It is a pity, because God of Israel, also known as God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is also
the God of the nations (Latin Gentes, Hebrew goyim).
Romans 3
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
soc.culture.russian is also a very respectable place to witness salvation of God, unlike other
newsgroups that react non-democratically.
I am a different school of believers in God of Abraham who do not believe that Russia and
Persia (Iran) are predestined to become the "King of North", Antichrist and God and Magog,
by sole fault of being "Scythians from the North" in the time of writing of Ezekiel 38.
QUOTE:
Many biblical scholars equate the land of Gog in Ezekiel’s prophecies with Russia,
who will attack Israel “from the far north” (Ezekiel 38:15). Meshech and Tubal could be two
of the “many nations” joining Russia in their invasion of Israel (verse 6).
[1]
https://www.gotquestions.org/Meshech-and-Tubal.html
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians
Here is why Libya is already destroyed, and the "Christian-other-cheek-turning" neocons want
to nuke Iran (Persia), making more order as the excellent job in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria:
Ezekiel 38
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,
the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth,
and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a
great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all
his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people
with thee.
But Isaiah had different idea of Tubal:
Isaiah 66
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the
midst, EATING SWINE'S FLESH, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together,
saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues;
and they shall come, and see my glory. 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those
that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to TUBAL,
and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory;
and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
So Tubal is by Isaiah a place of escape.
Simply eliminating all Gogs, Magogs, new Hitlers, Amaleks, Hamans, ... the list doesn't end ...
around the world is revealing the desire for certain level of global control that ultimately belongs
to God Creator.
This is why I believe that the security of Russia is not in MAD ("mutually assured destruction"),
but in the security in God and Jesus Christ; as Isaiah said long ago:
Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved;
in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
This is the new approach: we do not have to picker with every crow annoying and picking on
our head, but watch what happens to them in the faith and trust in God.
in the LORD God Merciful, Longsuffering
Amen