Could Ezekiel's prophecy about Magog's invasion of Israel be ready to take place?

[seanD]

I've heard that interpretation before. One of the strongest arguments supporting it is the idea of "unwalled villages." If there is one country right now in the middle east that ISN'T an unwalled village it's Israel, which is why I initially suspected it takes place after the millennium.

The reason I don't think it's America is two reasons:

Something absolutely unprecedented would have to happen to disarm the US and make them that vulnerable to give any country the gonads to invade. Even if something like an economic collapse happens (which is not just possible but probable), US still has the ultimate deterrent against this action -- nukes.

Secondly, I find it extremely hard to believe that God would intervene in such a dramatic fashion to save this country after the list of evil and heinous things its done. Abortion, murder, crime, drugs, corruption, secularism... the list goes on. And America has been doing this for decades and decades unabated.

[Darfius]

I've heard that interpretation before. One of the strongest arguments supporting it is the idea of "unwalled villages." If there is one country right now in the middle east that ISN'T an unwalled village it's Israel, which is why I initially suspected it takes place after the millennium.

Agreed about unwalled villages. The people are also called unsuspecting. Again, not Israel. Describes the fat, entitled, oblivious American public, though.

The reason I don't think it's America is two reasons:

Something absolutely unprecedented would have to happen to disarm the US and make them that vulnerable to give any country the gonads to invade. Even if something like an economic collapse happens (which is not just possible but probable), US still has the ultimate deterrent against this action -- nukes.

EMP seems likely. The Bible stresses that the invasion is a surprise and "in one hour" the enemy victory is assured.

Secondly, I find it extremely hard to believe that God would intervene in such a dramatic fashion to save this country after the list of evil and heinous things its done. Abortion, murder, crime, drugs, corruption, secularism... the list goes on. And America has been doing this for decades and decades unabated.

He won't save the country. He will save His remnant within it.

Scripture Verse: Isaiah 48

20
Leave Babylon,
flee from the Babylonians!

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Scripture Verse: Jeremiah 50

the people of Israel and the people of Judah together [people of Israel = lost tribes = Christians and Judah = Jews]
will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.
5
They will ask the way to Zion [greater exodus]
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant
that will not be forgotten.

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Scripture Verse: Jeremiah 51

For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land [= BabylonFlee from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins tie a stone to it and throw it into the EuphratesSo will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her

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Scripture Verse: Revelation 18

21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the seathe great city of Babylon will be thrown downout of her, my people

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[seanD]

Agreed about unwalled villages. The people are also called unsuspecting. Again, not Israel. Describes the fat, entitled, oblivious American public, though.



EMP seems likely. The Bible stresses that the invasion is a surprise and "in one hour" the enemy victory is assured.



He won't save the country. He will save His remnant within it.

Scripture Verse: Isaiah 48

20
Leave Babylon,
flee from the Babylonians!

© Copyright Original Source

Scripture Verse: Jeremiah 50

the people of Israel and the people of Judah together [people of Israel = lost tribes = Christians and Judah = Jews]
will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.
5
They will ask the way to Zion [greater exodus]
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant
that will not be forgotten.

© Copyright Original Source

Scripture Verse: Jeremiah 51

For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land [= BabylonFlee from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins tie a stone to it and throw it into the EuphratesSo will Babylon sink to rise no more because of the disaster I will bring on her

© Copyright Original Source

Scripture Verse: Revelation 18

21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the seathe great city of Babylon will be thrown downout of her, my people

© Copyright Original Source

He doesn't just save the remnant though, he entirely wipes out the invading armies, which means he's saving the entire country. God has always brought heathen empires against Israel as punishment in ancient times. But in this case he intervenes and stops this action for a country that deserves it probably more than anything Israel ever did in the past -- an accumulation of some of the most heinous sins over decades and decades? That's difficult for me to swallow. I'm sure God could kill two birds with one stone -- judge a country that deserves it, and still provide a way for the remnant to be saved.

[xcav8tor]

The Israel of Ezekiel's prophecy is America... The land that is invaded by Russia is America, at least primarily. It's not until the abomination of desolation that the Antichrist invades Israel.