In The Latter Days

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In The Latter Days

Ezek 38:1-23

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

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

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

4 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:

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

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

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

We see that YHVH is telling Ezekiel that which happens in the latter time.

Who is "Gog"?

GOG

The leader of a confederacy of armies that attacked the land of Israel. Described as "the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal," Gog is also depicted as being "of the land of Magog" (Ezek 38:2-3), a "place out of the far north" of Israel. Ezekiel prophetically describes Gog and his allies striking at Israel with a fierce and sudden invasion (Ezek 38-39). According to Ezekiel's prophecy, Gog will be crushed on the mountains of Israel in a slaughter so great it will take seven months to bury the dead (Ezek 39:12).

The vision of Gog and Magog that appears in the Book of Revelation is essentially a restatement of the prophecy of Ezekiel, although it places the events of this prophecy in the future (Rev 20:7-8).

Ezek 38

8 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.

9 Thou 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.

These confederates that have aligned themselves with this individual Gog, have already come into this country.

"to cover"

OT:3680

kacah (kaw-saw'); a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):

KJV - cladself, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare OT:3780.

keceh. See OT:3677.

kicceh. See OT:3678.

OT:3780

kasah (kaw-saw'); a primitive root; to grow fat (i.e. be covered with flesh):

KJV - be covered. Compare OT:3680.

These people have immigrated (legally or illegally) to the United States.

They are concealed (their intentions) and are growing fat (prospering) here, awaiting the time when they shall attack from within.

Ezek 38

10 Thus 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:

Ezek 38:10

10 Koh 'aamar 'Adonaay Yahweh Wªhaayaah bayowm hahuw' ya`ªluw dªbaariym `al- lªbaabekaa wªchaashabtaa machªshebet raa`aah

Let us translate verse 10 corectly.

This is how it was originally written.

Thus saith The LORD GOD (YHVH), It shall come to pass, at time the same shall come things into thy mind, and thou shalt think an thought evil.

"It shall come to pass" is emphatic.

"at time" is a specific time.

"the same" speaks of 'these same people'

"shall come" is 'shall mount' their plan

"things" a 'matter' (as spoken of), 'their cause'

"into" 'to the forefront' (of their minds)

"thy mind" having to do with their intellect, and desire

"and thou shalt think " to contrive a plot

"an thought " their plan, intention

"evil"

OT:7451

ra` (rah); from OT:7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):

KJV - adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease (-ure), distress, evil ([-favouredness], man, thing), exceedingly, great, grief (-vous), harm, heavy, hurt (-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief (-vous), misery, naught (-ty), noisome, not please, sad (-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked (-ly, -ness, one), worse (-st), wretchedness, wrong. [Incl. feminine ra` ah; as adjective or noun.].

OT:7489

ra` a` (raw-ah'); a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):

KJV - afflict, associate selves [by mistake for OT:7462], break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), showself friendly [by mistake for OT:7462], do harm, (do) hurt, (behaveself, deal) ill, indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

Ezek 38

11 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,

"I will go up" means 'to arise', 'to ascend'...to put their plan into action.

This verse specifies that it is the United States.

Ezek 38

12 To 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.

"To take" 'to plunder'

"a spoil" again 'to plunder and spoil'

"and to take" 'to plunder'

"a prey" basically, to hold us hostage, because of the great disruption caused by their attack upon us from within

"to turn" 'to do evil'

"thine hand" 'their power', power that is in their hands to do

"upon" against

"the desolate places" this United States, which has become 'morally desolate'

Ezek 38:

13 Sheba, 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?

Wo is Sheba?

SHEBA

[SHEE buh] (oath) - the name of five men, a city, and a country in the Old Testament:

1. A descendant of Ham. Sheba's descendants are believed to have settled on the shores of the Persian Gulf (Gen 10:7).

2. A son of Joktan of the family of Shem, whose descendants have been traced to southern Arabia (Gen 10:28).

3. A grandson of Abraham (Gen 25:3). Sheba was a son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah. Sheba and his descendants probably lived in Edom or northern Arabia.

4. A city of the territory of Judah assigned to the tribe of Simeon (Josh 19:2). Some modern translations of the Bible (NKJV, NIV, NASB) equate Sheba with Beersheba.

5. A son of Bichri, of the tribe of Benjamin (2 Sam 20:1-22). After the death of Absalom, Sheba led a short-lived rebellion against King David and was forced to retreat inside the city of Abel of Beth Maachah. This city was then besieged by Joab, the captain of David's army. In order to save their city, the people of Abel cut off Sheba's head and threw it over the wall to Joab (2 Sam 20:1-22).

6. A mountainous country in southwest Arabia (1 Kings 10:1-13), identified as the land of "the queen of the South" (Luke 11:31) who came to investigate Solomon's fame and wisdom. By means of its international trade and control of trade routes through its land, Sheba developed into a strong commercial power. Its trade specialties were perfumes and incense. Camel caravans followed routes northward across its dry regions, bearing their precious commodities for the royal courts of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Thus the Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon may have been motivated also by her interest in trade and in the unhindered movement of her caravans into the large territory under Solomon's control.

7. A chief of the tribe of Gad who lived in Gilead in Bashan during the reign of Jeroboam II of Israel (1 Chron 5:13).

Who is Dedan?

DEDAN

[DEE dun] (low) - the name of two men and a geographical region in the Bible:

1. A descendant of Cush (Gen 10:7; 1 Chron 1:9).

2. A son of Jokshan and a grandson of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:3; 1 Chron 1:32).

3. A district near Edom and the Dead Sea (Jer 25:23; Ezek 25:13; 27:15).

Who are the Merhants of Tarshish?

TARSHISH

[TAR shish] (yellow jasper) - the name of a type of ship, a city or territory, a man, and a precious stone in the Old Testament:

1. The Hebrew name for a type of cargo ship fitted for long sea voyages (1 Kings 10:22; Tharshish, KJV).

2. A city or territory in the western portion of the Mediterranean Sea with which the Phoenicians traded (2 Chron 9:21; Ps 72:10). Tarshish is believed to be modern Tartessus, in southern Spain, near Gibraltar. When the prophet Jonah fled from God's instruction to go to Nineveh, he boarded a ship bound for Tarshish, in the opposite direction from Nineveh (Jonah 1:3; 4:2). Tarshish was famous for its ships (Ps 48:7; Isa 2:16) which carried gold, silver, iron, tin, lead, ivory, apes, and monkeys (1 Kings 10:22; Jer 10:9).

Because the ships of Tarshish carried such great riches, they became symbols of wealth, power, and pride. When God judged the nations for their sinful ways, He destroyed their "ships of Tarshish" to humble them and to demonstrate His great power (2 Chron 20:35-37; Isa 2:16-17).

3. A high official at SHUSHAN (Susa). He was one of seven princes of Persia and Media "who had access to the king's presence" (Est 1:14). Tarshish was one of those present at the royal banquet of King Ahasuerus which Vashti, the queen, refused to attend.

4. The Hebrew name of a precious stone (Ex 28:20; Ezek 28:13). Its brilliant color is associated with the glorious appearance of God Himself (Ezek 1:16; Dan 10:6). Also see JEWELS AND PRECIOUS STONES.

Let us read verse 13 again.

Who are "all the young lions thereof"?

OT:3715

kephiyr (kef-eer'); from OT:3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane):

KJV - (young) lion, village. Compare OT:3723.

OT:3722

kaphar (kaw-far'); a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:

OT:3723

kaphar (kaw-fawr'); from OT:3722; a village (as protected by walls): -village. Compare OT:3715.

Note that these people referred to as "young lions" are "covered in by walls" (in other words, hidden maybe even in plain sight), whereas (as in verse 11) they have come to attack "the land of unwalled villages", which means, basically, easy access.

Also, consider 'OT:3722' figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel.

Who is speaking to whom here?

"Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee,"

This is "Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof" asking these terroists from "Gog", " Meshech and Tubal", "a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords", "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya", "Gomer, and all his bands", "the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands", and "many people with thee", if they are planning to do these things to the United States.

Why are these so interested in what Gog and those terrorists are going to do to America?

Is it in their minds to assist these terroists?

Or, are they interested in their plans so that they can prepare for the war that will soon follow such an attack?

"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?"

OT:7998

shalal (shaw-lawl'); from OT:7997; booty:

KJV - prey, spoil.

OT:7997

shalal (shaw-lal'); a primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder:

KJV - let fall, makeself a prey, of purpose, (make a, [take]) spoil.

Ezek 38

14 Therefore, 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?

How shall Gog and his conferacy of terrorists know when we are at ease, feeling as though we are safe in our own country again?

They shall know, because they are living amongst us.

And, because they are living here amongst us, they shall know the most opprtune time to attack us.

When is that?

It is when the nation's eyes are focused on something that affects all in this country.

One example of a time of opportunity would be on Election Day, when people are busy voting and watching the results of the returns.

Another would be on Holy Days, or governmental holidays.

Ezek 38

15 And 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:

Let us look closely at this verse.

I will be giving you the definitions of the words from this verse in the order in which they originally were written.

"And thou shalt come"

OT:935

bow' (bo); a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):

KJV - abide, apply, attain, be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, indeed, [in-] vade, lead, lift [up], mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, (well) stricken [in age], surely, take (in), way.

buwb. See OT:892, OT:5014.

OT:892

babah (baw-baw'); feminine active participle of an unused root meaning to hollow out; something hollowed (as a gate), i.e. pupil of the eye:

KJV - apple [of the eye].

OT:5014

nabab (naw-bab'); a primitive root; to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish:

KJV - hollow, vain.

"from thy place"

OT:4725

maqowm (maw-kome'); or maqom (maw-kome'); also (feminine) meqowmah (mek-o-mah'); or meqomah (mek-o-mah'); from OT:6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind):

KJV - country, home, open, place, room, space, whither [-soever].

OT:6965

quwm (koom); a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative):

KJV - abide, accomplish, be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, be dim, endure, enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure (-ly), (be) up (-hold, -rising).

"out of parts"

OT:3411

yerekah (yer-ay-kaw'); feminine of OT:3409; properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess:

KJV - border, coast, part, quarter, side.

OT:3409

yarek (yaw-rake'); from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side:

KJV - body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.

"north"

OT:6828

tsaphown (tsaw-fone'); or tsaphon (tsaw-fone'); from OT:6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown):

KJV - north (-ern, side, -ward, wind).

OT:6845

tsaphan (tsaw-fan'); a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk:

KJV - esteem, hide (-den oneself,), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret (-ly, place).

"thou"

OT:859

'attah (at-taw'); or (shortened); 'atta (at-taw'); or 'ath (ath); feminine (irregular) sometimes 'attiy (at-tee'); plural masculine 'attem (attem'); feminine 'atten (at-ten'); or 'attenah (at-tay'naw); or 'attennah (at-tane'-naw); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you:

KJV - thee, thou, ye, you.

"and people"

OT:5971

`am (am); from OT:6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:

KJV - folk, men, nation, people.

OT:6004

`amam (aw-mam'); a primitive root; to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together):

KJV - become dim, hide.

"many"

OT:7227

rab (rab); by contracted from OT:7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):

KJV - (in) abound (-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great (-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, [time]), (do, have) many (-ifold, things, a time), ([ship-]) master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply (-tude), officer, often [-times], plenteous, populous, prince, process [of time], suffice (-lent).

OT:7231

rabab (raw-bab'); a primitive root; properly, to cast together [compare OT:7241], i.e. increase, especially in number; also (as denominative from OT:7233) to multiply by the myriad:

KJV - increase, be many (-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.

OT:7241

rabiyb (raw-beeb'); from OT:7231; a rain (as an accumulation of drops):

KJV - shower.

OT:7233

rebabah (reb-aw-baw'); from OT:7231; abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite):

KJV - many, million, multiply, ten thousand.

"with thee"'

OT:854

'eth (ayth); probably from OT:579; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.:

KJV - against, among, before, by, for, from, in (-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

OT:579

'anah (aw-naw'); a primitive root [perhaps rather identical with OT:578 through the idea of contraction in anguish]; to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:

KJV - befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

'annah. See OT:577.

"riding upon"

OT:7392

rakab (raw-kab'); a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch:

KJV - bring (on [horse-] back), carry, get [oneself] up, on [horse-] back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.

"horses"

OT:5483

cuwc (soos); or cuc (soos); from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight):

KJV - crane, horse ([-back, -hoof]). Compare OT:6571.

OT:6571

parash (paw-rawsh'); from OT:6567; a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting [compare OT:5483]); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry:

KJV - horseman.

OT:6567

parash (paw-rash'); a primitive root; to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound:

KJV - scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.

"all of them"

OT:3605

kol (kole); or (Jer 33:8) kowl (kole); from OT:3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):

KJV - (in) all (manner, [ye]), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, [no-] thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso (-ever).

"a company"

OT:6951

qahal (kaw-hawl'); from OT:6950; assemblage (usually concretely):

KJV - assembly, company, congregation, multitude.

OT:6950

qahal ('kaw-hal'); a primitive root; to convoke:

KJV - assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).

"great"

OT:1419

gadowl (gaw-dole'); or (shortened) gadol (gaw-dole'); from OT:1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:

KJV - aloud, elder (-est), exceeding (-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thingerness,-,-), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, sore, (X) very.

OT:1431

gadal (gaw-dal'); a primitive root; properly, to twist [compare OT:1434], i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride):

KJV - advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be (-come, do, give, make, wax), great (-er, come to ... estate, things), grow (up), increase, lift up, magnify (-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly [spoken], tower.

"and an army"

OT:2428

chayil (khah'-yil); from OT:2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:

KJV - able, activity, (+)army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant (-ly), valour, virtuous (-ly), war, worthy (-ily).

OT:2342

chuwl (khool); or chiyl (kheel); a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert:

KJV - bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow (-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

"mighty"

OT:7227

rab (rab); by contracted from OT:7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):

OT:7231

rabab (raw-bab'); a primitive root; properly, to cast together [compare OT:7241], i.e. increase, especially in number; also (as denominative from OT:7233) to multiply by the myriad:

KJV - increase, be many (-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.

Ezek 38:

16 And 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.

17 Thus 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?

Where has YHVH placed, in these end times, the vast amount of "my people of Israel"?

"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."

Again, this speaks of the United States.

"as a cloud"

OT:6051

`anan (aw-nawn'); from OT:6049; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud:

KJV - cloud (-y).

OT:6049

`anan (aw-nan'); a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from OT:6051, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic:

KJV - bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe (-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.

Who is in ultimate control of these events?

YHVH is.

"it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land,"

Why would FATHER allow these things to occur?

"that the heathen may know me"

This country has allowed every perversion to prosper througout this land that calls itself a Christian nation.

FATHER has given us the best of every thing, and we have spit in HIS eye for the blessings HE had bestowed upon us.

YHVH is not happy with that which we have done with HIS blessings.

Our very laws and lawmakers have given the terrorists the capability and the opportunity to do harm against us.

And, YHVH allows these things to occur, in an effort to awaken us to that which we have done.

Now let us turn to the Book of Revelations.

Rev 12:1-17

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Rev 12:

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

"a thousand two hundred and threescore days"

1260 days is 3.45 years.

1277.5 days = 3.5 years

17.5 days is the difference between 3.45 years and 3.5 years...in other words, half way between 17 and 18.

Seventeen = Victory

Eighteen = Bondage

Rev 12:

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Note that Satan and his fallen angels are "cast out into the earth", not yet "onto the earth".

In other words, Satan and his fallen angels are not yet visible to flesh men.

Where are they?

They are being held in the "bottomless pit".

Rev 9:1-12

1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. KJV

Remember, the fifth trump (first "woe") tells us of the time of the stinging of men's minds, by the 'evil spirits' of the yet unseen Satan and the fallen angels, as they reside in the bottomless pit.

Whereas, the 6th trump tells us of the time when they are visibly before flesh men, although their true intentions are still not apparent to the majority of the world.

Rev 12:

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Rev 12:

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Rev 12:

14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Rev 12:

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

Now, let us compre the "water" (likened unto a "flood") in Revelations 12:15 unto Ezekiel 38:9.

Ezek 38:

9 Thou 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

In Ezekiel 39:9:

"a storm"

OT:7722

show' (sho); or (feminine) show'ah (sho-aw'); or sho'ah (sho-aw'); from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation:

KJV - desolate (-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.

In Revelations 12:15:

"water"

NT:5204

hudor (hoo'-dore); genitive case, hudatos (hoo'-dat-os), etc.; from the base of NT:5205; water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively:

KJV - water.

NT:5205

huetos (hoo-et-os'); from a primary huo (to rain); rain, especially a shower:

KJV - rain.

"a flood"

NT:4215

potamos (pot-am-os'); probably from a derivative of the alternate of NT:4095 (compare NT:4224); a current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water:

KJV - flood, river, stream, water.

YHVH has ultimate control of both Satan (with his fallen angels) and Gog (and his conferates of terrorists).

Let us look to that which was written in Ezekiel 38:10.

Ezek 38:10

10 Thus 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:

Therefore, we can see that it is the 'evil spirits' of Satan and the fallen angels which implant the "evil thought" into the minds of Gog and his fellow terrorists.

Rev 12:

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

The whole world becomes involved after the terrorists have attacked the United States.

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. KJV

Verse 17 tells us of the time when Satan's fallen angels shall arrive in the sight of man.

{Remember, when they arrive, they shall be diguised as great men out of every religion and culture.}

Ezek 38

18 And 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.

FATHER'S anger is not finished at the time when Gog and his fellow terrorists attack.

In fact, HIS Plan, for the last days, only begins with the attack by Gog and the terrorists.

So, what happens next?

Ezek 38

19 For 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;

"in the land of Israel"...note this says "in the land of Israel"

This "great shaking in the land of Israel" speaks of the shaking up and shaking awake all of the peoples of Israel, and all the nations (countries) where the children of Israel dwell.

In other words, the Christian nations, plus the nations where Judah and Benjamin occupy, shall be awakened by the this attack on the United States.

Ezek 38

20 So 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.

"at my presence"

OT:6440

paniym (paw-neem'); plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun [paneh (paw-neh'); from OT:6437]; the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):

KJV - accept, a- before (-time), against, anger, as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront (-part), form (-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, him (-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look [-eth] (-s), me, meet, more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, thee, them (-selves), through (+-out), till, time (-s) past, (un-) to (-ward), upon, upside (+down), with (-in, -stand), ye, you.

OT:6437

panah (paw-naw'); a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.:

KJV - appear, at [even-] tide, behold, cast out, come on, corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, faceself,), right [early].

paneh. See OT:6440.

YHVH'S "presence", at this point, refers to HIS HOLY SPIRIT.

This is to say, HE is in control of all that is occurring, although HE is not yet visible by our eyes.

"So 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"

All animals and all men shall be affected by these events.

"and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground"

"and the mountains shall be thrown down"

"shall be thrown down"

OT:2040

harac (haw-ras'); a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy:

KJV - beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, utterly.

"the mountains"

OT:2022

har (har); a shortened form of OT:2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively):

KJV - hill (country), mount (-ain), promotion.

OT:2042

harar (haw-rawr'); from an unused root meaning to loom up; a mountain:

KJV - hill, mount (-ain).

The word "mountains" speaks of the great nations (countries, and their governments) of the world.

The great countries of the world experience a disruption so great that their governments (every day functioning) is destroyed.

"and the steep places shall fall"

"the steep places "

OT:4095

madregah (mad-ray-gaw'); from an unused root meaning to step; properly, a step; by implication, a steep or inaccessible place:

KJV - stair, steep place.

medurah. See OT:4071.

OT:4071

meduwrah (med-oo-raw'); or medurah (med-oo-raw'); from OT:1752 in the sense of accumulation; a pile of fuel:

KJV - pile (for fire).

"shall fall"

OT:5307

naphal (naw-fal'); a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):

KJV - be accepted, cast (downself,, [lots], out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell (-ing), fugitive, have [inheritance], inferior, be judged [by mistake for OT:6419], lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present (-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, surely, throw down.

The "steep places shall fall" speaks of their monies, banking, and all other forms of their economies, by which they had supported themselves, fails.

"and every wall shall fall to the ground"

"wall"

OT:2346

chowmah (kho-maw'); feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection:

KJV - wall, walled.

This is to say, their protection, whether it be by the hand of man or religious, ceases to be effective.

Ezek 38

21 And 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.

All the countries in the world shall prepare for World War III.Ezek 38

22 And 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.

Ezek 38:22

22 WªnishpaTtiy 'itow bªdeber uwbdaam Wªgeshem showTeep Wª'abneey 'elgaabiysh 'eesh wªgaapªriyt 'amTiyr `aalaayw wª`al- 'agapaayw wª`al- `amiym rabiym 'ªsher 'itow

Let us read this as it was originally written:

[And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and rain violently overflowing and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. And I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon people many who are with him]

Let's break this down even more.

"And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood"

"will plead against"

OT:8199

shaphat (shaw-fat'); a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively):

KJV - avenge, that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge (-ment), needs, plead, reason, rule.

"with pestilence"

OT:1698

deber (deh'-ber); from OT:1696 (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence:

KJV - murrain, pestilence, plague.

OT:1696

dabar (daw-bar'); a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue:

KJV - answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use [entreaties], utter, well, work.

"with blood"

OT:1818

dam (dawm); from OT:1826 (compare OT:119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood):

KJV - blood (-y, -guiltiness, [-thirsty], innocent.

OT:1826

damam (daw-man'); a prim root [compare OT:1724, OT:1820]; to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish:

KJV - cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quietself, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.

OT:1724

daham (daw-ham'); a primitive root (compare OT:1740); to be dumb, i.e. (figuratively) dumbfounded:

KJV - astonished.

OT:1740

duwach (doo'-akh); a primitive root; to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse:

KJV - cast out, purge, wash.

OT:1820

damah (daw-mam'); a primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy:

KJV - cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, utterly.

"and rain violently overflowing and great hailstones"

"and rain violently"

OT:1653

geshem (gheh'-shem); from OT:1652; a shower:

KJV - rain, shower.

OT:1652

gasham (gaw-sham'); a primitive root; to shower violently:

KJV - (cause to) rain.

"overflowing"

OT:7857

shataph (shaw-taf'); a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer:

KJV - drown, (over-) flow (-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

"and great hailstones" {OT 68 + OT:417}

OT:68

'eben (eh'-ben); from the root of OT:1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:

KJV - carbuncle, mason, plummet, [chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-] stone (-ny), (divers) weight (-s).

OT:1129

banah (baw-naw'); a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):

KJV - (begin to) build (-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.

OT:417

elgabiysh (el-gaw-beesh'); from OT:410 and OT:1378; hail (as if a great pearl):

KJV - great hail [-stones].

OT:410

'el (ale); shortened from OT:352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):

KJV - God (god), goodly, great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."

OT:1378

gabiysh (gaw-beesh'); from an unused root (probably meaning to freeze); crystal (from its resemblance to ice):

KJV - pearl.

"fire, and brimstone"

"fire"

OT:784

'esh (aysh); a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively):

KJV - burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.

"and brimstone"

OT:1614

gophriyth (gof-reeth'); probably feminine of OT:1613; properly, cypressresin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable):

KJV - brimstone.

OT:1613

gopher (go'-fer); from an unused root, probably meaning to house in; a kind of tree or wood (as used for building), apparently the cypress:

KJV - gopher.

"And I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon people many who are with him"

"I will rain"

OT:4305

matar (maw-tar'); a primitive root; to rain:

KJV - (cause to) rain (upon).

"upon him"

OT:5921

`al (al); properly, the same as OT:5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):

KJV - above, according to (-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, both and, by (reason of), had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through (-out), to, touching, with.

OT:5920

`al (al); from OT:5927; properly, the top; specifically, the highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah:

KJV - above, high, Most High.

OT:5927

`alah (aw-law'); a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow):

KJV - arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break [the day] (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, [make] up, mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

"his bands"

OT:102

'aggaph (ag-gawf'); probably from OT:5062 (through the idea of impending); a cover or heap; i.e. (only plural) wings of an army, or crowds of troops:

KJV - bands.

OT:5062

nagaph (naw-gaf'); a primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease):

KJV - beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, surely, put to the worse.

"people"

OT:5971

`am (am); from OT:6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock:

KJV - folk, men, nation, people.

OT:6004

`amam (aw-mam'); a primitive root; to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together):

KJV - become dim, hide.

"many"

OT:7227

rab (rab); by contracted from OT:7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):

OT:7231

rabab (raw-bab'); a primitive root; properly, to cast together [compare OT:7241], i.e. increase, especially in number; also (as denominative from OT:7233) to multiply by the myriad:

KJV - increase, be many (-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.

OT:7241

rabiyb (raw-beeb'); from OT:7231; a rain (as an accumulation of drops):

KJV - shower.

OT:7233

rebabah (reb-aw-baw'); from OT:7231; abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite):

KJV - many, million, multiply, ten thousand.

Ezek 38

23 Thus 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. KJV

Do these things which YYVH causes to occur remind you of the 10 plagues of Egypt?

PLAGUES OF EGYPT

The series of afflictions used by God to break the will of Pharaoh and to bring about the release of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt.

After the Hebrews had been in Egypt for about 400 years, "there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph" (Ex 1:8). This new king enslaved the Hebrews and forced them to labor in his extensive building projects (Ex 5:7-19). When the Hebrews cried out for deliverance, God sent Moses to lead them from bondage. The Pharaoh resisted the release of the Hebrew people. The plagues of Egypt occurred as God's action to change the mind of the Pharaoh, thus bringing the Hebrew's freedom.

A total of ten plagues occurred. Scholars generally agree that the first nine plagues were regular, natural occurrences in Egypt. They were remarkable only in their intensity and in the timing with which they happened. But this does not mean that they were purely natural phenomena. They were miraculous in that God used natural forces to achieve His purpose. A sovereign God can use whatever methods He chooses to bring about a miracle. The method does not diminish the miraculous nature of the occurrence.

The tenth plague, the death of the firstborn of Egypt, was altogether supernatural. There is no known natural phenomenon closely related to this plague.

The sequence of the plagues has been studied and compared with the observations of travelers to Egypt. Many scholars point out that the first nine plagues are logical consequences of an unusually high flooding of the NILE RIVER. Such flooding usually occurred in July, August, and September. Based on the best estimates that can be made from the biblical account, the plagues probably occurred over a period of about seven to nine months, beginning in July or August and continuing until around April or May.

The plagues may be viewed as God's intervention to seek the release of the Hebrew people. They also represented God's challenge to the Egyptian religious system. To the Egyptians, the Nile River was a god. From it came the power and life of the Egyptian culture. They worshiped the Nile and the abundance of resources that it provided. Since the first nine plagues seem to be a natural progression of God's attack on the Nile River, all of these plagues relate to God's challenge to the Egyptian religious system.

Following are the ten plagues, as recorded in Ex 7:14-12:30:

1. The Water of the Nile Turned into Blood (Ex 7:14-25). This first plague probably was the pollution of the Nile River by lar