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The Gog Magog War - Americas Place In Scripture!
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INTRODUCTION As we have watched the world stage over the
last decade, we have seen that what was formerly a "taken for
granted" idea has been capped into oblivion. The former
assumption that America held no place in the scriptures, or in
the prophetic end times scenario can no longer be defended when
looking at the world stage in 2005. We have pointed to the
possible fulfillment of the first two of the seven seals, and we
now see the impending arrival of the next two in perfect concert
with the scriptures! With here-fore-to unseen and
incomprehensible precision, the identity of "THE" end times
kingdom is repeatedly manifest! As the unfolding of prophetic
scripture attempts to spoon feed American Christianity the
reality of America's existence in the world's final days, the
Church seems hopelessly unable to see that identification. The
positioning of American forces in the middle east "rings no
bells" for the American Christian, as he argues that this is a
holy nation.
THE "BLESSED HOPES" OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY!
Resting his faith on one of his "Blessed Hopes" of being
raptured by the Lord prior to the time when the Church will make
it's greatest and most powerful testimony for the Lord Jesus
since the time of the Apostles, he feels no need to spend any
time at all pondering the end times Prophecies. The average
Christian believes in one of his other "Blessed Hopes" that like
America, he "gets a by" on all that "terrible stuff". While
proclaiming that "his God would not put him through that",
without realizing it he slaps straight across the face every
faithful martyr that has died for this faith since our Lord
ascended. Making the fatal mistake of placing the tribulation in
a class with God's wrath, (which it most definitely is not), he
takes all the uncomfortable thoughts of being tried for his
faith, and any "hand wringing" that he feels he will do while
reading the prophetic warnings of scripture right out of the
equation. Let's ask ourselves this question:
"If we did not so desperately love our lives, would the
thought of being tried for our faith, or perhaps even martyred
by the Son of Perdition be as dreadful a thought as it now is to
the Church?"
This Article is written by those who do not believe that the
rapture is going to happen before the tribulation and
furthermore, that it is very unwise to assume such an escape
will occur. The scripture makes clear that the Church will not
suffer God's wrath. The tribulation, the seven seals, and the
seven trumpets, are not God's wrath. The vials of God's wrath
are exactly that, and it is not "trimming our lamps" brothers
and sisters, to assume that anything that involves trial and
tribulation is God's wrath. We think it is of PARAMOUNT
importance to live in anticipation of Christ's return, and that
the study of prophetic scripture as well as general scripture is
vital to a state of preparedness for his coming. See our article
on the Rapture And The Coming Of The Lord for more information.
GOG MAGOG! PLACES EVERYONE, AND... ROLL EM! What we will
do here is lay out some clear indications of what is happening
on the world stage at this time, and why it is important to look
at these events. We might also add that some of these events are
items that the Church believes are to happen after it has
departed, which we think needs some CAREFUL CONSIDERATION by the
brethren! Finally, we will again point out what we believe to be
the obvious. We will show that America is not a fairytale land
that sits on the sidelines of world events and end times
prophecy, and gets conveniently scooped out before all the tough
stuff takes place. Yes, another 21st century "Blessed Hope"
shunned by the word of God.
In order to see the argument that we have been making about
America's place in scripture, it is necessary to look at the
Prophetic scriptures that discuss the end times scenario. What
will be taking place in the world at the time of the Lord's
coming? If we are at the final hours of history, in addition to
the seals, the tribulation, the trumpets, the coming of the Lord
and the vials of God's wrath, there are TWO major conflicts that
will be taking place. These two end times conflicts are The Gog
Magog war, and The Battle of Armageddon. After the millennial
reign of Christ when Satan is released to deceive the nations
once more, there will be a third and final conflict. The nations
that rise up against the saints reigning in the holy city are
burned up by fire from heaven, which really isn't much of a
battle at all.
In order to see what we believe to be America's place in
scripture, we will concentrate on The Gog Magog War. We believe
this War is not only at the door, but the preliminary battles
have already been fought and have just recently begun. If one
accepts our take on this war, then the Armageddon battle, which
takes place with Christ himself leading the armies of heaven,
Armageddon and its participants becomes elementary. (Revelation
19: 11-21)
In order to explain my position on these matters, I created 3
Maps of the middle east, according to how things are lining up
today. Let's call this first map the "pre-positioning map" for
the Gog Magog War...
PLease see the rest of this relevant Article here...
"The Gog Magog War - America's Place In Scripture!
Or the text version with only the Maps can be viewed here...
"The
Text Version"
About the author:
Writer for the 11th Hour web site.
"11th Hour"
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