Gathered for Armageddon

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty…And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (Revelation 16:13-14, 16)

 The Stage is Being Set for Russian Invasion of Israel By Rick Brinegar Jerusalem is surrounded by a hostile war machine on every side. The Islamic nations, which encircle Israel, are experiencing unprecedented instability and upheaval. While the ‘Arab Spring’ has failed to produce democratic reforms, violence against other religions and hatred toward Israel has only increased. Libya is in chaos, overtaken by Islamists and Sharia law. A bloody war between Muslim sects persists in Syria. While Hamas fires rockets into Israel from Gaza and Hezbollah menaces Israel from southern Lebanon, Iran is fiercely building nuclear weapons to “wipe Israel off the map”. It is very evident that a major war is being kindled between Israel and her Muslim adversaries.

 Surrounded by Enemies The prophet Ezekiel, in addition to Jesus, said that Israel would be surrounded by her enemies: “And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords… After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.” (Ezekiel 38:3-4, 8)

 Ezekiel contains one of the most remarkable prophecies in the Bible. Almost 2,600 years ago, Ezekiel foretold that, at the end of the age, Russia would lead an alliance of nations against Israel. At the time Ezekiel prophesied, the only people living in what is now Russia were primitive tribesmen. As late as the mid-1500′s, the only ones predicting Russia would ever be powerful enough to invade Israel were Bible-believing Protestants. Scofield, for example, noted, “That the primary reference is to the northern [European] powers, headed up by Russia, all agree…” Gog and Magog The terms ‘Gog’ and ‘Magog’ are terms generally used in the Bible to identify evil forces opposed to God. The Greeks referred to Magog as the Scythians, who lived in the northern regions above the Caucasus Mountains.


 Josephus, the second-century Roman historian, wrote that the descendants of Noah, “After they were dispersed abroad, on account of their languages, and went out by colonies everywhere; and each colony took possession of that land unto which God led them…Magog founded those that from him were named Magogites, but who are by the Greeks called Scythians.” Today we understand that to be prophetically specific, ‘Gog’ is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel, and ‘Magog’, ‘Tubal’ and ‘Meshech’ are actually modern-day Russia. Tubal and Meshech were sons of Japheth who settled south of the Black Sea. It is generally understood that the name ‘Moscow’ is derived from the tribal name, ‘Meshech’. Russian Bear Leads Attacks Ezekiel describes a future attack on Israel by Gog and Magog (Russia), and the mainly Islamic countries of Persia (Iran, portions of northern Iraq and Afghanistan), Cush (Ethiopia and Sudan), Put (Libya, possibly Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco), Gomer (Eastern Europe) and the House of Togarmah (Turkey and Armenia).

 Turkey has been, until recently, an ally of Israel. But today, Islam has again become an increasing influence there. In the fourth verse of Ezekiel, chapter 38, it appears that God is not only going to allow Russia to build a great army, but He also says that He will “turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army…” It is as if God is going to put a bridle into the mouth of the Russian Bear and bring Russia down to attack Israel. It appears also, that God may actually allow the evil thought to come to mind of the Russian ruler to destroy Israel: “Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought…” (Ezekiel 38:10)

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