On Monday, I wrote about Russia's increasingly belligerent stance in support of its ally, Iran. Recent threats levied by close confidantes of Russia's once and future president, Vladimir Putin, show that the Kremlin will be displeased, to say the least, should Israel (or in a far less likely scenario, the U.S.) strike Iran's nuclear facilities.
I argued that the increasing closeness of Russia and Iran is yet another sign that the invasion force that will come against Israel in the "latter days," as predicted in the Book of Ezekiel, Chapters 38 and 39, is beginning to take shape. Now Russia's Foreign Minister is adding additional fuel to the fire.
Here's more, from the Times of India:
Russia on Wednesday warned that a military strike on Iran would be a "catastrophe" with the severest consequences which risked inflaming existing tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
"As for the chances of this catastrophe happening, you would have to ask those constantly mentioning it as an option that remains on the table," foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said when asked on the chances of military action.
Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak earlier said in Jerusalem on Wednesday that his country was not even close to deciding to attack Iran and believed that a military option remained "very far away."
Lavrov warned of the "severest" consequences of an attack that he warned would spark a regional refugee crisis and incite inter-communal tensions in the region.
"I have no doubt in the fact that it only add fuel to the fire of the still-simmering Sunni-Shiite conflict. And I do not know where the subsequent chain reaction will end.
He added that punitive sanctions aimed at winning more transparency from Iran had "exhausted" themselves and only hurt the chances of peace.
"Additional unilateral sanctions against Iran have nothing to do with a desire to ensure the regime's commitment to nuclear non-proliferation," Lavrov told reporters at an annual briefing outlining Russia's foreign policy views.
"It is seriously aimed at suffocating the Iranian economy and the well-being of its people, probably in the hope of inciting discontent."
Would Russia intervene militarily if Israel strikes Iran's nuclear facilities? I don't think so (although Putin and Co. will certainly rattle their sabres and issue threats). But an Israeli strike could be the trigger that gets the ball rolling towards the eventual Russian/Iranian-led invasion that Ezekiel predicts, also known as the War of Gog and Magog.
It will happen one day. And when it does, God will intervene for His people and the land of Israel--and in the process, show His face powerfully, decisively and convincingly to the world--in such a way that He hasn't done in 2,000 years.