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Please read 2 TG #4 pp17-20

Ezek. 38:1, 2 –“Gog is here said to be the chief prince, the king of Meshech and Tubal. These two cities, Meshech and Tubal were anciently situated in Asia, south of the Black Sea, where the Turkish Empire now is.”

Ezek. 38:8 –‘The "many days" after which Gog is visited are the thousand years. The latter days in which Israel return to their land, and the time in which Gog shall go against them are premillennial.”

Ezek. 38:9 –“The expression, to "ascend, and come like a storm," suggests that these things are to take place in the time of the airplane.”

Ezek. 38:10-12 –“As the land of Israel shall have no visible human protection whatsoever, it will appear to Gog that he should have no difficulty robbing the people of the land.”

Ezek. 38:13 –“These neighboring countries and people that ask Gog to tell them his mission, evidently (are not allied with him.)”

Ezek. 38:14-17 –“Clearly, this Kingdom of Israel is set up in the latter days, in the days before the millennium, for after the Kingdom is set up, Gog opens war against It. Indeed, this cannot be after the millennium, for then all the nations from the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog with them, shall encompass, not the mountains of Israel, but the new Jerusalem. Furthermore at that time the slain shall not be buried but burned to ashes (Rev. 20:9, 10; Mal. 4:1)”.

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."

Ezek. 39:1-7 –“Gog, you see, shall fail to rob God's people. He will instead perish in the mountains of Israel.” (2TG #4 pp17-19)

Zech. 12:2 -- "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem."

“From this verse we learn that the Gentile nations are to make a siege not only against Jerusalem, but against Judah also --yes, against the entire Kingdom, church, or people. And at that time, at the time of the siege, Jerusalem will be made a cup of trembling to all people; that is, all the people shall fear Jerusalem and tremble before her.

Zech. 12:3 -- "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it."

“This siege will not be made (only) by the nations adjacent to Jerusalem, but by (all) the people of the earth, a thing that is made possible only by the communication lines in our day. Thus will Jerusalem be a burdensome stone to all the people round about. In an endeavor to combat their fear they burden themselves by besieging the city. For this evil work they shall be cut in pieces.

Zech. 12:4 -- "In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open Mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness."

“Though the Lord shall smite with madness, with astonishment, and with blindness, those who besiege the city, yet He shall open His eyes upon the house of Judah.

Zech. 12:9, 10 -- "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come againstJerusalem. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."

“When God begins to destroy the nations, He will pour upon His saints the Spirit of grace, then will they really mourn for sinning against the Lord.” (1TG #9 pp3, 4, 13, 14)

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