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>>ANNOUNCER: TODAY ON
THE JOHN ANKERBERG SHOW:
THE WORLD WATCHES AS RUSSIA
EXERTS ITS POWER IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, AS IRAN
CONTINUES TO THREATEN ISRAEL,
AS JEWISH PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
FLEE EUROPE, AS THE EUROPEAN
UNION STRUGGLES WITH ISLAMIC
TERRORISM INSIDE ITS BORDERS,
AND AS THE WORLD FACES
INCREASING ISLAMIC TERROR
ATTACKS WORLDWIDE.
THE GOD OF THE BIBLE HAS
GIVEN US BIBLICAL PROPHECY
OF END TIME EVENTS.
HOW DO THE NATIONS AND EVENTS
THAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY
RELATE TO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
WILL HAPPEN IN THE LAST DAYS?
MY GUEST WHO WILL ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS IS
NEWS JOURNALIST AND PROPHECY
SCHOLAR DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG
WHO HAS LIVED AND REPORTED
FROM JERUSALEM SINCE 1991.
HE HAS INTERVIEWED EVERY
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OVER
THE LAST 25 YEARS, AND
FOREIGN LEADERS SUCH AS
KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, AND
THE LATE PALESTINIAN LEADER
YASSER ARAFAT.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US.
>>JOHN ANKERBERG: WELCOME TO
OUR PROGRAM,
I'M JOHN ANKERBERG,
THANKS FOR JOINING ME TODAY.
MY GUEST IS NEWS JOURNALIST
AND PROPHECY SCHOLAR
DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG. I LOVE
TO HAVE HIM ON THE PROGRAM
BECAUSE HE HAS LIVED IN
ISRAEL SINCE 1991. HE HAS
INTERVIEWED EVERY ISRAELI
PRIME MINISTER SINCE THAT
TIME. HE HAS INTERVIEWED
MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET,
THE MILITARY, JEWISH RABBIS,
EVEN FOREIGN LEADERS SUCH AS
KING ABDULLAH AND YASSER
ARAFAT, THE LATE YASSER
ARAFAT. SO HE KNOWS ALL
THE MAJOR PEOPLE THERE
IN JERUSALEM. AND HE'S GOT
A PERSPECTIVE THAT MOST OF
OUR GUESTS DO NOT HAVE
BECAUSE HE'S BEEN THERE,
HE'S ON THE GROUND, HE KNOWS
THE FOLKS. AND WE'RE ASKING
HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT ISRAEL
AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN
RELATIONSHIP TO THE MAJOR
PROPHECIES THAT WE FIND IN
THE BIBLE, SPECIFICALLY WHEN
JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF SAYS
HE IS COMING BACK TO TAKE
CHRISTIANS OUT OF THIS WORLD
IN A FLASH, IN A SINGLE
MOMENT. ALL THE CHRISTIANS
WILL BE GONE, AND JUST
UNBELIEVERS WILL BE LEFT.
FOLLOWED BY WHAT JESUS SAID
IS A TRIBULATION PERIOD,
SEVEN YEARS OF JUDGMENT THAT
COME UPON THE EARTH,
TESTING AND TRIAL.
AND THEN THAT COMES TO
A CONCLUSION WITH THE BATTLE
OF ARMAGEDDON, AND ALSO WHEN
CHRIST COMES TO EARTH TO RULE
AND REIGN AT THE SECOND
COMING OF CHRIST.
AND OVER THOSE OVERARCHING
PROPHECIES, THOSE THREE MAJOR
PROPHECIES, WE ARE ALSO
INSERTING EZEKIEL 38, WHICH IS
THE PROPHET EZEKIEL OVER 570
YEARS BEFORE JESUS LIVED,
TALKING ABOUT A COALITION OF
NATIONS THAT WOULD COME
TOGETHER. AND HE SAYS,
"IN THE FUTURE, IN THE END
TIMES." AND SO HE TALKS ABOUT
THEM COMING AGAINST ISRAEL.
AND FINALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT
FIVE STUNNING EVENTS THAT
HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE JIMMY
WAS WITH US ONE YEAR AGO.
AND THEY ARE: THE RISE OF
RUSSIAN POWER IN THE MIDDLE
EAST; THE NUCLEAR DEAL
THAT AMERICA MADE WITH
IRAN, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO
OVERLOOKING ISRAEL'S
OBJECTIONS AND THOSE OF OTHER
NATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE NUMBER OF JEWISH PEOPLE
WHO HAVE LEFT EUROPE.
WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT JUST
A MILLION PEOPLE ONLY
IN EUROPE. WHAT'S HAPPENING?
THERE'S SOMETHING BEHIND
THAT THE CHANGE THAT IS GOING
ON IN EUROPE WHERE IT'S
BECOMING A SUPERPOWER AND
GRAPPLING WITH THE RISE OF
ISLAM INSIDE ITS BORDERS;
AND THEN OF COURSE THE RISE
OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM
WORLDWIDE. SO START US OFF
WITH THE BIG PICTURE OF
PROPHECY AND THEN LET'S GO
TO EZEKIEL 38.
>>DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG: YOU KNOW,
JOHN, AS YOU WERE GIVING
LITANY OF FIVE DRAMATIC
EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN
THIS LAST YEAR, I WAS AMAZED
TO THINK THROUGH THOSE EVENTS
MYSELF, REALIZING THAT EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE
A PART OF AN END TIME
SCENARIO THAT'S FOUND IN
THE WORD OF GOD. AND SO
WE'RE LIVING IN TIMES LIKE
NEVER LIVED IN BEFORE,
AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW
QUICKLY THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND WE SAID, IT'S BEEN
A YEAR. LOOK, I HARDLY
CAN KEEP UP AND STAY ABREAST
OF WHAT THE NEWS IS REPORTING
ON A DAILY BASIS WITH
THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION
COMING IN INDICATING THAT
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO
THE TIME OF WHAT IS GOING
TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
AND YOU WANT ME TO GIVE
THE OVERALL BIG PICTURE.
LET'S GO OVER TO OUR COLUMNS
OVER HERE. ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN YOU'LL SEE
COLUMN NUMBER ONE, AND
THAT'S GOING TO REPRESENT
THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH,
WHEN JESUS WILL SHOUT,
THE ARCHANGEL WILL SHOUT,
THE TRUMP OF GOD WILL SOUND,
AND WE WHO KNOW CHRIST
AS LORD AND SAVIOR ARE GOING
TO BE CAUGHT UP TO MEET HIM
IN THE AIR. FOLLOWING THAT
THERE'S A SPACE BETWEEN
THE TWO COLUMNS.
THAT WOULD BE REFERRED TO,
JESUS GAVE US THE TITLE;
HE SAID IMMEDIATELY AFTER
"THE TRIBULATION",
THAT'S MATTHEW 24:29.
AND SO HE WAS REFERRING
TO A TIME OF TERRIBLE TESTING,
THE TIME OF TROUBLE, A TIME
OF JACOB'S TROUBLE, JEREMIAH
THE PROPHET SAID, A TIME WHEN
THE LORD IS GOING TO USE
THE JUDGMENTS UPON THE EARTH
AND EARTH DWELLERS TO BRING
THEM UNDER SUBMISSION.
SO THEN GOD THE FATHER
CAN GIVE JESUS THE SON
HIS KINGDOM WHICH FOLLOWS
THE SECOND COMING.
AND THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN WOULD
BE REPRESENTING THE SECOND
COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.
WHEN HE ASCENDED INTO
THE HEAVENLIES, TWO MEN IN
WHITE APPAREL STANDING THERE
ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, SAID,
"AS HE IS GONE SO HE IS
TO COME AGAIN ONE DAY."
JESUS CHRIST, IN
MATTHEW 24:30, SAID,
"I WILL COME IN THE CLOUDS
WITH GREAT POWER AND GREAT
GLORY." HE'S COMING BACK TO
THE EARTH, ZECHARIAH 14:4,
HE'LL STEP DOWN ON THE MOUNT
OF OLIVES. AND MANY OTHER
THINGS UNFOLD AFTER THAT
PROPHETICALLY AS WELL.
BUT YOU HAVE THE RAPTURE,
THE TRIBULATION PERIOD,
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
ANKERBERG: ALRIGHT.
NOW, BIBLE SCHOLARS, WHEN
THEY TALK ABOUT EZEKIEL'S
PREDICTION, CALL THIS
THE EZEKIEL 38 WAR.
IN RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR
PILLARS, WHERE IS THIS WAR
SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE?
AND THEN WE WANT TO GO TO
THE NATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
DEYOUNG: ON THE PILLAR ON
YOUR LEFT, WHICH IS
THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH,
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
EZEKIEL 38'S FULFILLMENT
IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE
AFTER THE RAPTURE OF
THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH HAS TO
LEAVE, BECAUSE THE ANTICHRIST
HAS TO COME ON THE SCENE.
WHEN YOU READ THROUGH EZEKIEL
38, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF
VERSES THERE LAST TIME
WE WERE TOGETHER.
AND VERSES 8 AND 11 IN
EZEKIEL 38 TALK ABOUT A TIME
WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE WILL
BE DWELLING SAFELY IN
THE LAND. NOW, THEY'RE BACK
IN THE LAND AFTER
A 2,000 YEAR ABSENCE FROM
THE LAND GOD PROMISE TO GIVE
THEM. THEY'RE BACK IN
THE LAND. THEY'RE NOT DWELLING
SAFELY TODAY; THEY LIVE IN
A VERY TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD.
>>ANKERBERG: AS WE'RE GOING
TO SEE IN ANOTHER PROGRAM.
>>DEYOUNG: YES, AND WE'RE
GOING TO EXPOUND UPON THAT
WITH THE NATIONS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MENTIONED IN
EZEKIEL 38 AND HOW
THEY'RE PLAYING A ROLE IN
THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
BUT IT SAYS IN EZEKIEL 38:8
AND 11 THEY'LL BE DWELLING
SAFELY IN THE LAND.
AGAIN TO OUR COLUMNS:
THE RAPTURE TAKES PLACE.
AFTER THE RAPTURE,
THE ANTICHRIST COMES ON
THE SCENE. DANIEL 9:27 SAYS
HE CONFIRMS A PEACE AGREEMENT.
NOW, THE ANTICHRIST IS NOT
GOING TO BE THE TRUE MESSIAH.
BUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
BELIEVERS IN WHAT JESUS HAS
GIVEN THEM-HE GIVES THEM
ETERNAL LIFE-THEY ARE GOING
TO BELIEVE A LIE OF SATAN,
THE ANTICHRIST.
THEY'RE GOING TO BELIEVE
HE IS THE MESSIAH;
THEY'RE GOING TO BELIEVE THAT
HE HAS BROUGHT PEACE TO THE
EARTH. THUS THEY LAY DOWN
THEIR WEAPONS. AND THAT
CONFIRMATION OF THAT PEACE
TREATY ACTUALLY STARTS
THE CLOCK TICKING RIGHT THERE
AFTER THE RAPTURE LEADING
INTO THAT SEVEN YEAR PERIOD
OF TIME.
>>ANKERBERG: AND LET ME JUST
BRING UP THIS. WE USE
THE WORD, THEOLOGICAL
WORD, "ANTICHRIST".
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
A GREAT POLITICAL LEADER
THAT'S GOING TO RISE ON
THE WORLD SCENE. OUR WORLD
IS NEVER BEEN SET UP LIKE
IT IS RIGHT NOW FOR SOMEBODY
TO STAND UP AND LEAD
THE WORLD AND BRING PEACE
TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
WE JUST DON'T SEE IT RIGHT
NOW. IF THAT PERSON DOES
ARISE, THE PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO FOLLOW HIM, ALRIGHT.
WE'RE SEEING THAT AS WE GO
INTO OUR OWN ELECTIONS HERE
OF PEOPLE GRAVITATING TO
THE STRENGTH IN ALL KINDS OF
AREAS AND WONDERING WHAT'S
HAPPENING. SO, THEOLOGICALLY,
THIS IS ANTICHRIST.
POLITICALLY, THIS IS
A POLITICAL LEADER THAT IS
GOING TO RISE IN EUROPE.
AND HE IS GOING TO MAKE A
TREATY, A PEACE DEAL, THAT'S
GOING TO SETTLE EVENTS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS IS
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
AND IT HAPPENS AFTER
THE RAPTURE.
>>DEYOUNG: AND THAT WILL THEN
LEAD INTO EVERYTHING THAT
WE SEE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE
IN THAT SEVEN-YEAR
TRIBULATION. JOHN,
THIS ANTICHRIST, I BELIEVE,
IS ALIVE AND WELL ON PLANET
EARTH TODAY. AND YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT HIM BEING
A POLITICAL LEADER. THAT IS
CORRECT, BECAUSE HE'S
GOING TO CONFIRM THAT PEACE
TREATY WITH ISRAEL AND ALL OF
HER NEIGHBORS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT,
REVELATION 17 SAYS HE WILL BE
A RELIGIOUS LEADER AS WELL.
HE'LL BE HEADQUARTERED IN
THE CITY OF ROME, ITALY.
BY THE WAY, ROME IS THE NEXT
MOST IMPORTANT PROPHETIC CITY
IN OUR WORLD TODAY, BECAUSE
THE ANTICHRIST, AND HE'S
REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 17 OF
REVELATION AS THE BEAST, THAT
WORD USED EIGHT TIMES, IS
GOING TO BE A RELIGIOUS
LEADER, BUT ALSO A POLITICAL
LEADER. PUTTING THOSE TWO
TOGETHER, IT'S AMAZING AS TO
HOW WE CAN SEE EXAMPLE AFTER
EXAMPLE OF THAT TYPE OF
THE SITUATION IN OUR WORLD
TODAY, PREPARING THE WORLD
FOR HIS APPEARANCE.
>>ANKERBERG: ALRIGHT,
BUT LET'S NOW GET TO
EZEKIEL 38 ITSELF,
AND WE HAVE STARTED TO NAME
THE NATIONS. AND WE CAN
ACTUALLY TITLE THIS PROGRAM
THAT RUSSIA, ACCORDING TO
SCRIPTURE, IN THE FUTURE
IS GOING TO LEAD
THIS COALITION OF NATIONS.
EXPLAIN HOW WE CAME TO THAT
CONCLUSION.
>>DEYOUNG: WELL, LET'S JUST
GO BACK AND REMEMBER THE FACT
THAT WE WENT TO GENESIS 10.
WE SAW THE SONS OF JAPHETH,
GRANDSONS OF NOAH, THEY WERE
MAGOG, MESHECH, TUBAL, GOMER,
TOGARMAH. AND MAGOG, ACCORDING
TO THE SCRIPTURES,
WOULD TAKE HIS FAMILY AND
GO NORTH OF THE BLACK SEA,
AND THERE HE WOULD ESTABLISH
A NATION. NOW, THAT NATION
WE KNOW TODAY AS RUSSIA,
BUT IT INCLUDED AT THAT TIME
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 4500
YEARS AGO AFTER THE FLOOD
WHEN NATIONS WERE ACTUALLY
BROUGHT INTO EXISTENCE IN
OUR WORLD-THAT WOULD INCLUDE
THE UKRAINE. SO THE UKRAINE
IS PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN
RUSSIAN ACTIVITY.
THE MIDDLE EAST IS A MAJOR
PLAYER FOR RUSSIAN ACTIVITY.
WE SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS
UNFOLDING; IT'S HELPING US TO
REALIZE EZEKIEL 38 IS COMING
TO A POSITION WHERE IT CAN BE
FULFILLED. BECAUSE RUSSIA HAS
TO RISE TO THE TOP AND BE
THE LEADER OF THIS COALITION
OF NATIONS.
>>ANKERBERG: QUOTE THOSE
FIRST FEW VERSES ABOUT RUSSIA.
>>DEYOUNG: RUSSIA, IN CHAPTER
TWO, IT SAYS "GOG IN THE LAND
OF MAGOG."
>>ANKERBERG: WHO'S GOG?
>>DEYOUNG: GOG WOULD BE
THE PERSONALITY IN THE LAND
AND MAGOG, OF COURSE, WOULD
BE RUSSIA. IF I HAD TO NAME
WHO GOG WAS TODAY, THIS MAY
NOT BE THE CASE NEXT WEEK
OR NEXT MONTH,
BUT TODAY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>>ANKERBERG: SO YOU'RE SAYING
THE LEADER OF THE TERRITORY
AT THE TIME OF THE FUTURE
WHERE THIS TAKES PLACE.
DEYOUNG: EXACTLY. AND I'M NOT
BEING SENSATIONAL IN MAKING
THAT STATEMENT. HE IS
THE LEADER; HE'S THE MAJOR
WORLD LEADER.
THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING
TO MIDDLE EASTERN LEADERS,
HAVE LOST ALL OF THEIR
INFLUENCE IN THAT REGION OF
THE WORLD, AND IT'S BEEN
USURPED BY THIS MAN NAMED
VLADIMIR PUTIN WHO HEADS UP
RUSSIA. HE HAS A DESIRE
TO LEAD THE WORLD.
HE'S GOING TO DO IT FROM
HIS BASE IN RUSSIA.
BUT HE HAS NOW MOVED THAT
BASE NOT ONLY OUT OF MOSCOW
BUT INTO SYRIA WHERE HE HAS
TAKING UP A POSITION TO
CONTROL SYRIA TO HAVE THAT
AS A BASE TO COVER THE ENTIRE
MIDDLE EAST. AND, BY THE WAY,
SYRIA IS AT ISRAEL'S NORTHERN
BORDER AND YOU BRING IN IRAN,
WHICH WE'LL DO IN A LATER
PROGRAM. YOU'RE SEEING
ALL THE PLAYERS COMING
TOGETHER AT THE SPOT WHERE
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE
FULFILLED.
>>ANKERBERG: ALRIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK I'M GOING
TO ASK JIMMY TO NAME ALL OF
THE NATIONS THAT ARE IN THIS
COALITION ACCORDING TO
EZEKIEL. AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO TALK SPECIFICALLY,
DOES RUSSIA HAVE ARRANGEMENTS,
CONNECTIONS, AGREEMENTS,
WITH ALL OF THESE FOLKS?
AND DO THEY HAVE SOME REASON
FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL?
SO STICK WITH US, WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT WHEN
WE COME RIGHT BACK.
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>>ANKERBERG: ALRIGHT,
WE'RE BACK. WE'RE TALKING
WITH JOURNALIST AND PROPHECY
SCHOLAR DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG
WHO LIVES PART OF THE YEAR
IN JERUSALEM. AND, JIMMY,
I WANT TO KNOW, AS WE LOOK
AT EZEKIEL 38, WHY DO
BIBLICAL SCHOLARS, PROPHECY
SCHOLARS, SAY THAT RUSSIA
IS GOING TO BE THE LEADER
OF THIS COALITION OF NATIONS,
AND DOES THAT MAKE SENSE
TODAY? AND MAYBE START BY
SAYING, WHO ARE THE LIST
OF NATIONS THAT ARE IN
EZEKIEL 38? GIVE US THE LIST
THAT ARE WITH RUSSIA.
>>DEYOUNG: WELL, THOSE
SCHOLARS SAY THAT BECAUSE,
IN THE LIST OF THOSE NATIONS
WHO WILL FORM A COALITION,
RUSSIA'S THE NUMBER ONE
LISTED: GOG THE LAND OF MAGOG.
THE PERSONALITY AND THE PLACE
GIVES US INDICATION FROM THE
SCRIPTURE ITSELF WHO IS GOING
TO BE LEADING THIS COALITION.
WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK
THROUGH EZEKIEL 38, IN VERSE
2 IT MENTIONS MESHECH AND
TUBAL; DOWN IN VERSE SIX
GOMER AND TOGARMAH.
NOW THAT WOULD BE MODERN-DAY
TURKEY. AND THEN WHEN YOU
GO BACK TO CHAPTER 38
VERSE FIVE, YOU SEE PERSIA
IN THE TEXT. PERSIA UNTIL
1936 WAS WHAT THE NATION
THAT WE KNOW AS IRAN WAS
CALLED. IN FACT, IRAN STILL
SPEAKS THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE.
AND SOME OF THE GEOGRAPHY
THAT WAS DIVIDED UP IN 1936
WOULD INCLUDE AFGHANISTAN
AND PAKISTAN WHO ARE MAJOR
PLAYERS WHO ARE GOING TO
COME AND JOIN THAT COALITION
AS WELL. WHEN YOU LOOK THEN
IT SAYS CUSH, OR ETHIOPIA
IN SOME TRANSLATIONS OF
THE BIBLE. THAT WOULD
REFER TO ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA,
SUDAN, ALL ARAB COUNTRIES.
AND FINALLY PUT, OR LIBYA
WHICHEVER YOUR TRANSLATION OF
YOUR BIBLE REFERS TO.
AND THAT WOULD BE MODERN DAY
LIBYA. SO THIS WOULD BE
THE COALITION OF NATIONS.
YOU'D HAVE TO BRING THEN TO
THE TABLE NATIONS MENTIONED
OVER IN PSALM 83, WHICH WOULD
BE SAUDI ARABIA AND LEBANON,
AND IN DANIEL 11, WHICH WOULD
BE SYRIA AND EGYPT.
AND MANY OF THE NAMES OF
THESE NATIONS IN THOSE
THREE PASSAGES OVERLAP AND
IN ANOTHER PASSAGE.
BUT THOSE WOULD BE
THE NATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE IN THIS COALITION
LED BY RUSSIA.
>>ANKERBERG: YOU KNOW,
JIMMY, AT THE VERY
BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM WE
TALKED ABOUT THESE FIVE
STUNNING EVENTS, AND ONE OF
THEM IS THE RISE OF RUSSIAN
POWER IN OUR OWN DAY IN MANY
AREAS. EZEKIEL SAYS RUSSIA'S
GOING TO BE THE LEADER OF
THIS COALITION OF NATIONS THAT
COMES TOGETHER. WHAT EVIDENCE
DO YOU SEE THAT SUGGESTS THAT
RUSSIA IS GOING TO DO THIS,
AND THIS COALITION IS GOING
TO COME AGAINST ISRAEL?
>>DEYOUNG: WHEN THERE'S
A VACUUM LEFT IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE ONE WORLD LEADER
STEPS ASIDE, GIVES UP
HIS RESPONSIBILITY,
ANOTHER ONE IS GOING TO
FULFILL THAT VACUUM AND
QUICKLY RUSH IN THERE. LET ME
JUST GIVE ONE SIMPLE EXAMPLE.
EGYPT, WITH THE FALL OF
HOSNI MUBARAK UNDER THE ARAB
SPRING, THE UNITED STATES
WATCHED AS THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD CAME TO POWER.
THEY CONTROLLED
THE LEGISLATION,
THE PARLIAMENT, THEY
CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENT,
MOHAMED MORSI WAS
THE PRESIDENT. BUT THEN
THE MAN THAT MOHAMED MORSI,
AS PRESIDENT OF EGYPT,
ASSIGNED TO HEAD UP
THE MILITARY, A MAN NAMED
EL-SISI, OVERTHREW MOHAMED
MORSI, PUT HIM IN THE OUT OF
OFFICE, PUT HIM INTO THE JAIL,
AND ULTIMATELY BECAME
THE PRESIDENT.
THEN THE UNITED STATES
STEPPED ASIDE, BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT, HEY, THIS WAS
A MILITARY COUP, THIS IS NOT
RIGHT. NOW, THEY MAY HAVE
BEEN CORRECT, BUT THE POINT
IS, THEY LEFT THE VACUUM
THERE, AND RUSSIA CAME
RUSHING IN, NO PUN INTENDED;
THEY CAME QUICKLY IN TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ASSISTING THE EGYPTIANS.
NOW, THAT WAS OKAY, BUT
THAT'S NOT REALLY THE SPOT
THEY WANTED TO BE.
THEY WANTED TO BE IN
THE CENTER OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
SO I'M SURE VLADIMIR PUTIN
LOOKED OVER EVERYTHING.
HE REALIZED THAT BASHAR ASSAD
WAS HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT
TIME IN SYRIA.
BASHAR ASSAD HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN A CIVIL WAR FOUR
YEARS LONG, ACTUALLY LONGER
THAN FOUR YEARS; OVER
A QUARTER OF A MILLION SYRIANS
KILLED, AND THE FIGHT BY
THE OPPOSITION TO BRING DOWN
BASHAR ASSAD.
AND HERE COMES RUSSIA.
HE QUICKLY MOVES IN WITH
HIS MILITARY MIGHT.
THEY HAVE A NAVAL BASE RIGHT
THERE ON THE MEDITERRANEAN IN
SYRIA. HE MOVED HIS NAVY INTO
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
THEY HAVE AN AIR FORCE BASE
THERE IN SYRIA; HE'S BUILT
ANOTHER ONE IN RECENT DAYS.
HE DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING
TO PROP UP BASHAR ASSAD AND
HELP HIM BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN
HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE.
BUT IT WAS GIVING THAT BASE
TO VLADIMIR PUTIN WHO WANTED
TO HAVE THE MIDDLE EAST.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TURKEY
COMING ALONG.
THEY HAVE ONE OF THEIR
FIGHTER JETS SHOOT DOWN
A RUSSIAN JET; THAT'S JUST
SOLIDIFYING VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S PERMANENT POSITION
AS A MILITARY LEADER AND
PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THEN IRAN COMES RUSHING IN,
AND THEY ARE INVOLVED IN
HELPING DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO HELP BASHAR ASSAD
STAY IN POWER AGAINST
THE LIKES OF ISLAMIC STATE,
AL-QAEDA, ETC.
>>ANKERBERG: YEAH,
THAT'S THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION OR
RUSSIA. AND YOU ALSO HAVE
IRAN. AS SOON AS THE INK
WAS DRY ON THE NUCLEAR DEAL,
ONE OF THE GENERALS RAN RIGHT
UP TO RUSSIA AND MET
WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
AND THEY SIGNED A DEAL THAT
HELPS THIS WHOLE WAR, OR
ACTUALLY HE'S ORCHESTRATING
THIS WHOLE WAR THAT'S GOING
ON IN SYRIA, SO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER CONNECTION.
DEYOUNG: AND THEY'RE AT
ISRAEL'S NORTHERN BORDER.
AND NOW THAT'S KEY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE
OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THAT
COALITION OF NATIONS, RUSSIA,
IRAN AND SYRIA.
IN FACT, SYRIA MAKES
THE FIRST MOVE. AND I'M SURE
IN ANOTHER PROGRAM WE'LL TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE
THE PLAYERS ARE IN POSITION
TO FULFILL BIBLE PROPHECY
WHICH WAS WRITTEN 2500 YEARS
AGO BY THE ANCIENT
JEWISH PROPHETS.
>>ANKERBERG: YEAH.
LET ME JUST PUT A COUPLE
THINGS ON THE BOARD.
MITT ROMNEY, BACK IN 2012,
WAS MOCKED WHEN HE SAID THAT
RUSSIA IS WITHOUT QUESTION
OUR NUMBER ONE GEOPOLITICAL
FOE. RECENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF,
GENERAL DUNFORD, DECLARED,
"MY ASSESSMENT TODAY IS THAT
RUSSIA PRESENTS THE GREATEST
THREAT." THIS IS TO AMERICAN
NATIONAL SECURITY.
"IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR
BEHAVIOR IT'S NOTHING SHORT
OF ALARMING."
AND THE RETIRING ARMY CHIEF
OF STAFF RAYMOND ORDIERNO
CALLED RUSSIA "OUR MOST
DANGEROUS MILITARY THREAT."
THEN THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
ASH CARTER WENT ONE STEP
FURTHER AND HE SAYS THAT
"RUSSIA POSES AN EXISTENTIAL
THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES."
THIS IS ALL HAPPENED
RECENTLY.
>>DEYOUNG: AND AGAIN IT'S
BASICALLY BECAUSE
THE LEADERSHIP OF AMERICA
HAVE PULLED AWAY. EARLY ON
IN THAT CIVIL WAR THEY WERE
IN SYRIA. THE UNITED STATES
DID STEP UP. THEY TOLD
BASHAR ASSAD, "YOU HAVE TO
STEP OUT OF YOUR LEADERSHIP
ROLE IN SYRIA AND
THE OPPOSITION NEEDS TO MOVE
INTO POWER." WELL,
THEY BACKED AWAY FROM THAT.
RUSSIA WAS WATCHING ALL
OF THIS UNFOLD. I'VE GOT
TO TELL YOU, VLADIMIR PUTIN
IS NO DUMMY. HE'S PROBABLY
ONE OF THE SMARTEST MEN;
GREAT STRATEGIST.
HE COMES FROM MUCH YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE THERE, LEADING AND
INVOLVED WITH THE KGB THERE
IN RUSSIA. NOW IN HIS POSITION
OF A LEADERSHIP OF THE ENTIRE
WORLD, HE'S WATCHING
EVERYTHING UNFOLD, TAKING
OVER CRIMEA, A VERY STRATEGIC
MOVE FOR HIM AND HIS NAVAL
OPERATION THERE IN RUSSIA.
ALL OF THESE THINGS
UNFOLDING. AND YOU'VE GOT
TO UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS ONE OF
THE RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD.
HE'S WORTH AT LEAST
$70 BILLION, MAYBE UP
TO THE AREA OF
$200 BILLION DOLLARS.
>>ANKERBERG: HIMSELF.
>>DEYOUNG: HIMSELF.
IN FACT, THE LAST OLYMPICS
THAT THEY HAD THERE IN RUSSIA
A YEAR AGO, HE PAID FOR THAT,
AND AFTER THAT HE MADE SOME
OF HIS STRATEGIC MOVES THERE
IN THE UKRAINE, BUT ALSO INTO
SYRIA AS WELL. AND HE'S FOUND
A FRIEND IN BASHAR ASSAD.
HE'S TRYING TO NOW BRING
UNDER TAYYIP ERDOGAN IN
TURKEY BECAUSE OF HIS
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
BUT HE IS THE MAJOR PLAYER
IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL THE...
LISTEN ALL THE ARAB LEADERS
ARE GOING TO MOSCOW INSTEAD
OF TO WASHINGTON, DC.
THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT,
AL-SISI, KING ABDULLAH OF
JORDAN, KING SALMAN OF SAUDI
ARABIA, THEY ALL WENT TO MEET
WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN
MOSCOW. THEY ARE
STRATEGIZING,...
>>ANKERBERG: RECENTLY.
>>DEYOUNG: ...ON HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRE
MIDDLE EAST. AND HE'S
THE PLAYER. THAT'S WHY
WE KNOW, NOT ONLY BY
THE SCRIPTURES BUT BY CURRENT
EVENTS, THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
RUSSIA, THE LEADER OF
THIS WORLD IN PARTICULAR IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
>>ANKERBERG: TWO FINAL THINGS,
JIMMY. HOW DOES THIS RELATE
TO ISRAEL, AND THEN WHY HAS
GOD GIVEN US
THIS INFORMATION?
>>DEYOUNG: WELL,
THAT COALITION OF NATIONS
THAT WILL BE LED BY RUSSIA,
AS FOUND IN EZEKIEL 38,
PSALM 83, DANIEL 11,
THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN
AND TRY TO DESTROY THE JEWISH
NATION NOT BECAUSE RUSSIA
WANTS THAT ASSIGNMENT, BUT
BECAUSE OF THEIR COALITION
PARTNERS. THEY ALL HATE
THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
THEY WANT TO WIPE THEM OFF
THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
BUT AS WE READ THE NEWSPAPER,
YOU OUGHT TO PICK UP YOUR
BIBLE BESIDE THE NEWSPAPER,
AND UNDERSTAND THE END TIMES
SCENARIO FOUND IN GOD'S WORD.
YOU'LL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE
WHERE WE ARE IN GOD'S TIME.
AND IN LIGHT OF THAT, YOU'D
BETTER MAKE SURE YOU'RE
PREPARED FOR THE NEXT EVENT.
REMEMBER OUR COLUMNS:
THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
THE NEXT THING TO HAPPEN
BEFORE EZEKIEL 38 COMES INTO
PLAY. PREPARATION IS MADE BY
PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN JESUS
CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR
AFTER ADMITTING YOU'RE
A SINNER AND SAYING THAT
YOU NEED A SAVIOR.
TRUSTING IN CHRIST WILL GET
YOU PREPARED FOR THAT NEXT
EVENT, THE RAPTURE.
ANKERBERG: YEAH, FOLKS,
YOU DON'T WANT TO STAND
BEFORE A HOLY GOD AT ANYTIME
WITH YOUR SIN. JESUS CAME,
AND HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH
ON THE CROSS, HE PAID FOR
OUR SINS. AND SO HE CAN OFFER
YOU COMPLETE FORGIVENESS,
IF YOU WILL TRUST WHAT
HE DID, HIS WORK.
HE DID ALL THAT IS NECESSARY
FOR YOU TO BE FORGIVEN.
THESE EVENTS THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, IF THE RAPTURE
TAKES PLACE AND YOU HAVEN'T
PUT YOUR TRUST IN FAITH, AND
ASK CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR
LIFE, THE FACT IS YOU WILL
BE LEFT BEHIND.
YOU'LL GO INTO THESE EVENTS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT YOUR
TRUST IN JESUS, AND YOU CAN
DO THAT AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
I HOPE THAT YOU DO IT.
NOW, THIS NEXT WEEK, WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT
EZEKIEL SAYS, AND WE'RE GOING
TO ADD ANOTHER NATION, AND
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
PERSIA, IRAN, HOW THEY FIT
INTO THIS COALITION.
AND DO WE SEE EVIDENCE
OF THAT TODAY?
SO I HOPE YOU'LL STICK WITH
US JOIN US AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
>>ANNOUNCER: STAY TUNED FOR
SCENES FROM NEXT WEEK'S
PROGRAM.
>>ANNOUNCER: IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF
THE INFORMATION IN OUR NEW
SERIES, WORLD EVENTS AND
BIBLICAL PROPHECY WITH
NEWS JOURNALIST, DR. JIMMY
DEYOUNG, IT IS AVAILABLE NOW
ON DVD. YOU WILL LEARN
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT
THE RAPTURE, THE TRIBULATION,
AND THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST TO EARTH. YOU WILL
LEARN ABOUT EZEKIEL'S
PROPHECY THAT A GROUP OF
NATIONS WILL ARISE AND COME
AGAINST ISRAEL TO TRY AND
DESTROY HER IN THE LAST DAYS.
WHICH NATIONS WAS EZEKIEL
REFERRING TO AND WHAT
EVIDENCE SHOWS THESE NATIONS
ARE COMING TOGETHER NOW?
WHAT FIVE MAJOR WORLD EVENTS
TODAY WILL BEGIN TO MAKE
SENSE TO YOU IF YOU LEARN
WHAT GOD TOLD THE BIBLICAL
PROPHETS? THE FOUR PROGRAMS
IN THIS SERIES ARE AVAILABLE
ON DVD FOR A GIFT OF $49.
THEN SECOND, WE ARE MAKING
AVAILABLE THE MIDDLE EAST
IN THE LAST DAYS, A SERIES
IN WHICH DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG
EXPLAINS WHY THE TEMPLE MOUNT
IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL
PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN
THE WORLD? WHY THE NATION
OF ISRAEL IS AT THE CENTER
OF END TIME PROPHECIES.
WHAT ADDITIONAL NATIONS ARE
INVOLVED IN THE EZEKIEL 38
WAR? AND WHETHER THE BIBLE
MENTIONS AMERICA OR EUROPE
IN END-TIME EVENTS?
THE THREE PROGRAMS IN
THIS SERIES ARE AVAILABLE
ON DVD FOR GIFT OF $39.
THEN THIRD, STEP-BY-STEP
THROUGH THE RAPTURE IS
A SERIES IN WHICH PROPHECY
SCHOLARS DR. RENALD SHOWERS
AND DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG
CAREFULLY TAKE YOU THROUGH
EVERY BIBLICAL PASSAGE ABOUT
THE RAPTURE, AND EXPLAIN WHAT
GOD SAYS WILL HAPPEN WHEN
JESUS STEPS OUT OF HEAVEN AND
IN A MOMENT TAKES CHRISTIANS
FROM EARTH TO MEET HIM
IN THE AIR TO BE WITH HIM
FOREVER. THE FOUR PROGRAMS
IN THIS SERIES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR $49.
AND FOURTH, OUR SERIES
1 COMING OR 2? IN WHICH
DR. RENALD SHOWERS AND
DR. JIMMY DEYOUNG EXPLAIN
WHY THE RAPTURE AND
THE SECOND COMING ARE NOT
THE SAME EVENT, BUT TWO
DIFFERENT EVENTS, SEPARATED
BY THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION
PERIOD. IN FACT, THE BIBLE
TELLS US THERE ARE EIGHT
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE RAPTURE AND THE SECOND
COMING. WHAT ARE THEY?
THE FIVE PROGRAMS IN
THIS SERIES ARE AVAILABLE
FOR A GIFT OF $49.
AND FINALLY, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE ALL 4 OF THESE
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>>NEXT WEEK ON
THE JOHN ANKERBERG SHOW:
>>JOHN ANKERBERG:
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NATION
THAT IS A BIGGER PROBLEM
THAN ISIS ACCORDING TO
HENRY KISSINGER.
>>ANNOUNCER: AND TO LEARN
HOW TO START A RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS CHRIST, GO TO
OUR WEBSITE AT JASHOW.ORG
AND CLICK ON "PRAY TO ACCEPT
JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR."