Jerusalem the Burdensome Stone
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the
surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and
Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make
Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave
it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth
are gathered against it. Zechariah 12:2,3
The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, set your face
toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and
Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, Thus says the Lord
GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal; and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws,
and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen,
all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, all of them with
buckler and shield, wielding swords; Persia, Cush, and Put are
with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all his
hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with
all his hordes--many peoples are with you. Be ready and keep
ready, you and all the hosts that are assembled about you, and be a
guard for them. After many days you will be mustered; in the latter
years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the
land where people were gathered from many nations upon the
mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste; its people
were brought out from the nations and now dwell securely, all of
them." Ezekiel 38:1-8
(The Following Geographical Information taken from The Late Great
Planet Earth, Hal Lindsey, pp. 63-71.)
In the biblical chapter commonly referred to as the "Table of
Nations" (Genesis 10), scholars identify the lands, kingdoms,
countries and cities that are mentioned in the Ezekiel prophecies.
They are described as the grandsons of Noah through his son
Japheth, with the exception of Rosh. (Genesis 10:1,2) Magog is the
second son, Tubal is the fifth son and Meschech is the sixth son.
Josephus the Historian said, "Magog is called the Scythians by the
Greeks." He said they lived in the northern regions above the
Caucasus mountains.
Pliny the Roman Historian noted that the Scythians were the
principle part of the people who make up modern Russia.
The Greek name "Moschi" derived from the Hebrew name Meshech
is the source of the name for the city of Moscow. Tubal is from the
founder of the Tibereni, a people dwelling to the west of Moscow on
the Black Sea.
German scholar Dr. Keil said of Rosh: "The Byzantine and Arabic
writers frequently mention a people called Ros and Rus, dwelling in
the country of Taurus, and reckoned among the Scythian tribes."
Direction in the Bible is always from the perspective of Israel. "The
land to the North" can only be Russia. Amazingly, Ezekiel
prophesied the rise of this atheistic world power 2600 years ago.
The Allies mentioned in the Ezekiel prophecies are the following:
Persia is modern day Iran
Cush is currently Ethiopia, and the nations adjacent to the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Put is modern day Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco
Gomer is Germany and the Slovaks in Eastern Europe
"All its Hordes" include Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
The Bible says that Egypt, the Arabic nations and countries of Africa
will form an alliance, a sphere of power noted as the "King of the
South". Allied with Russia, the "King of the North", this formidable
confederacy will rise up against the restored state of Israel. It is
amazing to see that unfolding today.
Thus says the Lord GOD: Are you he of whom I spoke in former
days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days
prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? But on
that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the
Lord GOD, my wrath will be roused. For in my jealousy and in my
blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great shaking
in the land of Israel; the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air,
and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the
ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall
quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down,
and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.
Ezekiel 38:17-20
Israel seems to be part of every nightly newscast. Given its size and
population, why would this be? And it has persisted throughout
recorded human history. The city of Jerusalem is mentioned in the
Bible over 800 times in more than 740 verses--far more than any
other city.
The final battle of Armageddon is to take place in the Valley of
Megiddo outside of Jerusalem. Napoleon once looked down on the
city and called it an ideal battleground. The Lord says that during the
final seven years of the current age, all of the armies of the world will
gather there to fight. After the seven year period, he will make his
final return to defeat Satan and set up his 1000 years of heaven on
earth in New Jerusalem. It is also interesting to note that we are at a
point where man is nearly 6,000 years old and the 7th "day", which
has always been a day of rest, is right around the corner.
So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage
of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of
God; and the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood
flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse's bridle, for two
hundred miles. Revelation 14:19,20
In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell
securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: 'The
LORD is our righteousness.' Jeremiah 33:16
For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the
fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem. Joel 3:1
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on
account of him. Even so. Amen. Revelation 1:7
