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William DeArteaga | PentecostalTheology.com
Israel views Putin’s Syria move as an opportunity to cement its interests in the post-Assad era.
Christian end-time fantasies usually include Russia as “kingdom of the North” that is to attack Israel. I have heard of such variants since I was a teen. But God’s providential hand is often quite contrary to what we try to figure out. It seems that within the whole mess in the Middle East, including our bungling the Iraq wars, God’s hand was in the mix. The real winner of these last years has been Israel, which has seen the destruction of yet another of its enemies, Syria, without having to lift a finger. Lo and behold Putin, the only world leader who has publicly tried to defend Christian minority groups in the Middle East, is now forming an alliance with Israel to fight ISIS.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/12/putin-netanyahu-minds-alike-syrian-skies-151203134525140.html
Charlie Robin
not anymore http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-usa-idUSKCN0R91TA20150909
Varnel Watson
Ilya Okhotnikov We cant ignore all the signs out there
RT official Russian TV channel https://www.rt.com/news/367922-eu-resolution-russian-media/
US house of representatives vote http://sevendaynews.com/2016/12/01/the-house-of-representatives-voted-in-favor-of-the-fight-against-hidden-influence-of-russia/
European Parliament vote http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%20TA%20P8-TA-2016-0441%200%20DOC%20PDF%20V0%2F%2FEN
and now Israel http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/israel-views-putins-syria-move-as-an-opportunity/
George Hartwell
Thanks, Troy for disrupting the Christian rumor mill.
Varnel Watson
article is by William DeArteaga
George Hartwell
Well done, William.
Varnel Watson
THIS is SPOT ON though posted 3yrs ago by William DeArteaga Also Jon Ruthven has shown us an alternative view here http://www.pentecostaltheology.com/the-prophecy-that-is-shaping-history-new-research-on-ezekiels-vision-of-the-end/
Neil Steven Lawrence
Troy Day very nice work.
Clive McBean
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Neil Steven Lawrence
Except for Egypt the Philistines, & Arabs – all Israel’s enemies have come from the “north.” Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Greeks, Romans, GOG, and the antichrist armies all invade Israel from the “north” – both past present and yet to come.
Because in recent time people have conflated the battle of Gog and the battle of Armageddon they have assumed that the antichrist might come from Russia. Probably not.
But in the battle of Gog it says very clearly that the land of Magog is in the “far north.“ (Ezek. 38:15; 39:2) Is far north different from just “north“ – maybe. Which might indicate Russia being the land of Magog.
Varnel Watson
again you are given are standard interpretation which is NOT the situation currently Jon Ruthven has given even more detail information in his work on Ezek 37-38
Varnel Watson
Neil Steven Lawrence what you dont see on the news here in 3min or less https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxIvUTerXM
Varnel Watson
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/october-web-only/turkeys-syria-kurd-trump-christians.html?fbclid=IwAR3xpsYE4QCzwdZ61r5lneB3zrYfJYE_xRkNJLx39vb4LQiO30uYwO5mvbg