10 March 2022: The now 14-day old invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and Belarus, the Union State of Russia and Belarus has had an effect not seen since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Suddenly the prophetic Scripture of Ezekiel 38/39 is a hot news item, with reporting ranging from outright scoffing and ridicule to the prophetic interpretation of this event you've been reading on Eschatology Today for a solid three months, and before then going back to the first act of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Global SITREP B13-14: Ukraine (Russia Invades) of March 1, 2014). I'd suggest a re-reading of that SITREP to recall what virtually everyone has forgotten, particularly the part dealing with, and frequently mentioned here, the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
In considering the Budapest memorandum there is an interesting fact to mention once again. The US, UK and Russia were nuclear armed nations back then, so what has changed? Everyone, except perhaps Putin, seems supremely paranoid of what invoking the clauses of the memorandum could lead to if it were upheld to the letter. Seriously, there is a left-of-center government in the USA in 2022 as there was in 1994 and again in 2014. So what has changed? Perhaps the Holy Restrainer is doing what He does best, applying restraint in an ever collapsing world. But I digress.
Back to Bible prophecy in the MSM. On the Beliver side of this issue we have seen in the past 10 days Pat Robertson (700 Club) come out of retirement to offer his take on what this war portends; that God is compelling Putin to invade Ukraine, but that Putin's goal is ultimately to invade Israel, and Pastor Greg Laurie with his excellent and now viral video response to the Russian invasion is embedded in the link for your viewing. We the bride of Christ understand these accurate presentations of prophetic Scripture. There are legions of such comentaries as these available on the internet.
In an Eschatology Today conducted Google search with the criteria "Ukraine Bible Prophecy" there were more than 1.2 million results presented. Those results vary as much in content as the number 1.2 million imples. Everything from the Chicago Sun-Times article about Ukraine's former first lady Katernyna Yushchenko offering about an 11th century mosaic (Oranta Mosaic in the Kyiv Cathedral) of the Virgin Mary offering protection and the survival of Ukraine if Russian troops do not destroy it. The mosaic is ostensibly under UNESCO protection, so that shoud keep Russian ordnance at bay. And then there are the scoffers.
One of the worst scoffers is found on the website of very poorly named The Christian Post. It assures its readers through a tweeted quote from Old Testament and Semitic scholar Michael S. Heiser, that "The idea that Ezekiel 38 and 39 is about Russia or a Russian invasion has literally no merit in terms of exegesis." That's the, and I use the term loosely, educated view of an "Old Testament scholar." Yet The Christian Post gives Heiser the "without a doubt" nod of being absolutely correct as compared to what we all believe Ezekiel 38/39 foretells. When it comes to scoffers, the Word of God is absolutely correct. The scoffers offer nothing more than world-class pablum. Let the internet surfer beware.
Eschatology Today believes that while Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be followed soon enough by God placing spiritual hooks in Gog of Magog's jaws to draw him and his military confederation to destruction on the mountains of Israel, there are other prophecies that concern Israel as we know the country today which must take place prior to the application of those hooks.
For example, in Ezekiel 38:11-16 Gog of Magog and his entire military force, down to the smallest shard of human bone, are to be buried in the Valley of Hamon Gog which lies east of the Dead Sea in what today is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This invokes Psalm 83, Isaiah 11:12-14 and Ezekiel 28:24-26 as requiring literal fulfillments first. If Christians and Christian sites want to tak about the fulfillment of prophecy, they need to speak to it indepth because fulfillment of the Lord's prophetic word is exact and inerrant to the letter of each written word.
This SITREP is essentially a continuation of the previous SITREP(s) with an eye towards what we know will occur shortly to drastically change the Middle East and Israel.
ReplyDeleteAlso, and quite importantly, note that when Jesus gave the multiple signs in the Olivet, saying these things must take place, but the end is not yet, He was referring specifically to the birth pangs prior to the 70th Week.
These signs we see occurring with our own eyes today.
During the 70th Week we won't be here to see any signs.
So the birthpangs are sign expressly for the bride to know what time it is. LOOK UP!!!
Prepare now for an economic crisis this summer!
ReplyDeleteMajor economic recession is coming, we haven't seen anything yet, it will get much, much worse, even more so with escalating war smashing global economies. Prepare now, get essential supplies for your household.
Russian troops killed in Ukraine now more than 12,000.
ReplyDeleteIt appears obvious as we enter the third week of full-scale war in eastern Europe that Putin is determined to provoke NATO and the West into a great war.
ReplyDeleteHis dictate for Russian troops to kill more non-combatant civilians than soldiers, the murder in cold blood of pregnant and nursing mothers and their newborn children, hospitals and the I'll within them, as well as those within sanitariums and rest homes for the elderly is cold, calculated and utterly indifferent to human life.
This is now so obvious, and I'm not sure he will be able to survive this insanity, despite his longevity as the head of Russia's authoritarian government, whether by assassination, coup d'etat or other means of removal from authority.
God has a critical, last days purpose for the evil "Gog of Magog." If Putin survives, it will confirm his role in that purpose.
Important to let everyone know that the Ukraine biolabs DO NOT and HAVE NOT created offensive bioweapons.
ReplyDeleteTheir purpose is defensive, they research counter measures to bioweapons.
The pathogens within them should have been secured by Special Operations troops days if not weeks ago. Looking to confirm.
Here we go. Col. Selling levels and clarifies this Ukraine biolabs issue.
DeleteLevel-setting Ukraine biolabs
Russia is attempting to drag its Union state partner (Belarus) into war against Ukraine. Russian strike aircraft have deliberately attacked a Belarusian village in a false flag operation.
ReplyDeleteGiven the sanctions and crushing of the Russian economy and stock market by the Western alliance, what insight might be applied to Ezekiel 38:13
ReplyDelete"Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?'"
What are we to think about Putin's call for "foreign volunteers" to join Russian troops in their attempt to conquer the whole of Ukraine?
ReplyDeletePutin said today that Russia would do all it could and would be obligated to facilitate the movement of the foreign military into Russia.
Are we now going to witness the foreign military of the nations identified by Ezekiel joining Russia's forces in Ukraine?
It appears we are now seeing a process for the fulfillment of directly related passages in Ezekiel's prophecy.
How convenient to have a common launch pad when God sets His hooks in Gog's jaw to drag them southward.
Sean, do you think this escalates to Nato involvement, and by Nato I mean primarily the US which would prompt Putin to set his sights on Israel as retaliatory move?
DeleteTommy,
ReplyDeleteI think this war is the leading edge of a global war. Can't have a global war without NATO involvement. Been saying this for years.
Two comments above I wrote something regarding Ezekiel 38:13. Don't look now, but that verse involves NATO.
And the comment directly below that is about Magog gathering its allies and being a guard over them. This is taking place before everyone's eyes and what do we have here about it?
Crickets.
From here forward I do wish people would read Scripture and pray in the Spirit to the Lord for the answer to their questions about what they read. He will respond.
Trying to spoon feed eschatological matter to most folks isn't working.
Sean, your perspective and insight helps me understand what I've read and it's always appreciated on a daily basis.
DeleteTommy,
DeleteIf only one person, such as yourself, is helped to understand then my work here has been more than worth the non-stop effort expended.