While reading the incredible events of the last few days I began to wonder if God is revealing signs of things to come. More specifically, is God warning the world that the awesome battle of Gog and Magog is on the horizon?

The Old and New Testaments contain about a dozen blood moon prophecies. One prophecy says, “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come” (Joel 2:31). There was a partial solar eclipse (Sept. 13, 2015), a total lunar eclipse (Sept. 28, 2015) and a super blood moon (Sept. 28, 2015) in September.

I haven’t read the Jewish Talmud, but I have read that it says blood moons are a bad omen for Israel and some Jews believe that they are a sign of war. Since the fourth blood moon of the current tetrad occurred in September, each person must decide for themselves if the blood moons are a sign of war.

In late Aug. 2015, just a few days before the partial solar eclipse (partial darkness of the sun and about one month before the super blood moon), it was reported that Russian fighter jets, vehicles and military equipment would be soon be arriving in Syria. It was also reported that these weapons and equipment would be followed by thousands of military personnel who would wage a war with the Islamic State and others.

God said Russia would get into a war in the latter days and latter years that some call the battle of Gog and Magog (Ezek. 38:8, 16). In his commentary on the book of Ezekiel, Dr. J. Vernon McGee wrote, “I can’t think of a better name for a dictator than Gog” (Ezek. 38:1).

It is obvious that Russia’s Pres. Putin is a dictator because he sent weapons and troops to Syria before Russia’s Parliament met to approve it. When Russia’s Parliament finally did meet it rubber stamped what Mr. Putin was doing. A Russian Defense Ministry confirmed Russia’s involvement on Sept. 30, 2015, two days after the super blood moon.

Not everyone agrees on the identity of the armies that will join Russia in the battle of Gog and Magog (Ezek. 38:6), but there is almost unanimous agreement that one of them is Iran (Persia) and that the religion of most of them is predominantly Islamic. Some even call this war the “Russian/Islamic invasion of Israel because so many Muslims will be involved.

In the last week of September, hundreds of Hezbollah and Iranian troops joined Russia in Syria and more are expected to arrive in the near future. The fact that only Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Syria are involved at this time indicates that this war is not quite ready. More nations will have to join in.

This writer believes the battle of Gog and Magog will be preceded by a war between Israel and those nations that share a border with Israel (some call it the Psa. 83 war). This is another reason to believe that the battle of Gog and Magog is not quite ready. Israel still has to deal with her neighbors.

But this could be looming. There is widespread Islamic violence in Israel and especially on the Temple Mount and it has gone on for several weeks. Israel is tired of it. Israel is even threatening to use her military to stop it. And her neighbors are threatening to intervene.

God told Russia’s leader to prepare for himself and all his allies (Ezek. 38:7). Mr. Putin has more weapons on the way; a second base under construction; a radar and missile defense system under construction; helicopter pads, air traffic control towers, storage buildings and mobile housing units under construction, and more.

God told Russia’s leader to guard his allies (Ezek. 38:7). On the day before Russia started its first bombing raid, Mr. Putin met Pres. Obama at the UN and said Russia will not tolerate Israeli strikes inside Syria. The next day, a Russian General showed up at the American Embassy in Baghdad and said, “We launch Syria air strikes in one hour. Stay out of the way.” Russia is trying to guard her allies against Israeli and U.S. interference.

When Gog and his armies attack Israel God said some nations will just stand around and ask questions (Ezek. 38:13). Pres. Obama held a press conference and said the U.S. is not going to get into a proxy war with Russia. He appears to be standing around and doing nothing.

God said Russia will come up against Israel like a cloud to cover the land (Ezek. 38:16). I believe Russia will attack Israel with lots of aircraft. Russia is building runways and helicopter pads in Syria for more aircraft.

God said five-sixths of the troops from Russia and her allies will die upon the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 38:21-22; 39:1-6). An Israeli official said Israel doesn’t want Russian troops on the Golan Heights (mountains of Israel) and Israel definitely doesn’t want Iranian forces near Israel. Russia and her Iranian allies now have troops just a short distance from where they will die on the mountains of Israel.

God said it will take Israel seven months to bury her enemies’ dead (Ezek. 39:12). Russia will need a little more time to get that many troops to Syria (and others need to come from other nations), but Mr. Putin has just ordered the Russian military to draft 150,000 more men.

God said Israel will survive this attack. And three days after the super blood moon, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stood before the United Nations and said, “Here is my message to the rulers of Iran: Your plan to destroy Israel will fail.”

God said, “I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord” (Ezek. 38:23). This writer is not planning on watching the destruction of the armies of Russia and her allies on the mountains of Israel on TV tonight, but the events that are taking place herald a soon coming destruction that multitudes of those who are alive today may see.

God is so clearly fulfilling every jot and title of this prophecy that many will know that Israel’s God is God. And many will know that Russia and her Islamic allies have fallen under His mighty hand of judgment.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck

More often than not a stew is a combination of water, vegetables and meat. This article is a combination of recent things (water of the Word, milk and meat), that this writer thinks some will find interesting.

First, in his fast traffic blog posted on Sept. 22, 2015, Joel Rosenberg reported that millions of Jews have started searching for the Messiah. They are studying the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, using Google to search the Internet, watching videos on YouTube, etc. (http://www.quickening-spirit.com/breaking-news/flash-traffic/)

The angel Gabriel gave Daniel this message:

“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary” (Dan. 9:25-26a).

Many Jews have suddenly discovered that their Hebrew Scriptures teach that their Messiah would appear and be cut off before Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed. They know that Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed in 70 A.D. So a great number of Jews are searching for information about the death of their Messiah before 70 A.D.

Some have discovered that their Scriptures say their Messiah would establish a new covenant with them (Jer. 31:31-32). Many will resume the animal sacrifices (Dan. 9:27), but ultimately according to Paul, “All Israel shall be saved” (Rom. 11:26).

Second, it has been written that the Koran says: 1) “Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable” (Surah 3:85; 2) “Terrorize and behead those who believe in Scriptures other than the Koran” (Surah 8:12; 3) “The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them” (Surah 9:30: 4) “Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies” (Surah 22:19), and more.

This is significant because Pope Francis addressed a crowd at the White House on Sept. 23, 2015 and said, “The spiritual teachings contained therein (in the Koran), are just as valid as the Holy Bible, and should therefore be respected as such.” He said, “Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Allah. These are all names employed to describe an entity that is distinctly the same across the world.”

More examples could be given, but it is the opinion of this writer that equating the Koran with the Bible; or equating Jesus and Jehovah with Allah is false doctrine. And since this false doctrine is coming from the head of the Roman Catholic Church, it will lead multitudes astray.

Third, Pope Francis said, “We can accomplish miraculous things in the world by merging our faiths, and the time for such a movement is now.” “Merging our faiths” is a call for a one-world religion. Evidently, the Pope thinks we need to start merging our faiths now because the UN wants to establish a one-world government by 2030.

It is important for readers to know that the Bible teaches that the coming world religion will be a satanic world religion. Its leader (called the False Prophet) will speak like Satan and have the power of the Antichrist (Rev. 13:8-12). If the religions of the world are going to be merged in the next 15 years, persecution is going to dramatically increase in a hurry.

Fourth, on Sept. 24, 2015, the Vicar of Christ (Representative of Christ; in this case, Pope Francis) addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time in history; everything he did was preplanned; no one prayed and Jesus was never mentioned.

America is in deep trouble and this shows that our leaders are too politically correct to seek Jehovah’s help. They obviously thought a prayer could be controversial or offensive so they decided to leave it off the schedule.

Fifth, a man named Bill Clemens sent this writer an e-mail. Bill knows that no one knows the day or the hour of our Lord’s return, but he also knows that God often does things at set times. Bill read the UN Agenda 2030 document on the UN Website and concluded that 2030 is the target date for a one-world government. He added 7 years to 2030 and arrived at 2037 as a possible date for the end of the Tribulation period and the fulfillment of all things including the Second Coming of Jesus.

Bill used the word “if” and is not predicting anything, but he astutely recognized that if the terminal generation is 70 years long, and if it started   in 1967 (when Israel captured East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount), the terminal generation would see all things fulfilled by 2037. This piqued my interest, Bill. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Some prophecy teachers, including this one, think that there is a gap of unknown length between the Rapture and the Tribulation period. It is probably not right, but wouldn’t it be nice for the saved if that gap is about 14 -15 years? I wonder how long it is.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck