BBC, May 8, 2024

Event

For the fifth time, Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew’s Throne Hall. There he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia’s president for a new six-year term.

“We are a united and great people. Together we will overcome all obstacles, we will bring all our plans to fruition, and together we will win,”

President Putin told an audience of ministers and dignitaries. The red carpet route may have been familiar to him. But much has changed since President Putin’s first inauguration ceremony in May 2000. Back then, President Putin pledged to

“preserve and develop democracy”

and to

“take care of Russia“.

Twenty-four years on, the Kremlin leader is waging war against Ukraine; a war in which Russia has suffered heavy losses. At home, instead of developing democracy, President Putin has been curtailing it: jailing critics, removing all checks and balances on his power.

“Putin thinks of himself now as Vladimir the Great, as a Russian tsar,”

a national security advisor said.

Comment

Putin is now enthroned for another 6 years and can therefore stay in power to 2030. In every single aspect Putin fits the incredible detail that God has provided about Gog, king of the north, latter day Antiochus Epiphanes. There is no element that does not accurately fit this man. It’s astonishing when we stop and think about it how much information God has provided about a single individual who lives at the time of the end.

Why are we told so much about one ruler?

The answer is that one man “Gog” the Russian ruler will bring the whole world to the brink of total destruction. He will wage war against God’s people as an act of revenge and also seek to steal their wealth. Putin has been restored to power and he surely could be Gog. God is against Gog….

Bible quote

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,  And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:  And I will turn thee back [or, I will restore you – to power], and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, (Ezekiel 38:2-4)

Weekly World Watch, Andy Walton