Due to losing the war in the heavens (Revelation 12:7-9), Satan is filled with great wrath. First and foremost, this wrath is directed towards the Jewish people; God’s chosen people, as seen in Revelation 12:13: “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman [Israel] which brought forth the man child.” In Revelation 12:15-16, we see Satan’s wrathful response to losing the war in the heavens, which is to send a “flood after the woman”; the woman representing Israel. In his hatred of the Jewish people, Satan wishes to destroy Israel all together with this flood; he wishes to wipe off the nation of Israel from the face of the earth.
From other verses in Revelation, we learn that waters can symbolize peoples, such as in Revelation 17:15: “And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.” Could it be that that the flood which Satan sends after the woman (the woman being Israel) is actually “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues”; people who are sent to attack Israel in an attempt to destroy it, these people being represented by the flood? If so, who could these people be? I believe that the answer is clear: the people which Satan sends against Israel are none other than those in the Gog of Magog prophecy found in Ezekiel chapters 38 & 39; people who consist of the modern day nations of Russia, Iran, Libya, and Turkey. According the the Gog of Magog prophecy, these people will go to war with Israel in the “latter days” (Ezekiel 38:16); that is, in the end times.
In other words, Revelation 12:15-16 (where Satan sends a flood after Israel) could very well be speaking of the same prophecy found in Ezekiel 38 & 39; the Gog of Magog prophecy where several nations shall go to war with Israel; that the flood which Satan sends is, in fact, the armies who go to war against Israel.
Revelation 12:16 suggests that Israel will receive supernatural help to protect her against this flood: “And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.” This is precisely what we learn of in Ezekiel 38 & 39: that God will intervene and supernaturally protect Israel from its enemies.
This possible connection between Revelation 12:15-16 and the Gog of Magog war suggests something profound: that the armies sent against Israel are, in fact, sent by Satan (it is Satan who sends the flood); that these armies are satanically influenced. This fits in perfectly with Satan’s hatred against the Jewish people and his desire to destroy the nation of Israel. No doubt, these nations (Russia, Iran, Turkey, etc.) that desire to destroy Israel will be filled with supernatural hatred towards the Jews; hatred that comes from Satan himself. Satan will be using these nations as his pawns in his attempt to destroy Israel. Filled with this supernatural hatred towards the Jews — hatred that comes from Satan — the people of these mostly Muslim nations will be powerfully compelled to attack Israel, resulting in the Gog of Magog war prophesied in Ezekiel 38 & 39.
This possible connection also reveals another aspect: the timing of these end times events. Since Satan sends the flood immediately after losing the war in the heavens (“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child”, Revelation 12:13), this indicates that the Gog of Magog war will occur at the end of the war in the heavens; after the archangel Michael and his angels win the war in the heavens (Revelation 12:7-9).
This, of course, leaves the question: “When does the war in the heavens take place and when does it end?” From my own understanding and from my own involvement in spiritual warfare, this angelic war of Revelation 12 began back in 2017 on September 23rd, coinciding with the appearance of the sign in the heavens described in Revelation 12:1: “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars”. This has been an ongoing war, lasting for nearly seven years already. It is likely that this war will end seven years after it started (seven being the number of completion in the Bible); ending around late September of this year (2024). This also means that the Gog of Magog war (represented by the flood of Revelation 12:15) must begin very soon; coinciding with the end of the angelic war of Revelation 12:7-9. Almost certainly, the current conflict in the Middle-East (that began on October 7th of 2023) will end up triggering this Gog of Magog war where the nations of Russia, Turkey, and Iran go to war against Israel.