Set to Re-Emerge as the Czar of Russia Putin
Set to Re-Emerge as the Czar of Russia
[Putin Set to
Re-Emerge as the Czar of Russia by Joel Rosenberg] "...Will run for President
March 4, 2012...On August 17th – in a column entitled, “Putin Rising: But Is He
Gog?” — I wrote that “after keeping a relatively low profile for the last
several years, Vladimir Putin is rising. In recent weeks, the Russian leader —
currently serving as his country’s prime minister — once again has been making
headlines, stoking controversy, and seeming to position himself to run for
president of Russia again in March 2012.”
Now it’s official. Putin is officially running in the March 4th elections. The
announcement came over the weekend and, barring unforeseen circumstances, should
win in a landslide. His anti-American, anti-Western “tough guy” image of
crushing the Chechens, and the Georgians, and building a vibrant economy through
Russia’s oil and natural gas industries, and building strategic alliances with
radical Islamic allies such as Iran has played well and made him very popular
throughout Russia’s eleven time zones. Putin is counting on such support to
allow him to emerge as the next Czar of Russia for many years to come. Reuters
notes that “the next president will be elected for six years and the
constitution still allows the head of state a maximum of two straight terms —
meaning Putin could be in power for another 12 years.”
The re-emergence of Putin as Russia’s central tyrant will re-stoke speculation
that we are heading towards the “War of Gog and Magog”as prophesied in the Bible
in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. Many evangelical Christians believe we are, in
part because the prophecies of Ezekiel 36 and 37 have already come true
regarding the dramatic rebirth of the State of Israel and Jews coming back to
the Holy Land in the last days after centuries of exile. And Putin strikes many
as far closer to the image of the evil dictator “Gog” described in the prophecy
than the current President Dmitry Medvedev. A growing number of Jews also
believe Ezekiel 38 and 39 could come true in our lifetime, and possibly in the
next few years. In June of 2010, for example, a group of Rabbis in Israel said
current events seemed to be leading to the “War of Gog and Magog.”
While it is still too early to say such prophecies will be fulfilled soon, the
rise of Putin — combined with Russia’s increasingly close ties to Iran, Libya,
Turkey, Central Asia and other countries described by Ezekiel – certainly
doesn’t bode well for the State of Israel or the Jewish people..." Full text:
Putin Set to Re-Emerge as the Czar of Russia
Pray for peace in Israel (Ps
128:6).
Sidebar: No more Putin pictures
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Not even a little one?"
Grrr
Response to comment [from other]: "And he's very good at Judo..."
No, he's not.
"He has a black belt and, from the Youtube vids I saw a couple of years ago, he deserves it."
Choreographed.
He's not a good treasure hunter either. Was the
"treasure" planted 4 feet off shore?
"...[T]he guy is a judoka; not that I think you'd be able to tell either way whether he was or not..."
What martial arts experience do I have?
"...I think you know about as much about judo as you do about evolution."
"You believe
God (revelation) or you believe man (speculation)." J. Vernon McGee
Response to comment [from an atheist]: [Not this...again]
"Serenity now."
~ Frank Costanza, Seinfeld Jn 16:33
Response to comment [from a
Catholic]: "Yeah, you'd think the Russians would be sick of Putin and his
messianic posturing by now."
Are we any
better?
Rico Suave Obama
Response to comment [from a
Christian]: "[M]ust....not.....post.....Putin "
That is
correct. The rules were so easy.
Response to comment [from an
atheist]: "I just wish folks would stop getting into a lather about " ZOMG VLAD
"THE IMPALER" Putin IZ GOG OF MAGOG!"
That was the
question.
"And the answer to that question is a most emphatic "no", period, full stop, do not pass "Go", do not collect $200.00."
How would you
know?
Re 20:8 You can't even get your ABC's right? Ps 53:1
Isa 14:19
"That's the problem with prophecy: if
a person can know the future, a person can change it."
Don't confuse God's determined will with his permissive
will. You can't change the coming of leader who will fight the final battle (Rev.
20:8–15) but you can change your future (2
Pe 3:9).
See:
In the Presence of God by R.C. Sproul
"Unless you believe in predestination..."
God is calling
out a people for his namesake (2 Sam. 23:3, 4; Isa. 42:6, 7; Isa.
61:1–3; Dan. 9:24, 27; Mic. 5:2; Zech. 13:1; Mal. 3:2, 3; Matt.
1:21; Matt. 3:11, 12; Matt. 4:23; Matt. 5:17; Matt. 9:13 Luke
5:30–32. Matt. 10:34–36 Luke 12:49–53; Mic. 7:6. Matt. 15:24; Matt.
18:11 [Luke 19:10.] Matt. 18:12–14 Luke 15:3–7. Matt. 20:28 Mark
10:45. Mark 1:38 Luke 4:43. Mark 2:15–22; Luke 1:78, 79; Luke
2:30–32, 34, 35, 38; Luke 4:18, 19, 43; Luke 8:1; Luke 9:56;
Luke 12:49–53; Luke 24:26, 46, 47; John 3:13–17; John 4:34; John
6:51; John 8:12; John 9:39; John 10:10; John 11:50–52; John 12:27,
46, 47; John 18:37; Acts 5:31; Acts 10:43; Acts 26:23; Rom. 4:25;
Rom. 5:6–8; Rom. 8:3, 4; Rom. 10:4; Rom. 14:9, 15; Rom. 15:8, 9;
2 Cor. 5:14, 15; Gal. 1:3, 4; Gal. 4:4, 5; Eph. 4:10; 1 Tim.
1:15; Heb. 2:9, 14, 15, 18; Heb. 9:26; 1 John 3:5, 8; 1 John
4:10).
See:
Mud turtles J. Vernon McGee
You said I couldn't discern.
1 Cor 2:14
Don't be an abominable bug
on an abominable branch. Then you'll get it.
Isa 14:19
"So if it is God's determined will that a particular Leader X will amass an army and march on Israel, no action of any kind will prevent that outcome?"
History future is settled. How it happens can vary. There will be a narcissistic Russian to fit the bill in every generation.
"Bullets aimed at Gog of Magog will inexplicably miss, even if fired from
point-blank range?"
I don't know
anything about inop bullets. Arrows have been redirected in the past.
[The Forgotten Prophet and a God-Aimed Arrow 1 Kings 22: Thru the Bible] "Modern
tracking technology makes it possible for missiles to reach their targets with
pinpoint accuracy, but in ancient times arrows had no tracking technology. That
is, until God guided the flight of a randomly-shot arrow to fulfill His
prophetic word in the life of a king who mocked Him..."
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel
between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his
chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot
against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into
the midst of the chariot [1 Kings 22:34–35].
"Ahab was not slain by a soldier that aimed at him. The king was not a target,
and the soldier did not shoot at Ahab—yet that arrow found him. You might say it
was the first guided missile. I imagine that he was just an ordinary soldier
with one last arrow left in his quiver. He pulled it out, put it in his bow, and
simply let it go. He didn’t know where it was going. Ahab’s death would have to
be listed as accidental, but in God’s record it was providential: that arrow was
aimed.
And you know, God still uses a very crude form of weapon—He’s still back in the
bow and arrow days. In Psalm 64:7, we read: “But God shall shoot at them with an
arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.” There are those today who think they
have escaped the hand of God. But I want to tell you that God has an arrow with
your name on it; it will find you one of these days. No matter how much you try
to deceive and cover up, that arrow will find you. That is what happened to
Ahab." McGee, J. Vernon: Thru the Bible Commentary. electronic ed. Nashville :
Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1981, S. 2:300
"I must not be one of those people, then, because I have never in my life, from the very day I was born, heard any call."
You prefer darkness to light because your deeds are evil (Jn 3:19).
[Don't be an abominable bug.
Then you'll get it.] "You're going to have to give me more incentive than that:
eternal, unending, infinite joy and bliss is not enough."
Love is real (Ru 1:16-17).
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I think you like him."
Be still my
heart.
pic
Stewie (right
click, open)
Response to comment [from other]: [What martial arts experience do I have?] "Apparently nothing with any relevance to grappling..."
What experience with grappling do I have?
"Otherwise you'd have kept your
ignorance to yourself instead of flapping your gums (once again) about something
you clearly know nothing about. Here's a picture of Vladimir Putin taking
ippon at the Kodokan Institute, the internationally recognized home of Judo. The
guy is obviously more than competent."
He's
competent in all he does.
Treasure hunting, too.
Response to comment [from an atheist]: "Be sure and let us know about any "revelations" you experience regarding my "evil" deeds..."
I'm grateful
that I am not omniscient.
Are you still waiting for that call?
Who got you to believe in [modern] mysticism (communion with God without
reason)?
God is a rational being. Only through rational thought can we approach him (Isa
1:18). You're going to have to use your brain
and it is difficult (Mt
7:14). When your mind disengages worship stops
(Ferguson). Ask Cruciform. He knows all about this.
1. Don't be an abdominal bug on an abdominal branch (Isa
14:19)
2. Don't be a Samaritan (Jn
4:22)
"Faith is not a leap in the dark. It is a step in the light." ~ Adrian Rogers
Heb 11:1
"Superstition is believing something for no good reason (e.g. believing
something without reasoning)." ~ Darrell Ferguson
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [nana]
How many people have I waterboarded Tom'O? How many people do I want to waterboard Tom'O? :mmph:
"Dude.....she...like, growled at me."
Grrr
Response to comment [from an atheist]: [You prefer darkness to light because your deeds are evil (Jn 3:19).] "Which deeds, specifically? Name ten specifically evil deeds I have done, and give the times, dates, locations, and victims of those deeds. Let's see how good your discernment really is."
It's about preference (Ps
63:3). Prefer him to sin (Ps
141:4,
36:8) whatever that is (Jn
8:34).
See:
Loving God with all of your Heart Pt. 9 by Darrell
Ferguson (right click, open)
By the way, do you have an evil father to blame
for the reason you are the way you are?
See:
G. K. Chesterton: "Enormous" Essayist, poet, writer
[Evil father?] "Nope, all the credit and/or blame for that is on me. No buck-passer I."
We don't need to roll in the mire with the pig to
understand that he's a pig.
See:
2 Pe 2:21-22 J. Vernon McGee
"I'm not following your link because this J. Vernon McGee fellow (who is probably dead) has nothing of any value to say."
Ad hominem.
"That only applies if you are J. Vernon McGee."
What does being
dead have to do with making a point?
He's more alive than you are (Isa
14:19).
"I'm betting you'd applaud if I said nasty things about somebody with whom you disagree (Michelle Obama, for example...)"
Say something. Let's see.
"...[S]uch comments wouldn't count as ad hominem as far as you are concerned."
"Maybe." ~ Fat
Bastard*
"I'm detecting a bit of hypocrisy on your part..."
You're not as discerning as you think you are.
*Fat Bastard not a reference to Michelle Obama.
If you'll
forgive me for not answering, I'll forgive you for your comment.
"...[Y]ou can't accuse me of having helped to bring about the current situation; I voted for a write-in candidate in the last election, and I'll do so again for this one."
I can forgive
you for writing in a candidate (Mt 12:32).
