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1 Dark War Clouds gather on Israel s northeast border as Russia and her allies invade Syria. In 587 BC, Ezekiel the Prophet predicts a final agempt to eliminate Israel who will have come back into My land amer 18 centuries. At that Pme, the God of Israel will show the world that He is the one and only God The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, set your face against Gog (Ezek. 38:1-2). This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. You will say, I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will agack a peaceful and unsuspecpng people all of them living without walls and without gates and bars. (Ezek. 38:10-11). You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, O Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the napons may know me when I show myself holy through you before their eyes. (Ezek. 38:16). The Russian military surprised Western military experts last week by launching 26 high-tech Kalibr shiplaunched cruise missiles, also known as 3M-14s on rebel targets in Syria. These missiles, being previously unknown, were seemingly showcased for the purpose of demonstrating the power and reach of the Russian navy and its highly-advanced missile capabilities. Should the U.S be alarmed? Almost certainly so. At a cost of $70 billion a year, Russia has the world's third-largest defense budget, boasting 845,000 troops, 22,550 tanks, and 1,399 combat aircraft. Tom Olago, Prophecy News Watch, Oct.15, 2015.

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3 Russia makes a major military move into Syria a country that borders Israel on the northeast. Before dawn on Thursday, Sept. 24, Russian marines went into battle for the first time since their deployment to Syria, Debkafile s military and intelligence sources reveal. Russian Marine Brigade 810 fought with Syrian army and Hizballah special forces in an attack on ISIS forces at the Kweiris airbase, east of Aleppo. According to President Vladimir Putin Russian forces in Syria were only there to defend Russian interests and would not engage in combat with the Syrian army, Hizballah or Iranian troops. DEBKAfile Exclusive Report, Sept. 24, Russia and its allies are taking control of Syria and are now becoming a threat to Israel a prelude to Ezekiel s prophecy. Ezekiel predicted that it would happen amer Israel was gathered from many napons to a land that had been long desolate (for over 1800 years). AMer many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many napons to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the napons, and now all of them live in safety. You and all your troops and the many napons with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land. (Ezek. 38:8-9). Russia claims that it is trying to stop the Islamic State terror group in Syria, but this is being disputed by Syrian rebels and Western officials, who say the airstrikes are taking place in parts of the country where the Islamic State has little presence. By JNS, BreakingIsraelNews, Oct. 15, 2015.

4 Russian military armed forces are impressive Russia s fighter jets are, for now at least, conducting nearly as many strikes in a typical day against rebel troops opposing the government of President Bashar al-assad as the American-led coalition targeting the Islamic State has been carrying out each month this year. Daniel Greenfield, FrontpageMag, Oct. 15, Russian Navy transport vessels have been shuttling back and forth for weeks to ferry troops, weapons and supplies to an air base near the coastal city of Latakia. A leading defense research group, said last week that satellite images of the base showed 28 jets, including multirole fighters, ground attack jets, bombers and possibly helicopter gunships. FoxNews.com, Oct. 1, The world s largest submarine, the Dmitri Donskoy (TK-208), Nato-coded Typhoon, has set sail for the Mediterranean and is destined for the Syrian coast, Debkafile reports exclusively. Aboard the sub are 20 Bulava (NATO-code SS-N-30) intercontinental ballistic missiles with an estimated up to 200 nuclear warheads. The Russian sub set sail from its North Sea base on Sept. 4, escorted by two anti-sub warfare ships. Their arrival at destination in 10 days time (Sept 14) will top up the new Russian military deployment in Syria. Debkafile, Sept. 14, Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. AMer many days you will be called to arms. (Ezek. 38:7-8).

5 A very recent Major oil discovery in the Golan Heights becomes a huge source of conflict! G e n i e E n e r g y, a c o m p a n y w i t h headquarters in the United States, confirmed it made a major discovery of oil and natural gas in the Golan Heights. The company's Israeli subsidiary, Afek Oil and Gas, drilled into a column of reserves about 1,150 feet thick, about 10 times larger than the global average. UPI, Oct. 9, In Ezek , the prophet said that the Gog/Magog coalipon would invade Israel to gather much plunder. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many napons to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the napons, and now all of them live in safety I (Gog) will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resegled ruins and the people gathered from the napons (Ezek. 38:8-12). The Golan Heights was captured from Syria by Israel in the 1967, 6- day war. The Golan is a very high ridge overlooking the Sea of Galilee and gives the occupier a highly strategic military advantage. When Syria occupied the Golan they bordered the Sea of Galilee. Israel annexed the southern part of the Golan in 1981 but Syria spll claims the Golan and demands its return. The USA and the internaponal community do not recognize Israel s claim to sovereignty for the Golan.

6 Iran (Persia in Ezekiel) and Hezbollah are joining with Russia both of these Russian allies are biger enemies of Israel. BEIRUT (AP) Hundreds of Iranian troops are being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran's involvement in the civil war as they join allied Hezbollah fighters in an ambitious offensive to wrest key areas from rebels amid Russian airstrikes. Zeina Karam and Sarah Deeb, Associated Press, Oct 14, Israeli military and intelligence sources were uncharacteristically forthcoming when they revealed on Thursday, Oct. 15, that 3,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards troops had secretly landed in Syria. This was the largest Iranian ground force ever to set foot in Syria. Tsiyon News, Oct. 20, The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has divine permission to destroy Israel, said Mojtaba Zolnour, a Khamenei representative in the elite Revolutionary Guards. David Daoud, Al Arabiya, May 12, This is what will happen in that day: When Gog agacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign LORD. (Ezek. 38:18). I will display my glory among the napons, and all the napons will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay upon them. (Ezek. 39:21). The Commander of Iran's Basij (volunteer) Force, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, was quoted as saying that "wiping Israel off the map is not up for negotiation. Gil Ronen, Arutz Sheva, April 5, 2015.

7 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (Rev. 16:12). Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. (Rev. 16:16). Our military sources find evidence that the Chinese forces are digging in for a prolonged stay in Syria. The carrier put into Tartus minus its aircraft contingent. The warplanes and helicopters should be in place on its decks by midnovember - flying in directly from China via Iran or transported by giant Russian transports from China through Iranian and Iraqi airspace. DEBKAfile Exclusive Report, Sept. 26, In recent years the Euphrates river has dried up because dams upstream are keeping all the water. Chinese aircram carrier Liaoning- CV- 16 now docked at Tartus, Syria will soon be joined by a guided missile cruiser.

8 The Prophet Ezekiel makes the final fate of Gog/Magog quite clear This is what will happen in that day: When Gog agacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign LORD. (Ezek. 38:18). I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed (Ezek. 38:21-22). On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the napons with you (Ezek. 39:4). I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD. I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the napons will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel. (Ezek. 39:6-7). On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. (Ezek. 39:11-12).

9 Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Be careful that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:30-36).

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