EZEKIEL 38 Pg 2

 

In the latter years Gog will come against Israel[1]

 

 38:8               [h.] After many days

[11.] thou shalt be visited [Gog, this fallen spirit, is presently incarcerated in the regions of the dammed (c/p. Rev. 9:1-3, Rev. 9:13-15, Rev. 20:1-3; 1 Pet. 3:19; Jude 6)]:

                        [i.] in the latter years (vs. 16)

[11.] thou shalt come into the land [the land of Israel (vs. 38:8, 11,14; 39:26)]

[aa.] [that is] brought back from the sword [when Israel is momentarily free from the prospect of annihilation by Syria], [and is]

[ab.] gathered out of many people [when Jews have returned to the land out of many nations],

[ac.] against the mountains of Israel** 

[** The location of this battle with Gog is against the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 37:22) which have been always waste.  This cannot be the battle of Armageddon (Rev. 16:16), which takes place at Megiddo (Zech. 12:11), on the south side of Mt. Carmel, on the Plain of Esdraelon in the Valley of Jezreel (or valley of Jehoshapat; Joel 3:2,14).  The mountains of Israel is Israel’s West Bank, or biblical Samaria],

                                                [aa.] which have been always waste:

                                    [14.] but it is brought forth out of the nations,

[aa.] and they shall dwell safely (vs. 38: 8 & 11, Exek 38:14; Ezek 39:25) all of them.

 38:9               [j.] Thou shalt ascend [to the mountains of Israel] and

                        [k.] [thou shalt] come like a storm [with sudden fury],

                        [l.] thou shalt be like a cloud [a multitude of people (Ezek. 38:16)] to cover the land,

                                    [11.] thou, and

                                    [12.] all thy bands, and

                                    [13.] many people with thee.

 

Gog will come with all of his forces while Israel is living in material prosperity

 

 38:10  Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that]

                        [m.] at the same time (vs. 18) shall things come into thy mind, and

                        [n.] thou shalt think an evil thought:

 38:11  And    [o.] thou shalt say,

                                    [11.] I will go up to the land of unwalled villages [Israel (Zech.2:4)];

                                    [12.] I will go to them

                                                [aa.] that are at rest,

                                                [bb.] that dwell safely [Ezek. 38:14], all of them

                                                [cc.] dwelling without walls, and

                                                [dd.] having neither bars nor gates,

 38:12                                                 [111.] To take a spoil (vs. 13), and

                                                            [112.] to take a prey;

[113.] to turn thine hand upon the desolate places [that are now] inhabited, and

                                                            [114.] [to turn thine hand] upon the people

[aaa.] [that are] gathered out of the nations,

[bbb.] which have gotten cattle and goods [material prosperity],    

[ccc.] that dwell in the midst of the land [Israel lies in the exact center of the land masses of the earth].

 

More nations that will come against Israel

 

 38:13  [1] Sheba [the grandson of Ham through Cush (Gen. 10:6-7)], and

            [2] Dedan [the grandson of Ham through Cush (Gen. 10:6-7)], and

            [3] the merchants of Tarshish [the grandson of Japheth through Javan (Gen. 10:4)],

                        [a.] with all the young lions thereof,

shall say unto thee,

[11.] Art thou come to take a spoil [the riches of the Dead Sea[2], and the discovery of oil in Israel]

                                    [12.] hast thou gathered thy company

                                                [aa.] to take a prey?

                                                [bb.] to carry away

                                                            [111.] silver and

                                                            [112.] gold,

                                                [cc.] to take away

                                                            [113.] cattle and

                                                            [114.] goods,

                                                [dd.] to take a great spoil?

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