Gog Loosed from the Abyss :: By Terry James

Much angst was generated from the matter of the Wagner Group’s movement toward Moscow. Everyone within the media and diplomatic circles was thoroughly exercised. But, strangely, the populous–here in America at least—seemed to pay minimum attention.

Nuclear war was almost a certainty, according to some sources, if the assaulting force leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had knocked Dictator Vladimir Putin off his throne. It was one big rumor of war, in the vernacular of Bible prophecy. But all seems to have fizzled, with Prigozhin, Putin’s former “best friend,” as some would have it, stopped the assault and was” exiled” to Belarus.

The experts at every level are still trying to do the calculus on the things involved. And I certainly have no idea of what the strange turn of events meant –or means even yet.

I do believe, however, that it is not just political maneuvering and/or diplomatic high jinks at the heart of it all.

We are, by every metric that prophecy watchers can employ, getting near the very last moments of the final days of the age. Of this, I am confident with all that is within the spiritual prompts that continue to insinuate into my deep desire to comprehend exactly where things stand on God’s Prophetic Timeline.

Next to all of the many stage-setting machinations taking place surrounding the prophetic nation of Israel, those involving the forming of the Gog-Magog force of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 are currently front and center.

Of course, the two prophetic issues are inextricably intertwined. Dynamics stirring the volatility of the Middle East are powerfully in agitation at present. That turbulence surrounding Israel and Russia –and all other entities— makes the student of Bible prophecy from the preTrib view strongly suspect the source from whence comes the burgeoning tempest.

The tumult taking place in the geographical area that Ezekiel foretold will bring about one of mankind’s final and most horrific battles. We know that, at this late hour of the age, this present stage-setting for that future war is demonically driven. While we can’t slice and dice into precise details how the dynamics are shaping –are stage-setting— for the Gog-Magog war, we can be assured the devil is in the details, as it is said.

Author Jonathan Cahn has taken considerable flak in criticism of his latest book, Return of the gods. He gets no such criticism from this quarter. Anyone who is observing these insane times, whether they acknowledge it or not, must sense something akin to invasion from a culturally-darkening force taking place.

Cahn questions in an article: “Is it possible that behind what is happening to America and the world lies a mystery hidden in inscriptions of ancient Mesopotamia?

Could the ancient entities known to the nations as the “gods” be more than just fiction and myth – but actually possess an independent reality?

“Is it possible that they have returned to our world? Could these entities lie behind what we see on our television screens and computer monitors, what our children are being taught in their classrooms, current events, news, and the movements of our times – behind what is even now influencing our lives without our realizing it? Could this mystery be the explanation behind all the strange transformations happening to our culture in our own day?

I believe that the answer is yes. And I believe that one such entity termed Gog in God’s prophetic Word is one who has been loosed to enter into the world at this time. The entity is from the abyss and will, at some point, indwell the leader of the Gog-Magog force. From this demon from the abyss will come the evil thought, which God will use to put hooks in the jaws of this demonically-inspired leader of the Israel-hating military juggernaut.

It seems to me that all the things we see stirring within the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and all we have witnessed develop with regard to the conflict between Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin involves the possibility of that entity called Gog now being freed to do his devilish worst. Even though things are stirring in ways that create that angst I mention in the beginning of this commentary, it is obvious that God’s Restraining Hand is Firmly in Control.

Just as it looked as if Putin might do something unthinkable, like unleash a nuke or two on the force threatening to dethrone him, there was a simmering down. Diplomats and media pundits will say almost in unison that cooler heads prevailed and the situation was chilled by internal negotiations, etc. But we who hold to the belief in that Restrainer of 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 know better.

There can, at this moment in time, be no nuclear war –in the sense of a world-rendering holocaust—because it just doesn’t fit the Bible’s prophetic scenario.

Gog’s defeat is yet future, and that defeat is now in the stage-setting phase, as we have been witnessing. That demonic entity could well have been loosed as part of the Return of the gods, as our friend Jonathan Cahn proposes.

This all means that stage-setting for the wrap-up of this Age of Grace (Church Age) is almost complete. The next Event on God’s Prophetic Timeline, as we of the preTrib viewpoint believe, is the Rapture.

You don’t want to remain on this planet when the Gog spirit and all other evil from the abyss take over when the Restrainer removes His Heavenly Handcuffs for the 7 years of Tribulation.

Here again is what you must do to make sure you go to be with the Lord Jesus and to safety during that terrible time to come.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

*Note: Some years ago, my late friend Dr. Tim LaHaye wrote a chapter for one of my books. The subject involved the Gog-Magog War of Ezekiel, chapters 38-39. The chapter particularly dealt with the nation Russia.

Dr. LaHaye’s in-depth work in this chapter remains one of the very best and most thorough I’ve read. I recommend you read it for your study regarding the fate of end times Russia and all attendant to that nation. The chapter was called: “Will God Destroy Russia?”

Here is the link to “Will God Destroy Russia” by Tim LaHaye on the Rapture Ready website:

https://www.raptureready.com/2023/07/01/will-god-destroy-russia-by-tim-lahaye/

 

Not Meant Unkindly: Are You Getting It Yet? :: By Dave Hubley

(There is a special message at the end of this article for those who might happen to read this and do not have Jesus in their life and are looking for peace and a way to better understand the present-day insanity and confusion.)

This article is meant for those who are struggling with the realities that are so much in evidence at all points of the compass. No matter where we turn, the prophecies in God’s Word have become an ongoing reality.

“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring” (Luke 21:25).

Whether you are a Christian believer, a so-called agnostic, a full-fledged atheist, or just have not had (perhaps up to now?) any interest in the Bible, it is impossible to miss the turmoil and upheaval over the entirety of the world today.

It has reached the point where, no matter what your present position relative to the reality of God is, these events cannot be dismissed out of hand.

That is no longer possible.

I will briefly report a few of the many key events that must be acknowledged that may put the need to address your own future, your eternal future, on the front burner of your life.

This list, as you will no doubt notice, is nowhere near to describing the totality of the current state of America, and even the entirety of global conditions.

Lawlessness.

More often than not, people are now presumed guilty and must somehow prove they are innocent – a much harder bar to meet.

People who are clearly guilty of serious crimes are excused and dismissed for all the wrong reasons.

It has become normal to act on the seriousness of an accusation instead of the crime, if indeed any crime has actually been committed.

Often, proof of innocence is intentionally ignored if it interferes with achieving political goals or enhancing the power of the accuser(s).

Upholding of the rule of law and the Constitutional rights of those accused has been turned on its head. The exceptions have now become the occasions where the law is actually upheld.

The press to remove the sovereignty of nations and give it over to a world governing body continues despite the will of the people in those countries (virtually all countries).

Control of All Business and Manufacturing.

Implementation of forced digital “currency” allows complete control and monitoring of what you can sell, what you can buy, and, more important, what you would be allowed to buy (if you have the “funding”).

Control of “policies” that banks utilize to determine who will be allowed to borrow operating capital is increasingly being based on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), a standard that is subjective and political instead of fiscally responsible.

Control of “policies” that banks utilize to determine who will be allowed to borrow operating capital is increasingly being based on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). This standard is subjective as well and bears no relationship to business decisions based on fiscal responsibility.

Corporations are going “woke” and going broke due to it, yet they continue to actively pursue these “goals,” largely in order to meet these DEI / ESG parameters.

The Implementation of Total Control.

“You will own nothing and be happy.”

The above “policies” are being arranged so they can be implemented against individual people (not just corporations) in numerous different ways.

(SCS – Social Credit Score) systems are being implemented. Whether you can obtain healthcare will eventually depend on meeting the “bar.”

If you have a complaint or problem, you are forced to address it electronically. Interaction with other humans can be difficult, if not impossible.

Consider that there is a massive push to force people to go to electric (cookstoves, heat, vehicles, power equipment, etc.) despite the obvious fact that no countries, including America, have sufficient power-generating capacity to sustain such a draw, even now. How can it possibly work if/when these electric-powered marvels are eventually implemented across the entire country and indeed, all across the world?

The short answer, and the end goal is: It can’t.

How easy would it be to maintain control over a population if it is possible to simply turn off their ability to cook, heat, travel, and just tend to everyday chores?

How easy would it be to maintain control over a population if you control all the food?

How easy to reduce the world population if there is no food?

This is no new strategy. It has been done many times over history.

The Invasion of America and its inevitable destruction.

All these topics are “big ones,” of course, but this may be the one with the largest impact.

The invasion of America and its intentional enablement by the very government agencies that are charged with preventing it is ongoing 24/7. While Americans are sleeping, working (if they still have a job), and sitting at the table trying to reallocate their rapidly disintegrating finances, the influx of individuals whose beliefs and ideologies bear no resemblance to those of what once was a Constitutional Republic is bringing these characteristics into the more populated areas of (large and medium-sized) cities and living according to the customs they lived under in their home countries.

It didn’t work there; neither will it work here.

This is being purposely directed to move out into more rural areas in order to further divide the populace. In that regard, it does “work.”

Multiculturalism cannot succeed when there is no common bond among the inhabitants.

One of the primary reasons America has worked up until now is because, as a “melting pot,” we were able to be “one nation, under God, indivisible…”.

People once immigrated here in order to experience “Liberty and justice for all.” Even under flawed human governance, this principle succeeded because people “yearned to be free” and were willing to pay the price in order to do so.

What was the price? To become Americans first and bond together in the “melting pot” that was, at that time, the strength of America.

The emphasis was once on immigrants wanting to be “Americans” with no hyphenated prefix related to what their heritage may have been. When they came here, they understood that and would eagerly go through the carefully orchestrated process of becoming constitutionally aware and educated, pledge their allegiance to it, and begin a new life full of hope and promise.

This careful orchestration was designed to protect the country from the very things that are tearing it apart today.

Did they have to surrender their heritage at the shores of American freedom? No, they simply put it in its proper perspective.

Satan has succeeded in dividing and conquering this last frontier of freedom and liberty.

To quote from an Eagles song entitled “The Last Resort” — “There is no more new frontier. We have got to make it here.”

Our freedoms and liberties have been used against us, and the consequences are now visible everywhere we look.

We are no longer able to “make it here.”

Corruption in Government

For those who still cling to the hope that there will be some sort of “America first revival” on the part of those who are charged with “leading” this country — the below link, while only one of hundreds of reasons why America is not recoverable (in my opinion) is a true indication of the rot and disease that infects our once great nation.

https://frontlineamerica.com/show-your-ccp-loyalty-republicans-linked-to-sequoia-venture-capital-are-acting-very-weird-pt-1/

The below verse from what was once the cornerstone of America’s foundation, the Bible, in the simplicity and directness that is the plumb line of God’s Word, makes clear the consequences of greed and lawlessness.

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10a).

Like carpenter ants, when you see a few in the house, you have thousands in the walls.

Most of us have seen once lovely old barns that sit derelict, sagging and sinking into the ground. Their foundations rotted and broken. Roofs caved in, they are beyond repair and only fit for an ignominious end.

They could have remained strong if only the maintenance had been performed.

It is an uncomfortable yet undeniable fact: America, arguably still the most powerful nation in the history of the world at the moment, is not mentioned even obliquely in Bible prophecy.

If you still place your hope in a recovery of some miraculous kind for our beloved country, I believe you will have built your hopes on shifting sand.

The foundations of America are being systematically destroyed due to sin and rebellion against God. I don’t believe He will be willing to overlook it any longer.

Now to the crux of this article.

The events recorded in the Bible regarding the “time of the end” must eventually be executed by God, as He has promised for many millennia.

The evidence has piled up that that time is very near.

If you should happen to read this and have not addressed your eternal destiny but are feeling convicted to do so, even though I do not know your name, I am praying for you.

I may not know your name, but God does know it. And He wants you to live.

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). Emphasis added by me.

Trust is a gift from God that we can invest wisely in Him, the source of all Truth.

“Take no account of man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed? (Isaiah 2:22).

There will be no Aragorn riding in wielding the magic sword, Anduril, to save the day.

But there is a real Savior.

The special message I promised you:

For anyone who may read this article and has not trusted in Jesus Christ and therefore has no hope or peace in your life.

You can have hope. You can have the peace that Jesus has promised to all who have made Him their Lord and Savior. The peace that passes understanding.

It requires that you come before God on His terms.

And, what are His terms according to His Word?

  • Genuine repentance (turning to God instead of continuing to reject or ignore Him).
  • Confession of sins (that you are a sinner and acknowledge that to God).
  • That you understand that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
  • To acknowledge to God that you are unable to pay that debt.
  • Belief that Jesus Christ paid your death sentence for you on the cross.
  • To believe that Jesus is the Way, the only Way, that God has established by which humans may be saved from the consequences of their sin and rebellion.

God has made it absolutely clear that there is no one who comes before Him, under His terms, that will be refused.

  • No one: no race, no color, no country of origin, regardless of any previous belief system: no one.
  • No matter what your past sins have been, God can and WILL forgive you because He says He will.
  • Salvation is available to everyone without any exceptions.

If you put all your trust for salvation in Jesus, and Him only, you can follow that prayer up by simply saying, “Thank you, Father God, for hearing my prayer and saving me,” because we can trust Him to keep His Word. He always has. He always will.

“Truly, Truly, I say to you that he who hears My words and believes the One who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed from death to life” (John 5:24).

There are no answers and there is no hope in the world by governments, organizations, politics or politicians. There are only lies and deception. But you can have the Truth and the peace you seek.

The answers are in the Word of God–The Bible. If you ask God, with all your heart, He will hear you.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

Pro Salvator Vigilans

To contact me: canoeman96@gmail.com