I am somewhat gratified to know that Pat Robertson, of the Christian Broadcasting Network, has come to recognize the imminence of the "Gog/Magog" invasion of the Middle-East, and Israel in particular (as desribed in Ezekiel: Chapter 38, and 39)!!! I have been writing about what has seemed to me to be a build-up, for this invasion for several years! (Please see the archives list to the right of this column, for June 26, 2013's post.) I assumed that the reason more of the geat televangelists were not speculating about this was that they had large ministries to protect, and didn't feel the evidence was profound enough to take a controversial position on somthing that might be several years from developing!!! But I have no large ministry to protect, and no reputation to be damaged by making a call that turns out to be in error! Therefore I merely tried to share my opinions with my readers, more for the exercise of recounting my views, than any realistic effort to convince anyone of the truth of my opinions!
I can't help but disagree with Pat to a minor extent, as he seems convinced that president Erdogan of Turkey seems to be the likely culprit that God calls "Gog", the leader of this predominately Muslim invasion of Israel!!! Pat's reasoning is compelling, except for some minor points! Pat points to the reference of "Gog" being referred to as the leader of a tribe known as "Magog", which originated in the area of present-day Turkey, but does not consider the reports I've read that this same tribe eventually migrated to the area around present-day Mosow, Russia! Turkey will certainly play a major role in the invasion, since other tribes are mentioned as allies, called "Gomer", and "Togarmah", which also resided in the area of present-dayTurkey. But it is my opinion that the leader whom God refers to as "Gog" must be from Russia, either Putin, or some future Russian President (though Putin seems to be setting himself up to be President-for-life)!!!
Either way, the leader is doomed to fail, along with his forces, because God says His, "fury will come up in my face!!!" I don't think anyone will be happy after God becomes furious with them!!! Between what seems to be earthquakes, and possible neutron nuclear devices ( which are designed to kill large numbers of personnel, while leaving buildings and vehicles undamaged), used by the Israeli forces, in response to the invading Iranian army's use of what seems to be a poison gas against Israel (fatal, or temporarily incapacitating), God turns the invasion into a panicked rout, between those who want to flee, and those who try to stop them, saying "every man's sword (or modern weapon) will be against his brother", and they will destroy their own invasion force to the tune of 80%, or more!!! This is a familier way of God's bringing judgement upon the enemies of Israel, such as parting the Red Sea for the Israelites, and drowning the Egyptian pursuers, after them!!! They tried to drive the Isrealites into the sea, so God did to them what they tried to do to the Israelites!!!
Some scholars tend to couple this war with the later account of Armageddon! But, between accounts of these two wars, God describes a period of seven years of apparent peace during which Israel will be burning the weapons of their dead enemies! Recent reports of Russian development of pressuized composite wood being used for weapons (which is reportedly stronger, and more flexible than steel), and vehicles, such as tanks, and trucks, also makes this seem plausible! Could this be during the seven-year period referred to as the Great Tribulation, between "Gog/Magog" and Armagedddon???
Only time will tell, and I agree with Pat, that it's looking as though there won't be much left of that!!!
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