Putins intentions are becoming clearer.

First he offers to secure Israel gas & oil assets, now he is more concerned for the Syrian people than he is the Syrian President.

Bloomberg reports that Putin working with power brokers (US & Saudis) to explore the option of sidelining the Syrian President.

If the report is true is this going to be a case of invasion via diplomacy?

Speaking of Russia in the latter day, Ezekiel 38:8 says;

After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

~ Ezekiel 38

Ezekiel prophecies that at the same time that Russia comes down like a storm and invades the land, an evil thought will enter Russia’s mind and they will want to take a spoil from the land of Israel, and Egypt (Daniel 11:42)

The news today show that the seeds are being sown.

DebkaFile Reports:

More than a fortnight ago, Russian President Vladimir put a proposition to Israel for Moscow to undertake responsibility for guarding Israel’s Mediterranean gas fields, along with the offer of a Russian investment of $7-10 billion for developing Leviathan, the largest well, and building a pipeline to Turkey for exporting the gas to Europe, DEBKAfile reports.

A multibillion Russian investment in the field would make it a Russian project which neither Syria nor Hizballah would dare attack, even though it belongs to Israel.

But now the situation has assumed a different face. Russian forces are streaming to Latakia, and Moscow has declared the area from Tartous, Syria up to Cyprus closed to shipping and air traffic from Sept. 15 to Oct. 7 in view of a “military exercise including test firings of guided missiles” from Russian warships.

When he offered a shield for Israeli gas fields in late August, The Russian ruler knew that implementation would rest with Russian military forces on the spot, rather than Iranian and Syrian reluctance to harm Russian interests

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Only last week we heard that Russia was increasing its military presence in Syria.

Now we hear that Russia is planning to support Afghanistan’s military when NATO pulls out.

When we revisit the map of the ancient Seleucid empire we find that Afghanistan is included within the ancient boundary which formed the empire of the King of the North.

Here is the news article:

Here is a list of very recent news related to Daniel 11:

1. Egypt discovers what is likely to be the biggest gas field in the world. 
2. Putin confirms Russian military increase in Syria

Even So, Come Lord Jesus.