Prophecy
Ezekiel 38 and 39 talk about a "land of Magog" (verse 38:2) that will come "from the remotest parts of the North with all its troops-many peoples with you" (verse 6), to "the land...whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel" (verse 8). Some Bible prophecy scholars have for a long time taken the view that Magog is modern day Russia. Within this passage of scripture Persia is also mentioned, which is now Iran (verse 5), another enemy of Israel. It is interesting that Russia is supporting Iran in gaining control over the Middle East.
A recent email I received from Hal Lindsey Media Ministries said that the Russian press, Sputnik News, reported that the Russian military is remaining in Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad and to have "control over the region."
At the same time, Putin is now "rebuilding the Russian military capability to restore it to 'great power' status," according to Prophecy News Watch, in an article by Kade Hawkins. The article went on to say that Russia has 13 million college graduates with degrees in science, engineering, and technical skills, most of whom work for the government. General H.R. McMaster, who oversees a United States government panel of assessing how to best conteract the Russian build up recently reported that Russia has "rocket, missile, and artillery systems that outrange and are more lethal" than comparable American armaments. This includes scatterable mines, drones, nuclear warheads, and medium-range cruise missiles. A more advanced hypersonic glide vehicle capable of delivering warheads at speeds of Mach 5-10 (up to 7,673 mph) is being tested. Along with this is the Club-K, a cruise missile "concealed, complete with launcher, inside an inocuous-looking shipping container until the moment it is fired."
It has also been reported that presently there are 200,000 missiles aimed at Israel, according to the nation's head of intelligence. Israel's defense system, the Iron Dome, as sophisticated at it is, would not be able to penetrate that large array of missles.
Russia's build up along with its support of Iran, which has said it will "wipe Israel off the map," seems to be unfolding in the prophetic scenario of Ezekial 38-39. Hal Lindsey said, "Today, we see more clearly than ever that only the hand of God prevents the State of Israel from immediate annihilation."
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