The Russia, Iran, Turkey Triangle

THE RUSSIA, IRAN, TURKEY TRIANGLE

Because many theologians have assumed that the Jews are Israel, they have also assumed that Zionism was a movement of Israelites to the old land in fulfillment of Bible prophecy.  With the rumored coalition forming between Russia, Iran, and Turkey, several Christian Zionist bloggers have once again signaled the Gog-Magog invasion prophesied by the prophet Ezekiel (which can be found in chapters 38 and 39) is being prepared to occur at any moment.  This is particularly true on the David Bay - Cutting Edge website which hosts a major article on the subject.

Jim Dean from an article on Veteran’s Today

Things peaked today with articles about the Russian, Turkey, Iran “triangle” coalition against Daesh. The highest level visits have been going on between them for the last ten days to finalize preliminary staff work.

On several occasions, I have written that this prophecy has mostly already occurred.  Only the destruction of the invaders remains to be fulfilled which will take place at the return of Jesus Christ.  To be fair, I received this idea from Dr. Stephen Jones several years ago.  After some study and research (I had already unknowingly done most of it) it became personally accepted as a fact.

When does it happen?  Revelation 19:17-18 contains a description of the carnage which is taken directly from Ezekiel 39:17-20, which is the conclusion of the battle that destroys Gog and Magog after their invasion.

Revelation 19:17-18 NET  (17)  Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: "Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,  (18)  to eat your fill of the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of powerful people, the flesh of horses and those who ride them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!"

In that passage, the prophet himself was told to speak to the birds of heaven:

Ezekiel 39:17-20 NET  "As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: 'Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.  (18)  You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth — the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.  (19)  You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, at my slaughter which I have made for you.  (20)  You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,' declares the sovereign LORD.

The metaphor paints a picture of a great battlefield, where vultures gather to feast on the dead bodies of those slain in battle.

This is said to be God’s “sacrifice.” In Leviticus 6:26, “the priest who offers it for sin (i.e. a sin offering) shall eat it.”  But in the case of Gog and Magog, God’s sacrifice is for the birds of prey, which eat dead carcasses that still have blood in them. Such birds are unclean (Leviticus 11:13-19) for that very reason, for God’s law forbids eating blood (Leviticus 17:10-13).

God created unclean animals according to spiritual principles in order to show us prophetic things. We are not to eat blood, because we are not to be bloodthirsty. Yet because Gog and Magog have been bloodthirsty, God will bring judgment upon them in accordance with their own ways.

The same verdict, then, is decreed against Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 39, pictured graphically as a call to the birds of prey to come and feast on the carcasses of the invaders.

Because Revelation 19:17-18 refers to the prophecy in Ezekiel 39, it is clear that the heavenly invasion is designed to put an end to Gog’s occupation of “the mountains of Israel.” No doubt this prophecy has a broader application, but the focus is upon a specific situation. So who are these invaders of the mountains of Israel?

The Revelation 19:17-18 scripture reference occurs directly before the verses describing the so-called “battle of Armageddon”.  The destruction of Gog-Magog and the Armageddon annihilation could very well be the same event at basically the same location.  This would place the Gog destruction consisting of hailstones, fire, and brimstone with the Armageddon war within the confines of the nation of Israel alluding to Israel as the approximate location of the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies.

Revelation 19:19 NET  Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.

The Identity of the Invaders

Most prophecy teachers today teach that Magog is Russia and Gog are the Russians, or the leader of the Russians.  Ezekiel 38:3 says, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.” Prophecy teachers usually teach that Rosh is Russia, Meshech is Moscow, and Tubal is Tobolsk, a city in Russia that was founded in 1587.

However, these names go back much farther in history, for they are the names of the sons of Japheth in Genesis 10:2 and not necessarily the names of Russian cities.

Genesis 10:2 NET  The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Verse 3 gives us the names of the descendants of Gomer, the oldest son of Japheth.

Genesis 10:3 NET  The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

In particular the grandson of Japheth named Togarmah is said to be allied with Gog in Ezekiel 38:5-6

Ezekiel 38:5-6 NET  Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.  (6)  They are joined by Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops — many peoples are with you.

In the book of Esther, it can be understood that many Persians (Iranians) converted to Judaism, most likely to be on the side of power since the Jews were given the authority to kill those citizens thought to have offended them.  This is one reason some people do not believe that Esther is an authentic canonical book of the Bible because this story line appears to be so Jewish-like throughout history (but that is another story).

Esther 8:17 KJV  And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

Also notice in the last sentence that “many of the people of the land became Jews”.  Through fear of possibly being hung, many of the Persians became Jews in a religious sense, not in a genealogical manner.  This accounts for the so-called Persian Jews that invaded the land of Canaan as prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39. 

A few articles have been issued as of late concerning Ethiopian Jews returning to Israel, although they do not appear to be welcomed by the Khazarians.  “Put” is identified in some commentaries as Libya.

The invaders, then, are identified as descendants of Japheth, with special emphasis given to the sons of Gomer, Japheth’s oldest son.  The majority of these Japhethites can be traced to the Khazarians of the Ukraine area who converted to Judaism somewhere between 620 and 740 A.D.  They were later conquered and deported by the Rus and the Persians.  Many migrated to Russia and Eastern Europe and came to be called Ashkenazi Jews.  Ashkenaz was the brother of Togarmah and probably lived and intermarried in the same area.

Togarmah is the nephew of Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, and Meshech.   Most of the Khazar history was unknown to the western world (and to prophecy teachers) until 1976, when a Jewish author named Arthur Koestler wrote about it in his book, The Thirteenth Tribe. He told the story of the Jewish doctor for the Caliphate in Cordova, Spain, who heard about a Jewish kingdom and wrote letters of inquiry to King Joseph of the Khazars. The Khazar king’s letter is quoted by most of the historians who write about Khazar history. Koestler writes on page 72,

“Joseph then proceeds to provide a genealogy of his people. Though a fierce Jewish nationalist, proud of wielding the ‘Scepter of Judah,’ he cannot, and does not, claim for them Semitic descent; he traces their ancestry not to Shem, but to Noah’s third son, Japheth; or more precisely to Japheth’s grandson, Togarma, the ancestor of all Turkish tribes. ‘We have found in the family registers,’ Joseph asserts boldly, ‘that Togarma had ten sons, and the names of their offspring are as follows: Uigur, Dursu, Avars, Huns, Basilii, Tarniakh, Khazars, Zagora, Bulgars, Sabir. We are the sons of Khazar, the seventh…”

Statistics show that these Eastern European Jews comprise 80-90% of the world’s Jews, and after immigrating (invading) to the mountains of Israel, the House of Togarmah has become the dominant ethnic group in the Israeli state today.

The invasion of the mountains of Israel was mostly a conquest by immigration a century ago. The invasion of Gog from the land of Magog appears to be an invasion of Russian Jews, not an invasion of Russians themselves. With the invaders have come Jews from “Persia, Ethiopia, and Put” (Ezekiel 38:5), along with Jews from other parts of the world.  This invasion was finally successful in 1948 when the Jewish state was established.

More information and details concerning the Khazars and the Gog-Magog prophecy can be found at the following links:  Gog, Magog, Khazars, & Denial  /  Gog & the Edomites Part 1  /  Gog & the Edomites Part 2  /  Khazarians, Ukraine, Crimea, Syria, Russia

The Rus (“Russians”), however, did not move north from the Mideast, but rather came south toward today’s Russia from Scandinavia. They were a Scandinavian branch originating in the dispersed House of Israel—not from Japheth.  In fact, some of the Ezekiel invaders surely have come from Russia, although this does not mean that they are Russians but rather Khazarian Ashkenazi Jews living in Russia.

Reasons For a Future Non-Invasion

Although not actually referenced in Ezekiel, an invasion by Russia and Iran (and Turkey) would result in a real, full scale WWIII resulting in the nuclear annihilation of the majority of the planet.  The modern nation of Israel possesses an armory of planes, tanks, missiles, and nuclear weapons which they will readily employ.  Israel has stated they will engage their “Samson option” which is to use every weapon and every nuclear warhead they possess.  It is my belief that God will not allow a nuclear decimation of the world prior to the return of Jesus, but I could be wrong.

Israel is currently the only nation in the world enclosed with a wall.  They do not live quietly nor do they consider themselves secure.  However, this would describe the Arabs living in Palestine up to the 1930’s prior to the invasion by the Ashkenazi Jew gangs.

Ezekiel 38:11 NET  You will say, "I will invade a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against those living quietly in security — all of them living without walls and barred gates.

Many of the Ashkenazi Jews came from the far north and many actually rode horses during their early gang days in Palestine.  That would not be true today with Russia, Iran, and Turkey, although the use of “horses” may be symbolic and not literal.

Ezekiel 38:15 NET  and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

A plague only infecting a group of future invaders would definitely be a supernatural act and it will not happen.  However, a torrential downpour consisting of hailstones, fire, and brimstone is very possible but it would affect everyone in the area – invaders and inhabitants alike.  Of course, the inhabitants are the invaders so the downpour of burning rocks does not need to be selective.  Keep in mind, the actual Palestinian victims mostly live in a small area along the coast away from the walled area of the Ashkenazi Jews called the Gaza strip.

Ezekiel 38:22 NET  I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

It is fairly certain that Ethiopia and Libya will not attack Israel.  Ethiopia has no military to speak of and Libya has been decimated by NATO and the USA.

Gog, Magog, Khazars, & Denial

GOG, MAGOG, KHAZARS, AND DENIAL

The Completed Invasion of Canaan

Gog

My research on the name “Gog” found nothing of any value.  One exegete stated that Gog literally means “great” or “lifted up” but no other source could be found to acknowledge the comment.  The Easton Bible Dictionary states:  “This prophecy has been regarded as fulfilled in the conflicts of the Maccabees with Antiochus, the invasion and overthrow of the Chaldeans, and the temporary successes and destined overthrow of the Turks, but all these interpretations are unsatisfactory and inadequate”.  The scriptural Gog is of the land of Magog and is the chief prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.  In Genesis 10:2 it can be seen that Magog was a son of Japheth.  Tubal (Tubolsk) and Meshech (Moscow) would be cities in Rosh (Russia). These locales are not usually disputed, even by Hal Lindsey.

Ezekiel 38:3 NET  and say: 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Genesis 10:2-4 KJV  The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,  and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.  (3)  And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.  (4)  And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

It is claimed that Madai, another son of Japheth, was the father of the Medes. Another son of Japheth named Javan, pertains to Greece according to some scholars.

Ezekiel 38:5-6 NET  Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.  (6)  They are joined by Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops — many peoples are with you.

Many historians and theologians identify Gomer with Germany by referring to the migrating people as Gimirra, from Gomer the son of Japheth and the brother of Magog.  However, as pointed out in the birthright series the Assyrians identified the house of Israel as Gomer, the harlot wife of Hosea, or Ghomri meaning the Gimirra, discovered by historians are not descendants of Japheth but of Israel or Jacob.

Other participants come out of Persia (Iran), Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer (Germany), and the house of Togarmah.  However, these invaders are not Iranians, Ethiopians, Libyans, or Germans but rather are Jewish-Zionist dominion seeking immigrants who have assembled as a war-like gang to overtake and repopulate the land of Canaan which is the country to be named as Israel in 1948.

The Gog of Magog Invasion

The Gog of Magog invasion is a past event which began being fulfilled in the 1940’s and is still continuing as of today.  Historically, the land and the city of Jerusalem were destroyed by the Roman army beginning in 70 AD and the Judeans (Jews, Edomites) who were not killed, vacated to Spain, Egypt, and a few other places.  Afterwards, various people from neighboring areas began to rebuild the area in a modest manner, particularly after the crusades.  The inhabitants were prophetically dwelling safely without walls, bars, or gates and in possession of cattle and goods.  The only event waiting for fulfillment from the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy is the destruction of Magog.

Who is Togarmah

During the Middle Ages, a kingdom known as Khazaria existed in southern Russia around the Caspian Sea area.  The Rus, a tribe that supposedly evolved into the Russian people began attacking and conquering the Khazar nation, removing the Khazar people and replacing them with Rus or Russian people.  One source claims the Rus were Viking invaders traveling by river boats.

The Khazarians were ruled by Khazar-faux Jewish converts and a number of the general population may have converted to Judaism as well.  The story of the Khazar conversion and other related events will not be covered in this article, although the information should be readily available via the internet.

The Jewish Encyclopedia:  “A people of Turkish origin whose life and history are interwoven with the very beginnings of the history of the Jews of Russia. The kingdom of the Chazars was firmly established in most of South Russia long before the foundation of the Russian monarchy by the Varangians (855). Jews have lived on the shores of the Black and Caspian seas since the first centuries of the common era. Historical evidence points to the region of the Ural as the home of the Chazars. Among the classical writers of the Middle Ages they were known as the ‘Chozars,’ ‘Khazirs,’ ‘Akatzirs,’ and ‘Akatirs,’ and in the Russian chronicles as ‘Khwalisses’ and ‘Ugry Byelyye’.”

The faux-Jew Khazar kingdom was conquered by the Rus and many or most of the Khazarian people were scattered.  Most of the Khazars were incorporated into the Russian area and later migrated into Eastern Europe, integrated with other Jewish people (possibly Sephardim) and became known as Ashkenazi.

Kevin Alan Brook:  The Jews Of Khazaria  http://www.khazaria.com

“The Rus inherited most of the former Khazar lands in the late 10th century and early 11th century.  Despite the loss of their nation, the Khazar people did not disappear. Some of them immigrated westward into Hungary, Romania, and Poland, mixing with other Jewish communities.”

Arthur Koestler’s book, The Thirteenth Tribe, is an ironic title depicting the Khazar faux-Jews as an addition to the twelve tribes of Israel.  It has been said that American theologians knew little to nothing about Khazars prior to the publication of The Thirteenth Tribe .  Today it either remains unknown or it is denied due to the detrimental implications to the Jewish-Zionist cause and the warped, deluded, and erroneous belief the current nation of Israel is the divine will of God to gather His lost 12 tribes into a healed-breach nation once again (or perhaps they are afraid their erroneous books won’t get published since the publishing houses are all Jew owned).   

Therefore, who or what is Togarmah?  It is a group of faux-Jew Khazarians who integrated into parts of Russia, such as Moscow and Tubolsk, and eastern European countries.  The seventh son of Togarmah was Khazar, from which the nation of faux-Jews acquired their name.  Keep in mind that not all Khazar converted to Judaism nor were they required to do so.  According to certain records, some became Muslims and others Christian.  Togarmah and Ashkenaz were brothers according to Genesis 10.  The Khazar Jewish line became known as the Ashkenazi.

It will be shown that the influx of what we now know to be Jews of Khazarian origin constituted the first "invasion" of Gog from the land of Magog, as prophesied in Biblical scripture. The fascinating aspect of it is that, as with virtually all other prophecies, those claiming theological pre-eminence in their knowledge of Scripture completely missed the fulfilment -- just as did the Jews at the first coming of the Messiah.

Jews invading the land of Israel include, but not limited to:  Menachem Begin, a Russian Jew; Yitzhak Shamir from Poland; Sephardic Jews from Iran and Libya; and Falashis, black Jews from Ethiopia.  They invaded and waged war with the Arabs and did guerrilla war against the British which is predominately a tribe of Israel.

The Spaniard, Hugo Freiherr writes:  "According to the explanation by the Talmud, Ashkenaz thus means a country near the Black Sea between Ararat and the Caucasus, within the original region of the Khazar empire”.  This, again, is precisely the geographic locality of the Khazarian empire. The Talmudic observation is abetted by Scripture which names Ashkenaz as descending not from Shem but from Japheth through Gomer, and whose uncles were Magog and Tubal. (See Gen. 10:3)

The desire for a faux-Jewish homeland echoed down the centuries and found expression again. "It was among Ashkenazi Jews," says the Encyclopedia Americana, "that the idea of political Zionism emerged, leading ultimately to the establishment of the state of Israel....In the late 1960s, Ashkenazi Jews numbered some 11 million, about 84 percent of the world Jewish population."

Arthur Koestler

At times Arthur Koestler, in his broad and extensive treatment of this subject, appears, as a Jew himself, to wrestle with the glaring contradiction that the Jews, who have no genetic or true ethnic identity, are entitled to land they have never, by any right of descent, owned or possessed, and whose ancestors have never occupied. Then, claiming to be the state of Israel, created by United Nations fiat, they arbitrarily removed that land from the possession of those who have legitimately owned and occupied it for thousands of years. Mr. Koestler claims that such right "is not based on the hypothetical origins of the Jewish people, nor on the mythological covenant of Abraham with God; it is based on international law -- i.e., on the United Nations' decision in 1947 to partition Palestine, which was actually declared, May 14, 1948.

As to what made it possible for the actual establishment of the State of Israel as opposed to a mere political declaration by the United Nations, Mr. Freedman expounds. "It is a well-established and an undeniable historic fact," he writes, "that the active participation of the United States in the conquest of Palestine, on behalf of the Zionists, was the factor responsible for the conquest of Palestine by the Zionists. Without the active participation of the United States," Freedman reemphasizes, "it is certain that the Zionists would never have attempted the conquest of Palestine by force of arms."

Summary

Just as the Jews, by misinterpreting Scripture to suit their nationalistic desires, missed the first coming of their Messiah, so also have Christians, in the same way, reinventing the same mistakes, missed the prophetic issues of the last days, and the second coming of the Messiah. They have placed the invasion of Palestine as being sometime in the future when it has already taken place, and in such an unexpected manner as to have come upon them, as does the Messiah, like "a thief in the night."

The Gog of Magog invasion has already occurred.  The judgment of God on these false Judeans has yet to be fulfilled.  The events concerning the wrath of God in the book of the Revelation appears to exact the judgment as written in Ezekiel. 

Much in harmony with Biblical prophetic terminology, Koestler writes that the Persians and the Byzantines referred to Khazaria as the "Kingdom of the North" with whom nearly all modern theologians connect Gog and Magog.

References made by Rabbi Petakhiah in his travelogue Sibbuv ha-Olam, concerning the conversion of King Bulan to Judaism, makes mention that the kingdom was known as ancient Meshech.

It is my opinion (just a thought) that God will make provisions for all these secrets to be revealed in the near future:  the true nature of the faux-Israeli Jews; and the identification of the so-called lost tribes of Israel.  All this information is currently available in various books and documents – it is amazing the number of instances I have stumbled upon this information in various forms.  It is apparent the average person has no clue but scholars, historians, Bible teachers, preachers, and Christian book writers should know the truth but fail to include it in their works and writings.  There is a number of high level internet sites and bloggers such as Tom Horn, Steve Quayle, David Bay, Dave Hodges, Terry James, and many others who never mention the words:  Jew; Khazar; Edomite; and others.  They continue to preach the Church will be raptured prior to the “tribulation” and the current nation of Israel will repent and turn to Jesus as the world returns to the stone-age by the wrath of God.

When one considers all of that history which has been involved in shaping the world and especially the Middle East as it is today, it becomes less of a mystery as to why the Palestinian Muslims are possessed of such an animosity and hatred of those who, literally stole their lives and lands. It also seems to remove the mystery from the question the American president asked as to why they hate America as much as they do -- America, who has been the chief military supplier and financier of Gog and Magog in the Khazarian usurpation of Palestine. As Mr. Bush has said, "If you support terrorists, you are a terrorist;" so also can it be said by the Muslims, "If you support our enemies who steal our land and our dignity and our history, you are also our enemies."