This article kind of sent a shiver down my spine. Even though we know this because it's in Scripture, seeing it unfold puts a GADZOOKS in your step! 
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Apocalyptic Axis in the News
By Terry James
Ezekiel's unveiling of the end-times coalition that will constitute a catastrophe second only to the destruction at Armageddon seems a page of history that is in process of being turned at this very moment.
The protagonist nations making up the apocalyptic horde of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 rumble ominous forewarning across the face of the modern Middle East. Their threats flicker in lightning-like shards against the increasingly darkening clouds of long-ago prophesied evil. While the end-of-the-age storm front gathers exactly as Jesus and the Old and New Testament prophets foretold, only a few see the danger coming.
You who are reading this commentary are among that very limited number of prophetic weather observers. Few, even within the evangelical church, want to think on things that every indicator screams in siren-like fashion is coming upon this generation that is ripe for God's judgment.
Pastors have life lessons to prepare, marriages and funerals to preach, and building and church administration budgets to oversee. People in pews have children to raise, college tuitions to worry about funding, and the many cares of daily life in Americana in which to engage. The young--and not-so-young in many cases--have their cyber entertainments and other forms of amusements and business activities to conduct. Romances are to be nurtured and engaged in, while preparation for long lives of living on earth takes up every waking moment.
There observably is no time among God's people to think on what God wants His children to know about things to come. And, those things are on the very cusp of happening.
This is all in consideration of life in the most blessed nation ever to grace the earth's surface. Things across most of the rest of the world are much, much different for the most part. Many in those regions are longing for their Lord to intervene on their behalf. Areas of the world other than North America and some parts of Europe especially are constituted of populations that face daily struggles even the poorest of Americans cannot fathom. As the just-released book by Robert L. Maginnis, Never Submit, points out in vivid description the genocide against Christians and others that is taking place like in ancient times. The raging tide of militant, satanically inspired Islamists threatens anyone in their path.
Jesus admonition was, I'm convinced, issued particularly for this generation--a generation of people who are doing anything but what the Lord exhorts in His words of forewarning: "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch" (Mark 13:37).
If you are watching, you cannot miss the apocalyptic axis that is forming at this very moment. The horrendous force, with Islam at its center, will, when the Lord himself allows, bring truly cataclysmic destruction. Preachers and teachers of the Bible who believe it to be the inerrant Word of the Living God should be watching and understanding what is happening while prophecy is preparing for fulfillment. But they aren't. They are as willfully ignorant of what the headlines portend as are this presidential administration and the world of diplomats who are supposed to be the smartest people on the planet.
U.S. presidential administration operatives and the world's diplomats have excuse for their not having a clue. They don't know the Lord, who knows the end from the beginning, and has told of this great invasion of the Middle East, which is building by the moment.
The people who have been commissioned by the Lord of Heaven to shepherd the flocks--the children of God on earth--have no such excuse.
Briefly, to bring these woefully and willfully ignorant "shepherds" up to date, it is the Ezekiel 38 and 39 prophecy that should not be missed by any Bible student who believes God's Word as being literally true at every level.
The Russian, Iranian (Persian), Turkish (Togarmah) coalition is forming at an amazing rate. The following brief excerpts bring this stunning end-times prophecy starkly into view. I don't go into the Turkish part of the axis in this commentary, but, suffice it to say that Turkey is in the news for its growing, hegemonic influence in the Mideast region as strongly as are Russia and Iran.
Two Russian warships have docked in northern Iran for a series of naval training exercises with the Islamic Republic, according to Persian-language reports translated by the CIA's Open Source Center.
The two Russian ships docked in Iran's Anzali port on Sunday and will hold "joint naval exercises during the three-day stay of the warships in Iran," according to a Persian-language report in Iran's state-controlled Fars News Agency...
Russian and Iran have grown close in recent years, with delegations from each country regularly visiting one another to ink arms deals and other agreements aimed at strengthening Iran's nuclear program...
Last week, a senior Iranian naval commander warned the United States against ever taking military action on Iranian interests, claiming that the response would be "unpredictably strong."...
The military leader went on to claim that "Iranian Armed Forces are now at the highest level of preparedness" and that "only the dead body of the American troops realizes the power of the Islamic Revolution. ("Russian Warships Dock In Iran for War Training," Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo, August 11, 2015)
The prophecy is clear, and for the Christian--all who have been given the commission by the Lord Himself to "watch" for prophetic developments--the message should be clear. The Gog-Magog attack is shaping in these troubled times. Israel is the target, as that nation is the target for a growing world of God-haters.
For a number of reasons, my own opinion is that this attack will take place following the Rapture of the Church. This means that His call to all believers must be very near indeed. All the more reason to "watch."
"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13).
___________________________________________________________________
Apocalyptic Axis in the News
By Terry James
Ezekiel's unveiling of the end-times coalition that will constitute a catastrophe second only to the destruction at Armageddon seems a page of history that is in process of being turned at this very moment.
The protagonist nations making up the apocalyptic horde of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 rumble ominous forewarning across the face of the modern Middle East. Their threats flicker in lightning-like shards against the increasingly darkening clouds of long-ago prophesied evil. While the end-of-the-age storm front gathers exactly as Jesus and the Old and New Testament prophets foretold, only a few see the danger coming.
You who are reading this commentary are among that very limited number of prophetic weather observers. Few, even within the evangelical church, want to think on things that every indicator screams in siren-like fashion is coming upon this generation that is ripe for God's judgment.
Pastors have life lessons to prepare, marriages and funerals to preach, and building and church administration budgets to oversee. People in pews have children to raise, college tuitions to worry about funding, and the many cares of daily life in Americana in which to engage. The young--and not-so-young in many cases--have their cyber entertainments and other forms of amusements and business activities to conduct. Romances are to be nurtured and engaged in, while preparation for long lives of living on earth takes up every waking moment.
There observably is no time among God's people to think on what God wants His children to know about things to come. And, those things are on the very cusp of happening.
This is all in consideration of life in the most blessed nation ever to grace the earth's surface. Things across most of the rest of the world are much, much different for the most part. Many in those regions are longing for their Lord to intervene on their behalf. Areas of the world other than North America and some parts of Europe especially are constituted of populations that face daily struggles even the poorest of Americans cannot fathom. As the just-released book by Robert L. Maginnis, Never Submit, points out in vivid description the genocide against Christians and others that is taking place like in ancient times. The raging tide of militant, satanically inspired Islamists threatens anyone in their path.
Jesus admonition was, I'm convinced, issued particularly for this generation--a generation of people who are doing anything but what the Lord exhorts in His words of forewarning: "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch" (Mark 13:37).
If you are watching, you cannot miss the apocalyptic axis that is forming at this very moment. The horrendous force, with Islam at its center, will, when the Lord himself allows, bring truly cataclysmic destruction. Preachers and teachers of the Bible who believe it to be the inerrant Word of the Living God should be watching and understanding what is happening while prophecy is preparing for fulfillment. But they aren't. They are as willfully ignorant of what the headlines portend as are this presidential administration and the world of diplomats who are supposed to be the smartest people on the planet.
U.S. presidential administration operatives and the world's diplomats have excuse for their not having a clue. They don't know the Lord, who knows the end from the beginning, and has told of this great invasion of the Middle East, which is building by the moment.
The people who have been commissioned by the Lord of Heaven to shepherd the flocks--the children of God on earth--have no such excuse.
Briefly, to bring these woefully and willfully ignorant "shepherds" up to date, it is the Ezekiel 38 and 39 prophecy that should not be missed by any Bible student who believes God's Word as being literally true at every level.
The Russian, Iranian (Persian), Turkish (Togarmah) coalition is forming at an amazing rate. The following brief excerpts bring this stunning end-times prophecy starkly into view. I don't go into the Turkish part of the axis in this commentary, but, suffice it to say that Turkey is in the news for its growing, hegemonic influence in the Mideast region as strongly as are Russia and Iran.
Two Russian warships have docked in northern Iran for a series of naval training exercises with the Islamic Republic, according to Persian-language reports translated by the CIA's Open Source Center.
The two Russian ships docked in Iran's Anzali port on Sunday and will hold "joint naval exercises during the three-day stay of the warships in Iran," according to a Persian-language report in Iran's state-controlled Fars News Agency...
Russian and Iran have grown close in recent years, with delegations from each country regularly visiting one another to ink arms deals and other agreements aimed at strengthening Iran's nuclear program...
Last week, a senior Iranian naval commander warned the United States against ever taking military action on Iranian interests, claiming that the response would be "unpredictably strong."...
The military leader went on to claim that "Iranian Armed Forces are now at the highest level of preparedness" and that "only the dead body of the American troops realizes the power of the Islamic Revolution. ("Russian Warships Dock In Iran for War Training," Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo, August 11, 2015)
The prophecy is clear, and for the Christian--all who have been given the commission by the Lord Himself to "watch" for prophetic developments--the message should be clear. The Gog-Magog attack is shaping in these troubled times. Israel is the target, as that nation is the target for a growing world of God-haters.
For a number of reasons, my own opinion is that this attack will take place following the Rapture of the Church. This means that His call to all believers must be very near indeed. All the more reason to "watch."
"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13).
