US President Joe Biden has sparked World War III fears as he warned Russia..Russia and Ukraine on brink of war ‘signals coming of Messiah’ in 400-year-old prophecy

A famous rabbi made an eerie prediction in the 18th century that seems to mirror the rising tensions and military build-up between the two Eastern European nations

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine are heating up, sparking fears of an imminent war — and a prominent rabbi claims it’s a sign that the coming of the Messiah is near.

Conflict between the two nations has been brewing for the past seven years, ever since Russia annexed Crimea in the wake of the Ukrainian revolution.

On March 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree essentially declaring war with Russia, calling for the “de-occupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol”.

Since the decree was issued, there has been a significant military buildup on both sides, with Ukrainian tanks spotted rolling into the Luhansk and Donetsk region.

Meanwhile NATO has been shadowing an unusually large number of Russian military aircraft flying over the North Atlantic, North Sea, Black Sea, and Baltic Sea.

 

 

The worrying escalation in military tension has been cited by religious scholars as the fulfilment of an apocalyptic prophecy made in the 1700s.

Rabbi Elijah of Vilna, also known as the Vilna Gaon, was an 18th-century Jewish academic who made many significant contributions to understanding the Messianic process.

While Christians believe Jesus Christ was the Messiah and will return to Earth in the Second Coming, Jews believe the Messiah has yet to visit us and are awaiting his First Coming.

The Vilna Gaon handed down a prophecy to his son that said: “When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, you should know that the times of the Messiah have started, that his steps are being heard.

“And when you hear that the Russians have reached the city of Constantinople [Istanbul], you should put on your Shabbat clothes and don’t take them off, because it means that the Messiah is about to come any minute.”

The prophecy was brought to light a few years ago by the Vilna Gaon’s great-grandson.

Rabbi Pinchas Winston, an author who specialises in theories about the end of days, says the situation in Eastern Europe does seem to parallel the War of Gog and Magog, believed to be the precursor to the Messiah.

“It is known that the Gog and Magog will come from the north,” Rabbi Winston said.

“The Hebrew word for ‘north’ also implies ‘hidden’.” He also noted that war between Turkey and Russia was predicted to happen before Gog and Magog.

“The two nations have faced off before,” he explained.

“Each time is like the building of a tower of explosives. It may seem like small events set off major conflicts but in every case, the conditions were all in place, waiting for a spark to set them off.”

Rabbi Winston claims the common denominator in major multinational wars is “excessive liberalism”, after a period of which conflict is bound to break out.

“A little liberalism is a good, even necessary thing,” he said.

“The world can only run properly when people, especially leaders, acknowledge that God runs the world. People and governments need to take responsibility for their own actions in a global framework

“When people become socially irresponsible, as liberalism has certainly become, a conflict becomes unavoidable.”

He says the Bible illustrates this, with Eve being “the first liberal” who “threw off the yoke of heaven” and acted in her own self-interest.

“The snake is like the Putins and Hitlers of the world who think only of themselves and how they can benefit at the expense of others,” he added.