Prophecy at Work, Putin in The Middle East

The US “president” has created a mess in the Middle East. He supported an overthrow of stable governments (although not necessarily good governments) through the Arab Spring revolts in partnership with the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda. He targeted Syria, a vassal state of Iran, also for overthrow. In his efforts to rid Syria of dictator Bashar Assad, the US supported not only al Qaeda, al Nursa and a handful of other terrorists groups, but also the Islamic State. The IS is brutally advancing throughout the Middle East, torturing, beheading, crucifying, raping and pillaging anyone who does not agree with them. Then the “president” supports Iran offering it billions of dollars and a way to expand its nuclear program.

Now Russia’s Vladimir Putin is stepping in as a force to be reckoned with. The power base is shifting in the Middle East and this has significant prophetic implications. Putin, in support of allies Iran and Syria, has determined to eliminate IS. This is a wild card for the US “president,” who has given lip service to eradicating the world from the IS, but has in reality supported it as a balance against Iran. With Putin stepping in, the US “president’s” plan of Muslim Brotherhood unification of a worldwide caliphate is now in jeopardy. Strange enough is the “president’s” support of Iran at the same time. But overall, it seems that the “president” is taking great steps to see an overall unification of Islam in the Middle East.

This does not seem possible with Putin stepping in to eradicate IS and to bolster Iran’s puppet, Syria. Indeed, the Syria-Iran supported Hezbollah and other terrorist groups will be bolstered by Putin’s actions. This places Hezbollah on the mountain tops of the Golan Heights, within clear sight of Israel. And it gives Hezbollah the backing of Russian bases that are being anchored in Syria. Let us not be deceived, however. Islam’s goal is to eliminate Israel from the face of the world map. Islam is very strategic and Russia long has been an ally. While it appears that Putin and the US “president” are at odds over their policies, the end result may well align with both prophecy and Islam’s quest to eradicate Israel.

So where is the prophecy in all this? I do not believe it is found in Ezekiel 38. It may be the very start of how Ezekiel 38 will someday play out, but it is not this as yet. Jesus, however, in laying out exactly what would happen in the end times warned us in Matthew 24:4, “Take heed that no man deceive you.” There is a lot of deception in the current Middle East events. Jesus went on to say, “And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” We are seeing the impact of wars and more is to come.