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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. - Ezekiel 38:4

Prophecy can be messy, and it is hard to know when one comes true until it actually comes true, but...

Today's headlines may be different. Not sure exactly what "turn you around" means (though I have some plausible theories) but the Lord putting hooks in their (Gog and Magog) jaws seems to imply drawing them with an irresistible opportunity. The chance to overshadow the United States in the Middle East and be the hero and destroy ISIS would seem to qualify.

Many commentators on Ezekiel 38-39 seem to have concluded that the invasion of Israel by this coalition of Gog, Magog, Togarmah, Gomer, Persian, Libya and Ethiopia is sudden and unexpected, but this is strange. You can't hide a modern army, air force and navy in these countries then launch a surprise attack. Too much distance not to be detected (unless all Israeli or American spy satellites have been disabled).

But if a large Russian (and allied) force in Syria is present for many years prior to such an attack, neighbors like Israel (and also the United States) will become used to it, and not be bothered by massive military exercises that take place periodically. Then one day...