As we have been looking at the prophesy in Revelations (Review of GOD'S Simple Plan) which was given concerning these end times, it would be prudent to also look at the corresponding prophesy as given in Ezekiel.


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.
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.
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:
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,
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.
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?
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?
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:
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?
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
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)

The LORD spoke unto Ezekiel, and had him prophesy.
"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face
against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and
prophesy against him, And say,"

And, this is that which FATHER had Ezekiel prophesy concerning these whom
YHVH shall utilize to correct and bring calamity against HIS children.
Remember, YHVH shall use what ever means that is necessary to wake HIS
children up and cause them to have to turn back to HIM.
Why?
Because, HE loves them so much, that HE will even use the toughest of
'tough love' in order to turn them back to HIS Truth.

"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince
of Meshech and Tubal: 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: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with
them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the
house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many
people with thee."


Who is "Gog"?

1463 Gowg (gohg);
of uncertain derivation; Gog, the name of an Israelite, also of some northern
nation:
KJV-- Gog.

1463 Gowg-
Gog = "mountain";
1) a Reubenite, son of Shemaiah
2) the prophetic prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and Magog

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 <Ezekiel 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>.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


According to the prophesy, YHVH will make use of "Gog" and all those with
him, to bring a calamity upon those who live in "unwalled" villages/cities.
Specifically and prophetically, this speaks of the United States and her allies.
Now, this attack, upon the U.S. and her allies, shall precede the appearance
of Satan's (disguised) fallen angels in the sight of man.
That which occurs in these attacks shall cause the people of the U.S. and all
the world to begin crying out to be 'saved', thereby giving Satan's fallen
angels a reason for appearing in the earth (this dimension) at this time.

Now, do not confuse that which shall happen the 1st time (Ezekiel 38) with Gog's with that which shall happen the 2nd time (Ezekiel 39) to those of Gog's army.
In the last moments of this earthly dispensation, when Satan (disguised as
'Jesus') will have killed YHVH'S Two Witnesses, then Gog and her armies
shall think to come into the U.S. to put in their claim for this land.
This is the battle of Hammongog.

Hamon Gog...Hamongog
[HAY muhn GAHG] (multitude of Gog)-- the name of a valley where the evil
forces of GOG and his allies will be defeated in their final conflict with Israel
<Ezek. 39:11,15>.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


Now, we must understand that the government of these people do not look
to YHVH, nor to Satan (the spurious 'Jesus').
This government is "godless". Therefore, they shall think that they shall be
able to stay in this earth (dimension), because they do not know that at the
7th trump, "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed." (1 Cor 15:51-52)

Therefore, they shall come at the most opportune time (when all eyes are on
Jerusalem, because the Two Witnesses are killed) to attempt to overtake the U.S..
But, this 2nd time (2nd prophesy concerning Gog), they shall be met with
YHVH'S Great fury.


Ezek 39:1-16
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will
cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the
mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to
fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and
the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every
sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in
the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I
will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall
know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day
whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire
and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the
arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with
fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out
of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil
those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord
GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place
there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea:
and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog
and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they
may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a
renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through
the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the
earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's
bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the
valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse
the land. (KJV)

Ok, now, since we have can see that these are two separate attacks by Gog,
let us return to the prophesy as given in Ezekiel 38 (the first attack).


FATHER has Ezekiel to warn us who live in the "unwalled" villages/cities, "Be
thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are
assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them."

"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."

We have need to rightly divide this verse.
Let us go to the Green's Interlinear: "After many days thou shalt be visited."
This is speaking to those who are living in the "unwalled" villages/cities.
Now, the next part of this is speaking again to Gog.
"In the latter years thou (Gog) shalt come into the land brought back from the
sword, gathered out of many people, against (this word "against" is not "in
opposition to", but, 'among' and 'on account of') the mountains of Israel,
which have been always waste (desolate). But it out of the nations is
brought forth, and they shall dwell safely all of them."

"Thou (Gog and those with him) 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
(nations) with thee."


"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: And
thou shalt say (Gog and those with him), 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, 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."

"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?"

"Sheba"
7614 Sheba' (sheb-aw');
of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of
an Ethiopian district:
KJV-- Sheba, Sabeans.

7614 Sheba'-
Sheba = "seven" or "an oath";
as a proper noun, masculine:
1) a son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth
2) a son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham
3) a son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah
as a proper noun, location:
4) a nation in southern Arabia


"Dedan"
1719 Dedan (ded-awn');
or (prolonged) Dedaneh (Ezek. 25:13) (deh-daw'- neh); of uncertain
derivation; Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory:
KJV-- Dedan.

1719 Dedan or (prolonged) Dedaneh (Ezek. 25:13)-
Dedan = "low country";
as a proper noun, masculine:
1) the son of Raamah and grandson of Cush. A son of Jokshan and
grandson of Keturah
as a proper noun, location:
2) a place in south Arabia

Ezek 25:1-17
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against
them;
3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was
profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against
the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a
possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their
dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a
couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and
stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the
land of Israel;
7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver
thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I
will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou
shalt know that I am the LORD.
8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the
house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his
cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth,
Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,
10 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in
possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the
nations.
11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the
house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and
revenged himself upon them;
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon
Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from
Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel:
and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my
fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge,
and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old
hatred;
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand
upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the
remnant of the sea coast.
17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and
they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon
them. (KJV)

"the merchants of"
5503 cachar (saw-khar');
a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to
palpitate:
KJV-- go about, merchant (-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
5503 cachar-

to go around, to go about, to travel about in, go about in trade
a) (Qal)
1) to go about to and fro (in business)
2) a trader, a trafficker (participle)
b) (Pilpel) to palpitate


"Tarshish"
8659 Tarshiysh (tar-sheesh');
probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse);
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant
vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an
Israelite:
KJV-- Tarshish, Tharshish.

8659 Tarshiysh-
Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper";
as a proper noun, masculine:
1) a son of Javan
2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan
3) one of the wise men close to King Ahasuerus of Persia
as a proper noun, location:
4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to
which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee; an unknown site, but perhaps in
Cyprus or Spain
5) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships
constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail

"the young lions thereof"
3715 kephiyr (kef-eer');
from 3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as
covered with a mane):
KJV-- (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.
3723 kaphar (kaw-fawr');
from 3722; a village (as protected by walls): -village. Compare 3715.

3715 kephiyr-
1) a young lion
2) a village
3723 kaphar-
a village

"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?"
"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's look at the remainder of this in the Interlinear:
"And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the
land."
"In the latter days, it shall be and I will bring thee against my land, that the
heathen (nations) may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee (because
they are the 'instrument' YHVH uses to correct HIS children) before their eyes, O
Gog."

FATHER is talking to Gog through HIS servant Ezekiel.
"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?"

The following is from Nelson's Bible Dictionary. (Rhetoric concerning
"rapture" should be taken with a grain of salt. Yet, Nelson's does give some
good information on other things.)

Prophesy
Predictions about the future and the end-time; special messages from God,
often uttered through human spokesmen, which indicate the divine will for
mankind on earth and in heaven.

The focus of all prophetic truth is Jesus Christ <Heb. 1:2; Luke 24:25-27>,
who was destined to be the greatest prophet <Deut. 18:15-18>. He declared
God's truth in this age <John 3:31-33> and the age to come <Is. 2:2-4>. As
the embodiment of truth <John 1:1>, Christ fully radiated the brilliance of
God which the earlier prophets reflected only partially.

Earlier prophets anticipated Jesus Christ by reflecting His person and
message in their own life and ministry <Ex. 34:29-35; 1 Kin. 19:10; 2 Chr.
24:20-21>. Each contributed a portion of the truth, sharing in the Spirit that
would be completely expressed in Jesus Christ <John 6:68>.
Prophecy was technically the task of the prophet. But all truth or revelation
is prophetic, pointing to some future person, event, or thing, The full
panorama of God's will takes many forms; it may be expressed through
people, events, and objects. Historical events such as the PASSOVER
anticipated Jesus Christ <John 1:29>, as did various objects in the
tabernacle, including MANNA <John 6:31-35> and the inner VEIL <Matt.
27:51; Heb. 10:20>.
Prophecy may also be expressed in many different forms through the
prophet himself, whether by his mouth or some bodily action. The prophets
received God's messages from the voice of an angel <Gen. 22:15-19>, the
voice of God, a dream <Daniel 2>, or a vision <Ezek. 40:2ff.>. The prophetic
speech might range from the somber reading of a father's last will <Genesis
49> to an exultant anthem to be sung in the Temple <Ps. 96:1,13>.

Sometimes a prophet acted out his message symbolically. Isaiah's
nakedness <Isaiah 20> foretold the exile of the Egyptians and the Cushites.
Hosea's marriage symbolized God's patience with an unfaithful wife, or the
nation of Israel. Ahijah divided his garment to foretell the division of the
monarchy <1 Kin. 11:30-31>. Even the names of some of the prophets are
symbolic, matching their message. Hosea means "salvation"; Nahum,
"comfort"; Zephaniah, "the Lord hides"; and Zechariah, "the Lord
remembers."

Prophecy declared God's word for all time, so the time of fulfillment of a
prophecy is rarely indicated in the Bible. Exceptions to this rule include the
timetable assigned to Daniel's seventy weeks' prophecy <Dan. 9:24-27>, the
prophecy of Peter's denial <Matt. 26:34>, and predictions of someone's
death <Jer. 28:16-17>. The common problem of knowing the time for the
fulfillment of a prophecy is acknowledged by Peter <2 Pet. 1:11>. This
problem is due to several factors. First, some prophecies appear together,
as if they would be fulfilled simultaneously. For example, <Isaiah 61:1-2> has
already been fulfilled, according to <Luke 4:18-19>, but <Isaiah 61:2>, which
adjoins it, awaits fulfillment. The same is true of <Zechariah 9:9-10>. The
prophets saw the mountain peaks of prophetic events but not the valleys of
time in between.
Another factor that complicates the problem is the ambiguity of tenses in
the Hebrew language, which distinguishes type of action but not time of
action. The prophets focused on the reality of their prophecies and not the
time of their fulfillment. In their minds their prophecies were already
accomplished, primarily because they knew God was in charge of history.

Finally, since the prophets' messages had eternal force, it is often difficult to
tell whether they applied their messages to their day or the future. For
example, <Isaiah 7:14> promised a son who could be a contemporary of
Isaiah (perhaps the prophet's son in <8:3>, and <18> or the son of Hezekiah
the king in <Isaiah 36--39>) or Jesus <Matt. 1:23>, or both.

Several questions are raised when there appears to be more than one
possible fulfillment for a prophecy. Does a primary fulfillment in one
passage rule out a secondary application to another passage? Not
necessarily. Did the author intend both fulfillments with one as an analogy or
illustration for the other? Did the author intend a dual fulfillment for two
different audiences at two different times? <Joel 2:30>, speaking about
signs on the earth, was applied by the apostle Peter to the tongues of fire at
PENTECOST <Acts 2:3-4,18-19>. But Jesus seemed to apply this prophecy to
His SECOND COMING <Mark 13:24; Luke 11:25>.

In the same way, the destruction of Gog and Magog in <Ezekiel 38> and
<39> may be fulfilled in <Revelation 20:8> after the MILLENNIUM. But
similarities of this prophecy to earlier invasions from the north before the
millennium seem to allow for its multiple fulfillment. The earlier parallels
with <Ezekiel 38> and <39> are two invasions from the north in <Daniel
11:40,44> and a third in <Revelation 19:17-18>, where the birds consume the
carcasses as in <Ezekiel 39:17-20>.

The problem of understanding when a prophecy is fulfilled is compounded if
the modern reader has a theological bias about who is to fulfill a prophecy.
For example, premillennialists believe that a 1,000-year reign by Christ
<Rev. 20:2-7> will exalt the nation of Israel and the Jewish people in the
future <Rom. 11:24-26>. But amillennialists believe the promises to Israel in
the Old Testament have been taken from Israel and transferred to the church
<Gal. 6:16>. Such a disagreement does not deny that Abraham's
descendants will inherit Palestine from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates
River <Gen. 15:18>. But the premillennialist looks for a future revival of
Israel as a nation <Ezek. 37:11-28>, while the amillennialist claims the
promise of the land was fulfilled in the past in the days of Joshua <Josh.
21:43-44> or Solomon <2 Chr. 9:26>.
Prophecy presents volumes about the future kingdom of God, particularly
information about the MESSIAH and His chosen people, Israel. Much
prophecy also foretells the destiny of the nations and their relationship to
the kingdom of God. The New Testament identifies Jesus as the King <John
1:49> who spends much of His ministry describing His kingdom and its
establishment <Matthew 13; 24--25>. The battleground is the world; and the
arch-foe of Christ is Satan, whose intrigue in Eden gave him control of the
nations <Matt. 4:9>. Most prophecy is concerned with undoing Satan's work;
it elaborates upon the initial promise of <Genesis 3:15>, which announced
that Christ, the seed of the woman <Gal. 4:4>, would crush the great
Serpent, the Devil <Rom. 16:20; Rev. 20:2>. All prophecy testifies about
Jesus <Rev. 19:10>.

Over 300 prophecies in the Bible speak of Jesus Christ. Specific details
given by these prophecies include His tribe <Gen. 49:10>, His birthplace
<Mic. 5:2>, dates of His birth and death <Dan. 9:25-26>, His forerunner John
the Baptist <Mal. 3:1; 4:5; Matt. 11:10>, His career and ministry <Is.
52:13-53:12>, His crucifixion <Ps. 22:1-18>, His resurrection <Ps. 16:8-11;
Acts 2:25-28>, His ascension <Psalm 2; Acts 13:33>, and His exaltation as a
priest-king <Psalm 110; Acts 2:34>. The kingly magnificence of His second
coming is also graphically portrayed. <Psalms 2,45>, and <110> picture His
conquest and dominion over the nations. His kingdom is characterized in
<Psalm 72>. Events leading up to and including the first and second advents
of Christ are described in the two burdens of the prophet Zechariah
<Zechariah 9--11,12--14>.

Premillennialists point to many Bible passages to support their belief in the
national resurrection of Israel. Many prophecies graphically portray Israel's
history <Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 27--28; Amos 6--9>. Her bounty as a
nation is prophesied in <Deuteronomy 30> and <Isaiah 35>. Just as the
nation had received a double punishment <Jer. 16:18>, so it would receive a
double blessing <Is. 61:7>. Temple worship would be restored <Ezekiel
40--48>; Israel would be the center of world government <Zechariah 1--6>;
and the Davidic line would be set up as a permanent dynasty <2 Sam.
7:12-16; Luke 1:32-33>.
Much controversy surrounds the roles of the church and Israel in the final
days preceding Christ's Second Coming, known as the "day of Jacob's
trouble" <Jer. 30:7>, "the great tribulation" <Matt. 24:21>, or "the great day
of His wrath" <Rev. 6:17>. This will be a period of seven years <9:27> with
the most intense trial in the last three and onehalf years of this time <Dan.
12:11-12; Rev. 12:6; 13:5>.

As Christ's Second Coming approaches, many difficult prophecies about the
Tribulation will be understood more clearly <Jer. 30:24; Dan. 11:32-35;
12:3,9-10>. Premillennialists point to the establishment of the state of Israel
in 1948 as just one of these signs of Christ's approaching return.

While premillennialists agree upon the restoration of Israel in the earthly
reign of Jesus Christ, many are divided over the relation of Israel to the
church, particularly just before Christ's appearance at the end of the
Tribulation. Covenant theologians see Israel and the church as one people
who go through the Tribulation together. Dispensational theologians believe
Israel and the church are always separated in the Bible. As a result,
dispensationalists believe the church will not join Israel in its days of
tribulation, but will be transported to heaven before it begins, at the
beginning of the seven years.

Three theories exist about the time of the church's departure to meet the
Lord in the air <1 Thes. 4:13-17>: the pre-tribulational rapture, the
mid-tribulational rapture, and the post-tribulational rapture. These three
theories place the rapture at the time of John's ascension to heaven <Rev.
4:1>, at the time when the two prophets ascend to heaven <Rev. 11:11-12>,
and at the end of the series of seven bowls <Rev. 16:15>, respectively.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

"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.
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; 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. 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. 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. 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."

Now, YHVH is causing Gog, and those with him, to come against HIS
children, specifically those who dwell in the "unwalled villages"
(cities/towns) of the U.S..

Let's read of these passages from the Interlinear Bible:
"And it shall come to pass at the same time when shall come Gog against
the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, shall come up my fury in my face!"
"For in my jealousy in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day
there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel."

"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."

Green's Interlinear:
"So shall shake the face of 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 upon at my presence the earth, and shall be thrown down the mountains, and shall fall the steep places, and every wall to the ground shall fall."


"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."

Green's Interlinear:
"And I will call for against him throughout all my mountains a sword, saith
the Lord GOD (YHVH)."
"Sword every man's against his brother shall be."

"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."

Green's Interlinear:
"And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood."

"And overflowing."

"overflowing"
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).

7857 shataph-
to wash, to rinse, to overflow, to engulf, to rinse off, to wash off
a) (Qal)
1) to overflow
2) to flow, to run
3) to rinse or to wash off
b) (Niphal) to be swept away, to be rinsed out
c) (Pual) to be rinsed, to be scoured and rinsed


"And great hailstones, fire, and brimstone I will rain upon him, and upon his
bands, and upon people many that with him."

"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."

Green's Interlinear:
"Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself."
"And I will be known in the eyes of nations many, and they shall know that I
the LORD!"

Exod 3:14
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (KJV)

" 'EHaYEH 'aSHER 'EHaYEH "


Could it be that this "great shaking" is the catalyst which will bring on that
which was also prophesied in the 6th seal?
Yes.
A great "shaking", greater than the attacks by the earthly flesh men of Gog,
shall follow afterward.

Rev 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a
great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free
man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face
of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
(KJV)

YHVH'S servants shall be able to stand for YHVH and HIS HOLY WORD!