Land of Magog Determined to Retake Middle East Leadership!
March 27, 2008
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The former Soviet Union at one time had more influence in the Middle East than the United States, but the collapse of the Soviet economy led to the massive breakup of the Union, and soon Russia stood alone. The land of Magog, Russia, has been making quite a comeback in the last four years, and seems determined to wrest Middle East leadership away from America, while stopping Iran from doing the same.
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,
Ezekiel is told to set his face against Gog, who is the chief prince of the area where the descendants of Meshech and Tubal were settled in 600 B.C. Additionally, Ezekiel is told to set his face against “the land of Magog.”
In verses 3 through 6 Ezekiel lists the 600 B.C. ancestors and lands of the peoples who will soon attack Israel to begin the last three and one-half years of the great tribulation period.
They were Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, and Togarmah. PLEASE NOTE THE LAND OF MAGOG IS NOT LISTED AMONG THEM. Magog does not come down to attack Israel until near the end of the tribulation period at the final battle of Armageddon.
Ezekiel 38:3-6 – And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: [4] 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: [5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: [6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
(See Archive Prophecy Update Numbers 27 to 32)
Flavius Josephus says, concerning Magog and the land of Magog, in the writings of Genesis 10 and Ezekiel 38: “Magog founded those that from him were called Magogites, but who are by the Greeks called Scythians”
The Magogites or Scythians were settled mostly in what we identify as Russia.
I do not believe the Russian Magogites will come down against Israel until invited to come down to the battle pf Armageddon by the Antichrist, who is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
Revelation 16:13-16 – 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.
[14] 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. [15] Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. [16] And he g athered them together into
a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Begin Excerpts from Jerusalem Post Article
‘Russia set on Mideast parley, whether Israel likes it or not’
Herb Keinon, THE JERUSALEM POST
March 26, 2008
Russia is determined to go ahead with an international Middle East conference in Moscow in June whether Israel likes it or not, government sources told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, summing up Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit here last week.
The sources characterized Lavrov’s one-day visit last Thursday as “nasty,” saying the Russian minister was agitated throughout his meetings with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and President Shimon Peres. He was, the sources said, in a slightly better mood during his talks with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
According to the sources, Russia’s determination to go ahead with the conference – despite a decidedly cool, though officially noncommittal, reception to the idea from both Israel and the US – stemmed from Moscow’s assessment that it desperately needed to increase its involvement in the Middle East and “make its mark” in the region. The reason the Kremlin wanted to get more involved right now, according to the officials in Jerusalem, was not because of a fear they were being outmaneuvered in the region by the US, but rather because Moscow felt it was losing ground to Iran.
According to the government sources, Moscow viewed Hamas’s takeover of Gaza as benefiting Iran, Hizbullah’s strong position in Lebanon as strengthening Iran, and the situation in Iraq as playing into Iran’s hands. As a result, Moscow wants to dramatically increase its role and influence in the region.
“They are afraid of Iran’s strides here,” one official said.
According to the source, a nuclear cooperation deal Russia signed with Egypt during Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s visit to Russia on Tuesday was also aimed at gaining influence in the region. Moscow, according to Israeli officials, saw arms sales and nuclear technology as a way to once again assert its presence and gain leverage in the Middle East, as it had during the period of the Soviet Union. […..]
Israel was noncommittal to the conference idea throughout Lavrov’s visit, with Olmert refraining from publicly coming out either for or against the proposal. The sense in Jerusalem is that if what is planned is an international conference along the lines of the Annapolis Conference, where other Arab countries would reaffirm support for a Palestinian-Israeli agreement, then that is something Israel could go along with, although not with great enthusiasm.
If, however, the idea was to hold Israeli-Palestinian bilateral negotiations in Moscow, that is something Jerusalem was not keen on.
In general, Israel believes that an international conference is unnecessary at a time when bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are taking place.
Lavrov, speaking to the press last Thursday night after meeting with Livni, said the agenda of the Moscow conference “will be very simple.
There were the accords adopted in Annapolis; everybody supported them.
Let us reaffirm that support and stimulate the parties toward their effective realization.” […..]
Israel has made clear that Syria would have to stop supporting Hizbullah and Hamas, kick the terrorist organizations out of Damascus, and pull away from its cozy embrace with Iran for there to be a possible peace deal.
“The Russians understand our position on this,” one government official said.
The official said Lavrov’s “testiness” while here may have had something to do with his own uncertainty over whether he would continue on as Russia’s foreign minister when Dmitry Medvedev takes over from President Vladimir Putin in May.
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