No, I am not a blood thirsty warmonger, as the above title might suggest. I simply am anxious for this war to develop in a way that I am reasonably certain that I know how it will end. God has prophecied, in Ezekiel chapters 38, & 39, that He will bring the invasion, "upon the mountains of Israel", with their clear intent of committing mass genocide upon Israel, and killing every single man, woman, and child that draws breath among God's chosen people. Can you imagine the horrible slaughter that this would bring upon the Jews of Israel? How horrible to contemplate such a thing! It seems that this is (almost) the last straw with God's patience for these perverse people! (Armageddon will be His really "last straw"!) He has promised to turn their evil ways back on themselves until they have killed each other to the extent of nearly 85%, leaving only enough of their forces to tell those at home what happened. Then after perhaps the seven year period of the Antichrist's brief one-world rule, perhaps a new generation may try futilely to "finish the job" their predecessors started, only to have God finish the job on them, in a battle that has come to be referred to as "Armageddon".
Those of us who know the Lord, and have received Him as our Lord, and Savior will likely watch the second, and final battle from a safe distance as we will most likely have been "Raptured" home to be with Jesus some time after the conclusion of the Ezekiel prophecied invasion. Perhaps that is the source of my apparent excitement in anticipating, not the bloodshed that has been prophecied, but the "Rapture" that will follow.
The reason I am expounding (again, I know) on this now is because of the recent travel to Russia of the Iranian General in charge of their "elite guard" Army, known as the "Quds". Perhaps they should call themselves the, "think they 'Quds'", because after the Lord gets finished with them, it will be clear that they "Qud not"! (Sorry about that!) Any way, this Iranian general has an international warrant out for him as a war crimes violator, and a "no travel" ban that no other country, but the eternally arrogant Putin's Russia, would dare violate. I suspect that even Putin would not bother to bring the international condemnation upon himself that this will certainly bring, unless they were planning something really big (like perhaps an invasion of the whole Middle-East, which Putin probably feels will result in Russian conquest of the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the other Persian Gulf emirates). Iran probably feels it will result in the capture of Kuwait's, and Iraq's oil fields, secondarily, but primarily the complete massacre of the nation of Israel and the capture of the land that God has promised shall be theirs for a "perpetual possession". That sounds like a pretty long time to me! And I don't think the Koran has any contradiction to this promise that is going to sway God from His original promise to, "the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob", or the Jews of Israel. These idiots mean to fight Israel's Army, but they will shortly find out that they are really fighting against God, himself, and His name is not "Allah". Surprise, surprise! Good luck finding your 72 virgins where you're going!
Anyway, this trip the Iranian general took to Russia may well be the first step in beginning the "Gog/Magog" invasion, as it is called, and the timing of it is appropriate for two reasons. First, both Russia is feeling the stress of the economic sanctions placed upon them by the Western powers for their invasion of the Ukraine, and Iran is feeling the stress of the likewise sanctions placed upon them, to force them to reach a non-nuclear proliferation agreement, which was recently reached by American diplomats, and the diplomats of five other major powers. This agreement is perhaps acceptable to our idiot diplomats, but it's looking increasingly like the U.S. Congress is not willing to sign off on the deal, which they must for it to become law. Therefore, both Russia and Iran can expect a continuation of their sanctions, and they may feel that an invasion of the Middle-East, conquering 3/4ths of the world's productive oil fields, and an excruciating oil embargo that follows will end the sanctions and allow both Russia and Iran to do just about "whatever the Hell (pardon the expression) they want", without interference from the Western nations. They're probably right, except for God's intervention against them, to protect His "chosen people". Secondly, this is the optimal time of year for a Middle-East war, historically, as the hot weather will facilitate the rolling of tank treads, and truck wheels across dry deserts, which will have dried out from the muddy quagmires they become every Spring.
I may well be reading too much into all this, but then, again, I may not. We'll know soon enough, one way or another, and if I'm right, as I keep quoting the Lord, "...look up, for your redemption draweth nigh"!!!
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