The Prophecy of the Vilna Gaon: When you hear that the Russians have

captured the city of Crimea, the Times of the Messiah have started, that his
steps are being heard

Jewish Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna, Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797) known as
the Gra, or the Vilna Gaon
It was in the year of 1720 that a young prodigy and genius was born. The Gaon
(Hebrew for genius), Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman was to become the most
influential Jewish leader in modern history. He would be known as the most renowned
Ashkenazi Torah authority in the past thousand years. His vast skills in memorization,
his extraordinary talents, great wisdom and his comprehension of all branches of Torah
and secular knowledge were early recognized.
By the age of seven, he gave his first public discourse on the Torah demonstrating an
intellect that was fully developed to abstract thinking as an adult. By the age of ten
years, his wisdom in the understanding of the Torah was so renowned for he no longer
could find a teacher with the command of the Torah as he. Known as The Gra, this
prodigious Torah giant set the standard of Torah study, absolute devotion to G-d and a
character perfection emulated by centuries of later students of his manuscripts and
books.

Authentic Picture of the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman
According to the enlightening article in the Jewish Virtual Library called theVilna
Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilnawe read that at a very young age, the young rabbi went
into a self-imposed galus or exile where he wandered from community to community
as a beggar and sage. For forty years, he studied in isolation.
To the Gaon, the Torah was paramount and primary to all other studies. According to
the Gaons sons testimony, his father did not sleep more than two hours in a twenty
four hour period for over fifty years. His memory and biblical knowledge was
legendary, for he had no peers equal among the sages for the breadth for this knowledge
included both revealed and hidden Torah knowledge. Yet he was also knowledgeable in
secular sciences including authoring books on grammar and mathematics. His yeshiva,
(academy of Torah study) was the premier yeshiva of the world for over 100 years and
recognized as the model of all subsequent seminaries of Torah studies.
After forty years of studying in isolation, he finally settled in the town of Vilna. Living a
quiet life, his fame as a Tzaddik (righteous man) and Torah scholar soon spread all over
the land. In spite of a life of poverty, he gave 20% of all his income to charity and even
would limit his own personal needs so he could marry an orphan girl or redeem a
captive. Though in constant study, his ear was also kept to the needs of the local
population. He began a local yeshiva, accepting students from the renown Torah
scholars of that ere and from the writings of these students, scholars today are given a
glimpse of the rare breadth of intellect that the Gra upheld.

Rabbi Moshe Shturnbuch: The Great Grandson of the Gaon of Vilan osbm
Today, the Grand Rabbi Moshe Shturnbuch is the great grandson of the Gaon of Vilna
osbm and is a Edah Charedit, an Ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jew. Today Rabbi
Shturnbuch (Sternbuk) is the Raavad or the Vice-President of the Rabbinic Court and
eligible to become the Chief Rabbi (Gaavad) if the present Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia
Weiss were to decease or could not fulfill his responsibilities of the Haredi Rabbinic
Court.
As reported by Rabbi Lazer Brody with Lazer Beams in late March, 2014, titled, Rabbi
Moshe Shternbuch: We Hear the Footsteps of Moshiach, we read;
Rabbi Lazer Brody Rav Shternbuch received a closely guarded secret that came to
him from Rabbi Yitzchak Chever zatzal, who received it from Rabbi Chaim of
Volozhyn zatzal, who received it from the Gaon of Vilna himself, who revealed it
shortly before his death:
When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, you should know
that the times of the Messiah have started, that his steps are being heard. And when you
hear that the Russians have reached the city of Constantinople (todays Istanbul), you
should put on your Shabbat clothes and dont take them off, because it means that the
Messiah is about to come any minute.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Crimea for the first time since Annexing
Crimea for the Victory Day Celebrations in Sevastopol marking the defeat of Nazi
Germany
So today, for those with eyes that can see are standing on the cusp of awaiting for the
Messiah son of David (Moshiach ben Dovid) to come, but in reality the time of the Guela
(days of Redemption) is already upon us. As Dov Bear Barleib commented on Rabbi
Brodys blog, we read:
Dov Bear Barleib The Gog ben Gog Shmittah (Gog-Magog) cycle came and went
without Geulah because too many of the enablers of the Gush Katif fiasco (2005) were
observant Jews. They successfully delayed the Geulah one and only one full Shmittah
cycle to the Cycle of the half Xtian/ half Muslim (half iron and half clay) 11
th
horn dude
from the Book of Daniel, the Obamanation that makes desolate.
Gavriel the Angel then vows at the very end of the Book of Daniel that that last
Shmittah cycle will not pass without Mashiach coming at the end of that last seven years.
The 7th year or the Sabbatical year begins in 6 months (Rosh Hashanah 5774 or 2015).
We are now 18 months until the end of that Shmittah cycle (Rosh Hashanah 2008 to
Rosh Hashanah 2015 in the Jewish year 5775).
The prospects for the true arrival of the era of the Messiah to finally be upon us appears
also to be associated with the conquest of ancient Constantinople, or Istanbul today. As
Dov Barleib wrote concerning the Statue of Nebuchadnezzar, we are in the era of the
legs of the statue that were made of legs of iron and clay. This concept of ten toes of iron
and miry clay (ceramic) collaborates less with Vatican Romes Christian notion that the
two legs of the image were the Western Roman Empire in Vatican Rome and Eastern
Byzantine Roman Empire in Constantinople.
Instead it merges beautifully with the Jewish and Islamic understanding that at the end
of days, the last major forces will be Islam and the Amalekites that harassed the
Children of Israel as they were traveling towards the Promised Land, and later had to
fight in the days of King Saul and King David.
This converges with the Shiite understanding in the Islamic hadiths that during the last
days, the Islamic forces of the Bani-Israelite Pashtun Tribes will rise up with the Islamic
Mahdi (Islamic Messiah, Isi ben Mariam) to confront the Dajjal, the Islamic anti-
Messiah. So, who is this Islamic anti-Messiah called the Dajjal? The modern
understanding in the eyes of the Muslim people is that the Dajjal is NATO Rome fronted
by the power the Greater Satan, the aerial power of the United States.

Istanbul and the Church of the Hagia Sophia
As BibleSearchers Reflections wrote five years ago in 2009, The Durrani Pashtun
Afghan Bani-Israel Empire and its Legacy: The Islamic Messiah, the Madhi and the
anti-Messiah, the Dajjal.
BibleSearchers Reflections The Battle Axe of G-d, the Lost Tribes of Israel who
were implanted as the Pashtuns of Afghanistan, will become the predominate counter
insurgents against the global forces of the West and the Vatican that are seeking world
domination. Let us read this interesting and tantalizing fact:
Hadhrat (Great Presence) Buraidah (R.A.) narrated by Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said: "There will be many armies after me. You must join that army which
will come from Khurasaan." (Ibn Adi)
The mystery gets deeper as we begin to realize that the Islamic messiah called The
Mahdi will be hidden, like Osama ben Laden was for many years, in the midst of the
Afghani tribal forces of the Pashtun tribes. As we will later read, one of most important
objectives of the Mahdis Army will be to head towards Jerusalem. This army,
according to this following Hadith will be that the first Islamic army to attack from the
Muslim world will be from the Bani Ishaq [Sons of Isaac or the Children of Israel (Bani-
Israel)].
It appears that the first attack will be on the city of Istanbul (Constantinople). This
military attack against the former capital of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire will
cause the fall of that great city. Istanbul will be spared looting and desecration for
suddenly the news will arrive that the Dajjal (False or Anti-Messiah) will have arrived in
the region. Suddenly the Mahdis forces will leave everything there and would turn to
him the Dajjal or the anti-Messiah), and head back to Damascus to find the False
Messiah.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: You have
heard about a city the one side of which is in the land and the other is in the sea
(Constantinople). They said: Allah's Messenger, yes. Thereupon he said: The Last
Hour would not come (time of the end) unless seventy thousand persons (warriors) from
Bani lshaq (Sons of Isaac) would attack it. When they would land there, they will neither
fight with weapons nor would they shower arrows but would only say:" There is no god
but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," that one side of it would fall.
Thaur (one of the narrators) said: I think that he said: The part by the side of the
ocean. Then they would say for the second time: "There is no god but Allah and Allah is
the Greatest" that the second side would also fall, and they would say: "There is no god
but Allah and Allah is the Greatest," that the gates would be opened for them and they
would enter therein and, they would be collecting spoils of war and distributing them
amongst themselves that a noise would be heard and It would be said: Verily, Dajjal
(False or Anti-Messiah) has come. And thus they would leave everything there and
would turn to him (the Dajjal or the anti-Messiah). (Saheh Muslim)."

The Hurva (Churvah) Synagogue (Israels National Synagogue) rebuild in 1864 by the
Disciples of the Vilna Gaon and again in 2010 after Blown up by Jordan in 1948;
preparing Jerusalem for the Revealing of the Jewish Messiah, Maschiach ben Dovid
The new prophetic insight from the Vilna Gaon as to the final days is eye-revealing in
that Istanbul, the capital of Turkey today is a NATO partner with the European Union
and the United States. Now as the capital of Turkey, and also a NATO partner, this
august city, may soon may be recognized by the Islamic Mahdi as part of the anti -
Messiah system called the Dajjal. At the same time, if the Lost Pashtun Bani-Israelites in
Khorasan do invade ancient Constantinople, it may be in collaboration with Putins
Russia, who, with China is already the backbone of the Islamic nuclear program in Iran
and Assads genocidal Syria. So will Putins Russia along with China seek to destroy or
take possession of one of NATO strong military friends and assets?
Why would Putin want to invade Constantinople or Istanbul today? Even though the
State of Turkey appears in western eyes to be an Islamic State, it was a founding
member of the United Nations in 1945, was elected as a non-permanent member of the
United Nations Security Council in 2008 and a permanent member on January 1, 2009.
Turkey as the second largest standing armed force in NATO after the American armed
forces. They have almost a half a million forces that can be deployed.
Out of 26 nations that are a part of NATO, only five NATO members are a part of the
nuclear sharing policies of the alliance; Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and
Turkey. Not only that the Crown Jewel of Turkeys military is the Incirlik Air Base
that today hosts 90 American B61 nuclear bombers of which 40 are dedicated for the
Turkish Air Force so that in the presence of a nuclear conflict with the permission of
NATO, 40 of those bombers are dedicated for the Turkish Air Force.
In other words, Turkey is the gateway from the Far East, Near East and Middle East to
Western Europe. No wonder Putin would covet control of Istanbul and the Islamic
Mahdi would seek to wrestle the military assets of the Crown Jewel of NATO for the
Islamic forces of Allah.
If the abduction of the Crimean Peninsula, once the stronghold of the Lost Ten Tribes of
the House of Israel during the 4
th
to the 1
st
century BCE and today now annexed by
Russia is permanent, then what would it take to invade Istanbul and take possession of
the once august capital of the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople? Would this be
a part of the Russians ruthless bid to take possession of NATOs Crown Jewel, the
city of Istanbul while entering the heartland of the Islamic world at the Straits of the
Dardanelles?
Then we might ask, would the 70,000 man army of the Mahdi also be a part of a bi-polar
thrust to lock down NATOs military assets that it is using in Turkey to support the
greater war to come, as the military assets of the globalists of America and the European
Union confront the military assets of the globalists seeking world dominion over Russia
and China. Who better, than Russia and America, would be at the fulcrum of this
coming global war than the Great War between the Oriental and the Occidental worlds
as shown to the Prophet Daniel in chapter 8 called the Prophecy of the Ram and the He
Goat in Destination Yis raels blog titled, World War III looms on the Horizon as the
War of Daniel 8 is about to Erupt with Great Fury when Iran confronts America?
With the collapse of Istanbul to the Islamic forces of the Mahdi, why is the anti-Messiah,
called by Islam as the Dajjal suddenly now appearing in Damascus? Why do the forces
of the Mahdi suddenly withdraw without taking full possession of the Eastern capital of
ancient Rome and plunder her ancient treasures? The major land bridge to invade Iran
from the west is Turkey. With Turkey in the hands now of Russia, and Saudi Arabia
and the Arab Oil States now prepared to go alone without America to topple Shiite Iran,
the only aerial land bridge from the west will have to be through Israel, Syria and
Jordan. This is how the He-Goat from the west, as seen by the Prophet Daniel from the
Persian palace of Shushan in vision, el-al flew over the land from one end of the earth
to the other as he confronted the Persian Ram empowered by the might of its two great
horns, Russia and China.
As the Crown Jewel of NATO appears to be in the hand of the Islamic messiah, The
Mahdi, the Bani-Israelite forces quickly retreat and head directly to Damascus
preparing to confront the Dajjal, the military forces of NATO and the United States.
Will Obamas American forces, fronting for the Shabbatean Rothschild forces of the
Illuminati, now be there prepared to take possession of Damascus, the capital of Syria,
where President, Bashar Assad has killed over 150,000 of its own people? This is the
Syrian civil war where many Syrians were killed by chemical weapons of mass
destruction given by Saddam Hussein to Syria, and now were unleashed upon Syria's
own peoples?
If the Vilna Gaon, one of the greatest rabbinic minds in Jewish history was given a
prophetic message almost 250 years ago witnessing the annexation of the land of Crimea
to the Russian Federation, then maybe we might want to take a second look at our lives
and see if we are prepared to witness the catastrophic events about to be unleashed upon
Planet Earth at the time of the End? Prepare your hearts for what may be ahead in
our lives as revealed by the Tzaddiks, the Righteous Jewish Sages of Judah.