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Foreshadows of Gog and Magog
By Daymond Duck/Prophecy Plus Ministries
While reading the incredible events of
the last few days I began to wonder if
God is revealing signs of things to come.
More specifically, is God warning the
world that the awesome battle of Gog
and Magog is on the horizon?

nantly Islamic. Some even call this war
the “Russian/Islamic invasion of Israel
because so many Muslims will be involved.
In the last week of September, hundreds
of Hezbollah and Iranian troops joined
Russia in Syria and more are expected
to arrive in the near future. The fact that
only Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Syria
are involved at this time indicates that
this war is not quite ready. More nations
will have to join in.

The Old and New Testaments contain
about a dozen blood moon prophecies.
One prophecy says, “The sun shall be
turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and the terrible
day of the LORD come” (Joel 2:31).
There was a partial solar eclipse (Sept.
13, 2015), a total lunar eclipse (Sept. 28, This writer believes the battle of Gog and
2015) and a super blood moon (Sept. 28, Magog will be preceded by a war be2015) in September.
tween Israel and those nations that share
a border with Israel (some call it the Psa.
I haven’t read the Jewish Talmud, but I
83 war). This is another reason to behave read that it says blood moons are a lieve that the battle of Gog and Magog is
bad omen for Israel and some Jews be- not quite ready. Israel still has to deal
lieve that they are a sign of war. Since
with her neighbors.
the fourth blood moon of the current tetrad occurred in September, each person But this could be looming. There is widemust decide for themselves if the blood
spread Islamic violence in Israel and esmoons are a sign of war.
pecially on the Temple Mount and it has
gone on for several weeks. Israel is tired
In late Aug. 2015, just a few days before of it. Israel i s even threatening to use her
the partial solar eclipse (partial darkness military to stop it. And her neighbors are
of the sun and about one month before
threatening to intervene.
the super blood moon), it was reported
God told Russia’s leader to prepare for
that Russian fighter jets, vehicles and
himself and all his allies (Ezek. 38:7). Mr.
military equipment would be soon be ar- Putin has more weapons on the way; a
riving in Syria. It was also reported that
second base under construction; a radar
these weapons and equipment would be and missile defense system under confollowed by thousands of military person- struction; helicopter pads, air traffic connel who would wage a war with the Istrol towers, storage buildings and mobile
lamic State and others.
housing units under construction, and
more.
God said Russia would get into a war in
the latter days and latter years that some God told Russia’s leader to guard his
call the battle of Gog and Magog (Ezek. allies (Ezek. 38:7). On the day before
38:8, 16). In his commentary on the book Russia started its first bombing raid, Mr.
of Ezekiel, Dr. J. Vernon McGee wrote, “I Putin met Pres. Obama at the UN and
can’t think of a better name for a dictator said Russia will not tolerate Israeli strikes
than Gog” (Ezek. 38:1).
inside Syria. The next day, a Russian
It is obvious that Russia’s Pres. Putin is a General showed up at the American Emdictator because he sent weapons and
bassy in Baghdad and said, “We launch
troops to Syria before Russia’s ParliaSyria air strikes in one hour. Stay out of
ment met to approve it. When Russia’s
the way.” Russia is trying to guard her
Parliament finally did meet it rubber
allies against Israeli and U.S. interferstamped what Mr. Putin was doing. A
ence.
Russian Defense Ministry confirmed
When Gog and his armies attack Israel
Russia’s involvement on Sept. 30, 2015, God said some nations will just stand
two days after the super blood moon.
around and ask questions (Ezek. 38:13).
Not everyone agrees on the identity of
Pres. Obama held a press conference
the armies that will join Russia in the bat- and said the U.S. is not going to get into
tle of Gog and Magog (Ezek. 38:6), but
a proxy war with Russia. He appears to
there is almost unanimous agreement
be standing around and doing nothing.
that one of them is Iran (Persia) and that God said Russia will come up against
the religion of most of them is predomicontinued on Page 7 see Gog/Magog