The Coming Convergence Page #5

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that people stopped

keeping track.

Peace was something that now

existed only in our memories,

replaced by illusions

of progress.

We were consumed

by a blindness.

Other generations might

have noticed but not us,

not the terminal generation.

Conflict and change is

what we were all born into.

Isn't this normal?

Isn't this just the way

life is supposed to be?

Even as the world began

to spiral out of control,

(bombs exploding

and guns banging)

how could we have known

that this was only the

beginning of sorrows?

(bombs exploding

and guns banging)

Everything from this

point on is your future.

(missile firing)

[Narrator] There is one

foretold war in particular

that may be the very catalyst

that leads to a demand

for that change,

a conflict where the scriptures

provide such

overwhelming detail

it's as if the event was

recorded by an eye witness,

shockingly naming countries,

describing political coalitions

and reasons why the conflict

will begin in the first place

and chillingly,

the fact that this conflict

will last only one day.

The additional details

surrounding this future event

is presented in such detail

that it terrifies

many theologians,

not because of

the horrific events

surrounding this

particular conflict

but rather because many

believe the drums of war

for the start of this conflict

- (shouting and clapping)

- can already be heard.

The details,

written over 2,000 years ago,

name Iran, Syria, Libya,

and surprisingly Russia,

as coming together in

the last days to attack Israel.

Only a few decades ago,

the scenarios surrounding

this war stumped theologians,

as the idea of nations

such as Russia allying

with Iran to attack Israel

appeared politically

improbable, if not impossible

but in this last generation,

things have changed.

(shouting)

Russia, of course, has a

very strong Islamic presence

in its southern republics and

there are some who believe

that it may just involve the

southern republics of Russia.

Other Bible scholars

believe it's Russia itself

that will join Iran and

some other countries

involved in attacking Israel,

one of those being Libya.

What's interesting,

over the last couple years

since the death of Omar Kadafi,

is Libya has also

gone more Islamic

and you can see how an

Islamic nation like that

would be involved in

an attack on Israel.

(dramatic music)

(shouting and chanting)

[Narrator] Actually

in recent decades,

Russia has increasingly

embraced an anti-Western stand

on many political

and economical policies

and continues

to build new relations

with the very nations

listed in the scriptures,

including Iran.

In fact, Russia has

even recently used

Iranian military bases

to launch airstrikes

- in the Middle East.

- (engine roaring and blasting)

And the two nations

are working together

to build new Iranian nuclear

power plants and centrifuges.

(light dramatic music)

Russia is also known

to have provided stockpiles

of missiles and weapons

to their numerous Islamic

and anti-Israeli allies.

This is definitely an alarming

sequence of political events

that many today could

have never predicted,

and yet thousands of years ago,

this was foretold to happen

even before such

common interests

found amongst these allies,

such as worldviews

formed by Islam

and the United Front

to stand against the newly

formed Israel even existed.

Because of this,

we can now easily see

why nations such as

Iran, Syria, and Libya

would be involved in

this war, but why Russia?

- (singing in foreign language)

- Though they do

have a growing Islamic

presence within the nation,

it's clearly not as

influential as we see

within other Islamic states.

Surprisingly though,

the scriptures actually

tell us why.

Nations are set up exactly

as God said they would be.

The reason for the war

is this leader in Russia

who recognizes Israel has

something, it's called plunder,

Israel has something that

the leader of Russia wants.

And I believe, and I know

many Bible prophesy teachers

have believed this

for a number of years,

that it's gonna be

related to energy.

[Narrator] There seems to

be a lot of truth in this.

Recently, Israel discovered

massive pockets of natural gas,

a finding that could

potentially shift

economic power from Russia

and several Islamic states

in the region to Israel.

[Man] Currently,

we recognize that Russia

supplies almost all

of the gas for Europe.

So the leader of

Russia threatens,

"You know what, I'm gonna

shut off your gas supply

this winter if you

don't comply with me."

But Israel now has discovered

a massive gas supply,

one of the largest

the world has ever come across

and it appears that they're

in negotiations right now,

Israel is in negotiations

to possibly supply

Europe through Cyprus.

If that were to happen, if

Israel were to start supplying

Europe with gas,

I could only imagine

what the leader

of Russia would do.

(dramatic music)

[Narrator] Far-fetched?

Not really, there have

actually been times

that Russia has indeed

threatened to reduce

or turn off gas supplies

to various countries

for political leverage.

And history teaches

that wars are often waged

over natural resources,

including when the United

States invaded Iraq

in the 1990's to gain greater

control over oil production.

In fact, not only could

Israel's growing energy sector

directly begin to affect

the Russian economy,

many Middle East nations,

especially Iran,

would see this as a direct

threat to national security.

So it stands to reason

that a preemptive attack

that involves Russian

support in some form

can easily come to fruition.

But with all of the wars

and rumors of wars occurring

in these last days,

why does the prophetic timeline

emphasize this

conflict in particular?

What makes this war

such a crucial piece

to the end of days scenario?

(light dramatic music)

And the way it's described

in scripture as happening

in a single day,

when this conflict is resolved

in a single day, and the

way Ezekiel 38 describes

this battle with

fire and brimstone

destroying those who

come against Israel,

including those

on the coastlines,

and when this fire comes,

you have these people

who are coming against Israel

instantly dropping their weapons

and this idea that

it's instant death.

(bomb exploding)

Seems to be speaking very much

of a nuclear type vaporization,

people are being impacted

by a nuclear blast

and so we very may well

have the first instance

of nuclear weapons

being used in scripture.

[Narrator] Nuclear war, an event

that has never occurred

between the Middle Eastern

nations at any time in history.

This conclusion,

by many eschatologists,

isn't as sensational

as you may believe,

especially when considering

what the scriptures describe

as taking place after

this war comes to an end.

What's interesting is

Ezekiel 38 is one of

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