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Well, sir, now remember, in the 36th chapter

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of Ezekiel, we saw the divine reason for the

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worldwide dispersion of the Jews. I hope that

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every one of you listening to me this very hour

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heard when we had a heart -to -heart talk regarding

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that covenant. that God made with Abraham and

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his seed. And when God says, I will, whether

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it's to an individual or whether it's to a nation,

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God will keep his word for God cannot lie. It

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is not in the nature of God to lie. It is impossible

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for God to lie. When he makes a covenant, When

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he gives his promise, under any and all circumstances,

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when God gives his word, he'll keep his word.

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Therefore, we should have known that when God

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made this covenant with Abraham and Abraham's

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seed, that he would keep it. And you and I are

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living in that generation. Think of it. This

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is the thing that's so amazing to me, that many

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of the prophecies that were made 1 ,400 years

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before Jesus was born in Bethlehem, those very

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same prophecies are being fulfilled in this generation,

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in our generation. Can you conceive of such a

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thing? Oh, it's thrilling to be able to read

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the New Testament and see how God kept his word

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of prophecy to those who were living during the

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New Testament dispensation. That is thrilling.

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But when you realize that you and I are alive,

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we're living now, when actually we are seeing

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prophecy fulfilled that was prophesied that the

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Holy Spirit gave to the Old Testament prophets

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1 ,400 years before Jesus was born, that's almost

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staggering. And in the 36th chapter of Ezekiel,

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we saw the divine reason for the scattering of

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the Jews. As long as they kept God's word, as

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long as they were obedient to him, they had his

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blessing. But when they became arrogant, when

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they no longer obeyed his word, when they no

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longer sought His face. We have apostasy after

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apostasy. And they were scattered. And God turned

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from the Jew to the Gentile. All right. We go

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into the 37th chapter of Ezekiel. We saw there

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the prophecy of the regathering of the Jews again.

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uniting them as a nation. And you and I are living

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in that day when we again saw the Jews as they

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were gathered from the four corners of the earth

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and became a nation. Now, we come to the 38th

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chapter. Oh, and this is interesting. My friend,

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if ever... You have studied a chapter in the

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Word of God. Study this 38th chapter of Ezekiel.

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I'm going to read, first of all, just three verses,

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the first three verses of this 38th chapter.

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And the Word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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Son of man, set thy face against Gog. Of the

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land of Magog. We see immediately that the first

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is a personality. Gog is a personality. Of the

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land of Magog. One a personality. One a nation.

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The Prince of Rush. Meshach Tubal. and prophesy

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against him and say, and we know immediately,

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watch now, just analyze this. On the very surface

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of this thing, whoever Gog is of the land of

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Magog, we see immediately that he does not have

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God's favor. God is against him. He has God's

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disfavor. He's called the Prince of Rush, Meshach,

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and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say,

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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against

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thee. Gog, Prince of Rush, Meshach, and Tubal.

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Now the question for us is the identity of Gog.

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That is the all -important thing. If we just

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had the identity of Gog, then we had the key,

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the unfolding of this entire 38th chapter of

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Ezekiel. Who is this Gog referred to in this

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passage? Who is he? And where is the land of

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Rush? Most all Hebrew scholars agree that Rush

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is identified with modern Russia. And since Ezekiel

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tells us in verse 15 that Rush is in the uttermost

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parts of the earth, there can be little doubt

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of the correctness. of the interpretation. You

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know, when God speaks of the king of the north

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or the king of the south or the kings of the

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east, he refers to them in their relation to

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Palestine. Palestine was always a focal point

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and always whenever you read your Old Testament.

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Whenever... The word speaks of the kings of the

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East. We always know that it refers to them in

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their relation to Palestine, even as he said

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unto Moses in the 32nd chapter of Deuteronomy.

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When the Most High divided to the nations their

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inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam,

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he set... the bonds of the people according to

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the number of the children of Israel. Therefore

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we know immediately that when he says the uttermost

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parts of the north, we know that it's north from

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Palestine and it could only mean Russia. and

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the countries that are in that direction from

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the Holy Land. You know, if you have a Schofield

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Bible, and I use a Schofield Reference Bible

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very often, and if you have one, you'll see that

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the Schofield Reference Bible has a very good

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footnote on the very thing that I am saying.

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I'm going to give it to you. I'm going to quote

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it to you now, just in case you do not have one.

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Quote, that the primary reference is to the northern,

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the European, powers headed by Russia, all agree.

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The whole passage should be read in connection

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with Zechariah, the 12th chapter, the 14th chapter,

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Matthew, the 24th chapter, beginning with the

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14th verse, or Revelation, the 14th chapter.

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Beginning with the 14th verse. Gog is the prince.

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Magog his land. The reference to Meshach and

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Tubal, Russia, and Tobolsk is a clear mark of

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identification. You know, it's deeply significant

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that Leningrad, which was formerly St. Petersburg,

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is no longer the capital of Russia today. Within

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recent years, the government was moved to Moscow.

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And this is all the more striking because Russia

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had every reason to keep Leningrad as the capital.

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For there's no name in all of Russia so revered,

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even today, as the name of Lenin. Therefore,

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in this prophecy, Gog is without doubt the prince

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of Russia. Tubal takes its name from the river

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Tubal. It was the ancient capital of the eastern

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division of the Russian Empire and may become

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so again. Isn't that the most amazing thing?

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Did you ever dream that the Bible could be so

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up to date? I'm giving this to you from the 38th

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chapter. of Ezekiel. It's there. Now in verse

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3, God addresses this personage who is called

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Gog, the prince or the ruler of Rush. Gog is

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the great coming dictator of this vast northern

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confederacy. And see again what he says. To this

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great world leader. I am against thee. Oh, Gog.

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The chief prince of Meshach and Tubal. Mm -hmm.

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Now, who is Gog? The one that God reaches down

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and shakes a fist at and says, I am a... Against

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the old Gog. Gog is the mighty dictator. Who

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rule over. All of these. Coalition. Of countries.

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At the time. That the events of this chapter

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take place. This is up to date. That's the reason

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I say to you. The word of God is more up to date.

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Than the last newscast that you heard. on your

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television or your radio. Behold, I am against

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the old Gog. God speaks against this prince and

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his infamous regime. We hardly need to ask, why

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is God against Gog? It's because it is blasphemous.

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Blatant philosophy. Mm -hmm. He will eventually

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belong in the class with the Antichrist. In fact,

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the King of the North will be that man of sin.

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But this northern dictator will be conquered

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by the Antichrist. That's later for another...

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heart -to -heart talk. All right. Now, let's

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go to these nations who'll be aligned with the

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leader, Gog. Who are the nations in the great

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northern confederacy? A moment ago, you know,

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we read from verses five and six of our chapter.

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The God -given list of the allies of Russia at

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the time when they come down to take a spoil.

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And that spoil, of course, is Palestine. All

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of Israel. Let me read it. Are you following

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me now? And this is something in that fourth

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verse. thee back. Of whom is he speaking? Of

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this great prince, the one who is head of this

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great confederacy. I will turn thee back and

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put hooks into thy jaws. I will bring thee forth

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and all thine armies. Horses and horsemen, and

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all of them clothed with all sorts of armor.

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Even a great company with bucklers and shields,

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all of them handling swords. Now he names the

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nations. Persia, Ethiopia, Libya with them, all

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of them with shields and helmets. Komar and all

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his bands, the house of Togarmah of the north

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quarters and all his bands and many people with

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them. Mm -hmm. Let's just take one country that's

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mentioned. Persia is one of them. We need to

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remember that. When Ezekiel wrote these words,

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Persia was just about to reach world supremacy.

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Persia was a great power there. Then after ruling

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the world for a time, Persia was conquered by

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Greece, which was in turn subdued by the mighty

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legions of imperial Rome. Notwithstanding the

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fact that Persia has been a weak, helpless country

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from that time, yet she continued. to exist.

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Just when it seemed that she was about to be

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completely subdued and wiped out, she continued

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to exist. And today Persia is well known to the

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world's press as Iran. It's still there. I'm

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going to tell you something. When you're dealing

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with God, you better not mess around. He's there.

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He'll always be there. He'll keep his word as

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sure as can be. And Iran is going to take her

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place with Russia and stay with Russia. She will

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be one of Russia's allies. And every nation.

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Gumar is Germany. You can ask any rabbi, if you

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have a rabbi that you can talk with, you might

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ask almost any Jewish rabbi about Gomer, this

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term. And he would most assuredly tell you that

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Gomer represents the Germans. Hmm? Furthermore,

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almost all biblical scholars seem to be agreed

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that this is the correct meaning of this term.

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This is God's Word. Be with us in our next heart

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-to -heart talk. God bless you.