Ezekiel isn't taking place or getting ready to take place based upon mainstream zionist christian interpretation(if you believe that interpretation).

The basic idea goes that Russia and the Islamic world will unite and launch a massive military attack against Israel called the Gog and Magog war. How or why this happens is not entirely clear, but in the end their utterly defeated. A massive force destroys them. What is this force? some say it's the hand of God and others say it's nuclear weapons.

They say the current conflict is bringing war near and point to the Russian/Iranian alliance as an example. But other nations are mentioned in that prophecy beyond these two. The nations are Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morroco, Sudan, Turkey and Central Asia at minimum.

Yet inspite of this the basic focus is on Russia and Iran, why is that?
Its very simple the other nations aren't doing anyting like war at the moment, so its hard to truly fit them into place. It doesn't change the fact that their spoken of and remain apart of the prophecy. If they don't move the prophecy will not be fulfilled.

Problem is as I said their not gearing up for such an offensive, there is zero evidence of such a reality. But this is also true of Russia and Iran. Neither country is preparing for a massive offensive against Israel. Instead a massive offensive is being prepared against Iran and they stand in a defensive position waiting for such and attack.

The truth is that not only is that not happening I can't see where it's realistic. The talk of Russian hostility to Israel on that level makes very little sense and Russia has no history of it whatsoever. I'm trying to figure out how non-Islamic Russia would be compelled to go so far as to elimnate the Israeli problem directly for the Muslim world. It makes very little sense in the real world that we live since Russia is just not a Muslim country, and probably benefits from the conflict herself. An explanation would be nice.

I deleted it because it didnt make any sense to me and I was half asleep when I wrote it...

OP are you talking about armegeddon the battle before Christs second coming or after the 1000 years at the battle of Gog and Magog???

sorry about all the edits... my bad...

[edit on 26-4-2008 by misswanderer31]

There is a reason why you cannot see the Gog and Magog war on the iminent horizon, and that reason is given in the book of revelation, which gives the timing of this war...

REVELATION 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

The Gog and Magog war does not take place for at least 1000 years after Satan is bound in the bottomless pit, which takes place at the return of Christ, so you're going to be waiting a while.

I've not heard it referred to as the "Ezekiel" war, rather a war described in the Revelation of John, but I do recognize the story and plot to a "T" :-P.

Anyways, Russia is the big wildcard of prophecy, biblical prophecy, because in the biblical days, the only thing close to a "Russia" was a tribal confederacy of nomadic horsemen known as the Sarmatians, Scythians, and Alans. By Medieval times they had consolidated into a single entity known as the Kievan Rus Empire, which was the forerunner to the Russian Empire, and the capitol was Kiev, Ukriane.

The reason they tie Gog and Magog to Russia and Central asia (Former Soviet Republics..) is because at least one of the two appears in the Old Testament as a son or relative of Japheth, eldest son of Noah, and mythological Patriarch to the White European Race. Japheth's sons were also named names like, Tubal and Meshech, which are the names of two evil princes in the 'end times', according to the Revelation of John. Have you noticed that people living in Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Chechnya/Dagestan look remarkably close to being Caucasian?

Sure, some are Caucasian .. some consider themselves not, but I'm referring to skin tone, facial structure, hair/eye color, hair structure, the physical features. Perhaps they do not all look Caucasian, but the definitely do not look "Arab", there is a notable difference between them, in this case Turkish citizens and Iraqi or Syrian citizens from Turkey's southern borders. To me, it looks as if Turks and Syrians/Iraqis are not genetic "brethren", but two different peoples from two different, further away starting points. For instance, the Turkish culture came from further East. Most think it was a combination of Central Asian peoples and the Mongols pushing them westward. Also, remember that the Mongols took over all of the Middle East, as well as West Asia, and bred into all of their peoples.

Originally posted by misswanderer31
I deleted it because it didnt make any sense to me and I was half asleep when I wrote it...

OP are you talking about armegeddon the battle before Christs second coming or after the 1000 years at the battle of Gog and Magog???

sorry about all the edits... my bad...

[edit on 26-4-2008 by misswanderer31]

Well that's the thing, whenever this battle is taking place we'll never Know.

But what i'm refering to here is specifically ezekiel 38 and 39, there's no time label so it's based on speculation.

First off the scriptures place the war of Gog Magog at the end of the thousand year reign period doesn't matter what the false prophets say
last but not least Isreal and Judah are two seperate houses to this very day there ezek 37 tells you when the will be rejoined so who are you gonna believe Gods word or mans myths?