Wars and rumors of war. Apostasy. Earthquakes. Famine. Pestilence.
All these things and many others are listed as signs before the return of Jesus Christ.
But before the King of kings makes His return, events on earth must first take place and systems must be set up to prepare the way for the reign of the Antichrist, as short as it will be.
The world is currently lacking strong leadership out of Washington D.C., and conflict is erupting in places that hold significant biblical importance during the end times.
One such place is Sudan.
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The African nation has known war and turmoil for a long time, and is in the throws of another civil war seeing numbers of dead, displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance on a scale the Hamas-Israel war could never match.
But few are paying close attention to what is taking place within the country that many believe is a part of the nation of Ethiopia, and is mentioned in the book of Ezekiel as the nation covered much more land than its modern-day counterpart.
Within the turmoil of Sudan lies the terrorist nation of Iran.
As Peter Hoekstra from the Gatestone Institute wrote, “Pocketing Sudan would provide Iran with more oil, gold and rare minerals, as well as another port on the Red Sea from which to continue blocking maritime commercial passage. Sudan would also provide Iran with proximity to Israel, and serve as an additional launching pad from which to swarm Israel with more lethal drone attacks – at least until its nuclear weapons program is complete.”
Who out there is stopping Iran from bringing the war-torn nation into its fold of proxies? The United States? China? Russia? The E.U.?
The Sudanese government? They are currently embroiled in a chaotic civil war and are a known sponsor of terror who may in fact welcome Iran with open arms.
Areej Ehlhad of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy wrote on the Sudanese regime:
“What makes the future in this case darker is Sudan’s history of hosting extremists and jihadists from the far right and far left. During the previous regime, Sudan hosted Osama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and Carlos the Jackal. This warm embrace of violent extremists earned Sudan a spot on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.”
Israel is currently engaged in military conflict with both Hamas and Hezbollah, so it is not a far stretch of the imagination for Sudan to join in an expanded conflict with Iranian proxy groups. But there would have to be reassurances of support from a larger player, like Russia.
For the war of Gog and Magog to take place, the pieces must be put together.
Here are the listed participants of that war:
- Magog
- Rosh
- Meshek and Tubal
- Persia
- Ethiopia
- Libya
- Gomer
- Togarmah
The war will not happen until all of these nations enter into an alliance against Israel.
But until then, Christians are commanded by Jesus to pay attention in the world around them as we fulfill the Great Commission, and watch for the signs of the times as described by the Word of God in Matthew 24:42.
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James Lasher is Staff Writer for Charisma Media.
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