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1 Best I don't know where to begin.

I'm just going thru post because I'm so far behind on this board and these post of yours jumped out at me.

The U.S. and Israel (If I remember right?) needs Georgia. Our Air craft fills up for fuel there if I remember right.

The Bible says:

Ezekiel 38:1-7 and 38:14-16.
Read it.

By Grant Jeffery
38:1-7
Ezekiel prophesied that in the last days, after the return of the Jews to the promised land, a confederacy of nations would join together militarily to invade and destroy Palestine. Ezekiel called the leader of this alliance "Gog," who was "the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal." (38:2.)

Ezekiel declared God's determination to stand against Gog and destroy the armies and leaders that attempt to destroy God's people. Though the alliance is strong, God is the one who will control the outcome of the battle and will lead Gog around like a beast with a bit in its mouth.


From another commentary: (By William R. Goetz)

For centuries, students of prophecy have believed that the great northern power which leads a confederacy of allies in an attack upon Israel is Russia. The Destiny of the Nations, written in 1864 by Dr. John Cumming, outlined this view long before Russia was a major power.

What are the reasons for believing that the northern power which leads the attack is Russia? There are at least three.

1.The meaning of names used. Josephus, the most famed of ancient Jewish historians, held this view based on the fact that Genesis 10:2 list Magog as the second grandson of Noah. History records that he and his descendants moved and settled north of the Black Sea.

Tubal and Meshech, the fifth and sixth grandsons of Noah, moved south of the Black Sea. Intermarriage over the centuries followed. The descendants of Meshech and Tubal are identified as the Mushki and Tubali of the Volga River basin and present-day Moscow and Tobolsk.

The famous nineteenth-century lexicographer, Dr. William Gesenius, emphatically states that the word Gog could properly be translated "the prince of Rosh" and says that Rosh is definitely to be equated with Russia.

Scofield Bible Notes, the Watson Bible Dictionary, the SchaftHertzog Commentary and others support this view. Another extensive documentation for identifying Russia as Rosh is found in After the Empire by Mark Hitchock.

2. The homeland location of the leader of the invaders. Ezekiel 38:15 says that the invader will come "from [his] place out of the north parts." (KJV), or, as it is rendered in some translations. "out of the uttermost north."

Now, remembering that compass directions in the Bible are always given in reference to the Holy Land, we can identify the invader. There is only one nation which fits the description of being to the uttermost north of Israel, and that is Russia. To check this out for yourself, get a globe. Run a line from Israel to the North Pole. You'll discover that it passes almost directly through Moscow. Russia, and only Russia, is to the uttermost north of Israel.

3. The character of her leader. God says to Russia, through Ezekiel (as recorded in chapter 38:3): "I am against you, O Gog." Such a statement seems contrary to God's very nature, for He is revealed in Scripture as being a God of love, mercy and patience. Could it be that God has set His face against Russia because of her anti-God stand and her persecution of the Jews?

For seven decades, she was officially anti-God. And, in spite of the recent changes, practical atheism is still the attitude of the vast majority of Russia's leaders and people.

Most serious of all was and is Russia's official treatment of the Jews. God has clearly indicated that Israel is His chosen people, and that "He who is not with me is against me." Though the Russian government has pursued somewhat a more lenient relations with Israel, its history is one of anti-Semitism. Thus, Russia's cruelty to the Jews- second only to Hitler's- is believed to be a powerful reason for this indictment from God" "I am against you, O Gog."

The leader of the invasion, then, is Russia. But what about glasnost and the collapse of the Soviet Empire? We'll look at these questions later. First, let's complete a consideration of what is prophesied about the nations which join Russia in the invasion of Israel.

O.K. I've typed enough for now. lol

God says "I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army...etc

This will happen and you can take that to the bank!! Also sorry for typo's.