I believe that in order for end times prophecy to be fulfilled this understanding of who these people are must become more widely known. Many have suggested that the United States must be wiped out in order for prophecies to be fulfilled because they do not see it in the prophecies. But they would if they knew who it is. The stick for JOSEPH (all the commonwealth nations including USA) and the stick for Judah will be joined together again and become one people again.

That is when all the other nations of the world will be gathered together against Israel as a whole. That has not happened yet but has been shaping up. NATO in general almost sets those lines. If you understand that the United States is part of Israel then Ezekiel will make sense. Many are still looking for Israel in the middle east to become a "land of unwalled villages dwelling in safety" before the prophecies can be fulfilled. Well, they will wait a long time for that because it's not going to happen but the USA already fits that description. What is going to happen is that when Gog and Magog invades Israel in Palestine an evil thought comes into their head that was not part of that current invasion but a new invasion into another part of Israel where the people DO dwell in a land of unwalled villages at rest, which is this United States. This country will have already sent huge numbers of troops over to defend Israel in the middle east and there will be the temptation for Russia to COME UP from Central America (remember Col. Oliver North's slide show? They have huge conventional warfare troops built up down there, why?) to take a spoil from this country that is largely unprotected. God will have a huge number of His people come back to Him when this happens which could be very soon. God always used invading armies to rouse His people back to Him.

All of this is part of the end times scenario but I hope to be gone by then and only with my eyes see any of this...