The First Skirmishes of the Gog-Magog War
As the Jubilee year of the State of Israel opens, we see how events are steadily moving toward the fulfillment of G-d's end-time
promises to the people of Israel. We are coming closer and closer to the most critical time of the G-dly process of the redemption of
the people of Israel. The miraculous G-dly events of the rebirth of the State of Israel and the regathering of the Jewish people have
been paralleled by wars and terror and now by threats of nuclear, chemical and biological warfare.
The prophet Ezekiel prophesied that in the end-times of the redemption of the people of Israel, a terrible war will break out in the
land when Gog and Magog with many other nations come to the land of Israel and try to destroy the people and State of Israel
(Ezekiel 38-39). G-d said that He would bring this enemy from the far north against the mountains of Israel. The prophet Zechariah
also spoke about the same event (Zechariah 12-14).
The rebuilding of the Temple has been the desire of this nation over the last 2,000 years since the destruction of the Second Temple
in the year 70 c.e. This is the main goal of the Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement.
We have tried to understand how G-d would accomplish His end-time plans for Israel. The questions that arose were: Why, from the
first moment of the redemptional process of Israel, would Israel be attacked again and again. Why, close to the end of this process,
would the Gog and Magog war break out? Why could this wonderful process not be accomplished without wars? Why, as in Biblical
times, is Israel again surrounded by so many enemies who want to destroy her? Why does the small David, armed only with a
small rock, again need to fight against giants? As we come closer and closer to the accomplishment of the redemption process we
can begin to give answers to these questions. We only need to read Ezekiel and Zechariah carefully to gain understanding. The G-d
of Israel will use this means to finally defeat all those many enemies of Israel who have continually tried to destroy the State and
people of Israel and push them into the Mediterranean. Now in the Jubilee year of Israel they prepare to destroy Israel with terrible
weapons.
Iran, with Russian help, has started to build an atomic capability with long-range missiles directed at Israel. Syria, Egypt and the
other Arab countries are also preparing for an atomic, chemical and biological war against Israel.
During the latest Gulf crisis precipitated when Saddam Hussein refused access to UN weapon inspectors to palaces suspected of
housing biological and chemical weapons plants, Boris Yeltsin, the Russian President, warned Clinton that an attack against Iraq
would result in a Third World War. Russia is doing all it can to renew her political and military ties with the Arab countries around
Israel. After helping Iran to become a nuclear power and also helping Iraq to develop her nonconventional arsenal, Russia is now
doing the same with Syria. Are Russia and her Arab allies the enemy of the North that the prophets spoke about?!
It is not an accident that this international crisis started in the Middle East. This was a continuation of the Gulf War of 1991. As long
as Saddam Hussein continues to be the ruler of Iraq, this crisis will not be solved.
The "Palestinian" Authority has also started to prepare for a war against Israel. They have brought in weapons from every direction to
arm their forces. These are the forces that the former government of Israel, in a terrible and sinful mistake, helped to create. The
enemies of Israel have never learned their lesson from history. The missiles which Saddam sent to Israel in 1991 totally destroyed
houses but no Israelis were killed as a direct result of the missiles. G-d showed everyone in the world that He is determined to
protect and save His people, Israel. The enemies of Israel do not understand how terrible G-d's judgement will be against them.
The coming war will be the final war undertaken against Israel by her enemies. In it G-d will terribly defeat them. The prophet
Zechariah describes the way G-d will defeat and punish them and it makes us think of a nuclear, chemical and biological war. "And
this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away
while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their
mouth." (Zechariah 14:12)
After this war the new (G-dly) era will start. The Third Temple will be the House of G-d, the only building on the Temple Mount.
Mashiach ben David will be the King of Israel and all mankind.
Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel. The "Palestinians" want to make Jerusalem a "Palestinian" capital. All the rest of the
Islamic nations want to make it an Islamic city. The Pope decided that Rome is not enough for him and he wants Jerusalem as well.
The United Nations rejects Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and wants to make it an international city. They even tried to stop
Israel from building new houses in Jerusalem. We can see how the black clouds are coming closer and closer to Jerusalem and to
the mountains of Israel. The march of Gog and Magog and all their allies has started in the direction of Jerusalem and Israel.
In conclusion, the so-called recent Gulf crisis was not solved. At best it has only been postponed. As the crisis progressed, we
could see in the streets of all the Arab nations of the Middle East how they demonstrated solidarity with Saddam Hussein and how
they hated Israel and the United States. The flags of both countries were repeatedly burned by the crowds. This is because Hussein
embodies their goals, feelings and emotions to destroy Israel and to create another Holocaust. These feelings and goals cannot be
suppressed for very long. One day, and as it looks, very soon, they will explode. The situation can be seen as a time bomb. The
Munich agreement with Hitler did not stop or cancel his bloody goals but only delayed them for a short time and then the price was
terrible. Likewise, the false Oslo Agreements have not solved any problems and have not canceled the goals of the so-called
"Palestinians" to destroy Israel and to found a "Palestinian" state in its stead. The war clouds of Gog and Magog are gathering
around Israel. The time of judgment is close at hand. Israel will survive this war and become the nation which G-d and all the
prophets dreamed about: "Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own
treasure among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the
words which you shall speak to the people of Israel." (Exodus 19:5-6)
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