Prophecy Sign 6: Gog (Antichrist) Revives the Muslim Caliphate Empire
Daniel 8
Daniel 8 teaches we will see a consolidation of Muslim nations after the war between modern day Iran and Turkey.
Daniel 8
Presuppositions
• Daniel is a book that has been sealed until the End Times (Daniel 12:4)
• Ultimate fulfilment of Daniel 8 applies to End Times (Daniel’s 70th week)
• Daniel 8:17, 8:19, 8:26 (X3) + future 2300 days + sacrifices removed
• Gabriel reveals Daniel 8 is a vision of the future, 100% prophetic
• The Ram (Iran – Shia Muslim) will invade the Middle East
• The Ram will attack in 3 directions, West, North, and South
• The Goat (Greece/Turkey/Syria/N. Iraq - Sunni Muslim) will violently & with great speed
respond with a counter invasion from the East
• The Goat (Turkey) will crush the Ram (Iran) and become exceedingly great
• The leader of the Goat (Turkey), a Prominent Horn, will be “broken off”
• 4 Kings/Kingdoms will arise AFTER the Prominent Horn is destroyed
• Antichrist, little horn, will arise from 1/4 new M.E. Kingdoms (Region 1)
• Antichrist will remove the place of sacrifice, destroy the Temple
• Abomination of Desolation starts the Great Tribulation (3 ½ years)
• Antichrist will persecute the host (Angels? Jews?) & the stars (Saints)
• Antichrist will make himself equal to the Prince of princes (Jesus Christ)
• Jesus Christ will return, destroy the Antichrist and set up His kingdom
• Apocalyptic Evangelism – Preaching End Times events before they happen
Prophecy Sign 6: Gog of Magog attacks Israel
Ezekiel 38:1-2
1 The word of the Lord came to me:
2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
Ezekiel 38:8-9
8 After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them. 9 You will advance, coming on like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
Ezekiel 38 & 39 Summary
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Ezekiel 38-39 tells the same End Times story as all the other OT prophets.
Zechariah 12-14, Daniel 2, 7-12 Jeremiah 25, 30 Joel 2-3, Micah 5 -
Ezekiel 38-39 describes the last great war, Armageddon. Joel 3, Zechariah 14
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The invading armies of Gog, the Antichrist, will come from the North
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Gog, the chief prince (Rosh is not Russia) of Meshech and Tubal, will be the evil leader of this army. Revived Anti-Semitic hatred!
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Gog arises from the area of Turkey (not Russia)
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Gog, aka the king of the North Daniel 11 & the Assyrian Isaiah 10:5-12, Micah 5:5-6
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Gog, the Muslim Antichrist, will create a 10 nation Muslim coalition, ruled by 10 Kings (Daniel 11:43, Revelation 17:10-14)
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Gog, the Islamic Antichrist, will deny Jesus is the Messiah. He will deny the Father and the Son (1 John 2:22)
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Gog invades Jerusalem at the middle of Daniel’s 70th week, specifically, the Abomination of Desolation (Matthew 24:15, Daniel 9:27, 2 Thess. 2)
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Gog’s successful invasion of Jerusalem will start the Great Tribulation
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Israel will be trusting the ‘False Security’ of a bogus 7-year covenant of death, in place of Israel’s Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus Christ)
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Gog will devour and crush Jews & Saints in the Great Tribulation (2nd Holocaust)
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Gog’s satanic campaign concludes with the Battle of Armageddon & the Day of the Lord (Second Coming) (Matthew 24:29-31, Revelation 19)
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God’s purpose is to bring Israel to an end of her power (Jeremiah 30:7, Daniel 12:7)
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Gog is destroyed by Jesus. Israel’s salvation immediately follows (Romans 11:24-29)
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The Controversy of Zion (Isaiah 34:8) will be a legal dispute over the land
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Islamic doctrine rejects Yahweh, the Trinity, in exchange for Allah/Qur’an
