WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.620 Well, sir, again today, and I just sort of have 00:00:04.620 --> 00:00:07.960 a feeling that you've been waiting for me with 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.800 your Bibles today. Say people are reading their 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:17.859 Bibles who never read their Bibles before. You 00:00:17.859 --> 00:00:25.120 are probably appreciating the Word of God as 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:30.480 you have never appreciated His Word. And would 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:35.399 to God that our statesmen, the leaders of our 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:41.600 nations, had studied the word of God sooner. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:47.320 Mm -hmm. You know something? He'll keep his word. 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:53.820 You can stake your life on anything that God 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:59.799 promises. You and I should not. be so amazed, 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:04.739 and yet we are. I'm frank to tell you, I stand 00:01:04.739 --> 00:01:10.519 amazed at that which is happening before my very 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:15.980 eyes, and yet I have been preaching it for years. 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:21.140 Sometimes I felt I was standing all alone when 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:26.239 I was giving the word of prophecy. When I was 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.959 telling you, What was going to happen to Israel? 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:34.079 What was going to happen to Palestine? When I've 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:39.239 stood warning you over and over again that the 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:44.760 real war, the real vocal point would be Palestine. 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.459 That one of these days, Russia and her allies 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:57.819 would go down after a spoil. The war began in 00:01:57.819 --> 00:02:05.060 Vietnam. I stood one Sunday on the platform in 00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:10.659 the Stamba Auditorium and I said our real fighting, 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:20.240 the real war, isn't in Vietnam. It's only a farce, 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:29.389 really. Russia's eyes or on Israel. It was not 00:02:29.389 --> 00:02:32.990 because I was a prophetess. My goodness alive, 00:02:33.129 --> 00:02:37.430 I'm as stupid as they come. It is only that I 00:02:37.430 --> 00:02:42.129 am simple enough to believe the Word of God. 00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:47.430 And it's there. That's the reason today I do 00:02:47.430 --> 00:02:49.110 not have to do anything more in our heart -to 00:02:49.110 --> 00:02:52.669 -heart talk than to just read the Bible. And 00:02:52.669 --> 00:02:54.340 that's all I'm going to have to do. The Bible 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:59.439 needs no defense. I do not have to defend the 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:05.860 Word of God. Anything that I would add to the 00:03:05.860 --> 00:03:12.860 Word of God would just be a surplus that's unnecessary. 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:18.219 And that's the reason all I'm going to give you 00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:23.439 today is just God's Word. The 38th chapter of 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:28.659 Ezekiel. And the 38th chapter of Ezekiel right 00:03:28.659 --> 00:03:33.939 now is more up to date than anything that they 00:03:33.939 --> 00:03:38.199 are doing in Washington, D .C. is more up to 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:44.479 date than anything that our newscasters can give 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:52.129 you on television. That's right. All right? Let's 00:03:52.129 --> 00:03:54.889 begin the 38th chapter of Ezekiel. And the word 00:03:54.889 --> 00:03:59.150 of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, 00:03:59.389 --> 00:04:05.830 set thy face against Gog, the land of Nagog, 00:04:05.969 --> 00:04:11.150 the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal, and prophesy 00:04:11.150 --> 00:04:18.110 against him. Say that one verse is potent, believe 00:04:18.110 --> 00:04:22.310 me. And the question before us, is the identity 00:04:22.310 --> 00:04:26.629 of Gog referred to in this passage. Who is he? 00:04:26.930 --> 00:04:32.189 And where is the land of Rosh? Now, most all 00:04:32.189 --> 00:04:36.990 Hebrew scholars will agree that Rosh is identified 00:04:36.990 --> 00:04:41.389 with modern Russia. And since Ezekiel tells us 00:04:41.389 --> 00:04:45.029 in the 15th verse of this same chapter that Rosh 00:04:45.029 --> 00:04:49.839 is in the uttermost parts of the north, there 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:53.459 can be little doubt of the correctness of the 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:56.540 interpretation. Because when it comes to directions, 00:04:56.899 --> 00:05:00.100 north, east, south, in the word of God, it's 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:04.899 always in relationship to Palestine. Because 00:05:04.899 --> 00:05:07.500 Palestine was the vocal point of everything. 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:10.220 It would be, as I was sitting here now in the 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:12.920 city of Pittsburgh, I would say, as I'm sitting 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:17.019 here in Pittsburgh, to the north of me, to the 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:21.970 south of me. because Pittsburgh is the vocal 00:05:21.970 --> 00:05:26.970 point. You understand that. And I don't think 00:05:26.970 --> 00:05:33.310 there's any question in the mind of any Bible 00:05:33.310 --> 00:05:38.149 scholar, any student of the word, but that rush 00:05:38.149 --> 00:05:48.319 here refers to Russia and Gog. will be the leader 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:53.680 of Russia and her allies. And another thing. 00:05:55.439 --> 00:06:06.980 God says, behold, I am against thee. Now, please 00:06:06.980 --> 00:06:11.259 get something very straight. And that is the 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:16.959 fact that he is talking about... A great leader. 00:06:18.660 --> 00:06:23.079 Just because someone is Russian doesn't mean 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:27.620 that God is saying, I am against thee. He is 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:31.160 not speaking of peoples. He's talking about a 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:35.480 leader. And so that you will not misconstrue 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.319 something that I might say. Remember again, there's 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:41.860 some mighty, wonderful, godly people in Russia. 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:46.839 There's some wonderful saints of God who are 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:54.879 Russian, know that. Oh, beloved, in communistic 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:59.959 Russia today, there are some real Christians, 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:04.819 men and women who know how to pray. But when 00:07:04.819 --> 00:07:10.899 the word of God says, I am against the old Gog, 00:07:12.329 --> 00:07:17.410 He's referring to a personality. A great world 00:07:17.410 --> 00:07:25.189 leader. The chief prince of Meshach and Tubal. 00:07:27.589 --> 00:07:35.670 I continue reading. I will turn thee back. And 00:07:35.670 --> 00:07:41.009 God is going to be the only one. who put out 00:07:41.009 --> 00:07:47.529 the fires of communism. Mm -hmm. We can spend 00:07:47.529 --> 00:07:52.990 our billions and billions of dollars. We can 00:07:52.990 --> 00:07:58.110 sacrifice our boys, thousands upon thousands. 00:07:59.610 --> 00:08:04.529 We can use our psychology and our good neighbor 00:08:04.529 --> 00:08:10.920 plans. But we'll never put out the fires of communism. 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:22.680 Never. Only God himself will do that. I will 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:31.860 turn thee back and put hooks into thy jaws. Can 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:37.509 you picture this? God putting hooks in the jaws 00:08:37.509 --> 00:08:42.309 of nations. I shall never forget the time in 00:08:42.309 --> 00:08:45.149 a department store when a woman turned on me. 00:08:46.149 --> 00:08:47.889 She was a perfect stranger. I didn't know who 00:08:47.889 --> 00:08:52.590 she was. She knew who I was and she said to me, 00:08:52.909 --> 00:09:02.809 If God is so wonderful and you believe in miracles, 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.779 Why doesn't he do something about this war? Where 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:15.620 is he now? I'll tell you, she was vicious. And 00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:19.259 I turned to her and I said, Honey, he's exactly 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:27.860 where he was 2 ,000 years ago. He's exactly where 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:34.929 he was when he gave his covenant. to Abraham 00:09:34.929 --> 00:09:39.789 and Abraham's seed. He's exactly where he was 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:45.909 when Elijah stood and challenged the prophets 00:09:45.909 --> 00:09:54.730 of Baal. He's exactly where he was when he kept 00:09:54.730 --> 00:10:00.190 his word of prophecy and his son came and was 00:10:00.190 --> 00:10:07.049 born in Beth. and came in the flesh. He's still 00:10:07.049 --> 00:10:14.169 God Almighty. And the word of God says the hour 00:10:14.169 --> 00:10:19.190 is coming when literally he will put hooks into 00:10:19.190 --> 00:10:24.350 the jaws of the nation. And I always picture 00:10:24.350 --> 00:10:34.370 this point. The men on a chess table. The game 00:10:34.370 --> 00:10:38.830 of chess has always intrigued me. And I can see 00:10:38.830 --> 00:10:46.029 these men on the chess table. And the great master 00:10:46.029 --> 00:10:53.370 hand of God moves these men exactly where he 00:10:53.370 --> 00:11:01.529 wants them. Play by play. And you and I stand 00:11:01.529 --> 00:11:07.460 and we watch. The greatest game of chess that 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:17.820 man has ever seen. Hooks in the jaws of nations. 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:25.700 And I'll bring thee forth and all thine army, 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.559 horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:32.250 all sorts of armor, even a great company. with 00:11:32.250 --> 00:11:35.169 the bucklers and the shields, all of them handling 00:11:35.169 --> 00:11:42.470 swords. Persia. And you will remember, in our 00:11:42.470 --> 00:11:43.950 last little heart -to -heart talk when we talked 00:11:43.950 --> 00:11:48.250 about Persia, oh, sure, when Ezekiel wrote these 00:11:48.250 --> 00:11:54.090 words, Persia was just about the very peak of 00:11:54.090 --> 00:11:57.549 the world of supremacy. But then Persia was conquered 00:11:57.549 --> 00:12:01.129 by Greece, and it looked... for a time as though 00:12:01.129 --> 00:12:03.889 Persia was going to be completely wiped out, 00:12:03.909 --> 00:12:09.870 just completely. And today, Persia is well known 00:12:09.870 --> 00:12:14.409 to the world's press and to all of us as Iran. 00:12:16.570 --> 00:12:20.610 And it's spoken of right here in the 38th chapter 00:12:20.610 --> 00:12:23.970 of Ezekiel. In other words, we could read it 00:12:23.970 --> 00:12:28.350 like this. And take the next one, Ethiopia. We 00:12:28.350 --> 00:12:33.909 have Africa. What was once Ethiopia now? Africa. 00:12:34.009 --> 00:12:41.230 Watch it now. We have Iran. We have Ethiopia 00:12:41.230 --> 00:12:47.629 or Africa. Libya with them. And all of them with 00:12:47.629 --> 00:12:54.710 shield and helmet. Gomar. That's East Germany. 00:12:55.950 --> 00:13:02.850 Because, remember, that East Germany never was 00:13:02.850 --> 00:13:08.190 in the Roman Empire. And East Germany goes along 00:13:08.190 --> 00:13:17.850 with Russia and her bands, Gomar and all his 00:13:17.850 --> 00:13:24.250 bands, the house of Togarmah, Turkey, of the 00:13:24.250 --> 00:13:29.529 north. What's the direction? The north quarters. 00:13:30.350 --> 00:13:33.250 What's north? Turkey, of course. All you have 00:13:33.250 --> 00:13:35.409 to do, this is as simple, a child can understand 00:13:35.409 --> 00:13:38.470 it, is stare. Why haven't we been reading it 00:13:38.470 --> 00:13:46.210 all of these years? Why haven't we been reading 00:13:46.210 --> 00:13:53.710 it all these years? And many people with thee. 00:13:55.609 --> 00:14:01.649 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou 00:14:01.649 --> 00:14:04.049 and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, 00:14:04.169 --> 00:14:11.009 and be thou a guard unto them. After many days, 00:14:11.269 --> 00:14:14.809 are you following me now? This is the eighth 00:14:14.809 --> 00:14:19.549 verse, the 38th chapter of Ezekiel. I know, really, 00:14:19.629 --> 00:14:22.690 one would think that I was reading from the front 00:14:22.690 --> 00:14:27.480 page of a newspaper. One would actually think 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.740 that I was quoting from something that I heard 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:35.000 on our last newscast. I'm reading from the Word 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:40.940 of God. Literally, I am reading from God's Word. 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:47.500 After many days thou shalt be visited. In the 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:50.159 latter years thou shalt come into the land that 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.620 is brought back from the sword and is gathered 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:56.059 out of many people. against the mountains of 00:14:56.059 --> 00:15:00.220 Israel, which have been always waste. But it 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:05.379 is brought forth out of the nations, and they 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:12.419 shall dwell safely, all of them. Oh, you know, 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.639 when I knew I was going to give you this heart 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:20.720 -to -heart talk, I brought out again the newspaper. 00:15:22.669 --> 00:15:27.950 It's yellow now. It's where the crease is in 00:15:27.950 --> 00:15:30.590 the paper. I can't even read the words. But I 00:15:30.590 --> 00:15:34.809 saved it because it's a thrill to me. Of April 00:15:34.809 --> 00:15:38.610 the 13th, 1949, when the president of Israel 00:15:38.610 --> 00:15:41.889 gave the great proclamation, I treasure this. 00:15:42.990 --> 00:15:47.889 And I am quoting you now from this newspaper 00:15:47.889 --> 00:15:51.929 of 1949, when the president of Israel, and remember, 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:59.879 Israel has been recognized since 1949 by all 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:03.440 nations of the world as a nation. Let me just 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.320 give you a quotation from this proclamation in 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.299 1949, and it appeared in your newspaper too. 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:15.100 For many years, the Jews have played a prominent 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:17.759 part, laying the foundations of the new life 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.000 that is springing up in our ancient land, Israel. 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.519 We have now obtained the status of national independence. 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:30.320 We are now about to enter a new phase. But this 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:34.120 is what I want to read to you. Every day, men 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:38.000 and women are streaming in large numbers through 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:47.059 the gates of our holy Zion. They come with hope 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:50.330 in their eyes. They come to Israel not merely 00:16:50.330 --> 00:16:52.149 to find a resting place for their weary feet. 00:16:52.549 --> 00:16:56.289 They want to find that measure of human happiness, 00:16:56.470 --> 00:17:01.549 the chance of a free life, which is God's gift 00:17:01.549 --> 00:17:05.450 afforded to every man and woman on God's earth. 00:17:07.930 --> 00:17:14.089 Now, I lay my newspaper aside, and I turn to 00:17:14.089 --> 00:17:21.180 the word of God again, and I read, The land that 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:24.039 is brought back from the sword and is gathered 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:26.980 out of many people against the mountains of Israel, 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:30.519 which have been always waste, but is brought 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:34.460 forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:41.119 safely, all of them. But just when they feel 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:48.210 this wonderful security, just when... They are 00:17:48.210 --> 00:17:53.730 being blessed. Acres and acres of beautiful orange 00:17:53.730 --> 00:17:58.369 groves. They're building their factories. They're 00:17:58.369 --> 00:18:05.829 building their homes. That ninth verse. And this, 00:18:05.829 --> 00:18:14.910 my friend, was in the mind of Russia. Thou shalt 00:18:14.910 --> 00:18:19.609 ascend. and come like a storm. Thou shalt be 00:18:19.609 --> 00:18:22.450 like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all 00:18:22.450 --> 00:18:27.410 thy bands and many people with thee. Thus saith 00:18:27.410 --> 00:18:32.690 the Lord God, it shall also come to pass that 00:18:32.690 --> 00:18:37.049 at the same time shall things come into thy mind. 00:18:37.910 --> 00:18:45.049 Thou shalt think an evil thought, and thou shalt 00:18:45.049 --> 00:18:50.470 say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. 00:18:51.170 --> 00:18:55.690 I will go to them that are at rest. What did 00:18:55.690 --> 00:18:59.609 I just read? Ah, the president of Israel said, 00:18:59.930 --> 00:19:03.529 every day men and women and children are streaming 00:19:03.529 --> 00:19:07.690 in large numbers through the gates of Zion. They 00:19:07.690 --> 00:19:11.569 come with hope in their eyes. They come to Israel 00:19:11.569 --> 00:19:14.170 not merely to find a resting place for their 00:19:14.170 --> 00:19:18.670 weary feet. They want to find that measure of 00:19:18.670 --> 00:19:23.769 human happiness that is afforded to every man 00:19:23.769 --> 00:19:28.690 and woman on God's earth. I'm reading now from 00:19:28.690 --> 00:19:37.410 the word of God. And thou shalt say, who? Gog, 00:19:37.890 --> 00:19:47.279 the prince of Magog. Mm -hmm. That's it. Thou 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:53.599 shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:57.619 villages. I will go to them that are at rest, 00:19:57.819 --> 00:20:01.440 that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:05.880 walls and having neither bars nor gates. Why? 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:11.259 There has to be a purpose. Why? Why is Russia 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:16.710 and her allies? going down after Israel. Why 00:20:16.710 --> 00:20:22.750 did Stalin have his eyes on this same part of 00:20:22.750 --> 00:20:29.210 the world? Khrushchev had his eyes on this same 00:20:29.210 --> 00:20:38.289 part of the world. God has the answer. To take 00:20:38.289 --> 00:20:43.910 a spoil. That's the... 12th verse of the 38th 00:20:43.910 --> 00:20:50.210 chapter of Ezekiel. To take a spoil and to take 00:20:50.210 --> 00:20:59.710 a prey. The rich oil fields. The wealth. The 00:20:59.710 --> 00:21:06.769 great potential wealth in the Dead Sea. To turn 00:21:06.769 --> 00:21:11.190 thine hand upon the desolate places that are 00:21:11.529 --> 00:21:16.569 now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered 00:21:16.569 --> 00:21:21.390 out of the nations which have gotten cattle and 00:21:21.390 --> 00:21:26.930 goods and that dwell in the midst of the land. 00:21:27.809 --> 00:21:35.049 This was all prophesied 1 ,400 years before the 00:21:35.049 --> 00:21:40.089 birth of Christ in Bethlehem and is taking place. 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:46.140 and fulfilled today. God bless you.