Podcast # 16: The Invasion of Israel
Scott: My name is Scott Paton. I am talking today with Allan Colston. He is the author of the book “The Last Days of Tolemac”. This is a book dealing with prophecy.
For those listeners who may be new to this topic, today’s podcast is another in the series titled “Signs of the Times”. Hello Allan and welcome to the Podcast.
Thanks Scott. It’s always a pleasure to talk to you.
Scott: So Allan, what do you plan to talk about today?
Well Scott, you will recall that in my earlier Podcasts I explained that the ancient prophets predicted that our present world age would end in a series of cataclysms brought on by a close encounter with a comet.
Because of the catastrophes that would afflict the earth at that time, and the devastation caused by the global earthquakes and Tsunamis that would follow, the ancient prophets referred to this event as “The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord.”
According to these prophets, this Terrible Day of the Lord would be followed by a seven year period of terror and destruction that would end in the return to earth of the long-awaited Saviour, who would lead the world into a new Golden Age of peace, that is predicted to last for a thousand years.
Scott: So Allan, do we have any idea when this close encounter with the comet will take place?
Yes Scott, we do. Thanks to the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel, we have a pretty good idea when this will occur.
Scott: So are we talking about the distant future, or is this something that will happen in our own lifetimes?
Good question Scott. Based on my interpretation of the prophecies that I quote from in my book, I believe these events will happen in our lifetime. In fact I will go further. Based on the signs of the times in which we are now living, I believe that this close encounter with a comet is now only a few years away.
Scott: Wow! That is a bold prediction Allan. Why do you think this will happen so soon?
As I say, Scott, I base this on the words of the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel lived around the end of the seventh century BC, at a time when the Jews were living in exile in Babylon.
In Chapter 37 of his book of prophecy recorded in the Old Testament, Ezekiel predicted that a series of events would occur in the “latter days”, a term used by Ezekiel as well as other prophets to denote the times leading up to the return of the saviour.
Ezekiel predicted that a time would come when the scattered tribes of Israel would return to the land of their fore-fathers, and would become a nation once more. As he wrote:
“And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God: behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them up on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel.”
And as you probably know, Scott, this actually happened on May 14, 1948, when the state of Israel came into being, following the adoption of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly.
So Scott, as you can see from this particular prophecy, it is clear that Ezekiel was referring to events taking place in our own times. But Ezekiel did not stop there. He went on to make even more dramatic predictions.
Scott: What else did he have to say?
He said that soon after this time, the land of Israel would be threatened by many nations, and that the armies of these nations would surround Israel on every side. This great coalition of armies would come from, and I quote, “the north parts”, and from countries like “Persia, Libya and Ethiopia”.
As Ezekiel writes in Chapter 38:
“Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, thus saith the Lord God; in that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army.”
“And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.”
According to Ezekiel, this vast mechanized army would assemble on the borders to the north, south and east of Israel. Their goal would be to wipe out the Jewish nation once and for all, and to take over their land. The Jews would be powerless to stop the mighty forces that would be arrayed against them on every side.
But just when all hope seemed to be lost, and the entire nation seemed to be doomed, the Jews would be saved by a supernatural event. For a comet would suddenly appear in the skies of earth. It would cause earthquakes throughout the land, and would rain “hailstones, fire and brimstone” down on their enemies.
For as Ezekiel goes on to say:
“And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken. Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel.”
“So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence.”
“And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.”
Scott: So what will happen to the armies surrounding Israel at that time?
According to Ezekiel, the armies that are gathered on the borders of Israel will be caught on the open plains. They will be defenceless, and will be exposed to the full fury of the meteorites and the fiery hail that will descend on them from the sky.
As Ezekiel writes:
“And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.”
As a result of the earthquakes on the land, and the aerial bombardment from the skies, the armies that had gathered on the borders of Israel will be decimated. Those few who survive these disasters will either be unable, or unwilling, to pursue their assault.
Ezekiel writes that only “a sixth part” of the invading armies will survive the onslaught of the comet.
“Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, thus saith the Lord God; behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee.”
“And I will smite the bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beast of the field to be devoured.”
Ezekiel goes on to write that, after the comet has passed, the countryside will be littered with the wreckage of the armaments and the bodies of the dead. So many people will die on the open plains that it will take the Israelis seven months to bury them all.
During that time the stench of rotting flesh will fill the air. Wild beasts and birds of prey will feed on the carcases of the dead. As Ezekiel concludes:
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude.”
So Scott, Ezekiel paints here a graphic picture of a failed military campaign against the state of Israel, and of the devastating losses incurred by the invading armies, as a result of the timely intervention of a comet.
Scott: So how do you think this relates to the events of our times?
Well Scott, the prophecies of Ezekiel that I have outlined here, as well as those of other Hebrew prophets that I include in my book, make it plain that the arrival of the comet will coincide with an attack on Israel.
This attack will be drawn from a coalition of forces, and will comprise armies from places like Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan and Iran, as well as those emanating from what Ezekiel calls “the north parts”.
They will also be joined by forces from places quoted by Ezekiel, such as Meshech and Tubal, as well as Gomer and the house of Togarmah, all of which form part of modern Turkey.
Over the years Biblical scholars have devoted reams of space dissecting what countries Ezekiel was referring to, and where exactly these invading armies would be coming from. But for the purposes of this Podcast, it is sufficient to say that it will be an Islamic alliance, linked with forces drawn from various Russian republics.
But whatever the source of these invading armies might happen to be, the rationale behind their invasion would seem to be obvious. Instead of destroying the land of Israel and its inhabitants, its mission would be to rid the land of all the Jews.
This would allow those Arabs presently living in Israel to have a home of their own at last, and to create a new Islamic nation with Jerusalem as its capital, centred around the sacred sites of the Islamic religion.
These would be the Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem, which is now the site of the holy Dome of the Rock, from where Mohammed is said to have ascended into heaven, as well as the Al Aqsa mosque, considered to be the third holiest site in Islam.
By choosing a land invasion, as opposed to an aerial attack by rockets and other armaments, this Islamic coalition would be sure that none of their sacred monuments would be damaged, and that the existing Islamic population in the area would be spared.
So the invasion that Ezekiel has predicted Scott, makes a lot of military sense. For in the eyes of the Arabs, as well as in other hostile Islamic countries, such a strategy would solve once and for all the problems of the Middle East.
With the Jews gone, all of the countries of the region would be united under Islam, and their dream of taking full control of Jerusalem would finally become a reality.
Scott: So Allan, are there any calls among Arab states today, to set up an Islamic nation with Jerusalem as its capital?
Yes Scott, there are. In fact the Saudi-owned news channel “Al Arabiya”, which is based in Dubai, issued the following news bulletin on October 11, 2012. It reported that the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Sheikh Mohammed Badie, had called for a Jihad (or holy war) designed to liberate Jerusalem from Israeli rule.
According to the news report, Sheikh Badie had this to say in his weekly address to his followers:
“Jerusalem is Islamic .. and nobody is entitled to make any concessions about the fate of the city.” He then went on to say: “The Jihad for the recovery of Jerusalem is a duty for all Muslims“, adding that “the liberation of the Holy City will not be done through negotiations, or at the United Nations.”
Another prominent campaigner for the conquest of Jerusalem, has been the Egyptian Imam and television preacher by the name of Safwat Hegazi. Hegazi is certainly no lover of the Jews, having announced in 2008: “Dispatch those sons of apes and pigs to the Hellfire on the wings of Qassam rockets“.
Hegazi, who has been banned from entering the United Kingdom for stirring up hatred, was recorded as saying at an Egyptian presidential campaign rally in June: “Our capital shall not be in Cairo, Mecca or Medina. It shall be Jerusalem with God’s will.”
And to a crowd of supporters on the Gaza Strip he said: “The United States of the Arabs will be restored. The capital of the Muslim Caliphate will be Jerusalem with God’s will. Our chants shall be: millions of martyrs will march towards Jerusalem.”
And just in case there was any doubt, he concluded with these words: “Yes, we will either pray in Jerusalem or we will be martyred there.”
I leave it to listeners to decide for themselves whether these are in fact the new rallying cries of our times.
In my next Podcast, I will be dealing with the biggest threat to the state of Israel at this time, and that is Persia, or to give it its modern name, Iran.
And just a reminder for those people who would like to read my book, it can be reached here
Scott: Thanks Allan. You have been listening to Allan Colston, author of the book “The Last Days of Tolemac”. Do join us for our next Podcast, which will be another in the series titled “Signs of the Times”.
