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| Return of the dreaded Russian Bear |
Iran's Supreme Religious Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicts that Israel will no longer exist in 25 years. Though Iran's religious ruler believes that Allah has decreed Israel's destruction, Israel isn't going anywhere, either in 25 years or sooner.
However, Khamenei and his fellow mullahs are going away, and that could be very soon. Well, who says? Biblical prophecy says, and Iran's doom could be coming sooner rather than later. Nearly 2,600 years ago, the ancient prophet Daniel received a vision from God concerning the destruction of the Persian nation.
The nation that will bring about Iran's downfall will be the United States before America falls from her standing as the world's leading superpower. Who will replace America? Daniel revealed that four nations (Daniel 8:22) will succeed the United States as the new global powers.
Two of those nations are China and Russia that are emerging as America's successors; China as an economic, industrial and technological giant, and Russia as a political and military giant. The other two nations could be India and Germany. But China and Russia are the nations to watch because their rise to world dominance is not only spectacular, but prophetic as well. (Daniel 11)
Will Iran be completely destroyed? No, but Iran's nuclear facilities will be destroyed and its thuggish, theocratic Shiite regime will be replaced by a more benevolent government that will eventually be under Russia's authority.
When will this take place? It could take place during America's next presidential administration, following the catastrophic nuclear deal orchestrated by the Obama administration that enabled Iran to become a nuclear power. Whenever it happens, it's going to happen because it was decreed by God long ago. And then Russia will pick up the pieces and take control of Iran.
And so, Israel isn't going anywhere. Thus, those who insist that the coming dreaded Antichrist is going to be Islamic are ignorant of biblical prophecy. No Islamic Antichrist would ever allow Israel to exist and permit the Jewish nation to rebuild her coveted Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where Islam's Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque currently exist.
Those buildings will have to be torn down in order for the Jewish Temple to be constructed. How will that happen? The Antichrist will likely make that happen. No other man could possibly have the authority to accomplish that. If Israel attempted to rebuild her Temple, that would ignite a violent bloody war in Jerusalem that would likely involve more than just Israel's hostile neighbors. The entire world would likely join in the fight to destroy Israel, and Armageddon would happen sooner rather than later.
The Antichrist will allow the Temple to be constructed because he will be backed by satanic power. (Daniel 8:24, Revelation 13:2) But why on earth would he allow Israel to rebuild her Temple when the Jewish nation is so reviled across the world? Because he'll have an ulterior motive. The apostle Paul explained: "He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God." (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
Where will the Antichrist come from? He'll come from Russia. But how can we possibly know that? Because Daniel revealed that the nation he comes from will be a powerful northern kingdom. (Daniel 11) How can we determine that's Russia? Because the Bible always places Israel at the center of its geographical map. And Russia is located directly to the north of Israel.
Furthermore, the prophet Ezekiel, who also lived about 2,600 years ago, revealed that a powerful nation he identified as Gog will invade a small country in the last days along with a vast military coalition, preceding the return of Jesus Christ. (Ezekiel 38-39) Who is Gog? Gog was an ancient name for the Caucasian tribe of Rosh that many modern Russians are descended from.
Here are the words that Ezekiel recorded from the Lord: The word of the Lord came to me. "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him and say: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you." (Ezekiel 38:1-6)
Who is this nation that Russia will invade along with her military coalition? Ezekiel continued: "Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land." (Ezekiel 38:7-9)
Russia's invasion of Israel will be known as Armageddon. But why would the Antichrist decide to destroy Israel after he allowed the Jewish nation to rebuild her Temple? Stay tuned.
The nation that will bring about Iran's downfall will be the United States before America falls from her standing as the world's leading superpower. Who will replace America? Daniel revealed that four nations (Daniel 8:22) will succeed the United States as the new global powers.
Two of those nations are China and Russia that are emerging as America's successors; China as an economic, industrial and technological giant, and Russia as a political and military giant. The other two nations could be India and Germany. But China and Russia are the nations to watch because their rise to world dominance is not only spectacular, but prophetic as well. (Daniel 11)
Will Iran be completely destroyed? No, but Iran's nuclear facilities will be destroyed and its thuggish, theocratic Shiite regime will be replaced by a more benevolent government that will eventually be under Russia's authority.
When will this take place? It could take place during America's next presidential administration, following the catastrophic nuclear deal orchestrated by the Obama administration that enabled Iran to become a nuclear power. Whenever it happens, it's going to happen because it was decreed by God long ago. And then Russia will pick up the pieces and take control of Iran.
And so, Israel isn't going anywhere. Thus, those who insist that the coming dreaded Antichrist is going to be Islamic are ignorant of biblical prophecy. No Islamic Antichrist would ever allow Israel to exist and permit the Jewish nation to rebuild her coveted Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where Islam's Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque currently exist.
Those buildings will have to be torn down in order for the Jewish Temple to be constructed. How will that happen? The Antichrist will likely make that happen. No other man could possibly have the authority to accomplish that. If Israel attempted to rebuild her Temple, that would ignite a violent bloody war in Jerusalem that would likely involve more than just Israel's hostile neighbors. The entire world would likely join in the fight to destroy Israel, and Armageddon would happen sooner rather than later.
The Antichrist will allow the Temple to be constructed because he will be backed by satanic power. (Daniel 8:24, Revelation 13:2) But why on earth would he allow Israel to rebuild her Temple when the Jewish nation is so reviled across the world? Because he'll have an ulterior motive. The apostle Paul explained: "He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God." (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
Where will the Antichrist come from? He'll come from Russia. But how can we possibly know that? Because Daniel revealed that the nation he comes from will be a powerful northern kingdom. (Daniel 11) How can we determine that's Russia? Because the Bible always places Israel at the center of its geographical map. And Russia is located directly to the north of Israel.
Furthermore, the prophet Ezekiel, who also lived about 2,600 years ago, revealed that a powerful nation he identified as Gog will invade a small country in the last days along with a vast military coalition, preceding the return of Jesus Christ. (Ezekiel 38-39) Who is Gog? Gog was an ancient name for the Caucasian tribe of Rosh that many modern Russians are descended from.
Here are the words that Ezekiel recorded from the Lord: The word of the Lord came to me. "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him and say: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you." (Ezekiel 38:1-6)
Who is this nation that Russia will invade along with her military coalition? Ezekiel continued: "Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land." (Ezekiel 38:7-9)
Russia's invasion of Israel will be known as Armageddon. But why would the Antichrist decide to destroy Israel after he allowed the Jewish nation to rebuild her Temple? Stay tuned.
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