Ever hear of Gog and Magog? I am sure that you have and that you know that the Gog Magog alliance will be a big player in the end times. Well look what popped up in the news the other day (HT Karen).
Russia,
through Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, has asked to enter the Cooperation
Council of Turkish-speaking countries, or "Turkish Council"…
Russia's
hegemony passes through the strategic alliance with Ankara and the elimination
of internal extremist risks…
In
other words, it controls all the 'minorities of the Turkish-born peoples'.
The
ultimate goal is to transform the "Turkish Union" into a new CIS,
Commonwealth of Independent States.
If he doesn't enter with the right to vote then we'll be talking about a hybrid of the "Pan-Slavic Muslim Army"
And we have this;
On 28
and 29 October, a summit of Turkish-speaking countries took place in Baku
during which it was agreed to create the "Turan Army", the Russian
newspaper reports.
"The Ankara plan includes a Federation extending from Turkey to Mongolia and Siberia. This is a new Ottoman Empire," stresses a Russian analyst.
IMHO we are looking at prophecy unfolding before our eyes—the formation of the Gog-Magog alliance.
And of what importance is the Gog-Magog alliance? Here is an excerpt from The Coming Epiphany about Gog-Magog and the wars they will be involved in.
War of Gog-Magog
There is another end-times war we need to examine. This war, recorded in Ezekiel 38–39 and other parts of scripture, is often called the War of Gog-Magog. In this war, the nations identified as Gog and Magog will attempt destroy Israel and will suffer a terrible defeat. The identity of these nations is debated, and ranges from Northern Egypt and Libya to Russia, but the consensus seems to be that this will be a Muslim/Russian attack against Israel.
When
will this war take place? This war will most likely start after the antichrist
takes over the world and will be a reigniting of WWIII after the false peace of
the antichrist breaks down. There are several verses in Ezekiel that show that
the final destruction of this war will occur on the day of the Lord. Ezekiel
38:18-20, for example, says that on the day of the destruction of Gog and
Magog, there will be a great shaking in all the earth.
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. 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. 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.
This great earthquake coincides precisely with one of the events of the sixth seal and the Day of the Lord. “And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood” (Rev. 6:12). The passage goes on to further describe this earthquake, which is so severe that all the mountains and islands are moved out of their places. This coordinates precisely with the Ezekiel passage above that says “and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.”
There is another event listed in Ezekiel concerning the Gog – Magog war that shows that this war culminates with the Day of the Lord event. Consider this verse from Eze. 39:4: “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.” This passage tells us that “ravenous birds of every sort” will eat the defeated armies of the Gog-Magog war. Where else do we see birds eating the flesh of dead bodies? Jesus spoke about it in Luke 17:34-37 and Matt 24:25-28 in connection with the rapture:
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
The three passages above describing the birds eating the flesh of dead bodies links the end of the Gog – Magog war, the rapture, and the Day of the Lord all together. Thus, after the antichrist takes control of the world and begins ruling from Jerusalem, WWIII will be reignited and he will be involved in a great war that will leave his enemies totally defeated. This is how the people on earth respond to his victory. “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” (Rev. 13:4) As already discussed his defeat over these nations is probably recorded in scripture as the three horns that will be plucked up. This is most likely when America/Babylon will also suffer her first destruction. Revelation 17:16 gives us some very pertinent information about this. “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.” This passage tells us that the whore (end-times Babylon as identified in Rev. 17:5) is destroyed by the 10 horns, or the 10 spheres of influence of the New World Order. These 10 spheres of influence have to be established, and in power when the destruction takes place.
Here are some more verses that help us narrow down the timing of the destruction of end-times Babylon.
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Rev. 17:6)
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (Rev. 18:24)
These verses tell us that one of the reasons that end-times Babylon is destroyed is because it is guilty of causing the persecution and martyrdom of believers. The worldwide persecution and martyrdom of believers starts after the opening of the fifth seal. “And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?” (Rev. 7:10) Thus, these verses suggest that end-times Babylon will be destroyed after the fifth seal begins. Jeremiah 50:13 gives us another clue as to the timing of the destruction of America.
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.
These verses tell us that the destruction of end times Babylon will occur as part of the wrath of God. Jeremiah 51, a chapter regarding the destruction of end-times Babylon, tells us that one of the reasons that end times Babylon is destroyed is because strangers have entered the sanctuary, even the most holy place. “We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house.” (Jer 51:51) Of course we know that will happen at the Abomination of Desolation. Thus this places the destruction of America to occur after the Abomination of Desolation. Isaiah 13 narrows the timing down farther and shows us that the destruction to end times Babylon will occur after the opening of the sixth seal.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see…They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger… And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Putting all of these verses together tell us that the destruction of end-times Babylon will occur after the Abomination of Desolation, after the sixth seal is opened, and as part of the wrath of God. We know that God’s wrath starts after the rapture at the Day of the Lord. Therefore we can place the destruction of end-times Babylon/America to occur after the rapture. It is possible that this destruction occurs at the same time that Gog and Magog are destroyed.
Another interesting verse that we should consider, which may connect the Gog-Magog war with the destruction of end-times Babylon, is Eze. 39:6. It says: “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.” This verse indicates that God will not only allow Gog and Magog to be destroyed by fire, but also those that dwell carelessly in the isles.
Isaiah 47:1-9 also talks about the destruction to end-times Babylon and makes the connection with the “careless dwellers.”
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate…for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms…And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
This passage refers to the inhabitants of end-times Babylon as those “that dwell carelessly.” This may connect the destruction that end-times Babylon/America will receive after the rapture, with the Gog/Magog war.
Putting It All
Together
Let’s put all the pieces of the puzzle together and come up with a comprehensive “most probable” picture of major end times events. The 70th Week of Daniel may begin silently—without the occurrence of a major event—or it may begin with the signing of the peace treaty. The first four seals will be opened sometime during the 70th Week before the abomination of desolation. With the opening of the first seal the NWO starts to take over the world, seals 2, 3, and 4 unleash WWIII, economic collapse, famine, death, etc. on the world. As a result of these tribulations the world will lay in ruins with ¼ of its population now dead. The antichrist/false Messiah comes onto the scene with the solutions to the world’s problems, including a peace treaty, and if the Illuminati plan is followed, this will occur 91 days after WWIII starts. He will then perform the Abomination of Desolation, at which Israel is commanded to flee. He will then take over the world on day 1260 and institute the mark of the beast, and begin persecuting Jews and Christians (Seal 5). A short time later the temporary peace will break down and WWIII will be reignited and the Gog-Magog war will begin. The rapture will occur just prior to the end of this war, which will begin the Day of the Lord period. This war will destroy three of the 10 spheres of influence — namely, Russia and her allies (the king of the North), Egypt and her allies (the king of the South), and America/Babylon. The antichrist will then be the supreme ruler of the world, with no one to stand in the way of his dictatorship. See the chart entitled “The Afflictions of the 70th Week” for a pictorial representation of this data…
Concerning the topics of WWIII, the Gog-Magog war, and the destruction of end-times Babylon and associated events: putting them in a timeline has been one of the most challenging things that I have wrestled with so far. There are many theories regarding these future events. Am I confident that I have put all the pieces of this part of the end-times puzzle together correctly? No, I am not, for as scripture says “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” (1 Cor. 13:12). There will be many events that will come into play during the end-times, to put them all together correctly is a daunting task that has bewildered many a more scholarly man than myself for years. What I have tried to do is take an honest and hard look at what all the scriptures teach—not just a select few—and come up with a scenario in which none of the many scriptures are contradicted. What I have just outlined before you is the result.
End of excerpt.
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