Shifting Sands

My, what a difference a year makes. Scarcely a year ago, Iran was the up-and-coming bully of the Middle East, flexing its military muscles and bellowing its belligerent death-to-Israel diatribe with abandon. Iran was recognized as the world's terrorist octopus, with its tentacles reaching down into Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and a number of other smaller terrorist groups scattered throughout the Middle East.

As that octopus slowly and inexorably squeezed its tentacles around the neck of Israel, the Iranian head of that octopus frantically pursued its dream of developing nuclear weapons, rapidly drawing ever closer to the glorious day when it would be able to wipe Israel off the face of the earth with a spine-chilling array of shiny new nukes.

Not only that, but both Iran and their Russian BFFs maintained a strong military presence in Syria that served to (a) project a direct threat to the hated Jewish state and (b) prop up a cooperative Assad regime that exercised a cruel level of suppression over a suffering Syrian population.

A year ago, Iran was busily carrying out its four-stage plan to destroy Israel. In an article I wrote in November 2023 entitled "The Harpazo Express," I laid out the basics of that plan. And note that this plan was put out by the Iranians themselves. Here's a brief quote from that article:

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1. Have Hamas attack Israeli territory from Gaza. Obviously this has already occurred, and provoked a strong response from the IDF, which is determined to essentially put an end to Hamas. — Status: Complete.

2. Wait for Israel to get bogged down in a ground-war slugfest with Hamas that could drag on for several months. — Status: Currently in work.

3. While Israel is still bogged down with Hamas, have Hezbollah spring into action from Lebanon and open a second, more intensive front that stretches Israel's military capabilities to the limit. — Status: On standby.

4. Leverage the resulting chaos as an excuse to put the pedal to the metal of their nuclear weapons program, which would enable Iran to rapidly finish developing a nuclear weapon. — Status: In prep mode.

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Obviously, over a year later those statuses no longer apply. In fact, the whole plan has come crashing down over the past year, and currently lies in a smoldering heap of rubble.

And that's part of what prompted this article.

In light of the situation that existed a year ago, many watchmen (this writer included) thought we might very possibly be marching right into the arms of Ezekiel 38–39 and a date with Gog-Magog in a fairly straight-ahead manner. It appeared as if we could be a mere hop, skip, and a jump away from a coalition of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and several Northern African nations descending upon Israel to wipe it off the map, only to be miraculously decimated by the hand of a mighty God who fights for His people.

At this point, we need to consider the fact that during the past year a number of stunning events have occurred that have radically shifted the sands of that scenario—things that none of us saw coming. And that means one thing:

That means it is incumbent upon us to reassess

the current state of the Gog-Magog scenario to

try and get a clearer grasp of where things stand.

In other words, we would do well to review some of the things that have occurred in recent months that have directly impacted the course of events that will lead to the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38–39. And we both know why:

As watchmen, we can't afford to get caught napping.

Yes, just a matter of months ago Iran was sitting pretty. As I said, they were the regional terrorist octopus—the bully on the block, and they extended their dominance over the region and their palpable threat to Israel's existence through their tentacles, primarily Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Not only that, but they were in possession of a huge stockpile of ballistic missiles that could reach Israel—and fully capable of producing as many more as they jolly well pleased.

And the cherry on top was the fact that they were racing toward the finish line of developing of nuclear weapons in secure, well-defended facilities—some of which are underground and that were presumed by many experts to be virtually untouchable. These weapons had Israel's name on them—and Iran was getting alarmingly close to reaching that goal.

And Israel was keenly aware of it.

What I want to do is break things down into a Top 10 list of significant events that have occurred during the past year that have greatly impacted the Gog-Magog scenario, and discuss how they affect its ongoing development and the potential timing of its fulfillment. That is, do these events mean the race to Gog-Magog has slowed down, sped up, stalled, or what exactly?

These are not listed in any particular order of date or significance, but all clearly have an impact on the development of the Gog-Magog scenario and how things may play out towards its fulfillment.

1. Somebody's short on long-range rockets...

On July 1, 2024, the IDF located and destroyed a large long-range rocket production facility in the town of Tel al-Sultan, just west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The site had been operated by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and the rockets produced there were being used by both the PIJ and Hamas in their attacks on Israel.

Forces from the Israeli Commando Brigade, operating both above and below ground, raided the site and completely destroyed both the equipment and materials used in the production of such weapons.

This site had produced hundreds of rockets used against Israeli forces, and this operation by the IDF significantly damaged the ability of Hamas and the PIJ to produce more rockets to be used in their attacks on Israel.

2. "You've got a message."

As I discuss in the Commentary entry for September 24, 2024, about a week earlier Hezbollah got a message that blew their minds...literally. Approximately 5,000 pagers they were using all exploded simultaneously, injuring over 3,000 of its members, some seriously, and killing several dozen.

The pagers were detonated by a signal transmitted by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. They first sent out a message alert to ensure a maximum number of people would be holding or looking at their pagers at the same time, and then a few seconds later transmitted another signal that caused all 5,000 of the pagers to explode.

Furious speculation ensued as to how this was accomplished, and Hezbollah tore through its ranks searching for a potential traitor that might have leaked information about the pagers. Hezbollah had issued orders for their members to switch to relatively low-tech, one-way pagers nearly a year earlier because they (correctly) believed the Israelis might be able to hack into their cell phones, and intense scrutiny was paid to exactly where and how the pagers were sourced to begin with.

The pagers were obtained from BAC Consulting, a little-known tech company in Hungary, who had manufactured the pagers under a license from a Taiwanese firm called Gold Apollo. It is believed that Mossad must have caught wind of Hezbollah's interest in obtaining pagers early on, and it is also believed that BAC Consulting could have been a front set up by Mossad in order to dupe Hezbollah. But predictably enough, solid answers are hard to come by.

But however it was pulled off, the mission was a stunning victory for Israel that knocked Hezbollah back on its heels and let its members know in no uncertain terms they were dealing a formidable force (and their formidable God).

3. We need new leaders!! (Any volunteers?!)

While the exploding pagers may have been a humiliating setback for Hezbollah, Israel was just getting warmed up. Throughout the year and culminating in a rapid-fire series of strikes in late September, the IDF was able to successfully carry out a series of pinpoint airstrikes aimed at taking out the upper echelon of Hezbollah's leadership one step at a time.

A significant number of Hezbollah's top leaders were assassinated in these strikes, including the following:

• Fu'ad Shukr was Hezbollah's most senior military official and member of the jihad council. He was the right-hand man of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and he was killed in a drone strike in southern Beirut.

• Ibrahim Aqil was a top commander and founder of the elite Radwan Force of Hezbollah. He was believed to have been involved in the 1983 strike on the American Embassy in Beirut and also the bombing of a U.S. Marine barracks, and had a $7 million bounty on him as a result. He was killed along with several other commanders in an airstrike on a residential building in Beirut.

• Ahmed Wehbe was the senior commander of the Radwan Force, and was killed in the same strike that took out Ibrahim Aqil.

• Ibrahim Kobeissi was the leader of Hezbollah's missile unit, and he was killed in airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

• Mohammad Surour headed up Hezbollah's newly formed drone unit. As such, he oversaw drone and cruise missile attacks on Israel from Lebanon, and was also killed in an airstrike in Beirut.

• Nabil Qaouk served (perhaps ironically) as Commander of Hezbollah's Preventative Security Unit, and also as a member of its central council. Designated as a global terrorist by the United States in 2020, Qaouk was killed in an Israeli strike in the Beirut area.

• Hashem Safieddine was the head of Hezbollah's executive council, and was widely viewed as the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who happened to be his cousin. He too was killed in an airstrike in Beirut.

• Hassan Nasrallah had been the leader of Hezbollah since 1992, taking charge after his predecessor Abbas Musawi was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack. Nasrallah oversaw the development of Hezbollah into a powerful military and political force in Lebanon during his 32-year tenure, and he was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah's underground headquarters in Beirut while meeting with 20 other Hezbollah members. His death was the high point of these highly focused strikes, and it effectively decapitated Hezbollah.

Honorable mention:

• Ismail Haniyeh wasn't a member of Hezbollah, but his death is certainly worth adding to this list. Haniyeh was the political chief of Hamas, and in late July 2024 he was in Tehran attending the inauguration of Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed when an explosive device that had been hidden two months earlier in the room in the guesthouse where they were staying was remotely detonated after it was learned that Haniyeh just happened to be staying in that room. In other words:

It appears that perhaps Israeli operatives just got a lucky break.

Either that or a gift-wrapped tip from the God of Israel.

As far as Hezbollah goes, however, in spite of all their blustering braggadocio in the wake of the assassinations about simply filling these positions with other able-bodied people and carrying on with their attacks on Israel without missing a beat, these pinpoint strikes that eliminated the top drawer of Hezbollah's leadership have essentially neutered what was easily Iran's most powerful and threatening proxy.

Israel's bold, daring, and well-coordinated airstrikes that took out these terrorist leaders have knocked Hezbollah to its knees and clearly diminished its capacity to lead the powerful military offensive against Israel that Iran had been counting on to set Israel up for their big nuclear kill shot.

4. Holes in the sand.

In the past year, Iran has launched two separate barrages of ballistic missiles at Israel. The first came on April 13, when Iran fired approximately 120 ballistic missiles on Israeli territory, most at the Nevatim and Ramon Airbases, in retaliation for the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus about two weeks earlier, in which two Iranian generals were killed.

Israelis say 99 percent of the missiles were intercepted, with only a small amount of minor damage reported, none of which affected any operations. Minimal damage was reported to a C-130 transport aircraft, an unused runway, and a couple of storage facilities.

In what turned out to be an amusing side note, Iranian media reported that the missiles had inflicted "significant damage," and showed images of a blazing inferno. These images, however, were later determined to be taken from footage of wildfires in Chile.

The second came on October 1, when Iran fired about 200 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel in response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Hamas that I mentioned in item #3 above.

The primary targets were the same two airbases—Nevatim and Ramon, and again only minimal damage was reported. And that's the entire point:

Both of these attacks by Iran

were complete, utter failures.

Iran hit Israel twice with a large barrage of ballistic missiles, and did little more than make a lot of holes in the sand. In regard to the first attack in April, The Economist wrote that "the strike was a military flop." And the fact that the Iranian media tried to pass off images of a wildfire in Chile as "significant damage" to an Israeli airbase tells you everything you need to know.

It makes the tentacles on that octopus look downright limp.

5. Commandos go underground.

Although it wasn't reported until January 2025, back in September elite Israeli forces carried out a raid on a secret underground long-range missile factory that was dug deep into the side of a mountain in Syria. The site could produce 150 to 350 missiles a year for use by Hezbollah, and also contained sensitive information about Syria's chemical weapons program.

The daring, complex mission was captured on video by Israeli commandos, all the way to the end when the subterranean complex was blown to smithereens in a massive explosion.

According to the IDF, a direct air attack wasn't feasible due primarily to the fact that this facility was buried well underground, although aircraft were in fact involved in the operation. This raid was carried out by 120 commandos that were flown in by helicopters.

What's especially interesting about this raid, however, is the fact that it provides Israel a potential template for precisely the type of attack that would be required to take out Iran's underground nuclear weapons facilities, similarly embedded underground and in the sides of mountains. That is, given the types of weapons Israel currently possesses (see #7 below).

In other words, this stunningly successful attack in Syria could in fact be a shot across the bow for Iran and its nuclear weapons program. Many experts see this raid as a dress rehearsal for just such an attack, and nothing coming from the Israeli government would serve to make anyone think otherwise.

Well, that dress rehearsal went off without a hitch. And Iran noticed.

6. A double whammy.

Prior to April 2024, Iran's nuclear weapons facilities were extremely well defended by four batteries of S-300 anti-aircraft radar systems that had been provided by their blossoming military partners in Russia. These four batteries of anti-aircraft radar systems were the cutting-edge first line of defense for Iran's sensitive nuclear sites.

The S-300 has a range of up to 125 miles, and can track down and strike multiple targets simultaneously. It can be used to shoot down both missiles and aircraft, and is widely considered one of the most powerful and effective air-defense systems in the world. So, needless to say, the fact that Iran's nuclear sites were defended by such systems was more than sufficient to convince most people that attempting any type of direct attack on those sites would be foolhardy and likely doomed to failure.

That was before April.

On April 19, Israel launched a pinpoint airstrike into Iran and successfully destroyed one of those four S-300 air-defense batteries.

Whammy one.

That attack was so successful that on October 26, Israel launched another such airstrike, this time destroying the remaining three S-300 batteries.

Whammy two.

As a result of these two strikes, the words of Amos Hochstein, senior Mideast advisor for the Biden administration, reverberated around the world:

"Iran is essentially naked."

To the surprise of no one, Iranian officials did their utmost to minimize and downplay the damage done by Israel's attacks, scoffing at the idea that the attacks had done any significant damage. But the truth is crystal clear:

The destruction of these four S-300

air-defense radar batteries leaves

all Iran's nuclear weapons facilities

utterly vulnerable and open to attack.

Prior to this, successfully attacking and destroying Iran's nuclear sites almost seemed like the impossible dream for Israel. But Israeli leaders are now wide awake and definitely smelling the coffee.

7. The missing piece.

Back in item #5, I mentioned the fact that in September Israel carried out a daring commando raid to penetrate and blow up a secret underground long-range missile factory buried in the side of a mountain in Syria. I also mentioned that given the weapons Israel currently possesses, this could serve as a potential template for a similar attack on Iran's nuclear sites. Of course, one might ask the obvious question:

Why didn't Israel just send in an airstrike and bomb it? Wouldn't that have been a whole lot easier?

Sure it would have. But one reason Israel had to undertake such a complex mission was the fact that they do not possess the necessary type of advanced weapon that would make the task of destroying such heavily protected, underground facilities by direct bombing feasible:

Bunker-busters.

I'll spare you my lame attempts to explain the physics behind bunker-busters, but one simple image that effectively gets the fundamental point across (no pun intended, but it's all mine) is that of someone shooting a nail gun at the wall. But the point is this:

Israel ain't got 'em...but America does.

Naturally, Joe Biden would never dream of giving such weapons to Israel—good heavens, they might win. But luckily for Israel (not to mention the United States), Bumbling Joe Biden is (hopefully) headed for the elderly care facility he belonged in four years ago, and to Israel's delight and relief America has a bona fide president again. And that would be one Donald J. Trump.

Since his election, Trump has made it clear that he is open to the idea of making these weapons available to Israel for the express purpose of aiding them in destroying Iran's nuclear weapons facilities.

I would expect nothing less from a bona fide American president.

8. Adiós, Assad!

In December 2024, Syria's Assad regime fell to Islamist rebels, and it wasn't long before forces of both Russia and Iran in Syria were effectively stymied. Large numbers of troops were withdrawn as the regional aspirations of those two powers were substantially curtailed in light of the rebel turnover. This is part and parcel of the next item, so keep reading.

9. Turkey: the new Iran?

The bottom line is that Iran is clearly faltering, and its position as Israel's most dangerous and threatening enemy has been diminished. Its most powerful proxies have been significantly weakened, and its vaunted nuclear weapons facilities are more exposed and vulnerable than they have ever been.

But one key linchpin in this whole scenario is the recent fall of Syria's Assad regime, an event which served to weaken the military positions of both Russia and Iran in Syria, where they represented a strong and growing threat to Israel from the north. One major problem was that after the rebel takeover of Syria, both Russia and Iran lost the use of some key ports and airbases they had been using to keep their troops in Syria supplied and equipped. That put a damper on any regional expansion ideas they may have had.

OK, but what has fundamentally changed as a result the fall of the Assad regime that relates to Gog-Magog? That's easy:

Say hello to Turkey.

Although for the past few years Iran has been Israel's most dangerous adversary, shifting geopolitical sands in the Middle East have seen the nation of Turkey emerge as a burgeoning anti-Israel force in the region, to the point where many experts are now beginning to see Turkey as a greater threat to Israel than Iran ever was. Assad's fall may have put a kink in the plans of Russia and Iran, but it threw the door wide open for Turkey.

According to experts, this may pose even bigger problems for Israel than Iran ever did. In an article posted at Ynetnews, Middle East policy analyst Amine Ayoub gives us some insight into why this is true:

One of the most significant factors contributing to Turkey's potential threat to Israel is its close ties with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), a Sunni Islamist movement founded in Egypt in 1928. [Sunnis make up about 87–90 percent of the Muslim world, while Shia make up only about 10–13 percent. However, Iran is about 90–95 percent Shia. So, there is a sharp ideological divide between Iran and Turkey.] The Muslim Brotherhood advocates for the establishment of an Islamic caliphate, based on the interpretation of Islamic law, and has historically been hostile to Israel's existence.

[...]

Given Turkey's growing role in Syria and its close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Israel faces a complex challenge in the region. The ideological underpinnings of Turkey's foreign policy make it a potentially more dangerous adversary than Iran. Iran's threat is primarily centered around nuclear weapons and military support for Hezbollah and other groups, but Turkey's influence is more widespread, ideological, and interconnected with larger regional power struggles. [In other words, Iran may hate Israel, but Turkey hates them even more and can influence others in the Middle East to do likewise for deeper, more profound ideological and religious reasons.] Turkey's ambitions in the Middle East, coupled with its support for Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, threaten to reshape the regional order in ways that undermine Israel's security. [And we already see this occurring as I write this.]

[...]

Beyond ideological support, Turkey's growing military presence in key conflict zones like Syria poses a direct security threat to Israel. Erdogan's intervention in Syria, where Turkey has backed rebel groups, including some with links to extremist factions, has had significant implications for Israel. [In other words, unlike Iran and Russia, Turkey is ready to work hand in hand with the Islamist rebels who now control Syria.]

(emphasis & [comments] added)

—  Amine Ayoub [Source]

Gimme a break: Speaking of Turkey, unlike the majority of students of the Bible, some people are coming out and pinning the tail of Gog on Turkey rather than on Russia. I read a little bit about this recently, and of course they have their interpretational reasons for doing so. While many who study the Bible seem to be convinced Gog is the leader of Russia, others see things differently—and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. All any of us can do is study the Word and do our best.

But there is one thing that these people almost invariably do that just drives me bonkers—and I actually find it somewhat insulting. Many English translations of Ezekiel 38:2 use the word "rosh," which means "leader" or "chief," and these people will naively leap to the conclusion that those who see Gog as the leader of Russia are doing so for no other reason than the mere fact that the word "rosh" happens to sound a little bit like the word "Russia." Uhh...no. That's not the reason. Now, you are certainly free to see Gog as the leader of Turkey or any other country for that matter, but please...do us a favor and don't treat us like a bunch of scriptural dumbbells. If you're curious why many serious students of Scripture do believe Ezekiel 38:2 points to Gog as being the leader of Russia, take a moment to read the following. Hint: It's not simply because "rosh" sounds a little like "Russia," although it's difficult to completely rule out a linguistic connection between the two words. OK? 'Nuff said.

Thanks...I needed to get that off my chest.

10. There's a new sheriff in town...

Russia and Iran clearly seek to be the dominant force in the Middle East, and with a weak, wishy-washy Biden administration in Washington, that appeared to be well on track.

But the election of Donald Trump has the potential to radically change that equation, and Trump is wasting no time putting the world on notice:

Stand by—America is back.

After four years under a weak, doddering prezzzident that could barely read cue cards while catering to Israel's enemies and handcuffing the Jewish state, America suddenly has a strong president that not only loves America but also strongly supports Israel—and it doesn't appear that he is planning to let either one get pushed around any longer.

Now, that's all well and good, but one thing Trump's election will likely do is put increased pressure on Russia's Putin and Iran's Pezeshkian to forge even stronger military ties to counter America's resurgence and they are likely to move to control the Middle East to an even greater extent, rather than back off and loosen their grip. They are determined to remain the big dogs on the block in the region, and aren't likely to sit idly by and let Trump change that. Putin is no quitter, and his plans for increased control of the region and its resources haven't fundamentally changed since Trump's re-election.

For example, on January 17, just three days before Trump officially returned to the White House, Russia and Iran signed the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement, a deal that had been in the works for months and that strengthens a partnership that is now more committed than ever to challenging the possibility of an American-led international order.

Help us out: I was mildly surprised to learn that this agreement does not require either country to come to the defense of the other if they are attacked. It merely stipulates that neither side can aid any country that attacks the other. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean that Russia wouldn't come to Iran's aid, but this agreement doesn't force the issue.

As for Iran, Nikita Smagin, an independent expert on Russia and Iran, sums up the state of the Iranians this way:

They are frightened by the Trump administration, they are frightened by Israel [and after what the IDF has done lately, that's not exactly a surprise], they are frightened by the collapse of Assad, the collapse of Hezbollah.

(emphasis & [comments] added)

— Nikita Smagin [Source]

Thus, Trump's return to the White House may actually accelerate the movement toward the fulfillment of Gog-Magog, rather than reduce regional tensions and roll things back to any significant degree. In other words:

President Trump may be ready to push,

but Russia and Iran are ready to push back.

And make no mistake: That pushing will ultimately be focused on the nation of Israel and those despised Zionist occupiers who just happen to be sitting on vast deposits of natural gas that Russia would do anything to get its hands on in its quest to control the flow of gas in Europe and Asia.

Can you say "take a spoil?"

Shifting sands, solid rock

So a number of unforeseen events have greatly altered the developing Gog-Magog scenario from the way it appeared just one year ago, when many watchmen believed we were knocking on the door of the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38–39. But the question is this:

Where do these events leave us now?

A year ago, Iran was the big bully in the Middle East, threatening Israel through their powerful, well-armed proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah. They were rapidly nearing their goal of developing nuclear weapons with which to destroy the Jewish nation, and they clearly envisioned doing it all by themselves: The Iranians saw themselves as the heroes of the Muslim world who would finally wipe the evil Zionist occupiers from the face of the earth once and for all.

The problem is that in Ezekiel 38–39, Iran doesn't attack Israel alone, and it's not the leader of the coalition that does so: That's Russia (or Turkey according to some). As a result, some of us strongly suspected that the scenario was apt to change somewhat before God was ready to green-light Gog-Magog, but we didn't know what would change or how.

And sure enough, during the past year things definitely changed.

The shifting sands of global events have changed the scenario into one where Iran is far more likely to join with other nations like Russia and Turkey to attack Israel rather than attempting to do it alone, which is a possibility that has effectively been shredded at this point.

Honestly, I believe it is not only technically feasible, but quite likely that Israel will in fact destroy Iran's nuclear weapons sites, and I tend to think that's not too far off in our future. I'm sure Israel doesn't want to wait any longer than necessary to pull this off, since defensive capabilities can be replaced or rebuilt. And I also believe that behind all the bluster, Iran itself suspects as much.

And that begs one key question:

What would be the reaction of the Big Three of Iran, Russia, and Turkey if Israel were to pull off such an earth-shattering attack?

Personally, I don't think it's too difficult to see this creating a scenario where those nations come together to wipe out the despised and wickedly dangerous Jewish nation once and for all for what I guarantee will be considered by the whole world to be an unwarranted, unprovoked, and unforgivable attack. And I believe the Gog-Magog coalition would quickly coalesce and join forces to attempt to deal the requisite death blow to Israel for such an attack.

At which point God will deal the requisite death blow to them.

Naturally, there is no way any of us can know the details of how the events that actually lead to the fulfillment of Gog-Magog will play out...and that is certainly not the point of this article. Only God knows how the fulfillment of Ezekiel's prophecy will ultimately come together.

My basic reason for writing this article is to point out that nothing that has occurred over the past year has caused the drive to Gog-Magog to stall or slow down. In fact, if anything, it's just the opposite. We have witnessed how the shifting sands of world events have brought the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38–39 potentially even closer than most believers ever suspected.

No, we certainly haven't been watching Gog-Magog be put off—we've been watching its pieces be carefully put in place by the hand of God in preparation for its fulfillment according to prophecy. In other words:

Those shifting sands have served to

reveal the solid rock of God's Word.

And I have stated on a number of occasions that I am convinced God's intervention on behalf of His people Israel in the attack of Gog-Magog must necessarily come after the removal of the Church from the earth. So, I might point out one other thing:

Those shifting sands have also served to

reveal how close we are to the Rapture.

And nothing is going to cause that to be put off either.

From Greg Lauer @ A Little Strength—FEB '25

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