Oddly enough, the actual Throne of Satan (Altar of Zeus) was shipped, stone by stone, to Berlin in the late 1800's where it was reconstructed as a museum.
Posted on 11/07/2015 7:29:08 PM PST by pastorbillrandles
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:(Ezekiel 38:1-3)
Ezekiel 34-39 is a panoramic revelation of the things which must take place leading to the full restoration of Israel.First, in chapter 34, he addresses the Shepherds of Israel for they are the ones He holds responsible for scattering the flock,and particularly the last scattering of Israel, which takes place during the Tribulation period, a “Dark and cloudy dayâ€.
Next in chapter 35, the Prophecy is directed towards the people who now usurp the land God gave to the seed of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob, by an unconditional covenant. They say the Land belongs to them, and boast that they are allowed to take possession of the Ancient high places of Israel.They hate the Jews with something called “An everlasting hatredâ€, and would shed the blood of Jews with impunity. God’s judgment draws nigh for Edom, as they are called, and desolation and destruction are their future.
In Ezekiel 36 God addresses the “Mountains of Israelâ€, land which is the very heart of Biblical Israel. It is called Judea and Samaria in most of scripture, but the world has a different plan for it. The prophecy says that “Talkers “have taken the subject of the mountains of Israel into their discussion,(This seems like a surreal prediction of the U.N. which does indeed spend about a third of its time discussing Israel, the status of Jerusalem and the disputed West bank), Judea and Samaria to God and to Bible Believers, but the new Palestinian State to the godless “world communityâ€.
In Ezekiel 37 we see a resurrection of bones, re-assembled, and sinewed and covered with flesh, and at the last, breathed upon by the Spirit of God and brought to life. This is a prediction of the future of “the whole house of Israelâ€. After two thousand long years of Gentile domination, humiliation, pogram, persecution, and rejection, the nation of Israel is re-assembled before the eyes of the entire world. In may 1948, the nation is reborn, and Jews have been streaming back into Zion for the last 70 years from the four corners of the earth.
The bones are brought back together, the nation has been reborn, the sinew and meat are fleshing out those bones, but we await the one thing missing, for Israel must be spiritually born again,
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.( Ezekiel 36:25-27)
Before the spiritual regeneration of Israel occurs , however, we are informed by Ezekiel, Zechariah and the rest of the prophets, Israel must undergo her final conflict, she must be confronted by Gog and his army.
Who is Gog?
Gog is definitely an individual, a human being. I don’t believe Gog is a name though, it is a title, just as Pharaoh, Abimelech, Agag and Caesar are titles. Gog is the individual who stands as the representative of all of heathendom, in its resistance against the God of the Bible.
God is against Gog , just as earlier ( Eze 35) God had Ezekiel prophesy against Mt Seir.
Mt Seir represented “Edom†and the countries round about the Mountains of Jerusalem, who claim that the Holy Land belongs to them, and not to the Jews. They love to shed the blood of the JEws(Consider the current “Knife Intifada), therefore God will pursue them with blood, (violence,death,slaughter) and they shall not escape. This was a prophecy concerning the near neighbors of Israel,Jerusalem, Judea,and Samaria. These are the same nations we see in Psalm 83,
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.(Psalm 83:!-8)
These Israel hating nations, mostly Sunni Muslim, are the same nations we have seen participating in the “Arab Spring†over the last four years. By the time of Ezekiel 38, something has happened to them, because they are conspicuously absent, when Gog comes with his confederacy of nations to spoil Israel.
Gog represents another constituency, he is the head of a different federation. The members of his army come from farther afield than Israel’s near neighbors. A good many of Gog’s troops are Shi’ite Muslims, from Iran, and others from the recently radicalized Turkey, others from Somalia, the Sudan and Eritrea. There will be others also from the now disintegrated nation of Libya and other parts of North Africa,
But Gog is from Magog, in the “uttermost North†of the mountains of Israel.Due north of Israel is Russia. Magog is specifically the ancient name for the Land just north of the Caucusus mountains, between Armenia and Ancient Media. These recently comprised several Russian buffer states, such as AZERBAJIAN, , TURKESTAN, CHECHNYA, DAGESTAN as well as parts of AFGHANISTAN, TURKEY, and IRAN.
It is amazing to see these scriptural alliances line up before our very eyes. Russia has become the champion of Iran, and Syria, Libya and the rest of the disaffected wider Muslim world which resents American Hegemony, and are even now filling in the vacuum left in the wake of the American retreat.
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The reliable, clear and detailed records of Assyrian Royal Court show they dealt directly with each of these nations about 100 years before Ezekiel wrote. These are the same records that are referred to in Ezra 4:15, 19 and 5:17-6:7. These passages tell how the Jews of the fifth century BC 538 BC–457 BC overcame opposition by the local Persian governor to the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem by referring to these same Assyrian cuneiform court records. They are also the same records Bible scholars now use to provide independent verification and edification of the Bible’s historical accounts from about 805 BC to 530 BC.
The Assyrian Court records show dealings with Magog, Meshech, Tubal, and Togarmah (Ezekiel 38:3-6), the nations that stretched across ancient Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from west to east. From these records we also learn that the ancient nation of Gomer (Ezekiel 38:6), an enemy of the Assyrians invaded Asia Minor by coming down from an area around the northeast shore of the Black Sea. Archeologists know that the militant leader called “Gog†in Ezekiel 38/39 led a confederacy of these nations against invading Gomer.
Gog is a historical man who the Greeks called Gyges of Lydia. In Gyges of Lydia we have the leader the Assyrians called “Gugu, King of Ludu,†and “Gugu of Magugu,†who is referred to in the Bible as Gog of Magog. “Magog†simply means “the land of Gog.†In Akkadian ma means land, so in Akkadian Ma- gugu means “the land of Gugu,†which becomes our Ma-gog. (Just as the Assyrian eponym for the land of the leader called Zamua is rendered as Ma-zamua). Magog is an eponym for the ancient nation of Lydia that was in the westernmost part of Asia Minor. The Assyrians often referred to a new land by the name of the first leader they learned of from this land. The Assyrians dealt with Lydia through Meshech, who were subsequently defeated by Gomer, and thus the Assyrians finally came to deal with Lydia directly. In the prophecy of Ezekiel 38/39 Gog is being used as a “historical type†of the “antichrist†who is prophesied to come during the end times, and Magog is being used as a “historical type†of “the land of the antichrist.â€
It has been mistakenly believed that the ancient nation of “Magog†in western Asia Minor was the ancient “tribal name†of the “Scythians,†a group of Iranian speaking nomadic tribes from Central Asia (north of Iran) that traveled across the Russian steppes, and came to live in the territory north of the Black Sea. Then, in turn, and again in error, it has been believed that the ancient Scythians were the progenitors of the modern Russians. In Foes from the Northern Frontier Dr. Edwin Yamauchi, a professor of history at Miami University in Ohio emphatically explains that none of the ancient nations referred to in Ezekiel 38-39 can possibly be related to modern Russia. Further, Yamauchi says:
“Even if one were to transliterate the Hebrew rosh as a proper name (as does the NAS) rather than translate it as ‘chief’ (as does the KJV, NIV, and Hebrew Tanakh), it can have nothing to do with modern ‘Russia.’ This would be a gross anachronism for the modern name is based upon the name Rus, which was brought into the region of Kiev, north of the Black Sea, by the Vikings only in the Middle Ages.â€
And, the real enemies of Israel have been and are, Sunni nations — led by Saudi Arabia
Rosh means leader of /head of
Magog is in Asia Minor (Turkey)
Eze_38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
Meshech and Tubal are also in Asia Minor (Turkey)
Gog is the king of the locust
Amos 7:1 Thus has the Lord God shewed me; and, behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one caterpillar, king Gog.(Septuagint)
Amos 7:1 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.(Masoretic)
Amo 7:1 �›הH3541 הר×× ×™H7200 ××“× ×™H136 יהוהH3069 ×•×”× ×”H2009 יוצרH3335 גביH1462 בתחלתH8462 עלותH5927 הלקש×H3954 ×•×”× ×”H2009 לקש×H3954 ×חרH310 ×’×–×™H1488 המלך׃H4428
H5927
עלה
�›âlâh
aw-law’
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or active (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively: - arise (up). (cause to) ascend up, at once, break [the day] (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up), grow (over), increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, [make] up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
It looks like the Masoretic text might have a vowel problem in that verse since it doesn’t really make sense .
Proverbs tell us about natural locust and they have no king
Pro 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Revelation tells us who the king of the locust is
(Revelation 9:7) And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
(Revelation 9:8) And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
(Revelation 9:9) And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
(Revelation 9:10) And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
(Revelation 9:11) 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.
Weird it wigged out all my Hebrew text
“And, the real enemies of Israel have been and are, Sunni nations — led by Saudi Arabia”
The religious - from Saudi Arabia
the King - from Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Plus if you look at map it looks like Russia is directly north of Jerusalem . Look at it on a globe and it puts the line directly to Ankara , Turkey not Moscow .
Rev 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Rev 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Satan’s seat is in Pergamos (Turkey)
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The Shia are no less hostile to Israel than the Sunni.
Oddly enough, the actual Throne of Satan (Altar of Zeus) was shipped, stone by stone, to Berlin in the late 1800's where it was reconstructed as a museum.
It's a shame that we are so reliant on the KSA for our petroleum and natural gas. We have those things too but are going to wait until the KSA runs out of them....in another 200+ years or so (Saudi ARAMCO estimate).
THEN we will have to start mining OUR OWN petroleum and natural gas. California has ODDLES of natural gas. But, that's a no-brainer, isn't it? :o)
Americans ("awl" men and companies) have been in the KSA since the 1920's. The KSA even brought in "special teachers" for the expats. "Special teachers" are priests, ministers and ONE Anglican priest for the American Christians. Since Christian men of the cloth are PROHIBITED in the KSA the Saudis simply renamed them "special teachers." Arabs are good at that kind of thing.
I acquired my habit of DAILY MASS over there, thanks to my Saudi boss who said:
God is number one. There is always time for God. "Cloudmountain" (not my real name of course) can go to pray whenever she wants to.
There are FOUR branches of Islam. There are some 30,000-40,000 denominations of Christianity. THAT information is on the web, free for all to read and consider. And that's okay. God will be our judge and I trust in Him explicitly.
Not from Sudan. From the neighboring nation known today as South Sudan. There are two. Sudan and South Sudan.
Sudan, weirdly, is Islamic. South Sudan, and this is counter-intuitive, is Christian. Yet Ezekiel says South Sudan (Cush) will war against Israel.
Not Islamic Sudan.
well, 3 branches: Sunni, Shia, Ibadi, but the Sunni have a number of “schools” and the Shia include various groups I would not even call Moslem (Alawi, Druze) as well as Ismailis, Bohris etc. who differ wildly from 12er Shias)
I wasn’t addressing the number of branches. Just pointing out that the second largest branch of islam is just as hostile to Israel as the Sunnis.
“Sudan, weirdly, is Islamic. South Sudan, and this is counter-intuitive, is Christian. Yet Ezekiel says South Sudan (Cush) will war against Israel.
Not Islamic Sudan. “
No Ezekiel does not say south Sudan (Cush)”
Cush is translated in a lot of English translations as Ethiopia .
Cush is the land directly south of Egypt and that is SUDAN.
Christians and animist and some black muslims moved south because they were being murdered by the lighter skinned black/arab muslims. South Sudan is not a Christian nation even though there are Christians there ... they are still fighting there and killing each other .
Modern day Ethiopia is not Cush , it is ancient Abyssinia.
Eze_30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Eze_30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Eze_38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Nah_3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Eze_29:10 Behold,H2009 thereforeH3651 I am againstH413 thee, and againstH413 thy rivers,H2975 and I will makeH5414 (H853) the landH776 of EgyptH4714 utterly wasteH2723 H2721 and desolate,H8077 from the towerH4480 H4024 of SyeneH5482 even untoH5704 the borderH1366 of Ethiopia.H3568
Eze_30:4 And the swordH2719 shall comeH935 upon Egypt,H4714 and great painH2479 shall beH1961 in Ethiopia,H3568 when the slainH2491 shall fallH5307 in Egypt,H4714 and they shall take awayH3947 her multitude,H1995 and her foundationsH3247 shall be broken down.H2040
Eze_30:5 Ethiopia,H3568 and Libya,H6316 and Lydia,H3865 and allH3605 the mingled people,H6154 and Chub,H3552 and the menH1121 of the landH776 that is in league,H1285 shall fallH5307 withH854 them by the sword.H2719
Eze_38:5 Persia,H6539 Ethiopia,H3568 and LibyaH6316 withH854 them; allH3605 of them with shieldH4043 and helmet:H3553
H3568
�›ּוּש×
kûsh
koosh
Probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite: - Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
The problem with Sudan (Cush) is ISLAM .
Cush is directly below Egypt .
Nope. Cush is the land in between the White Nile and Blue Nile rivers, South Sudan: http://www.agencevu.com/stories/index.php?id=1201&p=214
Revelation tells us who the king of the locust is
Destroyer, Destruction
I see a pattern here...
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