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As the greatest supernatural intervention of human history -- a
defense right out of heaven above -- Israel's God is going to reveal
Himself. When this Divine display is finished, the Muslim religion
will be stripped of all its glory. It will no doubt cause great
anger among the hard core Muslims that escape death but a turning to
Jesus Christ of those honest individuals that see the glory of our
Eternal God. The Muslim religion is a farce when it is seen for what
it really represents. Already millions of former Muslims have turned
to Christ and the harvest has barely begun. One Saudi sheikh says in
disgust that six million Muslims are converting to Christ yearly.
This coming war will serve as the eternal design of Bible
prophecy. Men may well look at such a catastrophic devastation as
cruel and beyond the acts of a Holy God, but this expression of
wrath has been building for many centuries. It will include
judgments against many vile and Godless acts of terror, great hatred
manifest against the Jewish people, and hatred toward God Himself.
Germany will receive her final judgment for the Holocaust and Russia
will be judged for her atheistic hatred against her own people, as
well as against Israelis and Christians. The Muslim religion will
answer for centuries of vileness and defiance against the true and
living God. The catastrophic level of God's wrath will be in the
exact proportion to the wicked history of the nations involved.
This war could not occur until the nation of Israel was back in a
portion of the Promise Land. There is not enough military might in
the entire armies of the world to change God's promises. Israel is
already a rich nation and is becoming richer every day. Their
military is without parallel. They have discovered massive reserves
of oil and eventually that discovery will be greater than all the
Arab nations combined. How do we know that their oil deposits will
be the world's greatest? The Promise Land and her treasures were
ordained to flow as "milk and honey."
There are several promises for the discovery of oil by the Jewish
people. God said, "For the precious things
of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath…for
they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid
in the sand…and let him dip his foot in oil" (Deuteronomy
33:13, 19, and 24). Someone can argue whether
"the deep that coucheth beneath, treasures
hid in the sand" or "dip his foot in
oil" means oil deposits; but if we take these words
literally, they are indeed powerful.
It is important that we know the Biblical reason for the War of
Gog and Magog. It is Israel's riches and abundance that Russia
covets. We know why the Muslims want to eliminate Israel, but Russia
and much of her coalition forces want the treasures and wealth. If
you study the unbelievable agricultural success, the technological
brilliance, the military capabilities, and then add the possibility
of billions of barrels of black gold, you will understand that
Russia can see nothing but worldwide wealth and dominance.
One of their top politicians and advocates of this war to the
south has left no room for guessing. Here are the words of Vladimir
Volfovich Zhirinovsky, a strategic ally of Putin:
- "The operation should be carried out using the code-name
"Final Thrust to the South." Our army will carry out this task.
It will be a means for the nation as a whole to survive and a
way to restore the Russian army."
- "Russia reaching the shores of the Indian Ocean and the
Mediterranean Sea is a task that will be the salvation of the
Russian nation. . . . Russia will grow rich."
- "The Arabs and Europeans . . . have a vested interest in
seeing to it Russia establishes her new borders . . . . Only in
this way can they escape the Israeli trap."
- "Can't Russia, mustn't Russia, make just one move, one
little move southward? . . . The Germans want this . . . . The
world will understand that if Russia needs it that means it's
good. The Russian army needs this. It will let our boys flex
their muscles instead of sitting around the barracks, worn out
by hazing, in the depths of Russia, not knowing who and where
the enemy is and what moral and physical preparations they
should make."
- "Only America would not be pleased, but she won't interfere.
The alternative to this development of this situation is too
grave for her if she interferes." (Epicenter, Joel C. Rosenburg,
page 140-141.)
The mighty God of our Bible has allowed enough of His extension
of grace. It's time for judgment and it's time to make all His glory
visible to the human family. Listen to God's promise of
intervention. "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. 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? 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" (Ezekiel 38:16-18).
I pray that America will be there to help in this hour, but we
will not be needed. I actually believe, contrary to many, that we
will be faithful to Israel to the end. That will be the reason God
honors America as a sheep nation in Matthew chapter twenty-five.
Regardless, this will end the worldwide threat from Muslim
terrorists and will sweep the Temple Mount in Jerusalem of every
semblance of the false sun-god, named Allah.
Unnamed pestilences and blood will rain on the army of millions.
The rain will be overflowing and mixed with hailstones, fire, and
brimstones. It will be massive and will actually fall from Heaven in
such a manner that no one will doubt that it is God Himself that
fights for Israel. The Bible is careful to state that the slaughter
of this mob of wicked people extends back to their staging countries
and capital cities. "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. 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" (Ezekiel 39:6-7).
Magog represents the Russian capital of Moscow and this Scripture
includes the other nations which join this coalition. The judgment
will leave no doubt about God's rejection of the Muslim Koran and
religion. The world is trying to convince us that the Muslim god is
identical to our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. This lie
will die with Gog and Magog in the mountains of Israel and in the
nations that join this end time war.
The glory of God will be manifest and the world will know. Out of
this massive judgment will be a mighty visitation of Holy Ghost
awakening. Joel settled the utter destruction of the Northern horde
and promised the Latter Rain of God's Spirit. He said by the Holy
Spirit, "But I will remove far off from you
the northern army… Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the
LORD will do great things" (Joel 2:20a, 21). He added the
Latter Rain promise two verses later, "He
will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the
latter rain in the first month" (Joel 2:23b). The first month
is the Feast of Trumpets, the next unfulfilled feast of Israel. It
is also a Jewish type for the coming Rapture of Christ's Bride.
We are living in the golden age of the prophetic finishing of all
things. Keep your eyes on the Holy Scripture and your heart in total
surrender to the Lordship of our Savior and Captain, Jesus Christ.
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