The first link this post is referring to deals with a prophecy of the Vilna Ga'on, the great Jewish scholar known as the Genius of Vilna. If you look at the link, you get an idea of what is being talked about - the conquest of Crimea by the Russians, and how it relates to the coming of the messiah.
http://destination-yisrael.biblesearchers.com/destination-yisrael/2014/05/the-prophecy-of-the-vilna-gaon-when-you-hear-that-the-russians-have-captured-the-city-of-crimea-the-.html
Let's go over the elements of the prophecy, one by one. The first element talks about the seizure of "the city of Crimea". There is no city of Crimea. There is the Crimean Peninsula, however, and a war was fought over it in the mid 1800's, when it was still the territory of the Empire of Russia. It remained Russian territory until 1990 or so, when the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, seceded from the USSR. So, when the Ukraine became fully independent of what is now known as the Russian Federation, the successor state of both the Russian Empire and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, it owned the Crimean Peninsula. The prophecy says that "when you hear that the Russians have captured the Crimea, you are hearing the footsteps of the messiah."
But there is more to this prophecy than just who owns the Crimean Peninsula. The prophecy of the Vilna Ga'on also talks about the city of Constantinople (what is now Istanbul, in Turkey). It says, "when you hear that they (the Russians) have entered Constantinople, the messiah is about to be revealed." Constantinople is on the Sea of Marmara, what is really a small lake connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. In other words, this prophecy by the Vilna Ga'on indicates that this Turkish city has to be seized by the Russians in order for the prophecy to come true. So, watching for the arrival of the messiah requires watching the nature of hostilities between Russia and Turkey.
That is where events of recent days make this whole prophecy rather relevant. Last year, the Russian military invaded the Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula - step one accomplished. Last week, the Turks shot down a Russian fighter jet which was flying in Syria very close to (or if you believe the Turks, in) Turkey. Yesterday, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, declared a boycott of Turkish goods by the Russians. Finally, we have this story from Sorcha Faal, a woman who writes with a distinctly Russian slant;
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1948.htm
The first three paragraphs read as follows:
Thousands Of
Russian Troops Head To Turkish Border As US Planes Flee From Syrian Skies
By:
Sorcha Faal, and as
reported to her Western Subscribers
A stunning new Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin states
that President Putin, this morning, issued an order to the 58th Army
Headquarters of the North-Caucasian
Military District to immediately deploy “selected” regiments and brigades of Federation military electronic
warfare, anti-aircraft, multiple rocket launcher, anti-tank, motorized rifle,
and artillery forces to the Turkish-Armenia border—which in total comprises
nearly 7,000 Russian troops now being put into full combat status.
According to this report, the legal
authorization for this massive combat deployment is due to the joint
Russian-Armenian missile air defense system agreement ordered to be signed
by President Putin on 11 November and which will be finalized
this week by Prime Minister Medvedev.
With Armenia now becoming a vital part of the
Russian Joint Air Defense, this report continues, Federation military forces
will now be able to counter threats from Turkey coming from that nation's
western border—which will mirror the air defense protections provided by
Federation Aerospace and Naval forces on Turkey’s border with Syria that since
being implemented this past week have seen both United States and Turkish
aircraft completely
cease flying missions against Islamic State terrorists in this war zone altogether.
So here, we see the second element of the prophecy being implemented - in part. It is evident that the Russians are preparing a military offensive against the Turks. Other media will muddy the waters with confusing reports on all of this. Al Jazeera is a perfect example of this.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/11/predicting-putin-move-151130110004214.html
But, I have no doubt that over time, and not too long a time at that, we will see prophecy coming true. I return to the warnings of a young Israeli teenager who died and came back to life. The world we know will change radically soon. And these changes are "imminent" - that is to say, in the coming months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJynlrKfsCE