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Ezekiel 38:1-6 describe the coming of Gog of Magog. The LORD directs Ezekiel to observe and prophesy against enemy nations, warning them that He is against them. He will draw them toward Israel with their horses, soldiers, and weaponry. A massive coalition of nations will join together and march against a restored Israel.
Ezekiel 38:7-9 continues the prophecy about Gog's war against Israel. The LORD warns Gog to prepare all of his resources, and indicates that this war will happen "in the latter years," the last days of history. Gog's forces will approach Israel like a storm casting a shadow over the entire land.
Ezekiel 38:10-13 describes how this evil plan of attack will enter Gog's mind. He will decide to attack the villages in Israel that do not have walls. He will set his sights on the vulnerable, unprotected people. Israel will be full of Israelites who have returned home and fill up the country, which God calls "the center of the world," and will be living prosperously. And Gog will aim to kill these people and raid all of their resources.
Ezekiel 38:14-16 records how God asks Ezekiel to relay this message to Gog, that Gog will come from the north with his mighty host, covering the land in darkness, in the last days of history. But this is all as God wills. God is waiting for Gog, bringing him and his evil forces to Israel, to show the nations of the earth that He is God. In defeating Gog, all other nations will come to know God.
Ezekiel 38:17-23 records the culmination of the prophecy. The LORD will judge Gog with earthquake, sword, pestilence, and fire so that many nations will know He is the LORD. This long-prophesied enemy will wage an enormous assault against Israel, but God's righteous wrath will destroy this host of aggressors. In doing so, God will be shown to be great, to be holy, and all other nations will understand He alone is God. This may be referring to one or more of the final confrontations between Satan and Israel, where God arrives and defeats Satan and rescues His people, making known to the rest of the earth that He is the LORD.
Ezekiel 38 begins after Ezekiel 36-37 has pictured Israel's restoration: the LORD gathers His people, gives them a new heart, and raises the dry bones into a living nation. Against this restored people, the LORD announces an invasion led by Gog of the land of Magog. The LORD directs Ezekiel to observe and prophesy against these enemy nations, warning them that He is against them. He will draw them toward Israel with their horses, soldiers, and weaponry. A massive coalition of nations will join together and march against a restored Israel.
Gog's army comes against Israel when the people appear to be living securely. The invasion is described as a great storm covering the land, suggesting an overwhelming military force. The LORD warns Gog to prepare all of his resources, and indicates that this war will happen "in the latter years," the last days of history. Gog's forces will approach Israel like a storm casting a shadow over the entire land.
Gog's plan of attack is to go to the villages in Israel that do not have walls. He will set his sights on the vulnerable, unprotected people. Israel will be full of Israelites who have returned home and fill up the country, which God calls "the center of the world," and will be living prosperously. And Gog will aim to kill these people and raid all of their resources.
Gog will come from the north with his mighty host, covering the land in darkness, in the last days of history. But this is all as God wills. God is waiting for Gog, bringing him and his evil forces to Israel, to show the nations of the earth that He is God.
The LORD will judge Gog with earthquake, sword, pestilence, and fire so that many nations will know He is the LORD. This long-prophesied enemy will wage an enormous assault against Israel, but God's righteous wrath will destroy this host of aggressors. In doing so, God will be shown to be great, to be holy, and all other nations will understand He alone is God. This may be referring to one or more of the final confrontations between Satan and Israel, where God arrives and defeats Satan and rescues His people, making known to the rest of the earth that He is the LORD.
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