God spoke the following prophecy for the last day of this world in several places in the Books of His prophets.
This battle as a result of gathering those nations is what the Revelation 16 battle of "Armageddon" is about. It will be on that... day that He will pour out His consuming fire upon this earth, to end this present world (2 Peter 3:10; Hebrews 12:25-29). It will be on that last day when the battle of Armageddon happens with the pouring out of the 7th Vial that will reveal Christ's coming with His army from Heaven to do battle (Revelation 16:15-21). It even mentions the great hailstones out of heaven falling upon men, each hailstone weighing about a talent (roughly 70 - 120 lbs. each). No army will be able to withstand those hailstones on the last day.
Zeph 3:8-9
8 Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them Mine indignation, even all My fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.
9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent.
KJV
Of course He is speaking that to His elect, those who know to 'wait' for Him, while the majority of the world at that time will instead be deceived worshiping the false-Christ.
The Ezekiel 39 Chapter covers that battle also, and in Ezekiel 38 we are shown just which... nations of His enemies are involved.
Ezek 38
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:
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:
The Hebrew word for "chief" is Ro'sh (OT:7218). Some scholars deem that as an ancient version for the modern name Russia. I know some may think that as a pointer is weak, however, there's more proof that is probably accurate in this Ezekiel 38 Chapter.
Meshech and Tubal in the Greek Old Testament Septuagint Bible renders these as Mesoch and Thobel. They were the Moschi and Tiberani in the region of the Caucasus Mountains (i.e., near modern Russia).
In this next part, God reveals Russia's allies that will come upon His people on the last day. I say Russia's allies because once it's understood where each one of these areas represents today, their alliance with Russia today becomes obvious. And we will be told here in Scripture that this prophecy is for the latter days, so there's no need to believe those who say it is past history:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Persia today represents the areas of Iran and Iraq, and possibly Syria. Who today is helping Iran's nuclear program? And who helped Saddam Hussein with weapons to fight the western coalition forces back when he took Kuwait? And who built a naval base in Syria and sent military advisors to that nation of Syria? The answer is -- Russia.
In 1986, Libyan terrorists sponsored by the Qadhafi regime in Libya planted a bomb at a discotheque in Berlin, Germany, killing and wounding mostly American servicemen. The orders sent from Tripoli to the terrorists for the go ahead was later discovered. U.S. President Reagan then sent in air strikes to bomb the terrorist training camps in Libya. The source of Libya's training and weapons? Russia.
Concerning Ethiopia, at the time of Ezekiel, Ethiopia covered a whole lot more territory than today. It originally included the lands just below Egypt, like Cush. But today, the nation of Sudan makes up most of that area under old Egypt. And who is today's Sudan allied with? You guessed it, Russia.
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Per Genesis 10:3, Gomer was founded by Japheth and was in the north of Asia Minor. Today, this is most likely representing the old Soviet satellite nations just below Russia that were to serve as buffer zones.
Togarmah was descended from Japheth, and represented old Cappadoccia, what today is called Turkey. Today Turkey is a western NATO ally. However, it is a Muslim nation. And Russia has been trying to play its strategy to weaken NATO nations while Islamic factions have been trying to convert Turkey closer to what nations like Iran follows. This prophecy says Turkey (Togarmah) will eventually side with Russia. If we see that happen, then this nation alignment God gave here through Ezekiel will be complete, and that... will signal how we are that much closer to the coming of the false-Messiah, and the end of this world.
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This battle as a result of gathering those nations is what the Revelation 16 battle of "Armageddon" is about. It will be on that... day that He will pour out His consuming fire upon this earth, to end this present world (2 Peter 3:10; Hebrews 12:25-29). It will be on that last day when the battle of Armageddon happens with the pouring out of the 7th Vial that will reveal Christ's coming with His army from Heaven to do battle (Revelation 16:15-21). It even mentions the great hailstones out of heaven falling upon men, each hailstone weighing about a talent (roughly 70 - 120 lbs. each). No army will be able to withstand those hailstones on the last day.
Zeph 3:8-9
8 Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them Mine indignation, even all My fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.
9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one consent.
KJV
Of course He is speaking that to His elect, those who know to 'wait' for Him, while the majority of the world at that time will instead be deceived worshiping the false-Christ.
The Ezekiel 39 Chapter covers that battle also, and in Ezekiel 38 we are shown just which... nations of His enemies are involved.
Ezek 38
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:
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:
The Hebrew word for "chief" is Ro'sh (OT:7218). Some scholars deem that as an ancient version for the modern name Russia. I know some may think that as a pointer is weak, however, there's more proof that is probably accurate in this Ezekiel 38 Chapter.
Meshech and Tubal in the Greek Old Testament Septuagint Bible renders these as Mesoch and Thobel. They were the Moschi and Tiberani in the region of the Caucasus Mountains (i.e., near modern Russia).
In this next part, God reveals Russia's allies that will come upon His people on the last day. I say Russia's allies because once it's understood where each one of these areas represents today, their alliance with Russia today becomes obvious. And we will be told here in Scripture that this prophecy is for the latter days, so there's no need to believe those who say it is past history:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Persia today represents the areas of Iran and Iraq, and possibly Syria. Who today is helping Iran's nuclear program? And who helped Saddam Hussein with weapons to fight the western coalition forces back when he took Kuwait? And who built a naval base in Syria and sent military advisors to that nation of Syria? The answer is -- Russia.
In 1986, Libyan terrorists sponsored by the Qadhafi regime in Libya planted a bomb at a discotheque in Berlin, Germany, killing and wounding mostly American servicemen. The orders sent from Tripoli to the terrorists for the go ahead was later discovered. U.S. President Reagan then sent in air strikes to bomb the terrorist training camps in Libya. The source of Libya's training and weapons? Russia.
Concerning Ethiopia, at the time of Ezekiel, Ethiopia covered a whole lot more territory than today. It originally included the lands just below Egypt, like Cush. But today, the nation of Sudan makes up most of that area under old Egypt. And who is today's Sudan allied with? You guessed it, Russia.
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Per Genesis 10:3, Gomer was founded by Japheth and was in the north of Asia Minor. Today, this is most likely representing the old Soviet satellite nations just below Russia that were to serve as buffer zones.
Togarmah was descended from Japheth, and represented old Cappadoccia, what today is called Turkey. Today Turkey is a western NATO ally. However, it is a Muslim nation. And Russia has been trying to play its strategy to weaken NATO nations while Islamic factions have been trying to convert Turkey closer to what nations like Iran follows. This prophecy says Turkey (Togarmah) will eventually side with Russia. If we see that happen, then this nation alignment God gave here through Ezekiel will be complete, and that... will signal how we are that much closer to the coming of the false-Messiah, and the end of this world.
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