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Gog & Magog in Ezekiel 38-39

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Ezekiel-by-Michael-Angilo60Last week’s post, Gog & Magog in the Millennium looked at a yet future invasion of Israel by Gog & Magog at the end of the millennium. This exploration of the Gog & Magog invasion allowed us to set a basis for comparing it to the Gog & Magog invasion mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39 with the goal in mind of determining whether these two invasions are related.

I think it only appropriate to once again look at the Biblical text before we dig into the subject. The following is an abridged portion of Ezekiel 38-39. I’d recommend you read all of Ezekiel 34-39 to get the complete contextual basis for Ezekiel’s prophecy:

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord YHWH; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:…

After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them…

Thus saith the Lord YHWH; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, (Ezekiel 38:2-11)

Now let’s look at some of the context found in Ezekiel 38-39. Keep in mind our goal here is to determine if this passage from Ezekiel is related to the Gog & Magog invasion of Israel described in Revelation 20:

    • Gog and Magog comprises a great army of horsemen with bucklers, shields, swords, & helmets. (Eze. 38:4)
    • These events take place in the “latter years”. (achariyth – end, latter, last ) (Eze. 38:8)
    • Gog & Magog invades Israel, in the “latter years” when they (Israel) have been gathered from the nations, in a land “brought back from the sword” and at a time when “they shall dwell safely all of them.” (Eze. 38:8)
    • Israel is a land of unwalled villages at rest. They dwell “safely” without walls, bars, or gates. (Eze. 38:11)
    • Israel’s desolate places are inhabited. (Eze. 38:12)
    • Gog & Magog come to take silver, gold, cattle, and goods. (Eze. 38:13)
    • Gog & Magog’s armies come “riding on horses”. (Eze. 38:15)
    • This takes place in the “latter days” so that the heathen may know YHWH. (Eze. 38:16)
    • Gog is the one whom YHWH, through the prophets of Israel, foretold would come against Israel. (Eze. 38:17)
    • Gog and his bands will be judged by showers of hailstones, fire, and brimstone. (Eze. 38:22)
    • Only 1/6th of Gog and his armies survive.
    • Gog’s armies use bows and arrows. (Eze. 39:3)
    • YHWH will make His name holy in Israel and the heathen will know that YHWH is the Holy One in Israel (Eze. 39:7)
    • After YHWH’s judgement, Israel will burn Gog’s weapons: shields, bucklers, bows, arrows, hand staves, and spears. (Eze. 39:9)
    • The weapons will be so numerous they will be burned for 7 years. (Eze. 39:9)
    • Israel will not have to cut wood from the field or forest during those 7 years. (Eze. 39:10)
    • Gog will have a grave in Israel (Eze. 39:11)
    • It will take 7 months to bury the dead (Eze. 39:12)

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