LAND OF MAGOG IS RUSSIA – GREATER SYRIA IS MESHECH & TUBAL
Land of Magog supports Meshech & Tubal
The Bloody Syrian Crisis Is In Full Swing
In the midst of Middle East Hypocrisy!
Out of Hypocrisy the Mahdi Will Rise
Eventually in ‘Greater Syria,’ That
Had People Of Meshech & Tubal
Descent WHEN Ezekiel WROTE
HIS Prophetic Book in Babylon
Captivity period as did Daniel!
Meshech & Tubal Shall Invite
Land of Magog to join in the
Final Battle Of Armageddon
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August 19, 2011
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You have read my lengthy dissertation of Daniel 9:27 to prove the vast majority of today’s prophetic teachings are based on the three “HE’s” being the antichrist, but that this was not taught before 1740.
And, I have been unable to find a clearly stated valid first-of-the-week position before that date.
In order to justify a pre-tribulation rapture, it was necessary to create a war before the tribulation period, out of which the antichrist could arise to sign a peace treaty, which he would break after three and one half years of peace, but such a war never existed before 1740.
I am from the old school of the eighteen hundreds and early nineteen hundreds. The old school believed there was only one war. The modern school believes there are two, a viewpoint that was make very popular by several writers in the nineteen fifties, and is the majority belief today. I am persuaded that there is only one war. It begins when the antichrist, who I believe will come out of Syria, attacks Israel from the north, with the armies of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon actively involved in the attack from without, the Palestinian Authority attacking from within, and Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, and Turkey initially providing logistical support. This starts the one war that will last for 1260 days. I label it as the War of Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. This war ends in the final great battle, the battle of Armageddon.
At the time of the writings of Daniel and Ezekiel, most of the descendants of Meshech and Tubal were settled in modern Syria and Lebanon primarily, but some had settled in southern Turkey and extreme northwestern Iraq. Please look at Prophecy Updates 27 through 39, and 71 through 76, along with Birth Pang Numbers 15 to 18, for a more complete exposition of the War of Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and of its final battle, the battle of Armageddon.
The Antichrist, the Assyrian of Micah 5, the King of the North in Daniel 11:40 to 45, and Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, are all one, and the same, person. There is only one war. It begins the last 1260 days of the tribulation period, and culminates with the battle of Armageddon.
In Ezekiel 38:1-3, God tells Ezekiel to set his face against two things, a person, Gog, who is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and against a land, which is the land of Magog, The chief prince of the battle of Armageddon.
Ezekiel 38:1-3 – 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, [3] And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
The following Scriptures start the War of Gog, who is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, but is also known as the King of the North, and as the Assyrian.
Ezekiel 38:8-12 – 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. [9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. [10] 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: [11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, [12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Daniel 11:40-44 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. [41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. [42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
[43] But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and
the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. [44] But tiding s ou
t of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. (See Whole Number Archive Prophecy Updates 71 to 75)
Micah 5:5 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. (See Archive Prophecy Updates 62 to 69)
The following Scriptures pertain to the last battle in the War of the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, which is the final battle Revelation identifies as Armageddon.
Daniel 11:45 to Daniel 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. [1] 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.
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.
Zechariah 14:3-5 – Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. [4] And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half
of it toward the south. [5] And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
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.
Ezekiel 39:4-8,17-22 – 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. [7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. [8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken. [17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. [18] Ye shall eat the flesh of
the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. [19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. [20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God. [21] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. [22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.
What you have just read is a description of the results of the last battle in the War of the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and it is the same as the battle of Armageddon found in Revelation. Please note the numerous similarities of the battlefield scene in Revelation 19:17-21 that parallel the same battle scene from the preceding verses in Ezekiel 39:17-20.
Revelation 19:17-21 – 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.
When the Antichrist, who is also known as the King of the North, the Assyrian, and Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, attacks Israel from Syria, the 1260 days will begin. The 1260 days will culminate with the final battle of Armageddon.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 16:16 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
We are living in a era of time when it would be especially wise for all true believers to heed the warning of Revelation 16:15.
Revelation 16:15 – Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Revelation 3:2-4 – Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. [4] Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Begin Excerpt 1 from World News UPI
Russia rejects call for Assad to step down
Published: Aug. 19, 2011 at 9:56 AM
SANAA, Syria, Aug. 19 (UPI) — Russia has rejected the U.S. demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad step down, saying he should be given more time to enact reforms.
Meanwhile, anti-government activists calling for Assad’s ouster stepped up their demands following Friday prayers, the BBC reported.
The BBC said Friday’s protests could be a test of Assad’s claim he had called for an end of army and police operations against civilians calling for his removal.
The United States is “waging a humanitarian and diplomatic war” against Syria, said Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s envoy to the United Nations. He said the United States wants to instigate insurrection in Syria.
Assad has long promised reforms, but they have yet to materialize. Human rights groups said some 2,000 people have died since uprisings calling for Assad’s ouster began five months ago.
Assad has used helicopters, gunships, snipers, tanks and ground forces against civilians in cities across the country, reports have said.
The United States, joined by the United Kingdom, France and Germany, Thursday called for Assad to “step aside,” saying his “calls for dialogue and reform have rung hollow while he is imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering his own people.”
U.S. President Barack Obama also called for more stringent trade sanctions against Syria; the European Union could call for its own sanctions, the report said.
The United Nations said it was given permission to send a humanitarian mission to Syria, but in a separate development U.N. investigators said Thursday the use of violence against Syrian protesters could “amount to crimes against humanity.”
In a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, investigators said the U.N. Security Council should refer the issue to the International Criminal Court.
Begin Excerpt 2 from YNet News
A festival of hypocrisy
Op-ed: Guy Bechor explains world’s continued silence in face of Assad massacre in Syria
Guy Bechor
Published 08.18.11, 11;12
So what’ s going on in Syria
? All is well, thanks for asking; people are being butchered as usual. And what is the world saying about it? The world is rolling its eyes to the heavens and pretends that 5,000 Syrians have not been murdered already, that tens of thousands were not wounded, and that tens of thousands were not detained by their own regime.
Why was an international coalition forged vis-à-vis the Gaddafi regime? Because the world said Gaddafi is shooting his own citizens. And what exactly is Assad doing? He has undertaken worse actions, bombarding his own citizens using battleships. Yet in this case, disconcerting silence prevails
A coalition of dark interests allows Bashar al-Assad to act as he wishes – and he knows it. The biggest hypocrites are his Turkish neighbors, of course. Turkey’s prime minister constantly slams Israel over the nine people killed on board the Marmara, but apparently has little to say about the 5,000 people killed in Syria. Turkey has the longest border with Syria, and for a few months now the Turks are pretending to grant Assad “a final opportunity,” yet in practice they are safeguarding his regime.
The Turks are scared of a Syrian vacuum that will come at their expense. Every week, Turkish soldiers are being killed by the Kurdish underground, and the Turks fear that the Kurds will be killing their soldiers on both sides of the Syrian border.
As opposed to the reports and assessments we are hearing, it does not appear that the Turks intend to intervene in Syria militarily. That would prompt an entanglement vis-à-vis Syria’s main supporter, Iran, which does not hide its public endorsement of the murderous regime in Damascus. Another state that maintains its silence is the Shiite Iraq, which views Syria’s Alawites as close associates.
UN lost its raison d’être
So who else supports Assad’s regime? The Arab League. The one that rushes to complain against Israel at the UN Security Council over every tiny violation in Gaza, while allowing an Arab regime to butcher its own people with no interruptions. There is no longer any justification for the existence of the Arab League, which is preoccupied with one thing: Trying to embarrass Israel.
The several Arab ambassadors recalled from Damascus are no more than lip service.
And who else is turning a blind eye to events in Syria? Russia, which protects Assad because of the modern, expensive dock it built at the Syrian port of Tartus. Russia needs a home base in the Mediterranean, yet as its fleet can dock in Israel too there is no need to support Assad.
The UN, which is also incapable of averting the mass carnage, has lost its raison d’être. After all, this institution was established in order to prevent new holocausts and further extermination in the wake of World War II. The UN is not even capable of issuing a condemnation of Syria
Finally, we have President Barack Obama’s Administration. It was Obama who virtually forced a new US ambassador to return to Syria, while portraying Assad as an American ally. This showed complete failure to understand regional realities. To this day, the US has not recalled its envoy from Damascus, thereby continuing to legitimize Assad’s terrible regime of oppression.
Of course, the greatest hypocrisy being exposed at this time is that of the Syrian regime itself, which did not spare insults, incitement and lies against Israel; a tyrannical regime that pretended to be a human rights champion, while falsely portraying Israel’s democracy as a tyranny. At least this is one mask we can remove in the hypocritical global festival surrounding the ailing Syria.
Begin Number 3 Article Excerpts from MEMRI
Middle East Media Research In stitute
Gulf and Arab States Break Silence over Syria Crisis
By: Y. Yehoshua*
August 14, 2011
Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No. 723
Introduction
The Arab countries recently broke their silence over the events in Syria with a series of official announcements and moves. First came a cascade of statements from the Gulf states, which called upon the Syrian regime to stop employing its “war machine” against defenseless civilians, and to meet the demands of the Syrian people by enacting serious reforms. These statements triggered similar announcements by Arab states and officials outside the Gulf.
The Gulf states’ call for an immediate change in Syrian policy, which ended five months of Arab indifference to the situation there, were seen as “a turning point in the official Arab stance.”[1] Until now, the Gulf states and other Arab countries – which are themselves undemocratic and intolerant of dissent, and which supported the suppression of the uprising in Bahrain – have refrained from expressing solidarity with the protestors in Syria. This, both out of their support for Assad’s regime and out of fear that a successful uprising in Syria may spill over to other countries and undermine their own stability.
Gulf States Condemn Syrian Regime
The first of the Arab countries to break its silence over the events in Syria was Qatar. For some time, relations between the two countries have been tense, primarily over the coverage of the protests in Syria by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV. In mid July 2011, Qatar closed its embassy in Damascus and recalled its ambassador after the embassy was attacked by pro-Assad youth protesting Al-Jazeera’s “unprofessional and nonobjective” campaign against the Syrian regime.[2] Later that month, Qatar also hosted a conference of Syrian oppositionists in Doha, much to the resentment of Assad’s regime.[3]
In an official announcement issued August 3, the Qatari government expressed “sorrow over the death of innocent civilians” and called on in Syria “to work toward stopping the bloodshed, cease the use of force, and make haste to implement reforms that will meet the legitimate demands of the Syrian people and ensure Syria’s safety, stability, and national unity.”[5]
An August 5 editorial in the Qatari daily Al-Bayan, titled “Qatar Breaks Its Silence,” listed Qatar’s demands of the Syrian regime: “Syria now needs to completely drop the military option; withdraw its tanks, army regiments, and security forces from the Syrian cities and villages; immediately release all political prisoners and [all] those arrested in the recent events; and hold those involved in murdering the Syrian people accountable – by way of building trust between the regime and the opposition.
After all, any talk of reforms or [new] laws is meaningless as long as the blood is still flowing in the streets of Syria’s cities.”[6]
Arab World Breaks Its Silence over Syria Events; Arab League Secretary-General Takes Lenient Stance vis-à-vis Syrian Regime
The conciliatory tone of Al-‘Arabi’s statements is in line with the pro-Syrian stance he has taken in recent months, both in his capacity as Egypt’s foreign minister and later in his capacity as Arab League secretary-general. In the former capacity, Al-‘Arabi said that Egypt was working to prevent the Western countries from taking a harsh stance against Syria in the Security Council.[19] He even visited Syria on July 13 and met with President Assad. During the visit, he criticized statements by U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the effect that Assad had lost the legitimacy to rule, saying that no one had the right to judge the legitimacy of a president other than the people who had chosen him. Al-‘Arabi even stressed that the Arab League had not been pressured to take a resolution regarding Syria similar to the one it took regarding Libya.[20]
Egypt too, which prides itself on its revolution that overthrew the oppressive Mubarak regime, broke its silence only after the GCC did so. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Kamel ‘Amr said that reforms soaked in the blood of the martyrs would be of no avail, and that what was needed was an immediate end to the gunfire. He called for the implementation of internal reforms in order to avoid the danger of unwanted international interference.[21] Al-Azhar Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb voiced his support for the Syrian protestors as well, saying: “Al-Azhar has long been patient and avoided speaking about the situation in Syria due to the sensitive nature of this matter… but the Syrian people has the right for Al-Azhar to declare that the situation has gone too far and that this Arab and Islamic tragedy must be stopped.” He added, “From the perspective of religious law, it is forbidden to keep silent over this human tragedy.”[22]
The Egyptian press likewise addressed the situation in Syria, following months of silence on this matter and a preoccupation with Egypt’s own domestic affairs. An editorial in the daily Al-Ahram called on Syria’s president “to embrace his people, release the prisoners, enact fundamental political reforms, meet the demands of the people for liberty, democracy, and social justice, and dismantle the oppressive police state.” It warned: “If Bashar does not do so, the Syrians will have the right to accuse him of working toward destroying the land, internationalizing the Syrian issue, and necessitating international intervention in his country.”[23]
The Condemnation of Syria – A First Move by the New GCC
The GCC condemnation of the Syrian regime, which prompted the cascade of Arab condemnations, is the GCC’s first successful step as part of its bid to take a leading role in the Arab world and replace the
Arab League, whose status is declining. In the recent months, the GCC has been working to incorporate two non-Gulf countries, Jordan and Morocco, in order to form a bloc of moderate Sunni countries in opposition to Shi’ite Iran; strengthen the monarchic regimes against the possibility of popular uprisings; and position itself as an alternative to the Arab League.[27]
Against this backdrop, the Gulf press attributed much importance to the GCC statement against Syria, presenting it as the unified position of all the Arabs, not just of the Gulf states. The Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas wrote: “There is no other official Arab stance except the one [expressed by] the Gulf, because the other Arab countries are in the throes of revolutions, some of which have already succeeded and some of which are about to succeed. Hence, the position of the Gulf has recently become synonymous with the Arab position, and this new situation no doubt lends extra weight to the positions of the GCC.”[28]
Dialogue, Not Foreign Intervention
It must be stressed that, despite their condemnations – which could be taken to imply consent to international action against this country, or at least the withdrawal of the Arab support from this regime – the Gulf states oppose international intervention in the Syrian crisis. As a matter of fact, their calls to Assad to change his policies are an attempt to stave off such intervention. An article in the Qatari daily Al-Raya emphasized: “We are against internationalizing [the crisis], though we are also against the killing of the defenseless Syrian people.”[29] An editorial in the Qatari daily Al-Sharq said, in a similar vein: “The Arab regimes and peoples adhere to [their support of] Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity… and oppose foreign intervention in the Syrian [issue]. However, the Syrians must hurry, before it is too late, and resolve the crisis… by means of dialogue between the sides…”[30]
Fear of Sectarian Conflict that Could Destabilize the Region
The Arab countries evidently fear that an escalation in Syria, whether as a result of international intervention or in the absence of such intervention, may destabilize not only Syria but the region as a whole. The scenario feared is one of a violent sectarian conflict between the Shi’ite camp, led by Iran, and the Sunni camp, led by Saudi Arabia, as happened in Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Some writers and figures evoked sectarian terms in discussing the crisis. The Gulf press condemned Syria’s reliance on Shi’ite forces, such as the Iraqi government, Iran and Hizbullah, and claimed that “Iran fears that the loss of its ally [Syria] may demolish its dreams of a Persian empire.”[34] Writers also accused Syria of employing Iran-like methods of threatening to activate “sleeper-cells in the Gulf states.”[35] As evidence, they cited statements made by Syrian army officer Sharif Shehada, considered to be a spokesman of the regime, on Al-Arabiya. He said: “Despite Syria’s support of the Gulf states, there is sectarian incitement against it. We could assist the Shi’ites in Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf states [in fighting their Sunni regimes]… but we do not do this.”[36] Some of the sheikhs who supported the Syrian uprising stressed that the regime there is not really Sunni but Shi’ite. For example, Saudi sheikh Saleh Al-Luhaidan called for jihad to overthrow the “Shi’ite” Syrian president, “even if a third of the Syrian people have to die for this.”[37]
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