SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/23/2015
9:49 PM
My Worship Time Focus: During the
Invasion PT-2
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Ezekiel
39:1-8
Message of the
verses: “1 "And you, son of
man, prophesy against Gog and say, ’Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you,
O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal; 2 and I will turn you around, drive
you on, take you up from the remotest
parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 “I
will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your
right hand. 4 “You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your
troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird
and beast of the field. 5 “You will fall on the open field; for it is I
who have spoken," declares the Lord GOD. 6 “And I will send fire upon Magog and those who
inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the LORD. 7 “My holy name I will make known
in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be profaned anymore.
And the nations will know
that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 "Behold, it is coming and it shall be
done," declares the Lord GOD. "That is the day of which I have
spoken.”
The more that I look at this passage and especially since
I am also studying the book of Revelation, the more I think that this happens
inside the Tribulation Period and not before the Tribulation Period, which is
something I have already mentioned, but now it seems more clear to me. One of
the reasons is because of the language that we find in this section things like
because of this battle that the Lord causes to happen and as a result of it God
receives glory, the people of Israel will know that He is God, and also the
world will know that the Lord is God.
These are things that the Bible says will happen during the Tribulation
Period which are in the last days as Ezekiel says that this will happen in.
We see that God will led this army down into Israel and
then will destroy them and we mentioned that one of the reasons that this will
happen is because of the way that they have treated Israel, the apple of God’s
eye.
One of the reasons that many people believe that Russia
is involved in this and even heads this coalition up is because of the words “remotest parts of the north.” I also mentioned that Rosh is the way that
the Jews speak of Russia. However there
are many who believe that this prophecy speaks of only nations in the Middle
East. Keep in mind that whether or not
the passage speaks of Russia or a Middle Eastern Country it only speaks of
those who are against Israel and not true believers in Jesus Christ.
Like I said before God is going fishing and He will bring
this collation of countries down to Israel so that He can destroy them. This happens because it is a part of God’s
wrath and I want to quote the same words that I quoted in my SD from Revelation
this morning here so the wrath of God can be explained: “This is not an impulsive outburst of anger aimed
capriciously at people whom God does not like.
It is settled, determined response of a righteous God against sin (cf.
Pss. 2:5, 12; 45:7; 75:8; 76:6, 7; 78:49-51; 90:7-9; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15-16
Jn. 3:36; Rom. 9:22; Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:5-6).”
This is a verse note from Romans 1:18 from the John MacArthur Study
Bible.
I believe from Warren Wiersbe’s commentary that he
believes that this will happen in the early part of the Tribulation and the
reason is that we have seen that the beginning of the Tribulation Period starts
with the Antichrist making a peace treaty with Israel. Wiersbe writes “We’re tempted to speculate on
how the European leader responded to this remarkable series of events. No sooner did he guarantee his protection to
Israel than a coalition of nations invaded Palestine and he couldn’t do
anything about it. Perhaps he said that
the ‘forces of nature’ were under his control! At least the Jews could build
their temple without interference from the neighboring nations. The Lord will give Antichrist what he wants,
but in the end, it will all combine to lead to his destruction.”
I have listened to and read many commentators who are
very sure that their theory or prediction of what this passage says is correct,
and maybe it is, but I want to keep an open mind about this as far as who the
nations are and also when this battle will take place. All I can say for sure is that one day it will
happen just as Ezekiel says it will happen.
4/23/2015 10:23 PM
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