Hello John and Doves,
We probably all know by now that
Israel was attacked by air, land and sea on Saturday morning
by Hamas. This is being called a "colossal failure' -
catching Israel unprepared. Dozens of Israelis have been
killed and over a thousand injured. So far....
This took
place 50 years after the 1973 Yom Kippur War (October 6
to 25, 1973). And on the
Shabbat and at the end of Feast of Tabernacles on
Simchat Torah (the Joy of the Torah) - and the beginning
of Shemini Atzeret - High Holy times. Wow.
This is surely prophetic.
Here's the hebcal 1973
calendar: October 6 is Yom Kippur. Sukkot
starts October 11 and ends October 17 (Hoshana
Raba). October 18 was
Shemini Atzeret.
Jewish
Calendar 1973 Diaspora - Hebcal
.
But is this war prophesied?
Could this be the Gog
War?
I would like to look at the
similarities to this attack and the Ezekiel 38/39 attack
with what we have so far...:
Both wars are a total
surprise - massive intelligence failure for
both. In the Gog war, the Jewish people are
unprepared, unaware of the army north of them as they dwell
securely in their unwalled villages. The army attacks the
unprepared people.
In today's war neither the Israeli
Intelligence nor the U.S. Intelligence knew anything about
this as Hamas was able to get across the Israeli borders
undetected. And attack and capture Israeli villages.
In both
wars, Israel was "dwelling securely". Gog
came against the people "dwelling securely". As for
today's war - Netanyahu was
just talking about peace and security about to happen
finally in the region with the upcoming normalization of
relations with Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu said, "Peace
between Israel and Saudi Arabia will truly create a new
Middle East...Now as the circle of peace expands,
I believe that a real path towards a genuine peace with
our Palestinian neighbors can finally be achieved...For
years, my approach to peace was rejected by the
so-called experts. Well, they were wrong...The
Abraham accords heralded the dawn of a new age of
peace."
It seems that Netanyahu 'somehow'
didn't understand Saudi Arabia's stance on the
"normalization" requirements - he downplayed and
"has insisted that the Palestinian issue is not as
important to Saudi Arabia as many might believe and that
it has not been a significant component of the
normalization talks that Riyadh has held with
Washington." The Saudis have said that
the price of peace for Israel will be the creation of a
Palestine state taken from Jewish land. In
fact, the UN SDG Summit just recently included 'peace in the
Middle East' - Saudi Arabia, the Arab League, the EU, Egypt
and Jordan - all pushing the two-state solution (which is
ultimately to lead to the annihilation of Israel)
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony
Blinken said..Saudi Arabia has conveyed to the United States
that advancing a two-state solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a critical component of a
potential normalization deal that Washington is
brokering between Riyadh and Jerusalem." Saudi Arabia
has NEVER acknowledged the state of Israel. And the
PLA charter calls for the destruction of Israel. One
has to ask, what was Netanyahu thinking?
Even as as last as October 3
- Abbas said "The Palestinian people will
achieve victory and achieve the independence of Palestine
with Jerusalem as its capitol." He wants
"global statehood recognition and acceptance to the United
Nations as a member state." The PA wants "Area C" -
biblical Judea and Samaria - turned over to be "an integral
part of the State of Palestine." Abbas said, "the
Israeli racist right-wing government continues its attacks
on our people and its army and its racist terrorist
settlers continue to intimate and kill our people, steal
our money and resources."
In both wars, Israel has
"unwalled villages". In the Gog War, the
Jews live in unwalled villages; they are at rest and dwell
safely - without walls, bars and gates. In today's
war, subdivisions near Gaza were taken and the Israeli
civilians killed or taken as hostages. Houses were
entered and the homeowners were killed. The streets
and houses have the dead lying in them.
Both
armies came to plunder. In the Gog War,
Gog's armies came "to take a spoil, and to take a
prey,..to take a great spoil. In this war, Abbas
accused the Jews of stealing money and resources from
Palestinians. The Palestinians took back their stolen
land/houses. They have taken villages from the Jews.
And have captured IDF soldiers and civilians. And
Hamas has entered prisons and set terrorists free.
Murdering, raping, kidnapping. This could be just
the beginning ....
How Could the Gog War Be a
Surprise?
I always wondered how Israel could
suffer a massive surprise attack from her
enemies in the north - with high tech satellites and other
forms of observation and detection, along with the U.S.
intelligence and Israel's Mossad - or simply looking across
the border. How could a massive army surprise
Israel? That never made sense to me. You don't
move that many troops by land without someone seeing
something.
That was until I saw this map of
Russian and Iranian forces in Syria just north of the
Israeli border.
Map
of foreign forces’ military points in Syria - mid 2023
Russia and Iran sit almost on top of Israel. When they
make a move - they are already in Israel. No one
outside Israel would have time to help or stop this.
And Israel would be surprised and overrun quickly.
It's being rumored now that
Hezbollah (Lebanon - Iran's proxy) is in talks with Egypt -
if the IDF ground troops enter Gaza, Hezbollah will enter
the war. And I'm hearing on Fox News that Israel is
considering sending ground troops into Gaza. It's been
announced that the Israeli National Security Council granted
authorization for a ground invasion of Gaza.
Iran said they will stand by
Hamas until they have liberated Palestine and
Jerusalem. Of course, Iran is funding these terrorist
groups - fighting a proxy war against Israel.
A Biblical Blinding?
I believe that this 'surprise'
attack and massive intelligence failure' was a biblical
blinding by God. There is no way, an attack so
massive, that would need months to plan could have resulted
in a surprise attack without something leaking out.
Without someone seeing something. I believe God did
this. (The Gog War is a surprise attack.) And
how could Netanyahu be so naive about peace and security
when he's trying to 'normalize' relations with an Arab state
that refuses to recognize Israel as a nation and has called
Jews 'the occupiers'? I believe Netanyahu was blinded
also to the danger. So God could fulfill His
prophecies.
As to the rest of Ezekiel 38/39 -
we'll have to see how this war plays out. Is this the
war where God's fury rises up in His face? Where He
shakes the land of Israel. And He shakes the sea and
Heavens? And He turns the enemies weapons against
themselves and hits them with "rain, great hailstones, fire
and brimstone"?
Just a few thoughts for now.
Also:
Biden has approved an Emergency
Military Aid Package to Israel of $8 Billion.
Tel Aviv has a full curfew going
and has required everyone to enter the shelters.
Germany is noting the "real" risk
of a major regional escalation.
The U.N. Security Council is to
meet on this "situation in the Middle East" on Sunday.
The Taliban has asked for safe
passage through Iran, Iraq and Jordan to Israel - to
'conquer the whole of Palestine', 'to conquer Jerusalem'.
Tehran, Iran is celebrating with
fireworks and parties. And Baghdad, Iraq is also
celebrating with Palestinian flags and fireworks.
Hamas supporters celebrate across Europe.
The Russians are calling for a
ceasefire and the return to the 1967 borders and the
establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as
its capitol.
Egypt has responded with their 2nd
and 3rd armies 'brought to the highest level of combat
readiness'; increasing security at the Israeli border.
And they've sent reinforcements to the Sinai Peninsula.
The King of Saudi Arabia blamed
Israel for this - due to their occupying the land of the
Palestinians.
Biden blamed for releasing $6
billion to Iran ahead of Hamas attack on Israel.
U.N. peacekeepers deployed to
Southern Lebanon ordered to return to their bases.
Israel decided to cut electricity
supply to Gaza.
The Hamas leader Haniyeh said they
will take the war to Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The IDF was not fully stocked with
weapons due to sending much to Ukraine.
Iron Dome was overwhelmed with the
number of rockets.
Iran may decide to join the war -
if they smell blood in the water.
The Israeli army has declared a
maximum alert on the Lebanese border - watching Hezbollah.
Israel may declare a National
Emergency Government.
Hamas is targeting Tel Aviv -
additional Iron Dome Defense System launchers sent there.
Some 60 civilian hostages have
been freed by the IDF
IDF sent text messages to certain
areas of Gaza to evacuate before missiles hit.
Saturday night - hundreds of
thousands of Israelis are being called up. Israel
bracing for multi-front conflict.
Nasrallah places all his troops in
Syria and Lebanon on war alert. They are ready to
enter the fight.
Hamas is using NATO weapons that
were sent to Ukraine.
There is a rumor that Putin/Russia
directly controls the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Syrian
operations - Russia orders, trains and arms Hamas.
(This would fit with a Gog scenario.)
This very well could turn into the
Gog War. IF Russia/Iran and the other countries listed
under Gog's command decide to join Hamas directly in an
attack on Israel.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem -
takes on new found meaning today!
Maranatha!
Chance