Recently, the Russian military moved as many as 40,000 troops, along with tanks, armored vehicles, and air force units, to staging areas along Russia’s border with Ukraine.
Russia is also conducting massive military exercises nearby and in Belarus, north of Ukraine.
Some media organizations are noting that these are the same preparations Russia made before invading and annexing Ukraine’s southern peninsula of Crimea in 2014.
Some are speculating that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine and seize the eastern regions that are home to many Russian-speaking Ukrainians. Others think that Russia is flexing its muscles in response to NATO’s and the European Union’s efforts to draw Ukraine into the western sphere.
Even more ominous is the response of the United States. Several media outlets are reporting that President Obama recently ordered the removal of the large nuclear arsenal housed at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.
Now, in view of the unrest and instability in Turkey, that is a wise decision. However, instead of moving the arsenal to a stable NATO ally like France or Great Britain, Obama has apparently decided to move the nukes to Romania — the nation that borders Ukraine to the east and south.
Whether or not he means to, the President just sent a provocative message to Vladimir Putin. And he is furious!
Poor Ukraine. A furious Russia — who has already invaded and seized prized territory — on its eastern border, and NATO and the United States and its nuclear arsenal on its western border.
Further, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander recently said that “Russian doctrine states that tactical nuclear weapons may be used in a conventional response scenario.”
So Russia believes it can use nuclear weapons when fighting a conventional war; it has become more aggressive with its challenges to western air forces and naval forces; it has increased its submarine patrols off the U.S. coast; and it is in the midst of a huge buildup of nuclear warhead-capable missiles.
One prominent Russian military observer and analyst is convinced that “Russia is getting ready for a big war which they assume will go nuclear, with them launching the first attacks.”
Welcome to the end-times!
You snicker when I say that, but consider this. Ezekiel 38 describes one of the pivotal moments in the end-times scenario. The scripture says that Magog and Persia will lead a confederation of nations in a massive invasion of Israel.
Magog and Persia are modern-day Russia and Iran.
Once antagonists, Russia and Iran are now thick-as-thieves. In fact, Iran did something it has not done since it has been the Islamic Republic of Iran. It allowed a foreign military to base assets on an Iranian military base.
Until just weeks ago, Russia had strike bombers based at Hamedan air base, just west of Tehran. They were flying bombing sorties through Iraqi airspace into Syria in support of Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Unprecedented. But precisely as predicted for these days by the Bible thousands of years ago!
transmitted by Hal Lindsey – 8/26/2016
