Putin says ‘sorry cant help’ to Israel and invites Iran to Israels border.

For so long, Israel’s Prime Minister has warned Iran about crossing the ‘red line’ – an ultimatum which has characterised most of Netanyahu’s tenure as PM.

His warnings were issued to Iran with a tone of profound confidence and proclaimed at the highest levels of government. His speeches were arresting and the news organisations around the world cashed in on the sensationalism of it all. Many would remember his vivid speech to the world at the United Nations where despite irreconcilable world views, world leaders gather to epitomise unity and peace on earth while on the other hand, Netanyahu presented an explosive chart showing the sketch of a bomb with – you guessed it – a red line.

However, in the last few years, the red-line rhetoric fizzled out when under President Obama, the US put Netanyahu into a headlock and used the other arm to give Iran a load of cash as part of the Iran deal. While to the North, Russia’s grand move into Syria left an irritating little scribble on Netanyahu’s red-line.

As times have changed, the reality is that a bigger problem looms on the horizon: another red-line – this time, not Netanhayu’s.

Until now, Netanyahu’s military exploits in Southern Syria have been left unchecked by the Russian occupying force – most likely against the will of the regional Russian military commanders.

Netanyahu has bombed Syrian tanks that have strayed towards the Israeli border and even bombed Hezbollah targets close to Damascus while Putin seems to have had more interest in Sochi’s weather. Yet, only a few days ago, a senior Israeli official outright threatened to bomb Damascus – still, no response from Putin.

However Netanyahu’s concern for Iranian occupation in Syria reached a tenor pitch when he left Israel and took his red-line narrative to Putin who was patiently suffering harsh conditions in his Sochi resort. The meeting with Putin started well – at least for Netanyahu, who drizzled at length about his concerns of Iranian occupation in Syria; “Iran continues to threaten Israel’s existence, and it funds terror organizations and missile plans,” Netanyahu told Putin. “Wherever ISIS disappeared, Iran has taken over. Iran is already on its way to taking control of Iraq, Yemen, and in many ways has already taken over Lebanon.”

But when it came time for Putin’s turn to talk, the conversation did not go so well; “Iran is Russia’s strategic ally in the Middle East,” Putin told Netanyahu.

Witnesses present during part of the nearly two-and-a-half hour meeting say that following the Prime Minister’s entreaties to the Russian leader, Putin sighed, telling Netanyahu his government would be unable to assist; “Unfortunately, we can not help you here.”.

This is Netanyahu’s fourth trip to Russia in the last 16 months, and his sixth meeting with Putin during this same time frame. Netanyau said that the reason he wanted to hold talks now with the Russian leader was because the situation inside Syria has changed very rapidly over the last few weeks.

Less than a week after Netanyahu warned Putin, Putin put Netanyau’s warning to the test. DEBKAfile reports exclusively from its military and intelligence sources that on Saturday and Sunday Aug 26 – 27, Russian forces installed Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hizballah officers at a joint “administration center” they had set up in the town of Quneitra – 5 Kms from the Israeli border.

Surveillance spotters saw them moving 2 km from the Golan border, the closest hostile Iranian and Hizballah troops have ever come to Israel’s border with Syria.

The reality is that while Israeli enemies gather on its border with Putin’s explicit support, Netanyahu’s tattered red line could well soon be replaced with Putin’s very literal and meaningful red line – Israel could lose its authority overnight to strike freely in Southern Syria.

What then of Israel’s red line?

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Israel alarmed as Russian military moves 5km from Israel’s border

A couple of weeks earlier, we reported that Russia had moved troops within 85 kilometres of Israels border and we thought this was close! Well in the last few days, Russian troops have now moved 5 Kilometres from Israels border where they plan to stay for the long term.

This news is confirmed by a number of mainstream media reports including STRATFOR intelligence who say that this move was a part of a loosely established ceasefire agreement between the US and Russia.

Its a monumental step from September 2015, when we watched Russia move into Syria and setup a military base in the North-West.

The troops are now stationed in the Syrian town of Quneitra opposite the Syrian-Israeli Golan border. Russian military personnel were already present there to advise Syrian Arab Army troops – however this is the first time the Russian military units have been deployed on this scale.

A senior Israeli official reacted with alarm, “The agreement as it is now is very bad. It doesn’t take almost any of Israel’s security interests and it creates a disturbing reality in southern Syria. The agreement doesn’t include a single explicit word about Iran, Hezbollah or the Shi’ite militias in Syria”.

Debkafile reports:

The absence of any Trump-Putin commitment on this score leaves Israel fully exposed to the presence of Iranian and Hizballah forces within mortar range of its Golan border in an area supervised by their ally, the Russian military.

It was this danger that galvanized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu into broadcasting Israel’s total opposition to the Trump-Putin ceasefire for southwestern Syria during his visit to Paris on Monday, July 17, after his talks with President Emmanuel Macron.

In an apparent bid to calm Israel’s concerns, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made an usual statement for a Russian diplomat: “I can guarantee that we have done everything and the US side has done everything to ensure that Israel’s security interests within this framework are fully taken into account,” he said later on Monday.

Careful perusal of this comment revealed to our sources that it was made in the context of a previous ceasefire accord for the Russians had made Turkey and Iran “co-sponsors.”

Note how Russia has the responsibility of managing Iranian, Turkish and Hezbollah presence along the Golan – these are the national belligerents of Armageddon (Ezek 38 & Joel 3).

“‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety. You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land. Ezekiel 38

How much closer does Russia need to be to Israel for us to make changes in our life that should’ve been made some time ago? (I speak for myself as much as anyone else!).

How long until the next step South is taken?

Putin threatens a Military Coup in Turkey

As we await a response from Putin, its worth quoting from a previous post regarding the current Russian-Turkish crisis:

On the 3rd of August, it was reported that Putin had threatened Turkeys president and this is what he allegedly said:

“Tell your dictator President he can go to hell along with his ISIS terrorists, I will make Syria a ‘Big Stalingrad for him!”

The source (Moscow Times) was questionable and so when we first published this, the prospect of Russian intervening in Syria was met with skepticism.

However, within a month of this article being published, Putin surprised the world and moved his military into Syria.

On September the 24th, the same source reported that Putin had given another message to the Turkish President, this time, a more direct one:

“If necessary we can stage a swift military coup against you, unless you desist from your desperate acts of supporting the violent Al-Qaeda terrorists.”

And then yesterday happened.

No one knows yet how Putin will choose to respond, but we don’t need to look further past the Chechen war, or the recent bombing of Raqqa (due to the Sinai bombing of the Russian airliner) to know that Putin has a history of heavy-handed responses.

It wouldn’t be too hard for Russia to invade Turkey – Even the US military is worried about Russia’s military capability.

 

The Symbol of the Nation of ‘Fierce Countenance’

It’s incredible how God works through symbols and signs even in our generation today.

One of my favourites is the sign of the Eagle.

The symbol of the Eagle in scripture is typically associated with the enemy nation which wreaks havoc on Israel as part of Gods judgement.

Any Israelite who read the law in Deuteronomy would have known that if Israel did not obey the law that the following would happen:

The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand… a nation of fierce countenance.

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

~ Deut 28:49-51

This is a nation which would attack and rob the people of Israel with unprecedented brutality.

Is it possible to look back upon Jewish history and see evidence of this?

Yes, probably the two most notable moments of history were the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70 and the Nazi Holocaust of the 1940s, in both cases the instigators were Roman manifestations who had eagles as their emblems.

Furthermore, the prophecy of Daniel shows us through the image of Nebuchadnezzar that another manifestation of the Roman Empire will be revived in the latter days once Israel has been established in their land.

So where do we look if we want to find this latter day manifestation?  –  to Russia.

The Russian federation has not just an eagle, but a double headed eagle for its emblem which we will discuss later.

The emblems from each of the manifestations are shown below.

Time period Event Instigator National emblem
AD 70 Destruction of Jerusalem The Romans

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1940s Jewish Holocaust The Third Reich

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Yet to happen Invasion of Israel Russia (Gogian autocracy) russia

Each of these empires are manifestations of the Roman Empire, and each manifestation sought or will seek the ‘swift destruction’ of Gods people.


The First Manifestation of the Roman Empire

The first manifestation of the Roman Empire was seen in AD 70 in the destruction of Jerusalem.

Yahweh explained to Daniel in language similar to Deuteronomy 28, that such a kingdom would arise, and that it would destroy his people:

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

~Dan 8:23-24

The Empire of the ancient Romans was the empire of fierce countenance as described earlier in Duet 28.

It was an empire, known for its speed, ferocity and brutality and it carried out Gods judgement upon Israel by destroying Jerusalem in AD 70.

Why? because Israel knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19:44)


The Second Manifestation of the Roman Empire

The German word ‘Reich’ stands for ‘Empire’ and so in English the phrase reads, the ‘Third Empire’.

Why was the Nazi regime called the ‘Third Empire’?

It was named in succession of what it considered to be the two previous and greatest empires:

  1. The first greatest ‘Reich’ was the ancient Roman Empire.
  2. The second ‘Reich’ was the Hohenzollern Empire which existed prior to WWI.
  3. The third ‘Reich’ was the Nazi Regime of WWII

Hitlers Empire was very similar to the Roman Empire in so many ways but one thing that stands out for the purpose of this article is its emblematic use of the Eagle which sat above the Swastika.

Hitler standing under the Eagle of the Third Reich.
Hitler standing under the Eagle of the Third Reich.

In the case of the 1940’s, the same eagle of Deuteronomy 28 presided over the swift destruction of 6 million Jews.

It was an unprecedented ethnic cleansing as far as history is concerned, but one which brought about the Jewish state.

And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

~Ezekiel 36:16-24


 The Third Manifestation of the Roman Empire:

The third manifestation of the Roman Empire will be seen in the Gogian autocracy with the militant component of the Empire led by Russia.

Interestingly the eagle emblem of Russia has two heads – this is because the heads represent the Eastern and the Western components. See here to find out more about the Eastern & Western Empires.

Putin standing under the Double Headed Eagle with members of the Russian Orthodox Church
Putin standing under the Double Headed Eagle with members of the Russian Orthodox Church

In Luke 17, the disciples asked Jesus for a sign of the days of the coming of the son of man.

For as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.

But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.

And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

…And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

~ Luke 17:37


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