Erdogan: on a collision course with Israel

Submitted by Michael S. (United States), Jun 6, 2015 at 10:58

Hello, Dr Awad

Thank you for sharing your insight on President Erfogan. I have never been to Turkey, so I have never seen firsthand, the things of which you speak. You mentioned one speculation, however:

I will not be surprise if the army will not step in to save Turkey from Sultan /Caliph Erdogan

I know that Turkey has a history of military takeovers; but it seems that Mr. Erdogan has protected himself from such a thing, by purges of the military and police on a massive scale.

I think Mr. Erdogan will be leading Turkey for many years to come; and it seems that he will be the "Gog" mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39. "Gog" was Gyges, the founder of the Lydian dynasty in power in western Turkey in Ezekiel's time (just before the Medo-Persian takeover of Anatolia). The Bible says of him,

Ezekiel 38
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[4] And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
[5] Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
[6] Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
[7] Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
[8] After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

The saying, "I will put hooks in thy jaws", means that Gog / Erdogan will not actually want to attack Israel (and be defeated); he will be snared into doing it, probably by his own larger-than-life big mouth.

I can't be sure how this will work out, other than what Ezekiel said. Right now, Erdogan seems more than occupied with domestic concerns: the ongoing purges, opposition from the Kurds, the secularists and the Gulen movement, and other activities required of a Hitler-like dictator who bases his political life on a racist, anti-Jewish, hate-filled doctrine. He seems to be inexorably drawn into Syria, though; and there he will be on a collision course with Israel.

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