Today's Mack Attack is aimed at tensions between Russia and Israel.
Russia's formal acceptance of Hamas in Palestine and its offer to enrich uranium for Iran have combined to set tensions between these two countries to all-time highs.
It was rumored, during the Gulf War, that Russia was warned by Israel to stay out of the fighting, or risk nuclear retaliation. That had to take some balls.

That insult supposedly stung the former Soviet Union even more when the US then lent Israel its support after the threat was issued. Well, what else were we going to do? Iraq was sending Stinger missiles into Israel, baiting them to side with the US against Iraq so that we would then lose the support of every Arab nation on the planet, including Saudi Arabia, where we had military bases at the time. The US offered Israel anything it wanted to stay out and not retaliate against Iraq. Even so, It took all of Israel's restraint to keep its word; as it did Russia to sit back and take the slap issued by Israel.

Well, now these sores have been reopened, and the timing keeps me up at night.
Why? because Russia and Israel feature prominently in what the bible calls "The battle of Armageddon."

The battle of Armageddon is described in part in Ezekiel 38: a massive confederacy of nations invading the land of Israel just before the establishment of the Kingdom of God. The leader of the confederacy is called "Gog" of the land of "Magog." Bible students have consistently looked to Russia to fulfill the role of Gog. Magog was an ancient name for the land of the Scythians in the southern part of what is now Russia.
Ezekiel 38:5 adds that in league with Gog (Russia) will be "Persia" (Iran).

Look it up yourself!

Israel is referred to in verse 8 as:
"The land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations." (Ezekiel 38:8)
Scripture warns, "When they shall say, 'Peace and safety'; then sudden destruction cometh upon them" (1 Thessalonians 5:3).
In Bible times Iran was known as Persia and the Persian empire was one of the great world empires. Unlike many ancient nations Persia has continued as a distinct nation, to emerge into the modern world. (ready to fulfill Bible prophecy?) Between the Second World War and the Islamic revolution in 1979 Iran was pro-Western. Now it is more against the West than ever before and especially antagonistic towards Israel.

Iran is now aligned with Russia and closet links between former republics of the USSR and Iran will be something to watch for in upcoming months as events turn toward what I hope is not the "final conflict."