In light of recent events in America and all over the
world, it’s time to talk about the biblical War of Gog and Magog that will
shortly come to past. Recently, the United States had an election to determine
the next president for four years, and we have chosen to elect Donald Trump to
be president of the United States starting 2017. But, this didn’t happen
without controversy; for during the election, the Democratic convention was
hacked by what people believed were the Russians. Whether this was true or not
remained to be seen, the American media and the FBI with their government bias
believed that this was true while Republicans and Trump supporters believed
that this was hoax. Because the government believed that this was true, the
Obama administration sanctioned the Russians and deported Russian diplomats.
The Russian response—because Putin likes Trump to be president—was to turn the
other cheek. However, this hack and the many wikileaks about Hillary Clinton
led to her lose and the rise of Trump.
What’s
concerning about this is the fact that the Russians did what we had been doing
through the CIA for decades. America had been involved in taking down
governments since the 1950s. We had overthrown the government in Iran in the
50s by replacing a man who nationalized the Iranian oil industry. We replaced
him, Mohammad Mosaddegh, with the Shah of Iran—which in turn led to oppression
and the overturn of his government in 1979 by the Ayatollah. We have been doing
this for years before this situation with Russia. We are just getting what we
deserve from the Russians. We are causing our own problems in this country
because we refuse to come to God and Jesus Christ as a nation. We refuse to
obey Him and we haven’t humbled ourselves before God, so we got the leader that
we deserve. Trump maybe a Russian vessel, but God is still in charge, and we
need to repent of our sins to come back to Him.
Why would
this news have to do with the War of Gog and Magog? Easy: America was trying to
choose a good leader, but chose a lesser of two evils. They didn’t want four
more years of Obama; for Obama was in it for his own benefit. A lot of things
during the Obama administration had led to the rise of the players of the War
of Gog and Magog. For example, there was a deal with Iran to stop their nuclear
program—which was a failure because the government gave Iran money to stop
their program, but all Iran did was fund more terrorism and continue to build
their nuclear program. In addition, North Korea got a ransom to stop their
nuclear program by the Obama Administration—which the North Koreans took and
continued their plans. The players of the War of Gog and Magog are working in
the world: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Turkey and Syria. These are only a
few of the players in this war. But, how do I know about who the players are?
The prophesy in Ezekiel 38 tells us.
In the
prophesy, God talked about Gog, a chief prince of Magog. In the Hebrew, Gog was
head, or leader, of Meshech and Tubal. Meshech and Tubal were the Hebrew names
of the sons of Japheth, and they lived in Magog another of Japheth’s sons.
Moscow was the Russian name for Meshech, and Tobolsk was the Siberian name for
Tubal. Those two names were the capitals of their respective countries: Moscow
was the capital of Russia, and Tobolsk was the capital of Siberia. Those two
nations came together into the Russian nation we know today in the 17th
century, so that would mean that Russia is the Magog of Ezekiel 38. To further
prove this: look at the emblem of the Russian Federation: it has two eagles
with crowns on their heads underneath a central crown. This meant that two
nations came together to become one, and like it was mentioned in Ezekiel 38,
the emblem had a horseman in it. This is consistent with what the prophesy says
that the nation that Gog leads would have horses and horseman. In the prophesy,
Gog was protecting other nations and being a defense for them. Russia has the
second most number of Nuclear weapons in the world—the first being the United
States—and Russia has allied themselves with China, Iran, North Korea, Turkey
and Syria. All these nations have nuclear or will have nuclear weapons—all
thanks to Russia.
The recent
election of the United States has made it clear that Russia is still a power to
be taken seriously, and we shouldn’t take them lightly. I‘m not going to say
that Putin is Gog of the bible. I don’t believe that God would directly call
Putin Gog: Gog was a title for the leader—it could be any leader in Russia. It
can be Putin or his successor, but Putin has done things to make it consistent
with the prophesy. First, He invaded Georgia to the south of Russia for the oil
pipelines that ran through that country, and this happened in 2008. He had
relationships with Libya by trading with them for oil during Gaddafi’s
presidency—which America overthrew during the Arab Spring in 2011. Putin also
went into Syria to fight for their ally, Assad, against the American-backed
ISIS. Nations that Putin intervened or traded with were nations written in
Ezekiel’s prophesy. Russia wants oil, and it’s consistent because Russia’s most
abundant natural resource is oil and natural gas.
However,
the prophesy said that Gog would invade a land with unwalled villages and in
safety. It would also be brought back from the sword and dwell in prosperity.
Israel’s the only nation that fits that description; for the nation was a
beacon for all Jews all over the world since its independence in 1948 and a lot
of Jews went there after World War II. Israel is a prosperous nation for how
tiny it is, and it’s safe—besides the occasional terrorist attack from the
Palestinians. But, one of the key things that Israel has is oil off the coast
of Tel Aviv, and it would last them for decades. This would surely give the
Russian’s interest to take the spoil from the Israelis. It’s possible that the
UN resolution to split Israel into two-states is a way to weaken Israel and
take the spoil and the booty—just a thought. Russia has a veto power in the
United Nations, but voted for the two-state solution. Why? Why make it more
possible for Israel to be in warfare with the Palestinians because that’s
what’s going to happen with the Two-state Solution. It happened in 1948, and it
may happen again. I can’t say that this is true, but there seemed to be an
assault on Israel from the world.
What is
true based on the prophesy about Gog was that God said that He’s against Gog
and all his army that have bucklers and shields. The bible even named nations
that Gog has allied himself with: Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and Togarmah. Gog
was suppose to be on guard for them because God is going to fight against those
nations, and save Israel. The bible said that they would go after the ones that
were in the middle of the earth, and Israel is in the middle of the Earth. The
identity of the other nations that ally themselves with Gog would be mentioned
in a later blog, but the important thing is that God is going to fight against
Gog and his army with fire and brimstone and will also call His people to fight
against them. They would all go to the land of Bashan—which is just in the area
of southern Syria, northern Jordan. The army will fall there, and the animals
and the birds will eat and drink their flesh from them. After this battle,
Israel will bury Gog and his army in a place called Hamon-gog in Israel.
