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>>Ankerberg: One day as we sat on the Mount of Olives and overlooked the Temple Mount
I asked Jimmy to lay out the specific nations, God reveals through the prophets, will come
against Israel in the last days.
>>Ankerberg: Jimmy, as we look across the Old City of Jerusalem and we see the Dome
of the Rock, the third holiest site for the Islamic world; and you also see the Jewish
Temple Mount here, which is the sacred mount of the Jewish people across the world. We
see two opposing opinions and it talks about the battle for Jerusalem. And I want to ask
a question, and people want to know, what are the nations that are mentioned in the
Bible, in prophecy that will have a role in the end-time scenario of what happens here
in Israel?
>>DeYoung: You know, John, that Dome of the Rock speaks to that group of nations, that
alignment that will come against Israel, because that is a Muslim building. It’s a commemorative
building that Omar, one of the Muslim leaders, built there on the Temple Mount in 691 AD.
But the Islamic world is what is going to basically come together, align themselves
to try to destroy the Jewish state. With one exception: Russia is mentioned in the book
of Ezekiel chapter 38. Here in the book of Ezekiel chapter 38, which
would be the main focus in Bible prophecy, other sections of the Bible we will look at.
But in Ezekiel 38 it talks here in verse 2 about Magog, Gog in the land of Magog. Now,
Gog would be the person, Magog would be the particular state that it’s talking about.
And according to biblical geography, Magog would have been that land mass north of the
Caspian and Black Sea, which is Russia today. Then in verse 2 it says, Meshech and Tubal,
and down in verse 6 it says Gomer and Togarmah. When travelling in Turkey recently I picked
up an ancient Turkish map. And in biblical times Turkey was actually divided into four
parts: Meshech, Tubal, Gomer and Togarmah. So we are now talking about Russia and Turkey.
There in verse 5 it says Persia. Until 1936 there were three nations we know today that
were known as Persia. Those three nations are Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. And then
you continue on in verse 5, Ethiopia or Cush in some translations, that would be Ethiopia,
Somalia, Sudan. And then in verse 5 again it says here in my Bible, Libya, or maybe
in another translation Put. Well, that’s modern day Libya, Colonel Qaddafi.
You have to coordinate this with Daniel chapter 11 verses 40-45. It talks about the King of
the North. Earlier in chapter 11 you find out that is what we know as Syria today. And
the King of the South would be Egypt today. And then going over into the book of Psalms,
you go over the book of Psalms chapter 83 and it talks in Psalm 83 about a list of nations.
It mentions here the Ishmaelites; well, that’s modern day Saudi Arabia. And then in verse
5 it talks about Tyre; that’s modern day Lebanon. So we are now seeing a list of Arab
nations, with the exception of Russia, who will form this coalition to come against Israel
in the last days.
>>Ankerberg: Jimmy, when you come to Bible prophecy, what God has predicted in Scripture
is absolutely mind-blowing. If people will just read it, it is so clear-cut, it is so
straightforward, it jumps off the page and bites you in the foot. It is, it’s unbelievable
what God says is going to happen up ahead - the alignment of the nations that are going
to come against Israel. We’re seeing it, we’re witnessing it in the papers everyday
right now – explain a little further.
>>DeYoung: This alignment of nations will come against the nation of Israel and try
to destroy the Jewish State of Israel. Ahmadinejad made this statement, “Israel must be wiped
off the face of the earth.” We see current events unfolding that fit perfectly with the
prophecies for the last days.
>>Ankerberg: When will this happen?
>>DeYoung: It’s going to happen when there’s peace in the land, a pseudo-peace – the
Antichrist sets it up when he confirms a peace treaty, Daniel 9:27, “When they’re dwelling
safe in the land” it says in Ezekiel 38:8, “when they’re living in un-walled villages”,
in another words, that’s a military term, they’ve laid down their weapons. Then these
nations, this alignment of nations, comes to destroy the Jewish State.