Describing things that have always been happening. It is not like a precise prediction. There has been no point in human history that could not say "these things are happening".
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This chapter describes the defeat of the Antichrist and his armies at Armageddon, and the restoration of Israel at the beginning of the Millennium. Israel and the nations come to know Jesus as Lord, and God pours his Spirit on the people of Israel
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by Paul Macisker
Ezekiel 39
Description
This chapter describes the defeat of the Antichrist and his armies at Armageddon, and the restoration of Israel at the beginning of the Millennium. Israel and the nations come to know Jesus as Lord, and God pours his Spirit on the people of Israel.
Commentary
This chapter continues the revelation, that began in chapter 38, of Gog as the Antichrist who will invade Israel in the end times. Chapter 39 expands on his defeat at the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16-21 and 19:17-21).
In verse 1, Gog is the Antichrist, as discussed in chapter 38. He is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, meaning he is the ruler of Turkey. God says that he will bring Gog against Israel (v2). Gog's invasion is all part of God's plan to glorify his holy name in the midst of his people Israel (v7) and in the sight of many nations (v27). Gog and his armies are defeated on the mountains of Israel. A great battlefield scene is portrayed, with birds and wild animals scavenging over the corpses of the slain (v3-5 and 17-20). This is one of the end-time signs that Jesus described in Matthew 24:27 and Luke 17:37, where he taught that the birds circling over the battlefields will be visible from east to west like the lightning. God will then punish Magog (Turkey) with fire (v6). The nations will know that Jesus is the Lord, the Holy One of Israel (v7 - and Philippians 2:9-11). It is the 'day' God has spoken of, in other words, the 'day of the Lord' or the 'day of wrath' that many of the prophets spoke about (v8). The discarded weapons of Gog's armies will be so numerous that Israel will use them as fuel for seven years after this battle (v9-10). It is likely that the Great Tribulation will leave the earth's infrastructure in such a state of ruin that things will be quite basic at the beginning of the Millennium. The burning of weapons also indicates that Israel will be at peace and no longer face any ongoing military threat. Weapons will no longer be needed. As Micah 4:3 says, "…They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war." Israel will loot and plunder her enemies who plundered her (v10). It will take Israel seven months to completely gather up and bury all of Gog's fallen soldiers in a mass grave in Israel (v11-16).
Verses 17-20 are an invitation to the birds and wild animals to come and feast on the flesh and blood of the warriors and princes of the earth. This invitation is repeated in Revelation 19:17-18, which is another strong clue that Gog's war is in the Great Tribulation and his defeat is at Armageddon. Jesus also alluded to these verses in Matthew 24:28, placing it in context with his second coming.
Jesus' defeat of the Antichrist and his armies will be visible to all the nations, and will reveal his glory to them (v21). The nations will know that Israel went into exile as a punishment for her sin and unfaithfulness (v23). This exile could be their near 2,000 year exile after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, which Jesus prophesied would happen because Israel failed to recognise the time of their visitation from God (Luke 19:44). God hid his face from them and handed them over to their enemies to be killed by the sword (v23). Alternatively, it could be talking about their end-time exile after Antichrist's conquest of Jerusalem, since Zechariah 14:2 tells us that half the city will go into exile. God will allow Israel to be disciplined in due measure during the Great Tribulation (Jeremiah 30:11) because they have still not accepted Jesus as their Messiah. But from that day on, Israel will know that Jesus is LORD (Jehovah) (v22) - also see Philippians 2:9-11.
After the battle of Armageddon, God will have mercy on the entire house of Israel (all twelve tribes). He will be zealous for his name (his reputation) (v25) and will regather all the exiles of Israel (including the lost ten tribes) to their land, where they will live in safety, with no-one to make them afraid. Then they will bear (or forget?) their shame (v26). God will magnify himself in the sight of many nations by his deliverance of Israel (v27), language that reminds us of the Exodus. Israel will know that it was God who sent them into exile, but now they will know Jesus as Lord and he will regather all of them to their land without leaving any Israelite behind (v28). God will no longer hide his face from them (abandon them), and will pour out his Spirit on Israel (v29), just as he did upon the Church at Pentecost.
When the Church began at Pentecost (Acts 2), it was an entirely Jewish movement. Some years later, God revealed to Peter that he wanted to include Gentiles (Acts 10). In Ephesians 2:11-22, the Apostle Paul pictures the Church as a new movement that joins the Jews and Gentiles into one new group that he calls 'one new man'. By about the 4th century AD, the Church had lost most of its Jewish identity, but in the end times, Israel will be restored to pride of place within the Church. During the Millennium that follows, think of Church still as that inclusive 'one new man', with Israel at its centre. In the end times, Jesus will restore not only the Jews, but all twelve tribes of Israel (e.g. Isaiah 11:12-13, Jeremiah 3:17-18, Zechariah 10). He will confirm the New Covenant with the whole nation of Israel, as in Jeremiah 31:33, "But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people". At that point, 'the whole nation of Israel' will include all twelve tribes of Israel plus Gentiles. It is the 'one new man' which the New Testament calls the Church, in its millennial state.
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