The Strand Study Bible

EZEKIEL 38:23

EZEKIEL 39:15

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pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. P 23 1 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanc- tify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. P Ezekiel 39 The promise of a future invasion of Israel by Russia at the end of the Tribulation during Armageddon (Fulfilled - Rev 14:14-20 & 19:17-21) (Note - This portion of Ezekiel’s prophecy took place in the 20th year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign) Date Written - 585 BC/AM 3415 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: 2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, 2 and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: P 3 And 2 I will 3 smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. P 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: 2 I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. P 5 2 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. P 6 2 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. P 7 2 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not

let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the HOLY 4 O N E in Israel. P The promise of CHRIST’S Second Coming (Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21) 8 Behold, 5 IT is come, 6 and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the 7 DAY whereof I have spoken. P 9 7 And they that dwell in the cities of Is- rael shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: P 10 7 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. P 11 And it shall come to pass in that 7 DAY , that I will give unto 8 Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of 9 Hamon-gog. P 12 7 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. P 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a re- nown the 7 DAY that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. P 14 7 And they shall sever out men of con- tinual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. P 15 7 And the passengers that pass through then shall he set up a sign by it, till

1. Fulfilled - Rev 6:4 (God to Destroy Russia) 2. Fulfilled - Rev 14:14-20 & 19:17-21 (Armageddon) 3. Rev 19:15 4. Isa 47:4 & Hos 11:9 & Jn 17:11 Psa 16:10 & Acts 2:27 & 13:35 & Mk 1:24 Isa 63:10-11 & Psa 51:11 & Eph 1:13 5. that is, “the Second Coming of Christ” 6. Rev 16:17 7. Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21 (Christ’s Second Coming) 8. that is, “prince or ruler of Magog, i.e., Russia” 9. Note - Hamon- gog is the valley in which Gog (the prince or ruler of Magog, i.e. Russia) shall die.

38:23 During the middle of the Seven-year Tribulation Period (when God miraculously defeats Russia) many nations (not all) will see their need for God. However, not until the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST will “all” the nations see their need for the Lord (Ezk 39:21). 39:2 Ezekiel 39 describes a second attack on Israel by Magog (Russia; the “north parts” – vs 2) just 3½ years after the first attack (Ezk 38:15). Only this time the invading armies from the “ north parts ” will be a mere 1/6th of what they were. NOTE –Why would anybody, after being defeated so soundly and devastatingly the first time (Ezk 38:15-23), want to go back for more? Why? Because God sends them back for more ( and will bring thee ), that’s why. Because people fail to properly react to the Word of God (Exo 5:1-2), their hearts become hardened. Thus God hardens their hearts and allows them to continue to make the same mistakes over and over again (Exo 7:13,14,22 & 8:15,19,32 & 9:7:12). 39:4 Every year, hundreds of thousands of raptors from Europe fly south over Israel on their way to winter homes in Africa. As many as 200,000 different kinds of “ ravenous birds ” will pass over Israel in four days. Because this tiny strip of land is on the main migration route to and from Africa, it is home to a disproportionately large number of birds. For the last ten years it has been reported that birds of prey ( feathered fowl – vs 17) have been multiplying in large numbers all over Israel, as if ready for a feast (Armageddon). NOTE – For the last ten years or so it has been reported that birds of prey ( feathered fowl – vs 17) have been multiplying in large numbers all over Israel, as if ready for a feast (Armageddon – Rev 14:14-20 & 19:17-21). So great will be the slaughter, that it will take seven years to burn all the weapons of war (vs 9) and seven months to bury the dead (vs 14).