We all, Muslims and Christians, wait for the return of Jesus to our planet earth.
Muslims think that Jesus will be a military leader who will establish His reign in Israel and all over the world.
Christians believe the same.
What is then the difference between Islam and Christianity?
Islam says that Jesus, as a leader of Muslims, will exterminate all Jews and Christians.
The Holy Torah said 2,000 years before the existence of Islam that Jesus will destroy some Muslim states and all Muslim troops which will come to attack Israel.
God said 2,000 years bore the existence of Islam that His Son Jesus will protect Israel and Israelites because He is FAITHFUL to His HOLY people Israel and in His Justice He is going to judge invaders.
The Christians have analyzed the Bible prophecies and many of them think that the Anti-Christ will be from the Russia. But of course we only suppose. We also suppose that the Anti-Christ will be the next Russian president Putin.
So, Putin is rising.
The Russian leader Putin is currently serving as his country�s prime minister. Putin is running in the March 4th elections and should win in a landslide. We all know his anti-American, anti-Western attitude. But at the same time he is building strategic alliances with radical Islamic allies such as Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Syria. The next president of Russia will be elected for six years and the constitution still allows the head of state a maximum of two straight terms, meaning Putin could be in power for another 12 years.
That�s why we speculate that it is he who will be a leader of the Muslims troops in the attack against Israel during the Third world War. So, we are heading toward the �War of God and Magog�. We speculate that the Gog is the Anti-Christ Putin.
But �Gog� or the Anti-Christ should be accompanied by the False Prophet.
The current President Dmitry Medvedev stated that he will accompany and support Putin.
Many Christians think that the USA will be destroyed by the Anti-Christ.
But let me show you another insight were we will see that Babylon which should be destroyed is not the USA but an alliance of nations.
It will be an alliance of the 10 nations which will be confederated under the Anti-Christ.
We do not see the USA in the Bible prophecies related to the end time events.
And we do not know why.
The rise of Putin combined with Russia's increasingly close ties to Iran, Palestine, Libya, Turkey and other Muslim countries shows us that the Day of the Second Coming of the Son of God is approaching us. And we, as Christians are told to examine ourselves in faith to insure that we are not just �almost� or �fake� Christians who are �lukewarm� in faith (Revelation 3:14-16).
God Jesus warns all to, "Watch, therefore, and pray always, that you will be counted worthy to escape all these things (the terrible events of the coming 'Apocalypse') that will come to pass" ... (Luke 21:36) ... Jesus also warns that never in the history of mankind has there been (or will there be) anything as terrible as the coming "Apocalypse" (also called the "Great Tribulation"... Matthew 24:21
Only a small remnant of the world will survive.
God warns us that Iran (Persia), with Russia (Magog), and a coalition of allies (including Turkey and Sudan) will go to war, and will attack and will invade Israel.
Note: Meshech and Tubal is Turkey. Meshech and Tubal are in and around Turkey.
"Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
�Son of man, set your face against Gog (a powerful leader- the Anti-Christ),
of the land of Magog,
the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal
and prophesy against him, and say,
Thus says the Lord GOD:
�Behold, I am against you, O Gog,
the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. (Turkey)
I will turn you around,
put hooks into your jaws
and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed,
a great company with bucklers and shields,
all of them handling swords (weapons).
Persia (Iran), (Iran is listed first, meaning it will be the 'lead' ally)
Ethiopia (Sudan -"Cush"), and Libya (northern Africa) are with them,
all of them with shield and helmet.
Gomer and all its troops; (Germany-France, eastern Europe, or "Galatia"- Turkey)
the house of Togarmah (may be Armenia) from the far north and all its troops -
many people are with you.
Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you;
and be a guard for them. (Russia will act as a "guard" ... and supplier of weapons and a key player in the Third World War)
After many days you will be visited. (Meaning, God will judge you all)
In the latter years you (Russia-Iran and Muslims states)
will come into the land of those brought back from the sword (Israel!)
and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel,
which had long been desolate
they (Jews) were brought out of the nations,
and now all of them dwell safely.
You will ascend, coming like a storm, (they may attack from the air, or from the south, or both)
covering the land (of Israel) like a cloud,
you and all your troops and many peoples with you."
(Ezekiel 38:1-10)
The Bible warns Russia will also act as a GUARD for Iran and their Muslim allies ...
�Thus says the Lord GOD:
�On that day it shall come to pass
that thoughts will arise in your mind,
and you will make an evil plan:
You will say,
�I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely,
all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates�
to take plunder and to take boooty,
to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited,
and against a people gathered from the nations
who have acquired livestock and goods,
who dwell in the midst of the land.
Sheba (Saudi Arabia), Dedan (Kuwait), (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will not join this invasion)
the merchants of Tarshish (may be England),
and all their young lions (may be former colonies like Canada, Australia, and the US)
will say to you,
�Have you come to take plunder?
Have you gathered your army to take boooty,
to carry away silver and gold,
to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?���
�Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog,
Thus says the Lord GOD:
On that Day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it?
Then you will come from your place
out of the far NORTH,
(literally "uttermost parts of the North"of Israel)
you and many peoples with you,
all of them riding on horses,
a great company and a mighty army.
You will come up against My (God's) people Israel
like a cloud, to cover the land.
It will be in the latter days
that I (God) will bring you against My Land (Israel),
so that the nations may know Me,
when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.�
(For God will destroy this invading army ...)
Thus says the Lord GOD:
�Are you (Gog) he of whom I have spoken in former days
by My servants the prophets of Israel,
who prophesied for years in those days
that I would bring you against them?"
(Ezekiel 38:11-17)
�And it will come to pass at the same time,
when Gog comes against the land of Israel,� says the Lord GOD,
�that My fury will show in My face.
For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken:
�Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel,
so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field,
all creeping things that creep on the earth,
and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence.
The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.�
I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,� says the Lord GOD.
�Every man�s sword will be against his brother.
And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed;
I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him,
flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself,
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.
Then they shall know that I am the LORD.�
(Ezekiel 38:18-23)
The invading coalition of armies will be destroyed.
Let�s analyze now the mystery Babylon the Great.
Is it the USA or the coalition of nations under the Anti-Christ?
Read and see what God said about Babylon in Revelation 17-18.
Revelation 17:1-2 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, �Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.�
The coalition of the Anti-Christ will kill Christians and Jews.
They will be martyrs.
It is exactly what Islam says.
Revelation 17:3-6 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
Brothers, note that in the prophecy below the beast is the Anti-Christ.
The Lamb is the Son of God Jesus.
The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast
Revelation 17:7-18 But the angel said to me, �Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
�Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
�The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.�
Then he said to me, �The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.�
Jeremiah 50:9 �.(Babylon) an alliance of great nations from the land of the north.
Revelation 18
The Fall of Babylon the Great
1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, �Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.�
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, �Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, �I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.� 8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day�death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
The World Mourns Babylon�s Fall
9 �The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, �Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.�
11 �And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. 14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, �Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.� Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, �What is like this great city?�
19 �They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, �Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.�
20 �Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!�
Finality of Babylon�s Fall
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, �Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.�
So, what do we see here?
God will judge Babylon- an alliance of nations which will attack Israel during the Third World War. Yes, God also said that Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine (Gaza) will be completely destroyed.
And the Beast �the Anti-Christ � and the False Prophet will be cast to the lake of fire.
So, God told us about the destruction of the Muslim states which will attack Israel 2,000 year before the existence of Islam and the word �Islam�!!!
God also said about the destruction of all troops which will come to attack Israel.
And God said that His Son Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of lords and He will establish His millennium reign in Israel.
Look at God and His Son and the Judgment Day:
Vision of the Ancient of Days
� I watched till thrones were put in place,
And the Ancient of Days was seated;
His garment was white as snow,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame,
Its wheels a burning fire;
A fiery stream issued
And came forth from before Him.
A thousand thousands ministered to Him;
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
The court was seated,
And the books were opened.
�I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking; I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame.
As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
� I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 7:8-14
God judged the Beast/the Anti-Christ and soon we all will stand before the Judgment seat of the Son of God and the books will be opened and we will be judged for hatred, violence, sexual immorality and every sin we have ever committed.
How to escape this Judgment Day?
You can escape this Judgment Day.
If you will abandon your sins, repent of your sins and confess them to God in a prayer.
The Son of God took the sin of the world to His holy body on the cross to justify during the Judgment Day those people who will believe in Him and obey Him.
We will be saved only through our FAITH in the Son of God.
�and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man,
clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow,
and His eyes like a flame of fire;
His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace,
and His voice as the sound of many waters;
He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
�Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen.
WHAT CITY CALLED *BABYLON* BUILT ON 7 HILLS AND A GREAT SEA PORT WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF 666 DURING THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION??
{666 is called the Beast 36 or 6X6 in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 13:5,7 The Beast:devil: {666} will exercise his authority for 42 {30-day} months {or 1260 days}And he will be given power to make war against the saints and conquer them. {See Dan 7:25}
Rev 17:18: The *WOMAN* you saw {In Revelation17:1-18} is the great **CITY** that will rule over the kings of the earth.
Rev 17:3,5,6,8,9,12,13, 18: I saw a WOMAN sitting on a scarlet Beast {666} with 7 heads and 10 horns...The Beast, which you saw, once was {alive}, now is not {Alive in AD 96}, and will come out of the Abyss {Or Hell} and go to his destruction {See Rev 19:19,20} This title was written on her forehead �Mystery: Babylon the Great: Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the earth.� I saw that the WOMAN was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. The Beast {666}, which you saw, once was {alive}, now is not {Alive in AD 96}, and will come up out of the Abyss {Or Hell} and go to his destruction {See Rev 19:19,20} ...This calls for a mind with wisdom. The 7 Heads are SEVEN HILLS {ROME}on which the WOMAN sits {Or reigns}... The 10 horns you saw are 10 kings who will give their authority to the Beast {666}...The WOMAN you saw is the great ***CITY*** that rules over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 18:17-20,24 �Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, �Was there ever a city like this great city?� They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: �Woe, Woe, O great **CITY**:devil:, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin! Rejoice over her, O heaven! Rejoice saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you....In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been killed on the earth.�
Most Bible scholars believe that the book of First Peter was written shortly after the beginning of Nero�s Roman persecution of Christians in AD 64 because of I Peter 4:12,13 & 5:8,9. We know that Peter and his wife were living in Rome at this time. Peter was inspired to write in I Peter 5:13: �She {Peter�s wife} who is in *BABYLON* {Nickname for *ROME*!} sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.� Apparently some Christians including Peter were inspired to call ROME �BABYLON� after Nero�s terrible persecution of Christians starting in AD 64. This is very interesting since the evil city of the End-Times is called �BABYLON� 6 times in Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21.
All encyclopedias agree that Babylon was completely evacuated in 275 BC and completely destroyed by 141 BC. The Wikipedia encyclopedia states, "By 141 BC, when the Parthian Empire took over the region, Babylon was in complete desolation and obscurity." The only question that remains is: Was Babylon rebuilt so that there could be people living in Babylon around AD 65 when Peter wrote 1 Peter 5:13??? Which leads us to the promises of God in Jeremiah 50:1-3,13: This is the word the Lord spoke through Jeremiah concerning Babylon.."Babylon will be captured... A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both men and animals will flee away!" Also read Jeremiah 52:52:61-64: And God ALWAYS keeps His promises. If you check out the latest Iraqi Tour Guides you will notice the following statement: "Today, Babylon lies COMPLETELY in ruins. A large and splendidly carved stone lion is all that remains of its former glories."
I was a missionary in Jerusalem and Jerusalem was never known as they city on 7 hills. It has always been known as the city on 6 mountains {Not Hills} as per Wikipedia {Jerusalem Mountains} which are {1} Mount Herzl {2} Mount ofOlives{3}MountZion{4}MountScopus{5}TempleMount{6}HarMenuchot.
�Babylon� {Nicknamed Rome by Peter} is a �GREAT SEAPORT� in Rev 18:17-19; JUST LIKE ROME and UNLIKE Babylon whose ruins are NOW 4 miles from the very shallow Euphrates River; and UNLIKE Jerusalem which is 2000 to 3000 feet above sea level and 35 miles from the Mediterranean Sea. Babylon is also completely FLAT whereas the End-Time "Babylon" will be a city built on 7 Hills JUST LIKE ROME!!� Rev 17:18: �The woman you saw {Rev 17:3--Who sits with the Beast with 7 heads} is the great *CITY* {Rome--nicknamed Babylon in I Peter 5:13--See Rev 17:5a} that will rule over the kings of the earth.� The headquarters of 666 will be destroyed about 2 weeks before the Last Day.{See Rev 16:10-16} Rev 18:19: �Woe! Woe, O great *CITY*, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin! Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets! God has judged her for the way she treated you...In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints and of all who have been killed on the earth!�
The mention of �seven hills� in conjunction with the Harlot Woman (Rev. 17:9) is often seen as an allusion to seven hills known to be associated with Rome:
The Rome view is also built upon the assumption that the seven hills of Revelation 17:9 identify the topography of the ancient city of Rome. Because literature of the ancient world contains dozens of references to the seven hills of Rome, the ancient city of Rome was universally known as the city of the seven hills. Thus, such a topographical reference would immediately suggest Rome in the minds of John�s original audience. This suggestion is especially true given the fact that the seven hills were the nucleus of the city on the left bank of the Tiber River and given the fact that an unusual festival called the septimontium received its name because of this topographical feature.
Rome has always been known as the *CITY* built on 7 Hills by Romulus from whom Rome gets its name. The following is a quote from Wikipedia Encyclopedia: The Seven Hills of Rome (Italian: Sette colli di Roma) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the ancient city.
The seven hills are: Aventine Hill, Caelian Hill, Captoline Hill, Esqui;ine Hill, Palentine Hill, Quirinal Hill and Viminal Hill.
In addition, the notion that John�s audience would have understood the imagery of Revelation 17 as referring to the topography of Rome seems strengthened by the discovery of the Dea Roma Coin minted in A.D. 71 in Asia Minor. One side of the coin contains the portrait of the emperor. The reverse side of the coin depicts Rome, a Roman pagan goddess, sitting on seven hills seated by the waters of the Tiber River. There are obvious similarities between the Dea Roma Coin and the imagery of Revelation 17. In both cases, the goddess and the harlot are seated on seven hills and are seated either on or by the waters (Rev. 17:1). In addition, the name of the goddess was thought by many Romans to be Amor, which is Roma spelled backwards. Amor was the goddess of love and sexuality. Thus, both the woman on the coin and the woman in Revelation 17 represent harlotry (Rev. 17:5). Furthermore, the coin equates Roma with the power of the Roman Empire, which was active in persecuting Christians of John�s day. The placement of Vespasian on one side of the coin and Roma on the other makes this connection. . . . The goddess is also pictured as holding a sword, which may depict Rome�s imperial power. This imagery parallels with the woman in Revelation 17 who is said to be drunk with the blood of the saints (Rev. 17:6).
Revelation 17:18: The Woman:devil: you saw is the great ***CITY*** that rules over the kings of the earth!"
Revelation 19:1-3: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of His servants" And again he shouted, "Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever!":applause::peace:
