Hi, Steve...

 SA> The prophecy of Gog and Magog refers to a great world war centered on
 SA> the Holy Land and Jerusalem and first appears in the book of Yechezkel
 SA> (Ezekiel).

  With each passing second, we're that much closer to the Rapture, the
Gog and Magog battle, and the Tribulation. I wonder if we'll make it to
2008 before the "prophetic avalanche" starts with the Rapture of the
Church. Once that first "Divine Domino" falls, there will be no stopping
what's to follow.

  When the Russians, and especially the Moslems, are supernaturally 
defeated by Almighty God on the mountains of Israel...they'll probably feel 
that "Allah has betrayed them". 

  Truth be told, Allah is a pagan deity/idol, and Muslims are worshipping 
the demon behind that idol. The god of Islam is NOT the God of Creation...
see the tract "Allah Had No Son" and related items at www.chick.com for
details. 

  It'll be interesting when these "other religions" see that the Bible 
prophecies from long ago are coming to pass...100% true...and none of 
theirs are. It'll be even more interesting with "the two witnesses"
(who I believe will be Enoch and Elijah) show up on the scene.

  The Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy indicates that only 1/6 (17%) will remain, 
but they'll probably be so seriously wounded that they'll die before the
end of the Tribulation, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. 5/6 (83%) 
will apparently be killed instantly in Divine Judgment. The vultures, 
etc. are going to have a repugnant feast both here...and at the battle 
of Armageddon, after Jesus Christ cuts the contending armies, who oppose
His Return, to shreds.

  I've alluded to this before, and I'm not saying that it'll occur this
way...but to make things more shocking, and to turn the world more
against Israel and Jerusalem (to be a stumbling block before all the
nations)...at the exact moment that God strikes down the invading armies,
Israel detonates a nuclear bomb, obliterating Damascus (Isaiah 17)...and 
the Rapture of the Church occurs...simultaneously.

  That'll set off worldwide panic and anger of catastrophic proportions. 
The financial debt of the U.S. alone will implode the country.

  Interestingly, Gog and Magog are mentioned again when Satan is loosed 
from his prison at the end of the Millenium to deceive the nations one
last time. But, "fire comes down from God out of Heaven, and devours
them"...sending Satan to the Lake of Fire where the Beast (Antichrist)
and False Prophet from the Tribulation are (they're still alive 1000
years after being cast there while still in their mortal lives)...and
these 3, along with Satan's demonic minions, will be "tormented day
and night, forever and ever". 

  The unregenerate of all mankind will join them after The Great White 
Throne Judgment...the saddest and most somber day in all eternity. God 
Himself says that "I have no pleasure in the death of those who die"...
but all those there will have wilfully rejected His Free Love Gift, in
the person of His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ, will share the same fate
as Satan, his demons, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.

  The unbelievers will lose far more at their death if they're "wrong",
than the believers will if they're "wrong".

Daryl

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