Russia, Iran, Syria, China to Hold Massive War Game: Echoes of Bible prophecy?
[Russia, Iran, Syria, China to
Hold Massive War Game: Echoes of Bible prophecy? by Joel Rosenberg]
"Iran, Russia, China and Syria will hold the Middle East’s largest ever
war game, Iranian news outlets reported quoting unnamed sources,”
reports the Jerusalem Post. “According to the report, 90,000 troops, 400
warplanes and 1,000 tanks from the four countries will take part in land
and sea exercises. The war games will feature Russian atomic submarines,
according to Iranian media, as well as warships, aircraft carriers and
mine-clearing destroyers. Semi-official Iranian FARS news agency stated
that the exercise was being planned in coordination with Egypt, which
recently acceded to grant the passage of 12 Chinese warships through the
Suez Canal. The report stated that the Chinese naval convoy is due to
dock in Syrian harbors within the next two weeks. Regarding the timing
of the planned exercise, FARS quoted unnamed Syrian officials as saying
the war game would be held ‘soon’….”
The story is particularly intriguing — and disturbing — in light of
Bible prophecies in Ezekiel 38-39 that indicate a Russian-Iranian
military alliance will develop in the “last days” to attack the nation
of Israel. In my first non-fiction book, Epicenter, and in my novel, The
Ezekiel Option, I describe these prophecies in detail. While it remains
too early to know for certain if the “War of Gog and Magog” prophecies
are going to be fulfilled in the near future, geopolitical trends in
recent years and even in recent months have been curiously consistent
with the ancient Biblical text. A militaristic Czar — Vladimir Putin 
—
has risen to power in Russia. Putin is the only Russian leader in
history to visit Israel (7 years ago), and is preparing to visit again
on June 25, trying to make the Israelis feel comfortable with him. Yet
Russia has been selling billions of dollars in arms to Iran and other
nations described in the prophecies. Russia is currently sending naval
ships and forces to Syria. Israelis are living more securely in the
land, and are more prosperous, than ever in their modern history, also
consistent with the prophecies..." Full text:
Russia, Iran, Syria, China to Hold Massive War Game: Echoes of Bible
prophecy?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Isn't it
amazing how so many see no significance in these things? Watch!"
Watch, pray, be ready (Mt
26:41,
24:42).
See:
Ezekiel 38 & 39,
Antichrist (Beast) - Abc's of Prophecy
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "This sounds insane! Could you
state when this article was [written], and also the source of the
article? I promise I am only curious and not out to disprove you, I have
always been one to take in all information possible."
Joel Rosenberg's Blog
Rosenberg is a fine servant of the Lord. I have a
nice picture with him.
[Is American Facing a "Jonah" Moment, or a "Nahum" Moment? by Joel C.
Rosenberg] "(Washington, D.C., July 2, 2012) -- Last month, I had dinner
with a group of Protestant and Catholic Christian leaders just outside
of Washington, D.C. I was asked to briefly explain the research and
analysis I had done while writing Implosion and share my conclusions
with the group. I tried to summarize the book with this question: "Is
America facing a 'Jonah' moment, or a 'Nahum' moment?" As we approach
the July 4th holiday and the celebration of the founding of our dear
country, let me explain.
In the Old Testament book of Jonah, the Hebrew prophet was sent by the
Lord to the wicked city of Ninevah -- the capital of the Assyrian empire
-- in order to preach a message of imminent judgment. I asked the
leaders to set aside for a moment the fact that Jonah didn't want to
obey the Lord and preach this messsage, and thus fled on a ship headed
in the other direction. The point I wanted to make that night was that
when Jonah finally did obey the Lord and did start preaching in Ninevah,
he didn't call the people to repentance. Rather, Jonah declared, "Forty
days and Ninevah will be overthrown." (Jonah 3:4) However, even though
Jonah never called the people to plead to the One True God of Israel to
have mercy on their souls and on their city, even though Jonah never
called on the people to beg for forgiveness and turn away from their
wickedness, that is, in fact, exactly what the Ninevites did.
The text says: "Then the people of Ninevah believed in God; and they
called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of
them. When the word reached the king of Ninevah, he arose from his
throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth,
and sat on the ashes. He issued a proclamation and it said, 'In Ninevah
by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd,
or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. But both man
and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God
earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence
which is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw
His burning anger so that we shall not perish?'" (Jonah 3:5-9)
Sure enough, the Lord heard the earnest prayers of the people -- and
their king -- as they repented, and He relented. "When God saw their
deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented
concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them.
And He did not do it." The promised judgment did not come. The people
and their city were spared from God's wrath. What an extraordinary
moment. The pagan people heard the word of the Lord and it burned in
their hearts. They believed God's word, pleaded for mercy, and the Lord
gave them mercy, even though He had never indicated that He would do so.
But this was not the only time the word of the Lord came to the people
of Ninevah.
About 100 years or so later, the next generation of Ninevites had
abandoned the Lord and fallen back into tremendous evil, violence,
bloodshed, lies, sorcery and other wickedness. In the Old Testament book
of Nahum, we read that the Lord again spoke to the people of Ninevah,
this time through a different Hebrew prophet, this one named Nahum. Yet
this time the people of Ninevah did not repent. They did not listen to
God's word. They did not plead for mercy. They did not turn from their
wicked ways and start praying, fasting and begging God for mercy. And
thus, mercy did not come. Instead, the judgment of God came upon the
people, and in 612 B.C. the city of Ninevah was utterly destroyed.
Today we as Americans -- especially those here in the capital, but all
of us really -- must confront this question: Is America in a "Jonah"
moment, or a "Nahum" moment? That is, will we hear the word of the Lord
that we have strayed far from the teachings of the Bible and allowed our
land to become polluted with abortions and pornography and violence and
wickedness of all kinds? Will we admit how far we are from God's plan
and purpose for our lives? Will we confess that our hearts are far from
Jesus Christ and plead with the Lord for His mercy and grace and
forgiveness? Will we fast and pray and earnestly seek God's face, and
implore Christ to give us a Third Great Awakening? Or will we ignore the
word of the Lord and continue in our sins and watch our nation continue
to decline, or even implode?
Twice in American history we have seen sweeping spiritual revivals known
as the Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening, respectively.
Millions of Americans repented of their sins during those seasons,
became devout followers of Jesus Christ, began to read the Bible
voraciously and to obey the word of the Lord. Nowhere in Scripture,
however, has America been promised a spiritual revival in the 21st
century, much less one that would be so sweeping, so game-changing that
it would qualify as a Third Great Awakening. But who knows? Perhaps the
Lord will show us tremendous mercy and forgiveness if we all humble
ourselves and pray, and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways?
However, if we don't repent and turn back to the Lord Jesus Christ, we
may very well consign ourselves to suffer the fate of the Ninevites
during the time of Nahum.
These are sobering thoughts, I realize. But these are perilous times. As
I note in 'Implosion: Can America Recover From Its Economic & Spiritual
Challenges In Time?" I believe time is running out. May we choose
wisely, before it's too late..." Full text:
Joel Rosenberg's Blog
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "...Shouldn't you guys fire up a bowl..."
Tsst
Response
to comment [from a Christian]: "You know that to be a fact or are you,
like SD, just a groupee of this former assistant to the Israeli PM that
she likes to quote?"
"We won't reward him until he is in a calm submissive behavior." ~ Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [Fig tree] "[I]f it is the war of the bible we are not going to stop it if it is in fact prophesied."
We are to be watching for Jesus not the
antichrist. Mt 24:33
"...Scholars of prophecy do not agree on all the
details of future events. But the following summary is a fair
representation of what many prophetic scholars believe as to the order
of events:
1. The Rapture of the church (1 Cor. 15:51–58; 1 Thes. 4:13–18). This
can occur at any time.
2. The leader of the ten European nations makes a seven-year agreement
with Israel (Dan. 9:26–27).
3. After three-and-one-half years, he breaks the agreement (Dan. 9:27).
4. He moves to Jerusalem and sets up his image in the temple (2 Thes.
2:3–4; Rev. 13).
5. The Antichrist begins to control the world and forces all people to
worship and obey him. At this time God sends great tribulation upon the
earth (Matt. 24:21).
6. The nations gather at Armageddon to fight the Antichrist and Israel,
but see the sign of Christ’s coming and unite to fight Him (Zech. 12;
Rev. 13:13–14; 19:11ff).
7. Jesus returns to the earth, defeats His enemies, is received by the
Jews, and establishes His kingdom on earth (Rev. 19:11ff; Zech.
12:7–13:1). He will reign on earth for 1,000 years (Rev. 20:1–5).
The purpose of prophecy is not to entertain the curious, but to
encourage the consecrated." Wiersbe, Warren W.: The Bible Exposition
Commentary. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1989, S. Mt 24:23
Russia,
Iran, Syria, China to Hold Massive War Game: Echoes of Bible prophecy?