Even basic amateur students of the Bible will probably immediately recall the words of Mordecai, in the book of Esther, to her (his cousin, whom he raised as his adopted daughter, after her parents died) as she contemplated approaching the Persian King, her husband, whom she had not been called by for 30 days. She knew the law in Persia was that anyone who approached the King, uncalled-for, was to be put to death, unless the King held out his mitre (or, " golden scepter"), in exception. She was considering doing so because her people, the Jewish captives (taken by Nebuchadnezzar), were to be massacred by the King's command, which he had pronounced, unknowingly, through the deceptive manipulation of Haman, the King's counselor.
Mordecai could see that Esther was wrestling with her fears of doing so, and he said, as encouragement, the first half of this post's title; that perhaps God had raised her up for this purpose, in order to intercede for the salvation of her people, and herself, as well.
Today we have the modern-day equivalent of Persia, known as Iran, threatening Israel for a series of attacks on their troop build-up, in Syria, across from the Israeli border. I'm sure that the I.D.F. (Israeli Defense Force) recognizes the potential of Russia, Iran, and other Muslim forces, to be acting out the prophecy, given to the Prophet Ezekiel, about 2500 years ago, which begins with a massive invasion of Israel, complete with a "cloud" of poison gas (?) leading the way. The last half of this post's title was directed to Israel, by Iran, instead of the immediate retaliation that could reasonably be expected. It is uncharacteristically mild, for Iran to seem so tolerant of their professed enemy, unless they have something bigger in store (like a full-scale invasion?), and they don't want to take their eyes off of their preparations. This seems to me to indicate Iran's view that their retaliation will be soon forthcoming, and it will be severe enough to account for any apparent delay in their response, now!
I have written previously of my expectation that this prophecy seems to be about to be fulfilled, though it's reference to a time for fulfillment was no more specific than to say it was, "... for the latter days", which only generally referred to the period of time when the Lord was soon to return, to set up His Kingdom of Heaven on Earth! There may be a separation of several years between the fulfillment of the "Gog/Magog" invasion, of Ezekiel: 38, and 39, and Jesus' actual return. But, God has no intention of allowing His chosen people to be butchered by these renegade Shiite Muslims, from Iran, any more than He allowed the captive Jews to be slaughtered in ancient Persia. God turned Haman's conspiracy back upon him, and those who conspired with him, and the Jews were given complete deliverance! This future deliverance will be even more profound, and the Russian leader who planned it all will suffer a similar "fate" as that of ancient Haman; and be buried in the valley of Israel that will come to be called "the valley of Hamangog". "Gog" is the name God has given to the Russian leader who dreamed up this invasion scheme, having all the wisdom (or lack, thereof) that Haman displayed before him. I wonder if Gog is otherwise known as Putin?
UPDATE: 5/7/2018--
Somebody in Russia really is interested in what I think! And I find this preposterously mind-boggling!!! I do not pretend to be the equivalent of Billy Graham to the people of Russia, yet someone (and their cohorts) are reading my blog as if it is the only testament against what their leaders seem to be planning, and in particular "Gog" (Putin?)! I know they have a certain segment of their population that is Christian, however large, I don't know. But, I feel safe in guessing that they have the books of Ezekiel (especially chapters 38, and 39), and Esther printed in their Orthodox Bibles, just as they are printed in mine! So, why do they take such remarkable notice whenever I write something about what I've read in my Bible? Read it for yourself, for crying out loud!!! Don't take my word for it, I am no one special. My great talent is that I can actually READ! And I actually believe what I have read (whooptee-doo, for me!!!).
So, why all this attention when I write something about the Ezekiel: 38, and 39 prophecy??? Read it for yourself, and try believing it, before it's too late! I believe God had two purposes in giving us this prophecy: First, to warn us (and Israel, in particular!) of the coming peril of the "Gog/Magog", Middle-East invasion, and second, to cause those who might otherwise be ignorantly forced into participating in the invasion to repent, before the disaster that God will bring upon them develops.
My reason for writing the above is the perplexing increase in statistics of "pageviews", every time I write something about the Ezekiel prophecy, or about Russia's apparent preparations for fulfilling this 2500-year-old prophetic invasion plan. After I wrote the above post, and the preceding one, three days earlier, the statistics of pageviews that my server records for me indicated that the interest from Russian sources jumped from around 1 per day, which I had noticed was consistent since the last time I wrote about this perplexing pattern, to around 40, for the April 30th post, and to 104 for the above post!!! (And an additional twenty-something today! UPDATE: 5/8/2018)
Like I said, someone is really interested in my opinion about what I read in my Bible!!! But, if it were 104 average citizens in Russia, I think by now they would have found a Bible for themselves, and checked out what I said, to see if there was any credibility to my opinions! The only thing I can guess is that one official at the Kremlin is reading my blog regularly, and notifying 103 other Kremlin "intelligence"(?) officials, when I write something that may come close to what they are actually planning for their Middle-East invasion.
Hey guys! Catch a clue!!! It ain't me, it's God that knows all about your plans. And, you can read it for yourselves in the Bible, if your communist-atheist arrogance could ever bring you to the point of humility to actually read it for yourselves. It might even cause some of you to realize that your plans will fail miserably, with 83, and 1/3rd% of your invasion force set to be slaughtered! But, if you insist upon carrying out this doomed plan, you can read about the consequences, too! There is little hope for your leader, "Gog" (Putin?), because once a man becomes so arrogant that he believes he can resist God, as Pharaoh did, even after Moses warned him, no amount of reasoning seems to stop him!!! But, there is still time for the average Russian soldier (and even the average Muslim soldier/terrorist) to repent and refuse to participate in this suicidal invasion scheme! Even a Russian prison would seem better than being forced into this stupid scheme!!!
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