The tie-in between this invasion found in Ezekiel and the New World Order can be found in verse 10 of chapter 38. Carefully looking a the language of the wording, looking at it literally (as you should the rest of the Scriptures), you will find 38:10 is divided into four distinct parts: God speaks; on that day; thoughts will come into your mind; you will devise an evil plan. The first and second parts are self explanatory. The third part, or thoughts that came into their mind, is that of their inclusion into the New World Order with the elimination of Israel who is the stumbling block to the Arab inclusion into this order. Looking again at current events, you will see and find that the U.S., Great Britain, and Russia all have a heavy hand in the so-called "peace process", as well as the formation of the New World Order with the furtherance of the United Nations' scope of power in this world (you may now begin to get an understanding of Daniel 7:4-5 with those thoughts just given). The fourth part concerning an evil plan is the Russian and certain Moslem nations double-cross of those in 38:13; for the total control of the majority of the oil in that region controlling the economies of the West; the seizure and control of North Africa to enhance their efforts in the rest of Africa; and the elimination of Israel. This will come during the U.N. mandated invasion similar to that of Iraq, Somalia, etc., yet Russia will go beyond what she will be mandated to do in a massive bid for power and control. The West will be unable to stop this because of the collusion of U.S. and other global administrations in the elimination or massive reduction of military power and defense, subjective to the whims and desires of those few elite power brokers of the New World Order. And once again, the desires of warm water ports and world control has not left the minds of many of those in Russia, in spite of what you think you see now. This also means that an evil or militarily dictatorial government will be in place before this invasion; meaning the possible removal of Yeltsin, or his methods and control gets much harder and violent. Further studies in those two chapters now continues.

God's purpose for the invasion is for the restoration of modern Israel to use her for a pattern of the things to come, and to bring into alignment the End of Days. God will use that invasion to sanctify, and magnify Himself before Israel and to the world, as He makes Himself known in the sight of many nations (38:23 and 39:6-8, 21-24). In other words, God causes the action, and God, and God alone, will defend Israel for His purposes. Not even mighty Israel will lift up the sword to protect herself as she will be unable to due to the direct Acts of God which will prevent her from initiating any type of response to this attack. You think this is impossible? Wait and see what His word says.

The size of the invasion force is staggering to the imagination, but smaller in size compared to that involved at Armageddon (which is another battle way down the road). This massive offensive is consistent to current Russian/Moslem battle plans of overrunning a country in sheer massive firepower and number of troops. Again, you must remember to read chapters 38 and 39 together and literally to see the focus of this event for your understanding. This invasion is pictured as the direct will of God in 38:1-9, 14-18, and 39:1-2; which also shows that it will be Israel that is to be invaded. In spite of current economic problems and border skirmishes, Israel can be described as secure within her own borders in un-walled cities (not like those of ancient days), and are prospering (38:8, 11-12). This invasion comes from the North (38:15 and 39:1-2), which is North of Israel. Again, though some have claims that this is the great Battle of Armageddon just prior to Christ's return to establish His millennial reign, if you have studied the Scriptures carefully, you will see significant differences between this invasion and that of Armageddon. Aside from those major differences listed near the beginning of this chapter, I give you one more. At Armageddon, the battle is on the PLAINS of Jezreel (Megiddo), during this invasion in Ezekiel, the battle is in the MOUNTAINS and hills of Israel. Now we will see why Israel will not be able to defend herself against this massive invasion and onslaught as we look closely at what the Scriptures are saying.

When this invasion begins, God declares that His fury will mount up in His anger (38:18). As this alliance start their invasion into Israel, first comes the massive earthquake, and because of its great fury and power, every wall will fall to the ground in that area (38:19-20). There are three significant purposes for this earthquake. The first, which was written about early in this chapter, is for the purification of Israel of all foreign religious places of worship or veneration. Consider the large number of Christian and Moslem places of worship in that land today. Consider also the biggest burden to Israel of all, the Mosque of Oman or commonly known as the Dome of the Rock, the third (or some say fourth) holiest place of worship in the Islamic religion. For the Jews to build the Temple found in chapter 40 on, that Islamic shrine has to be removed, contrary to some teachings that both can occupy the same space at the same time. The Moslems would never allow the Temple to be built, period! The land of the Jews will be cleansed for their pure worship of God in accordance to their Old Testament tenets. An interesting side note concerning the Dome of the Rock. Completion of a 10 million dollar renovation to the Dome is finished, with nearly 220 pounds of pure 24 carat gold worth 1.5 million dollars was applied over the brass sheets by electrolysis. This wealth is being brought into the land of Israel by outsiders, who do not ascribe to the Jewish faith. If you recall history, the Herodian Temple had sheets of gold layered between the stone blocks, and the Temple was torn down by outsiders to get at the gold, and carried out of the land of Israel. Now gold is being brought in, and it will be the Dome that will be thrown down by God (as the Temple was by the will of God). Sounds like poetic justice by God if you think about it, mixed with a little humor. Israel was not invited to the dedication ceremonies of this restoration project.

PART THREE
(The Conclusion.)

Israel is riddled with fault lines, and sits atop what is known as the Palestine Plate (speaking of plate tectonics). Another effect of this massive earthquake in Ezekiel is that a large valley will be created (39:11-16), to be named Hamon-Gog (the interpretation means the multitude of Gog). This is the valley where the Jews will bury the bones and bodies, and create a worker's city named Hamonah near this valley. And the third and final effect of this earthquake which I have never seen any minister or writer state; is to make Babylon a seaport city. You might look at Revelations 18 (especially verses 16-19) to see this. This will not be the city of Rome as many have claimed (much less the U.S.), as they are in great error in doctrine and understanding of the Scriptures. Babylon will be the actual, current city of the now being re-built, present day Babylon. You need to do a solid geographical study of this area around the present day city of Babylon, which was the ancient city, and currently being re-built by Saddam Hussein. With your new understanding of the focusing narrative in Revelation 18, look geographically at where Rome is located (on the hills in Italy), and Saddam's Babylon on maps. Since Rome is not an obvious choice, we need to understand why the burden was placed on Saddam to spend a massive fortune in rebuilding.

There is a low-lying plain that lays South/Southeast of this rebuilt Babylon that many wadi's (normally dry river beds) empty into during the rains. There are some small marshy lakes in this valley, and if you remember current events, Saddam is trying to pump dry this marshy area to get at the Shiite Moslems by his army in the no-fly zone (Saddam is a Sunni Moslem). The Shiite are supported by Iran. During this massive earthquake in Israel, it wouldn't take God much to lower this plain to where the Persian Gulf could flow into it (of course Kuwait would cease to exist and its oil fields would be covered and shifted, which would contribute to the fires later in Revelation 18). You think this is impossible? You need to understand then what God has created in that area through what we know as plate tectonics of that region. I remind you that God uses natural means often to accomplish His will (in His word), and before you brand me as a heretic, you should do a little research concerning these plates. What you will find may greatly surprise you, for God has already made that area ready to fulfill His plans for Israel and Babylon in the near future (and much later in time at Armageddon).

Along Israel's Eastern border runs the Great Rift that starts in Africa, and goes far North of Israel. On the East side of that Rift (and Israel) is what is known as The Arabian Plate. The Northern boundary of the Arabian Plate runs between Iraq and Iran (which sits on the Eurasian Plate). This Northern boundary of the Arabian Plate goes through the Persian Gulf, and is being sub ducted (pulled under) the Eurasian Plate. That is just a hint of what is to take place in that area. As I expressed earlier, it wouldn't take much for God to lower that area of the Northern boundary of the Persian Plate where you would find Iraq and Babylon, and allow the Persian Gulf to flow to Al Hillah on the outskirts of present day Babylon. Think about it, and ask God for confirmation. As 38:19-20 shows, birds, fish, beasts, insects, reptiles, and men throughout the earth will shake at His presence during this massive earthquake in that region. Mountains will be thrown down, steep pathways will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground. There is chaos, pain, suffering, and mass destruction. We are starting to view acts that we usually describe to Old Testament times, and which will occur in a short period of time. In other words, we will see the massive Acts of God in our day we thought only took place in ancient times. Now we'll see that along with this earthquake, why Israel will also not be able to defend herself due to other Acts of God, as God will intervene directly on her behalf.

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