The Tribulation

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MINISTRY OF THE ANTICHRIST

US invasion of Libya?

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US invasion of Libya?

Ezekiel 38-39

I. God’s Declaration of the Nations

A. He foretells

the future

B. Fierceness

of the nations

C. The Factual

evidence of their destiny

D. Forming of the nation of Israel again

Ezekiel 36-37

NOTES

To fully understand the prophecy of Russia in Ezekiel 38 and 39, you must understand the prophecies given in Ezekiel 36 and 37.

Though God was clear that his son would rule this world from a throne in Israel and all the world would be blessed through that nation, he also was clear that if they didn’t remain faithful to him that they would suffer and be persecuted. They would also lose their homeland, and be scattered among the nations

(Eze 36:24) For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather

you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

(Eze 37:21) And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel

from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

II. The Determining of the Nations

(Eze 38:1-9) 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: 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: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house

of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 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. 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.

A. The Factual

Proofs of Magog

NOTES

The Geographical Proof • (Eze 38:15) 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:

• (Eze 39:2) 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:

NOTES

The Historical Proof • Gen. 10 is know as the “Table of

Nations” because you can trace back all the nations and races to 3 sons of Noah.

• After the flood Noah’s son’s and grandsons and great grandson’s began to migrate in to various parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe

• The places to which they would come to settle would be name many times after the men that lead them there. (Douglasville, Carrollton etc.)

(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.

(Gen 10:2) The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and

Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

(Gen 10:3) And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and

Togarmah.

NOTES

MESHECH• Meshech and his tribe left Asia

Minor and went to the western part of the land we know as Russia and settle in an area known as Meshech.

• Wilhelm Gasenius, in his unsurpassed Hebrew Lexicon says “Meshech was the founder of the Moschi, a barbarous people, who dwelt in the Moschian mountains”

• He goes on to say that the Greek name “Moschi” which was derived from the Hebrew name “Meshech” is where the city of Moscow got its name.

NOTES

TUBAL• Tubal with his tribe left Asia Minor,

and went to the Eastern part of the land we call Russia, and settled in what we refer to as the Siberian region.

• What is called “Tubal” in our Bible, is what is called “Tobolsk” today on our map.*Note: In the former Soviet Union, Tobolsk was the eastern capital, and Moscow was the western capital.

NOTES

GOG • Literally means “mountain”• The name for the Caucasus Mountains

in the oriental tongue means “Fort of Gog” or “Gog’s last stand.”

• Russians call the tops of the Caucasus Mountains “Gogh.”

• In Ezekiel 32:2, however, “Gog” is the representative name of the nation’s leader that would be leading the invasion of Israel.

• (i.e. The leader of the Land of Magog)• If the text would have been against our

own country it would have read like this “Son of man, set thy face against Obama, of the United States, the chief prince of Washington and New York, and prophesy against him,

NOTES

The Linguistical Proof • (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,

• The Hebrew word for “chief” is Rosh, meaning top

• The word “Russia” can be traced back to this Hebrew word “Rosh”

• Wilhelm Gasenius, in his unsurpassed Hebrew Lexicon says “Rosh was a designation for the tribes then north of the Tarsus Mountains, dwelling in the neighboring Volga.

B. The Fusion of the allied Armies

(Eze 38:5-6) Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of

Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many

people with thee.

NOTES

Persia • Iran • Iraq• Afghanistan• Jordan?• Syria?

NOTES

Ethiopia • Cush (Hebrew) The 1st son of

Ham which means “Black”• (Gen 10:6) And the sons of Ham;

Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

• They migrated from Asia Minor across the Red Sea to a place south of Egypt.

• Ethiopia• Sudan

NOTES

Libya • Put (Hebrew) The 3rd son of Ham • (Gen 10:6) And the sons of Ham;

Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

• They migrated from Asia Minor Across the Red sea to the north part of Africa west of Egypt

• Libya • Tunisia• Algeria• Morocco

NOTES

Gomer• The eldest Son of Japheth• (Gen 10:2) The sons of Japheth;

Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

• As you trace the descendants of Gomer, you find that they settle in an area north of the Black sea (Ukraine, Poland) and then spread south and west to the extremes of Europe.

• The Jew today understand Gomer to be Germany, to the extent of calling it Gomer.

• Eastern Europe• Germany • Poland • Romania

NOTES

Togarmah • Was the youngest son of Gomer• (Gen 10:3) And the sons of

Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

• He migrated in to the area south of the Black Sea and a little east there of.

• Turkey• Georgia• Armenia

NOTES

Many others (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.

• Italy? • France?• Pakistan?• India?

Muslim Demographics

(Eze 38:9) 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.

NOTES

Russia’s Army 1,000,000 Iran’s Army 523,000 Iraq’ Army 291,000 Afghanistan’s Army 93,000 Turkey’s Army 510,000 Germany's Army 250,000 Ethiopia's Army 137,000 Sudan’s Army 109,000 Libya's Army 76,000 Morocco's Army 195,000 Tunisia’s Army 35,000 Total (without reserves) 3.2 million VS. Israel’s Army 176,000

III. The Deployment of the Weapons

(Eze 38:7) Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou,

and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be

thou a guard unto them.

A. The Fire Power

NOTES

With out exception, every one of the Nations that are listed in Ezekiel 38 (over 2,600 years ago) now presently is armed with Russian military weapons.

AK-47 assault rifle is the main

weapon of the soldiers of this allied group. Along with SKS assault rifles and SV-98 sniper rifles.

SKS

AK-47

NOTES

Every nation listed is equipped with RPG-7 antitank grenade launchers and Russian S.A.M.S (Surface to air missiles systems)

Russia finished delivering 29 Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran in 2008

B. The Frequency of these

deliveries

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2010 (UPI) -- Russia has offered to give Lebanon a free arsenal of weapons, including helicopter gunships and tanks, amid U.S.

unease about providing arms to a country on Israel's doorstep in which the Iranian-backed Hezbollah is the

most powerful force.

The Russian move probably has more to do with Moscow's drive to restore the influence it had in the

Middle East during the Soviet era than with shoring up the Western-backed Beirut government.

The offer of six Mil Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters, 31 T-72 tanks built by Uralvagonsavod, 36 130mm artillery guns and 500,000 rounds of ammunition is unlikely to

significantly change the balance of power between state forces and Hezbollah.

MI chief: Iran and Russia giving Syria advanced weapons

Tuesday November 2, 2010 Russia is supplying Syria with new anti-aircraft systems with the most mobile and advanced

technology. Among the weapons being sold to Syria are the P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles,

which Israel fears will be used against their navy in the Mediterranean Sea, the report said. Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to dissuade Russian President Vladimir Putin from carrying out

such a deal, saying that the weapons could very likely be transferred to Hezbollah. He referred to the Second Lebanon War in which just this occurred. Kornet anti-tank rockets which were supplied to Syria by Russian

were found in Hezbollah possession when Israel invaded Lebanon in 2006.

China and Russia defy Sudan arms embargo

By David Blair, Diplomatic Correspondent 12:01AM BST 08 May

2007 Russia and China have broken a United

Nations arms embargo by supplying Sudan with attack helicopters, bombers

and other weapons for use against civilians in Darfur, Amnesty International

has said.

Chinese strike aircraft and Russian helicopter gunships have been

photographed at three airports in Darfur.

Russia, Libya Sign $1.8 Billion Arms DealVOA News January 30, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Moscow has agreed to sell Libya weapons

in a $1.8 billion deal

Russia could lose Libya arms dealsPublished: 02/27/2011 at 09:31 PM

Russia could lose almost $4.0 billion in arms export contracts to Libya after Moscow joined other world powers in

slapping an arms embargo on Moamer Kadhafi's regime, a report said on

Sunday…"Among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, Libya is one of the main buyers of Russian weapons," the source, which was not identified, told

the agency.