Who's WHO?

Looking at the ancient country or people - Israel and her 'near neighbors' in yellow - and the Current Name of that same country can help us understand the spiritual nature of the present warfare. In September the United Nations is expected to vote to declare a Palestinian State - in other words - dedicate Israel to the Philistines. Samson, a Nazarite* from his mother's womb', was chided for taking a 'Philistine wife'. The Philistines found out the secret of his strength, and thus weakened, blinded, and imprisoned him. But in the end his strength returned and Samson, knowing it meant his own death, brought the house down on the Philistines. 'So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life. ' [Judges 13-16]

* Nazarite: consecrated to the service of God; under vow

One might consider Jerusalem, in the light of Samson, rough around the edges, but called as 'Nazarite' from the 'mother's womb' - - Revelation 7 fulfilling that vow. There is a cry for justice but there is yet a waiting for the final number to be completed:

Revelation 6
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had
..been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.

Starting with the apostles [see post #2], slain for the word of God and for the testimony for which they held - - waiting for the number to be complete - 144,000 of like kind - Nazarite - the great revival - before the house comes down.

11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should
....rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their
....brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

CHARTS FROM JESUS CHRIST SAVES TODAY MINISTRY:
http://jcsm.org/biblelessons/AncientLands.htm

The Ancient Country or People	The Current Name or Region
Abimael, Obal, Sheleph and Uzal	Yemen
Ammon, Moab and Edom	Jordan
Amor(ites)	Eastern Israel
Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and some of Iraq and Jordan
Arkites	Lebanon
Ashkenaz	Germany
Asshur(ites)	Northern Iraq
Assyria	Iraq
Canaan(ites)	Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon
Caphtor(ites)	Crete
Cush	Ethiopia and some of Sudan, Somalia and Yemen (and possibly more of Africa)
Decapolis Dedan, Ophir, Jobab and Sheba	Northwestern Jordan and a small part of Israel Saudi Arabia
Girgashites	Western Jordan
Gomer	Ukraine (some say Germany)
Javan	Greece
Magog, Rus and Rosh	Russia
Midian	Western Saudi Arabia and Southern Jordan
Mizraim	Egypt
Philistia	Palestine
Phoenicia	Lebanon
Persia	Iran and some of Iraq
Phut/Put	Libya and some of Egypt and North Africa
Riphath	Europe
Scythia	Southern Russia
Sinites	Chinese
Togarmah	Parts of Turkey, Turkomen, Turkestan and Armenia
Tarshish	Carthage (or possibly Great Britain)
Tiras	Italy
Tubal	Turkey (or possibly Tobolosk)

The Ancient City	The Current Location
Alexandria	Southeastern Turkey (Coastal)
Antioch	Northwest Syria (Coastal) - present day "Hatay"
Athens, Berea, Corinth, Philippi and Thessalonica	Greece
Babylon	Iraq
Cyrene	Northwest Libya
Damascus	Syria
Ephesus, Pergamum and Smyrna	Western Turkey
Elishah	Sicily
Haran and Padan-aram	Eastern Syria
Jebus	Jerusalem
Iconium and Lystra	Central Turkey
Kittim	Cyprus
Meshech	Moscow
Shechem	Nablus
Shinar	Iraq - Ancient Babel and present day "Babylon"
Sidon and Tyre	Western Lebanon (Coastal)
Smyrna	Izmir
Tarsus	Eastern Turkey
Ur	Southeastern Iraq

Sources: Rand McNally's World Atlas, "The Magog Invasion" by Chuck Missler, "Creation and the Second Coming" by Henry M. Morris, "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Christian Classics Ethereal Library", "The New Open Bible" by Nelson Publishing, The Strong's Concordance and "The Atlas of Bible Lands" by Harry Thomas Frank.