Really? I missed them. I was too busy noticing the cheering in the streets by the thousands in the capitals of our "allies" all over the region.
Ezekiel chapters 37 and 38 describe the rebirth of the nation of Israel [1948?] and a great war which begins when Russia [Hebrew = rosh -] and the now middle easter countries [using their ancient names] attack Israel. Togarmah is Turkey and Gomer is Germany. 15 years ago the reference to Germany didn't make sense - but with its rabid anti-semitism growing and its support for Iraq and dissing of the U.S. it doesn't look so implausible. Will what happened to Iran [the Shah's overthrow by Islamists] happen to Turkey? Also, the southern republics of the old Soviet Union are all Islamic or border Islamic states, and anti-semitism is growing in Russia [and Europe] at an alarming rate. And there is certainly enough difficulty in interpreting prophecy to always allow for plenty of alternate views. But world events certainly more closely resemble Ezekiel's prophecies than ever, and Zechariah 14 sounds like something out of todays news headlines:
(Zec 12:2 KJV) Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. (Zec 12:3 KJV) And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.