Things are heating up in the Middle East, with Israel fighting Shia Islam on 7 fronts: Gaza, The West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Yemen - with Iran supplying all the weapons for its proxies. Even though most Sunni Islam nations have publicly condemned Israel for its ongoing war in Gaza, behind the scenes these nations are actually working with Israel against Iran and its tentacle partners.
So when God prophesies that He’s going to bring the 4 winds of heaven against Elam (Modern day Iran Jer.49) He may well be talking about the Sunni nations that surround Iran in the north, south, east & west today! If you take the time to read this prophecy fully, you’ll see that it culminates in the planting of God’s throne in Elam, so that means this coming war against Iran takes place shortly before Christ’s return. These 2 major sects of Islam have fought one another many times in History, so it wouldn’t be unusual to shortly see a Muslim ‘not so Civil’ war break out in the Middle East, fulfilling this ancient prophecy.
But your Bible says that after this war a coalition of 10 people groups will appear on the world scene, to cut Israel off from being a nation: “ Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, and consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.’ For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them…” (PSALM 83:1-8)
These are 10 ancient ethnic groups that could be the 10 Horns of the 7-Headed Beast in Revelation 17, who give their power and authority to the Beast, and wage war against Jesus at His 2nd coming (REV.17:9-14) Collectively, they make up the nations of the Middle East today, the same peoples who once coalesced under the 7th Head of the 7-Headed Beast: the Ottoman empire. But during the reign of this empire (The 15th century to the 20th century, there was no State of Israel to invade. Yet several other prophecies tell us that after Israel is replanted as a nation (1948), these neighboring nations will invade Her before the return of Christ!
If you take the time, as I have, to search out and find the Biblical prophecies that detail who Christ will fight at His 2nd coming, you’ll find that it is these Middle East nations - not Russia, nor a coalition of European nations: “I see Him (Jesus), but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel and batter the brow of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult. And Edom shall be a possession.” (NUMBERS 24:17,18) In this prophecy, Jesus vanquishes 2 of the 10 mentioned peoples of the Psalm 83 prophecy, Moab & Edom, at His 2nd coming. Isaiah also references one of the 10 Psalm 83 people groups, Assyria, as a victim of Christ’s 2nd coming: “The Lord will cause His glorious voice (who would become Jesus John 1:14) to be heard and show the descent of His arm (Christ Isa.53:1-), with the indignation of His anger and the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, tempest, and hailstones (Ezek.38:22). For through the voice of the Lord (Christ), Assyria will be beaten down, as He (Christ) strikes with the rod.” (ISAIAH 30:30,31 - Rev.19:15)
God is going to allow modern day Israel to be invaded by Her neighbors, because of Her sins (JER30:24) In an extraordinary prophecy, all the Psalm 83 nations will be forced to drink the cup of God’s wrath - after they are used to invade Israel - who will be first to drink of His anger: “For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: ‘Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.” Then I took the cup from the Lord’s hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the Lord had sent me: Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people (Hagarenes) all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea; Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners; all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert (Ishmaelites). All the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth.” (JEREMIAH 25:15-26) That last statement, ‘and all the kingdoms of the world’ shows that this is an ‘End-time’ event, because the Beast empire (made up of the Psalm 83 nations) is the first empire in History to rule over every tribe, people, language and nation (REVELATION 13:7 NIV)
But who leads the Psalm 83 confederacy of nations? The ‘tents of Edom’ are listed first among the ten, and the book of Obadiah shows why: “ “Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after! All the men in your confederacy…” (OBADIAH 1:6) The Psalm 83 confederacy is clearly led by Esau and his descendants. But a little known fact is how widely the ‘tents (or dwellings) of Esau’ were: “When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.” (GENESIS 26:34,35) These marriages link Esau to the Hittite peoples of Asia Minor, modern day Turkiye. The name Esau means red, describing the color of Esau’s skin as a newborn (GENESIS 25:25) and Edom means ‘red stew’ or ‘red lentils’ (GENESIS 25:30). Turkiye is one of the few nations today with a solid red flag, being distinguished from other red flags by a white crescent moon and a white star. The ‘tents of Edom’ are also linked to the Arab peoples of the Arabian Peninsula, by marriage: “Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.” (GENESIS 28:8,9) Esau is also linked to another modern day nation, with his initial resting place being Mount Seir (GENESIS 36:9), which is in southern Jordan.
Another revealing Biblical fact is that the descendants of Esau were called chiefs: “These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn son of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek.” (GENESIS 36:15) Jeremiah later wrote prophetically about ‘chieftans from the north’ invading the land of Israel: “Lift up your eyes (Israel) and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful sheep? What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them to be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, like a woman in labor?” (JEREMIAH 13:20,21) And Ezekiel was inspired to write about a chief prince from the north also invading Israel in ‘future times’: “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you. ‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel…” (EZEKIEL 38:3-8 NIV) Josephus and other Historians placed the cities of Meshek & Tubal in Asia Minor, modern day Turkiye.
So Esau is linked to Asia Minor by marriage to Hittite wives, by the color red in Esau’s skin and Turkiye’s flag, and by the title ‘chief,’ which Esau’s sons were known by, and Gog, the chief prince of Meshek & Tubal was known by - who invades Israel in ‘future years.’
We’ve seen that the ‘tents of Edom’ spread throughout the Middle East, and that Esau leads a group of 10 confederate peoples to invade Israel. We’ve seen that the 7-Headed Beast of Revelation has 10 Horns, symbolic of 10 future kingdoms or peoples, that give their power and authority to the Beast - which one day turns on the Harlot city riding the Beast called ‘Mystery Babylon’ - and burns Her to the ground (REV.17:9-16)
Who leads this destruction of Babylon, the great Harlot? We don’t have to guess, the Bible tells us: “And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil they have done In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord. ‘Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you, roll you down from the rocks, and make you a burnt mountain.
They shall not take from you a stone for a corner nor a stone for a foundation, but you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord. Set up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her, call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.“ (JEREMIAH 51:24-27) Notice that it is ‘Ararat,’ which is in modern day Turkiye, that leads the nations against the Great Harlot Babylon, to burn and destroy Her. Add to this the fact that twice we are told that Satan’s throne (who gives the Beast his power & authority - REV. 13;2) is in Pergama, modern day Bergama, Turkiye (REV.2:13) - and it’s clear that the PSALM 83 CONFEDERACY will be led by the Beast to invade Israel in future times!