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In this second and final part of his series "Watch" Pastor Alan looks at the nations that will be allied with Gog-Magog (Russia) in the attack upon true Israel.

The Persia of Ezekiel's time was not just the modern country of Iran but also embraced other nations such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Likewise, the Ethiopia of Ezekiel included all of what today is "black" Africa while Libya and Turkey (Togarmah) also took in several additional nations by today's reckoning. In effect, God is pulling all the nations into their respective positions in preparation for the final conflict just as someone would place the pieces on a chessboard.

Although the initial attack is down into the Middle-East area, the forces of Gog-Magog will "think an evil thought" and go up over the Arctic Circle against "the land of unwalled villages" - Canada and the U.S.A. The name "Canada" is derived from a word in the native Huron and Iroquois Indian dialect meaning "the land of undefended settlements" which illustrates the precision and accuracy of these Bible prophecies given so many hundreds of years ago.

The trigger of this attack may well be the collapse of the teetering money system and the $US American Dollar, coupled with the desire of Gog-Magog "to take a spoil and to take a prey" as Ezekiel 38:12 states. However, the Lord Jesus Christ will return to planet Earth in the midst of this conflict, scatter His enemies and establish His Kingdom. This Divine intervention will come about because the "true" Israel of God will repent and cry out to their God for deliverance.

The News Media show almost daily the nearness of this final Armageddon and how the individual nations are preparing for conflict.

This is a very relevant prophetic subject worthy of further study at a time when so many of God's people are uninformed or misinformed about end-time events!