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2/4/07 1) The target of God’s hostility is the same. vs. 1 Ezk. 39 a) continues to be the messenger under the common title, “And you, Ezekiel 39 is a continuation of 38 of the Russian son of man.” vs. 1a-b invasion of , with what seems to be an b) The command was to repeat the future Islamic confederacy, which will be defeated and judgment of Russia. vs. 1c-k destroyed by God. Ezk. 38-39 1)) Evident by the language, a. These two chapters are to be taken as an “Prophesy against Gog.” vs. 1c entire section but the sections are not in a 2)) Evident by the divine authority, chronological order, if this is not recognized “And say, ‘Thus says the Lord they can be seen as contradicting to one GOD: “Behold, I am against you, another, in terms of their time-line, it is a O Gog,” vs. 1d-h very difficult passage. 3)) Evident by the geographical b. There are general revelations given, then location, “The prince of Rosh, specific details of the same event are given , and .” vs. 1i-k but it is still the same account. * This has been stated. Ezk. 38:1-3 c. Then we have concluding statements that 2) The time of the event is affirmed to be can only take place at the end of the “latter under the control of God. vs. 2 years”. Understanding this will keep us from a) God will be in charge of the prophetic seeing contradictions. clock, “And I will turn you around d. The two chapters comprise seven messages, and lead you on, bringing you up prefaced by the prophetic formula, “Thus from the far north.” vs. 2a-b says the Lord God”. Ezk. 38:3, 10, 14, 17, b) God is going to guide Russia down, Ezk. 39:1, 17, 25 “And bring you against the mountains of Israel.” vs. 2c 39:1-8 The recapitulation of the Russian * This has been stated. Ezk. 38:4-6 invasion and destruction of the armies. 39:3-6 The defeat of the Russian enemy is 39:1-2 The invasion of Russia is repeated for further described. vs. 3-6 emphasis and certainty. 1) God alone will disarm Russia. vs. 3 3 4

a) This is new material, indicating a) The wrath of God will be poured out personal close contact, “Then I will in the land of Russia, “And I will send knock the bow out of your left hand,.” fire on and on those who live vs. 3a in security in the coastlands.” vs. 6a b) The right hand indicates the strength b) The result will be to acknowledge God and authority of the Russian but not to be saved, “Then they shall confederacy, “And cause the arrows know that I am the LORD.” vs. 6b to fall out of your right hand.” vs. 3 * Earlier this was described as My 39:7-8 The universal acknowledgment of Fury will show in My face” and God is sated. vs. 7-8 “My jealousy and in the fire of My 1) By Israel at the end of the Great- wrath” Ezk. 38:18-19 Tribulation. vs. 7a-b 2) God will get the sure victory and a) “They will acknowledge His holy desecrate the armies. vs. 4-5 name, Jesus, “So I will make My holy a) The location is the same, “You shall name known in the midst of My fall upon the mountains of Israel, you people Israel,” vs. 7a and all your troops and the peoples * This can not take place at the who are with you.” vs. 4a-b beginning of the Tribulation, for b) They will not be buried right away but the Jews are acknowledging the allow to be food for birds and beasts, anti-Christ till the middle. “I will give you to birds of prey of b) They will no longer profane the holy every sort and to the beasts of the name of God, “And I will not let them field to be devoured.” vs. 4c profane My holy name anymore.” vs. c) The prophecy is certain, “You shall 7a-b fall on the open field; for I have * This can not begin till the middle of spoken,” says the Lord GOD.” vs. 5 the Tribulation, when Israel flees * This also has been stated. Ezk. 38:8- to Petra. Is. 16:1, Rev. 12 9, 20-22 2) By the nations at the end of the 3) God will bring judgment on the land of Tribulation but not salvation. vs. 7c-d Gog. vs. 6 5 6

a) They will confess the covenant God, a) They will destroy the arsenal of the “Then the nations shall know that I confederacy, “And set on fire and am the LORD.” vs. 7c burn the weapons, both the shields b) They will confess the God of Israel, and bucklers, the bows and arrows, “The Holy One in Israel.” vs. 7c-d the javelins and spears.”.” vs. 9a-c 3) By the absolute certainty of the prophecy * The language represent the modern taking place. vs. 8 weapons to be used, vs. 9a-d a) The affirmation, “Surely it is coming.” b) The fuel spoils will be for a specific vs. 8a time, “And they will make fires with b) The confirmation, “And it shall be them for seven years.” vs. 9e done.” vs. 8b 1)) This verse is key to placing the c) The proclamation, “Says the Lord battle at the beginning of the GOD.” vs. 8c Tribulation, the Seventieth Week d) The prediction, “This is the day of of Daniel. Dan. 9:27 which I have spoken.” vs. 8d 2)) To place it any time after, does not make any sense to me, for the 39:9-20 The description of the devastation simple reason that the burning of of the invading armies. the fuel would go into the Millennium. 39:9-10 The people of Israel will take the 3)) Why would they need fuel, if spoils of war. Jesus is reigning with His church 1) The identity of the people is given, and the earth is returned to the “Then those who dwell in the cities of state of Paradise, even though Israel will go out.” vs. 9a there will still be sin and death by a) Remember the Jews will be living in those who survive the Great- safety. Ezk. 38:8, 11, 14 Tribulation and occupy the b) The people will go out from the cities Kingdom Age? the mountains of Israel where God 3) The explanation for clarification of a destroyed them, as stated. vs. 4 literal fulfillment. vs. 10 2) The benefit for the people is fuel. vs. 9a-d a) They will not have to use their own resources, “They will not take wood 7 8

from the field nor cut down any from b) The five seeming Islamic nations in the forests, because they will make the confederation. fires with the weapons.’ vs. 10a-b 3) In commemoration, “Therefore they will b) They will be victorious, “And they call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.” vs. 11f will plunder those who plundered a) The phrase Hamon Gog “Hamown them, and pillage those who pillaged Gowg” means “multitude of Gog”. them,” says the Lord GOD.” vs. 10c-d b) The memorial is to remind all of the * The repetition of the spoil is for Omnipotence of God in destroying the emphasis and clarification! invasion, He is the Lord of Host, the Captain of the armies of heaven! 39:11 The land of Israel will be the enemies cemetery. 39:12-16 The nation of Israel will employ 1) In the region of the . vs. 11a-c professional men for the clean-up detail of a) God takes the credit, “It will come to the cadavers. pass in that day that I will give Gog a 1) The task of the Jews is stipulated. vs. 12 burial place there in Israel.” vs. 11a a) The time is precise, “For seven b) God chooses the area of Jordan, “The months the house of Israel will be valley of those who pass by east of burying them.” vs. 12a the sea.” vs. 11b-c b) The reason is pronounced, “In order to 1)) Interesting that the Dead Sea is the cleanse the land.” vs. 12b lowest point in the earth, 1300 feet 2) The reputation of Jews will spread. vs. 13 below sea level, closest place to a) It will be a national affair, “Indeed all Hades, in the center of the earth. the people of the land will be 2)) Interesting also is that all wind burying.” vs. 13a patterns flow east of the Dead Sea b) It will bring recognition to the Jews, for any kind of chemical or “And they will gain renown for it on biological contamination. the day that I am glorified,” says the 2) Interrupting travel, “And it will obstruct Lord GOD.” vs. 13b-c travelers, because there they will bury 3) The procedures will be meticulous. vs. 14 Gog and all his multitude.” vs. 11d-e a) Russian. 9 10

a) Specialist will be selected, “They will c) Holy judgment will be represented by set apart men regularly employed.” the city, “The name of the city will vs. 14a also be Hamonah. Thus they shall b) Special teams will be diploid, “With cleanse the land.” vs. 16 the help of a search party, to pass * Hamonah “Hamownah” means through the land and bury those multitudes, those defeat in the bodies remaining on the ground, in invasion! order to cleanse it.” vs. 14b-d c) Special precautions will be taken, “At 39:17-20 The invitation to feast on the carnage the end of seven months they will of the battle must be distinguished from the make a search.” vs. 14e one in Revelation in the prophetic time-line 1)) These professional men will have at the end of the Tribulation. a waiting period, which could 1) The battle in Ezekiel and the one imply some nuclear or radio-active Revelation occurs at different times. contamination. a) The battle in Ezekiel is at the 2)) One of the formulas the military beginning of the Tribulation, when uses for calculations of radiation is Israel is in peace and safety through a “7 to 10 rule” or “rules of the anti-Christ. Ezk. 38:8, 11, 14 sevens”, for every period of 7, b) The battle in the book of Revelation is hour, weeks, etc, radiation the Battle of Armageddon, which decreases by a factor of ten. takes place at the Second Coming. 4) The process will be two-fold. vs. 15-16 with a two-edged sword coming forth a) Hand-picked men will mark the from the mouth of Jesus, as King of locations, “The search party will pass Kings and Lord of Lords. Rev. 19:11- through the land; and when anyone 16; 16:16 sees a man’s bone, he shall set up a 2) The invitation to devour the corpses of marker by it.” vs. 15a-b the battle have great differences, though b) Hard-working men will inhume the they have similar language. bodies, “Till the buriers have buried it a) In Ezekiel God commands the Son of in the Valley of Hamon Gog.” vs. 15c man to speak to the birds and beast to assemble themselves and come, while 11 12

in Revelation an angel standing in the b) In Revelation the flesh to be eaten sun; cried with a loud voice, saying to encompasses all the armies of the all the birds that fly in the midst of world, “That you may eat the flesh of heaven. Ezk. 39:17a-e; Rev. 19:17a-c kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh b) In Ezekiel it says, “Gather together of mighty men, the flesh of horses and from all sides to My sacrificial meal of those who sit on them, and the Which I am sacrificing for you, A flesh of all people. And I saw the great sacrificial meal on the beast, the kings of the earth, and mountains of Israel, That you may their armies, gathered together to eat flesh and drink blood.”, while in make war against Him who sat on Revelation it says, “Come and gather the horse and against His army.” together for the supper of the great Rev. 19:18-19 God.” Ezk. 39:17f-h; Rev. 19:17d 3) The armies of the two battles are 39:21-29 The glorification of God before the completely different. nations at the end of the “latter years”. a) In Ezekiel the flesh to be eaten is confined to the Russians invasion 39:21-22 The end result must be distinguished with the five confederate nations from the time of the battle at the beginning with God brings to Israel, “You shall of the Tribulation. eat the flesh of the mighty, Drink the 1) The identity of the scene changes from blood of the princes of the earth, Of the carnage of the battle to the judgment rams and lambs, Of goats and bulls, of the nations at the end of the seven year All of them fatlings of . You Tribulation. Matt. 25:31-46 shall eat fat till you are full, And drink a) The word nations is plural, “I will set blood till you are drunk, At My My glory among the nations; all the sacrificial meal Which I am nations shall see My judgment which sacrificing for you. You shall be filled I have executed.” vs. 21a-b, 27b at My table With horses and riders, b) The indication “And My hand which I With mighty men And with all the have laid on them”, speaks of the men of war,” says the Lord GOD.” nations of the world and not the Ezk. 39:18-20.;38:1-9; 39:1-2 confederacy invasion. vs. 21c 13 14

c) The other fact is that the phrase “I will because they were unfaithful to Me.” set My glory among the nations” vs. 23ab takes place at the end of the Great- b) Due to God’s holiness, “Therefore I Tribulation, at the battle of hid My face from them. I gave them Armageddon and the judgment of the into the hand of their enemies, and Nations, not at the beginning, for the they all fell by the sword.” vs. 23c-d Jews make a seven year covenant 2) The Gentiles will acknowledge the nation with the anti-Christ and he rules the had no communion with God. vs. 24 world. Dan. 9:27; Rev. 6-19 a) God dealt justly with them, 2) The identification of Jesus by the Jews as “According to their uncleanness and their God confirms the time at the end of according to their transgressions I the seven years of Tribulation, the have dealt with them.” vs. 24a Second Coming. vs. 22 b) God made Himself unapproachable by a) The entire house of Israel as one them, “And hidden My face from nation, not divided, “So the house of them.” vs. 24b Israel”. * Just as the Law had promised. Deut. b) The entire nation will recognize Jesus 31:17-18 as their covenant Messiah, “Shall know that I am the LORD their God.” 39:25-29 The reconciliation of Israel to God c) The focus is the time of the Kingdom will be at the end of the latter years in view and eternity, “From that day forward.” of the Kingdom Age. 1) God will be true to His promise. vs. 25 39:23-24 The holiness of God will be a) Bringing them back, “Therefore thus vindicated in judgment and restoration at the says the Lord GOD: ‘Now I will bring end of the Tribulation. back the captives of .” vs. 25a-b 1) The Gentiles will acknowledge God’s b) Being compassionate, “And have righteous dealing with Israel. vs. 23 mercy on the whole house of Israel.” a) Due to their sin, “The Gentiles shall vs. 25c know that the house of Israel went c) Being true to Himself, “And I will be into captivity for their iniquity; jealous for My holy name.” vs. 25d 15 16

2) God will do it after they have dealt with land, and left none of them captive their sin. vs. 26 any longer.” vs. 28c-d a) By the severe consequences, “After b) God will enact the New Covenant they have borne their shame, and all with the Jews. vs. 29 their unfaithfulness in which they 1)) God will be in communion with were unfaithful to Me.” vs. 26a-b them, “And I will not hide My face b) By their covenant with the anti-Christ, from them anymore.” vs. 29a “When they dwelt safely in their own 2)) God will have given them a new land and no one made them afraid.” heart and a new Spirit, “For I shall vs. 26c have poured out My Spirit on the 3) God will be in complete control. vs. 27 house of Israel.” vs. 29b a) He will leave no Jew in foreign lands. * New Covenant. Ezk. 36:16-38 “When I have brought them back 3)) God has declared it, “Says the from the peoples and gathered them Lord GOD.” vs. 29c out of their enemies’ lands.” vs. 27a b) He is revered before nations, “And I Balak the King of Moab wanted the am hallowed in them in the sight of Balaam to curse Israel, listen to what took place. many nations.” vs. 27b Num. 23: 20-23a 4) God will be their God and Savior. vs. 28- * Balaam told King Balak, “Behold, I have 29 received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I a) The Jews will at that time understand cannot reverse it. “He has not observed iniquity in their costly history was due to their Jacob, Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The rejection of God. vs. 28 LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a 1)) God had disciplined them, “Then King is among them. God brings them out of they shall know that I am the ; He has strength like a wild ox. “For there is LORD their God, who sent them no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination into captivity among the nations. against Israel.” vs. 28a-b * Confirming the promise to , “I will 2)) God had re-gathered them, “But bless those who bless you, And I will curse him also brought them back to their who curses you”. Gen. 12:3