The following was noted in an Associated Press article dated January 30, 2009:

Efforts to fight global warming, help Africa and revive the faltering world economy were front and center at the World Economic Forum Friday, a day after Middle East tensions flared publicly at the elite gathering.

An outburst by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had shocked the business and political elites Thursday night. Erdogan walked off the stage after trading accusations with Israeli President Shimon Peres.

An AFP article reported the following, in part:

Erdogan, who leads one of the few Muslim countries to have diplomatic relations with Israel and who has sought a peacemaker's role in the Middle East conflict, said Israel had carried out "barbarian" actions in Gaza.

"I find it very sad that people applaud what you have said because many people have been killed," he shouted at Peres before being halted by the moderator, Washington Post journalist David Ignatius.

"We can't start the debate again we just don't have time," Ignatius pleaded as he remonstrated with the Turkish premier.

Peres, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his efforts to reconcile with Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organisation, had insisted that Israel had been forced into the offensive against Hamas by thousands of rockets and mortars fired into Israel.

"The tragedy of Gaza is not Israel, it is Hamas," said Peres. "They created a dictatorship. A very dangerous one."

Pointing a finger at Erdogan he said Turkey would have done the same if rockets had been fired at Istanbul.

The International Middle East Media Center reported the incident as follows:

The Turkish Prime Minister stormed out of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, after criticizing Israel's attack on Gaza in a debate with the Israeli President.

The moderator of the debate, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, allowed a lengthy speech by the Israeli President, then tried to end the debate without giving the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan a chance to respond.

Erdogan demanded just one minute to speak, then, when he was cut off, stormed out of the room. He chastised the Israeli President for killing children saying that he "must have been feeling guilty about what he did to the Palestinians".

When he returned to Turkey, he was met by thousands of supporters who cheered his action at the Economic Summit.

It appears that Turkey's feathers are a bit ruffled concerning the recent Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Not only that, as indicated by the hero's welcome Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan came home to after accusing Israel of barbaric atrocities and the killing of children, it seems the Turkish people are proud of him for same. Why do I bring this up now, several days late? For one reason, things here in Kentucky have been a bit rough weather-wise which slowed the site down some. Another reason? A far better one? Turkey is going to come against Israel in battle in the prophetic future, as prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39. This diplomatic flare-up potentially revealed some of the hostility Turkey has for Israel that is going to lead to fulfillment of the prophecy.

Listed below are the nations most believe will be involved in the battle of Gog-Magog described in Ezekiel 38-39:

• Magog - Most agree this is a reference to Russia.
• Meshech - Most associate this with modern day Turkey, ancient Anatolia, but some say it refers to the Moscow area.
• Tubal - Most associate this with modern day Turkey, ancient Anatolia.
• Persia - modern Iran
• Ethiopia
• Libya
• Gomer - eastern Europe or Turkey
• Togarmah - southeastern Europe or Turkey

At RaptureAlert.com, we're attempting to document, as completely as possible, that everything prophesied to take place in the Bible that has yet to be fulfilled has potential to be fulfilled as revealed in the news of our world TODAY, possibly sooner than most conceive possible.

Soon, this writer believes, Jesus Christ is going to come for His Church. The battle of Gog-Magog may occur prior to that or afterward, but how incredible it is to be able to pick up a book written under divine inspiration thousands of years ago, namely the Holy Bible, and be able to see the world we're living in TODAY mirroring its content!

What a great God!

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