Les Feldick teaches that Russia and America will annihilate each other, but he repeatedly identifies this scenario as his own speculation rather than a conclusion he can prove from Scripture.
His scenario is that Russia will launch everything it has at North America before invading Israel, because America is the only nation that could oppose the invasion. After America suffers that initial attack, he reasons that American submarines still at sea will retaliate and destroy the Russian homeland. The result, he pictures, is that both North America and Russia are removed from the end-time scene. He says, 'I can't prove it from Scripture' and calls it common-sense speculation.
Ezekiel 39:6 — This verse describes God sending fire on Magog, which Les references when he speaks of a fire on the Russian homeland.
Revelation 6:4 — This verse describes the red horse taking peace from the earth, which Les believes corresponds to the Ezekiel 38-39 invasion.
In Ezekiel 38-39, the Bible speaks of a northern enemy of Israel, Gog of the land of Magog. The Lord says, 'And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face' (Ezekiel 38:18). In the same context, God declares, 'And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD' (Ezekiel 39:6).
Les teaches that the great Russian invasion of Israel, described in Ezekiel 38-39, will be the red horse of Revelation 6. He insists that Russia is not dead and warns that every Russian ballistic missile is still in place and pointed at American targets. From there, he reasons that before Russia invades Israel, its leaders would first unload everything they have on North America, because America is the only nation that could oppose the invasion and Israel's only real friend.
Les reasons from what he calls 'common sense.' If a Russian commander were getting ready to invade Israel, he says the first move would be to neutralize the only nation that could oppose him. He states that America is Israel's only friend and the only possible enemy of the northern confederation. Therefore, he believes Russia would unload everything it has on North America, knocking the western hemisphere out of the rest of prophecy.
Les points to the Bible's promise that God will send a fire on the Russian homeland, which he connects to Ezekiel 39:6. He then reasons that after America suffers the initial attack, American submarines on the world's oceans would receive the command to launch all their ballistic missiles at Russia. The result would be the destruction of the Russian homeland, so that both North America and Russia are out of the picture.
Les is emphatic that this scenario is his own speculation. In Clip 0 he says, 'I'm always careful to say that this is my own speculation. I can't prove it from Scripture. I don't even pretend to.' In Clip 1 he repeats, 'I say this is all speculation.' He presents it as common-sense reasoning, not as a prophecy he claims to prove.
Les observes that there is nothing for America in end-time prophecy. He thinks mutual destruction with Russia explains why the United States is absent from the prophetic scene. In Clip 1 he says Russia will 'utterly knock the western hemisphere out of the rest of prophecy, because there's nothing for us in prophecy.' In Clip 3 he says that after the two annihilations, North America is out of the picture for the most part and the Russian homeland is out of the picture.
Speculation Begins: The Red Horse Invasion of Ezekiel 38-39
Les introduces the question he asks his classes: if you were a Russian commander about to invade Israel, what would your first move be? He explicitly says his answer is speculation, not provable from Scripture.
Russia Unloads on North America; U.S. Submarines Retaliate
Les states his scenario plainly: Russia unleashes everything on North America because it is the only possible enemy, then says that after America's initial attack, U.S. submarines still at sea destroy the Russian homeland.
America Is Israel's Only Friend and the Only Possible Opponent
Les grounds his reasoning in the fact that America is the only nation that might oppose a Russian invasion of Israel, which is why Russia would have to eliminate North America first.
Two Annihilations Remove North America and Russia
Les explains the result of the mutual strikes: North America and the Russian homeland are both knocked out of the end-time picture, and events move into the tribulation.
Ezekiel 38 & The Four Horsemen: Russia's Role in End Times
It kills personnel but not physical property because, he said, with that mass of Russian and East European troops facing the NATO powers, he said they'd be nothing but cannon fodder. And he said there's no way we could stop them unless we would use that sort of a weapon.
Russia Is Not Dead; Missiles Still Aimed at America
Les warns that Russia remains a living threat and that Russian ballistic missiles are still in place and pointed at American targets, supporting his scenario's plausibility.
Gog and Magog Include Russia; the Bear Is Alive
Les identifies Gog and Magog with Russia and its satellite nations and insists the Russian army is still intact, a background assumption for his mutual-annihilation scenario.
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Israel will be drawn into it, and it'll be awful. But you see, that would just completely upset the end times as the Bible depicts it, because Israel is going to be intact for the great invasion that the Bible talks about, and that is when Russia, with her satellite nations, are still going to have to invade Israel in the Middle East.
Ezekiel 39:6: And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Les directly references this verse when he speaks of God sending a fire on the Russian homeland after the invasion.
Revelation 6:4: And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Les identifies this red horse with the Ezekiel 38-39 invasion and the mutual destruction that takes peace from the earth.
Ezekiel 38:18: And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
This verse shows God's fierce anger at the moment of the northern invasion of Israel that Les believes will trigger these events.
Matthew 24:7: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Les points to this verse as a parallel to the tribulation period in which such wars and natural disasters occur.
Yes, but only as his own speculation. He pictures Russia launching everything it has at North America, then American submarines retaliating against Russia, leaving both nations destroyed. He says repeatedly that he cannot prove this from Scripture.
No. Les is careful to label it 'my own speculation' and 'common sense.' He says he doesn't even pretend to prove it from Scripture. What Scripture does reveal is an invasion of Israel from the north by Gog and Magog and a fire sent on Magog after God's judgment.
He doesn't see a role for America in end-time prophecy. In his scenario, Russia attacks North America first, knocking the western hemisphere out of the prophetic picture. American retaliation knocks out the Russian homeland too, so that both nations disappear from the end-time scene.
God says, 'And I will send a fire on Magog...' Les takes Magog to be Russia and her satellite nations. He connects this fire with the destruction of the Russian homeland, and he suggests American submarine retaliation could be the means by which that destruction happens.
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