Putin and the rise of Russia

One interesting news item to watch in the days to come is Vladimir Putin returning to power as President of Russia.  Putin has made no secret of the fact that he wants to rebuild the Russian empire and Russian military might.  It will be interesting to see if and how this fits into Bible prophecy.

We know from Ezekiel 38-39 that Russia will be part of a military coalition to attack Israel bringing about the War of Gog and Magog.  I would not be surprised to see Putin do two things to bring this eventuality closer to bear.

First, I believe he will continue to build the Russian military.  I believe he will attempt to build the Russian military into the power it once was.  This very well could be the leading military force in the Gog-Magog alliance found in Ezekiel.

Second, I believe he will continue to strengthen Russia's ties with the Arab world.  This will further hasten the forming of the coalition mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39. In my opinion, this will be the interesting thing to watch.

Netanyahu and Elections

There hasn't been much news coming out of Israel in recent weeks, but that all changed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that Israel's next elections would be held a year early.  At first I didn't think much of it until I stumbled across this article.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-netanyahu-holding-elections-early-so-he-can-attack-iran/

Could this be a move by Netanyahu to strengthen his position to attack Iran?  I don't know the answer to that.  However, what I do know is that Netanyahu is one of the most shrewd statesmen in international affairs, and I would not be surprised if this is part of his plan.

One note to go along with the article:  If what this article states is true that pushes back the April-June timeline that U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta put forth earlier this year.

Quiet Month

It's been a fairly quiet month as you can see from my lack of posting since March 6.  I really don't want to post just to post, so I haven't put much on here recently.  As soon as things pick up again, and they will, I'll be writing about it here.