Plus all of those passages you cited isn't even about a war involving Israel.
Huh?
The Prophecy That Is Shaping History:
President Reagan’s view of Ezekiel’s prophecy was not limited, however, to shaping America’s relations with Russia; it also influenced his relationship with other nations. He believed, for example, that the Arab nations of the Middle East would participate in the End Time invasion of Israel. On this basis he also correctly predicted the fall of Ethiopia26 into the orbit of Communism.
Moreover, the same prophecy may have shaped the President’s relations with Libya—a nation he saw (in Ezekiel 38:5, under the name “Put”) allied with Ezekiel’s Rosh against Israel. In April, 1986, American and British aircraft attacked Benghazi and Tripoli (almost killing Libyan President Ghadafi) in retaliation for the deaths of several American military personnel killed in the bombing of a discotheque in Germany by Libyan terrorists. Following the Reagan era, the 1988 presidential candidacy of the well known evangelist and philanthropist, Pat Robertson, further typified the impact of Ezekiel’s prophecy on American foreign policy. In contrast to academic “conventional wisdom,” Robertson clearly warned of the danger of the Soviet (and, more recently, the Russian) threat, and spoke strongly of his unwavering support for Israel. Robertson remains convinced that Ezekiel 38-39 will be fulfilled by the invasion of Israel by Russia. [After taking Syria]
Apparently represented by the nations of “Paras, Cush and Put” (Ezekiel 38:5). J. Simons, Geographical and Topographical Texts of the Old Testament (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1959), ad loc. Ezekiel lists three nations, and the list follows the same pattern as “Rosh [no AND] Meshech AND Tubal,” above: “Paras, [no AND] Cush, AND Put” 38:5.. Ezekiel 27 substantiates the fact that these names were real nations whose identity could be traced far into the future—that is, toward the fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy. This list, which portrays commercial activity in the 6th century BCE, includes five of the names on the war list in Ezekiel 38 (Paras, Put, Meshech, Tubal, and Beth Togarmah). In this context, these nations are quite real and identifiable. Furthermore, their fascination with trade and materialism seems unchanged in the Gog passage eleven chapters later. These recurring “types” do not preclude a prime fulfillment by an ultimate expression when the time comes. The same biblical interpretive principle is applicable to Gog and Magog. Even today,
the final expression of Gog and Magog is still future and anticipated “in the latter years” (38:8) and “in the last days” (38:16). Today, the nations occupying the territories of Ezekiel’s prophecy
(Paras, Cush, and Put) are, respectively, Iran,57 Sudan, and Libya—precisely the “peripheral” nations that commentators insisted could not be associated. [We also know what has happened in Libya, Syria, TODAY] On the other hand, in the early 1980s, after the Islamic/socialist revolutions in Libya (Ezekiel’s Put), Iran (Paras), and Sudan (the biblicalCush)—and the rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism that swept over all the Middle East—cooperation and coordination between the Islamic regimes in Libya, Iran, and Sudan was not at all problematic. Significantly, these three Arab nations are on record as being the most vociferously anti-Zionist of the Arab world. They also represent the most aggressive Islamic states in their training and export of terrorism worldwide. Iran (Ezekiel’s Paras/Persia) underwent an Islamic revolution at the end of the 1970s that reoriented the country against the West—whom Arabs call “the Crusaders”—and against Israel. Libya (Ezekiel’s Put) follows the radical Islamic agenda of its leader, Mu‛ammar Qadhafi, and represents a major player within Islamic extremism.83 These days, the Islamic government of (northern) Sudan (Ezekiel’s Cush) is waging a brutal war against the Christian and animist Sudanese in the southern part of the country, killing them by the tens and hundreds of thousands a year, selling prisoners into slavery, and compelling young girls to marry Muslim men, thereby forcing their conversion and genital mutilation. So we now see a remarkable and
intimate association of three radical Islamic states which are committed to one goal: the annihilation of Israel, and are the very countries Ezekiel said would ultimately strive mightily toward this purpose (cf. Psalm 83:1-8a). This picture conforms well with the tone of a number of other biblical prophecies that portray Israel standing alone against the onslaught of “all nations. [Including the USA] For example, Russia has recently entered into agreements
with Iran, Sudan, and Libya to supply military arms. These nations, now occupying the areas of Ezekiel’s nations of Paras, Cush, and Put, appear to represent the other three directions (east, south, and west, respectively) of Gog’s universal invasion.
Zechariah 12:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
This event (Zechariah 12:9) doesn't happen till the second half of the tribulation after Jerusalem gets invaded and destroyed. In other words, we're not in the tribulation yet.
Israel has to win the war in order to get the 7 year peace covenant started for Daniel's 70th to commence. If the Muslims win, they will wipe Israel off the face of the earth.
How can there be a post trib rapture when the elects are gather from heaven? People go up in a rapture, they don't come down. Than the prophecy of Daniel's 70th week will never be fulfilled.
People who think they will go up are disillusioned.
Revelation 3:12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,
which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
21:2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
Matthew 16:28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
24:3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Mark 11:10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. No tell me, How about Ezekiel?
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