, like Britain did when it failed to enact the Balfour Declaration, which was drafted in 1917? Britain's failure to provide territory for a Jewish State at the time contributed to the extermination of approximately 6 million Jews in World War II!

Will America's decades long push to divide the land of Israel into two states have the same consequences? Is this type of anti-biblical geo-political behavior one of the reasons that America is portrayed as cowardly young lions in Ezekiel 38:13? Joel 3:2 says that one of the reasons God judges the nations is for dividing his land. In modernity, America is at the forefront of attempting to divide God's land.

This article will hopefully encourage American readers to prepare for the strong possibility that their country is headed for a potentially steep and severe decline! If you want to learn more about this prophetic topic and how mankind gets from where we are now to the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38, then purchase your copy of the DVD entitled, Ezekiel 38: When God Defends Israel, the Coming Russian-Iranian Led Invasion of the Promised Land.

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Outside of the Battle of Armageddon, the War of Gog and Magog, prophesied some 2600 years ago in chapters 38 and 39 of the ancient book of Ezekiel, stands out as the 2nd most prominent end-time prophetic war featured in Scripture. 

Ezekiel tells us that in the latter days, a group of armies from the “uttermost” north will orchestrate a massive sneak attack on Israel. At the time, Israel is said to be dwelling in relative security in a land without walls or bars. A shocking outcome awaits the enemy, as God breaks his silence and destroys the invading armies in a supernatural way. It’s a miraculous rescue mission and it leaves our world and the Jewish people changed forever. 

Bible prophecy experts, Bill Salus & Mondo Gonzales (Prophecy Watchers), have produced an exhaustive, verse-by-verse study of these two critical chapters of Scripture, covering complicated scenarios that have caused Christians great confusion over the years. 

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4. The Motives of these attackers
5. The Supernatural victory by the LORD
6. And, the Aftermath Period when Israel buries the dead armies and converts their weapons into energy.

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O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him Ezekiel 38:2 (The Israel BibleTM)
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In a recent lecture, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb warned of the final war of Gog and Magog. He explained that the war is going to be war first and foremost for “the crown” and the spiritual identity of mankind.

The rabbi based his warning on the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-1572), renowned as the greatest kabbalist of modern times, also known as the ARI, an acronym standing for he Godly Rabbi Isaac.

From the spiritual perspective, Rabbi Gottlieb said that the final battle will be between those who believe that God is one with consistent, united commandments against those who believe that God is fragmented with a whole slew of decrees – some good and some bad. He then explained that many people will be fooled by pain and suffering in the world to believe that God does bad things rather than compel us to acknowledge the bad and choose morality.

The rabbi then warned that if humanity cannot arrive at the realization that God is one and that everything he does is for the best, the war of Gog and Magog will go from an inner spiritual battle to an external violent one.

The rabbi then explained that the Gematria (numerical value) of Gog and Magog is 70, which corresponds to the seventy nations that are prophesied to descend upon Israel. Relating the phenomenon to the modern-day, the rabbi highlights the conflict with the Arabs both inside and surrounding Israel as well as increasing anti-semitism worldwide. He adds that the Arabs are “buying control” under the guise of ‘equality.’
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Turkey’s Syria Invasion Could Fulfill Ezekiel 38 Prophecy
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Turkey’s Syria Invasion Could Fulfill Ezekiel 38 Prophecy
OPINION (CBN) – Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz believes that US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from northeast Syria while Turkish forces invaded could trigger an event prophesied about in Ezekiel 38.

While speaking on “The Jim Bakker Show” last week, Lotz said she was concerned by Trump’s decision to allow Turkey to attack America’s Kurdish allies, Christians, and others living in northeast Syria. “I’m like a lot of people—what in the world is going on?” Lotz said. But the best-selling author thinks God may be up to something and is using Trump “whether he really knows it or not.”

“I believe like King Cyrus or others in the Old Testament, Nebuchadnezzar, God uses them,” Lotz explained. “So I thought, ‘Has God caused him to go against all his advisers, all the military people, and done something that God wanted him to do—whether he knows it’s God or not?'” “Maybe he’s just bullheaded or stubborn or somebody rubbed him wrong.

But anyway, he pulled us out,” she continued. Lotz explained that although she is “not a prophecy expert,” Trump’s decision could spark a war prophesied in Ezekiel 38 that “has not yet taken place” “There is a war that is predicted, that has never happened,” she said. “When Gog, the prince of Magog—who some people believe is Putin in Russia—they come down from the north and they align with Turkey and Syria … and the Sudan and Libya and then they come up and they go against Israel.” READ MORE https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2019/november/lotz-turkeys-syria-invasion-could-fulfill-ezekiel-38-prophecy-about-apocalyptic-war-in-middle-east

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JERUSALEM, Israel - Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz believes that US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from northeast Syria while Turkish forces invaded could trigger an event prophesied about in Ezekiel 38.

While speaking on "The Jim Bakker Show" last week, Lotz said she was concerned by Trump's decision to allow Turkey to attack America's Kurdish allies, Christians, and others living in northeast Syria.

"I'm like a lot of people—what in the world is going on?" Lotz said.

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But the best-selling author thinks God may be up to something and is using Trump "whether he really knows it or not."

"I believe like King Cyrus or others in the Old Testament, Nebuchadnezzar, God uses them," Lotz explained. "So I thought, 'Has God caused him to go against all his advisers, all the military people, and done something that God wanted him to do—whether he knows it's God or not?'"

"Maybe he's just bullheaded or stubborn or somebody rubbed him wrong. But anyway, he pulled us out," she continued.

Lotz explained that although she is "not a prophecy expert," Trump's decision could spark a war prophesied in Ezekiel 38 that "has not yet taken place"

"There is a war that is predicted, that has never happened," she said. "When Gog, the prince of Magog—who some people believe is Putin in Russia—they come down from the north and they align with Turkey and Syria ... and the Sudan and Libya and then they come up and they go against Israel."

"Ezekiel 38 says, 'God has done it,' because He's bringing them against Jerusalem because He is going to judge them and He's going to destroy them," Lotz explained.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan to devise a ceasefire. The two countries agreed to uphold the ceasefire and patrol a "safe zone" in northeast Syria together after the Kurds have been driven out of the area.

Lotz believes this agreement could have implications for end-time prophecy.

"They (Russian Troops) are now in northern Syria," she said. "So I'm just wondering if it's like a chessboard and if the pieces are being moved to set up maybe the last of the last days, but maybe also that Ezekiel 38 War that has yet to be."

However, as The Christian Post points out, American Vision president and author of The Gog and Magog End-Time Alliance Gary Demar says there are several problems with Lotz's interpretation of Ezekiel 38. 

"The most obvious problem is that the battle of Gog and Magog, in the dispensational system Lotz believes and teaches, doesn't take place until after the thousand-year period described in Revelation 20: 7-8," DeMar argued.

"This means that this battle, following dispensationalism, is at least a thousand years in the future and has nothing to do with what's happening in Syria or anywhere else," he said.

Still, Lotz urges believers to pray for the Middle East and for peace to reign in Jerusalem.

"It's a time to pray for the peace of Jerusalem," Lotz said. "They're just in a mess. They don't have a leadership right now. The Israelis are divided when the enemies are surrounding them. And could it be that it gets so bad, that like they did in Judges, they'll cry out? But this time, they'll cry out to God and say, 'God, help us,' and will He send the Messiah to deliver them?

"So it's a very critical, strategic time for the nation of Israel, and I believe God's Word when it says that He blesses those who bless Israel and bless His people. So we can bless them through our prayers for them. Just follow the news. Pray for the leadership. Pray for Israel."
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Ezekiel 38-39 ‘Gog Magog’ War: How Near?
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“In the latter years, you will come into the land of those who have been brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel. . . .” Ezekiel 38: 8

I’ve been watching news headlines for years concerning the amazingly detailed End-Time prophecies recorded in Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39. Yet the topic is hardly ever mentioned in church pulpits – it only gets talked about in prophetic circles.

We believers are supposed to understand the times and be on the alert as watchmen on the walls!

As news developments are becoming more urgent in the Mideast, the pressing question is– how imminent is the prophesied Ezekiel War?  Will it happen before Israeli elections in April, as at least one of my Israeli friends believes? Will this great war of divine intervention somehow coincide with Purim, the annual Israeli holiday that remembers Jewish victory and salvation from the Perians (i.e. Iran) in the days of Queen Esther and Mordechai?

There’s an unhealthy trend in evangelical circles today that basically wants to ignore the biblical reality of the Second Coming. And the irony is the boycott of the subject comes at a time when the Lord is soon to return according to all of the biblical signs Jesus gave us!

If you check out the topics of one Christian conference after another, I daresay you’ll find that very few mention the Second Coming of Jesus….. or the subject of Israel as a fulfilment of Bible prophecy. When it comes to eschatology– the study of the end times– many believers have mistakenly swallowed the lie that End-time prophecy is just too confusing or complicated to tackle.

However, Ezekiel 38 and 39 are very straightforward and easy to understand, namely that the restored nation of Israel in the last days will be suddenly invaded by a coalition of nations led by an enemy from the north BUT God will miraculously intervene to save Israel and defeat the coalition of nations. God promises a worldwide revival as a result.

Meanwhile, pastors and preachers are failing their congregations if they don’t prepare them for the Last Days, and if they don’t teach what the Bible says concerning doctrines related to the return of the Lord and the culmination of human history. The truth of the Second Coming literally fills the pages of the New Testament. Yet it never ceases to amaze me how some people get their backs up over this subject, especially the doctrine of the rapture, or the translation to heaven of the church, before the Great Tribulation.

Jesus prepared his followers by saying that in the world we should expect tribulation, but there’s a future period called by the Bible the Great Tribulation. The time period called the Great Tribulation will be in a league entirely all its own.  In Luke 21: 36 Jesus gave instructions that we should “stay awake at all times, praying that we may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”


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The doctrine of the imminency of the Lord’s Second Coming would be eliminated if the Rapture happens sometime after the beginning of the 7 years specified in the Bible as the Great Tribulation. Daniel, the prophet, identified the Tribulation as a seven-year period, and the second half of the Great Tribulation will be the worst part.

How would a person know if they’re living in the time of the Great Tribulation? The key is found in the Olivet Discourse by Jesus. He said it will be “When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it shouldn’t be,” desecrating the rebuilt temple of God, and verse 19 adds, “Those days will be a time of tribulation such has not occurred since the beginning of creation until now, and never will.”

Furthermore, the Gospels tell us that “if the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved.”

The Great Tribulation will be the worse time in history – events will be more deadly and more disastrous exponentially- and it’s all foretold by  John in the Book of Revelation, from chapters 6 to 19. In his Olivet Discourse, Jesus said that “After that tribulation” – when the Great Tribulation is finished, “the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from heaven and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken” – “Then” – in the midst of the darkness with no sun, no moon, and no stars – “they will see the awesome sight of the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.”

And then He’ll send His angels to the far corners of the earth to collect all the elect together to enter into His Davidic kingdom. So the Bible tells us that when the Antichrist sets himself up to be worshipped in the rebuilt third temple of God, a horrendous time will be triggered that will set off the countdown of judgments that will end with the majestic return of King Messiah to take control of this world for a thousand-year kingdom.

So don’t think for one moment that this world is going to drag on and on indefinitely in its present state, with all of its rebellion against God, and with all of its religious deception and cruel dictators. Jesus gave us signs of his return when he will judge and rule this world, so we’ll be prepared. The first disciples of Jesus wanted to know the sign of his coming. In the Lord’s Olivet Discourse recorded in all three of the synoptic Gospels, Jesus warned that before his return, the world will be characterized by all manner of deception. He said the world will experience birth pains of massive disasters; wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, plagues, natural disasters. And he said human history will be characterized by relentless persecution — both Jews and Christians have suffered unspeakable things.

Jesus described the intermittent period between his Ascension and his return, as a time of Gospel preaching, the times of the Gentiles. History has proven the accuracy of his predictions and warnings. But soon, Halleluyah, the Lord will be King over the whole earth. Revelation 20 says his rule will last a thousand years, and at the end of the thousand years, the whole universe will implode and be replaced by a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells forever. All of this is our hope. I’m looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

One of the aspects of the lengthy ministry of Billy Graham that I found so effective and encouraging was that he consistently taught about the Second Coming of Jesus. Billy Graham faithfully made reference to the many Bible verses about the Second Coming. He consistently warned people that Jesus is coming and to be prepared to meet God.

Most eschatologists teach that before the Rapture and the Great  Tribulation, an invasion of Israel detailed in Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39 must first take place. Listen to how Ezekiel chapter 38 begins: “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, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.”

Verse 8 goes on to say, “After many days you will be visited. In the latter years, you will come into the land of those who have been brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they [speaking of the Jewish people] were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.”

So, my friends, this chapter is speaking of the last days that precede the Great Tribulation period and that precede the Day of the Lord. The indication is that the nation of regathered Israel will be living in an imperfect peace situation because of the animosity of Israel’s neighbors as described so accurately in Psalm 83. In that psalm, Israel’s enemies are confederate saying, “Come let us wipe them out as a nation that the name of Israel will be remembered no more.” Israel hasn’t enjoyed genuine peace since its rebirth in 1948, but only tenuous peace after the many wars and ceasefires. But in Ezekiel 38, a thought comes into the mind of Israel’s enemies to the north to devise an evil plan, saying, “I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely” –to do what?—“to take plunder and to take a spoil.” The motive is economic. So who is this enemy to the north described with Biblical names — Gog, Magog, Rosh, Meshech and Tubal? Well there’s agreement among most prophecy scholars that Gog is a title of a strong leader, a prince of Rosh, meaning Russia; Magog was the name of a grandson of Noah who settled in territory that’s Russia today. The first century Jewish historian Josephus identified the offspring of Magog as the Scythians —who were brutal, horse-riding nomads that resided in the area of modern-day southern Russia and Eastern Ukraine.

Some scholars say Meshech and Tubal were once a part of territory that’s now Russia as well. God says in Ezekiel 38: 4, “I will put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army,” and verse 5 is very important because it says the alliance that will come against Israel includes Persia, which is modern-day Iran, Israel’s mortal enemy.

Iran constantly threatens and boasts that it’s going to wipe Israel from the map. Iran is self-confident and has admitted to supplying both missiles and missile technology to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah operatives in Jordan. Besides Iran,Ezekiel prophesies that “many other nations” will be part of the invasion, including Cush, (modern day-Sudan); Put, (modern-day Libya); Gomer and Beth Togarmah, believed to be ancient names for Turkey. Have you noticed how Russia and Turkey are aligned now with Iran?

You may wonder–where are the world’s super powers, America and Britain? Some scholars believe they can be found in verse 13 of Ezekiel 38. That verse says “Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to Gog, ‘Have you come to take a spoil, .. to take great plunder?” Sheba and Dedan mentioned in this verse are in Saudi Arabia but who are the merchants of Tarshish? The scriptures indicate Tarshish was a faraway island that the runaway prophet Jonah was trying to reach. So in the Hebrew Bible, Tarshish was far across the sea from the Land of Israel. The merchants were the sailors who back British tin and metals from afar. Some scholars believe Tarshish is Britain because of verse 13’s mention of lions; the lion is the symbol for Britain – and the young lions of Tarshish would represent America and the British colonies.

So the nations are lining up just as Ezekiel 38 predicted: Russia already has a foothold and major military presence in Syria; and Sheba and Dedan, representing Saudi Arabia, are now in alliance with the USA and Israel– against Iran. In verse 13, the United States, if it is a young lion of Tarshish, asks a question—what is Russia daring to do? Have you come to plunder? To loot?

In light of all this biblical background, I want to share a recent “Breaking Israel News” headline which asked the question based upon Ezekiel 38–Is, “Russia: A Friend of Israel or Prophetic Enemy from the North?” Recently Russia released what seemed to be conflicting statements in the wake of Israeli airstrikes against Iranian military sites in Syria. Russia decried the Israeli airstrikes but at the same expressed its “deep concern” about Israel’s security. So it’s essential to understand Russia’s intentions for the region. Russia’s role takes on apocalyptic implications when considering verses in Ezekiel 38 that identify the War of Gog and Magog as a multi-national coalition led by a nation from the far north. If you look at a map, Moscow is directly far north from Israel.  …..

Let’s read Ezekiel 38: 14-15: Thus says the LORD: Surely, on that day, when My people Israel are living securely, you will take note, and you will come from your home in the farthest north, you and many peoples with you—, a vast horde, a mighty army.”  The Breaking Israel News article pointed out that Russia has an economic motive for attacking Israel — it’s called the East-Med gas pipeline. On December 20th, 2018, the Prime Ministers of Israel, Cyprus, and Greece met in the Israeli city of Beersheba and all three parties signed a high-level agreement concerning one of the longest and deepest underwater gas pipelines in the world that will deliver natural gas to the European Union. The EU is keen to support the project and to diversify its natural gas imports away from the heavily sanctioned Russian Federation. The article went on to claim that Russia is economically bankrupt held together by the sale of vodka and resources like natural gas to Europe. But  Israel’s natural gas discovery in December 2010 makes the Jewish state a net exporter of energy, and this threatens Russian dominance in supplying energy. Then in October 2015, Israel discovered oil in the Golan Heights. Israel’s oil find is in one of the most contested pieces of real estate in the world. Two days before the announcement, Russian President Putin ordered troops and heavy artillery into Syria.

Isaiah 45: 3 promises, “I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.” Ezekiel 38 uses a metaphor– hooks in your jaws– to describe that Russia and its allies will be lured by God himself into the fray. And then Russia and its allies will be miraculously defeated by God himself! Verse 8 tells us that the war will take place in the latter days when Israel has been regathered and is living in relative peace. But verse 11 of Ezekiel 38 gives us the detail that the purpose of the war will be to seize Israel’s resources.

In light of the upcoming Ezekiel War, we also continue to watch Isaiah 17 very closely, which opens with “The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.” Although Damascus, Syria’s capital, was conquered many times, the city was never totally destroyed.  But Syria is suicidal as the state sponsor of the terror group Hezbollah and allows the presence of the Iranian-backed terrorists as well as Russia’s military presence. Verse 14 of Isaiah 17 is a bombshell in light of the coming Ezekiel War and the invaders’ plan to plunder Israel. It says, “In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.”

Again, I want to mention the possible role of Britain and the United States because Ezekiel 38: 13 mentions the verbal protests by Israel’s allies, the Tarshish nations, the lion and her lion cubs—which could be Britain, USA, Canada and Australia — but apparently the Tarshish nations only engage in diplomatic rhethoric. They apparently don’t intervene; instead, DIVINE intervention wins the day, and the God of Israel will receive all the glory! The God of Israel not only intervenes, he crushes the invaders, bringing shock and awe to the world!

Let’s look at Ezekiel 38: 18, “When Gog attacks the land of Israel, the Sovereign Lord says, “My hot anger will be aroused, My fury will come up in my face. In My zeal and in My blazing wrath, I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. …..and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; …With pestilence and blood I’ll enter into judgment with Gog; I will rain on him and his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.  I will magnify Myself, I will sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.”’ So, you see, this supernatural war is going to be one of God’s GREAT, great interventions in human history!! The God of Israel is going to magnify himself in the sight of the nations, and Ezekiel 39: 7 declares that he will make his name known in the midst of his people Israel. Furthermore, God says in Ezekiel 39: 21, “I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them. And the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God from that day onward.”

You see, all of this prophecy couldn’t be fulfilled until Israel was restored. Recently I was told adamantly by a Palestinian that the Jewish people are no longer God’s chosen people, and to try to back up her argument, she quoted a prominent religious leader in the Mideast who disparaged the Jewish people, saying they’re no longer the chosen people. I answered, “With respect, the Word of God is more reliable than the opinion of a religious leader. God is a covenant-keeping God, and he has promised to keep covenant with Israel because of his unfailing character despite their own failings.”

Ezekiel 39 goes on to say, “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name.”  And God adds in Ezekiel 39: 28, “Israel will know that the Lord their God sent them into captivity among the nations but also that I brought them back to their land leaving none behind any longer.” You see, God is going to intervene and do all of this for his own glory and because he is a covenant-keeping God.. . .The Ezekiel War will sanctify the name of the real one and only true God in the eyes of the nations. What a great breakthrough that’s going to be for preaching the Gospel!


Will Ezekiel War involve a nuclear exchange? (iStock)

Ezekiel says, “Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will burn the weapons of the invaders for seven years.” Some eschatologists wonder if the Ezekiel War will involve a nuclear exchange? Well, we also have this interesting detail in Ezekiel 39 telling us that for seven months the house of Israel will be involved in burying the bodies of the defeated coalition, in order to cleanse the land. Ezekiel 39 alludes to certain cleansing procedures mentioned in verses 11 to 16 possibly due to nuclear contamination. The bottom line out of all of this is that the Jewish people and the nations will recognize God’s hand in victory, and a great revival will ensue.

This gives me great hope despite the current darkness and lawlessness in the nations especially in the west. God prophesies in Ezekiel 39: 22, “I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. So, from that day forward,the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God.” Then, verse 28 and 29, “They will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, after exiling them among the nations, not leaving any of them behind.” And—listen to the glorious conclusion of Ezekiel 39—God says, “I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ declares the Lord GOD.” Friends, this prophecy calls for a selah moment and this promise of Holy Spirit outpouring corresponds with the glorious prophecy of Zechariah 12:10 where God promises to outpour the spirit of grace and supplications upon the house of David and Jerusalem. Zechariah prophesies, “They will look on ME, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for HIM as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.” Furthermore, the Ezekiel War chapters are followed by chapters about the restoration of the Temple of God and the return of the glory of the Lord during the Millennium.  So watch the Mideast and heed the words of Jesus in his Olivet  Discourse, “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know the summer is near. Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door. Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. … Therefore, be on the alert– What I say to you, I say to all, watch for the Lord’s appearing!”

Amen and Amen. I pray to God that he’s working in the hearts of anyone who has not yet received Jesus as Savior and Lord. If that’s you, I urge and encourage you to receive him today– now! And in the meantime, let’s take fresh courage in light of the amazing divine intervention that’s coming in the Mideast. While we can, let’s be strong and take action, sharing the Gospel, and doing the exploits the Lord calls each one of us to do. And let’s stay in touch on social media or at our website at exploits.tv where you can sign up to receive our free color magazine Exploits. Don’t forget– our Jerusalem Channel App is available free to download from your app store. Until next time, earnestly contending for the faith and praying always for the peace of Jerusalem, I’m Christine Darg, Maranatha and shalom!

This article is a transcript of a TV program by Christine Darg at this link.
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Trump revealed sensitive Israeli intelligence to Russians, infuriating Israelis
https://worldisraelnews.com/this-is-how-israels-elite-troops-exposed-isis-plot-to-blow-up-airliners
 November 23, 2017
Trump revealed sensitive Israeli intelligence to Russians, infuriating IsraelisPresident Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Washington in May. (Russian Foreign Ministry Photo via AP)

Vanity Fair has provided a detailed account of how Israel’s elite intelligence unit allegedly obtained information that led to the exposure of an ISIS plot to blow up airliners. 

By: World Israel News Staff

The Washington Post in May revealed that President Donald Trump had shared classified, highly sensitive intelligence with two high-ranking Russian envoys, Sergey Kislyak and Sergey Lavrov, during their visit at the Oval Office.

It has now been revealed that the sensitive intelligence, collected by the Israel, exposed an Islamic State (ISIS) plot to bomb airliners by planting explosives in electronic devices.

The exposure of the plot led to a four-month-long US and British ban on the use of electronic devices on flights originating from 10 Muslim countries.

Trump’s disclosure reportedly infuriated Israeli officials, as it was shared with the White House on condition that it would remain confidential. Intelligence sharing between the two allies, however, was not significantly hindered.

Vanity Fair, in a Wednesday report, revealed the full story surrounding the intelligence-collecting operation.

“On a dark night at the tail end of last winter, just a month after the inauguration of the new American president, an evening when only a sickle moon hung in the Levantine sky, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters flew low across Jordan and then, staying under the radar, veered north toward the twisting ribbon of shadows that was the Euphrates River. On board, waiting with a professional stillness as they headed into the hostile heart of Syria, were Sayeret Matkal commandos, the Jewish state’s elite counterterrorism force, along with members of the technological unit of the Mossad, its foreign-espionage agency. Their target: an ISIS cell that was racing to get a deadly new weapon thought to have been devised by Ibrahim al-Asiri, the Saudi national who was al-Qaeda’s master bombmaker in Yemen,” Vanity Fair recounts.

The details of the account were reconstructed for Vanity Fair by two “experts on Israeli intelligence operations.”

“The helicopters carrying the blue-and-white units came down several miles from their target. Two jeeps bearing Syrian Army markings were unloaded, the men hopped in, and, hearts racing, they drove as if it had been the most natural of patrols into the pre-dawn stillness of an enemy city,” the account continues.

The IDF elite troops secured the area while the Mossad techies bugged a hideout used by the covert ISIS cell.

One source said the actual room where the ISIS cell would meet was spiked, a tiny microphone placed where it would never be noticed. Another maintained that an adjacent telephone junction box had been ingeniously manipulated so that every word spoken in a specific location would be overheard.

This operation led to the exposure of ISIS’ plot to take down Western airliners.

“Trump betrayed us,” the magazine quoted a senior Israeli military official as saying. “And if we can’t trust him, then we’re going to have to do what is necessary on our own if our back is up against the wall with Iran.”

The Trump administration has denied that the president leaked the intelligence.

Former IDF Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who has intimate knowledge of such operations, told IDF Radio that several of the details in the report seemed questionable to him.
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Assad and Putin Meet, as Russia Pushes to End Syrian War
By ANNE BARNARDNOV. 21, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/world/middleeast/assad-putin-russia-syria.html

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, left, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met in Sochi, Russia, on Monday. Credit Pool photo by Mikhail Klimentyev
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thanking Russia for the military intervention he credited for “saving Syria,” President Bashar al-Assad met with President Vladimir V. Putin amid preparations for new talks aimed at ending the civil war.

Mr. Assad’s visit on Monday to the Russian resort town of Sochi was made public on Tuesday, a day before a summit meeting there for the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia, who have taken an increasingly prominent role in diplomacy with Syria while the United States has put Mr. Assad’s fate on the back burner.

Russian officials have said that their aim is to ensure Mr. Assad’s support for a political process to end a conflict that began more than six years ago. But Mr. Assad has consistently resisted compromise with his Syrian opponents, and doubts remain about how much Russia is willing, or able, to push him to accept significant changes like substantive power sharing or reforms.

In another signal that political change in Syria is less and less an international priority, in a phone conversation with Mr. Putin on Tuesday that lasted more than an hour and was mostly about Syria, President Trump did not bring up the issue of political transition, an administration official said. Instead, the White House said the two leaders agreed on the importance of stability, ending the war, fighting terrorism and allowing refugees to go home.

The declarations of military victory may also be premature: The Islamic State has lost much of its territory, but its fighters remain an insurgent threat and armed opposition groups still hold significant sections of the country.

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It was Mr. Assad’s second known trip abroad since the civil war in his country began in 2011; he visited Moscow in 2015, soon after Russia began its pivotal air campaign in support of his forces. The Sochi stop came as his other main allies, Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, declared that they had defeated the Islamic State in its last major Syrian stronghold, Bukamal, near the Iraqi border.

Saying that “the military operation is really coming to an end,” Mr. Putin told Mr. Assad that it was time to work toward a lasting political settlement.

Parallel Russian- and American-led campaigns against the Islamic State have largely shattered the group’s territorial self-declared caliphate. But a solution to the underlying conflict — which began after Mr. Assad’s forces cracked down on political protests — has remained elusive.

Insurgents unaffiliated with the Islamic State still hold patches of territory, besieged and bombarded by government forces, near the Syrian capital, Damascus; in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib; and along the border with Jordan. Tens of thousands of people are missing, including civilians believed detained by the Syrian government. Twelve million Syrians, half the population, have been driven from their homes.

On Tuesday, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, which tracks war casualties through a database of victims identified by name, said that since March 2011, at least 26,446 children had been killed in the conflict, a vast majority by government forces.

“The main thing is to move to political processes,” Mr. Putin told Mr. Assad, according to Russian state news media. “I am pleased to see your readiness to work with everyone willing to establish peace and find solutions.”

Mr. Assad, who embraced the Russian leader and shook hands with a row of generals, replied, “We must admit that the operation made it possible to advance the process of political settlement in Syria.”

The United States and other international opponents have largely backed off their longstanding demand that Mr. Assad step down and have signaled willingness to accept a political transition that left him in power for at least some amount of time. But that remains unacceptable to many rebels and political opposition groups, and Mr. Assad has been accused in European courts of presiding over large-scale war crimes.

Suhair Atassi, an opposition activist, said the West appeared to be more and more willing to go along with Russia’s agenda for Syria.

Ms. Atassi was one of eight members to announce their resignation this week from the opposition negotiating group that has been attending the long-stalled talks sponsored by the United Nations in Geneva, including the committee’s leader, Riad Hijab. She said they were under pressure to make compromises they could not accept.

“They told us very clearly, ‘You, the opposition, will be out of the political scene if you don’t accept the fact that Bashar is staying,’ ” Ms. Atassi said.

“For the first time, I feel the international community is united,” she added “They told us, ‘You can beat Bashar in the election.’ ”

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The rebel-held town of Douma, Syria, last week after reported shelling by government forces. Credit Hamza Al-Ajweh/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Ms. Atassi said the main international debate over Syria’s future was now about “ small details — whether Bashar will run for the next elections or not, how long he will stay in his term, his powers.”

She said Western countries had become more and more inclined to simply hand over the thorny matter of Syria to Russia and accept Moscow’s approach.

The Trump administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the confidential call with Mr. Putin, said Mr. Trump’s emphasis on stability did not signal a change in American policy, just that the president considered peace the priority. Nor did Mr. Trump bring up Russia’s veto last week of a Security Council resolution that would have extended the investigation into who used chemical weapons in Syria, the official said.
“Things are obviously complicated with Russia,” a State Department spokeswoman, Heather Nauert, told reporters.

Noting that the administration believes that Mr. Assad’s military used chemical weapons multiple times against civilians, Ms. Nauert gamely attempted to square that with a photo from Monday’s meeting of Mr. Putin enveloping Mr. Assad in a hug.

“I think that hug is proof that Vladimir Putin bears a certain responsibility for trying to help out Syria,” she said, “for trying to get Bashar al-Assad to — well, trying to get that government — to put pressure on Bashar al-Assad so they don’t do something like that again.”

Opposition members like Ms. Atassi say lasting peace will be unattainable without accountability for war crimes like chemical weapons use and torture.

Russian state media said the Kremlin supported efforts by Saudi Arabia, which is the host for the opposition committee, to reorganize the opposition, presumably an effort to recruit a committee that would agree to new parameters. A new Geneva round is scheduled to begin next Tuesday.

Mr. Putin then plans to be the host at what he calls a Syrian Peoples’ Congress in Sochi on Dec. 2. Initial plans for the meeting called for inviting 33 Syrian opposition groups, some tolerated by Damascus, as well as Kurdish groups — a much broader range than those included in the Geneva process.

The meeting was postponed once over Turkey’s objections to inviting Kurdish groups that the Turks see as allied with Kurdish separatists in Turkey.

Another problem that remains unresolved is the fate of areas taken from the Islamic State by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led, American-backed militia. The Syrian government has said it will fight to take the territory.

But the biggest problem for the Sochi talks, Neil Hauer, an analyst specializing in Russia’s involvement in Syria, wrote Monday, is “the opposition’s deep mistrust for Russia as a serious broker for an inter-Syrian settlement.”

Even before calling for the Sochi meeting, Russia had already carved out a parallel process to Geneva — talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, it has led with Iran and Turkey. That process, Mr. Hauer wrote, has largely functioned as an effort by those countries “to impose their own policies on Syria regardless of the whims of local actors.”

But some Syrian rebels have taken part in the talks, saying they see little option. The main result of the Astana talks has been the creation of four so-called de-escalation zones, which were meant to calm violence but where in practice heavy bombardment continues, hitting trapped civilians as well as armed groups.

Also on Tuesday, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran declared “the end” of the Islamic State and congratulated the peoples of Syria, Iraq and Lebanon as well as “dear brother” Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ elite Quds Force, who played a major role in battles in Iraq and Syria.

His remarks echoed those made on Monday by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shiite militia group. Mr. Nasrallah spoke in more detail than he had previously done about Hezbollah’s involvement in Iraq, saying the group had sent many commanders to Iraq to aid in the battle against Islamic State.

Hezbollah has played an even larger and more prominent role in Syria. The new power, influence and weapons it gained in the process have roiled the region, as Saudi Arabia takes increasingly assertive steps to push back.

Mr. Nasrallah said his fighters would leave Iraq if they were no longer needed.

But as the United States has learned repeatedly, declaring “mission accomplished” in Iraq does not mean the fight is over.

Reporting was contributed by Hwaida Saad from Beirut; Ivan Nechepurenko from Moscow; Thomas Erdbrink from Tehran; and Peter Baker from Washington.
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Russia, Iran, Turkey agree to hold Syrian 'congress' to talk peace
By Schams Elwazer, Milena Veselinovic and Hilary McGann, CNN
Updated 1919 GMT (0319 HKT) November 22, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, addresses reporters with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting on Syria in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday.
 
(CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia, Iran and Turkey have agreed to hold a "congress" in Russia that would bring together the warring factions in Syria for peace talks.
 
Putin's comments came after he met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi.
The three leaders have issued a joint statement aimed at continuing the Syrian peace talks and finding a sustainable solution for the post-conflict period by convening a "Syrian National Congress of Dialogue," Putin said.
Putin and Rouhani said the congress -- whose members would include figures from the Syrian regime and the opposition -- would lay the groundwork for a new constitution and elections.
Putin said that "special services, military authorities are working on organizing that congress here in Sochi."
"We have to bring representatives of all the different ethnic and denomination groups in Syria," Putin said.
Putin said the new congress would "look at key problems on the national agenda of Syria," including "working out a political organization and the endorsement of a new constitution" and "the organization of the new elections under the auspices of the UN."
This one photo tells you all you need to know about Syria
The Russian President also said that UN-backed peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, should "intensify," adding: "I want to stress here that the fate of Syria must be decide by Syrians themselves -- both the government and opposition."
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said during a visit to Sochi earlier this week that he was "totally committed" to a peaceful solution and to holding new elections, Putin said.
Putin and his government have been one of the chief supporters of the Assad regime, both militarily and in helping to negotiate ceasefires in the country's long-running civil war.
Putin also said that peace talks held in Astana, Kazakhstan, had made a difference. "We have very considerably reduced the violence in Syria," he said, and now have to ensure that conditions are in place for return of refugees.
"As guarantor countries -- Russia, Iran and Turkey will continue to work on making sure that combat actions are finished, that the deescalation zones are protected and that that is respected by all sides," he added.


Russia expects US military to leave Syria once ISIS is defeated
THEN PUTIN AND THE REST OF COALITION OF NATIONS, CAN TAKE OVER COMPLETELY
By Chris Tomson - 23/11/20170
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-expects-us-military-leave-syria-isis-defeated/
 
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:30 P.M.) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that he doubted the reliability of reports which suggest that the United States intends to keep its forces on the ground in Syria once the Islamic State has been defeated.
 
When asked about an article by the Washington Post on the matter, Dmitry Peskov said: “We know nothing about their sources, we know nothing about the reliability of this information.”
 
Since day one of its military intervention in 2014, the US-led coalition has repeatedly insisted its presence in Syria solely resolves around eliminating ISIS self-declared caliphate.
 
Given the current rate of advances, the Islamic State mainland territory between Iraq and Syria is expected to be fully liberated within a month; effectively, Washington is expected to withdraw its forces soon.
 
Since 2016, the US-led coalition has primarily been supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia, through military advisors and airstrikes on ISIS targets. If the US pulls out its forces, the SDF will be significantly weakened both politically and militarily.
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By Leith Fadel - 25/11/20170

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 A.M.) – On Friday, six Tu-22M3 long-range bombers from the Russian Air Force completed another important mission against the so-called Islamic State (ISIS).

The Russian bombers specifically targeted the Islamic State’s positions along the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

As a result of these airstrikes on Friday, several Islamic State installations and concentrations of power were reportedly destroyed.

Moreover, Su-24 bombers from the Hmaymim Airbase attacked several other Islamic State targets in Deir Ezzor, scoring direct hits on the terrorist group’s positions.

Video footage of the Russian airstrikes was released by the Ministry of Defense on Friday evening:

1.32 mins VIDEO.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8RggZ1cOjI
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Putin orders Russian companies to be ready for urgent transition to war-time operations
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Putin orders Russian companies to be ready for urgent transition to war-time operations
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says that all major Russian companies, both state-owned and private, must be ready for a rapid transition to war-time operations, adding that the capability is crucial to national security.
According to the Kremlin press service, the Russian president made the statement on Wednesday at a conference with senior defense ministry officials and top managers of major defense companies.

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“I would like to note that the ability of any economy to rapidly increase the output of defense products and services when it is needed is one of the most important conditions of the nation’s military security. All strategic and… large enterprises must be ready for this,” Putin stated.

The Russian leader added that he and senior defense officials already discussed the issue in 2015 and 2016, and asked those attending the meeting to report which problems of the previous years had been dealt with and which had not.

The conference concerned the results of the Zapad 2017 military exercises held by the Russian and Belarusian military forces in September. Russia sent around 3,000 troops to neighboring Belarus, where they trained at six locations, along with 7,000 soldiers and officers from the host nation. Russia accepted Belarusian troops at three of its own military sites.

Fewer than 13,000 troops took part in the exercise in total, according to figures from the defense ministries of Russia and Belarus. Around 70 aircraft, 680 armored vehicles, including 250 tanks, 200 artillery guns, and 10 warships, were deployed by the two nations.

Russia, Iran, Turkey agree to hold Syrian 'congress' to talk peace
By Schams Elwazer, Milena Veselinovic and Hilary McGann, CNN
Updated 1919 GMT (0319 HKT) November 22, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, addresses reporters with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting on Syria in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, addresses reporters with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting on Syria in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday.
(CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia, Iran and Turkey have agreed to hold a "congress" in Russia that would bring together the warring factions in Syria for peace talks.

Putin's comments came after he met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi.
The three leaders have issued a joint statement aimed at continuing the Syrian peace talks and finding a sustainable solution for the post-conflict period by convening a "Syrian National Congress of Dialogue," Putin said.
Putin and Rouhani said the congress -- whose members would include figures from the Syrian regime and the opposition -- would lay the groundwork for a new constitution and elections.
Putin said that "special services, military authorities are working on organizing that congress here in Sochi."
"We have to bring representatives of all the different ethnic and denomination groups in Syria," Putin said.
Putin said the new congress would "look at key problems on the national agenda of Syria," including "working out a political organization and the endorsement of a new constitution" and "the organization of the new elections under the auspices of the UN."
This one photo tells you all you need to know about Syria
The Russian President also said that UN-backed peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, should "intensify," adding: "I want to stress here that the fate of Syria must be decide by Syrians themselves -- both the government and opposition."
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said during a visit to Sochi earlier this week that he was "totally committed" to a peaceful solution and to holding new elections, Putin said.
Putin and his government have been one of the chief supporters of the Assad regime, both militarily and in helping to negotiate ceasefires in the country's long-running civil war.
Putin also said that peace talks held in Astana, Kazakhstan, had made a difference. "We have very considerably reduced the violence in Syria," he said, and now have to ensure that conditions are in place for return of refugees.
"As guarantor countries -- Russia, Iran and Turkey will continue to work on making sure that combat actions are finished, that the deescalation zones are protected and that that is respected by all sides," he added.



Russia expects US military to leave Syria once ISIS is defeated
THEN PUTIN AND THE REST OF COALITION OF NATIONS, CAN TAKE OVER COMPLETELY
By Chris Tomson - 23/11/20170
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-expects-us-military-leave-syria-isis-defeated/
 
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:30 P.M.) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that he doubted the reliability of reports which suggest that the United States intends to keep its forces on the ground in Syria once the Islamic State has been defeated.

When asked about an article by the Washington Post on the matter, Dmitry Peskov said: “We know nothing about their sources, we know nothing about the reliability of this information.”

Since day one of its military intervention in 2014, the US-led coalition has repeatedly insisted its presence in Syria solely resolves around eliminating ISIS self-declared caliphate.

Given the current rate of advances, the Islamic State mainland territory between Iraq and Syria is expected to be fully liberated within a month; effectively, Washington is expected to withdraw its forces soon.

Since 2016, the US-led coalition has primarily been supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led militia, through military advisors and airstrikes on ISIS targets. If the US pulls out its forces, the SDF will be significantly weakened both politically and militarily.
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What specific nations will come against Israel in the last days?
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This clip is from our series entitled, "Signs of the Last Days". It answers the question: What specific nations will come against Israel in the last days?
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Identities of Gog and Magog Revealed, Confirmed By Bible Codes

By Dr. Rivkah Lambert Adler February 10, 2017 , 7:00 am
“And say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold I am against thee O Gog chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” Ezekiel 38:3 (The Israel Bible™)

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The war of Gog and Magog occurred when the United States abstained from the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 on December 23, 2016, claimed rabbinic scholar and popular lecturer Rabbi Mendel Kessin in a recent interview with Tamar Yonah, veteran radio host at Israel News Talk Radio.

In the interview, Rabbi Kessin, who has recorded over 25 hours of classes about the Messianic implications of events in the 21st century, said, “The UN is Gog and Magog. The UN is the entire world against Israel.

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Rabbi Mendel Kessin (Photo: Facebook)
“They actually said that Jerusalem is occupied territory, which is absurd. Why did the UN do it? Because what God obviously did is He made the UN decree against Israel include Jerusalem (which is nonsense), in order that that institution, and the decree, should be Gog and Magog.

“And the one who did that is Obama… The last job [Obama] had was to accelerate the Messianic process by having the war of Gog and Magog, which is the UN, against Israel. So therefore, that aspect of the prophecy is now fulfilled, and now the rest of the Messianic process can continue.”

Rabbi Kessin’s assertion is supported by a Bible Codes table recently published by international Bible Codes expert Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson. After hearing a presentation of Rabbi Kessin’s claim that the UN and Obama are connected to Gog and Magog, Rabbi Glazerson began looking for a meeting of codes for the UN and for Obama.

He found these codes in the Book of Numbers, chapters 30 and 31. The first code he points out is HaUm, followed immediately by Gog. In Hebrew, the UN is called Haumot HaM’uchadot, which is abbreviated by Hebrew speakers as HaUm.

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Less than 10 letters away, Rabbi Glazerson found the Hebrew word oyav, which means enemy. The implication is that the UN is the enemy of Israel. Codes for Obama and Kerry are found in the same small table.

Rabbi Glazerson points out codes for Islamic nations, which fight against Israel. He also found the Hebrew code for Persia, one of the nations that fights against Israel in the war of Gog and Magog, according to a prophecy from the Book of Ezekiel. Many consider Biblical Persia to be equivalent to modern Iran.

Persia Cush and Put with them all of them with shield and helmet. Ezekiel 38:5

Ending on a hopeful note, in the middle of the table, Rabbi Glazerson points out the codes for “Messiah of Israel will take revenge” against the enemies of Israel.
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO7TxzzaDOY

The connection between Gog and Obama was also made more than a year ago, when Breaking Israel News published a viral news story about a 15 year-old Israeli boy named Natan who had a near-death experience. In a video interview, Natan, a previously secular student, returned from his experience quoting Biblical prophecy regarding the End of Days.

In that video, Natan clearly named Obama as Gog. “The person who will start the war will be somebody named Gog… I am certain of who it is. Obama. President Obama. He will be the one who starts that war.”

Breaking Israel News asked End of Days expert and prolific author Rabbi Pinchas Winston whether, in his opinion, the connection these three sources have made between Obama and the UN with Gog and Magog is accurate. “It’s really hard to know until after the fact, for obvious reasons. But, it’s worth suspecting to prepare for what is coming up,” he said.

While implying that it’s good to be cautious, Rabbi Winston also advised preparedness because “Whatever is coming up is the end of the story.”
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BIN EXCLUSIVE: Sanhedrin Passes Judgement Against Pope Francis, Obama on Mt. Zion
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz September 10, 2015 , 1:57 pm
“Many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’ The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 2:3)


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Elders of the Sanhedrin open a historic trail against Pope Francis and US President Barack Obama on Mt. Zion, September 9, 2015. (Photo: Breaking Israel News)
Elders of the Sanhedrin open a historic trail against Pope Francis and US President Barack Obama on Mt. Zion, September 9, 2015. (Photo: Breaking Israel News)
71 elders of Israel who identify themselves as the Sanhedrin gathered Wednesday on Mount Zion in a historic trial bringing to judgement Pope Francis and US President Barack Obama in absentia. The rabbis called the two leaders to trial for crimes leading to the mortal endangerment of Israel and the Jewish nation.

After appointing each of the judges to sit on the nascent Sanhedrin, silver horns, similar to those used in the service of the Jewish Temples, and shofars (rams horns), were blown. The trial was opened with the statement: “Joyous is the nation who hears the shofar. Joyous is the nation who knows that this is their land. When will it be that we hear the shofar of the Messiah?”
Members of the Sanhedrin blow silver horns and shofars to open the trial. (Photo: Breaking Israel News)
The central issue the Sanhedrin focused on during the trial was the changing global tide against Israel and the Jews. Among the various points brought up by each rabbi on the Sanhedrin, the main theme centered on the long trail of diplomacy mislabeled as a peace process, the misguided and dangerous nuclear deal with Iran and recent attempts to appease the world of Israel as it murders Christians in Arab countries.

The strongest charges were made against the Pope, who recently recognized a “State of Palestine” with an official treaty. According to the Sanhedrin, the Pope, who claims to accept the Bible that states clearly that the land of Israel was given to the Jews, has placed the world in grave danger.
It was agreed beforehand that for the trial to be a true judgment, a counsel must be found who would represent the defendants in absentia with a strong belief in his case. Rabbi Yehoshua Hollander, who was until recently the Foreign Minister of the Sanhedrin, acted as counsel for the defense and brought forth compelling arguments that were difficult to refute.
While Hollander agreed that the facts as stated by the Sanhedrin were accurate and irrefutable, he claimed that each of the defendants were innocent nonetheless and offered three factors that would lead the Sanhedrin to withhold judgement from the defendants.
The first case, defense by circumstance, justified the actions of the Pope and Obama in light of ameliorating circumstances. The second case, defense by deflection, attributed  part of the guilt to others. The third defense, defense by lack of intent, claimed that there was no criminal intent behind the actions of the two leaders. By Jewish law, lacking of criminal intent exonerates the defendant from the criminal charges but would nevertheless leave the defendant liable for all damages caused by his behavior.
Hollander reasoned that the Pope was faced with massive slaughter of his followers, and therefore his attempts to placate Islam were not directed against the Jewish People. He also diverted some of the guilt from the accused by implicating the Israeli government, who have acknowledged the Palestinian claims, thereby misleading the defendants and being complicit in the crime.
The same can be said about Obama, which Hollander explained, “When he took office, the sanctions were working, albeit not quickly enough. Thus the first defense, defense by circumstance, is not available.”
Hollander did try to justify the president’s actions by claiming that they appears to be based on hope.  “I would claim that President Obama had no criminal intent,” he stated. “He said that he believes that by making Iran a member of world Leadership, they would drop their intent of bombing Israel. It is not criminal to hold such a hope.”
In the end, the Sanhedrin did not come out with any specific judgement against the Pope and Obama, rather judgements directed at their policies and actions. Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman and secretary of the Sanhedrin, explained to Breaking Israel News, “It was the decision of the Sanhedrin to declare that it is forbidden for the United States Congress to agree to any process with Iran until they recognize Israel as the Jewish state according to the Holy Bible, based on a history that includes the Temple on Har Moriah in Jerusalem, and they must agree to the removal and disposal of any nuclear weapons in their possession.”
Counsel for the defense, Hollander made clear his motivations behind his passionate defense of Obama and the Pope. “There is a problem in the world today, and rather than separate ourselves, the Jews should be leading and accompanying them in order to help,” he told Breaking Israel News.  “We need to be joining together.  We can do this because have a long history of going into other countries and coexisting for mutual benefit.”
Rabbi Daniel Stavsky, an elder on the Sanhedrin, told Breaking Israel News following the trial that Israel must learn from the lessons of the Holocaust in order to protect the future of the state and the nation.
“They cannot forget or deny this, so the haters of Israel cannot allow themselves to do this again. Esau is sending Ishmael to kill us in a completion of the Holocaust,” he told Breaking Israel News. “They pray to idols and to death. They talk about human rights, which include the right to a homeland. But they don’t consider Jews to be humans, so we don’t have these rights. It is not just the land, but also the title of the Chosen People that they deny. They are stealing our body and our soul. They are against Israel because they cannot allow us to fulfill the prophecy of returning to the land.”
The next gathering of the Sanhedrin will be October 8, for further investigation into the judgement.

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EXCLUSIVE: First picture 'proof' that Russia has troops on the ground all over Syria helping dictator Bashar Al-Assad - and they've been there since APRIL 
Images showing Russians troops in Syria posted on social media accounts
Some have been taken at Russia's small naval facility in Tartus, Syria
But forces seen at other locations and pictures have been taken since April
Pregnant woman complained on social media that her Russian marine husband is being deployed to the country for 'three to eight months'
Pictures will infuriate Western leaders in the face of official Russian denials
By WILL STEWART FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:08, 8 September 2015 | UPDATED: 18:26, 8 September 2015
These revealing pictures apparently show how Russian troops are already on the ground in Syria as Vladimir Putin allegedly defies the West.
The images showing boots on the ground were originally posted on social media accounts of military personnel, but some were then hastily withdrawn once they began being noticed.
The shocking pictures will be seen as proof that despite official denials from the Russian president Vladimir Putin, he has deployed increasing numbers of troops to help prop up the regime of Syrian premier Bashar Al-Assad. 
The pictures will infuriate western leaders who have called for the removal of Assad during the four-year civil war that has devastated the country, forced four million people to flee their homes and led to the terrifying rise of ISIS. 
Until recently, this facility was guarded by as few as four Russian military personnel it has been claimed, in stark contrast to the numbers now visible. 
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Russian troops pose in front of a picture of Putin and Assad in Syria (left) and a soldier is pictured next to a 4x4 vehicle adorned with the Syrian flag in Tartus (right), posted online by Pavel Nasilnov on August 27
Social media: This photograph, taken in Homs Governorate, Syria, was posted online by Sergei Tsyplakov
This picture taken in Tartus, Syria, where a small Russian naval facility is based, was posted on social media by Eduard Lasenko
Pictures of Russian troops taken across western Syria have been uploaded to social media. A video from Syria supposedly filmed on August 23 during the battle of the port of Latakia also shows an ultramodern Russian-made infantry combat vehicle
One picture posted this week by 19-year-old Ivan Strebkov - who serves in the Alexander Nevsky Marine Brigade, based in Baltiysk on Russia's Baltic coast - shows four heavily armed troops at Russia's small but longstanding Tartus naval facility in Syria. 
However, the Russian forces are also seen at other locations in the war-torn country, and the pictures have been taken since April, suggesting a gradual build up.
Another image shows nine Russian soldiers around a fire in a blitzed building in Homs, some 60 miles east of the Tartus naval port.
A picture posted by Alexei Khabarov shows a Russian soldier in Arab headgear at Hama, 90 miles from Tartus.
An image posted by Sergei Alexandrov taken on July 27 appears to show a Russian soldier in a trench in Halab - or Aleppo - in war-ravaged northern Syria, 150 miles from Tartus.
Another posted by Sergei Boroda last month shows a bearded fighter in a military encampment in al-Soda - also known as al-Sawda - around ten miles northeast of Tartus.
An photograph posted by Nikoli Kazakov shows soldiers apparently arriving in Syria in April, long before recent concern that led US Secretary of State John Kerry to challenge his U.S. opposite number Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov over the Russian troops in Syria.
An undated image highlights two Russian soldiers posing beside a poster of presidents Assad and Putin.
And a pregnant Russian woman appeared to have let the cat out of the bag when she complained on social media that her husband, a marine in Putin's armed forces, has been deployed to Syria.

A soldier pictured in Latakia, posted online by Alexei Mikhailov (left) and another in Aleppo uploaded by Sergei Alexandrov on July 27 (right)
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GOG MAGOG WAR
russia iran putin ahmadinejad The Prophet Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago that a person named Gog in the land of Magog, who is also known as the Prince of Rosh, Meshech will lead an army of many nations including Persia from the far north in an attack against Israel which is commonly referred to as the Gog Magog War. 

Ezekiel 38:1-5 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. 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.
Ezekiel’s words describing Gog as “prince of Meshek” Rosh Meshek in Hebrew, sounds suspiciously like Russia and Moscow. Persia is the modern day nation of Iran.
Ezekiel 38:14-17 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it? Then you will come russian meteoritefrom your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, a great company and a mighty army. You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, 
Ezekiel is clear that the nations from the far north would attack Israel in the LATTER DAYS when Israel is DWELLING IN SAFETY. This was not possible until 1948 when Israel became a nation again for the first time in 2,000 years.
Ezekiel 38:18-23  “And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord God, “that My fury will show in My face.  For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.”
fire and brimestoneEzekiel 39:6  I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel predicts that God will supernaturally defend Israel by sending atmospheric missiles from the sky to destroy the enemies of Israel. The Israel Defense Forces will not need to fight this battle nor will the IDF need to rely on help from the United States which has already turned its back on Israel by allowing Russia to supply Iran with nuclear weapons. God will destroy the enemies of the far north himself. 
The Bible records two previous incidents when God sent hailstones, fire and brimestone from heaven to judge evil doers and defend Israel by destroying her enemies.
Genesis 19:24 -25 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
Joshua 10:11 And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword.
It is highly possible the 2013 Russian Meteorite Impact was a divine warning of the coming Ezekiel 38-39 Gog Magog War.
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Russia
Russia throws down the gauntlet: energy supply to Europe cut off; petrodollar abandoned as currency war escalates
Friday, January 16, 2015
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Tags: currency war, Russia, petrodollar

(NaturalNews) There are some big moves taking place on the global stage that you need to know about, as this could all lead to World War III.
Yesterday Russia cut off its natural gas supply to Europe, "plunging the continent into an energy crisis 'within hours' as a dispute with Ukraine escalated," reports the Daily Mail. [1]
"This morning, gas companies in Ukraine said that Russia had completely cut off their supply. Six countries reported a complete shut-off of Russian gas shipped via Ukraine today, in a sharp escalation of a struggle over energy that threatens Europe as winter sets in."
Alternative media warned about this weeks ago
This was all predicted in advance as a move toward World War III. The website All News Pipeline summarizes the predictions which were widely printed across the alternative media weeks ago.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts had also warned in advance of a "Black Swan Event" such as Russia cutting off energy supplies to European nations as a prelude to war.
Europe depends heavily on natural gas supplies from Russia which are piped into the region via Ukraine. This is especially true in the winter when gas is needed for heat.
Russia pulls out of the petrodollar
In addition to cutting off natural gas supplies to Europe, Russia has also "just pulled itself out of the petrodollar," reports Zero Hedge. [2]
The story quotes Bloomberg.com stating that Russia "may unseal its $88 billion Reserve Fund and convert some of its foreign-currency holdings into ruble."
This is further explained by Mac Slavo at SHTFplan.com who explains, "What we are seeing are the strategic moves that will eventually catalyze the next great war. And make no mistake, this is exactly what's in store for the world should these escalations continue."
An escalation into war?
What's happening here is a radical escalation of the global currency war in which Russia and China are attempting to route the U.S. dollar and ultimately destroy the U.S. empire.
Part of this strategy involves dumping the petrodollar as a global reserve currency and reverting to alternative currencies backed by something more than just hot air. Further evidence of this strategy is found in the explanations on King World News which states that China is moving to back its Yuan currency with gold!
This explains why China has been buying up the world's physical gold supplies. The U.S., meanwhile, has empty gold vaults and a fiat paper currency backed by nothing but hot air, empty promises and endless debt. The whole world knows this, and nations like Russia are positioning themselves to take advantage of the massive currency collapse that's eventually coming to the dollar.
Just yesterday, the Swiss franc skyrocketed 30% in mere minutes as the central banks controlling the Euro neared announcing their own massive money printing scheme that would flood the global markets with Euros. As Associated Press wrote, "Bowing to the inevitable, Switzerland has ditched an increasingly expensive policy to limit the export-sapping rise of the Swiss franc -- a decision that propelled the currency a whopping 30 percent higher against the euro within minutes." [3]
Oil prices manipulated as an act of economic warfare
As part of the U.S. effort to wage war on Russia, oil prices have been artificially lowered with the help of the Saudis (who have strong ties to the Bush family and whose royalty was magically evacuated out of the U.S. on private jets during the 9/11 terror attacks) working in conjunction with U.S. forces. The aim is to devastate the Russian economy, harm the Russian currency and even cause damage to Venezuela where food supplies are now wiped out and grocery stores are being guarded by armed government military personnel.
Of course, you won't hear a word of this from the hypnotic, droning mainstream media which tells you everything is just fine. It isn't. Massive geopolitical strategies and schemes are being unleashed right now, behind the scenes, and a currency war is under way at the highest levels.
The days are numbered for the dollar as the world's reserve currency
The world, it seems, is fed up with the U.S. abusing its reserve currency status by pumping up the money supply with billions of dollar a month in new fiat money. (Courtesy of the Federal Reserve and its bankster bailouts.) The world is also fed up with the U.S. meddling in international affairs in Ukraine, the Middle East and hundreds of individual nations where the U.S. empire maintains a military occupation of one kind or another.
Right now the Russians are targeting NATO countries with the energy cut-offs, sending a message that any nation which allows its soil to be used by western forces to host missile systems will find its economy crushed by a lack of available energy.
The U.S., meanwhile, has dangerously backed Putin into a corner from which we can only expect an aggressive backlash engineered to protect the national interests of Russia itself.
Remember how the U.S. was drawn into World War II?
You may or may not recall that it was a U.S.-led energy blockage against Japan in the 1940's that ultimate forced Japan to launch its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. In a similar pattern, the U.S. and NATO nations are currently forcing devastating economic sanctions onto Russia, driving the nation into a rapidly-dwindling set of defensive options, one of which includes the deployment of nuclear weaponry.
This situation is beyond "serious." It is at red alert levels, and you need to be monitoring websites like www.SteveQuayle.com to catch the headlines you won't find in the mainstream media.
Steve Quayle has consistently been decades ahead of everyone else with his predictions on biological weaponry, currency wars and much more. His foresight is so far-reaching, in fact, that it's almost a curse because a society blinded by the distractions of current affairs will never value the accurate warnings of a man who sees a decade or more into the future. Western culture is far too short-sighted and self-possessed to take seriously the words of a man who warns that the good times buoyed by debt and delusion won't last forever.
In a world of deceit, all truth-tellers are condemned
Even now, we are living in a time when all truth-tellers are condemned as heretics. Any person quoting accurate economic statistics, for example, is called a "doom and gloomer." Anyone questioning the sanity of a government that's $18 trillion in debt and spending wildly on ballooning entitlement programs is labeled "anti-government." We are living in a time that's so bizarre, almost everything the average American believes to be true is factually false. The mainstream news is the wool that's pulled over their eyes to blind them from the truth, to paraphrase The Matrix.
The real truth is that our world is headed straight into unprecedented crisis and conflict. When you wake up tomorrow, realize you are living in the run-up to a collapsed economy that exists in a world where the most powerful nations on the planet have already declared a covert war on the U.S. empire (and can't wait to bring it down).
The artificially-inflated luxury lifestyle currently experienced by the U.S. population -- complete with welfare state entitlement programs -- will come to an end for the simple reason that it's all funded by artificial money creation. That artificial money creation, in turn, is only possible because the dollar is currently the world's reserve currency, providing a very large money supply base ("buffer") that insulates America from the more immediate effects of fiat currency creation. But as the world abandons the petrodollar, the ability of the U.S. to print its way to bigger government, bigger entitlements and bigger debt will utterly collapse.
Something big is "fast approaching" - Ron Paul
It is not a coincidence that bankers keep showing up "suicided" (i.e. killed off) lately. It is also not a coincidence that the U.S. domestic police forces have been arming up with military weapons from the front lines of all-out war in the Middle East. Law enforcement is arming up for something big. Really big.
As Ron Paul recently wrote in a widely-cited column, "A major geopolitical or economic event, greater than the crisis of 2008, is fast approaching. The precipitating event will be a surprise to the majority of politicians and economists. There are many "next shoe to drop" possibilities, and one could happen any time or any place."
Ron Paul goes on to explain:
Sanity will not return to US leaders until our financial system collapse -- an event for which they are feverishly working... Debt in all categories will continue to increase at unsustainable rates...
The riots to come
Everyone at the highest levels of the U.S. government knows that the current entitlement state debt system is wildly unsustainable. They also know that the day after the EBT cards (food stamps) stop working, every U.S. city will collapse into under chaos and mass rioting.
Although this event could still be years away, its arrival is inevitable. And when it does happen, it will happen suddenly, without warning. That means most people will be completely caught off guard. And when they are caught off guard, they will panic.
I pity the people who do not realize what's happening on the global stage. All those people obsessed with Hollywood movies, celebrities, fashion and television will be completely taken by surprise when the currency war escalates. They have no idea how close they are to helplessness, hunger and desperation. They have no awareness of reality, no real-world skills and no ability to take care of themselves.
That's why I recently declared 2015 to be the Year of Self-Reliance. This is the year when it's becoming increasingly urgent to learn and practice skills for living away from the systems that are subject to failure. This is a time to learn how to augment your current lifestyle with some home food production, water collection and storage, off-grid energy sources, home-based medicine production and more.
Interestingly, many Russians already have these skills, so if economic devastation strikes both the USA and Russia, there's no question that the Russian citizens will do far better in terms of survival and self-reliance. Russia, even with all its own problems, at least does not criminalize home gardening, fresh cow's milk and home-produced herbal remedies.
Sources for this story include:
[1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1106...
[2] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-14/rus...
[3] http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150115/eu-...

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Excellent Article. Gog-Magog Battle
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Timing Gog-Magog
When will Ezekiel 38-39 be fulfilled?
by Nathan E. Jones
http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_tribulation2.php

Concluding View of the Writer
1.The Rapture of the Church removes the Restrainer.
2.Israel subjugates their surrounding neighbors in fulfillment of Psalm 83.
3.The Gog-Magog Battle destroys the Russian and Muslim influence in the Middle East, makes the world aware of God's presence, and restores Israel's belief in the God of the Torah.
4.The Antichrist conquers what's left of the Middle East and makes a peace covenant with Israel to complete the Revived Roman Empire.
5.Israel spends the seven years of the Tribulation burning the weapons.
6.Jesus returns at the end of the seven years to defeat His enemies at Armageddon resulting in Israel acknowledging that Jesus is God's Son.
7.Jesus gathers the people from all over the world for the Sheep/Goat Judgment, which results in only believers entering the Millennial Kingdom.
Time will tell when the Gog-Magog Battle will truly take place. But, the players are already in place and the scene is just about all set for this epic battle to be waged in the not-too-distant future.


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