When shall these things be? (one stone not left standing upon another) unds in the house of my friends ASCENSION. RESURRECTION ZECH 13.

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1 Mid Timeline The Book of Ezekiel Chapter Gog Magog And Friends 1 W B.C. When shall these things be? (one stone not left standing upon another) CROSS unds in the house of my friends RESURRECTION ZECH 13.6 Wo IS SA 61.1 LU A.D. ASCENSION PENTECOST What shall be the sign of Thy coming Matthew 24-25, Mark 13, Luke 17 / 21 Olivet Discourse Rev 2-3 Rev 6 > EZEKIEL s 430 YEARS EZEK LEV 26.18, 21, 24, 28 Servitude of the Nation 606 BC 1 st siege of Nebuchadnezzar Desolations of Jerusalem 597 BC 3 rd siege of Nebucahdnezzar Day 5 Day 6 Mat 24:24 CHURCH - UNDER GRACE Rev A.D. PS 27:5 CHURCH IN HEAVEN WITH CHRIST JESUS ZEPH 2:2-3 JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST - REWARDS MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB ISA Virgin Bride without spot or wrinkle 1 COR THES 4:15-18 ZECH 12:10 MATT Go away until Israel acknowledges May 14, 1948 ISRAEL A NATION AGAIN IJERUSALEM RETAKEN June 7, Tim 4 2 Tim 2; 3 2 Co 11:13 2 Ptr 2 Hos 6:1 Gone for two days RAPTURE Rev 4-5??? 2000 A.D. ZECH Worthless shepherd Right Eye and Arm wounded MARTYRS FROM THE TRIBULATION PERIOD ELIJAH / MOSES 2 Witnesses / 144,000 Sealed Ezek ISRAEL: Purged / Pass under the rod / Try as by fire 3.5 years, 42 months, 1260 days GEN 3.15 REV BEGINNING OF SORROWS TIME OF JACOB S TROUBLE??? GOG/MAGOG INVASION MAN OF SIN COMES TO POWER TWO WITNESSESS 144,000 SEALED 2 THES 2 Order? EZEKIEL MATTHEW MARK 13 LUKE 21 their sin / their guilt and seek me / call on me ZECH /3 Israel Purged 1/3 tried as by Fire 3.5 years, 42 months, 1260 days THE GREAT TRIBULATION THE WRATH OF GOD What shall be the sign of the end of the world? Zeph 3 ZECH REV ND COMING OF CHR IST ISA 63 Returns to Bozrah to make war REBELLION AGAINST MAN OF S IN REBELS UNITE AGAINST GOD 200,000,000 MAN ARMY GATHER RS ARMAGEDDON ISA Petra Bosrah Ammon Edom Moab Modern Sheep / Goat Judgment of AMOS Purged Israel from Edom M Je 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 3 ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION MAN OF SIN ( & FALSE P INTO THE SA Outline of Ezekiel Chapter 1 3 The Call of the Prophet 4 24 God s Judgment on Jerusalem (Given before the siege of Jerusalem) God s Judgment on the Nations (Given during the siege) The Restoration of the Jews (Given after the siege) They return to their land 37 They experience new life and unity They are protected from Gog and Magog The Millennial Kingdom 2 2 Hast seen: Which are: Rev 1 Rev 2-3 Gospel of John John s Epistles CROSS RESURRECTION B.C. A.D. When shall these things be? (one stone not left standing upon another) Which are yet to come: Rev 4-22 The Revelation What shall be the sign of Thy coming Matthew 24-25, Mark 13, Luke 17 / 21 Olivet Discourse ASCENSION PENTECOST TEMPLE DESTROYED 70 AD JERUSALEM DESTROYED 130 AD 00 A.D. REFORMATION 1517 AD 1 ST HOLOCAUST 1937 AD > ISRAEL A NATION AGAIN May 14, 1948 JERUSALEM RETAKEN Jun 7, A.D. CHURCH RAPTURED FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES IS COME IN MAN OF SIN COMES TO POWER WAR - GOG/MAGOG INVASION FAMINE DEATH MARTYRS CHURCH IN HEAVEN WITH CHRIST JESUS JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST - REWARDS MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB MARTYRS FROM THE TRIBULATION PERIOD 2 WITNESSES y 4 Day 5 Day years, 42 months, 1260 days BEGINNING OF SORROWS NDER LAW CHURCH AGE TIME OF JACOB S TROUBLE CATASTROPHIC CHANGES IN THE EARTH AND SKY Israel Cast Off - Dispersed But not abandoned forever ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION Virgin Bride without spot or wrinkle 144,000 SEALED 3.5 years, 42 months, 1260 days GREAT TRIBULATION THE WRATH OF GOD TRUMPETS What shall be the sign of the end of the world? 2 ND COMING OF CHRIST Sheep / Goat Judgment Judgment of the Nations Day 7 (Sabbath) MILLENIUM (1,000 YEARS) Jesus rules on David s Throne SATAN BOUND FOR 1,000 YEARS SEALS BROKEN - SCROLL 10/5/2012 OPENED VIALS (BOWLS) Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 4 REBELLION AGAINST MAN OF SIN REBELS UNITE AGAINST GOD 200,000,000 MAN ARMY GATHERS ARMAGEDDON MAN OF SIN (ANTI-CHRIST) & FALSE PROPHET CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE SATAN LOOSED FO A SHORT TI Page 1 of 38

2 The Rapture The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven (1 Thess 4:16) Then we which are alive and remain caught up together with then in the to meet the Lord in the air 1 Thes 4:17 n shall be e clouds, Earth And the dead in Christ sha 1 Thes 4:16 all rise first Grave Seals: Rev Ch 6 The SEVEN SEAL JUDGMENTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th A RIDER on a WHITE HORSE PEACE Anti-Christ A RIDER on a RED HORSE WAR A RIDER on a BLACK HORSE FAMINE A RIDER on a PALE HORSE DEATH MARTYRED SOULS UNDER ALTAR PERSECUTION First Half of the Tribulation Period 3 ½ years 42 months 1,260 days Catastrophic CHANGES in EARTH DESTRUCTION SILENCE As the 7 Trumpet JUDGMENTS contained in this Seal prepare to sound The 2 nd Seal A RIDER on a RED HORSE WAR Seal 2: War Rider on a Red Horse "Then He (Christ) unrolled the scroll to the second seal... This time a red horse rode out. Its rider was given a long sword and the authority to banish peace and bring anarchy to the earth; war and killing broke out everywhere" (Revelation 6:3,4 Living New Testament). The Second Seal, which is the Red Horse, is the attempt of Russia to march into Israel and take it by force. When this great army of occupation moves into Israel to take possession of the land, no battle, as such, will be fought. The Western Powers seemingly will only make a protest, unable to respond. But God will intervene and cause great disasters which will kill all of the enemy forces and throw the Russian forces into utter confusion in which "every man's sword shall be against his brother" (Ezekiel 38:18-22 and Ezekiel 39:2-4). 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 7 #2: The Seven-Sealed Scroll Chapters 6 & 7 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see. 6:4 And there went out another horse that was Red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. The Four Horsemen White Red Black Green Cosmic Martyrs Conquering Wars Famine Death Changes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th f the 144, Tribes Silence 7 Trumpets 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 6 5th 6th Sealing of Of the 7th REVELATION 6:3-4 'And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come. 4 And there came forth another, a red horse; and it was given to the one that sat on him to take the peace from the earth, in order that they might kill each other; and there was given unto him a great sword. "I am come in my Father's name and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive" (John 5:43) The true character of the rider on the white horse is not hidden for long. When he takes possession of the power over the nations, he is swiftly followed by the judgment of God. After the white horse there comes the red, the black and the livid (green or pale) horsemen. As they ride out war is loosed, famine breaks out and death stalks the earth. It is not without reason that the Holy Spirit calls the Antichrist "The Beast." He comes out of the abyss (Rev 17:8), His character is that of a beast (Rev 13:2-3), His power, his throne and his authority are from Satan, (Rev 13:2). God finally deals with him as a beast (Rev 19:19-20). From him we see the nature and the character of this rider of-the white horse, for at first the world will take him to be Christ, the Messiah. He is, however, the counterfeit Christ, the anti-messiah. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 2 of 38

3 Dan 11: Anti-Christ s Palestinian Campaign The order of events follows closely the Lord in answers in Matthew 24 "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (Matt. 24:5). "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars... for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom..." (Matt 24:6, 7). The Old Testament often portrays narrative in which the Holy Spirit leads a prophet to talk about some event that is taking place in his own day and then, suddenly, without so much as a break in the paragraph, the Holy Spirit carries the writer forward 2,000 or 3,000 years to the time of the end and speaks of prophetic events which have some similarity with those taking place in the prophet s own time. Daniel describes Anti-christ s campaign. We see two kings pushing against the Antichrist (Dan. 11:40). His army is first seen marching forward in the neighborhood of Asia Minor and Syria. "He shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over" (vs. 40). This might be the campaign that united the former Roman Empire. Next we see him enter Palestine, "He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown" (vs. 41). 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 9 Revelation 6:3-4 2nd Seal: Red Horse War 3] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, Come and see : The four horses and riders are each summoned by one of the four living creatures. 4] And there went out another horse [that was] red: and [power] was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword : Red is associated with terror and death: the red dragon (12:3) and the red beast (17:3). Cf. Mt 24:6,7; Mk 13:7,8; Lk 21:9,10; Dan 11:36. Sword : (Machaira). ) Ezek 38:21; Jer 25:15-33 (29); Micah 7; Dan 11:33 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 11 Dan 11: Anti-Christ s Palestinian Campaign Daniel shows us that as Anti-christ comes from Syria into Palestine the situation in Egypt becomes urgent. He does not have time for a thrust against the Arab people. "These shall escape out of his hand, even Edom and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon" (vs. 41). He reaches Egypt and conquers it. Some of his forces break over Ethiopia (vss. 42, 43). But it is a wave that has dashed itself too high upon the shore and must break and recede, "Tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth [out of Africa] with great fury to destroy, and utterly annihilate many" (vs. 44). His headquarters were established in Palestine, "Between the seas in the glorious holy mountain" (vs. 45). Russia leading her forces and those of the Germans she has absorbed; Persia turned from other influences and swinging into line with the great northern confederacy; the Arab peoples uniting to join with them; republics turning to kingdoms; Western Europe, in dismay at the power of the coalition that rises in the north and east, melts together under the rule of the Antichrist. CHECK DANIEL IN YOUR OWN BIBLE 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 10 Daniel 10:1-9 [10:1] In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. [2] In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. [3] I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. [4] And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; [5] Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: [6] His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. [7] And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. [8] Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. [9] Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 3 of 38

4 Daniel 10:10-21 [10:10] And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. [11] And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. [12] Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. [13] But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. [14] Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. [15] And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. [16] And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. [17] For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. [18] Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, [19] And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. [20] Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. [21] But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. Daniel 11:11-20 [11] And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. [12] And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. [13] For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. [14] And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. [15] So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. [16] But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. [17] He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. [18] After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. [19] Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. [20] Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 15 Daniel 11:1-10 [11:1] Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. [2] And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. [3] And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. [4] And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. [5] And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. [6] And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. [7] But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: [8] And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. [9] So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. [10] But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 14 Daniel 11:21-29 [21] And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. [22] And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. [23] And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. [24] He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. [25] And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. [26] Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. [27] And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. [28] Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. [29] At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 4 of 38

5 Daniel 11:30-39 [30] For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. [31] And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. [32] And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. [33] And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. [34] Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. [35] And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. [36] And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. [37] Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. [38] But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. [39] Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 17 Daniel 12:1-13 [12:1] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. [2] And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. [3] And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. [4] But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. [5] Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. [6] And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? [7] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. [8] And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? [9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. [10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. [11] And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. [12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. [13] But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 19 Daniel 11:40-45 [40] And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. [41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. [42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. [43] But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. [44] But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. [45] And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. Ezekiel 38 & 39: The Magog Invasion 20 This is the occasion where God Himself intervenes to quell the ill-fated invasion of Israel by Magog and its allies: Persia, Cush, Phut, Libya, Gomer, Togarmah, Meshech, and Tubal. Why all the strange names? We make it do so: we keep changing the names of things: Petrograd = St. Petersburg = Leningrad = St. Petersburg again; Byzantium = Constantinople = Istanbul; Cape Canaveral = Cape Kennedy, etc. This passage also appears to anticipate the use of nuclear weapons. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 5 of 38

6 The Magog Invasion Allies Eze 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Eze 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, Gog of Magog: Leader of Russia Meshech: Moscow: E of Urals Tubal: Tubolsk: W of Urals Eze 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya Persia: Iran Cush: Ethiopia / Sudan Phut: Libya Eze 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Gomer: Eastern Europe Togarmah: Turkey / Armenia Ezekiel 38 & 39 Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, Sheba and Dedan: Saudi Arabian Pennisula nations??? Tarshish with all the young lions thereof British Commonwealth nations??? Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Them that dwell carelessly in the isles Western Hemisphere: USA??? Who is missing? Babylon: Iraq Kings of the East: Far Eastern nations Western Europe: Area already under anti-christ s span of control 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 21 Ezekiel 38:1 3 1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:...the chief prince = Prince of Rosh, or Rhos [LXX]. roof ; upper most ; highest The Scythian Tauri in the Crimea were called by this title Mi Eze 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet GOG / MAGOG WAR Eze 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him Eze 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Eze 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Ezekiel 38:1 2 Gog Magog 1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Gog is the leader of the group called Magog. Scythians was the Greek name for the ancient tribe called Magog. Hesiod, Greek Didactic Poet, 8th century BC Magogians = Scythians The father of history, a Greek philosopher, Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484 BC - c. 425 BC) mentions Meshech and Tubal. He identifies them with the people named Sarmatians and Mushovites who lived in the ancient province of Pontus in Northern Asia Minor. Josephus, Hebrew historian of the First Century, writes in Antiquities I.6: The Muscovy and the Thobelites were founded by Meshech and Tubal, Magog is called the Scythians by the Greeks. He says the Scythians settled north of the Caucasus Mountains. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 6 of 38

7 Ezekiel 38:1 2 Gog Magog 1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Pliny, Roman writer of the early Christian Era, linked the Scythians with Magog. Our encyclopedias say that the Scythians were the ancestors of those we call the Russians. Archaeological studies have revealed that the Scythians peopled most of Western Siberia. They had no alphabet nor coinage. They were horsemen; apparently the earliest tribe that we know of that mastered the use of horses. When one of their men died, the Scythians put to death his wives (plural), and his horses, and buried them all with him. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 25 Ezekiel 38:1 2 Gog Magog 1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Some modern translations of Ezek 38:2 read, Gog the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. Tubal was the son of Raphath, founder of the Tabborini, a people dwelling on the Black Sea west of the Moschi tribes. We recognize Russia as a superpower; years ago it was a backward country. But even writers that wrote prior to 1900 recognized this as Russia. Bishop Lowth of England wrote in 1710 that the Rosh were the Scythians and were identified as Russia. Doctor John Cumming in London in 1864, identified Magog with Russia. Reverend Walter Chamberlain in 1854, over 150 years ago, identified Magog with Russia. J.A. Seiss in his commentary on the Book of Revelation who wrote before the Civil War in 1860, spoke of the Scythians, or the Russians as the forebearers linked to Magog. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 27 Ezekiel 38:1 2 Gog Magog 1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, C. F. Keil, a German scholar pointed out that by grammatical analysis, the word chief in Ezekiel 38:2, is better translated as a proper name. He says it should be translated Rosh or Ros. Byzantine and the Arabic writers frequently mentioned a people called the Ros dwelling in the country of Tarus, and reckoned among the Scythian tribes. Wilhelm Gesenius, a 19 th century Hebrew scholar, developed a lexicon of fthe Hebrew language. He states that Meshech was the barbarous people known as the Moschi who dwelt in the Moschian Mountains. He linked the Moschi as the root from which the city of Moscow gets its name. Gesenius says that Rosh, or Ros, referred to those dwelling north of the Tarus Mountains near the Vulga River. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 26 Who Is Gog? It is uncharacteristic for the Holy Spirit to introduce a key player without some kind of preamble or background. There is, however, a strange anomaly in the prophecies of Amos (Amos 7:1-3). Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king s mowings. Amos 7:1 Behold appears as an abrupt participle... What on earth does this verse mean? Page 7 of 38

8 Amos 7:2 3 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. Amos intercedes, like Moses did (Num 14:11-21). It shall not be : So the Lord changed His mind: thus, this prophesied event never happened. [So why is this all written here?] 29 Amos 7:1 (LXX) The Lord hath shown me, and, Behold, a swarm of locusts were coming, and behold, one of the young devastating locusts was Gog the King. Amos 7:1 (LXX) = Gog, the King However, scripture says, locusts have no king Pro 30:27 The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks; 31 Amos 7:1 (LXX) Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king s mowings. Amos 7:1 (KJV) The Lord hath shown me, and, Behold, a swarm of locusts were coming, and behold, one of the young devastating locusts was Gog the King. Amos 7:1 (LXX) The Septuagint (LXX) is over 1000 years older than the Masoretic Text (MT), which is the basis of our English translation of the Old Testament text. 30 Natural locusts have no king. However, demon locusts do have a king (Rev 9:1-11). And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Revelation 9:3. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 9:11 Abaddon (Hebrew), Apollyon (Greek). Abaddon: 6X in OT Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps 88:11; Prov 15:11; 27:30. Apollyon: destroyer, Jn 10:10. Prince of the Air : Eph 2:2; Jn 14:30; Isa 14: Page 8 of 38

9 Revelation 9: Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. 2 He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. 7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth th were like the teeth th of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. 12 The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. 33 Tobol sk 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 35 The Gog Identity A Demon King identity would solve several interpretive problems: It would supply the missing background linkage regarding a key eschatological personage. It explains how both Gog and Magog could reappear at the end of the Millennium (Rev 20:8). Magog is a people, a nation; Gog is a demon title. 34 Ezekiel 38:1 2 1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2] Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, These are labels extracted from Genesis 10, The Table of Nations, where we find the genealogy of Noah and his sons. Gen 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. Genesis 10 dealt with the ancient tribal names. There are about 70 names in total mentioned Noah s sons and their descendants moved across the earth in different general directions and became the nations of the earth we recognize today. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 9 of 38

10 NOAH Noe Walked with God Just, perfect in his generations, upright Ge 5:29, 6:9 600 yrs flood Ge 7:6 950 yrs Ge 9:29 Genesis 10 (26) (30) (14) = (70 nations) SHEM Ge 5:32, 10:21 Elam HAM Ge 5:32, 9:18 Cush JAPHETH Ge 5:32 Gomer Asshur Arphaxad Lud Aram Mizram Put Canaan Magog Madai Javan Tubal Meshech Tiras CUSH Ethiopia Ge 10:6 Ge 10:7 Ge 10:7 Ham SEBA HAVILAH SABTAH Sabta RAAMAH Raama SABTECHAH Sabtecha NIMROD Mighty hunter Ge 10:8 Chaldeans??? SHEBA Sabeans Job 1:15 DEDAN MIZRAM Egypt Ge 10:6 HAM Ge 5:32, 9:18 PHUT Put, Libya Ge 10:6 LUDIM Ge 10:13 ANAMIM LEHABIM Ge 10:13 NAPHTUHIM Ge 10:13 PATHRUSIM Ge 10:14 CASLUHIM Ge 10:14 CAPHTORIM Caphtorim Ge 10:14 CANAAN Families of the Canaanities CANAANITIES were Ge 9:18,10:6 spread abroad JEBUSITE AMORITE SIDON 1 HETH GIRGASITE Zidon Ge 10:15 Girgashite Ge 10:15 HIVITE ARKITE SINITE ARVADITE ZEMARITE HAMATHITE Ge 10:16 19 PHILISTIM Ge 10:14 PHILISTINES 1 Ch 1:12 Shem Terah SHEM Ge 5:32, 10:21 Japheth From these 7 sons of JAPHETH the Gentile nations descended heathen, foreigner, non Israelite nations ELAM Ge 10:22 Persia / Iran ALMODAD Ge 10:26 SHELEPH Ge 10:26 HAZAR MAVETH Ge 10:26 JERAH Ge 10:26 HADORAM Ge 10:27 UZAL Ge 10:27 DIKLAH Ge 10:27 OBAL Ebal Ge 10:28 ABIMAEL Ge 10:28 SHEBA Ge 10:28 OPHIR Ge 10:29 HAVILAH Ge 10:29 JOBAB Ge 10:29 ASSHUR Ge 10:22 JOKTAN Ge 10:25 ARPHAXAD Ge 10:22, 11:10 SALAH Shelah Ge 10:24 EBER Ge 10:24 LUD Ge 10:22 PELEG Ge 11:18 in his days was the earth divided REU Ge 11:18 SERUG Ge 11:20 NAHOR Ge 11:22 TERAH Ge 11: yrs Ge 11:32 ARAM Ge 10:22 UZ Ge 10:23 HUL Ge 10:23 GETHER Ge 10:23 MASH Meshech Ge 10:23 begat sons and daughters begat sons and daughters begat sons and daughters begat sons and daughters ABRAHAM GOMER Celtic Ge 10:2 MAGOG Russia Ge 10:2 MADAI Medes Ge 10:2 JAPHETH Ge 5:32 JAVAN Greece, Syria Ge 10:2 TUBAL S of Black Sea Ge 10:2 ASHKENAZ Ge 10:3 ELISHAH Ge 10:4 RIPHATH Ge 10:3 TARSHISH Ge 10:4 TOGARMAH Ge 10:3 KITTIM Ge 10:4 DODANIM Ge 10:4 MESHECH Russia Ge 10:2 TIRAS Thracians Ge 10: Page 10 of 38

11 Ham 41 Mizraim: Upper & Lower Egypt; Philistines ( Palestinians = not sons of Ishmael); Cush: Ethiopia, Kassites, E of Assyria (Settled S of the 2nd cataract of the Nile); Nimrod: Bab-El, Erech, Accad, Calneh; Phut: (Settled W of Egypt) Libya, N Africa; Canaan: Sidon to Gaza, Sodom, & Gomorrah; Khittae ( Cathay ); Sinites (Sino = China). Genesis 10 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 43 Japheth 42 The Magog Identity 44 Gomer: (Herodotus, Plutarch, et al.). Cimmerians settled along the Danube and Rhine; Ashkenaz: Germany; Riphath: (Josephus: Paphlagonians; Europe from Riphath); Togarmah: Armenians, Turkey, Turkestan; Magog: Scythians (Critical to understanding Ezek 38 & 39); Hesiod, Greek didactic poet, 8th cent. BC; Herodotus, The Father of History, 5th cent. BC Hesiod, Greek Didactic Poet, 8th century BC Magogians = Scythians. Herodotus, Father of History, 5th century BC Scythians (10th - 3rd century BC). Philo, Josephus, et al. The Great Wall of China: Ancient writers refer to the Great Wall of China as Sud Yagog et Magog: the Ramparts of Gog and Magog. Soviet Archaeologists discoveries. From the Uttermost parts of the north Page 11 of 38

12 Sud Yagog et Magog: the Ramparts of Gog and Magog. 45 The Scythians 47. The name Scythian designates a number of nomadic tribes which dominated the Russian steppes from the Ukraine to China, from the 10th to the 3rd centuries BC. The hippomolgoi ( mare-milkers ) mentioned in Homer s Iliad were equestrian nomads of the northern steppes, and several authorities identified these with the Scythians. Fermented horse milk is offered to visiting dignitaries to the area still today! [Sources: Iliad, 13.5; 27. B. N. Grakov, Die Skythen, Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1980, 4. Scythian (Rus: Great Soviet Encyclopedia), 3 rd ed., 1979, vol. 23, Also, Herodotus 4.117, 4.108, ] Japheth 46 The Scythians 48 Madai: Medes (Kurds) emerged about 10th century BC coalition with Persia (Elam), 7th century BC Madai represented the Medes east of Assyria and southwest of the Caspian Sea. Tubal: Eastern Anatolia (Turkey). Meshech: Eastern Anatolia (Turkey). Tubal and Meshech were northern military states in Anatolia, (now eastern Turkey). Javan: Ionia; Greece. Javan was the general word for the Hellenic race, the Ionians of western Asia Minor. Tiras: Pelasgians of the Aegean the Etruscans of Italy. Tiras may refer to the seafaring Pelasgians of the Aegean coasts. After being repulsed from Media, many of the later Scyths settled in the fertile area of the Ukraine north of the Black Sea. Other related tribes occupied the area to the east of the Caspian Sea. Herodotus describes them living in Scythia. Scythia encompassed an area 20 days journey (360 miles) on a side. It encompassed the lower reaches of the Dniester, Bug, Dnieper, and Don Rivers, where they flow into the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. [Source: B. A. Rybakov (Rus: Herodotus s Scythia) (Moscow: Nauka, 1979), 19.] Page 12 of 38

13 The Scythians 49 The Scythians 51 The Scythian language belonged to the Iranian family of the Indo-European languages. The original area in which Iranian was spoken extended from the mid-volga and the Don regions to the northern Urals and beyond. From here, Iranian-speaking tribes colonized Media, Parthia, Persia, Central Asia, and as far as the Chinese border. In the 7th century BC, the Scythians swept across the area, displacing the Cimmerians from the steppes of the Ukraine east of Dnieper River, who fled from them across the Caucasus. [Herodotus 4.12.] Even the name Caucasus appears to have been derived from Gog-hasan, or Gog s Fort. [Dr. John Gill, A Commentary on the Old Testament, ] The Scythians occupied territory from the Danube to the Don; the 50 northern boundary extended SKYTHIA beyond the latitude of Kiev. Meshech and Tubal are in the region known today as Turkey.. (Note Georgia blocking the way south ) Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all 52 The depth of this background has endowed these vibrant people with the beauty of Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, and Tchaikovsky has also given them the cruelty of Ivan IV, the intensity of Lenin, and the brutality of Stalin Page 13 of 38

14 Ezekiel 38:4 4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, evena great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: hooks into they jaws as a fisherman landing its catch or trapping the alligator...horses soos = leaper, (from a root, to skip ) bird (Jer 8:7); chariot rider (Ex 14:9). 53 Ezekiel 38:4 Jaw Hooks 4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Ezekiel s common phrase (54x): They shall know that I am the Lord. The Russians are going to find this out. More importantly, Israel is going to discover this again But, so are a lot of the bystander nations Unlike the Israeli victories of our day which all more of less have become Israeli ego trips - Hey, look what we did this battle is God s and He clearly will be recognized as the source of Israel s defense. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 55 Ezekiel 38:4 Jaw Hooks Ezekiel 38: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Whether Russia wants to get involved or not doesn t matter. God puts hooks in their jaws - they will be brought into this battle and reeled in by God whether they like it or not. They will have a motive, and they will be going g as a result of their own choosing, but God is maneuvering them there. 5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Persia = Elam: or Iran; Ethiopia = Cush: Kassites, E of Assyria (Settled S of the 2nd cataract of the Nile); Libya = Phut: (Settled W of Egypt) Libya, N Africa. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 14 of 38

15 Ezekiel 38:5 Persia 5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Elam: Persia Iran Gen 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. Gesenius says that Elam was a province of Persia, in which stood the capital city Susa (Ezra 4:9; Daniel 8:2); To some ancient writers it included the whole of Persia. Ezekiel 38:5 Ethiopia Gesenius points out that the Cushites were the black men. They initially populated the Arabian peninsula, then migrated to Africa. The biblical use of Ethiopia implies part of Africa, but the term in its tribal sense is broader than what we would think of Ethiopia today and should probably be taken to mean central and northern black African nations. Watch the news; the enslavement and massacres of christians continues unabated by the increasing black moslem, islamic radicals Cush was the first son of Ham listed in Genesis 10:6. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 59 Ezekiel 38:5 Ethiopia Cush: Ethiopia Black African nations In some Bibles, Cush is translated Ethiopia, with some justification; but to us it is misleading because what we think of as Ethiopia as a single political nation in Northeastern Africa. Gen 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. Moses places his land adjacent to the river Gihon possibly what we call the Nile that traverses the whole land. Ezekiel 38:5 Libya Phut: Libya Brown Arabic African nations Phut, was the third son of Ham in Genesis 10:6, Phut refers to Arabic Africa. Translated in some Bibles as Libya, it should not be taken in the limited sense of the political nation we know as Libya today. It includes Algeria, Tunsia, and Morocco. Cush and Phut together make Black Africa, and North Africa: North Africa being the Berbers; Phut being Arabic Africa; and Cush being Black Africa. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 15 of 38

16 Ezekiel 38:6 Gomer 6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Gomer : Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth. He was the father of Askenaz Genesis 10:3. Cimmerians settled along the Danube and Rhine: Poland, Czechoslovakia East Germany, et al. [Herodotus, Plutarch, Josephus, et al.]. Josephus points out that Ashkenaz became what was in the Roman Empire called the Reginians, which today would derive to Poland, Czechoslavakia and East Germany. The Hebrew Talmud references support the same concept. Gesenius shows that that Gomer is the predecessor to the Cimmerians who were indeed the predecessors to the Germans. The Cimmerians were known to have settled north of the Black Sea, in the Rhine and Danube valleys. Ezekiel 2600 years ago speaks world powers, lead by the Russians, but including North eastern European allies and the Slavic countries. 61 Ezekiel 38:6 of the north quarters 6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee....of the north quarters : The uttermost part of the north (Ezek 38:6, 15; 39:2). We see this phrase, of the North quarters twice, once here in 38:6 and again in 38:15 (also 39:2 says the north parts. ) In the Hebrew, the word for North has been modified to imply the extreme or uttermost parts of the North. If you have a modern English translation, or an Amplified, it reads as from the uttermost parts of the north. You do not have to know anything about Gesenius, Pliny or Herodotus to figure out who Magog is; just put your finger on Israel on a globe and move to the extreme north, and you come to the conclusion that Magog is Russia. 63 Ezekiel 38:6 Togarmah 62 From the North parts 6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Togarmah : Turkiman Tribes Armenians, Turkey, Turkestan. People of Armenian background, still refer to themselves today as the House of Togarmah. Again however, Togarmah itself doesn t limit itself just to the Armenians, but also includes according to some references, the Turkiman tribes of Central Asia including the nation or Turkey and the peoples to the immediate north. [Editorial Note: CNN, Fox, MSNBC and the major news sources will refer to the Turks as arabs ; but, they are not the sons of Ishmael from whom the Arabs come. The Turks are descendants of Japeth!] Moscow: Lat: N Lon: E 10/5/2012 Jerusalem: Acts 17:11 Lat: Thes 5:21 N Lon: E Page 16 of 38

17 LIBYA (Phut) Brown Africa EAST EUROPE (Gomer) RUSSIA & the Republics (Gog / Magog) TURKEY/ARMENIA (Togarmah) ETHIOPIA (Cush) Black Africa ISRAEL IRAN (Persia) SAUDI PENNISULA (Sheba / Dedan) EZEKIEL /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 65 Ezekiel 38:8 8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. In the latter years, at the End Times, the last days. Coming against the mountains of Israel which have been always waste. Since Israel was taken captive and dispossessed, all the peoples and nations that visited and traveled through the land before Israel returned to it, described it as desolate. But now Israel is back in the land and it is blooming. The Land has been restored from its desolation 67 Ezekiel 38:7 7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them....and all thy company : Who is currently providing Persia, Cush, Phut, Gomer and Togarmah their arms? Who is allied and guarding them? Russia. (Remember: This was written 2600 years ago!) 66 Ezekiel 38:9 10 9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: What thoughts do they think? Evil thoughts Whose places those thoughts in their minds? the demon king ggog Page 17 of 38

18 10/5/2012 Ezekiel 38: ] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor g gates,, There are no literal walls there today, although they are attempting to build one. They do have electronic fences in terms of radar sweeps and the IDF is kept busy defending the land. Ezekiel 38:12 Against Gog: taking a spoil 12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst off the land. To take a spoil, To take a prey; To turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, Upon U th the people l th thatt are gathered th d outt off th the nations, ti Which have gotten cattle and goods, That dwell in the midst of the land. Ezekiel 38:11 12 Against Gog 12 Tribes of Israel Remember the first horseman who goes to enforce peace does anti-christ enforce a peace and cause Israel to literally pull down the wall??? It might be that they are lulled into a false sense of security. Dan 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. [Read all of Daniel 8] Syria Golan Hgts Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and given unto him: and he went forth conquering, q g and to conquer. q a crown was g Isa 28:14-18 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, through it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye 5:21 shall be trodden down by it. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11then 1 Thes Manasseh West Bank Tel Aviv Modern Israel Benjamin Jerusalem Jerusalem 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 Jordan Gad Ephraim Dan Jericho Mt.Nebo Negev (Negeb) 72 Page 18 of 38 18

19 Asher s foot in oil Polite or Prophetic??? Gen 49:20 Deut 33:24 Ezek As he was dying Jacob called his sons around him and prophesied about them and their descendants. When he got to Asher he simply said Ge 49: ] Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Moses as he departed from Israel commented on this prophesy and blessing. Regarding Asher he said the following: Deu 33:24-25 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. Asher s foot in oil Pieces to the puzzle??? Gen 49:20 Deut 33:24 Ezek Very soon, the world s power structure is going to be changed. Throughout the 20 th and 21 st century, the United States has been the dominant power. It has also been the dominant energy consumer; led by its consumption of oil which for the most part comes from oil fields in the Middle East. Europe has been in second place as far as energy consumption is concerned and is now leading the way in alternative fuel development today wind and water, nuclear etc. Regardless, its oil demands are increasing. India and China have announced new programs to modernize and industrialize put a car in every household that wants or needs one. Think what this will do to oil demand around the world. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 75 Asher s foot in oil Polite or Prophetic??? Gen 49:20 Deut 33:24 Ezek When in history past have these blessings and prophesies concerning Asher been fulfilled? Asher or Aser (as the NT calls him) is mentioned 45 times in 43 verses in the whole of scripture The 2 verses above are the only ones I have found that do not simple deal with his descendants genealogy, the position of his tribe s encampment or his inclusion in a listing of with the other 12 tribes. Gen 49:20 and Deut 33: have not yet happened but they will and are 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 74 Asher s foot in oil A Giant Sucking sound!!! China s population is about 1.4 billion; India s is about 1.2 billion; Combined just the two of them together have a population about 8x the US population which is now about 360 million Together China & India represent 33%of the world s total 7.0 billion population. Oil prices will sky rocket. Supply is going to shrink to a trickle due to increased demand. Competition for available oil reserves will be harsh, bitter and violent. Availability as we have know it will cease. Existing industries and entire national economies and infrastructures will collapse. Russia would be particularly hurt if this situation were to develop. They do not have the capital to compete for the limited oil supply. What would happen if into this situation, massive, untapped petroleun supplies were to be discovered within Israel. Oil exploration within Israel in recent years has been in the ancient area of Asher and the discovery of the 3 rd largest natural gas field in the world. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 19 of 38

20 Asher s foot in oil Give Me Oil in My Lamp Gen 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, (plentiful and rich???) and he shall yield royal dainties. (luxuries!!! ; the result of exports???) Note it is out of Asher these things come to his brethren. Deu 33:24-25 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, (popular with the rest of Israel!!!) and let him dip his foot in oil. (is this is crude oil or salad dressing???) - or is it just a flowery old blessing phrase that means nothing? 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; (are we talking about oil wells & drilling tools???) 26 and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. (unlimited supply???) What would happen if God somehow e.g. by earthquake suddenly dried up the Arab oil fields and opened them up in Israel. Even if the existing Arab oil fields did not dry up, the impact on their ability to satisfy world supplies with India and China becoming major world oil consumers and the anger within the Arab nations at having Israel as a new competing crude oil supplier would drive the OPEC and the Arab nations to the breaking point. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 77 Population: Continents vs Europe 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 79 Land Water Area : Population Oil 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 20 of 38

21 Asher s foot in oil Gone, No holds barred Gen 49:20 Deut 33:24 Ezek At some point before of during all these events, The Restrainer the Holy Spirit working through the church is removed. 2 Thes 2; 1 Cor 15 This alone will result in world-wide chaos. Many born-again Christian people who previously filled key leadership and influential positions around the world are suddenly gone. The US, which arguably contains the highest percentage of Christians in the world today, will be crippled. Russia and the Arab nations, having a great need and seeing an opportunity, launch an unprovoked attack against Israel to take spoil. Note: The attack will happen. The timing is the subject of varying opinions. Re-read Eze 38: The purpose of this invasion is to take spoil. I cannot believe this invasion will happen to give the attackers greater access to olive oil, figs, oranges and flowers 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 81 Ezekiel 38:13 Sheba and Dedan 13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Sheba and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions may well be bystanders to all of these events. They are not joining Magog and Gog s allies in this attack; nor is there anything to indicate that they are doing anything to oppose the attack. They appear to be standing on the sidelines, watching what s going on and saying, Hey, what are you doing? What are you up to? Sheba and Dedan, which is the modern Saudi Arabian peninsula, are not shown here to be as allied with the Russia. Note: The Saudi peninsula already has its supply of oil. It is the other nations in Ezekiel that would be seeking a new source to take great spoil, carry away silver and gold 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 83 Asher s foot in oil Now, cut that out!!! Ezek The western world would be powerless politically, economically, and would be suffering an unimaginable leadership void. Couple this with a World oil supply ppy crisis and the Western World would be helpless to stop it. They couldn t do much more than send protests. Note the response of those called Dedan, Sheba, Tarshish and all the young lions diplomatic notes (Ezekiel 38:13). Many believe these references include Britain and those nations (the young lions) that grew out of the British empire who s national animal symbol is a Lion. If the US and most other western nations are crippled by the Rapture of the church and are in the midst of a major economic and industrial shutdown due to a critical oil shortage they wouldn t be able to do much else but send diplomatic notes. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 82 Ezekiel 38:13 Tarshish 84 13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?...sheba and Dedan... Tarshish : Questioning Bystanders? There are many theories on Tarshish, h everything from Spain to Sardinia, to Britain Tarshish? A source of tin (Ezek 27:12). Britannia was from a word meaning tin; the Phoenicians brought tin from Cornwall. Legendary folklore re: British Israelism. Jonah bought a ticket to that city; but he never saw it instead he saw the interior of a big fish! The ships of Tarshish were the larger merchant vessels that were made for distant ocean-going traffic two year voyages? (1Kgs 22:48; Is 2:16; Eze 27:12, 25). Worldwide trade at Stonehenge particularly with Greece (made over a period 300 years; the eclipse capability had an error every 300 years. Re: Gerald Hawkins) Page 21 of 38

22 Ezekiel 38:13 Tarshish 13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Identifying Tarshish is a real problem. Scholars have all kinds of theories; from Spain to Sardinia, to Britain. Tarshish was apparently a source of tin. One of the most famous early sources of tin was Brittania, it was named after that. Some believe that the merchants of Tarshish might have been the British Isles. The most convincing arguments point to Tarshish as being the British Isles even though the role of Britain in the ancient period has been hard to document so far. At the time of Joseph in Egypt, there was world trade out of the British Isles. At Stonehenge there is evidence of commerce with Greece. If Tarshish is Britain, with all its young lions may imply the English-speaking derivitives; i.e., maybe the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. If Tarshish does not mean Britain we don t know who it means. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 85 Ezekiel 38:14 14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? When a prophet used the phrase, Thus saith the Lord God, it was not to be taken lightly. It is to the Russians that God is speaking directly....my people of Israel : One of the reasons that many scholars believe this is a post-church event. 87 Ezekiel 38:13 Asher s foot in oil Now, cut that out!!! 13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? The western world would be powerless politically, economically, and would be suffering an unimaginable leadership void. Couple this with a World oil supply crisis and the Western World would be helpless to stop it. They couldn t do much more than send protests. Note the response of those called Dedan, Sheba, Tarshish and all the young lions diplomatic notes (Ezekiel 38:13). Many believe these references include Britain i and those nations (the young lions) that grew out of the British empire who s national animal symbol is a Lion. If the US and most other western nations are crippled by the Rapture of the church and are in the midst of a major economic and industrial shutdown due to a critical oil shortage they wouldn t be able to do much else but send diplomatic notes. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 86 Asher s foot in oil Primitive weapons almost!!! Gen 49:20 Deut 33:24 Ezek If the invading nations don t have access to crude oil fuels they can t use the conventional ground armor, transportation and war machines we are used to seeing on the evening news. They would have to revert to more primitive energy forms to transport troops like mounted cavalry. Real horses could be brought into the equation here. Solid fueled rockets (they don t use petroleam based fuel) and the missiles, many horse drawn tactical nuclear warheads, could and would still be available to use. Could these bows be the rocket launchers and could the arrows be the missiles and rockets? God causes them to fall out of their hands. Could this be God causing the tactical warheads to explode in their launchers? Later in Ezekiel 39 a cleanup effort is described such as would follow nuclear contamination of some sort. It will take 7 months to clean up the land and the weapons will be burned for 7 years Could this be due to nuclear contamination as God swats the missiles out of the sky to fall back on the invaders contaminating themselves and dying of radiation sickness? Ezek 39:11- TM /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 U.S. Army Page 22 of 38

23 Ezekiel 38:15 15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:...north parts : Grammatically, the uttermost parts of the north. Again, the Hebrew word for horse means leaper. While it is usually translated horse it can also mean bird (Jeremiah 8:7), or even chariot-rider (Exodus 14:9). This description is simply 2,500 year old language which h describes a mechanized force. Today, we still call motorized infantry and armor, cavalry. Israel s main battle tank is the Merkeva, or Chariot. 89 Merkava ( Chariot ) 91 Merkava ( Chariot ) 90 Merkava ( Chariot ) Page 23 of 38

24 Ezekiel 38: ] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? Amos 7:1? 93 Ezekiel 38:16 17 To the Russians 17] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? What God is saying about the Russians is through Ezekiel who was one of the prophets of old? God speaking to the Russians today, about today s events, through his prophet Ezekiel some years ago. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 95 Ezekiel 38:16 To the Russians 16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. God is setting them up for a major play. He did it with Pharaoh in Egypt. He didn t have to go through all that rigamarole to get the Israelis out of the hand of Pharaoh. He predicted to Moses when He first called him that they first wouldn t hear and what He was going to. When you read the Book of Exodus it is interesting to note the relationship of God and those plagues. Every plague was designed and targeted an Egyptian god. He set the whole thing up to dramatize His power and that He would keep His word to and on behalf of Israel. He is even now setting up the nations again to demonstrate that His 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 94 Hand is still upon Israel. Ezekiel 38: ] And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;...great shaking : A global phenomenon (Cf. v.20). If you are on a sailboat during a storm, or near the epicenter during an earthquake, you become suddenly sensitive to the great power of God. Can you imagine what it would be like to experience God getting g so angry with you it cause Him to be red faced with his blood pressure? My fury shall come up in my face. This might mean an earthquake, or it might be caused by other things that are happening during the invasion Page 24 of 38

25 Ezekiel 38:20 20] So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground....and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence... : This sounds like its off the Richter scale megaton warhead [~8.2 on the Richter scale] could alter the orbit of the Earth (Classified Research Report). Regardless of the source of the shaking, it will make an impression on everyone even mountains will be leveled. 97 Ezekiel 38: ] And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. Who will God enter into judgment against? Gog, the leader and demonic force behind Magog. What will God drop on them? Pestilence, blood, a flooding rain, great hail and fire This will impress Israel, what remains of Magog, and the rest of the world all will know that the Lord God Himself intervened on behalf of His people Israel 99 Ezekiel 38:21 21] And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man s sword shall be against his brother. Reminiscent of Ishmael: And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren Gen 16:12. Part of what will be defeating them will be the confusion among themselves. God often destroyed Israel s enemies in the past by causing fear and confusion to the point they attacked themselves Gideon s attack, Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, etc. 98 Ezekiel 39:1 1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: The Lord again announced His antagonism toward Gog (38:2-3)....Meshech and Tubal : Key cities along the southern coast of the Black Sea in the area known as Anatolia, currently the eastern 2/3 of Turkey. Meshech was once one of the most powerful nations of western Asia. The Assyrians were frequently warring with them, from 1100 to 700 BC; then living E of Taurus range and in Cappadocia. Inscriptions call them Muskai, the Tibareni Tuplai (Tubal). Caesarea Mazacha was the great Moschian capital. Some attribute t Moscow and Tblk Tobolsk as deriving i their names from Meshech h and Tubal. Tubal - This nation was probably the Tiberini of the Greek historian Herodotus, a people of the Asiatic highland west of the Upper Euphrates, the southern range of the Caucasus, on the southern coast of the Black Sea. They are most probably the Greek: Tibarenoi, and Greek: Moschoi. [Herodotus iii. 94; vii.78.] Page 25 of 38

26 Ezekiel 39:2 2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: God repeats that He would turn him around and bring him from the remotest parts of the North against the mountains of Israel (38:4-9, 15)....the sixth part of thee : Hebrew equivalent of decimate This implies that 5/6ths of the field forces that come against the little State of Israel, are to be wiped out. Note that there is no mention of Israel taking action or even a hint that they are able to take action to defend themselves. God provides the defense and defeat of Gog of Magog and his allies. That gets everybody s attention....from the north parts = From the uttermost parts of the north. 101 Ezekiel 39:4 Failure to Launch?!? 4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. The Lord promised to defeat Gog on the mountains of Israel. God says He would knock Gog s weapons out of his hands. The Lord does not reveal how He would do this or whom He would use. Ezek 38:21 suggests that at least part of the defeat would be a result of Gog's soldiers killing each another (Judg. 7:22). Gog and his army and allies would fall in the Promised Land, and birds and beasts would eat their corpses (v.17-20; Rev. 19:17-21). A defeat like this was the ultimate indignity in the minds of the ancients (2Kgs 9:35). 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Ezekiel 39:3 Bows and Arrows 3] And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Horses soos = leaper, (from a root, to skip ) bird (Jer 8:7); chariot rider (Ex 14:9). Chereb = destroying instrument; sword Qesheth (keh-sheth) = launcher; bow. Chets (khatis) = piercing missile; arrow, piercer It is occasionally used of a thunderbolt. Arrow is the name of Israel s s missile system The text was translated into English in 1611 during the reign of King James I. They were limited to the understanding of their technology. If we were to translate Ezekiel 39:3 today, we could say, I will smite thy launchers out of thy left hand, and cause thy missiles to fall at thy right hand. 102 Ezekiel 39:5 5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. Falling on a open field? The birds and carnivores devour the bodies? Why not remove the fallen enemy from the field right away? Page 26 of 38

27 Ezekiel 39:6 6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD....among them that dwell carelessly in the isles : H983 betach Carelessly: Safely, Securely, without a care This appears to refer to a third party : neither the Magog forces nor Israelis. Isles or coastlands : imply the farthest reaches of the known world; cf. Ezek 26:15, 18; 27:3, 6-7, 15, 35 The Lord is going to rain fire and hailstones of fire and brimstone upon Magog. But v6 has an and in it, I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that t dwell securely in the coastlands. Bows = launchers Arrows = missles them that dwell carelessly (without worry) in the isles?? One could be the United States who is the worlds leading owner of present day bows and arrows!! Could we be the target of a preemptive or retaliatory nuclear strike? 105 Ezekiel 39:7 7] So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. This is the event that God uses to shake up and wake up Israel spiritually. God would also proclaim and establish His holy reputation among the the other nations. They would no longer regard Him as just another local deity but would recognize Him as the Holy One of Israel, the only true God who was Israel's s God. When this is over, everyone, even the heathen nations, will understand that Israel was delivered, not be their wits or military prowess or their training, or their technology, but by the direct intervention of God. 107 Ezekiel 39:6 A Disturbing Hint? Ezekiel 39:8 108 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Who is it that would be described as dwelling carelessly in the isles? If the US can respond with ICBM s, which are not petroleum fuel based, launched from nuclear submarines for example, could this be a warning? Remember the whole scenario about a world petroleum crisis is only my conjecture What God s Word says will happen, will really happen The how and why and when conjectures where scripture is silent is only a possibility and then only as long as it doesn t contradict what scripture does say 8] Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. He had predicted would indeed happen. Eze 38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. Eze 38:10-11, 38:16; Ps 110:5-6; Is 27:1, 34:1-6, 63:1-6, 66:15-16; Dan 11:40-45; Joel 3:9-14; Zech 12:2-8, 14: /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 27 of 38

28 Asher s foot in oil Primitive weapons almost!!! Gen 49:20 Deut 33:24 Ezek If the invading nations don t have access to crude oil fuels they can t use the conventional ground armor, transportation and war machines we are used to seeing on the evening news. However, mounted cavalry yes real horses could be brought into the equation. They would have to revert to more primitive energy forms to transport troops. Also, the solid fueled rockets and the missiles, many horse drawn tactical nuclear warheads, could and would still be available to use. See Ezekiel 39:3. Could these bows be the rocket launchers and could the arrows be the missiles and rockets? Ezek 39:11- God causes them to fall out of their hands. Could this be God causing the tactical warheads to explode in their launchers? The later passages in Ezekiel 39 seem to describe a cleanup effort such as would follow nuclear contamination of some sort. It will take 7 months to clean up the land and the weapons will be burned for 7 years Could this be due to nuclear contamination has God swats the missiles out of the sky to fall back on the invaders; contaminating themselves and dying of radiation sickness? TM /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5:21 U.S. Army Ezekiel 39:9 9] And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: Israel would also take as spoil what the invaders had brought into the land when they came to despoil the Israelites. God would turn the tables on the invaders. After the Lord destroyed the forces of Gog, the Israelites would use the enemy's numerous weapons for fuel for seven years. Israel will not need to burn traditional fuel because there would be so many of fthe enemies weapons and dimplements left ftto burn. This seems ridiculous. How do you burn shields and swords??? And if you can, how are you going to burn them for 7 years??? 7 years!?! Tribulation period??? 111 Nuclear Weapons? Left-over weapons provide all the energy are burned -for the nation Israel for 7 years Professionals are hired to clear the battlefield They wait 7 months; then clear for 7 months Bury the dead east of the Dead Sea (downwind) If a traveler finds something the professionals have missed, he doesn t touch it: he marks the location and lets the professionals deal with it. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Ezekiel 39:10 10] So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. Left over weapons provide all their energy needs for 7 years. Did they run out of fuel or time??? Not only are 5/6ths of the Russians and their allied forces going to be wiped out, but the weapons left over are going to be gathered by Israel and will provide all the energy they will need for seven years! Nuclear weapons could provide more than 7 years worth of energy Perhaps after the 7 years, they will not it need any; i.e., Daniel s 70th week. Note: The shelf life of a production Soviet nuclear warhead is 7 years. These were knocked out of Magog s right hand and fell on the fields of Israel Page 28 of 38

29 Ezekiel 39:11 16 A 7 month long funeral?? 11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. 12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. 14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. 15] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. 16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. Note that they wait seven months before entering the area, and then they do not go in casually. they sever out men of continual employment professionals not be amateurs; not be part-timers, they will know what they are doing. These will be professionals called in to bury the bones, downwind, east of 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: the Dead Sea. Ezekiel 39: ] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13] Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. For seven months it would be the priority task in Israel to identify and to bury all the corpses and so clean up decontaminate; the land (Lev. 5:2; 21:1; Deut. 21:1-9). All the Israelites would get involved in some way and be devoted d to the task of burying the corpses, This would receive worldwide attention and result in glory for God. 115 Ezekiel 39:11 11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. The Israelites would also bury Gog and his soldiers in a valley east of the Dead Sea. The sea is not named so it could also possibly refer to the Mediterranean Sea. Probably not the Sea of Galilee which is not a sea at all but a lake...the valley of Hamongog : Valley of the multitudes of Gog. The slaughter would be so great that it would take a large valley. Travelers would not be able to pass through that part of the land. Radioactivity; Nuclear contamination??? 114 Ezekiel 39:14 14] And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. They wait 7 months before entering the battle field areas, and then they go in cautiously. The actual removal and burial would be left to the professionals. seven months...men of continual employment : They employ professionals to collect and bury the dead they would not be amateurs or part-timers - they will know what they are doing. after the end of seven months shall they search : They wait seven months before entering the area? Page 29 of 38

30 Ezekiel 39: ] And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. If a traveler sees a man s bone the bird s and beasts have had 7 months to pick the bones clean before the cleanup even begins. The bones are contaminated in some severe way They are buried to the east downwind 16] And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. Hamonah: A form of the word hordes. 117 The same instructions can be found in the Operator s Manual for Marking Set, Contamination: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC), US Armed Forces. TM U.S. Arm my /5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Nuclear Weapons? Left-over weapons provide all the energy for the nation Israel for seven years professionals hired to clear the battlefield they wait seven months; If a traveler finds something the professionals have missed, he doesn t touch it: he marks the location and lets the professionals deal with it then they clear the land for seven months and bury the dead east of the Dead Sea (downwind). 118 Ezekiel 39:11 16 A 7 month long funeral?? If someone traveling through the land spots a bone that was missed, he is not to touch it, but to put up a sign by it so the professionals can bury it downwind! This was interesting technology for Ezekiel years ago, a Hebrew Prophet moved by the Lord, saw a day when the Nation Israel would be regathered in the land after it had lain waste for a long time. They were to be regathered in unbelief, but God takes such an interest in Israel, that He stages an event to get their attention and show everyone who is really in charge. He has Russia, with a most interesting list of allies, move against the land He clobbers them in such a way that their technology becomes a liability to them and in a way that shakes the whole earth. Fire will fall upon Magog and a lot of other of the world s people as well. They are going to wait 7 months before they even go into the battle field area. Even then they will send in professionals to collect and bury the dead doing it very carefully by special procedures. The 10/5/2012 fallen weapons they collect will Acts 17:11 provide 1 Thes power 5:21 for Israel for 7 years Page 30 of 38

31 Ezekiel 39: ] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that t I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. The birds and beasts can t eat a tank or mechanized armor. To some extent there are flesh an blood armies and animals involved in the invasion. 121 Ezekiel 39:17 20 Feast of Predators Passages similar to this also appear in Revelation, and elsewhere, Predator animals and scavengers who feast on the carrion clean up the carcasses. 17] And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 18] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. Note: The animals can t eat a tank or modern mechanized armor. To some extent there are literal horse cavalry involved in the invasion. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Ezekiel 39:17 18 Similarities with Rev 19:17-18 cause some to assume this is somehow associated with Armageddon, but that is for another time. Rev 19:17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, "Come, assemble for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great. The Lord also instructed Ezekiel to prophesy to the birds and beasts to come and feast on the flesh of the invaders who had died (v.4; Isa. 34:6; Jer. 46:10; Zeph. 1:7-8; Rev. 19:17-21). It would be like eating a great sacrifice for them, but those offered as sacrifices to the Lord would be great people of the earth rather than fat rams, lambs, goats, and bulls ] Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. Bashan, to the east of the Jordan River in the northern most part of Israel, consistently produced fat cattle because there was so much good pasture there. It is apparently greatly impacted by this invasion and the enemy defeat. Bashan was one of the area s inhabited by the half breed angels of Genesis 6:1-4 Please remember: God s defined border of Israel is not the same as today s political or man s defined border for Israel Bashan 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 31 of 38

32 Ezekiel 39: ] And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20] Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. The animals the fowls and beasts - would be able to gorge themselves on the sacrifice that God would prepare for them. They would be able to eat the flesh of horses, chariot drivers, commanders, and soldiers. Normally ypeople p offered animals as sacrifices, but God again turns the tables and sacrifices people for the animals. 125 Ezekiel 39:23 28 For God s Glory 23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; 26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. 27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Ezekiel 39: ] And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that t day and forward. God's judgment of Gog would glorify Him greatly in the eyes of the rest of the world. Israel too would learn in a fresh way that He was their God (cf. the Exodus). Has that happened yet? It has to be after Israel has been re-gathered from many nations. But furthermore, as a result of this battle, Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward. Do they acknowledge God today? Not as a people or nation. 126 Ezekiel 39:23 24 For God s Glory 23] And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. Then the nations would understand that it was not out of weakness that God permitted the Israelites to go into exile and die but because He was punishing them for their sins. That is why they had suffered as they had and the Lord had not responded to their cries for deliverance. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 32 of 38

33 Ezekiel 39:25 26 For God s Glory 25] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; 26] After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. The Lord promised to restore the fortunes of Jacob, namely, the descendants of the devious patriarch who anticipated the corporate character of the Israelites. He promised to have mercy on all of them. He would do this because He wanted to maintain His reputation for holiness (uniqueness as the only true God). When He restored them to security in the land following this invasion they would forget their former disgrace and treachery against Him. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Ezekiel 39:29 The Spirit is poured out upon Israel 29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. The Lord would no longer prove inaccessible to His people because He would bestow His Spirit on all the Israelites. Everything Ezekiel talks about could happen today, tomorrow, next week, or next year. The technology is here, The political alignments are here, The motives are here. It is a stepping stone in the rise of antichrist to power who will enter into a 7- year peace treaty with Israel. Daniel s 70th week being ready to unfold. The Church won t be here. We are a part of a special group in God s plan. The Church will be watching this battle from the throne room in Heaven! If we are interested in watching at all. Here, Israel is in focus again. God is calling His people back to Him keeping His promises Abraham and to execute His judgment on the earth. 10/5/2012 He is about to claim Acts 17:11 Israel 1 Thes and 5:21purge the earth 131 Ezekiel 39:27 28 For God s Glory 27] When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28] Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. When He would bring Israel back into the land and Israel turned again to Him, the other nations of the world would recognize that the Lord was different from all other gods. Israel would acknowledge Yahweh as her God. She would see what God had done in sending her out of the land for her sin and bringing her back permanently by His 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: grace. Ezekiel 39:29 29] Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. The ultimate result of the battle with Gog will be Israel s national repentance and spiritual restoration (36:27; 37:14; Joel 2:28). This will be fulfilled when the Millennial Kingdom is established (Hos 5:15; Zech 12:10). And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 39:6...and among them : In addition to Magog and Israel, a third party is involved!...dwell carelessly : carelessly = betach: false confidence Page 33 of 38

34 The Magog Invasion The Rebuilt Temple 69 70th Week Weeks Dn 9:26 Dn 9:25 (Interval) Dn 9:27 Church Age Covenant Enforced Abomination of Desolation The Great Tribulation The Battle of Armageddon 2 n nd Coming Millennium Asher s foot in oil Enforce peace??? Ezek Dan 7, 9, Toward the end of the 7 years, the kings of the east (remember the growing industry and power in India and China) finally rebel against anti-christ and march on Jerusalem where he has for 3.5 years controlled and ruled, claiming to be god from the rebuilt temple. But, before they can arrive (the Euphrates stops them - no oil primitive transportation), God dries the Euphrates. Jesus Second Coming is announced and these enemies unite as allies in a foolish final attempt to defeat the Lord Jesus. This is what Armageddon is about; God gathering the nations to execute His retribution on them. (Ps 2; Joel 3) Nearly everything about the reason for and some of the sequence and timing of these events I ve laid out is speculation and simply my opinion. i Only what comes from God s word is a sure thing. My sequence and timing may be all wrong; God may have a totally different series of events in mind. But, looking at the world condition today (which could change tomorrow) and until I see in scripture where I ve gotten it wrong it seems to make sense to me. 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Asher s foot in oil I ve arrived!!! Ezek Dan 7, 9, Israel and the whole world will recognize that Israel s being saved from this invasion was God s miraculous doing a divine intervention. It is the event that begins Israel returning her one true God. At this point anti-christ comes on the scene, perhaps claiming that Israel s survival and the massive defeat of their invaders is his doing. The US appears impotent or unwilling to respond Anti-christ is already the leader of a multi-national alliance in Europe, Russia and the Arab nations have been devastated, He will assume leadership and control of the western world and the middle east. He enforces or at least tries to enforce - a 7 year peace treaty with Israel in the Middle East (not too difficult if all Israel ss enemies have been devastated). Israel without local opposition rebuilds the Temple on the Temple Mount and Daniel s 70th week the tribulation period begins. The rest of the world fall into line quickly as anti-christ now effectively controls the entire world oil supply and which is probably how and why 3.5 years later he 10/5/2012 can claim to be god, demand Acts 17:11 allegiance 1 Thes 5:21 and force anyone who wants 134 to buy or sell to swear allegiance to him and take his mark. Asher s foot in oil Enforce peace??? Ezek Dan 7, 9, Expect and look for the Lord to return at any time. And since we live in the time of the signs, watch the signs of the times line up to God s plan and purposes as He laid out in scripture 3,000 years ago - Watch for a hollow, tenuous peace in Israel and the middle east in general - Watch for Israel to prosper economically (I m looking for oil discovery ) - Watch for a power shift within the oil consuming nations; Follow supply and demand - Watch for closer and secret ties between Russia and the Arab nations as Russia moves to try to protect t her oil supply. - Watch the economic development and industrialization in India and China. - Watch for US policy to continue its blind arrogant assumption that its position as the influencer and enforcer in world events is sure 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 34 of 38

35 Prior to the 70th Week vs. Armageddon 137 1) The Magog invasion forces come from the north; Armageddon, from the whole earth. 2) Magog and its allies come to take spoil; Armageddon, to battle anti-christ and destroy the Jews. 3) The seven-month cleanup by Israel is inconsistent with Israel s flight to Bozrah, etc. 4) The seven years energy requirement is inconsistent with the establishment of the Millennium. 5) There is no mention of other key end-time elements: the Coming World Leader ( Antichrist ) or Babylon, etc. ISR AEL Edom Moab Ammon Bozrah SYRIA W e s t B a n k Golan Hgts EGYPT ISRAEL West Bank Golan Hgts JORDAN 138. Turkey is the last nation to get into line. Refuffed again and again, it aligns itself with the Islamic nations It is happening today Page 35 of 38

36 Treaty of Lisbon In December 2007 the EU Reform Treaty (Treaty of Lisbon) was signed by Europe s leaders, an attempted end run around the 2005 failure to get approval for a Constitution for the European Union. On June 13, 2008, Ireland s referendum rejected the Treaty of Lisbon. Ireland is the only EU member whose constitution required a referendum on the Treaty 19 of 27 parliaments had approved the Treaty. Croatia s and Turkey s accession talks have now been put on hold. 141 Russia s Black Sea Fleet Russia has started dredging at the Syrian port of Tartus, where it maintains a logistical supply point, to turn it into a full-fledged naval base. - Russia has also launched a modernization project at the port of Latakia, 90 km to the north of Tartus. - A private source at the Defense Ministry indicated that Moscow is forming a squadron led by the Moskva, the Black Sea Fleet s flagship missile cruiser. - The squadron will operate in the Mediterranean Sea on a permanent basis. 143 Russia s Black Sea Fleet Russia is moving its Black Sea Fleet to the Syrian port of Tartus. - Russia s s Black Sea Fleet currently uses a range of naval facilities in the Ukrainian region of Crimea under a 1997 agreement that allowed Russia to continue its presence in its neighboring former Soviet republic for rent of $93 million/yr. - The fleet was not scheduled to withdraw until 2017, but the Ukraine has demanded that a new agreement be signed and negotiations between Russia and the Ukraine have stalled. 142 On Oct 31, 2004, the Majlis (Iran s Parliament) changed. Death to America, Death to Israel in their stand-up vote (247 of 290) approving a bill requiring the government to. resume uranium enrichment Page 36 of 38

37 10/5/2012 Israel vs. Iran 145 Look for a war between Israel and the nations that directly border Israel in which Israel defeats them but does not yet recognize God s hand in the battle. (Psalm 83). Probably obliterating Damascus Capturing C t i and d controlling t lli Si Sinai, i JJordan, d S Syria i and d Lebanon and possibly parts of Iraq Removing or at least crippling Iran s nuclear plans and capability which will not recover until the Gog-Magog invasion some years later. Look for Jesus to return and to take the church home to be with Him forever, either just before or just after th t one off these two wars. Out of the chaos on the earth resulting from the Rapture of the Church and/or of these two wars, a new world ruler will step forward to enforce peace and guarantee Israel s protection and right to exist ushering in the Tribulation. He will violate this guarantee himself in just 3½ years. Israel is purchasing $319 million worth of miliatary goods from the US: 2,500 one-ton bombs; half-ton 1,000 half ton bombs; 500 quarter-ton bombs; and 500 one-ton BLU-109s Bunker Busters which can penetrate walls 2 meters (6.5 ft) thick. Israel has received the first of 102 long-range F-16s from the U.S. Attack Imminent? Israel s existence is at risk: it has 120 aircraft at the ready; two 747 tankers; and an F-117 Stealth on loan. The general has been given the green light to go when the winds are favorable. Islamic End Game 147 Inner Ring INNER RING WAR 146 Gen 15:18 Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. One can thus shudder at the serious conviction of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he is destined and committed to cause the appearance of the12th Imam by ushering in the L t D Last Days. Psa 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: Gebal Assur Ammon Hagarenes Psa 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Psa 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Psa 83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. hild L t children off Lot Amalek Moab Edom Ishmaelites 500 Mi Page 37 of 38 37

38 ?? Period of time?? The Magog Invasion The Battle of Armageddon Ha arpazo R ature Temple Rebuilt Covenant Enforced upon Israel 69 Weeks (Interval) 70th Week Mystery Church Age THE DAY OF THE LORD Seals / Trumpets / Bowls ng 2nd Comi Inner Ring War APOSTASY?? Time of Jacob s Trouble Man of Sin Revealed Abomination of Desolation Sacrifices cease The Great Tribulation X Millennium Judgment of the Nations Watch them: Israel is God s Timepiece 10/5/2012 Acts 17:11 1 Thes 5: Page 38 of 38