🔥 3. THE RAPTURE & ISRAEL BECOMES A SUPERPOWER — “THIS THING IS ALMOST OVER”

Presenter

Phillip Barnett

Summary

Phillip Barnett interprets Ezekiel 38–39 as predicting a future war against Israel, following a conflict described in Psalm 83. In his reading, Israel will expand its territory and become a Middle Eastern superpower before the later invasion.

Barnett identifies biblical Persia with modern Iran and connects Jeremiah 49’s prophecy about Elam with Iran’s nuclear facilities. He interprets “breaking the bow of Elam” as the destruction of Iran’s military or nuclear capabilities. He says the prophecy has not yet been fulfilled and predicts that a future disaster will cause millions of people—especially those in western Iran—to flee.

He argues that recent events are accelerating and that the world is nearing the end times. He reads Ezekiel’s “latter years” as a period following Israel’s establishment in 1948.

Barnett associates Ezekiel’s invading coalition with Russia, Iran, Germany, and other nations. He suggests that Israel would use nuclear weapons after a chemical attack. He also links the prophecy’s description of Israel living “without walls” to the removal of barriers between Israel and the Palestinians, which he attributes to Israel’s earlier victory in the Psalm 83 conflict.

He predicts that several nations will support Israel in the later war:

• Sheba: Saudi Arabia and Yemen
• Dedan: Gulf states such as the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar
• Tarshish: England, with its “young lions” representing English-speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

Barnett also offers a spiritual-warfare interpretation. He describes Gog as more than a single leader and presents Michael as the archangel who protects the Jewish people.

These are Barnett’s prophetic interpretations and predictions.