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“The Turmoil Before the Peace — Are We Approaching Ezekiel 38?” · The Slippery Slope

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  Today I want to take you into one of the most fascinating,
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  It's quite often overlooked details in biblical prophecy, A
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  detail that sits right in the middle of Ezekiel 38.
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  It's a prophecy about a future invasion of Israel.
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  But the part most people skip over is the condition Israel is
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  in before the invasion happens. So in Ezekiel 38, verse 11, it
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  says this, It says I will invade a land of unwalled villages.
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  I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people, all of them
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  living without walls and without gates and bars.
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  So this is describing a moment in history where Israel is
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  living in complete peace and security, no walls, no defenses,
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  no expectation of danger. That moment has never existed in
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  modern history, not once, which means this prophecy is still
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  ahead of us. But here's the question I want
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  to explore today. What has to happen in the world
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  for Israel to reach that level of peace and security?
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  Because right now, the world is not calm.
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  The world is not stable. The world is not peaceful.
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  In fact, the world is shaking. And the shaking we're seeing
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  right now from Venezuela to China to Iran may be just in my
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  opinion, may be the very turmoil that precedes the short lived
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  peace Ezekiel describes. So I'll break down my thinking
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  on this subject. And this isn't I'm, I'm not, I'm
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  not saying this is exactly how it's going to go.
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  I'm just looking at the way the world is at the moment and
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  thinking, wow, could this possibly lay it all out, lay all
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  the groundwork out for this to actually take place in Ezekiel.
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  So the prophecy is still future. Ezekiel 38 is clear.
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  Israel is prosperous, Israel is secure.
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  Israel is unsuspecting. Israel is unwalled.
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  That is not today's Israel. So today Israel is surrounded by
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  enemies, under constant threats and reliant on some of the most
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  advanced defense systems in the world.
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  So if Ezekiel 38 is still future, then something must
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  shift globally. It's got a shift to create a
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  window of peace. And right now, the world is
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  moving towards a confrontation that my opinion, this could
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  reset the balance of power and create exactly that kind of
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  temporary calm. So let's look at what's
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  happening around the world right now, because these events are
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  not isolated, they're connected. You've got Venezuela, this proxy
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  battleground. Venezuela has been in absolute
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  poverty for I think it's like 15 years.
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  The people have suffered under this brutal dictatorship.
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  And while the nation collapsed, you had China and Russia were
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  quietly propping up the regime. So why?
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  Because they were profiting from black market oil and using
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  Venezuela as a strategic foothold in the Western
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  Hemisphere, right on America's doorstep.
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  But then the United States steps in.
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  The dictator was removed, the people celebrated China and
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  Russia lost a major asset. This didn't just upset Beijing,
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  it humiliated them. And humiliation is dangerous.
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  So then you've got China's aggression that's been going on
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  in the Asia Pacific area. At the same time, China has been
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  threatening Japan, threatening the Philippines, threatening
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  Taiwan. Australia might say something.
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  The Chinese government just swats it away, tells it to mind
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  its own business. Anyone who challenges their
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  expansion in the South Sea, in the South China Sea, they just
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  get ignored. They get told to mind their own
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  business. They get threatened.
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  This is a nation projecting power outward while cracking
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  inward because inside China, something else is happening.
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  They have got massive internal unrest.
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  People in China have been protesting against the CCP Just
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  recently. This has all been taking place
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  and it's escalated, escalated since since Venezuela happened
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  and now that in Iran, there's been turmoil in Iran.
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  So videos have been circulating of citizens calling for outside
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  help, even calling on President Trump to intervene.
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  This is unprecedented. A regime that looks strong from
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  the outside is showing signs of internal collapse.
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  And when authoritarian regimes feel threatened, they lash out.
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  And then you've got Iran, a regime losing control.
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  So meanwhile, in Iran, one of the nations specifically named
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  in Ezekiel 38, the people have risen up.
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  You've got massive protests, thousands killed.
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  The regime's losing its grip. The United States warning Iran,
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  warning the government not to slaughter its own citizens.
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  There's been reports of up to 15,000 people killed.
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  There's also been other reports of up to 300 mosques burnt to
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  the ground by the people. Iran is destabilizing, and they
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  destabilized Iran. Fits perfectly into the
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  prophetic timeline. Now we have something very
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  interesting and quite remarkable, in my opinion.
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  Japan, a major US ally, has gone to Israel.
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  Just the other day, the foreign minister visited Israel and
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  offered assistance. Japan is strengthening ties with
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  Israel in ways we haven't seen before.
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  This is a sign of a broader alignment forming Israel, Japan,
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  the United States, Australia, the UK, other Western nations,
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  and then you've got on the other side, China, Russia, Iran, their
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  proxies. The world to me, seems to be
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  choosing sides. All of this is building towards
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  a confrontation, not necessarily a World War, but a conflict big
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  enough to 1 I believe, humble China militarily, 2 weaken
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  Russia, three further destabilize Iran, 4 strengthen
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  the western coalition, and five create a short lived global
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  peace. A peace where Israel finally
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  feels secure enough to live without walls, without gates,
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  without bars, exactly as Ezekiel described.
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  This is not the invasion. This is the setup.
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  This is the shaking before the calm.
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  This is the turmoil before the peace.
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  After this confrontation, I believe we could see we will see
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  a temporary peace, a geopolitical reset.
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  Israel will enter a period of security, prosperity,
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  confidence, unwalled living, and then, then when Israel least
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  expects it, the Ezekiel 38 coalition will move.
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  A coalition coalition LED from the north, a coalition including
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  Persia, which is modern day Iran, a coalition driven by
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  plunder and power. But God himself will intervene
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  and the world will know that he is the Lord.
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  So no, I'm not saying for a second that Ezekiel 38 is
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  happening right now. It's happening today.
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  OK, it's not happening today. But I believe the world is being
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  positioned, the alliances are forming, the powers are
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  shifting, and the stage is being set.
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  We are watching the prelude. We are watching the shaking that
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  comes before the peace. And if Scripture is right, and
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  it always is, then the church needs to be awake, discerning,
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  and ready because the world is moving exactly where the Bible
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  said it would. So listen, I'm, I'm not, I'm not
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  predicting that it is going to go exactly the way I've just
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  laid it out. I've just been looking at the
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  way the turmoil that is in the world and what the Bible says,
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  and I'm wondering, hey, is this a direction?
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  Is this the dots that could take us to that final point where
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  Ezekiel where Israel is living in unwalled, in an unwalled
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  manner, in peace and safety, a false peace and safety?
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  Listen, this is all my opinion. I'm not a prophet.
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  I'm not saying that this is exactly the way it's going to
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  go. I just believe the Scripture is
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  right and I believe that the church needs to be awake.
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  I believe if you're a Christian, continue to pray for the peace
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  of Israel. Continue to pray for the world.
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  We are in turmoil, but keep your faith, your hope in the Lord
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  Jesus Christ. My name is Jay Fallon and thanks
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  for listening to The Slippery Slope.