(Reuters) Talks between Turkey and Russia for Ankara to procure S400 missiles for a domestic air defense system have “progressed significantly”, Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Isik, said on Wednesday.
In another news-bite Interfax/Reuters reported that Turkey’s Erdogan will Visit Russia on March 9-10. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Russia in March to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin aiming to further improve ties between the two countries, the Interfax news agency said on Monday citing diplomatic sources.
Dennis Edwards: I have gone over the countries involved in the invasion of Israel prophesied in the Bible before. The fact that Russia and Turkey are making these military and financial commitments is further confirmation that we are moving closer to these events.
Back in 1994 William T James author and editor of two Christian books with essays on the subject of Bible prophecy speculated about whether the battle of Ezekiel 38 and 39, the end-time invasion of Israel, was on the horizon. In his article Wars, Rumors, Raging Human Seas of Hatred, he asks if we could we see at that time the coalition of nations mentioned in Ezekiel 38 working together or moving in a direction towards military cooperation? [1]
James says,
"Most scholars who study this future matter agree that the nation at the nucleus of that end-time invasion will be Russia, whose leadership will conceive the evil thought to go down and take for themselves the riches of all that region."
He continues,
"The premise of Earth's Final Days, Essays in Apocalypse III, at least in part, is to examine whether our present generation bears resemblance to the prophesied end-time generation. It is relevant to ask: Can we now see such a bloc of nations configuring that might fulfill the invasion scenario prophesied by Ezekiel?"
Further in the 1994 article James asks,
"The tremendous outbreak of conflicts in that region to the uttermost north of Jerusalem causes the wise student of prophecy to ask the question: Could the pressing need to put the lid back on the chaos and lawlessness be part of the "evil thought" that will come into the mind of "Gog" (the end-time leader of Magog)?"
James concludes,
"Is Russia the Magog of Ezekiel 38 and 39? Almost certainly. Is Russia, during our present generation, shaping up along the lines prophesied by the great prophet of God? Many scholars... think so."
Wow. Back in 1994, James believed that the then present situation seemed to be moving in the direction of Bible prophecy. How much more so today with the situation in Syria and Iraq, and the lack of progress with the proposed Palestinian state? Could Russia finally decide to invade Jerusalem and the Middle East with the pretense of stopping the violence and bringing order to the present chaos and secure for the Palestinian's a free Palestinian state?
The announcement that Turkey will be buying the Russian air defense system further unites their alliance of late. The announcement further confirms that Turkey is moving more and more into the Russian globe of influence and out of NATO and America's sphere. The second Reuters/Interfax news-bite further confirms Turkey's intentions. In 1994, when Turkey was firmly in the American camp, James wrote,
"Ezekiel 38 predicts a great northern power (Russia) will invade the Mid-East, accompanied by some of the former Soviet Republics and most of the Muslim nations, including Iran, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and maybe Turkey."
Notice here how he wrote, "maybe Turkey." However, the prophecy in Ezekiel clearly indicates Turkey, "the house of Togarmah of the north quarters," will be part of the invading force. At the time James was writing, since Turkey was allied with America through NATO and Israel, he questioned whether Turkey would be in the coalition. He should have believed the Bible over what he saw and he could have been credited for a more accurate prediction.
Notice, James also added Syria and Iraq as part of the coalition of invading nations, but neither name is mentioned in the original prophecy. He was using his current understanding of the political situation in 1994 to impose an inaccurate interpretation of the prophecy. Both Iraq and Syria were enemies of Israel at that time with formidable military power. However, with the present situation where both countries are pretty much in ruins, we can understand why their names are not mentioned in the invading force. James, as a serious Bible student, should have known better and should not have included them. But we live and we learn.
In the end, Israel will be invaded in spite of all it's armaments and America's help and receive the judgments of God for her sins, as will the rest of the world. God's word tells us,
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.[] If they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the Lord.[2]
God's word is true for every nation, communist, capitalist, right,left,or center. If the nations reject God's loving commandments, they will reap the sad results.
Notes
[1] James, Terrance; Earth's Final Days, Essays in Apocalypse III; Sumrall Publishing; February 1, 1995.
[2] Psalm 9:17[3] Jeremiah 12:17
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