When Wong Y Mi shared with us the Word of the season (Isaaiah 43:18&19) in the 2nd part of his sermon on 5 March 2023, he said that the word is not just for FGA but for the church as a whole.

Instead  of focusing on just Ezekiel Chapter 37 in my earlier post, we will look at Ezekiel chapters 36 - 39 to look at current events and what God is going to do.

As mentioned in the earlier post Ezekiel 37:11 explains that the dry bones refer to the house of Isreal. 

Because the Israelites hardened their hearts and did not follow God, Jerusalem was destroyed and the Isrealites scattered to other countries. This happened in both the old testament and in the time after Jesus (Luke 19:41-44)

In terms of Bible prophesy of end time events,  we are now in the Church Age in between the 69th week and the 70th week of Daniel's prophesy.

The Israelites rejected God and the opportunity is given to us gentiles to received and follow God. When the time of the gentiles is fulfilled, God will deal with the Israelites again and use tribulations to bring them back to himself.

Romans 20:20-25. So when the time of the fullness of the gentiles has come (verse 25) , Jerusalem will be surrounded by enemies and the events of Luke 21:20-24 will happen.

Ezekiel 38:2-5 shows who these enemies are. Gog of the land of Magog,the Prince of Rosh, Meshach and Tubal. Persia, Ethopia, and Libya are with them.

Magog and Rosh are names that refer to Russia and Gog the the ruler of Magog/Rosh. Meshech refers to Moscow in Russia. Persia refers to Iran. Tubal and Torgamah (son of Gomer) has been used to refer to Turkey. Cush refers to the African region that includes Sudan, Ethopia, and Libya.

The countries that will attack Israel during the time of the Great Tribulation are thus likely to include Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya, and Sudan (Ezekiel 38)

Iran is a country that has wanted to destroy Isreal and has been sending arms to  Lebanon and Syria (which are countries sharing borders to Isreal) as well as to the Hamas in the Gaza Strip next to Isreal. 

Iran is quite advanced in missile/drone technologies. It is on the verge of having a ballistic missile with a range that can hit Isreal. It is also on the verge of having a nuclear bomb. Isreal may attack Iran in the near future to destroy ballistic missile site and the nuclear bomb facilities of Iran.

Iran has been supplying Russia with suicide drones. These drones  with explosives have been used by Russia with  great effect in Ukraine which is supplied  with weapons by so many Western countries.

In return for the help of Iran, Russia will start delivering advanced fighters and air defense S400 missiles to Iran from the end of March 2023. These will make it difficult for Isreal to carry out the preemptive strikes against Iran. This is why the window for the strike by Isreal against Iran is fast closing. Isreal may carry out the preemptive strike in the near future.

You may be wondering why Syria and Lebanon   on  Isreal border and where Iran has placed a lot of precision guided missiles and rockets is not mentioned in Ezekiel 38.

Recently Turkey and Syria has been hit by very strong earthquakes. These quakes has caused massive fault lines to develop and geologist expect even stronger earthquakes hit the region around Isreal, Syria and Lebanon.

Isaiah 17:1 predicts that the city of  Damascus in Syria will cease from being a city and be a ruinous heap. Could it be destroyed in massive earthquakes that hit the region?

The combined might of the nations gathered against Isreal in Ezekiel 38 is so great that there is no way for the military of Isreal to defeat them. 

It is only by the devine intervention of God that Isreal will be saved. Ezekiel 38:18-20 says that when the armies are gathered against Isreal there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Isreal. Ezekiel 38:23 says that God shall be magnified and that the nations will know that God is the LORD.

The Isrealites will also know that the LORD is their God from that day forward. Ezekiel 38:22-29. They will know that it was their unfaithfulness that made God hide his face from them for a season and sent them into captivity.

In Ezekiel  36:19 -24 God has gathered the Isrealites from amongst the nations to which they were scattered and bring them back to their promised land.

In 1948 the nation of Isreal was created. The land of Isreal at that time was a dry barren land.

Ezekiel 36:30 "I will multiply the the fruit of your trees and the increase  of your fields."

Ezekiel 36:34&35

"The desolate land shall be tilled, instead of lying desolate ... This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden."

Isreal is now exporting a lot of food to other nations of the world.The success of Isreal as a nation is not because of the ability of the Israelites  but because of the goodness of God to them.

God has started the physical restoration of Isreal. However spiritually, most of Isreal is still stuck on the traditional practices and has not accepted Jesus as their messiah  foretold in their scriptures.

Just like the dry bones in Ezekiel Chapter 37 that has sinews, flesh  and skin  but no breath from God. Still not alive to God spiritually.

God will use the trials and tribulations of Ezekiel Chapter 38 to bring the Isrealites to their senses.

God will sprinkle  clean water on the Isrealites  (Ezekiel 36:25&26) and give them a new heart and a new spirit.

A new spirit that comes with the breath or Spirit of God as in Ezekiel chapter 37.

What applies to the nation of Isreal also applies to us who are non Jews. It is up to us to receive what God wants to do for us in this present age of the gentiles.