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7 September 2026: A second woman, obsessed with Lindsay Clancy, allegedly murders her two-year-old son. Corie Walsh has been charged with murdering her son, Bennett Walsh, by hanging the child by the neck from the rafters in the basement of her family home.
Meanwhile Walsh was upstairs in the bathroom attempting to commit suicide with a knife. Coincidentally, Walsh’s lawyer is also claiming she suffered a psychotic episode as well.
“And they embrace these murders as mental illness, not recognizing through their own ignorance that this is completely unacceptable behavior. What are we, animals that we are slaves of our twisted, evil desires? Do we not have the intelligence, the ability to recognize the fact that we can simply refuse to do something that our evil urges tell us to do?”
Predicted In the Bible
As I have recently notice in several events occurring around the world, the Bible has been predicting events to the very letter. In the Bible, it says there will come a time when people will not only imitate the evil deeds, they see others do, but they will give approval to those who do them.
32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. – Romans 1:32 NIV
This modern society in which we live has completely crossed the line into the most evil, hate-filled, amoral society. When it gets to the point where a mother, someone usually willing to give her life in order to protect her children, can callously murder her kids and furthermore attempt to get away with such depraved behavior is indicative of the times in which we live.
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. – 2 Timothy 3:1-5 NIV
Let’s face it: This ridiculous idea that man is basically good, and that the reason people do bad things is because of outside influences is being proven false by their actions.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” — Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV)
Most translations render it similarly, with wording like “desperately sick,”“beyond cure,” or “incurably bad.”
The Truth of The Matter
These are people who have been conditioned by over 40 years of abortion to consider the life of a child not as worth as much as the life of an adult. At one time, we valued the life of a child more than the life of an adult. Still to this day, there are parents who would absolutely give their lives in protection of their children. But the new generation of people who don’t share these values.
And this is the generation that the Bible speaks of. Again, let’s talk about the days of Noah. The generation of people who lived in Noah’s time were so bad, so wicked that God actually was sorry he ever created mankind to begin with. These are the times we are living in! We are living in a time when good is considered evil, and evil has been embraced as the new enlightened values of the liberal left.
And they embrace these murders as mental illness, not recognizing through their own ignorance that this is completely unacceptable behavior. What are we, animals that we are slaves of our twisted evil desires? Do we not have the intelligence, the ability to recognize the fact that we can simply refuse to do something that our evil urges tell us to do?
No, is the answer. When mankind begins to believe that man is basically good, nothing becomes basically wrong. Instead of knowing that they are capable of doing wrong, they embrace this idea they themselves are victims of some type of illness. Both of these women had the freedom of choice to deny their base urges. They could have admitted themselves into a psychiatric hospital and been open and frank about those things they are thinking and feeling.
5 The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them. ” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. – Genesis 6:5-8 NIV
A Bible Study In Grace
In Noah’s time, people were so evil that God actually considered eliminating the entire human race. However, we live under a new covenant (the New Testament) in which God has promised to delay justice until the time of the end. But make no mistake about it, God has not forgotten his judgement. But graciously, God has given all men and women the opportunity to receive forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
But just as the flood eventually came and destroyed the human race, saving only Noah and his family, God’s judgement will visit the remainder of the human race who refused God’s only Son, Jesus.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. – Genesis 6:11-12 NIV
This could be the exact description of this current generation. They have completely forgotten about God and his ordinances, that those who disobey His commands are worthy of death. The only escape is Jesus and his sacrifice in our place can stop the judgement of death. This isn’t the death of the physical body, this is worse. This is eternal separation of the spirit, the real you. Your spirit was meant to live forever; it is eternal.
The Bottom Line
God hasn’t forgotten about the judgement for this evil society; he has simply delayed judgement until the close of this age. For a long time, we have waited for the very times we are living in right now.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. – 2 Peter 2:4-10 NIV
A Straightforward Look At The Insanity of Modern Liberalism
4 September, 2026: I have written about this subject many times before, but few things point directly to the soon return of Jesus more than the mentality of the Liberal Democrat. For this midterm election cycle, I feel the damage is already done, and I have lost confidence in the system. So to those who might say I am only writing this to attempt to influence the upcoming election, I don’t think the election can be influenced. Furthermore, I’m starting to lose confidence in the Republican party. In short, we are on a road that has no turns.
The Bible talks about a day right before the return of Jesus that will be marked by violence, lawlessness, and complete hatred of authority, and the perverse attitude and mindset that some translations of the Bible call Depraved.
“As Time comes to a close we can look back like no other generation before us, to see how accurately the Bible is at telling us the end from the beginning.“
BE KIND
The battle cry of the modern liberal, and one of the most hypocritical statements a liberal could make. Because there is nothing kind about the modern liberal. They are violent, hateful, conceited, have no respect for anyone except those who share their beliefs. They honestly believe themselves to be superior to the average person. They believe that we don’t know what’s best for us, and see themselves as some sort of visionary that can lead us into a new future.
I was thinking about this just yesterday, if I had to describe liberals using just one sentence, without hesitation I would quote Romans 1:22:
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools – Romans 1:22 KJV
And I’m not saying this to hurl insults, I am saying that as the proper description for a liberal. Someone who has no idea just how foolish they sound to the rest of us. Can you imagine a liberal world? The truth is suppressed if it is deemed that someone might find the truth offensive. A world where you have to ask people what their pronouns are before you begin a conversation. Despite everyone having their own personalized set of pronouns, you’re expected to remember everyone’s pronouns because it’s considered rude to ask a second time.
Offense: A Sign of the Times
In this world where it is so easy to offend someone, and people behave as if offending someone is akin to murder, it might interest you to know that Jesus himself actually stated this a sign of the end times.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. – Matthew 24:10 KJV
I could close this article right now: Case proven, guilty as charged. It seems that offense is the battle cry of the modern liberal. What kind of mentality puts so much emphasis on whether or not someone is offended by speech? The most important thing is why someone would think that speech should have limitations rather than a person be free to express themselves? There you have your answer: Our Constitution prevents laws that interfere with a person’s right to free speech. In other countries, they have passed laws prohibiting certain speech, shutting the mouths of those who want to express themselves, because someone might be offended.But here in America, its shame that is used as a weapon to stop the mouths of those who would dare disagree with anything they say.
Since when has it become so important to keep people from being offended? What is the point? There were many, many people offended when the British colonists decided to revolt against the British Crown and declare independence for America. I guess there wouldn’t have been a Revolutionary War, and no United States of America had the modern liberal been alive in the 1700’s.
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EVIL: The Heart of Liberal Socialism
Socialism is not a new thing: It wasn’t invented in the 1800’s, and while Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin had a hand in crafting modern socialism, it is a very, very old system. In fact, the very first government in history was socialism.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. – Genesis 11:4 KJV
The Tower of Babel, and the city that subsequently became known as Babylon, was the first attempt at a socialist government. The Bible tells us that mankind embarked on a mission to build a city with a huge tower. They all came together, working alongside each other with a common goal: A utopia apart from God.
And that is the ultimate goal of socialism. To show God that man doesn’t need Him, and can construct a utopia on this earth without his help or his blessing. Now, we’re starting to get a glimpse into the true mindset of the liberal, a grand, impossible mission to show God that man doesn’t need him.
The problem is, man doesn’t know how to govern himself. If you think that isn’t true, look around you. At one time, the United States of America was the closest thing to a perfect system of self-governance: However that model depended on God and His wisdom. Man constantly looked to God for guidance and direction.
But in the late 1950’s, the democrat party began working to remove all traces of God from our government. The tool they used? The writings of Marx and Lenin. Both Marx and Lenin were staunch atheists who advocated for the strict separation of church and state (and the suppression of religion) within Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Some people to this day believe that the phrase “Separation of church and state” is directly from the Constitution; however that phrase was not coined until the 1878 case Reynolds v. United States and the 1947 case Everson v. Board of Education.
The truth is our government was founded on the idea that this type of government could never work without the direct intervention and dependence of God. Their entire point was that government stay out of the business of instituting a state funded church organization.
How To Become A Liberal: 101
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The journey to being a liberal is not simply a choice, but a process. Drawing people in and using a step-by-step, much like the gruesome “boiling a frog” analogy. This process is described to the minute detail, in Romans 1:18-32.
18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. – Romans 1:18-20 NLT
Here we see an obvious truth: Everyone of us, at one time or another has come face to face with God. Not his physical appearance, but his evidence. Every adult in this world has had a time in their life where they were given a moment of realization: That everything we see, everything we experience cannot be a result of simple happenstance. We all have had that moment where we came to the realization of God. Either we embraced it, or we dismissed it, but we have all experienced it.
21Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. – Romans 1:21-23 NLT
According to the Bible, there is no such thing as a atheist. We simply have a population of people who refuse to acknowledge the truth. They have turned away from the one true God. In order to explain a universe and an earth without God, they began dreaming up the most ridiculous things. As a result, pretending to be so smart, their arguments were complete foolishness. Ideas that everything could simply evolve from nothing. Instead of humbling themselves, man began to create all kinds of idols. Giving supernatural abilities to the most ordinary of things, such as Time.
Time is the supernatural entity of the modern world. Take absolutely nothing, sprinkle in the magic ingredient of Time, and viola! We have a universe, planets, stars and an earth. Most importantly we have life, all thanks to the magic ingredient of time.
So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. – Romans 1:24-25 NLT
As they turned their backs on God in favor of their foolish ideas, God fulfilled his promise to man to let him choose his own path. They began to disrespect their bodies, with one another. As their passions for one another increased they shed the values God had instilled in them. They began exposing their nakedness, and exploring the depths of their passions. They abandoned the idea of a monogamous relationship, and instead became slaves of their desires toward one another.
That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. – Romans 1:26-27 NLT
As the trap they laid for themselves closed in on them, they were powerless to resist the demands their passion placed on them. At first, the women began to indulged their desire for one another, doing things with their bodies that God had never intended them to do. Men quickly followed suit, engaging in things that were shameful to God and their fellow man. They did things with one another that the body was never meant to endure, hurting and causing injury to one another, which was just punishment for the things they were doing.
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them. – Romans 1:28-32 NASB
Eventually they got to the point where they completely abandoned God: They put God out of their minds. God relinquished, and turned them over to their depravity. They embraced unrighteousness, hedonism, and the result was unbridled evil. They took on the very persona of the demons that were guiding them all along. As a result, they became filled with nothing but hate.
Everything became intolerable to them, and as they searched for reasons to feed their fury, no sin became unacceptable. Even now, in the darkest recesses of their minds they know they are committing evil acts, they embrace those acts, and encourage others to do the same thing.
This was a long time ago. I was probably 27 or 28 years old. I had decided to drive down the road and try to find some old friends after being out of town for a few months. This was back in the day, when most stores had an array of soda machines (we call them pop machines) in front. I pulled into the parking lot of a neighborhood grocery store. As I was putting my quarters in the machine, a woman came screaming out of the front door carrying a child. Right behind her was this man who was obviously bigger than me.
She reached her car and jumped in, however her window was rolled down and before she could get the car started he reached in and grabbed her by the hair. The child is now screaming as well. I didn’t know what to do, but I knew I had to do something. Before I lost my nerve I started walking toward him and shouted “Leave her alone!”
He told me something to the effect of mind my own business. So I replied, “Try me. Show me how tough you are, or are you just into hitting women?”
He then accused me of being her secret boyfriend. I don’t remember what I said to that, however I kept walking toward him. As I got closer, he let go of the woman and began running away. This was before the days of cell phones, so I had no way to call the police. It was kind of foolish for me, because this was southern West Virginia, and he could have easily gone to his car and got a gun. But I had to take the chance: and that was the bravest thing I’ve ever done, with or without spectators.
When I was about 12 or 13, we moved. It wasn’t a big move, we stayed in the same neighborhood. Chattaroy, West Virginia was pretty much a real life Mayberry. We knew all of our neighbors; we could drive up the road and tell you who lived in every house.
When we moved, we didn’t get keys to our new house, because the people who lived there didn’t have keys to the house! That’s because nobody locked their doors. We never lost our car keys, because they were kept in the car where they belonged. Those were the days.
Now I keep my door locked when I’m home. We have an eight-camera security system. We have an 80 lb. Belgian Malinois dog. We keep our cars locked in our driveway, with the keys securely kept inside the house.
Because there was no social media when I was 10, if you wanted to get to know your neighbors you went over to their house, knocked on the door and said, “Hi my name is Tim, and I’m your next door neighbor.” This flies completely in the face of this new age idea that man is basically good. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that things go from order to chaos over time.
It is better to know your neighbor than to live in a neighborhood full of strangers.
As The Times Get Closer To The End, Justice Becomes A Casualty
2 September, 2026: The end of times will see a perversion of everything the Bible calls Holy, including Justice. For years we have seen the corruption of our justice system. But there are two cases in the media today that show us the direction of justice. And this direction is a mockery of what God meant for justice to be:
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. 21 Woe to those who consider themselves wise and judge themselves clever. 22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, who are champions at pouring beer, 23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice. – Isaiah 5:20-23 CSB
Lindsay Clancy: An Excuse For Murder
Lindsay Clancy is a woman who probably needs no introduction. But in case you haven’t heard about her. Clancy allegedly murdered her own three children, Cora: 5 years old. Dawson: 3 years old and Callan: Just 8 months old. This took place in Duxbury, Massachusetts, In January 2023. This case has been on trial now for 5 weeks. There is a myriad of evidence, witnesses, expert testimony, and even a confession. Despite this, a number of liberal woman have been calling for her acquittal. Her defense attorney claims that Clancy is suffering from something known as postpartum psychosis.
Basically, the defense attorney is trying to make the case that severe depression caused her to murder her three children and therefore she was not responsible for her actions. But this is actually the result of 40 years worth of abortion. In this span of time, we have taught women in particular that the life of a children really isn’t worth as much as the life of an adult. This is the reason for the increase in women who have gotten pregnant and left their children to die in trash cans and dumpsters.
The idea that depression can be used as an excuse for murder is against the ideas of the Constitution, and the foundations of the justice system. But today’s liberals think that because these are children, then their lives aren’t as important as adults.
Right now, the jury is indication they are having trouble reaching a verdict. Don’t be surprised if this jury does the exact thing these liberals are clamoring about. But just keep in mind, God hates corruption, and injustice. And while people may get away with things in this life, God’s judgement is always righteous.
UPDATE: Just yesterday, September 2nd, a suspect, Dawn Light was arraigned in court for juror intimidation. Allegedly, she was attempting to take photos/videos of the jurors as they exited the courthouse. While light maintains she was only trying to get a photo of Lindsay Clancy, videos recovered on her phone were of the jurors as they exited the building. This is exactly the kind of actions these liberals are willing to do in order to intimidate the jury. Dawn Light has openly identified herself as a supporter of Lindsay Clancy and a self-described “crime junkie”.
Charlie Kirk: Defense Argues Charlie Deserved Shooting
The trial of James Robinson, the man accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk, has been nosing around in the mud himself. During a recent hearing, defense attorney Richard Novak said, “The truth is, Mr. Kirk spoke hatefully of certain groups of people.” This is terrible statement to make and even more terrible that the prosecution didn’t even bother to object.
This can easily be misconstrued to mean that perhaps Charlie Kirk was partially responsible for his own murder. Of course this is utter nonsense, but it goes to show the real undermining of the justice system in this country.
The Bible tells us that in the last days, right before the very end, that our times will mirror that of Noah’s time. Jesus himself gave us this warning.
Lawlessness and The Days of Noah
The warning Jesus gave us is crystal clear. This isn’t some murky symbolic language that could be taken to meant nearly anything. No, he was direct and to the point:
37 As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. 38 For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark. 39 They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be. – Matthew 24:37-39 CSB
There are five things that were prevalent during Noah’s day. The same things are prevalent today:
Wickedness – The Bible says that during Noah’s day.
Corruption – The Bible says that corruption was rampant.
Violence – The Bible says the world was filled with violence.
Lawlessness – While the Bible doesn’t specifically mention lawlessness, obviously the people of that day had a complete disregard for the law.
Apathy – This is what Jesus pointed out; that people were so involved in their own lives that they paid little attention to the world around them. The scriptures below confirm these four points.
5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. – Genesis 6:5-6 NASB
11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.12 God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. – Genesis 6:11-12 NASB
A Complete Disregard For The Law
One of the most disturbing things in the world today, the thing that makes us convinced that the return of the Lord Jesus is right at the doors, is the complete and utter disregard for the law. Romans 1:18-32 is one of the most revealing words in the entire Bible. This can show you the origins of evil in the modern world. It explains, step-by-step how a person goes from a normal human being to a person completely full of evil and possessing a depraved mind. The chilling last verse, v.32, tells us exactly how the modern liberal mind thinks:
32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them. – Romans 1:32 NASB
This is the mentality of these liberals who thumb their noses at the established law and resist the process of justice in the USA. There is this mindset that they have: they openly resist the mandates of the law, and they cheer when others agree with them. Furthermore, they detest God’s laws, even though they know what that law demands, and encourage others to do the same.
30 August 2026: We’re almost through with the 8th month of 2026. In some ways, we are living in the most troubling, terrifying, times in world history. And we know from reading the Bible that times aren’t going to get better. But at the same time, we are living in the most unique of times. The Bible seems to be unfolding before our eyes every day, and these are the moments when we can witness it happening.
With that in mind, I’m going to try to take this blog in a new direction. Rather than try to be a reporter, which I’m not, I’m just going to lay out what I see going on in the world. I’m going to show you what I see when I read the news or listen to a news podcast.
The Masks Are Coming Off
Right now, there is a huge staring contest in the Middle East. Turkey, Syria and Israel have locked eyes, and everyone is just waiting to see who will be the first to blink. Israel is accusing Turkey of trying to move weapons and military personnel into Syria. Of course Turkey is going to deny it, I mean what do you expect them to say? “Aww shucks, you caught us! How did you know?”
Because there are secret meetings going on right now with several Middle East countries, and surprise, surprise; those countries line up with Ezekiel 38. The question before them is how to rid the world once and for all of the nation of Israel. Because of this phenomenal surge in antisemitism, Iran believes now is the time to strike Israel. The world has largely remained silent over October 7th.
Turkey has become increasingly radical in the last few months: Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has shifted sharply toward Islamist nationalism, authoritarianism, and anti‑Israel rhetoric. Some example of the things he has said include, calls for an “Army of Islam” to confront Israel. Urging Muslims to defend Jerusalem “to the death.”
Donald Trump: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Because Turkey is a NATO country, they have President Trump right where they want him. If Turkey were to attack Israel, could the USA attack Turkey in order to defend Israel? I say no. There is absolutely no precedence allowing any NATO member to attack another NATO member. Article 5 binds the alliance to mutual defense, meaning a direct military clash between two member states—or a scenario where the U.S. is forced to choose between a key NATO powerhouse like Turkey and its alliance with Israel—creates an unprecedented diplomatic and military deadlock.
The USA would be confined to making a diplomatic response to an attack, or risk upsetting the NATO alliance. The Bible tells us in Ezekiel 38 that when Gog and Magog and it’s hordes do attack Israel, the international response will be one of words, not military might:
13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you mobilized your assembly to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize plenty of spoil? ” ’ – Ezekiel 38:13 CSB
The fact that these events are lining up exactly as foretold shouldn’t be a source of amazement to anyone who has decided in these times to pay attention. Just as the 5 wise virgins of Matthew chapter 25, we are staying alert and waiting the call, “Behold the bridegroom comes!”
I have been quite annoyed at our President in recent days. The way he keeps waffling between his attitudes toward Iran. But that has shown a definite weakness in the President: He is unwilling to keep his word when the pressure is applied. And that fits into Bible prophecy to the letter: The President will remain tangled in his quandary, whether to come to Israel’s aid and forsake the NATO alliance, or to abandon the Israelis, and side with NATO. And don’t think his Christian values are going to show him the way. I cannot judge a man’s heart, but I can listen to his rhetoric and his disrespectful comments to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
No Way Out
The Middle East situation is truly a road with no turns. The more Iran is pressured, the more they will believe they have no other choice to save their power over Iran than to show the world just how powerful they can be when pushed too far. Turkey has made a huge power play in the Middle East, trying to exert its dominance in the area. They are not going to stop now, since they are on the edge of Syria and are in a prime position to control the Middle East for years to come. Keep in mind these are Muslims, and this is the game their religion teaches them to play: Gain power, gain control and never give it up.
Israel has become a garden of Eden; and Middle East jealousy runs high. There is a demand Allah places on his followers: Any land once acquired for Allah must remain Allah’s, and if it is lost, it must be retaken. Right now, despite the many sanctions, Israel has more water than it can drink, more money than it can spend, and more food than it can eat. Just as the Bible predicted over 2,500 years ago:
They will say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.” – Ezekiel 36:35 CSB
for water will gush in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; 7 the parched ground will become a pool, and the thirsty land, springs. – Isaiah 35:6-7 CSB
13 Look, the days are coming — this is the LORD’s declaration — when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it. 14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce. – Amos 9:13-14 CSB
These are only a few of the Biblical prophecies dealing with the prosperity of Israel in the last days. While Iran is in the worst drought in the last 100 years, while other nations surrounding Israel struggle to get those desert lands to produce even a small harvest. While they struggle with conflict and war, Israel is a nation of celebration. Tel Aviv has a night life that is the Jewel of the Middle East.
Israel’s Current Security Doesn’t Add Up
11 You will say, “I will advance against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely, all of them living without walls and without bars or gates” – Ezekiel 38:11 CSB
No, right at this moment, Israel isn’t enjoying this false peace and safety it will believe to have in the moments leading up to this surprise attack. But we’ve seen how quickly these supposed peace agreements are made, and how many that are broken within a matter of a few days. It is important to understand this has nothing to do with rapture events. Ezekiel 38 talks of a time when Turkey, Egypt, and Iran will attack Israel with the intention of wiping it off the face of the earth.
Could this attack happen tomorrow? Probably not. But we are seeing the culmination of these events! It’s as if we are looking into the sky and seeing the storm collect itself. The sun gets blocked and the clouds gather, and the sky grows dark. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that it will soon rain. Just as we can know the weather from looking at the sky, we can know the signs of the end by looking at the times in which we live.
A Fresh Look At Ezekiel 38 Reveals The Accuracy of Bible Prophecy
For decades, students of Bible prophecy have commonly identified Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39 with Russia. I have accepted that interpretation myself for many years. In fact, in 2015, when Russian forces entered Syria, I remember thinking that something extraordinary had happened. Russia was now positioned militarily in a country immediately north of Israel. For someone watching the prophetic landscape through the lens of Ezekiel 38, it was difficult not to take notice.
But sometimes an event that appears to confirm an interpretation can cause us to examine that interpretation more carefully. Today, I am no longer as certain that Gog and Magog should be identified with Russia. That does not mean I have concluded that Russia cannot be involved in the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38. Nor am I claiming that I have discovered a definitive answer that centuries of Bible scholars somehow missed. Rather, I have begun asking a much simpler question:
What if we have been looking in the wrong direction?
That question has led me back to Ezekiel 38—not to modern prophecy charts, not to Cold War geopolitics, and not to assumptions about which modern nation appears most threatening to Israel, but to the biblical text itself.
What if Gog and Magog are not Russia?
I am not making that statement as a conclusion. I am asking it as a question. And to answer it, I believe we need to go back to the biblical text itself.
Where Did “Rosh” Come From?
Let’s begin with Ezekiel 38:2. Because the translation of one Hebrew word in this verse has played an important role in the identification of Gog. The King James Version reads:
“Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.” — Ezekiel 38:2, KJV
Notice something. The KJV does not say “Russia.” It says “the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” The Christian Standard Bible, which I have been reading recently, follows the same basic understanding:
“Son of man, face Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him.” — Ezekiel 38:2, CSB
However, the CSB includes a footnote giving an alternative:
“Or the prince of Rosh”
That alternative is important because another familiar translation, the New King James Version, actually places “Rosh” in the text:
“Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal…” — Ezekiel 38:2, NKJV
So which is correct? Is Ezekiel describing Gog as the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal? Or is he describing Gog as the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal? That may seem like a small difference in translation. It isn’t.
If “Rosh” is the name of an ancient people or territory, then it becomes reasonable to ask whether that people can be identified with a modern nation. And this is where the traditional identification of Russia enters the discussion. But if rosh is being used in its ordinary Hebrew sense of “head,” “chief,” “principal,” or “chief ruler,” then there is no reference to a nation called Rosh in this verse at all. That distinction is crucial.
What does the Hebrew word mean?
The Hebrew word is רֹאשׁ, transliterated rosh. Its basic meaning is “head.” From that basic idea come a number of related meanings, including chief, principal, first, ruler, or head of something. It is a common Hebrew word rather than a word that automatically means the name of a particular nation. The Hebrew text of Ezekiel 38:2 contains the expression:
נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָל
The question is how that construction should be understood. One possibility is: “chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” Another is: “prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.”
Both readings have appeared in English translations and in the history of interpretation. The New International Version, for example, translates the verse as “chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,” while its footnote gives “the prince of Rosh” as the alternative. The ESV does the same. This is important because a conclusion about Russia should not begin with the assumption that Rosh = Russia.
That identification must first establish three separate things:
That Ezekiel intended Rosh as the proper name of a distinct people.
That this people can be historically identified.
That this people can reasonably be connected to modern Russia.
Those are three different questions. And the first question is already disputed. Some interpreters have understood rosh as a proper name. Others have understood it as an adjective or descriptive term meaning chief or principal. The disagreement is not a modern invention; it reaches back into the history of interpretation. One of the arguments commonly used to identify Russia—the assumption that Rosh is a proper name—cannot simply be taken for granted.
Therefore, before we identify Gog with Russia, we need to set the word Rosh aside temporarily and examine the names that Ezekiel unquestionably presents as geographical or ethnic identifiers:
Those names are the foundation upon which the identification of Gog’s coalition must rest. And this is where the question becomes particularly interesting. Because when we begin tracing Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Beth-togarmah through the ancient world, we repeatedly encounter the geographical region we now call Anatolia—modern Turkey.
That does not prove that modern Turkey is Gog, but it gives us a reason to ask whether the traditional identification of Russia has received more confidence than the biblical and historical evidence actually warrants.
Before we look at modern Turkey, however, we need to go back nearly three thousand years and ask a much more basic question:
Who were Meshech and Tubal?
If we lay aside modern maps and look at the ancient world through the records left by neighboring empires, the names Meshech and Tubal do not float away into mythological mist. They appear with remarkable clarity in secular history.
For generations, popular prophecy teachers linked Meshech to Moscow and Tubal to Tobolsk—largely based on phonetic similarity. But linguistics based purely on modern sound-alike s can easily lead us astray. When we consult ancient historical records—such as Assyrian royal inscriptions and the Greek historian Herodotus—a very different geography emerges.
In Assyrian cuneiform texts, Meshech appears as Mušku (and as the Moschi in Greek sources), while Tubal appears as Tābal (the Tibareni to the Greeks). Where did these ancient peoples live? They did not dwell in the frozen expanses of northern Eurasia. Instead, Assyrian monuments and classical geographers consistently locate them in the rugged terrain of central and eastern Anatolia—the geographical heartland of modern Turkey.
Meshech occupied regions that later became known as Phrygia, while Tubal was settled in the area historically recognized as Cappadocia. Crucially, Ezekiel mentions them elsewhere in the same context. In Ezekiel 27:13, when listing the trading partners of ancient Tyre, the prophet notes:
“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech: they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.” – Ezekiel 27:13 KJV
In the ancient economic network of the Near East, Tyre traded with nations it could readily reach by land and sea across the Levant and Asia Minor—not with distant tribes hidden deep inside Siberia.
When you place Meshech and Tubal back into their historical anchor point in Anatolia, the entire geopolitical landscape of Ezekiel 38 shifts southward. We are no longer looking across the vast plains of Eastern Europe; we are looking directly at the territory of modern Turkey.
And yet, Meshech and Tubal are only two pieces of a much larger coalition.
“One of the arguments commonly used to identify Russia—the assumption that Rosh is a proper name—cannot simply be taken for granted.”
Gomer: From the Black Sea to Anatolia
The identification of biblical Gomer with the Cimmerians is very common in biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholarship. The Assyrians called them forms of Gimirri/Gimirrai, while Greek writers called them Cimmerians. They were a mobile people, and even moved into parts of Eastern Europe, which has been the reason that Gomer has been so hard to identify in the past.
The Cimmerians are generally understood to have originated north of the Black Sea, but they subsequently moved south through the Caucasus and into Anatolia. They fought the Assyrians, overran Urartu, defeated Phrygia, and operated in Lydia and other parts of Asia Minor. One German Bible-science reference actually gives central Anatolia as a proposed location for Gomer and says that after their movement into Urartu, the Cimmerians eventually settled in Cappadocia in central Anatolia.
Later traditions have attempted to connect them with various European peoples. Some sources even associate their descendants with Celtic/Gallic peoples. But that’s a much later and more speculative chain of identification, not the straightforward identification of Gomer with the historical Cimmerians.
Ezekiel says:
“Gomer with all its troops; and Beth-togarmah from the remotest parts of the north along with all its troops…” – Ezekiel 38:6
Notice that Ezekiel puts Gomer and Beth-togarmah together. And Genesis 10 gives us another interesting connection:
Japheth → Gomer → Togarmah
So we’re not dealing with two completely unrelated names that Ezekiel randomly threw together. There’s a genealogical relationship in Genesis, and then Ezekiel places Gomer and Beth-togarmah together in the northern coalition. And there’s something else:
A scholarly reference notes that Gomer and Beth-togarmah are part of the northern component of Ezekiel’s coalition, while Persia represents the east and Cush/Put the south and west.
What we have found so far is interesting. Meshech and Tubal have strong historical associations with Anatolia. Gomer, while originating farther north around the Black Sea, is also historically associated with peoples who moved into and established themselves in Anatolia. None of this, by itself, proves that modern Turkey is the nation represented by Gog. But it does give us a geographical pattern that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
And Ezekiel has not finished naming the members of this northern coalition. He adds one more name: Beth-togarmah.
Why Beth-togarmah Matters
When Ezekiel lists the northern coalition in chapter 38, he pairs Gomer with a final, specific group:
“Gomer with all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands…” — Ezekiel 38:6, KJV
Linguistically, the name itself is straightforward. In Hebrew, beth means “house” or “place of”—much like Bethel means “house of God” or Bethlehem means “house of bread.” Put simply, Beth-togarmah is the “House of Togarmah.”
We also see this family line back in Genesis 10:3, which tells us that Togarmah was a descendant of Gomer. So Ezekiel isn’t throwing random names together; he is following a genealogical and historical thread.
As we noticed with Gomer, the geographical arrangement here is also noteworthy. Gomer and Beth-togarmah are associated with the north, while Persia lies to the east and Cush and Put are generally associated with regions farther south and west.
Finding Togarmah on the Map
So, where was Beth-togarmah?
Instead of guessing from a modern map, ancient history gives us a solid anchor. In Assyrian cuneiform records, this region is mentioned as Til-garimmu (and Tegarama in Hittite texts), located in eastern and southeastern Anatolia—near the borders where modern Turkey meets the Armenian highlands.
This location also sheds light on another biblical detail. In Ezekiel 27:14, the prophet lists the trading partners of ancient Tyre, noting that the house of Togarmah traded “horses, horsemen, and mules” to the Phoenician markets. Eastern Anatolia and its surrounding foothills have historically been renowned for breeding exceptional livestock and horses, fitting the ancient trade routes perfectly.
Shaping the Arc
This brings us to a fascinating structural question about Ezekiel’s coalition.
If we map out what the historical evidence shows so far:
Meshech sits in central/western Anatolia.
Tubal anchors central/eastern Anatolia.
Gomer moves from the Black Sea region into Anatolian territories.
Beth-togarmah stretches into eastern Anatolia and the borderlands.
None of this proves on its own that modern Turkey is the final fulfillment of Gog. But look at what happens to the map. Rather than pointing toward a distant superpower hidden deep in the frozen north, these four names begin forming a distinct, contiguous geographical arc looping right across ancient Anatolia.
Conclusion: A Shift in Perspective
When we step back and look at the map that emerges from the biblical text itself, a striking picture comes into focus.
For generations, many of us have been trained to look past the ancient Near East, scanning across vast expanses of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia for a modern superpower that fits our geopolitical anxieties. But when we strip away the modern assumptions—when we test the word rosh, when we trace Meshech and Tubal to their historical roots in Anatolia, follow Gomer down from the Black Sea, and anchor Beth-togarmah in the eastern borderlands—something remarkable happens.
Instead of a disjointed collection of distant nations, Ezekiel’s northern coalition forms a coherent, contiguous arc looping directly across ancient Anatolia—the heartland of modern Turkey.
What does this mean?
It does not mean we have discovered a rigid prophecy formula, nor does it give us a crystal ball to predict tomorrow’s headlines with absolute dogmatic certainty. History is complex, and the fulfillment of prophecy often exceeds our neat little charts.
But it does invite us to slow down and look closer. It challenges us to let the biblical text speak on its own terms rather than forcing it through the lens of modern Cold War maps.
Sometimes, the most faithful thing we can do as students of Scripture is to admit when we’ve been leaning on tradition rather than text—and be willing to look in the right direction.
This is not a matter of exegesis: Trying to shape the Bible’s words into something that loosely fits today’s narrative. But it is more a recognition of what is going on in the world today, and having the courage to admit past mistakes and prejudice that led to wrong conclusions. For years, we were taught that the Soviet Union were evil. They were the ultimate villain facing off against the ultimate good guys: The Soviet Union vs. America. It was that shadow that caused a lot of Biblical scholars to look no further than Russia in order to fill the shoes of Gog, the leader of Magog. But history is constantly teaching us, and if you ever gotten an email from me, you know:
History teaches us that man learns nothing from history. ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Scientists Confirm Planet is Spinning Faster Than At Any Point In The Last 55 Years
23 August, 2026: It seems the year 2020 brought a multitude of changes to planet earth. Social upheaval, COVID 19, the rise of Socialism, are among the changes we’ve seen since this decade began. Another change that has escaped the public’s attention, is the earth’s rotation. It seems that beginning in the year 2020, the earth’s axis rotation has been speeding up.
Scientists say there are several reasons for this increase in speed. Melting glaciers are redistributing mass. The land is slowly rising after being weighed down by ice. As well as strong seismic activity is moving Earth’s mass closer to its axis. This causes the planet to spin faster now, even with the Moon slowing it down.
While a millisecond sounds harmless on an individual day, scientists and engineers care deeply about these shifts for a few major reasons:
Digital Synchronization: Today’s infrastructure depends on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep global systems in sync. Financial networks, telecommunications, power grids, and GPS rely on precise timing. If Earth’s rotation falls too far off from atomic time, it can lead to timing errors in fast digital systems.
The “Negative Leap Second” Dilemma: Because Earth has started spinning faster, our days are fractionally shorter than 24 standard atomic hours. To keep our clocks aligned with the actual planet, timekeepers might eventually have to implement a negative leap second—deleting a single second from our clocks. Because atomic clocks have only ever added leap seconds, subtracting one has never been tested. This could break software, servers, and automated systems worldwide that aren’t programmed to handle a missing second.
The Prediction In the Bible
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” – Matthew 24:22 KJV
This has been a conundrum among Bible scholars for years. That’s because we are told in no uncertain terms that the great tribulation will be 7 years. In the book of Revelation, there are a trio of passages that break down the time. First of all it mentions the ministry of the Two Witnesses during the first half of the tribulation as 1,260 days. 42 months is mentions also in the book of Revelation as the second half of the tribulation. Also, in Revelation, the second half is written as “A time, times, and a half a time.”
3 I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” – Revelation 11:3 CSB
2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. – Revelation 11:2 CSB
The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time. – Revelation 12:14 CSB
Simply put, the Holy Spirit has taken great pains to explain to us that the tribulation period will be 7 years long. Now, For some reason, Christians love to argue over anything, even the length of the tribulation. Some claim the tribulation is only 3 1/2 years long. And they can make the point that in the book of Revelation, the Great Tribulation is referenced as being 3 1/2 years long.
But from the rise of the Antichrist to the actual return of Jesus to the earth to set up his kingdom will be a 7 year period of time, commonly called Daniel’s 70th Week.
But at the same time, Jesus claims the days will be shortened. Could this be what Jesus is referring to? Could this speeding up of the earth’s rotation cause some sort of problems at some time in the future that will curtail future technology? And could this result in the saving of the world?
We don’t know all just yet; but we know that every day, God’s word is coming true right in front of our eyes. And as Bible prophecy continues to unfold, we can look forward to this mystery unraveling right in front of us!
21 August, 2026: Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, has been arrested for Supporting the Islamic State after making several threats to the New York State government. In addition, she allegedly went shopping at Home Depot in order to buy materials to build a bomb, and secretly purchased a hand gun for $150.
Among the most outrageous of her comments, she posted “Praise be to Allah for September 11th”, and “When I can migrate, I will poison these infidels.” During a conversation with an undercover informant, she allegedly made the comment, “Blowing kafirs [non-Muslims] brains out is beautiful,” giving an indication of why she needed the gun.
Bowie’s target was the New York State Senate Building, a place where she had made multiple visits to. Among the most evil things she said, according to the DOJ she also said, “I want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting. I want them to lose a lot of important documents as well” and “I want it to have a affect on the American system.”
Jessica Bowie, an American woman who converted to Islam 5 years ago, took on the name Aisha Saif following her conversion. She could face 20 years in prison if convicted.
Hatred: The Hallmark of Islam
I’ve often thought there are two types of Muslims. There are the real Muslims, who we ironically call Radical Muslims and we have people who call themselves Muslim, but do not follow the religion at all. It is important to make this distinction now, as Islam is ramping up all over the world. We can no longer hide our heads in the sand and pretend that these Real Muslims are nothing but a fringe, radical minority. It is imperative that we recognize the fact that Islam teaches hatred, and this hatred can easily lead to people like Jessica Bowie.
It always get mentioned, so let’s deal with this right now. Christianity is a religion of love. Those who are critical of Christianity have to go back hundreds of years to find such a type of Christianity that causes harm to others. So let’s make this perfectly clear, with big letters so there is no misunderstanding:
I cannot help that 500 years ago, a group of people thought, “Love thy neighbor as thyself” meant it was acceptable to kill people who disagree with you.
Islam is a religion of hatred. Nothing good can ever, under any circumstance, come from a base of hatred. No amount of community service, outreach programs, or good deeds can overcome the origins of Islam. A religion that was founded by the sword, propagated through the sword, and establish in the blood of innocent people whose only crime was disagreeing with Muslims.
To those who say that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam worship the same God doesn’t know what they are talking about. And I will gladly debate this point to anyone, any time. Allah’s personality is a complete opposite of the God of Judaism and Christianity. To be blunt, in order to be the same God, then God would have to have two distinct and separate personalities. The God of the Bible says, ‘pray for your enemies, bless those who despitefully use and persecute you.’ (Matthew 5:44).
Islam on the other hand says, “But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way…” (Surah At-Tawbah (9:5))
The Obvious Thing That No One Sees
Look at the present world; all the violence, the random killings. Look at all the hatred everywhere. Now look at the fastest growing, the ‘popular’ religion of the day. I will say this as plainly as I can say it: If Christianity were as popular today as Islam is, I would probably walk away. If the world hates you at this day and age, there is no doubt you are doing something right. If Christianity were to be loved by this evil, sinful world, it couldn’t be the true religion that it is.
We have to open our eyes to the fact that Islam is a hate-filled, violent religion. These people we’ve been labelling “Radical” are simply Real Muslims who are practicing the religion that Mohammed founded on war and violence.
Jesus warned us of a world that looks just like today. The similarities is more than just uncanny, it is absolutely terrifying to someone who isn’t secure about their future. What a complete joy to those who are in Christ! No matter what happens on this planet, we know that our future is secure in Jesus.
12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. – Matthew 24:12-13 NLT
18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. 20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you. 21 They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me.” – John 15:18-21 NLT
The Recent Actions of Turkey and Israel Solidly Point To The Prophetic Chapter
20 August, 2026: Recent events in the middle east are increasingly mirroring the Bible, and specifically Ezekiel Chapter 38. In that famous chapter, the character ‘Gog’ of the land of Magog is drawn into a regional conflict with Israel. And now we may very well be seeing the precursor to that.
It all started on August 18, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria, near Aleppo and relatively close to the Turkish border. At least eight strikes hit the facility, damaging runways and hangars, although there were no reported casualties. Israel says Syria was preparing to allow Turkish troops to deploy at the airbase. Israel regarded that as a serious security threat and said Damascus had been warned repeatedly.
Ankara denies that it was preparing to establish a Turkish military base or permanent troop deployment there. Syria’s foreign minister has also said that Damascus had assured Israel that there was no plan for a permanent Turkish military presence at Abu al-Duhur.
There actually was a Turkish military delegation at the airbase shortly before the Israeli attack, however. Syrian officials say the delegation was there to inspect rehabilitation work being done at the facility.
The Ezekiel 38 Connection
Now this is where it definitely begins to get interesting. For years, largely thanks to the Cold War, many Bible students, including myself, were convinced that Gog and Magog represented the Soviet Union, and when it collapsed, then we moved our sites to Russia. And for years many of us spent time trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. It was quite the undertaking to, without the help of the Internet, trace down all those ancient lands and find out their origins.
But now, I have, along with many others came to the conclusion that Gog of the land of Magog may be pointing to Turkey instead of Russia. But look at current events and see where this is going:
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: – Ezekiel 38:2-4 KJV
This goes back to the fall of Bashar al-Assad in 2024. Turkey has become one of the principal supporters of Syria’s new government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Ankara has been helping Syria rebuild its military and governmental institutions and has been providing military training and other support.
Israel, meanwhile, has been extremely suspicious of Syria’s new leadership and has conducted numerous strikes against Syrian military infrastructure. So what we’re watching is really a contest over who is going to have military influence inside post-Assad Syria. And Turkey is becoming increasingly important.
Israel and Turkey are now openly warning each other
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not to test Israel’s resolve and accused Turkey of getting involved in “dangerous adventures” in Syria.
Turkey has responded very sharply, condemning the Israeli strikes and accusing Netanyahu of using false allegations to justify what Ankara considers unlawful attacks on Syrian territory.
And there’s an important third party here: The United States is worried enough that Washington is trying to establish a direct military “deconfliction” mechanism between Israel, Turkey and Syria.
That’s basically a communications system designed to prevent one country’s military from accidentally getting into a confrontation with another country’s military. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack said Turkey wasn’t even warned about the Israeli strike and could potentially have responded militarily when it saw Israeli aircraft heading toward the area.
That’s a pretty remarkable statement. To make matters even worse, President Donald Trump’s stance on Israel is becoming more erratic, as does most of his actions when it comes to the middle east. With his position changing on a daily basis, even fellow Republicans are having a tough time knowing what page the President is on.
And here’s the part I think is most significant
This isn’t simply Israel versus Syria anymore. Turkey and Israel are both major military powers operating inside Syria, and their interests are increasingly colliding. Turkey is backing the new Syrian government. Israel is trying to prevent what it considers hostile military forces from establishing themselves in Syria. And Syria is caught between them.
Reuters is reporting that the head of Israel’s Mossad actually spoke with Syria’s foreign minister on August 14, specifically about Turkey’s expanding military presence, just four days before the Israeli strike. So this wasn’t an impulsive event that came out of nowhere. There had been high-level Israeli-Syrian discussions about Turkey immediately beforehand. And now the rhetoric between Ankara and Jerusalem has become much more threatening.
This dangerously points to the scripture above. God says he will pull Gog into a conflict; he says, “I will put a hook in your jaw.” In the context this was written, this is not a reference to fishing. This gruesome practice was done when it came to hostages and prisoners. In order to lead people without resistance, hooks were placed in the jaws of captured enemy Kings and troops as a way of leading them without fear of resistance or escape. In plain language, God is saying he will draw Turkey into a conflict, only to crush them once and for all as vengeance for their longstanding treatment of Israel.
Lying Down With Dogs
As a child, my mother often questioned my choice of friends with the proverb, “If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.” This is exactly the illustration God has given us concerning the land of Magog. Pulled reluctantly into a conflict they weren’t prepared for, they find themselves leader of a larger coalition, all bent on destroying the nation of Israel:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. – Ezekiel 38:5-7 KJV
This translates into a modern-day who’s who of the middle east. Gomer is the lands currently known as Egypt and the Sudan. Persia needs no interpretation; we’ve all heard of the Persian Gulf, and thereby, Persia can only be modern Iran. Ancient Ethiopia was not the land currently known by that name. Ancient Ethiopia was primarily Cush, and Cush included southern Egypt and the Nile Valley, including Nubia. Libya is Northern Africa, which could include the various terrorist cells, such as Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
But at some point, Turkey turns into the aggressor:
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. – Ezekiel 38:9-12
So we see an ‘all or nothing’ attitude emerge from Gog, and the lands combined together to form this coalition. Gog decides that the land of Israel is before them, and they decide to take the spoils from Israel and wipe the Jews off of the face of the earth. But little will they know at that time that the anger of God has kindled, and he has different plans.
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. – Ezekiel 38:18-23 KJV
There is no wonder that so many Bible scholars consider this to be the event that is the precursor to the great Tribulation. This event, where God openly protects Israel from invasion when even the allies of Israel all stand back and do nothing. God saves his nation in stunning fashion, and leaves no doubt as to who is responsible.
There Is A Bottom Line
I think even the most dedicated atheist is able to see that Turkey is being drawn into a conflict through Syria. Their longstanding ties with Syria, as well as the accusations being made against Turkey by the Israelis are something that is just not going to go away. In many ways, we are already on a road that has no turns. Iran has put itself into a position where they have became anathema to the entire world. The fact that they often attack other Arab nations is proof positive that they now think of themselves as unstoppable. And Bible prophecy or not, it isn’t hard to see that mentality leading to an unprovoked, all out war against Israel.
In fact, there is no way forward out of this mess as long as the IRGC remains in power in Iran. Recently, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei (also spelled Ismail Baghaei) said,
“Iran does not negotiate with the United States under pressure because Iran is fundamentally different from the U.S. approach.”
In that he is absolutely correct: The USA negotiates from a position of wanting peace and wanting the violence to end. Iran loves violence, and loves nothing better than breaking their promises at the drop of a hat. Iran negotiates in order to buy time to restock their ammunition and armaments, in order to propagate war.
If the IRGC’s spokesmen’s lips move, it means he’s lying. In that one statement he told the absolute truth, by accident. The IRGC is nothing like the rest of the world. What they are is a cult-like group of people who believes by starting the third World War, they can simultaneously exterminate the people of Israel and bring about the return of their God.
So here we sit, mid-August and it’s hard to know the good guys from the bad guys without a score card. While the world is in awe over Islam, Christianity and Judaism is hated like never before. Which, if you think about it, is the way it should be. The world hates God because their deeds are evil, just like Jesus said. I personally would run away from any religion, no matter how ‘peaceful’ they claim to be, if that religion was being embraced by a world filled with lawlessness, hatred and violence.
I don’t even have to search the Bible any longer: I can search the daily news and find plenty of scripture right there in the headlines and captions of the stories that are told.
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