āSo the Russians were up to no good, something leading Democrats scoffed at just a few years ago. Also, still distinct from that, people on the Trump team were having ānormalā and ānot unusualā meetings with the Russian ambassador. What is lacking still is any evidence of quid pro quo. Thatās the story Democrats are desperately hoping is behind all this, but the evidence just isnāt there, at least not so far.ā
Everyone met with the Russian ambassador, letās all panic! - Hot Air
Related:
No One Mentions That The Russian Trail Leads To Democratic Lobbyists.
The mediaās focus on Trumpās Russian connections ignores the much more extensive and lucrative business relationships of top Democrats with Kremlin-associated oligarchs and companies. Thanks to the Panama Papers, we know that the Podesta Group (founded by John Podestaās brother, Tony) lobbied for Russiaās largest bank, Sberbank. āSberbank is the Kremlin, they donāt do anything major without Putinās go-ahead, and they donāt tell him ānoā either,ā explained a retired senior U.S. intelligence official. According to a Reuters report, Tony Podesta was āamong the high-profile lobbyists registered to represent organizations backing Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.ā Among these was the European Center, which paid Podesta $900,000 for his lobbying.
Thatās not all: The busy Podesta Group also represented Uranium One, a uranium company acquired by the Russian government which received approval from Hillary Clintonās State Department to mine for uranium in the U.S. and gave Russia twenty percent control of US uranium. The New York Times reported Uranium Oneās chairman, Frank Guistra, made significant donations to the Clinton Foundation, and Bill Clinton was paid $500,000 for one speech from a Russian investment bank that has ālinks to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.ā Notably, Frank Giustra, the Clinton Foundationās largest and most controversial donor, does not appear anywhere in Clintonās ānon-privateā emails. It is possible that the emails of such key donors were automatically scrubbed to protect the Clinton Foundation.
Letās not leave out fugitive Ukrainian oligarch, Dymtro Firtash. He is represented by Democratic heavyweight lawyer, Lanny Davis, who accused Trump of āinviting Putin to commit espionageā (Trumpās quip: If Putin has Hillaryās emails, release them) but denies all wrongdoing by Hillary.
Itās a good rule of thumb that lefties are guilty of whatever theyāre loudly decrying.
so how does Russia fit in with you end time lunatic fantasies
For Guno to be so hateful of Christianity yet so ignorant. Ezekiel 38-39
GOG & MAGOG
The Gog prophecy is meant to be fulfilled at the approach of what is called the "
end of days", but not necessarily the end of the world.
Jewish eschatology viewed Gog and Magog as enemies to be defeated by the Messiah, which will usher in the age of the
Messiah.
Christianity's interpretation is more starkly
apocalyptic: making Gog and Magog allies of
Satan against God at the end of the
millennium, as can be read in the
Book of Revelation.
Gog is a person. Whoever Gog is, he is from the land of Magog and is the leader of Tubal and Meshek (some translations add āRoshā to the list) and a confederacy of other nations: Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and Beth Togarmah (
Ezekiel 38:5ā6). And, whoever he is, he will have plans to āattack a peaceful and unsuspecting people,ā viz., Israel (verses 11, 14, and 18). But, regardless of Gogās plans, the Lord God is against him and will defeat him soundly (
Ezekiel 38:4,
19ā23;
39:3ā5).
Magog is a land āin the far north,ā from Israelās point of view (
Ezekiel 38:15;
39:2). Most Bible commentators interpret āMagogā as Russiaāand, indeed, Russia is straight north of Israel, all the way up to the Arctic Circle. According to this view, āRoshā is a reference to Russia, āMeshekā is either Moscow or the people north of the Black Sea (the area of southern Russia and Ukraine), and āTubal,ā which is always listed with Meshek in Scripture, is identified as a city in Siberia or an area in central Turkey.
Others see āMagogā as a general term used in Ezekielās day to identify barbarians living near the Black and Caspian Seas. Regardless of the
exact locations of Magog, Tubal, and Meshek, there is no doubt that the
general area includes portions of Russia and the former Soviet Union, and possibly some Arab countries.
Does the Bible say anything about Russia in relation to the end times?
With Russia involved in Syria, the prophecy pundits are making predictions again. The four so-called Blood Moons are so yesterday. Thereās a new prophecy speculation on the horizon. The folks at
The Blaze have been following the Gog and Magog prophecy for a number of years with some caution:
With
Russiaās recent airstrikes targeting rebels in Syria, this end times subject matter is once again getting some attention, though it remains controversial, as many counter that the Old Testament simply doesnāt offer up any eschatological proclamations about the modern era.
Joel Rosenberg is a modern-day advocate that
Ezekiel 38 and
39 are prophetic chapters that address todayās geo-political movements:
āThe Hebrew prophet Ezekiel wrote 2,500 years ago that in the ālast daysāof history, Russia and Iran will form a military alliance to attack Israel from the north,ā Rosenberg
wrote. āBible scholars refer to this eschatological conflict, described in
Ezekiel 38-39, as the āWar of Gog & Magog.'ā
Ezekiel describes the attack of Gog, Prince of Magog, and his confederates. Ezekiel states that people from all over the world attack Godās people, who are pictured dwelling at peace in the land. Godās people will completely defeat them, however, and the spoils will be immense. The result is that all nations will see the victory, and āthe house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God from that day onwardā (
Ezek. 39:21ā23). . . .
Is Russia's Presence in Syria the Gog and Magog War?
What is the battle of Gog and Magog?
In short, the battle Gog and Magog is war in the latter days (Last days) when a confederacy of nations attack Israel, which has been restored in the last days. These nations, which attack Israel in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39, include nations, which are Muslim and have a clear animosity to Israel. Along with these Muslims nations, a northern kingdom, called Gog and Magog, which many identify, as the land Russia, will ally itself with Muslim nations, to oppose Israel in the last days.
This confederacy of nations comes against Israel, God, who through Ezekiel foretells the event, defeats them. This conflict establishes Israel and restores them to the land in preparation of their redemption. The conflict also reminds the world, why Israel went into captivity for the last two-thousand years.(Ezekiel 39:28).
The timing of this event, and what follows is an issue of debate by those who study Bible prophecy. The battle of Gog and Magog is a seminal event in scripture. It is the transition to the time, known as the
Day of the Lord, the
Time of Jacobās Trouble, the
Tribulation Period. Scripture reveals the details to those who take the Bible literally.
The Muslim view of Gog and Magog
The Muslim view of Gog and Magog differs from both the Christian and Jewish view, in the end the Muslims and not the Jews are victors against Gog and Magog. The origin in the Quran can be traced to the legends of Alexander the Great, which developed around him. In the Quran, Alexander the Great is referred to as
O Dhul-Qarneyn, Alexander builds an Iron wall of metal separating Gog and Magog to the North.
Israel uses the remains burns the weapons of Gog for seven-years
Following the defeat of Islam and Russia, Israel uses the weapons left in the land for the next seven-years. The seven-year period clearly indicates this event occurs before the tribulation, since the tribulation itself is seven years.
7 "So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
8 "Surely it is coming, and it shall be done," says the Lord God. "This is the day of which I have spoken.
9 "Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for
seven years. Ezekiel 39:7-9
What happens to Islam and the Muslim people following Gog and Magog
What happens to the Muslim nations, we can gather from other scriptures in the Bible. We know the Antichrist, the last world leader before the return of Christ, makes a peace treaty. This agreement or Covenant is for seven-years, but only last
3.5 before it is broken.
At the start of this covenant, Israel is deceived by the Antichrist, who later turns on the Jewish people, proclaiming himself god, demanding the world worship him. Prior to this however, the antichrist tries to unify the world, under a single religion.
With Islam defeated as a force, he will begin to persecute all those who refuse to submit to his plans.
The nations on the earth will have a clear choice, having witnessed the destruction of the Islamic alliance; the world will be forced to choose between the God of Israel or a false world leader, who will force the earth to worship him.
Gog, Magog, Israel and Russia