Is Russia In Bible Prophecy？ — Keith Malcomson

Russia in Bible Prophecy and Ezekiel 38

Here tonight, I want you to turn to Ezekiel chapter 38. Ezekiel chapter 38 my message tonight is Russia in Bible prophecy is Russia in Bible prophecy and I Am being honest. I didn't want to go here all week.

I was very determined very sure that that I wouldn't even go near this. Because with Ezekiel's war we've taught on it before I very much intend to teach on it again. Fully, I'm not teaching on Ezekiel's war tonight.

I won't be doing that. But I intend to in the future when it happens I am so convinced it's gonna happen and it's gonna happen soon that I'm saving my messages until Russia Actually invades Israel, then I'm gonna teach on it more fully more clearly than ever I have before that's how sure I am of.

That it's not a long time off, but it's certainly not this present time. But my message is specifically is Russia in Bible prophecy. Is it mentioned in the Bible is Russia as a nation? Mentioned there is Its name mentioned there.

Is it inferred? Is it hinted at is it assumed? We're gonna look at this tonight reading from a sequel chapter 38 and verse 1 and the word of the Lord came on to me saying Son of man set thy face against God the land of Magog the chief prince of Meshach and tabal and prophesy against him and Say thus saith the Lord God behold.

I am against thee O God the chief prince of Meshach and tabal and I will turn thee back and put hooks in thy jaws and I will bring thee forth an all-night army horses and horsemen all of them clothed with all sorts of armor even a great company with bucklers and shields all of them handling swords Persia Ethiopia and Libya with them all of them was shield and helmet Gomer and all his bands the house of Togarmah of the north quarters and all his bands and many people with thee.

Be thou prepared and pray prepare for thyself thou and all thy company that are assembled unto thee and Be thou a guard unto them. After many days thou shalt be visited in the latter years thou shalt come Into the land that is brought back from the sword and is gathered out of many people Against the mountains of Israel which have been always waste.

But it is brought forth out of the nations and they shall dwell safely all of them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm. Thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land thou and all thy bands and many people.

With thee let's pray together father. I thank you for the Word of God the Word of prophecy. That the Holy Spirit not only spoke through men of God in times of old. But you speak to us know through your son in the written scriptures and we love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Father I pray that you make us to glory in the Lord Jesus Christ. Even the night my God to rejoice that you are sovereign in the nations that you are Deity that you are God of all creation. That you know all things before they happen that you record them in your book thousands of years before they even begin to come to pass and you do this that we might know that you are God that Israel might know that you're the God of the Bible that the heathen nations Might know that we in this room and in this meeting tonight nor God.

The Prophetic Purpose of Israel’s Restoration

I pray Oh God show us the reality make us to know that you are God in Jesus mighty name. Amen. We know that dominating the news at this time is Russia. Christians everywhere are talking about Russia. Everyone is saying are we about to see Ezekiel's war?

Is this the hour? Is this the time? I want to tell you this is not the hour. Russia is not gonna fall in Ukraine. Russia's military might is not going to be brought down to the dust in this hour. But the Bible does prophesy when where how.

That Russia or shall I say my God is gonna fall. I Believe the Bible prophesies very clearly that Russia is gonna fall on a specific small short range of mountains in a particular land. It's called Israel and those mountains are called the mountains of Israel.

There aren't two places like that on the earth. There is only one and the Bible predicts that my message here tonight is Russia. Mentioned spoken of predicted in the Bible this great nation. This great people that are dominating the world scene.

Are they actually? Contained within Bible prophecy when we come to Ezekiel's prophecy. We read a certain term 72 different times listen to what it is and they shall know That I am the Lord right in the midst of all the exact prophecies about nations about Israel being restored to her nation about Israel being recovered from all nations of the world and Restored again on the mountains of Israel.

He says I'm doing this so that you will know that I am the Lord and many other prophecies are given 72 times. This is said and stated in Ezekiel. Prophecy isn't given for entertainment. It's not given to satisfy Curiosity, why is prophecy given?

Why are predictions made? Why did God restore Israel to her nation after? 1900 years. Why did he do that? Is it so that we can merely be entertained or have some information. Why did he do that? There's one reason why God restored Israel to our ancient nation.

Only one reason the Jew might know that I am the Lord and I'll tell you what's more. There's other prophecies and we're going to mention them here. He gives other things that haven't happened yet. They're about to happen and Israel needs to be in a nation before they happen.

They only happen after Israel was restored and after 1900 years she was restored in 1948 but there are other things to happen and in fact the Bible emphasizes that God has Recorded these things and that he's gonna do them for this reason that you the heathen nations.

That you Israel that you my people Will know that I am the Lord. I may know that I am the Lord so my question tonight is Russia mentioned in Bible prophecy. My answer is yes, and I'm gonna show you and I want you to learn this tonight.

There's a Bible study world events are moving around us. News is dominated by Russia, but is Russia Explicitly and clearly mentioned in the Bible. I want to give you three points to prove Russia is mentioned explicitly Blatantly publicly in our Bible and I want to give you three ways to prove it.

So that you know so you can show someone else and so that we as a church know. We are grounded in the scripture. It's not an idea. It's not a trend. It's not a theory that goes through the church. I want to prove to you that Russia is and here's my three reasons are Three proofs and I could give you more but I'm gonna limit it to three so you can learn this.

Believe this and understand this number one. And there's the first reason why I believe Russia is mentioned in Bible prophecy. Number one ancient Magog is present-day Russia. I'm going to prove to you or show you that Magog is clearly mentioned in the Bible.

It's explicitly mentioned here. But I'm going to show you the ancient name Magog is the present day name for Russia. It's one and the same. Now this term Magog we've read it here in Ezekiel 38 already.

It's the main Nation mentioned in this prophecy. It's the number one nation. It's the first nation and there's a prophecy to the general or the leader. Who is going to come from this nation? He is born in that nation.

He is from that nation and he's going to lead an army from that nation. The nation is called Magog now the first mention of this name Magog in the Bible is further back in Genesis chapter 10 and verse 2 when you go back to Genesis 10 you read the table of nations.

What you have there in Genesis is an exact family tree from Noah. The flood has happened. Noah and his three sons come off the ark and then you begin to read the children of Japheth and Shem and Ham the three sons of Noah.

And you begin to read the names of these children and then the grandchildren of these children. And then the tribes and the people that come out. In fact, you read 70 nations or 70 languages that come forth, you know the Tower of Babel.

They were all of one language. They were all in one place. They were all united together and God came down and confused them. How did he confuse them by giving them different? Languages and you know what?

He separate them into was 70 different peoples or nations. Do you know what that shows me there must have been 70 different Languages in order to separate all the people of the world. You know language experts today say that all languages go back to about 70 languages.

That's about the amount of original Authentic languages and so when you go back to Genesis 10, you have all of the original People that were born from Noah. You have the children and the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren and each of these men who are mentioned become the head of a family and then ahead of a people and then ahead of a tribe and Ahead of an entire nation I mean an entire nation is named after them and then wherever they settle that Country or bit of land where they settled gets named after that entire people.

Okay, so if you understand that it says in Genesis 10 verse 2 the sons of Japheth. Listen to who they are seven of them. Gomer Magog see that name Magog Madi Javan to bull we've already mentioned him.

Meshach and Tiras. So look at this Japheth and I'm descended from Japheth. Okay, brother. So probably isn't and so you have a genealogy here that goes right back to the very beginning and What you have here is Magog mentioned as the son of Japheth the grandson of Noah.

He is a man. He's an individual and yet we know later when we come to Ezekiel. There's an entire people called Magog who are still gonna exist in the last days. When Israel is gathered out of all nations and put in their nations.

The Bible says there is an entire people called Magog. That's their ancient name. And if you go back and can find who was Magog in old days if you find that out Who Magog was you then know who is gonna invade Israel in the last days.

You you can find that out. You can discover that there were seven sons of Japheth. And Magog. Magog was the grandson of Noah. Now Josephus who is a historian in the first century during the lifetime of Jesus the early church and he wrote an Ancient history he was actually living within the Roman Empire when the Roman soldiers destroyed Jerusalem he was an early historian who wrote about all of the ancient history.

Listen to what he says about this. He said Magog founded the Magogians. Thus named after him but who were by the Greeks called the Scythians. Here he says and you can trace all the Greek writers going back to the time of Ezekiel and before Ezekiel and after Ezekiel all of them talked about this great people called the Scythians and Josephus this historian reading the Greeks.

He said those that we call Magog. The people of Magog or the land of Magog is actually called the Scythians by the Greeks. That's how they recognize them. Let me tell you for a moment who the Scythians were where they lived and What sort of a people they were?

The Scythians were a people that lived just above the Middle East in a place called the steps of Russia. That is an entire region 5 ,000 miles long. It begins with Ukraine. And it's above the Mediterranean.

Above the Middle East and beginning at Ukraine in the West. It goes all the way through to Mongolia in the east a distance of 5 ,000 miles if you go further and higher it gets very cold and mountainous if You come lower it gets very hot and you're into all of the other nations a part of this whole region.

That was part of Scythia was Serbia. Serbia today has about 10 of the world's land mass of Ground that you can inhabit in the entire world. It's a massive region and these Scythians lived in this area just above the Black Sea.

So from Ukraine to Mongolia you had this entire region in ancient accounts. They said that the Scythians were nomads. They were horsemen. They traveled. They didn't just settle. They didn't build houses.

They're constantly on the move all through the steps of Russia all through from Mongolia all the way through to Ukraine. They are a moving warring fighting people. They're different tribes. In fact a confederation of different tribes different peoples and they reach their height during the days of Ezekiel from about 900 BC through to 200 BC they Dominated that whole region of the world.

They just traveled they dominated. They were a fighting people. But they had the same culture all distinct tribes all in different areas all Moving in different directions and yet the one same culture.

They had the same dialect. They wore the same clothes. They lived the same lifestyle. They even made the same horse gear for the horses and they're noted by the mark of tattooing their body. The one people worldwide who tattooed their body were these Scythians.

They were noted for it. They painted their body. So all of their habits all of these tribes. They're all horsemen. They're all fighters and warriors. Do you know how we know about them? They didn't leave any written history.

The Greeks wrote about them and the Chinese and the Armenians and the Syrians wrote about them. You know why all those nations you had these tribes up above them in that entire wide region of thousands of miles and you know what times they would come down and invade the Greeks and they'd come down and invade the Syrians and they'd come down invade the Chinese then they'd come down and invade various nations and they would write about them that these men these warriors would come down and invade them, but you know, it's not too long ago.

That all of a sudden I think about 300 years ago. That explorers began to discover ancient burial sites all through that entire region. And in fact the burial sites were utterly untouched. No one had robbed them.

No one had opened them and they went back 2 ,500 years to the days of Ezekiel. They'd never been open. These are ancient Kings and you know what they were frozen in there. Because of the temperature of the weather everything was preserved and the archaeology they could go in and and see all that this people were and so you had in the days of Ezekiel they are raiding the Inhabited nations below them as Syria, Armenia China and the heartland of this people listen this carefully.

The heartland of this people were Ukraine and Russia. That's where they Dominated that was their very homeland to the north and the east of the Black Sea was where they made their Fundamental base and that's where they moved out from and that's where they always come back to this is above Turkey directly above Turkey above Armenia above Iran.

And this is where the dwelt when the Bible talks about Magog it's speaking about the Scythians unknown people and yet there's a prophecy here and Ezekiel's day. Ezekiel knew about this people he knew about their raids.

But you know what? They never raided Israel. They wouldn't get anywhere near Israel. You had Turkey and Armenia and the Assyrians you had great nations Between Magog and the little tiny nation of Israel when Ezekiel is prophesying he prophesies about Magog he knew where they were he knew her who they were and he knew the reputation and he's Prophesying about a day and an hour and a time when they are going to invade the nation of Israel the mountains of Israel.

This is very very specific. You see Magog Was a real place and a real nation now over the centuries and millennia you get people going out from Magog and They'd migrate they would move they didn't all stay in the same place.

But the region the land of Magog remained the same it doesn't change. Do you know why I say that? Because there was immigration. This will shock you what I'm about to tell you unless you read our first newsletter in this church Seven years ago because I give the information there.

Do you know Magog descendants from Magog went out across the earth? Do you know in the ancient records of Ireland, do you know where our only authentic Irish records where they said the first inhabitants of Ireland who they were and where they came from.

In our record books in the book of invasions of Ireland. It says it was Magog descendants of Magog. It says it was the Scythians who came with Egyptians and who landed on Ireland. They were the first ones to reach Ireland and begin to inhabit it.

This is the ancient records also of the Picts in Scotland. They say we go back to Magog. We are of the Scythians. Why do you think the Picts they still haven't and Translated the language of the Picts remember the Picts.

What's the notable mark of the Picts? They painted their body. They tattooed their bodies. They were warlike and so that's by the way I want to tell you Ireland is not going to invade Israel in the last days.

Very important that you know that. But you know what a low Magog. Descendants of Magog went everywhere across the world. I don't know who some of your ancestors are to be honest. But you know what the land of Magog remains the same when you come to Ezekiel 38 we read a prophecy against Gog of The land of Magog.

Magog is a land. It's a country. It's a region in the world. There's a prophecy given that once Israel gets gathered back out of all nations. Then the land of Magog a great leader from the land of Magog is going to invade Israel and.

So I hope you realize there's an explicit Prophecy about Russia. What was Magog? It was the Scythians. It was that entire region north of Israel above the Middle East. It was all of that land mass. My second point the first one is Ancient Magog the name Magog is present-day Russia.

They're both in the same place number two Magog comes from the extreme north. Three times in this prophecy of Ezekiel 38 the extreme north is mentioned in connection with this Invasion and with this army look at verse six.

Magog and the Extreme North

It says the house of to Gomorrah of the north quarters. Now there's several nations mentioned connected with Magog or Russia who invade Israel. One of them here and only one of the other several is Mentioned being in the north all of the rest.

We're not told they're in the north. That means all of the other ones that are mentioned like Libya and Persia. They're further south and we know those nations are further south. But here is a nation That's going to be joined to Magog.

It said it comes from the north quarters and all his bands many people with thee. So there's one nation that's aligned with Magog and it says it's towards the north. Then listen as well Verse 15 and thou shall come speaking about Magog and Gog thou shall come from thy place out of the north parts and In many people with thee all of them riding upon horses a great company and a mighty army.

So where does Magog come from from the land of Magog? Where is the land of Magog? It is in the north parts. It's to the north of these other nations and then last of all in chapter 39 and verse 2 and I will turn thee back and leave but the sixth part of thee and will cause thee to come up from the north parts and Will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel.

Here's an entire army and we're being told they come from the north parts and they'll invade The mountains of Israel the word north that's used here in connection with Magog. Listen to what it means in the Hebrew.

It means the dark and gloomy region you wouldn't say that about the Mediterranean if you go on a Mediterranean cruise and come back and tell me it was dark and gloomy and doer. I'm gonna have a few questions for you.

But if you go north of the Mediterranean the entire north of the Mediterranean its name in ancient culture and in the Bible is called the dark and the gloomy Region, you know, you need to go north in order to reach a dark and gloomy region.

Italy is not dark and gloomy. Neither is Greece. Neither is Turkey. Neither is Israel. You've got a move up into the north in order for it to be dark and gloomy. And then look at the word attached in these three verses to the north the north quarters the north parts.

Now this term is very interesting the term quarters and parts. When you look that up in the Hebrew, it means the uttermost parts. The furthest part of the north far north are on the coastal regions of the north.

Do you know what it's saying here? It's speaking about going as far north as you can possibly go when it talks about Magog invading Israel. It's talking about an entire army coming from the very far gloomy region and province and Invading the little nation of Israel.

So we see first of all like Gaga Gog Magog is the ancient name for the name Russia. But we also see here it's talking about an army and our day and generation. That's going to come from the far north and invade Israel and a remarkable way.

Here's something else about this term north to show you and approve that it can't be anything else than Russia. Jeremiah and Ezekiel both prophesied that Israel would be scattered throughout all of the nations and then regathered from all nations.

This was not fulfilled when they went into captivity in Egypt. And it wasn't fulfilled when they went into Babylon. And it wasn't fulfilled when they got carried into captivity in Assyria. Egypt Babylon Assyria, it's not that.

But it's prophesied about a time when Israel would be scattered amidst all nations of the world. That's only happened once and that was after ad 70 up to 1948 for a period of 1900 years it didn't happen at any other point in history apart from that period there was scattered in all nations.

Not one or two nations. And what Ezekiel and Jeremiah say is that at a time when they're scattered amongst all nations God is not only going to scatter them, but he's going to regather them from all nations to the little nation of Israel.

He goes further than that. Listen this he goes further and He says not only will he regather them from all nations. But at that same time when they're being regathered from all nations. That they're specifically going to be gathered from a particular place.

It says there in Jeremiah chapter 31 and verse 8 behold. I will bring them from the North Country and gather them from the coasts of the earth. It's talking about extreme distance a great company shall return hither to Israel.

So at the very same time that God is regathering them from all nations. He actually prophesies. Two and a half thousand years ago 1 ,500 years before he scatters them. He's prophesying about Regathering them and at the time he regathers them one of the most notable places is the land of the north the country of the north.

That country has to have a name and an identification. Listen again, what is prophesied here in Jeremiah 23 verse 7 to verse 8. It says out of the north country and out of all the countries whether I have driven them and they shall dwell in their own land.

In fact, he goes further and he prophesies and he said just as you used to be known as the nation That was brought out of Egypt and brought up wasn't Israel known as the nation delivered out of Egypt by Moses.

He said you won't be known by that name anymore. You and the days ahead when I regather you again and gather you out of all nations. When you've come from all nations of the world. You are going to be known as the people that have been brought out of that northern nation and I believe that gives us the Identification of the country that's going to invade them as well.

Russia’s Modern Alignment with Israel’s Northern Diaspora

Let me give you a few facts here from our generation in just one Decade you remember when communism fell? Remember when the communist nations open up. I can remember as a child We prayed for the communism for the Berlin Wall to fall all through my childhood and you'd pray against Communism and that the Jews would get released and the Christians wouldn't be persecuted anymore.

That was my childhood and then I remember the day Watching the television when the Berlin Wall fell and Communism fell and Gorbachev come out and released the people listen in just one period of decade one period of ten years from 1989 to 1999 800 ,000 Jewish immigrants left Russia.

For Israel to seek citizenship. Before 1989 there are more Jews in Russia than any other country in the entire world. Since the year 2000 it has been noted that 20 of Israel's population were born where in Russia one out of every five and Still speak in this new millennium.

They still speak Russian and there is really homes in Israeli cities there is really citizens and yet There's times and even cities in Israel if you go to today 50 of that population speak Russian as their first native language.

Russia is now the third language in Israel after Hebrew and Arabic. As we look at all of these things you begin to see the Bible. The Bible clearly Identifies Russia in the last days was the first thing Magog ancient Magog is the same as present-day Russia.

The names the region the area the people. The second point is that Magog comes from the region of the north. There is only one region. What other country competes with Russia to the north. What other one could you confuse it with.

That's north of the Middle East. There is no other nation. It is this nation Israel is not is now known as a nation regathered From many nations of the world. They are the most Diverse culture in the entire world.

It's remarkable. But they're also known as a nation Recovered restored from Russia. Pardon me. I told you a few years ago, and I read it at the time in the newspaper How Putin had just inherited a house in Jerusalem?

His old school teacher that taught him as a young boy Was a lady a Jewish lady who then moved back to Israel back to Jerusalem and when she died She left in her will that Putin now had her house in the city In the city of Jerusalem, and so he's got a better land.

He's got a better, and I don't know what he done with it whether he sold it or gave it away. But we see from this That the land of the north is Russia. And it's the land of the north this army is going to come from the same Nation out of which so many Jews have come out of.

The Prophetic Confederation of Magog

Pardon me is the same nation that's going to invade Israel in the last days third and lastly my God confederates with Contemporary nations. Let me say that again My God that has spoken about in the Bible that ancient land in The last days in our generation confederates with Contemporary nations that we all know and we look at in the news all the time look at Ezekiel chapter 38 verse 3 and Say thus saith the Lord God I am against the ogog the chief prince of Meshach and taboo Persia verse 5 Persia Ethiopia and Libya with them verse 6 Gomer and all his bands and the house of Togomer of the north quarters and all his bands and many people with thee.

So you see that my dog is mentioned with several other distinct nations. They're named they can be identified and in fact It takes very little research to identify all these countries as countries that we know.

Each of these countries have a military force. All but one of them is a Muslim nation. All but one is very against Israel and all but one is Presently aligned with Russia in some sort of Union. When you begin to look at these nations Russia is being identified by its name.

It's my God from the north the region it is in where Israel has been regathered From but you also see now that Russia as my God is joining in our lifetime in present history is Joining with each one of these nations and in fact, I've researched this and I've taught on it before.

How that each of these nations Russia has armed them all I've gone through all the interconnections of Russia With each one of these nations and it's remarkable. But before I finish on this point, I want to move something out.

Rejecting Moscow, Rosh, and Other Misinterpretations

Bad interpretation of scripture. Bad application of Bible prophecy. I don't like it. I hate it when scripture is taken out of context when it is stretched when it is pulled so wide it loses. Its meaning I hate people trying to push Bible prophecy into meaning something.

It doesn't mean I don't like that. Okay, so I'm gonna move something out of the way that people try to do that with. You see three times in this prophecy in Ezekiel 38 three times. Listen to what it says Gog the chief prince of Meshach and taboo.

Gog is a man. Gog is a title of a general a captain or a leader. That's what Gog is it's like Caesar or Kaiser are some of these titles and So it identifies a man a leader. He is from the land of Magog.

He is a Russian. He is from the land of the north and yet here it says he is the chief prince or the leader of Meshach and taboo and So certain Bible teachers to prove this is Russia. They press it the text further than they ought to.

What they actually say is Meshach mentioned here is Moscow that's what they say the capital city of Russia. They didn't look and see taboo they say that's to Bosch a province in Russia. And then they look further in this simple statement and the word chief there Gog the chief prince if you look it up in the Hebrew.

The word chief is the Hebrew word Rosh and they said Rosh is where we get the name Russia from and Russians and so they say there you go. You have Moscow you have to Bosch and you have Rosh or Russia all identified with Gog.

Now I want to tell you That is bad Interpretation and you know what people then laugh at this sort of thing and they threw Russia out the window. And they try to make Magog to be Turkey and they say it's a Muslim nation.

It's Turkey and the idea of Russia being Magog. It's a crazy idea. You see when you don't treat Scripture, right? Truth gets thrown out and gets mocked and gets ridiculed. So, let me tell you why I don't believe this is Moscow and it's not Russia written here this Hebrew word Rosh is used 600 times in the Old Testament Hebrew 600 times.

Guess how many times out of the 600 it's talking about a nation. Absolutely none unless you make this a country Rosh Russia. All the other 599 times it means the top the beginning or the chief. It can mean the source the head or the leader.

It's talking about a chief prince. Not Rosh not the Russians. Not the Russkies. This word actually means the prince who exalts himself a king a leader of a nation that the headman of the entire military force and so we see that Gog From Russia is going to be the chief prince of Meshech and Tobol.

Well, if Meshech and Tobol isn't Moscow and Tobolsk, then what is it? Well, you can identify all the nations. When you begin to look at Meshech and Tobol, they're always mentioned together in the Bible.

You can go back and ancient records. I'm not even giving you the information here tonight. I just want you to learn the truth. Is Russia mentioned in the Bible. We are going to preach and teach on Ezekiel's war again the future because it's going to happen.

I don't believe it'll be 30 years away. I believe at least some of you are gonna be sitting here. You're gonna be alive and you're gonna see it happen and you're gonna read about it happening. I don't know if I will or not.

But I tell you what, it's close enough for me to see it and I intend to preach on it. I've got my notes and I'm not preaching it maybe until then. So who's Meshach and Tobol? Meshech isn't Moscow. The name actually comes from a very ancient people in Ezekiel's day, they're called the musky or the musky.

Just because something sounds the same doesn't make it the same. Don't make that mistake. Where were the musky from they were from Central Turkey and the region of Phrygia. What about Tobol? The Tobol was the Tebali or the Tebrani.

They're in Eastern Turkey in the part of Pontus. So here's two names mentioned of two peoples both of them were in Turkey. And then look at verse 6 that mentions Gumur. Do you know Gumur was also in the region of Turkey?

So it mentions three different peoples who settled in certain areas and it was all within present-day Turkey. This is the first country after Magog or Russia that's mentioned here. And because it's mentioned in three different ways three different peoples, you know what it's very important.

Do you realize that this Russian leader is going to be the head or the leader of Turkey? The military power of Turkey the military army. Do you know that Turkey has one of the biggest? armies in the world.

It's got one of the biggest tank forces in the world. And we're told here this Russian leader is going to arise and he is going to be the chief leader of Turkey or the military force of Turkey. So that's the first country aligned with Russia here.

What's the second one. The second one it talks about in verse 4 All of God's army. And then in verse 5 it mentions Persia. So there's a description of all of the army here and the next country it's mentioned is Persia.

Russia, Turkey, then Persia. Who is Persia? Until 1935 the ancient name of Persia from Ezekiel's day remained the same right through until 1935 it was Persia. Iran is Present-day Persia and 1935 the name was changed to Iran.

But we still notice Persia it has existed all through these ages. It's in the same place. It's the same people and it has the same name. Their language is called Persian. One of their two languages is Persian.

And so we see this ancient prophecy isn't something strange. Archaic outdated. It's actually very contemporary. And so we see Russia with Turkey with Iran. Aligning. Is it happening in our day? And so we identify who Magog is.

Where they lived. We see that it's going to come from the northern region and there's no competitors. But in this third one, we see an alignment of Magog. Joining itself to certain nations in our generation.

After Israel's back in Iran, after Israel Blossoms again, after Israel is prospering. It only happened in 1948. It says after that that Magog will join itself to Turkey and Iran. Has this happened? Do you know that until 2002 Turkey was a very mild nation.

It wasn't fundamentalist. In fact Erdogan who is the present leader of Turkey. He was in a prison cell for five months for his radical Muslim views, for his extremist views. So they put him in prison.