Well, sir, again today, and I just sort of have
a feeling that you've been waiting for me with
your Bibles today. Say people are reading their
Bibles who never read their Bibles before. You
are probably appreciating the Word of God as
you have never appreciated His Word. And would
to God that our statesmen, the leaders of our
nations, had studied the word of God sooner.
Mm -hmm. You know something? He'll keep his word.
You can stake your life on anything that God
promises. You and I should not. be so amazed,
and yet we are. I'm frank to tell you, I stand
amazed at that which is happening before my very
eyes, and yet I have been preaching it for years.
Sometimes I felt I was standing all alone when
I was giving the word of prophecy. When I was
telling you, What was going to happen to Israel?
What was going to happen to Palestine? When I've
stood warning you over and over again that the
real war, the real vocal point would be Palestine.
That one of these days, Russia and her allies
would go down after a spoil. The war began in
Vietnam. I stood one Sunday on the platform in
the Stamba Auditorium and I said our real fighting,
the real war, isn't in Vietnam. It's only a farce,
really. Russia's eyes or on Israel. It was not
because I was a prophetess. My goodness alive,
I'm as stupid as they come. It is only that I
am simple enough to believe the Word of God.
And it's there. That's the reason today I do
not have to do anything more in our heart -to
-heart talk than to just read the Bible. And
that's all I'm going to have to do. The Bible
needs no defense. I do not have to defend the
Word of God. Anything that I would add to the
Word of God would just be a surplus that's unnecessary.
And that's the reason all I'm going to give you
today is just God's Word. The 38th chapter of
Ezekiel. And the 38th chapter of Ezekiel right
now is more up to date than anything that they
are doing in Washington, D .C. is more up to
date than anything that our newscasters can give
you on television. That's right. All right? Let's
begin the 38th chapter of Ezekiel. And the word
of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man,
set thy face against Gog, the land of Nagog,
the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal, and prophesy
against him. Say that one verse is potent, believe
me. And the question before us, is the identity
of Gog referred to in this passage. Who is he?
And where is the land of Rosh? Now, most all
Hebrew scholars will agree that Rosh is identified
with modern Russia. And since Ezekiel tells us
in the 15th verse of this same chapter that Rosh
is in the uttermost parts of the north, there
can be little doubt of the correctness of the
interpretation. Because when it comes to directions,
north, east, south, in the word of God, it's
always in relationship to Palestine. Because
Palestine was the vocal point of everything.
It would be, as I was sitting here now in the
city of Pittsburgh, I would say, as I'm sitting
here in Pittsburgh, to the north of me, to the
south of me. because Pittsburgh is the vocal
point. You understand that. And I don't think
there's any question in the mind of any Bible
scholar, any student of the word, but that rush
here refers to Russia and Gog. will be the leader
of Russia and her allies. And another thing.
God says, behold, I am against thee. Now, please
get something very straight. And that is the
fact that he is talking about... A great leader.
Just because someone is Russian doesn't mean
that God is saying, I am against thee. He is
not speaking of peoples. He's talking about a
leader. And so that you will not misconstrue
something that I might say. Remember again, there's
some mighty, wonderful, godly people in Russia.
There's some wonderful saints of God who are
Russian, know that. Oh, beloved, in communistic
Russia today, there are some real Christians,
men and women who know how to pray. But when
the word of God says, I am against the old Gog,
He's referring to a personality. A great world
leader. The chief prince of Meshach and Tubal.
I continue reading. I will turn thee back. And
God is going to be the only one. who put out
the fires of communism. Mm -hmm. We can spend
our billions and billions of dollars. We can
sacrifice our boys, thousands upon thousands.
We can use our psychology and our good neighbor
plans. But we'll never put out the fires of communism.
Never. Only God himself will do that. I will
turn thee back and put hooks into thy jaws. Can
you picture this? God putting hooks in the jaws
of nations. I shall never forget the time in
a department store when a woman turned on me.
She was a perfect stranger. I didn't know who
she was. She knew who I was and she said to me,
If God is so wonderful and you believe in miracles,
Why doesn't he do something about this war? Where
is he now? I'll tell you, she was vicious. And
I turned to her and I said, Honey, he's exactly
where he was 2 ,000 years ago. He's exactly where
he was when he gave his covenant. to Abraham
and Abraham's seed. He's exactly where he was
when Elijah stood and challenged the prophets
of Baal. He's exactly where he was when he kept
his word of prophecy and his son came and was
born in Beth. and came in the flesh. He's still
God Almighty. And the word of God says the hour
is coming when literally he will put hooks into
the jaws of the nation. And I always picture
this point. The men on a chess table. The game
of chess has always intrigued me. And I can see
these men on the chess table. And the great master
hand of God moves these men exactly where he
wants them. Play by play. And you and I stand
and we watch. The greatest game of chess that
man has ever seen. Hooks in the jaws of nations.
And I'll bring thee forth and all thine army,
horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with
all sorts of armor, even a great company. with
the bucklers and the shields, all of them handling
swords. Persia. And you will remember, in our
last little heart -to -heart talk when we talked
about Persia, oh, sure, when Ezekiel wrote these
words, Persia was just about the very peak of
the world of supremacy. But then Persia was conquered
by Greece, and it looked... for a time as though
Persia was going to be completely wiped out,
just completely. And today, Persia is well known
to the world's press and to all of us as Iran.
And it's spoken of right here in the 38th chapter
of Ezekiel. In other words, we could read it
like this. And take the next one, Ethiopia. We
have Africa. What was once Ethiopia now? Africa.
Watch it now. We have Iran. We have Ethiopia
or Africa. Libya with them. And all of them with
shield and helmet. Gomar. That's East Germany.
Because, remember, that East Germany never was
in the Roman Empire. And East Germany goes along
with Russia and her bands, Gomar and all his
bands, the house of Togarmah, Turkey, of the
north. What's the direction? The north quarters.
What's north? Turkey, of course. All you have
to do, this is as simple, a child can understand
it, is stare. Why haven't we been reading it
all of these years? Why haven't we been reading
it all these years? And many people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou
and all thy company that are assembled unto thee,
and be thou a guard unto them. After many days,
are you following me now? This is the eighth
verse, the 38th chapter of Ezekiel. I know, really,
one would think that I was reading from the front
page of a newspaper. One would actually think
that I was quoting from something that I heard
on our last newscast. I'm reading from the Word
of God. Literally, I am reading from God's Word.
After many days thou shalt be visited. In the
latter years thou shalt come into the land that
is brought back from the sword and is gathered
out of many people. against the mountains of
Israel, which have been always waste. But it
is brought forth out of the nations, and they
shall dwell safely, all of them. Oh, you know,
when I knew I was going to give you this heart
-to -heart talk, I brought out again the newspaper.
It's yellow now. It's where the crease is in
the paper. I can't even read the words. But I
saved it because it's a thrill to me. Of April
the 13th, 1949, when the president of Israel
gave the great proclamation, I treasure this.
And I am quoting you now from this newspaper
of 1949, when the president of Israel, and remember,
Israel has been recognized since 1949 by all
nations of the world as a nation. Let me just
give you a quotation from this proclamation in
1949, and it appeared in your newspaper too.
For many years, the Jews have played a prominent
part, laying the foundations of the new life
that is springing up in our ancient land, Israel.
We have now obtained the status of national independence.
We are now about to enter a new phase. But this
is what I want to read to you. Every day, men
and women are streaming in large numbers through
the gates of our holy Zion. They come with hope
in their eyes. They come to Israel not merely
to find a resting place for their weary feet.
They want to find that measure of human happiness,
the chance of a free life, which is God's gift
afforded to every man and woman on God's earth.
Now, I lay my newspaper aside, and I turn to
the word of God again, and I read, The land that
is brought back from the sword and is gathered
out of many people against the mountains of Israel,
which have been always waste, but is brought
forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell
safely, all of them. But just when they feel
this wonderful security, just when... They are
being blessed. Acres and acres of beautiful orange
groves. They're building their factories. They're
building their homes. That ninth verse. And this,
my friend, was in the mind of Russia. Thou shalt
ascend. and come like a storm. Thou shalt be
like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all
thy bands and many people with thee. Thus saith
the Lord God, it shall also come to pass that
at the same time shall things come into thy mind.
Thou shalt think an evil thought, and thou shalt
say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages.
I will go to them that are at rest. What did
I just read? Ah, the president of Israel said,
every day men and women and children are streaming
in large numbers through the gates of Zion. They
come with hope in their eyes. They come to Israel
not merely to find a resting place for their
weary feet. They want to find that measure of
human happiness that is afforded to every man
and woman on God's earth. I'm reading now from
the word of God. And thou shalt say, who? Gog,
the prince of Magog. Mm -hmm. That's it. Thou
shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled
villages. I will go to them that are at rest,
that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without
walls and having neither bars nor gates. Why?
There has to be a purpose. Why? Why is Russia
and her allies? going down after Israel. Why
did Stalin have his eyes on this same part of
the world? Khrushchev had his eyes on this same
part of the world. God has the answer. To take
a spoil. That's the... 12th verse of the 38th
chapter of Ezekiel. To take a spoil and to take
a prey. The rich oil fields. The wealth. The
great potential wealth in the Dead Sea. To turn
thine hand upon the desolate places that are
now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered
out of the nations which have gotten cattle and
goods and that dwell in the midst of the land.
This was all prophesied 1 ,400 years before the
birth of Christ in Bethlehem and is taking place.
and fulfilled today. God bless you.