Land of Magog Choice Will Lead to Armageddon Defeat by God!
BELIEVERS, HAVE NO FEAR, YOU WILL NOT BE HERE!
December 27, 2007
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I discovered, as I traveled to more than 600 worldwide sites, presenting my lecture series, “A Geological Exposition of the Second Coming of Christ,” many believers have a great dread, a horrifying fear, of the battle of Armageddon.
I found quite a few who did not come to see and hear the lecture series because, “I just don’t want to hear about all that tribulation stuff.” I recall some who said, “Preacher, that scares the Hades out of me.” Others said, “That will scare our young people.” I have never feared the wrath of God since I understood the completeness of my salvation. I fear the chastisement and scourging of God, but I do not fear his wrath in the tribulation period, because I will not be here when his vials of wrath are poured out, and I certainly won’t the here at Armageddon. However, I will be coming back with him
to see the end of it in the air at his Second Event. There is a difference between God’s punishment by scourging and chastisement, when they are compared with His wrath.
Hebrews 12:5-8 – And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: [6] For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. [7] If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? [8] But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
I Thessalonians 5:9 – For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Revelation 16:1,16 – And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials
of the wrath of God upon the earth.
[16] And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Jude 14 – And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
So, please read what follows for informational purposes, knowing you will no be here when God’s wrath is poured out on the earth.
There is no question in my mind that the events now transpiring in Russia, China, Europe, and the Middle East are definitely setting the stage for the final war of the Age of the Gentiles, which will eventually terminate with the Second Advent of Christ.
The prophecy of Ezekiel 38 is against a person and a land. The person is Gog, the Antichrist from that part of the once great Assyrian Empire, which extended itself to the immediate north of Israel. The two tribes of Meshech and Tubal occupied the two countries today known as Syria and Lebanon, and their descendants lived there at the time Micah and Isaiah wrote their prophecies. The land is the land of Magog, which is occupied by Russia today.
Ezekiel 38:1,2 – And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
When Gog, the Antichrist, asks the land of Russia, some three and one-half years after he drives Israel into the Negev, to come down and help him completely destroy Israel, Russia will come down in massive array at Armageddon.
Revelation 16:16 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
At that time the following destruction of all the armies coming against Israel from Europe, Eurasia, China, Asia, the Far East, and Africa, will meet the following fate at the hand of God. At Armageddon no one will be able to rescue the Antichrist Gog, or any of those who attempt to help him, from the wrath of God that awaits them.
Daniel 11:45 to 12:1 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. [12] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
This scenario of Daniel 12:1 is also described in Ezekiel 38 and 39, as well as following Revelation 16:16.
Ezekiel 38:16 to 39:6 – And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. [17] Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? [18] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.
[19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; [20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. [21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. [22] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
[23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord. [1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: [2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: [3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. [4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. [5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. [6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Please note the destruction that is rained down by God on the land of Magog (Russia) during all this destruction in verse six.
The same event is described immediately following Revelation 16:16.
Revelation 16:16-21 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. [17] And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. [18] And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. [19] And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. [20] And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. [21] And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
The same event described in Daniel 11:45 to 12:1, Ezekiel 38:16 to 39:6, and Revelation 16:16 to 21, is also described in Mathew 24:21,22 and Revelation 19:11-21.
Matthew 24:21,22 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. [22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Revelation 19:11-21 – And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. [12] His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. [13] And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. [14] And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. [15] And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. [16] And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. [17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; [18] That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. [19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with
their flesh.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Russia’s Choice
THE JERUSALEM POST
December 20, 2007
Though Russia has not tabled a formal proposal yet, it is seeking to host some kind of Mideast peace conference, following Annapolis and the donors meeting for the Palestinians in Paris. Israel is known to be unhappy about the idea, while formally stating that it knows nothing of it.
The US, Europe, and Israel should nix this now, before it gets off the ground. Russia is on the wrong side of the peace equation and should be sent a strong signal that there is a price to pay for providing critical diplomatic cover and military assistance to rogue states.
Western relations with Russia are, obviously, delicate. Western leaders are reluctant to say no to Russia, since Russian cooperation is needed in the UN Security Council, and Russia could play an even more damaging role if it wanted.
At some point, however, the egregiousness of Russian behavior cannot be papered over. Russia not only built Iran’s Bushehr reactor over years of Western objections and provided air defences for Iran’s nuclear facilities, it has now shipped 82 tons of uranium fuel rods to Iran, leading to the expectation that Bushehr could be operational around the end of next year.
Russia claims that this is consistent with its own opposition to Iran developing nuclear weapons, since Iran has committed to returning spent fuel rods – which contain enough plutonium to produce bombs – back to
Russia.
The US has tried to make lemonade out of lemons by not objecting, and arguing that Iran now has no excuse for not shutting down its own enrichment program.
We must remember that in 1981, Israel destroyed Iraq’s French-built Osirak reactor, despite a similar agreement that it would be maintained under international safeguards. And the Israeli strike came just before fuel was supplied to the reactor, to avoid the further damage that would be caused by dispersed nuclear fuel.
In Iran’s case, as disturbing as are the implications of Bushehr itself, the operation of this site is actually among the less central proliferation threats. Iran is also building a “research” reactor at Arak that would produce much more plutonium and could be completed in the next few years. Most of all, there is Iran’s defiant race to master the process of uranium enrichment at Natanz – which has room for 60,000 centrifuges, according to Israeli Military Intelligence – and which could result in an indigenous capacity to produce its own nuclear arsenal.
Accordingly, it is not so much Bushehr itself that is the problem, but Russia’s decision to give that project a significant boost forward despite Iranian defiance regarding enrichment. What greater blow could have been dealt to the international sanctions campaign, which Russia voted for, than supplying fuel regardless of Iran’s compliance with mandatory UN Security Council resolutions?
If the Iranian regime succeeds in obtaining nuclear weapons someday, the government that history will hold most responsible will be Russia’s. A nuclear Iran would be a tremendous boon for all the radical Islamist forces in the region, such as Hamas, Hizbullah and al-Qaida.
For this reason alone, the idea that Russia should be invited into a process designed to isolate and combat precisely these forces makes no sense. But that’s not all.
Far from joining in the international consensus that Hamas must be isolated, Russia is openly siding with Hamas. In Paris, at the donor conference that raised over $7 billion in pledges for the Palestinian Authority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: ” Requiring special attention is the situation in the Gaza Strip, whose actual isolation hurts ordinary Palestinians.
The worst may happen: the territory being turned into a ‘high security prison.'”
What does this mean, that Hamas should be even freer to attack Israel than it is now? Where is Moscow’s condemnation, at least on the level of lip service, of the constant missile attacks against Israeli civilians?
The truth is, based on its incredible behavior, Russia no longer belongs in the Quartet, or in the G8, for that matter. Moscow should not, in one moment, be allowed to run interference for the radical front attacking the West and in the next be treated as a responsible player and part of the West’s collective efforts to defend itself.
It is not as though Russia has had trouble choosing sides. Rather, it has chosen the wrong side. It is time that Russia’s choice had consequences.
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