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RUSSIA CALLING THE SHOTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARMS MARKET SputnikNews.com, July 30 th , 2016 (EXCERPT) "The Middle Eastern arms market is not new for Russia. The Soviet Union exported weapons to Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Yemen. But the fall of the USSR led to a drop in Russian arms exports," Moscow is returning to the Middle Eastern weapons market, following its successful air campaign against Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) in Syria. According to Nikolay Kozhanov of Chatham House, Russia is not only benefitting from arms sales, but also bolstering its geopolitical positions in the region. In May the Turkish newspaper BirGun reported that Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are shifting towards Russia as an arms supplier. "Military cooperation between Russia and Muslim countries, especially in North Africa, is building up. Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria are now facing the threat of jihadist violence and want to enhance their security systems… Now, Russia is a global power and Muslim countries facing security threats are now looking for military cooperation with Moscow," the media outlet noted. ------------------------------------------------------ WAS NOT ESAU JACOB'S BROTHER? SAITH THE LORD: YET I LOVED JACOB, AND I HATED ESAU, AND LAID HIS MOUNTAINS AND HIS HERITAGE WASTE FOR THE DRAGONS OF THE WILDERNESS. MALACHI 1:2-3 THE FORMULATION OF EZEKIEL 38: RUSSIA, TURKEY, IRAN AND LIBYA If Russia is no longer a Communistic Athiestic Dictatorship, what's wrong with this picture of the State DUMA in Moscow taken November 1 st , 2015? TURKEY=GOMER (EZEKIEL 38:6) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in St. Petersburg on Aug. 9 as the two countries continue to improve their once-strained relations. The visit marks a first since last November when Turkey downed a Russian fighter along its border with Syria and is also Erdoğan’s first foreign visit after a failed coup attempt on July 15 in Turkey. Speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency on Aug. 7 before his visit, Erdoğan said he expects talks with Putin will open “a new page” in bilateral relations.(HurriyetDailyNews.com, 8-8-16) IRAN=PERSIA (EZEKIEL 38:5) Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the successful cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, and has expressed hope that a free trade zone can soon be established between Iran and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union. “Iran is Russia’s longtime partner. We believe that bilateral relations will benefit from the reduction of tensions around Iran following the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program,” Putin said in a major interview with Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac released on Friday. He added that Iranian leaders shared his approach. (RT.com, 8-5-16) LIBYA=LIBYA (EZEKIEL 38:5) Russian Ambassador to Libya Ivan Molotkov recently said that Moscow would be ready to supply the legitimate Libyan government with weapons as soon as the arms embargo against the country is lifted. The statement came after the US- chaired summit in Vienna had agreed to consider a request from the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya to be exempted from a UN arms embargo. The country’s unity government has been calling for international backers to speed up the re-arming of its forces ever since it came to power in January 2016. (Al-Monitor.com, 6-1-16)

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Page 1: THE FORMULATION OF EZEKIEL 38: RUSSIA CALLING THE …€¦ · 08/08/2016  · of his reign given in ( 2 Kings 24:17 ;2 Kings 25:7 ) and, with some trifling variations in ( Jeremiah

RUSSIA CALLING THE SHOTSIN THE MIDDLE EAST ARMS MARKET

SputnikNews.com, July 30th, 2016

(EXCERPT) "The Middle Eastern armsmarket is not new for Russia. The Soviet

Union exported weapons to Algeria,Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudanand Yemen. But the fall of the USSR led

to a drop in Russian arms exports,"

Moscow is returning to the Middle Easternweapons market, following its successful aircampaign against Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) in Syria.According to Nikolay Kozhanov of ChathamHouse, Russia is not only benefitting from

arms sales, but also bolstering itsgeopolitical positions in the region.

In May the Turkish newspaper BirGun reportedthat Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are

shifting towards Russia as an arms supplier.

"Military cooperation between Russiaand Muslim countries, especially

in North Africa, is building up. Morocco,Tunisia and Algeria are now facing the

threat of jihadist violence and wantto enhance their security systems…Now, Russia is a global power andMuslim countries facing security

threats are now looking for militarycooperation with Moscow,"

the media outlet noted.

------------------------------------------------------WAS NOT ESAU JACOB'S

BROTHER? SAITH THE LORD: YET I LOVED JACOB,AND I HATED ESAU,

AND LAID HIS MOUNTAINS AND HIS HERITAGE WASTE

FOR THE DRAGONS OF THE WILDERNESS.

MALACHI 1:2-3

THE FORMULATION OF EZEKIEL 38:RUSSIA, TURKEY, IRAN AND LIBYA

If Russia is no longer a Communistic Athiestic Dictatorship, what's wrongwith this picture of the State DUMA in Moscow taken November 1st, 2015?

TURKEY=GOMER (EZEKIEL 38:6)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to meet with his Russian counterpart,Vladimir Putin, in St. Petersburg on Aug. 9 as the two countries continue to improve

their once-strained relations. The visit marks a first since last November whenTurkey downed a Russian fighter along its border with Syria and is also Erdoğan’s

first foreign visit after a failed coup attempt on July 15 in Turkey.

Speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency on Aug. 7 before his visit, Erdoğan said he expectstalks with Putin will open “a new page” in bilateral relations.(HurriyetDailyNews.com, 8-8-16)

IRAN=PERSIA (EZEKIEL 38:5)Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the successful cooperation betweenMoscow and Tehran, and has expressed hope that a free trade zone can soon be

established between Iran and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union.

“Iran is Russia’s longtime partner. We believe that bilateral relations will benefit from thereduction of tensions around Iran following the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclearprogram,” Putin said in a major interview with Azerbaijani state news agency Azertac released

on Friday. He added that Iranian leaders shared his approach. (RT.com, 8-5-16)

LIBYA=LIBYA (EZEKIEL 38:5)Russian Ambassador to Libya Ivan Molotkov recently said that Moscow would beready to supply the legitimate Libyan government with weapons as soon as thearms embargo against the country is lifted. The statement came after the US-

chaired summit in Vienna had agreed to consider a request from theinternationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya to beexempted from a UN arms embargo. The country’s unity government has been

calling for international backers to speed up the re-arming of its forces ever since it came to power in January 2016. (Al-Monitor.com, 6-1-16)

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Once again with this May-September TYPE of the Five Month Long Hour of Temptationwe are examining, the “failed coup” in Turkey on July 15th, 2016 (the middle of May-September)

appears to be yet another TYPE that plays into the actuality.

That is not to say that the actual Five Month Long Hour of Temptation will occurduring the months of May through September, but that is the Term of the Locust

as noted by Bullinger on page 1895 of the Companion Bible.

So then, the “failed coup” in Turkey on July 15th of this year which is the middle of this Five Month Long TYPE we are examining is apparently a TYPE of the Consumer Stage of the Locust Army that will begin when Satan appears as Antichrist in the middle of the ACTUAL Five Month Long Hour of Temptation. That's when Satan will completely take over the world as the one world dictator just as we saw a TYPE of with Erdogan in Turkey. Turkey then, in this case, symbolizes the entire earth (the seven churches in the Book of Revelation that symbolize the seven types of Christian churchesin the world today were historically located in what is now Turkey) and the MILITARY COUP they claim was a failure but ended up with Erdogan completely taking over is a TYPE of Satan completely taking over with his Locust ARMY at the 6th Seal, the 6th Trumpet and the 6th Vial. The Locust Army are Satan's angels that are cast out with him at the beginning of the Five Month Period at the Woe of the 5th Trumpet.

So here you have a few things to look into. Whatever you do, do not take my word for it.Take God's Word for it. Studying to show yourself approved, chapter by chapter, verse by verse.

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ZEDEKIAH: The last king of Judah and Jerusalem. He was the son of Josiah by his wife

Hamutal, and therefore own brother to Jehoahaz. ( 2 Kings 24:18 ) comp. 2Kin 23:31 His

original name was Mattaniah, which was changed to Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar when

he carried off his nephew Jehoiachim to Babylon and left him on the throne of Jerusalem.

Zedekiah was but twenty-one years old when he was thus placed in charge of an

impoverished kingdom, B.C. 597. His history is contained in a short sketch .of the events

of his reign given in ( 2 Kings 24:17 ;2 Kings 25:7 ) and, with some trifling variations in

( Jeremiah 39:1-7 ; 62:1-11 ) together with the still shorter summary in ( 1 Chronicles

38:10 ) etc.; and also in Jere 21,24,27,28,29,32,34,37,38 and ( Ezekiel 16:11-21 ) From these

it is evident that Zedekiah was a man not so much bad at heart as weak in will. It is evident

from Jere 27 and 28 that the earlier portion of Zedekiahs reign was marked by an agitation

throughout the whole of Syria against the Babylonian yoke. Jerusalem seems to have

taken the lead, since in the fourth year of Zedekiahs reign we find ambassadors from all

the neighboring kingdoms --Tyre, Sidon, Edom and Moab --at his court to consult as to the

steps to be taken. The first act of rebellion of which any record survives was the formation

of an alliance with Egypt, of itself equivalent to a declaration of enmity with Babylon. As a

natural consequence it brought on Jerusalem an immediate invasion of the Chaldaeans.

The mention of this event in the Bible though indisputable, is extremely slight, and occurs

only in ( Jeremiah 37:5-11 ; 34:21 ) and Ezek 17:15-20 but Josephus (x.7,3) relates it more

fully, and gives the date of its occurrence, namely, the eighth year of Zedekiah. (B.C. 589.)

Nebuchadnezzar at once sent an army to ravage Judea. This was done, and the whole

country reduced, except Jerusalem and two strong places in the western plain, Lachish

and Azekah, which still held out. ( Jeremiah 34:7 ) Called away for a time by an attack from

Pharaoh and the Egyptians, on the tenth day of the tenth month of Zedekiahs ninth year

the Chaldeans were again before the walls. ( Jeremiah 52:4 ) From this time forward the

siege progressed slowly but surely to its consummation, The city was indeed reduced to

the last extremity. The bread had for long been consumed, ( Jeremiah 38:9 ) and all the

terrible expedients had been tried to which the wretched inhabitants of a besieged town

are forced to resort in such cases. At last, after sixteen dreadful months the catastrophe

arrived. It was on the ninth day of the fourth month, about the middle of July at midnight,

as Josephus with careful minuteness informs us, that the breach in those strong and

venerable walls was effected. The moon, nine days old, had gone down. The wretched

remnants of the army acquitted the city in the dead of night; and as the Chaldaean army

entered the city at one end, the king and his wives fled from it by the opposite gate. They

took the road toward the Jordan. As soon as the dawn of day permitted it, swift pursuit

was made. The kings party were overtaken near Jericho and carried to Nebuchadnezzar,

who was then at Riblah, at the upper end of the valley of Lebanon. Nebuchadnezzar, with a

refinement of barbarity characteristic of those cruel times ordered the sons of Zedekiah to

be killed before him, and lastly his own eyes to be thrust out. He was then loaded with

brazen fetters, and at a later period taken to Babylon, where he died.

(SMITH'S BIBLE DICTIONARY)

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TYPE of the Five Month Long Hour of Temptation

ACTUAL Five Month Long Hour of Temptation

Time of ACTUAL Five Month Long Hour of Temptation UNKNOWN