Ezekiel 38

[RebekahDavid]

Blessings,

Ezekiel 38

1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

4And 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:

5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

7Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

8After 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.

9Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

10Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

11And 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,

12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

14Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

15And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

16And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

17Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

18And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.

19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

20So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

22And I will plead against him with 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.

23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

i believe the "hooks" for this prophecy has been found with the recent discovery of natural gas in Israel.

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David

[enoob57]

some believe hunger is spoken of here "hooks" in mouth to refer to hunger as a fish in fishing... The dead sea has the richest fertilizer in the world in it's basin... Love Steven

[nebula]

Most of the nations listed are Islamic. Simply their desire to "liberate" Jerusalem can be hook enough.

[RebekahDavid]

Most of the nations listed are Islamic. Simply their desire to "liberate" Jerusalem can be hook enough.

blessings Neb and Steven,

yes but the major player Russia is not Islamic. the alliances formed between Radical Islamic nations and communist countries is startling and notice Saudia Arabia protest in Ezekiel so not all of it is for religious reason.

in the past few years Russia has been using their gas pipe line to keep the former soviet block in line politically threatening to cut off their supply in the dead of winter.

the gas in Israel will threaten both Russian dominance and economy. interesting i think thats the connection.

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David

[BlindSeeker]

i believe the "hooks" for this prophecy has been found with the recent discovery of natural gas in Israel.

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David

I agree Rebekah.

Here's an interesting article on Forbes . . .

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[wyguy]

I think the hooks (two) for Russia will be the desire for the huge amount of oil that Isreal will discover in their land in the future, and from a military alliance with Iran and the Arab states hostile to Isreal. When those states attack Israel, Russia will be bound to follow them.

[nebula]

Most of the nations listed are Islamic. Simply their desire to "liberate" Jerusalem can be hook enough.

blessings Neb and Steven,

yes but the major player Russia is not Islamic. ...

Actually, I've heard the possibility of oil being discovered in Israel long before any news got released about it, and this being the excuse for the attack.

I'm not denying the possibility, just throwing out other ideas and scenarios;.

My reason is because I've grown weary of people trying to nail down prophecy when things are still hidden. You may be right . . . but we'll see how things develop.

[RebekahDavid]

Blessings Neb,

yes its facinating to see how the Lord is unfolding it all. last year i saw on yahoo news that Venezuala and Iran had signed a military pact. This was at the same time that i was studying Ezekiel so i started to look a little more closely at what was happening politically with certain countries ( Venezual and Russia also have a similar pact) right around that time it was reported that Rusiia was shipping arms etc to Iran through Venezual. i lost most of the info i colllected when i went to a site in Georgia (the country) and got one nasty puter virus the only notes that i scratched out on paper unfortunately are these mutual military pacts

Ethiopia and Aratraya with Iran May 2008

Sudan with Iran March 2008

i am pretty sure that Iran and Lybia also had a mutual military agreement but i did not write that by hand so it was lost.

Cush

Additionally the shift of Turkey's stance politically is another piece .

the Bible makes it clear that the hooks will draw in Russia as a major player this seems to be the most "logical" explaination for it. but of course i could be wrong

let me make this clear i not saying that i know the when of everything Neb nor even the how i am just saying i see the Lord's prophecy being fufilled one piece at a time.

exciting yes!

love your sister in Christ,

Rebekah David

[traveller]

Hey RD - I find it very interesting since Russia was considered a non-player just a short while back. It laid there all broken up into pieces. Now it's a bear coming out of slumber. Also, I don't think there has been a pact between Turkey and Russia for 2500 years. Now they have one with the natural gas. Water might be included in that but my memory is failing me right now.

Very interesting times we're living in.

[other one]

I have some friends who don't think Russia is actually part of the people involved in this war. They have maps and books that trace the people mentioned in Ezedial to the area of Turkey and half of those "??stan" countries that are all Muslim countries.

I think they got involved is reasearching from reading Joel Rosenburg's book "The Twelfth Imam."

It's interesting that the leading religious leaders of Iran are actually Turkish. I've seen video's of the Imams in Turkey from as far back as the 1970's speaking of reviving the Ottoman Empire and taking control of all the old lands. That would pretty much be most of the area covered in the Ezekial war.