Why Would Russia Invade Israel? (Q&A)

 

Q: Curious why would Russia invade Israel?

 

A: Thanks for your question. Ezekiel 38’s prediction of this future event is indeed curious, and also challenging to comprehend. In several posts, I have addressed it from various perspectives. Your question affords me the opportunity to summarize this complex context. Please be patient. For an introductory context, see the linked analysis in First Ukraine, Next Israel’s Terrain?

 

When Might the Invasion Occur?

This prophecy is the second in a ‘prophetic trifecta’, comprising Ezekiel 37, 39 and 39. The first prophecy in this trifecta -- the restoration of Israel as a nation, became a historical fact in 1948. The close, strategic sequencing between the second and third prophecies is a clear, strong signal that the invasion will occur on the cusp of The Millennial Reign age – the 5th age of human history. More specifically, that places it at the end of the 4th age of history – the predicted short (~7-year) tribulation age. Many Bible scholars understand: (a) predictions in the last part of Daniel 9 signal that age will only last 7 years, and (b) predictions in Daniel 7 and 12 signal the apocalypse (described in Revelation 8–16) will break-out during the last 3½ years of that short age.

 

Note how the after-effects of the invasion are not described in chapter 38, but in the first two-thirds of chapter 39. This is strategically significant in that the last third of chapter 39 describes the early months and days of The Lord’s Millennial Reign, during which He will reign as Global King of all the Earth, with ALL of His then immortal, glorified [glowing] saints from the first 4 ages of human history, i.e., since Adam. This placement seems to align Russia’s predicted invasion of Israel, even closer to the start of The Millennial Reign age than one might typically imagine!

 

Why Would Russia Invade Israel at That Time??   

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Apostle Paul reveals the tribulation age will begin sometime after the next, predicted resurrection and rapture of The Lord’s saints from the 3rd age of history. (See: Bible Raptures – Types and Timings (Series).) This event, along with other global pressures (e.g., climate change, mounting lawlessness, socio-cultural- political upheavals, et al) will very likely shock all national and global systems for some time! In 2 Thessalonians 2, Apostle Paul signals this event will facilitate the rise of a strongman to substantial global power. This man is called ‘the anti-Christ’ and ‘the beast’ in The Bible. He will be endowed with satanic miracle working powers to address intractable global problems. His extremely prideful acts (e.g., declaring himself to be God Almighty) will trigger the apocalypse, during which The Bible predicts mortals and land animals will become ‘rare on the Earth’. Additionally, sea creatures will also be substantially reduced as Earth’s entire eco-systems suffer under the plagues. Life at that time will be unimaginably dire. 

 

Based on historical patterns, I intuit Jews might be blamed for the apocalyptic plagues, as they were blamed for causing severe stresses (a) across pre-exodus, ancient Egypt, (b) pre-WWI and pre-WWII Europe. Why?? The Bible demonstrates satan and his crew of devils and demons hate Jesus, The Lord God, Whom they, as once holy angels, attempted to overthrow in a failed coup. But since they cannot strike back at The Lord, they target the ethnic group through whom He decided to be born as a man, to pay the price for our sins. They also target The Lord’s true (not fake or Christianesque) followers. If/IF Jews might be blamed for global distresses, that might help to explain prophecies that Jews from across the world will flee to Israel in haste (like they left ancient Egypt in haste), and will spill-over into Gilead (northern Jordan) and Lebanon – something that’s unimaginable today!! (See: The Coming Lame Blame (Poem).)

 

The Bible further signals Israel might be somewhat protected during the apocalyptic plagues. This might be like how ancient Hebrews were protected in Egypt’s land of Goshen during the last 7 (of 10) pre-exodus plagues. If/IF so, imagine the reactions when other nations realize one nation is being sheltered from what they are suffering through! (See: The Goshen Effect (Series).)

 

Why Russia? 

The Bible signals how satan’s kingdom on Earth is structured and works (top demons influencing national level issues and leaders, and lower-level devils tempting regular people). Gog, possibly satan’s top demon, is featured as the main instigator in Ezekiel 38, and also in the final human rebellion Revelation 20. Apart from satan (ex-Lucifer), Gog is the only evil spirit The Lord addresses by name in all the books of The Bible!!! Ergo, I intuit Gog is likely satan’s #2 demon, akin to a 5-star general!

 

If Gog will be assigned over the nation of Russia during the apocalypse, it is interesting to note a possible ‘promotion’ to a HUGE assignment, over ALL the nations of the world during ‘little while’, post-Millennial age of history – the 6th and final age of human history on this current version of Earth. He will be the chief instigator of the final human rebellion against the likely only righteous things on Earth during that age. 

 

Get this: Revelation 20:7-10 predicts this final rebellion will target Jerusalem!!! 

 

Ergo, The Bible sets the stage for Gog to be the principal, demonic instigator for two massive rebellions, both of which target ISRAEL – (1) Russia’s Ezekiel 38 coalition invasion of Israel, and (2) the final, global invasion of the post-Millennial Reign saints, in Jerusalem. And these will literally ‘sandwich’ The Lord’s Millennial Reign age! Imagine that! 

 

I trust this summary sheds some light on why The Bible predicts a Russia-led coalition will invade Israel.

First Ukraine, Next Israel's Terrain?! (UPDATED!)

A comparison of Russia’s 2 invasions of Ukraine,

and its predicted invasion of Israel

in Ezekiel 38. 

 

When does history become…’history’? The apparent answer is after present events are in the past. But from the highest strategic perspective, history becomes ‘history’, when The Lord God either wrote the scripts of future events in His Scripture of Truth book, or spoke them as prophecy, directly or through His prophets. From His unique perspective, the past, present and future, are all NOW. From our human perspective, we …examine and echo the past, experience the present, and expect the future. Remember, our history, is ‘His-story’! 

 

In this light, let’s consider whether and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, might correlate to its predicted coalition invasion of a future, defenseless, over-crowded Israel. This shocking prediction is gruesomely summarized in The Bible, Ezekiel chapter 38. 

Ezekiel 38 is the second chapter in what I call, a prophetic trifecta -- three successive chapters that elaborate, in one place, MAJOR prophecies that are otherwise iterated across the pages and ages of the Bible, like strategic puzzle pieces scattered on a table. To me, this signifies The Lord's keen desire for us seriously to perceive these PILLARS of His Multi-millennial Strategic Plan for Humanity! To learn more about this trifecta, see: Missed Insights in Ezekiel (Series).

Click on the link below to access this eye-opening study. But before you click, please ponder this fact: 

Years ago, scholars determined The Bible had an 80% prophecy-to-historical fact success rate. Since then, more of its prophecies continue to become verifiable, historical facts, and the extent and degree of many fulfilled prophecies, continues to expand and increase. Case in point: One twice repeated prophecy is of a major ‘falling away’ of Christians from their faith, many to the point of full apostasy, during the closing years of this current 3rd age of history. While this has been developing for years, it literally spiked across the post-Covid pandemic western world, with many reports of growing numbers of ‘nones’ – people across the west who no longer consider themselves Christian, or of any faith. Fresh reports of this occurred in the last week of February 2025. Another one is of exploding global lawlessness. Well~

 

First Ukraine, Next Israel's Terrain?!

A comparison of Russia’s 2 invasions of Ukraine,

and its predicted invasion of Israel

in Ezekiel 38. 

I Was the One (Poem)

Lord, I was the one You once sought and saved, 

And from sin’s shackles, to set free.

Your 99 didn’t envy me,

Because like me, they too, had mis-behaved. 

 

Now back among Your 99, 

I’m very glad to be found.

No longer blind, from sin unbound,

I’m feeding on Your Grace, divine.

 

Finally, I think I ‘get it’,

Your only way I can stay free:

Storing Your Word inside of me,

So I’ll be led by Your Spirit.

 

But when with sin, I get infected,

By Your Word inside, I’ll be chastened,

Then by Your Love, I’ll be forgiven.

Lord, that’s Your plan, till I am perfected.

 

To ALL Your sheep, both new and old,

This core lesson, I will impart,

Seeds I will sow, in stubborn hearts,

All across Your growing sheepfold.

 

Here is a lesson I have learned:

Sharing lessons enables me,

To keep them fresh, inside of me! 

That way, by sin, life’s not upturned!

 

Your Loving Hand, guides back to Grace,

Those who are Yours, authentically.

Those who are Yours, conditionally,

Deceive themselves, in this life’s race. 

 

Now, back in Your flock, I heed Your voice,

Aware of risks, from straying away.

It’s Your voice, that enlightens my day.

Obeying, my heart and soul rejoice.

 

To my fellow sheep, on The Lord’s path,

Embrace my lesson in your heart,

So from His path, you won’t depart, 

And thus, you’ll avoid sin’s ...promised wrath.

Favoring Gog! (Part 2)

See the series here

In Part 1, I introduce my perception that Gog, a name mentioned in three sections of The Bible, may very well be satan’s top general, responsible for facilitating every evil rebellion satan conceives against The Lord God, and righteousness on Earth. Since their rebellion in Heaven, the number of their cohorts has been reduced in response to what many did to trigger the global flood. So, with a severely constricted number of devils and demons, this duo has been leveraging humans, and especially national leaders, to join in successive rebellious plots against The Lord and righteousness on the Earth. Let’s continue…

The Roles of National Leaders

In Playbook for the anti-Christ (Series), I explain how national leaders across history may have learned from, and attempt to repeat previous, successful leadership styles and strategies used by predecessor national leaders in history. In Seat of Wickedness (Series), I explain how it appears satan’s core strategy has been, and remains, to target and influence these national leaders to play pivotal roles in every major rebellious plot he has designed against The Lord and righteousness. It seems reasonable that this strategic approach might have been warranted since: 

 

(a)  Angels were not created as reproductive beings. Thus, satan’s crew was initially limited to the third of holy angels who had engaged in his failed coup attempt in Heaven. 

(b)  When The Lord scattered pre-flood human populations across the Earth (at the Tower of Babel), this likely presented a major ‘coverage challenge’ to satan and Gog.

(c)  When the post-flood human population began to grow, this  coverage problem grew exponentially, because The Lord had taken out of commission those demons whose actions had eventually triggered The Lord’s decision to send a flood to wipe out all people and land animals. (See: Humans DNA Hacked (Poem), and also 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 6.)

 

Facing these mounting challenges, I imagine satan and Gog may have decided to double-down on their strategy to focus on, tempt, and catalyze national leaders, to trigger major rebellions against The Lord and all things righteous on Earth. Motivating successive generations of national leaders to repeat past, apparently successful leadership strategies, may have been a ‘winning approach’, especially when those leaders failed to perceive cloaked factors that helped to achieve past successes.

 

And Today??

 

The world is in shock that President Trump seems to be ‘cozying up’ to President Putin in their aggressive negotiations to end Russia’s 3-year effort to invade Ukraine, on terms that might be favorable to Russia! This is a major shift away from long-term U.S. foreign policy toward Russia. So, let’s keep our keenest eye on how these developments will unfold.

 

In light of the above overview, this is what I perceive. 

 

Ezekiel 38 is in the middle of a prophetic trifecta The Lord has given to humanity to ponder, study, and derive lessons to which He intends us to align our lives accordingly. This trifecta:

 

A.   Predicted, in Ezekiel 37, the reconstitution of the nation of Israel, combining what was two separate, ancient nations (Israel and Judah), into one unified, modern nation, with a competent military force. This prediction became historical on May 14, 1948, 77 years ago. Selah…

 

B.   Predicts, in Ezekiel 38:

o   A dramatic loss of Israel’s defensive capabilities at a time it will be exceedingly over-crowded, with people spilling over into N. Jordan and Lebanon (See: Zechariah 10:9-10), and

o   A multi-national invasion on the cusp of The Millennial Reign age. This invasion is predicted to be led by Gog, who will be influencing the then leader of ‘the country in the far north’, presumably far north of Israel. That country is unmistakably, The Russian Federation. Ezekiel 38 names other nations that will join Russia. (For more, see: A People, Un-walled (Series) and also Missed Insights in Ezekiel (Series).

 

C.   Predicts the nauseating consequences of this failed invasion, and how Israel will respond during the first few years of The Millennial Reign age, the predicted 5th age of human history.

 

Immediately after Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine (2022), I ‘connected the dots’ to Ezekiel 38. It seemed to me the only way Russia, ‘the mighty bear’, would need help from nations that are currently much weaker than Russia, militarily and economically, would be if Russia, in the future, will have been significantly militarily degraded. Shortly after reaching that conclusion, NATO announced its strategic objective for aiding Ukraine: To degrade Russia, militarily. (See: Degrading Militaries (Poem)) Not long after that, the U.S. announced its strategic objective for aiding Ukraine: To degrade Russia, economically. Voila!!!...

 

That is until Donald Trump was elected to a second term as U.S. president. Perhaps lacking spiritual insight, and failing to perceive how many strongman governance approaches in history have failed catastrophically, he may be ‘following the script, the playbooks, of many failed national leaders in history. If so, he might inadvertently be cozying up to Gog. Thus far, he seems to be ignoring the many wise voices that warn his push to end the war on terms that might be very favorable to Russia, will likely enable Russia to ‘re-group and re-attack’, perhaps on a broader scale, in the future, just a it did 8 years after its 2014 invasion of Ukraine!

 

The Bible gives us a few hints that the equivalent of satan’s capital (Revelation 2:12-13), has shifted over time, perhaps in response to the shifting seats of power among the human population. (See: The Seat of Wickedness (Series)) It does not appear to hint where this seat might be currently, but a good guess might be over the currently most powerful nation, the U.S.. America has certainly played a leadership role in advancing much across the world that Heaven considers sinful and unrighteous! Ezekiel 38 may provide us a BIG hint of where satan’s seat of wickedness will be on the cusp of The Millennial Reign age!!

 

Alas, given The Bible’s whopping 80+ percent ‘prophecy-to-historical success rate, I have strong faith to believe and trust The Lord will continue to unfold HIS strategic approach to bring about the remaining set of predictions in His prophetic trifecta. 

 

Blessings and we watch and ponder, together…

 

Send comments to KeyofJLife@gmail.com

See: First Ukraine, Then Israel’s Terrain?!,

my insights comparing:

Russia’s 2 invasions of Ukraine, 

with it’s predicted invasion of Israel. 

Playbook for the anti-Christ (Part 2)

In Part 1, I introduce the concept of a 'type of playbook' national leaders likely consult to study and reflect on leadership patterns and strategies their predecessors throughout history successfully applied. And get this: Even if successive national leaders to not intentionally study past leadership patterns and strategies, be sure that satan and his crew will do their part to introduce these in the hearts and minds of leaders, especially as leadership challenges emerge. 

I refuse to believe the notion that 'history repeats itself'. Rather, it seems clear to me that humans are easily manipulated by satanic forces, to respond to temptations in the same, exact ways our ancestors responded. That gives us the sense that 'history repeats itself', but it's merely us, due to our general spiritual ignorance, falling into the same traps in which our ancestors fell. 

Since the Bible predict the anti-Christ will be the final human global leader, it is safe to presume he will not only benefit from successful and failed strategies ALL predecessor national leaders will have had.

Trump’s Role in the Big Picture

Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt and a failed assassination plot. He claimed God spared him for a purpose. That statement is likely true—otherwise, he would be dead! But what might that purpose be??

Let’s frame a plausible answer in light of Jeremiah 9:23-24, my favorite passage:

Thus says The Lord: ‘Let not the wise man glory [be proud] in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am The Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the Earth. For in these I delight,’ 

says The Lord.

The Lords’ sequence is clear:

1. Lovingkindness (long-term grace)
2. Judgment (for justice)
3. Righteousness (the intended result of judgment)

Historically, as Sovereign Lord over all of His creation, it is apparently He Who mandated the U.S. to lead rebuilding of global economic and political systems following a series of His massive, global judgments in the early 20th century. These judgments included:

• Two world wars
• The Great Depression
• The Spanish Flu pandemic
• The rise and fall of fascist and communist powers

According to The Lord’s declared strategy and tactics, it is safe to conclude these judgments followed long periods of Grace, during which sinfulness increased worldwide. Without adequate repentance and lifestyle changes, judgments were inevitable, just as they are NoW! However, The Lord always preserves a remnant who is expected to learn and apply lessons from what they observed and personally experienced. Sadly, history reveals how we quickly forget lessons learned—falling back into old patterns of sin, egged on by demonic agitation and temptations.

The U.S. faithfully carried out its ‘rebuilding leadership mandate’, and by October 2025, the global institutions it helped to establish will have endured 80 years. Meanwhile, in May 2025, modern Israel will turn 77 years old. Israel and Judah have been, and remain key targets and indicators in ALL The Lord’s strategic moves and dealings with humanity, Biblically, 7 represents spiritual completion—so what, pray tell, in Israel and/or across the world might possibly be completed this year?? 

Now, in early 2025, Trump and his administration are aggressively:

a) dismantling and downsizing major parts of the bloated U.S. federal government,

b) eroding respect for its foundational Constitution, 

c) threatening to disrespect for the judicial decisions that thwart the administration's objectives,

d) threatening and bullying many long-term, faithful allies of the U.S.

e) and purportedly laying the groundwork for a race to establish a human colony on Mars (!), and

f) planning to lift the debt ceiling requirement and push through another major tax cut legislation in the face of a near $40 trillion federal debt and a possibly string of future annual budget deficits. 

Whew! 

As the most powerful U.S. president ever (due to recent Supreme Court decisions), and leader of the only current global hegemon nation, Trump’s actions will apparently have massive global repercussions. We are already witnessing such effects, and they will likely increase, both in frequency and intensity.

For years, an increasing coalition of nations has pushed for a new world order and a new reserve currency to replace the U.S. dollar, or minimally, a set of other currency options to manage global trade. This group—BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)—has now expanded to 10 member nations and 12 partner nations. The U.S. has resisted this movement, but Trump’s ‘America First’ policies might unintentionally accelerate it. Watch closely as his actions potentially embolden competitor nations, hastening the shift toward a new world order.

Daniel 2:44 indicates we, as noted above, are at the tail end of The Lord’s predicted parade of global hegemon nations. However, that particular chapter omits mention of the predicted rise of the anti-Christ global leader during the tribulation age, perhaps because that will be an unusually short ‘age’-- 7 years per Daniel 9.

The Anti-Christ’s Playbook

Since national leaders have apparently learned from their historical predecessors across the world, it is logical to expect the final, global human leader, the anti-Christ man, will similarly study 'playbooks' of all predecessor national leaders. ChatGPT confirms that, throughout ALL of history, U.S. presidents—especially in the past 8 decades (the modern era), have likely been the most powerful national leaders ever! See its summary review here. Serving in a ‘quadfecta’ government—a Republican-led Senate, House of Representatives, Executive and Supreme Court— Trump will have been the most powerful of all past U.S. presidents, and ergo, the most powerful man in global history, at lease to-date! Ergo, Trump’s playbook should naturally attract the anti-Christ’s keen attention, whether Trump is successful ….or not.

More importantly, The Bible predicts that man will be endowed with satanic, miracle-working powers, allowing him to manipulate and deceive the entire world! Imagine that. For additional context, see The Seat of Wickedness (Series) and anti-Christ (Series). 

Final Thought

As history approaches the transition into the short 4th age, it is crucial for us to discern how present national leaders across the world, especially in the U.S., might fit into The Lord’s unfolding, sovereign plan. His patterns are clear and plain to anyone who looks for them. He’s clearly ‘on the move’. Are we (you) attentive to how He’s moving?