From 078f26c3adeeeac96cc938382d8575b3f5417515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 08:48:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ezekiel 39:1-16 --- content/bible_journal/ezekiel_39:1-16.md | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/ezekiel_39:1-16.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_39:1-16.md b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_39:1-16.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35f6431 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/ezekiel_39:1-16.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ ++++ +title = "Ezekiel 39:1–16" +date = "2023-06-27" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel39.1-16) + +To this point the prophecies against Gog have been general and corporate, +referring to the judgements delivered to his armies. Now, they become specific +and personal. The Lord addresses Gog by name and title1, speaking in the second person now instead of +the third (i.e., speaking _to_ Gog instead of _about_ Gog). He will be lead out +into the mountains of Israel, and there he will fall without his weapons in +hand. He and his army will die in the open, and become food for the birds of +the air and beasts of the field. + +Through this judgement, then Lord displays His holiness and defends His name. +This event will be known across the world when it happens. So great will Gog's +army be that it will take seven years to burn their weapons and shields for +fuel. The army that came to plunder Israel is instead the one plundered. After +they have been defeated, it will take seven months to bury them all. Though +there are dedicated workers going through the land to find all of the slain, +they will still be finding human bones. But eventually the land will be +cleansed of the corruption caused by death. + +* * * + +No one can stand against Your might and Your wrath. + +* * * + +[1]: Some people take the Hebrew word used in +"chief prince", _ro'sh_, to mean Rosh, a variant on the root name in Russia. +This is then used to connect these prophecies with the modern-day Russia. +However, the name for Russia or its people wouldn't be known to the Levant +region for at least a thousand years after Ezekiel's day. Furthermore, it is +very rare for the Lord to name names in prophecies of the future. Contrast +Isaiah 44:28 with Daniel 7–12. Cyrus was told about his appearance in prophecy, +but Alexander the Great and Antiochus IV were not (I presume).