Russia and Arabs to Attack Israel?

Joseph de Courcy, editor of the well-respected journal Intelligence Digest reported in the September issue that: "While NATO congratulates itself on bombing the Serbs into submission, Israel's Mossad and other Middle Eastern intelligence sources have discovered that Kosovo was one humiliation too many for Russia. Now Moscow has agreed to back Saddam's secret plan of revenge. With this all-important Russian backing, Saddam is joining with hated Iran and Syria to launch one final war against Israel. Amazingly, Saddam will allow Iranian troops to cross Iraqi territory to join the attack on Israel. And to keep America from interfering, Moscow has given Osama bin Laden and other terrorists the means to attack American population centers with weapons of mass destruction. The threat is real ... and the implications terrifying. ..."

Joseph de Courcy is one of the most well-respected intelligence journalists in the world. Although he has raised this concern before, his analysis is well reasoned. It fits with known information about the Russian-Iran alliance that has been developing this past year, the evidence that Osama bin Laden now has nuclear bombs and U.S. government warnings of likely terrorism in America.

Nonetheless, this is just the analysis of one organization and should be treated with a degree of caution.

Biblical scholars have through the centuries believed that the great attack of Israel by Gog in Ezekiel 38 and 38 was Russia. The nations mentioned in these chapters are now the modern nations of Russia, eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Sudan and Libya.

While some scholars believe that this attack will occur during the so-called tribulation, most believe it will occur just before the seven year tribulation starts.

We all need to be praying for God’s wisdom and direction in this matter. V mc