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The End
Times And Japan
Japan in Biblical Prophecy
Does Biblical
prophecy state the nation of Japan will be a major factor in the end
time?
Will they be an enemy
or an ally of the United States? Is it fulfilling its prophetic role RIGHT NOW?
The 38th and 39th
chapters of Ezekiel reveal vital information about what happens to certain
groups and alliances before Jesus returns to set up the Kingdom of God on the
earth.
Who are these ancient
groups of people TODAY that will eventually become a part of an alliance of
nations?
Gog, of the land of
Magog, the prince of Rosh: The English word "Rosh" comes from the Hebrew word (Strong's Concordance #H7218) which means "head" or
"chief."
It means either the
individual who is the chief or leader of this alliance or the nation which
leads it.
Gog is identified as
the prince of Meshech and Tubal.
These entities have
long been identified by Christian teachers as designating Russia in the modern
world, and they are correct.
There is much support
for this designation. According to Ezekiel's prophecy Russia will lead an
attack.
Persia is the region
now called Iran. In ancient times, these people were known as the
Medo-Persians.
The word "Medes" is derived from the word for their
ancestor named Madai, a son of Japheth.
Japheth's other sons
included Gomer, Magog, MADAI, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Ham, another
one of Noah's sons, had sons himself named Put, Cush, Canaan and others. Cush's
sons included Seba, Raamah and others. Raamah had sons named Dedan and Sheba (see Genesis 10).
The next nation named
as Russia's ally is Ethiopia, which is derived from the Hebrew word for Cush (Strong's Concordance #H3568).
Cush's descendants do
include the nation of Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa, but they are only a small
portion of Cush's descendants.
Most Cushites
migrated eastward toward and into the Indian subcontinent and the name of their
forefather Cush is still on the "Hindu Kush" mountains
along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The next ally is
called Libya. The Hebrew word translated "Libya" is
Phut or Put (Strong's Concordance
#H6316).
Phut is a nation
descended from Phut, a son of Ham (Genesis 10:6), and Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible defines
Phut / Libya as " . . . the region W(est) from Egypt along the African
coast."
This describes the
region which includes Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, etc. Ezekiel's prophecy
does not specifically state "all of Phut" will join Russia's alliance, so time
will tell whether this region joins Russia.
The next Russian ally
is labeled Gomer, who was one of the sons of Japheth (Genesis 10:2-3).
The original language
word for "troops" in Ezekiel 38:6 means "bands."
Gomer will have an
extremely large population and it will have many internal ethnic groups defined
as "bands" or "troops."
The nations of
Japheth are found in the Oriental regions of Asia and especially in the most
populous nation on earth: China.
The last major ally
listed is Togarmah, who was a son of Gomer (Genesis 10:2-3).
This group is
described as being populous and having many ethnic groups ("bands").
It will be located in
the "far
north" regions of Asia and
its close relationship with Gomer indicates it will be located just north of
Gomer's latter-day descendants.
The other alliance
The second large
global alliance, attacked by the first one led by Russia, is called Israel in
God's word. It is also referred to as the "the house of Israel."
" . . . In
the latter years you (the global alliance led by Russia) will come into the
land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the
mountains of ISRAEL . . . "
"Thus says
the Lord GOD: "On that day when My people ISRAEL dwell safely, will you
not know it? Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and
many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a
mighty army. You will come up against my people ISRAEL like a cloud . . .
"For seven months the HOUSE OF
ISRAEL will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land." (Ezekiel 38:8, 14-16, 39:12)
The lost tribes and
Jesus
When the Parthian
empire fell millions of refugees swarmed into the European continent.
These refugees were
known as the Saxons, Goths, etc.
Many of the migrating
tribes were descendants of Israelites who were taken captive out of the land of
promise many years previous.
These peoples
eventually formed countries known today as the United States, United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand to name a few.
A THIRD power bloc
Ezekiel 38 mentions
another bloc of nations which is NOT part of the attacking alliance. Indeed,
they OBJECT to it when it occurs:
"13 The people of Sheba and Dedan and the
merchants from the towns of (Tarshish) will ask you, 'Have you assembled your
army and attacked in order to loot and plunder? Do you intend to get silver and
gold, livestock and property, and march off with all those spoils?'" (Ezekiel 38:13)
India, the largest
democracy in the world, are descendants of the people of Dedan and Sheba.
They increasingly are
aligning themselves with the West due to the same concerns about terrorism,
China and so on.
Tarshish (incorrectly
translated as Spain in some Bibles), who was the son of Javan, are descendants
of Japheth.
Ezekiel 38 calls them
"the MERCHANTS of Tarshish."
The people of Japan
perfectly fit the prophecies about Tarshish in the end time.
They created the
export-driven model of goods and services to other nations as a national
policy.
The father of
Tarshish is Javan, a name only slightly changed to form JAPAN.
Is Japan a close ally
of the West?
Japan lives near two
world powers which it warred with in the past - the nations of China and
Russia.
These nations will
not become its ally anytime soon.
For its own survival
it must, therefore, align itself with the other world power - the United States
of America.
The U.S. did not
harshly rule Japan after the second world war.
Rather, it allowed
the nation to keep its monarchy and it treated its people with a certain amount
of respect.
And, more
importantly, America helped lay the foundation in Japan for its economic
revival.
TWO interpretations
There are two
different interpretations of what verse 13 of Ezekiel 38 means.
The FIRST
interpretation is that a set of Asian nations that includes Japan are allied
with the modern descendants of Israel.
The SECOND
interpretation is that the alliance that includes Japan (Tarshish) is a neutral
set of nations between two warring alliances.
It seems likely Japan
will be a military ally of the United States in the world's last war, even if
they are not the initial targets of Russia, China and others.
There is no doubt
that Japan, India and other Western-type nations are fully aware that if
America falls they will fall next.
This end time war is
called in the Gospels the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21-22)
The prophesies of
Ezekiel show that God will intervene in mankind's last war.
He will fight with
and for the modern-day descendants of the tribes of Israel and their allies
such as Japan.
Those who oppose them
with be destroyed.
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