Synopsis "The Prophecy of Magog and Israel: Ezekiel 38-39 (in English)"
There is no cause to speculate about the coming apocalypse; it will arrive sooner or later. The Bible is quite clear on the subject. There will be an attempted invasion of Israel by a conglomerate of world powers, primarily Japhetic. That includes all of Europe, Russia, and the United States, along with Canada, Australia and more. The UN fits the bill as the leader and organizer of the invasion. Throughout my life I have heard Bible teachers say that the invading force of Magog is Russian, as seen in the names Meshech and Tubal, whom we were told were former spellings of Moscow and Tobolsk. It turns out that there is no historical basis for such an assertion. To the contrary, the invading force is composed of descendants of Magog, the grandson of Noah, assisted by Iran, Turkey, Libya, and Ethiopia. The invasion will fail because God is back in the business of preserving Israel for its coming King. Read what the Bible has to say about the invasion. "I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them" (Isaiah 42:8-9). "I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them" (Isaiah 48:3, 5). "Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth" (Isaiah 43:9).
