In Prophecy Update Number 35 we continued our
exposition of Ezekiel 37:1 that began some four months ago in June,
finishing
with the last verse in chapter 38. This
exposition will continue in chapter 39.
Ezekiel 39:1 [1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy
against
Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,
the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
In Prophecy Updates 27 through 29 the 600 B.C.
location where Meshech and Tubal’s descendants were settled was
thoroughly
covered, and a case was made to prove that Gog is most likely to come
out of
Syria. The location of Magog’s
descendants was also outlined in these Prophecy Updates.
Once again, we are advised that Gog is the
enemy of God.
Ezekiel 39:2 [2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but
the
sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,
and
will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
In the time frame this book was written, the
expression “the north parts,” was taken to mean what we identify today
as Syria
and Lebanon. It is important to
understand that God will do this without the help of man.
He says: I will turn, I will cause, and I
will bring. What he is about to unleash
is the greatest geological upheaval Israel has known up to that time. It will destroy most of Gog’s mighty horde
(See Birth Pangs 15 and 16 with their associated diagrams).
Ezekiel 39:3 [3] And I
will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to
fall
out of thy right hand.
This verse paints a picture of men abandoning
their
weapons in horrifying fear. The
earthquakes and volcanic holocaust will so frighten the men of war that
all
thought of combat will be erased from their minds. They
will drop their weapons as they flee for their lives.
Ezekiel 39:4 [4] Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of
Israel,
thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give
thee
unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to
be
devoured.
There won’t be any flesh left to pick on those
soldiers of God caught in the Jordan Valley from the Gulf of Aqabah to
the
entrance of the Jezreel Valley (See Birth Pangs 15 and 16 with their
associated
diagrams). But there will be gobs of flesh
on the bones found in interior hills of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee.
Ezekiel 39:5 [5] Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I
have
spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Verse 5 reaffirms the principle of “I will” in
verses 2 and 3. It confirms there is no
way all this can be changed. Why?
“For I have spoken it, saith the Lord
God. We have short-changed the power of
God ever since man began to develop weapons of massive destruction. I assure you that, by the end of the terror
of the Tribulation Period, we will have seen how puny what we have
developed is
in comparison to God’s mighty arsenal.
Even though I have traveled all across the
globe
warning people that the coming of the Lord was approaching, it is still
amazing
to see it all nearing a mighty conclusion.
The goal of all Islamic leaders, especially since May of 1948,
has been
to reclaim ALL the land from Dan to Beersheva, the Biblical description
of what
is considered Israel. They have
attempted, through terrorism, for more than fifty years to get back ALL
the
West Bank, and ALL the Golan Heights back into their possession. How?
They have hoped the terrorist activities would lead Israel to
finally
make such a concession. Why? Militarily,
they must succeed in dividing
Israel by driving to the Mediterranean.
With ALL of the West Bank under their control, then the very
narrow
coastal strip, from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip, can be breached by the
Palestinians from within the West Bank. (See Prophecy Updates 1, 2, and 3
in
Archive above from last January and February).
With the Golan Heights back under Syrian control a blitzkrieg
attack, of
lightning proportions, can be launched southward down the Jordan River
bank.
(See Prophecy Updates 8 through 13).
The U.S. will be eminently successful in
breaking
the back of the worldwide terrorist network made up of fundamental
Islamic
extremists. It will lead some 10 Islamic nations to realize that
terrorism will
not cause Israel to give back ALL the land from Dan to Beersheva, which
has
always been their objective. They want
the Jews OUT OF ISRAEL! So they will
wield a new plan to meet their objective.
They will meet behind closed doors over the coming months among
themselves, and with their terrorist cells.
It will be decided to cease all Islamic terrorist activity for a
period
of time sufficient to lull Israel, and the free world, into a false
sense of
security. The terrorists will be told
of a future Jihad as soon as Israel begins to feel secure.
One might say: Israel will never be led
into feeling secure. But, if we had been
oppressed, afflicted,
hated, persecuted, prosecuted, and killed by the millions, as they have
for
some 2000 years, as well as having been under constant daily fear, for
the last
53 years, of being blown up or shot by terrorists, and then if suddenly
it all
ended, believe me, after a couple of years we would believe it was all
over. I look for such a peace to
suddenly come to Israel. The current
off again, on again, gone again character of negotiation will continue
for some
time, but I believe that suddenly, probably next year, the terrorist
activity
will cease, and a short period of false peace will come to the Middle
East. The next seven years are going to
be the most eventful economically, politically, militarily,
meteorologically,
and geologically unstable period of time the world has ever known.
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