What is the Russian-led consortium that God will bring in the end times?
The Russian-led consortium is the end-times alliance of Gog and Magog, which Ezekiel 38 describes under the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal. The transcript identifies those nations as the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and similar lands, whom God sovereignly gathers and then turns back.
Les explains that Ezekiel 38 contains the prophecy against Gog and Magog, and he notes that almost everyone agrees Gog and Magog are the nations now recognized as the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and what have you. He stresses that God is sovereign and declares prophetically that the day is coming when He will bring this consortium of nations headed up by the Russians. In verse 4 God says, “I will turn thee back,” meaning He will literally change their direction, like turning a horse. Les also cautions that some of these things are his own personal projection and not directly from Scripture.
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: