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Agog over Bush's comments on Gog and Magog
Charleston Gazette ^ | 08/13/09 | James A Haught

Posted on 08/13/2009 12:07:59 PM PDT by P.O.E.

Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible's satanic agents of the Apocalypse.

Honest. This isn't a joke. The president of the United States, in a top-secret phone call to a major European ally, asked for French troops to join American soldiers in attacking Iraq as a mission from God.

Now out of office, Chirac recounts that the American leader appealed to their "common faith" (Christianity) and told him:

"Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East. ... The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled. ... This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people's enemies before a New Age begins."

This bizarre -- seemingly deranged -- episode happened while the White House was assembling its "coalition of the willing" to unleash the Iraq invasion. Chirac says he was boggled by Bush's call, and "wondered how someone could be so superficial and fanatical in their beliefs."

(Excerpt) Read more at wvgazette.com ...


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To: Quix

Duly noted and disregarded.


201 posted on 08/14/2009 8:51:49 PM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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To: Outership

Turns out there’s net here at this CIRCLE K camp ground above Delores CO

And my roommate has a computer he’s not using at the moment. But I doubt I’ll be on much.

I’m sure Holy Spirit and you can figure out if and when and where to sail the ship, OuterSHIP! LOL.

LUB


202 posted on 08/14/2009 8:54:40 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: xzins
You seriously misunderstand Bush, imho. See my earlier ping to you from this thread.

I read you comment and your speculation does not fit the Bush quote. There is futurist infection in many churches. Even liberal churches like the Episcopal are open to this sort of error esp. since it smacks of conservatism.

I suspect he read some wacky book or was listening to some TV pop prophecy preacher and got a dose of it.

203 posted on 08/14/2009 9:09:40 PM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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To: topcat54

DISREGARDING

GOD’S WORD

Is NOT really MY problem.

LOL.


204 posted on 08/14/2009 9:18:28 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Brilliant

I have never heard the story. BTW Chirac is still alive. Perhaps you mean when he was got defeated by Sarkozy?


205 posted on 08/15/2009 5:54:52 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

Yes, you are right about Chirac. I was probably thinking about when I heard the story related using a different leader’s name. The story has been floating around since before Bush’s second term.


206 posted on 08/15/2009 6:37:42 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Kaslin

Actually, after tooling around the internet and trying to find it, what I am remembering is the similar story that the libs have been circulating for many years about what Bush supposedly told Abu Mazen... That God told him to strike Iraq. It’s the same sort of derranged liberal mindset.


207 posted on 08/15/2009 6:53:56 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Quix

“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”’ (Animal House)


208 posted on 08/15/2009 10:19:41 AM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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To: Brookhaven
I smell BS. Why? Because Gog and Magog are predicted in the Bible. That means (for a believer) it will happen. It is just a matter of time. Humans can’t prevent it. Bush saying “We’ve got to stop Gog and Magog” would be the same as him saying “We’ve got to twart God’s prophecies.” Don’t see it.

Yeah, this doesn't even have the "feel" of truth. Christians don't try to stop prophecy; it's the ultimate in futility. We should try to uphold Godly principles and actions around us, but the notion that we would be able to stop prophecy has all the intelligence of the typical Hollywood movie about prophecy, antichrist, etc. Bush did show a biblical tin ear by constantly prattling on about a Palestinian state. After all, anything that further divides His land in Israel is wholly abiblical.

MM (in TX)

209 posted on 08/15/2009 10:45:55 AM PDT by MississippiMan
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To: Quix

My sense is that I’m right on target. First, I’m an ordained minister in his denomination, and we are historically post-mil with a large group of amil in the current era. He was previously episcopal, again an amil denomination. Laura is a lifelong Methodist, so again the influences would not be dispensational.

Also, he always chose middle of the road churches to attend; never a dispensational one.


210 posted on 08/15/2009 10:48:15 AM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends all who ask Him for help.)
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To: topcat54

See my #210

You’re assuming that Pres. Bush wouldn’t have the ability to speak in metaphors. He’s actually a a pretty bright guy.


211 posted on 08/15/2009 11:28:13 AM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends all who ask Him for help.)
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To: blue-duncan
Nebuchadnezzar personifies the cryptic reference of “Gog”. His father overthrew Assyria, the dominant world power of the day by forming an alliance with king of Media. The alliance was sealed by the marriage of Nebuchadnezzar to Amytis, the daughter of the king of Media. By this marriage, Nebuchadnezzar became the prince of Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Togarmah (Ezekiel 38:2,6).

Got a source? Thanks.

212 posted on 08/15/2009 1:27:40 PM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends all who ask Him for help.)
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To: xzins

“Got a source?”

Last September I taught a course on the book of Daniel. The paragraph was taken from my notes. Some of the sources I used concerning Nebuchadnezzar were:

“Babylonians” by H.W.F. Scruggs,
“A History of Israel in Old Testament Times” by Siegfried Hermann,
“A History of Israel” by John Bright,
and various research on internet sites.

The legend is that “Hanging Gardens” were a gift from Nebuchadnezzar to Amytis because she was bored with the barreness of Babylon and homesick for the green hills of Media.

Nebuchadnezzar to Amytis,


213 posted on 08/15/2009 5:43:17 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: blue-duncan

Thanks, b-d.


214 posted on 08/15/2009 6:51:05 PM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends all who ask Him for help.)
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To: xzins

Limiting the concept of “Gog and Magog” to Middle East events is a hallmark of futurism, not amil, etc. Remember, errant futurism started with individuals associated with more mainline denoms. Anyone can pick up a Left Behind book and be duped.


215 posted on 08/16/2009 7:47:13 AM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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To: xzins
 In 2007, Dr. Romer recounted Bush's strange behavior in Lausanne University's review, Allez Savoir. A French-language Swiss newspaper, Le Matin Dimanche, printed a sarcastic account titled: "When President George W. Bush Saw the Prophesies of the Bible Coming to Pass." France's La Liberte likewise spoofed it under the headline "A Small Scoop on Bush, Chirac, God, Gog and Magog." But other news media missed the amazing report. Did Bush Justify the Iraq Invasion As Biblical Prophecy?

216 posted on 08/16/2009 10:06:09 AM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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To: topcat54

Perhaps it could be a new mission to persuade some

REPLACEMENTARIANS et al, to abandon such ways of life, then.


217 posted on 08/16/2009 2:21:51 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: xzins

I’ll continue to trust the reports of those who prayed with him repeatedly face to face and who were connected to those who walked him out of his alcoholism etc. into his new relationship with Jesus.


218 posted on 08/16/2009 2:23:29 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: xzins
Also, he always chose middle of the road churches to attend; never a dispensational one.

Why would you suggest that dispensationalists only inhabit "dispensational churches"? The error is widespread.

219 posted on 08/17/2009 11:41:24 AM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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To: xzins
My sense is that I’m right on target. First, I’m an ordained minister in his denomination, and we are historically post-mil with a large group of amil in the current era. He was previously episcopal, again an amil denomination. Laura is a lifelong Methodist, so again the influences would not be dispensational.

Wasn’t Reagan also enamored with dispensationalism in spite of being a nominal member of a mainline (non-dispensational) denomination?

See The Effects of Dispensationalism on US Policy in the Middle East

220 posted on 08/17/2009 11:46:01 AM PDT by topcat54 (Don't believe in a pre-anything rapture? Join "Naysayers for Jesus")
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