WILL YOU BELIEVE ME NOW?
December 12, 2006
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Joel C. Rosenberg’s fictional novel, “The Ezekiel Option” was published in 2005. Rosenberg points to Ezekiel prophecies in Chapters 36 and 37, which have largely been fulfilled. He then uses Chapters 38 and 39 to lay out a scenario that may be fulfilled in our generation.
The following is the publisher’s review of the book.
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When the richest oil baron in Moscow is killed, Moscow suddenly teeters on the verge of political chaos. Tehran races to complete its nuclear arsenal. Washington finds herself dangerously divided from her European allies. And in the dead of night, in the hills overlooking Jerusalem, a senior White House advisor uncovers a chilling ancient conspiracy as real as the morning headlines. Woven through the writings of the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel, more than 2,500 years old, are eerily prescient descriptions of modern countries then unborn, modern alliances then unformed, and an imminent day of unspeakable terror.
Now, with the clock ticking down to war, two Americans are caught in the crossfire, wondering, Is the last judgment at hand?
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If you would like to read a non-fictional book on Chapters 37 to 39 of Ezekiel, I would encourage you to read the whole numbered Archive Prophecy Updates 22 to 39 at http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
I have written four books in the last 30 years warning that Antichrist would not come out of Europe, but out of Islam, and I made my case straight out of the Bible.
I have traveled worldwide to more than 600 churches, seminaries, colleges, and universities to present seminars to present my Scriptural case on this subject. We have maintained a Web Site at http://www.tribulationperiod.com/ for more than five years with thousands of updates on Middle East prophetic events as they relate to Middle
East Events.
The prophetic world is geared for an Antichrist coming out of Europe leading 10 European nations against Israel.
The recent fictional series called “Left Behind” has made billions.
It advocates a rapture before any of the tribulation period begins, and brings the Antichrist out of Europe. If they won’t believe a non-fictional work, but will accept the “Left Behind” series, perhaps they will believe the fictional novel, “The Ezekiel Option,” by Joel C. Rosenberg.
Begin YNet News Article by Ines Ehrich
Modern day Gog and Magog
Similarities between Ezekiel’s prophecies, today’s Mideast reality uncanny
Ines Ehrlich
Current world events are beginning to increasingly resemble the 2,500 year old bible prophecy made by Ezekiel in chapters 38-39. Ezekiel foresaw the rise of Russia (or Turkey, depending on the interpretation) in a coalition with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries (Sudan, Ethiopia and Libya).
The coalition is foretold to attack Israel from the north in a bid to destroy it during the earth’s “last days,” commonly known as the “war of Gog and Magog.”
Throughout history it was thought that the prophecy had been put on hold, until perhaps today when it seems frighteningly more feasible.
In Joel C. Rosenberg’s book “The Ezekiel Option,” the author points to Ezekiel’s prophecies in chapters 36-37, which have largely come true.
Rosenberg then asks the obvious question: If prophecies such as “the rebirth of the State of Israel, the return of the Jews to the Holy Land after centuries in exile, the re-blossoming of desolate desert land to produce abundant food, fruit and foliage, and the creation of an exceedingly great army” materialized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, then why shouldn’t the next prophecies come true in our lifetime
?
Let’s try and place the biblical names and locations into today’s reality, and see the parallel unfolding of events:
Gog is commonly believed to represent a person’s name rather than a place, a tyrannical leader who may hatch an evil plan – in today’s reality this “honor” could be most suited to the President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, or perhaps Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon .
Magog, according to some scholars, refers to Russia and the republics of the former Soviet Union, or perhaps Turkey. Others will argue that the exact location has not been fully ascertained and that the word Magog may simply be a generalization for an enemy of Israel, leaving the location open.
Under attack
According to the prophecy in question, “many peoples with you” who will attack along ” the mountains of Israel”
implies that other countries will be involved in the Russian (or Turkish), Iranian, Sudanese, Ethiopian and Libyan coalition,
and who border on the mountains of Israel. This includes Lebanon, Syria and possibly Jordan as well.
Is it so farfetched to imagine the axis between Hizbullah, Iran and Syria, especially after the second war in Lebanon when these three forces overtly united and continue to support each other’s goal to destroy Israel?
In his book, Rosenberg notes a conspicuous absence of Egypt and Iraq in the original prophecy, which also makes a lot of sense at this point in time. Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979 and Iraq is embroiled in its own war of survival and both are unlikely to join a coalition against
Israel.
According to the prophecy Magog “will build a military coalition and prepare a strike against Israel.” Gog “will use overwhelming force against Israel” – could this be referring to nuclear force? And his coalition will “come like a storm…like a cloud covering the land.”
But let’s not become hysterical. According to the prophecy, there is no need for Israel to become alarmed, “as the Lord God will bring judgment upon the enemies of Israel beginning with Gog (the tyrant).”
Ezekiel prophesizes a great earthquake and the turning of Gog’ s force
s against each other. The next step, which prophesizes God subjecting the enemy to “pestilence, blood, torrential rains, hailstones and fire from heaven,” is unclear and sounds like someone pressed the nuclear button, and if so, then who, and who in the region would survive it?
End Y Net News Article by Ines Ehrich
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