Gog & Magog: The Next War… or Armageddon?

0:00The world is watching what's happening in the Middle East, especially with Iran, and a lot of people are asking the question, is this the Gogh, May Gogh War of Ezekiel 38? Some scholars say yes. But what happens when we step back and we look at the bigger picture, not just at Ezekiel 38 and 39, but the whole of Scripture? Well today we're going to compare multiple prophecies connecting the timelines and examining all the moving parts to find out what the Bible really says on this edition of the End Time Show. Well, hello everybody and welcome to the End Time Show. I'm Doug Norville. I'm going to be your host today, I'm flying solo again. I'm not going to be taking calls today, but I really want to talk about this study because

1:03I've had a lot of people ask me, and there's a lot of teachings out there about what's happening right now if it is actually the Gogh, May Gogh War. So I want to kind of clear up a lot of that today, but before we get into it, I want to tell you about our friends at Ready Pantry. So I want to just take a minute and talk to you about that, that's something that's really practical. We're living in a time where uncertainty is on the rise. I mean, we're talking about headlines every day that are lining up with prophecy. It's not just overseas, but there are things happening right here at home. And I'll tell you this, the worst time to start thinking about being prepared is when everybody else already is. You'll remember what happened with toilet paper and paper towels during the COVID pandemic. So that's why we trust our friends at Ready Pantry. If you don't already have a food supply yet set aside, this is a good place to start. Their products are made right here in the United States. They're built for long-term storage, and they are made right here with simple flexible

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3:06into precious metals, they can help you. So just go to ntimegold.com or call 800-628-G-O-L-D, and be sure to ask about the End Time Show special. Again, that's ntimego.com or call 1-800-628-G-O-L-D. Okay. So I wanted to just plug our friends that are helping us pay bills around here for the ministry before I got into this teaching today, because I feel like this is going to be something that I'm going to need the larger part of the program to go through. There's a lot of material here that I want to talk to you about. And I want to kind of lead you down through a path and show you how these things line up. But first, I want to do a brief summary from yesterday, just so you understand that the sixth trumpet war, what we call World War III, and the Battle of Armageddon, those are two different wars, okay? We're separated by at least a three and a half year time period, the tribulation period

4:12basically is what that is. And in the vision of the trumpet spanning from Revelation 8 to Revelation 11, the sixth trumpet war occurs in Revelation 9, 13 through 21. In Revelation 10, we see an angel standing on the foot, one foot on the land, one foot on the sea declaring that the time should be no longer. And the same event occurs in Daniel 12, except the timeline is given for the time of these wonders. And that timeline that Daniel was told is for a time, times, and a half a time. Well that terminology speaks of the three and a half year period, and it always refers to the tribulation. So the tribulation begins with Revelation 10, which is why we see what we do in the beginning of Revelation 11, John measures that temple, but does not measure the outer court because it's trodden down by the Gentiles for 42 months, that equals three and a half years.

5:14So we know that World War III must take place before the tribulation period begins. So when we know that Armageddon happens at the end of the tribulation, it is going on at the time of God's wrath, at his second coming, and that occurs in Revelation 16 and goes through Revelation 19. So these two are very separate wars, okay? So just remember that, the sixth trumpet that we talked about yesterday, and Gog may Gog that we're going to talk about today, and Gog may Gog war is actually the Battle of Armageddon. That's what I want you to understand now. Let me help you understand what Gog and Gog really means, because we see Gog and Gog and Ezekiel 38 and 39, but we also see it at the end of Revelation 20, when the devil is lost, and it says that there is another war that is called Gog and Gog. Well, the reason why it's called Gog and Gog is because this is used throughout Scripture,

6:17and it identifies the forces that stand in opposition of God. So it is a term, basically, that's used in the Bible for the armies of the world to come against Gog. Historically, the Greeks, they referred to May Gog as the Scythians, people who inhabited the regions north in the Kakakis Mountains, the Jewish historian Josephus. He confirmed that connection in writings that after the descendants of Noah were they scattered abroad. So Gog founded a people known as the May Gogites, whom the Greeks called the Scythians. So when we bring this understanding forward into a prophetic context like we're trying to do today, it becomes much more specific. Gog represents the leaders of a common invasion against Israel, while May Gog along with Tubal and Misek correspond to what we recognize today as modern day Russia.

7:23Now Tubal and Misek were sons of Japhis, who settled in the area south of the Black Sea, and it's widely believed that the name Moscow is derived from Misek. Ezekiel then describes the in-time scenario in greater detail, showing that Russia will lead a coalition of nations in an attack against Israel, joined by Persia, which is modern day Iran, along with parts of Northern Iraq and Afghanistan, Kush, which includes Ethiopia and Sudan, put associated with Libya and possibly other northern African nations. Gomer tied to Eastern Europe and the House of Tomagar identified with Turkey and Armenia. So notably Turkey was once aligned with Israel, but in recent years we've seen a significant shift as Islamic influence has risen once again, positioning these nations exactly as prophecies

8:29are foretold. So we're watching that whole region begin to shape up for this war, but like I said, Gog may Gog will happen just at the time of the tribulation immediately after the tribulation of those days when Jesus returns, he gathers the nations together for Armageddon, okay? So today, when we look at Ezekiel 38, at least list these nations by their ancient names, and because of that, many people assume that Gog and May Gog War must be a completely separate event from Armageddon because we're hearing about these ancient names. But when you really study the scriptures, that idea, it doesn't really hold up. There are too many clear indicators showing that this battle happens during the outpouring of God's wrath. And when you line up the details and the timing match perfectly with the Battle of Armageddon, so details and timing are things that we talk about a lot here, we talk about timelines,

9:31we talk about the details of the scripture. So we're going to notice that the events that happen in Ezekiel and in some of these other scriptures I'm going to share today are at the coming of the Lord, okay? So now that I've got that out of the way and kind of let us down a path here to where we can look at things, this is the part of the program that you're probably going to want to make sure that you share with other people because I'm about to get into the comparisons and we're going to go down through here. So if you've been seeing other podcasters or other pastors talk about the next thing that's going to happen is the Gog and May Gog War, that is not what it appears in scripture is going to happen. Like I said, we talked about the Six Trumpet War yesterday. If you missed that program, you can go back and you can see that on Facebook, only source or ntom.com. So right now, share this post with people because I'm going to go down through some scripture and I want you to be able to go down through it with me. You might want to write some of these things down so that you don't forget them. And I'm going to try to slow myself down a little bit so it's not hard to follow me.

10:34I'm a little amped up today, I'm a little excited because I get excited sometimes when the Holy Spirit is just right here and I can feel it the way I feel it today, I'm amped up and I'm excited. And so the first day I want to look at, I'm ready to move if you guys are, is the wrath. So we're going to look at the wrath of God and the timing of that wrath and Ezekiel 38 18, we have this scripture, it says, and it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, say at the Lord God that my fury shall come up in my face. And verse 19, it says, for in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath, so there's God's wrath, have I spoken surely in that day, there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel. Verse 20 says, so that the fishes of the sea and the fows of heaven and the beast of the field and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that are upon

11:36the face of the earth shall shake at my presence. So God's presence is going to be at this battle. And the mountains shall be thrown down and the steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground. Verse 21, and I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, say at the Lord God, every man's sword shall be against his brother. Verse 22, and I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood, and I will reign upon him and upon his bands and upon many people that are with him, an overflowing rain and great hellstones, fire and brimstone. Verse 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. Now all those verses are very powerful.

12:38God is saying that His wrath is coming, God is saying there is a great shaking, God is saying that there is going to be fire and brimstone, God is saying mountains are going to be removed and walls are coming down and that His name will be known. Now remember those things as we move through this scripture today because this is very important what God is saying here, and He is going to establish something by the end of this. We are going to see what He says and what He does. So we are going to compare what we just read from Ezekiel 38 told the things that are happening at the 6th seal in Revelation 6. So this is starting in Revelation 612, and it says, and I beheld when He had opened the 6th seal and low, there was a great earthquake. Remember we just read in Ezekiel that there was a great shaking, and the sun became black as sat cloth of hair and the moon became as blood. Verse 13, and the stars of heaven fell into the earth even as a fig tree casteth her untimely

13:42figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind. So everything is shaken at this point. Verse 14, and the heavens departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and get this every mountain and every island were moved out of their places. So you got to ask yourself, how many times can mountains come down, folks? Verse 15, and the kings of the earth, and the great man, and the rich man, and the chief captains, and the mighty man, and every bond man, and every free man, hid themselves in the dins, in the rocks of the mountains, and verse 16 says, and said to the mountains, and the rocks fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him that seteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand. So once again, we see that they see Jesus coming, they see heaven split, and they see the

14:45Lamb of God on his throne with power and great glory, and his wrath has come. We've read about that in both of those chapters now. Now we're going to look at chapter 16, starting with verse 17, and it says, the seventh angel poured out his vile into the air, and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne saying, it is done, okay, 18, and there were voices, and there were thunders, and there were lightenings, and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since man were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. Verse 19, and the great city was divided into three parts, so there's your earthquake, and the city of nations fell, and great Babylon came into remembrance before God to be given her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

15:45Verse 20, and every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Once again, third time we've seen mountains coming down, and the wrath of God, verse 21, and there fell upon man a great hell out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent, and man blasphemed God because of the plague of hell for the plague thereof was exceedingly great. So we've looked at these different places explaining the same thing, the wrath of God, and what that looks like. We've seen things like earthquakes, we've seen mountains come down, we've seen islands be washed away, we've seen the shaking of the heavens, okay, so that's at the wrath of God. That happens in Ezekiel 38. Now let's look at spoils. You don't think of spoils a lot, but it's in there, and Zachariah 14 is another area where we see the Battle of Armageddon taking place, and we're going to read about these

16:48spoils. So Zachariah 14, starting with verse 1, behold the day of the Lord comeeth, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Verse 2, And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the house is rifled, and the women ravished, and half of the city shall go into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. So when we're talking about spoils, it talks about going into the homes, ravishing the women, all those things are considered spoils. They're taking the riches of the land, they're taking the riches of the homes, they're taking the women with them, they're taking the spoils of war. And so that's in Zachariah 14 that it talks about this. Now we'll jump back into Ezekiel 38, the Battle of Agamegog, starting with verse 12. It says, To take a spoil, and to take a prey, to turn thine hand upon the desolate places

17:52that 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. Verse 13, Shiba, the Dan, and the merchants of Tashari, with all the young lions thereof shall say unto the art thou come to take a spoil, has thou gathered thy company to take a prey, to carry away silver and goad, and to take away cattle and goods, and to take a great spoil. So again, in Ezekiel 38, it's talking about the spoils of war, in Zachariah 14, it's talking about the spoils of war, those two are together. Okay, the next thing that we covered already, but we're going to look at more scripture that continues to talk about this, is earthquakes. These earthquakes are mentioned throughout this scripture, so this is very important that we look at these things. In Zachariah 14, starting with verse 4, and his feet shall stand in that day upon the

18:59Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and shall be a very great valley, and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half toward the south. Verse 5, and ye shall flee into the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Ezekiel, ye ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Eusiah, King of Judah, and the Lord, my God shall come in all of his saints with thee. So, this is talking about, after the rapture happens, Jesus comes back to fight for Israel, his feet touch the Mount of Olives, and there's going to be a great shaking in the land that's going to split the land. Now, I've talked about this before, and I've had people ask me questions about it, because I've made comments like, I believe that when this earthquake happens, that it will affect

20:03that temple mount, and that that eastern gate that's been sealed off, and there's things there that they think they can stop the Messiah from coming in, Jesus has already come in there, so the Messiah has already come through, but when this earthquake happens, it says walls are coming down, and mountains are coming down. Well, I believe that that earthquake, and this is me, I don't have scripture for this, but I believe that earthquake will separate those walls and that gate, and make a way there, and it may destroy the temples that are there, it may destroy the Al-Oscamost, the dome of the rock, the rebuilt third temple, it may destroy those things, because Jesus is now coming back to set up his kingdom. So just remember that, we're talking about earthquakes, I know I'm getting off topic a little bit here, but I want to give you a picture of what that's going to look like. When Jesus feet touch that Mount of Olives, and all of us come down with them to this battle, it talks about this great earthquake that happens. Now, we go from Zachariah 14, again, to Ezekiel 38, I'm going to start in 19 here.

21:07It's for in my jealousy, and in the fire of my wrath I've spoken. Surely, in that day, there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel. So again, you see that great shaking in the land of Israel at this Gogh, May Gogh War, and at the Battle of Armageddon. Joel chapter 2, we're going to pull in a little bit out of a book that we don't talk about a whole lot, but this is Joel chapter 2 verse 10. And this is talking about the day of the Lord, the earth shall quake before them, the heavens shall tremble, and the sun in the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw from their shining. This is that same thing that it's talking about, this great shaking in the heavens. Revelation 6, 12 again, and I beheld when he had opened the sick seal and low, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars fell onto the earth, the stars that they haven't fell into the

22:12earth. Or Revelation 16, 17 again, and the seventh angel poured out his vow into the air, and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne, saying it is done, and there were voices and thunders and lightenings, and a great earthquake, such as not been since man were upon the earth, so muddy the earthquake and so great that the great city was divided into three parts. So once again, this is Israel that this is happening, Jerusalem is where it's going to happen. This earthquake is happening. It says there that the city is split into three parts. So just remember, it's creating a picture here for us to follow. We're looking at all these little pictures to get a big picture of what's going on. So is there anything else that links us to this? Well, yeah, absolutely. Now we've got great hellstones. So let's look at the great hellstones, Ezekiel 38, verse 32, it says, and I will plead against

23:20him with pestilence and with blood, and I will reign upon him and upon his bands and upon many people that are with him, and overflowing rain and great hellstones and fire and brimstone. Now when it talks about blood, you think about the scripture, I didn't put it in here today, but I should have. I just thought of it as I'm reading that right now, but where it talks about when this battle happens, it's going to be in the great wine presses of the Lord and that the blood is going to come up through the valley and it's going to go up to the horse's bridle. That's how thick and how high the blood is going to be in the Kidron valley there and what it's talking about is the wrath of God when it comes down. That's the way it's going to be. He mentioned that in that scripture there in Ezekiel 38. So now great hellstones is what we're talking about, Revelation 16, 21, and there fell upon man a great hell out of heaven, every stone weighed about a talent.

24:25That's about 100, I think it's like a hundred to 125 pounds is a talent. Man blasphemed God because of the plague of hell for the plague thereof was exceedingly great. Now, think about that for a second. You think about what God can do. We've seen some pretty crazy weather as of late and I feel like a lot of what's happening with the weather is that scripture says in Romans that even the earth will cry out for the creator to return and for the revealing of the sons of God. So when it talks about that in Romans, it's talking about the earth crying out. The earth is going through some things. We've seen it. Of course, globalists, they'll say that it's all about global warming and it's about man-made green gases and things like that. The Bible says that there's going to be a time when the earth begins to go through a morning and a longing for Jesus to come back and for us to receive our full sonship.

25:30You know, part of being sons of God, it's going to be revealed when Jesus comes back because the true sons of God, when Jesus comes back in the air, we're going to be lifted up. We're going to meet Him in the air and the world's going to see us go up. There's scripture that backs everything I'm telling you right now up that people are going to watch us go up and meet the Lord in the air. They're going to see that. So think about that as we think about what God can do with the weather and we're talking about a hundred pounds of balls of hell. I remember a few years ago, Dave Robbins' house. They had a horrible house storm over here and wildly and he lives in a two-story house where he did at that time and I guess he still does, but it's a different house. But the hellstones were coming through the roof of his house and breaking the tiles in his kitchen. So big these hellstones were and they weren't a hundred pounds. It destroyed an old Dodge pickup truck he had in front of his house, totally destroyed that thing.

26:30So God can do this and he's talking about, that's how bad this plague is going to be. In Ezekiel 3080, he talks about that people are going to be affected by this. There's going to be hellfire and brimstone coming from the skies. There's going to be these great hell. It's going to be hell on earth, basically. It's going to be God's wrath being poured out on them. Now we're getting ready to go to a break here in just a minute, but I want you to kind of stop right there. I'm going to slow it down a little bit and talk about just the power of God. He can do whatever he needs to do to fulfill his will, right? When we come back, we're going to look at some more of these scriptures. So if you haven't shared yet, share now. Let people know that I'm giving you scripture that is going to explain that that battle is the same thing as the Battle of Armageddon and that's what we're doing comparing the scriptures. So stick with me. I'll see you in a minute. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive at Enti Ministries is, why do you

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28:39conference near you. Again, peace and understanding about what the Bible says concerning Enti Prophecy. Call 1-800-ENTI. Or go to Enti.com slash advance to see when Dave will be in a location near here. Welcome back to the Enti Show. I'm Doug Morrell. I'm your host today and what I'm doing is I am going through the Bible and we're comparing Gog and Megaga against the Battle of Armageddon. I'm trying to show you these two are the same war and we've been comparing scripture talking about the different subjects that are contained in the scriptures of the Gog and Megaga war and how they pertain to other passages in the Bible talking about the Battle of Armageddon.

29:40And so we've covered the wrath of God. We've talked about earthquakes. We've talked about Hellstones. Now I also want to move into this next thing that we're going to talk about is the sacrifice. The great sacrifice are the great supper of our Lord God. And so we're going to look at this comparison here and this is actually we're moving now into Ezekiel 39 to show you that both of those verses Ezekiel chapters Ezekiel 38 and 39 are talking about Gog and Megaga war and the Battle of Armageddon. So get ready. Here we go. We're going to jump right back into it. Ezekiel 39 is where we're at now. I'm going to start with verse 17 and it says, and now Son of Man does say at the Lord God, speaking to every feathered foul and every beast of the field and assemble yourselves and come, gather yourselves on every side of my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you.

30:42Even the great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel that they may eat the flesh and drink the blood. 18, ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of princes of the earth and of rams and of lambs and goats and bullocks and all the fatlings of Bishan. And 19 says, and ye shall eat till ye be full and drink blood till ye be drunken and my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you, verse 20. Verse, ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots and with mighty man and with all man of war, say at the Lord God. So here in Ezekiel 39, he calls it a sacrifice. So you can see that this is something that he is presenting. He's giving to creation. He's giving that to the beast of the field and the birds of the air.

31:45Now Revelation 19, 17, he talks about this great supper of God. And it says in Revelation 19, 17, and I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the fowl that fly in the midst of heaven, come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. Now he calls it a supper in verse 18, that they may eat the flesh of the kings and the flesh of captains and the flesh of mighty man and the flesh of horses and them that set on them and the flesh of all man, both free and bond, both small and great. Verse 19, and I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him, that set on the horse and against his army. That's talking about Jesus. Verse 20, and the beast were taken and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, which he had deceived them and he had received the mark of the beast and

32:51them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. So that is the great sacrifice and the great supper. We compare those two and they're side by side, they're talking about the same thing. Now it's interesting because if you remember the story of David and Goliath, when Goliath came down, this was something David told Goliath that the Lord will deliver you to me today and that the birds of the air and the beast of the field shall feast upon your body. So this is something, this is language that God has used more than one time. And David was declaring that to Goliath. He was letting him know, my God is about to deliver you to me. It's the same promise that God's making right there to Israel and the same promise that he's making to creation is that you're about to have this large feast because I'm about to come down and take care of business.

33:52So that's what's getting ready to happen there and that's what you see with this great sacrifice and this great supper that God is preparing. Verse 2, Zekiel 39, Revelation 19, all right. Now the next thing I want to talk about is that the Lord will make himself known. Now this is something that you might be wondering, okay, what does that mean that he's going to make himself known? Well remember, kind of the popular thing right now, especially with the world and with the one world government and what they want to do with one world religion, is they want to say that all paths lead to God no matter what you call him, that we all worship the same God. Well, that's definitely not true. And so when you start hearing that kind of language, you know that that's not true or at least you better know if you're watching this program every day, you better know that. But the thing is is that God is going to make everybody know who he is, that his name is Jesus and that we've been worshiping him this whole time.

34:52I want you to think about something before I move into this and help you understand this. But in Zachariah, it talks about how they will look at him whom they have pierced and they will see the scars in his hands and in his side and in his feet and they will say where did you receive these wounds and he will say in the house of my friends, they're going to realize that's Jesus. When they see him come down, they're going to realize our Messiah we've been waiting for is Jesus and it says that they will mourn for him as one would mourn for their only son. So they're going to mourn at that point and they're going to beg for forgiveness, okay. We'll talk about that a little bit more here toward the end of the program. But I just want you to think about that for a second, not everybody knows Jesus is the Lord, right? I mean they worship other gods and right now, you know, there's this big anti-symmatic movement going on and you know when we say things like we are supposed to support Israel,

35:54they worship the God of heaven, they just don't know that he is Jesus, they don't understand that his name is Jesus, they hadn't got that revelation yet. Do you realize it took a while for everybody to get that revelation? In the Old Testament, when God would appear, they would ask him what's your name and he would say things like, why do you ask me what my name is? Or he might even say it's not time for that to be revealed, things like that. But when Jesus came, he made it known that he was God manifesting the flesh. If you remember the woman at the well, he chose her to tell the first person he told was a woman at the well that he was the Messiah, a woman who had to go up and draw water in the heat of the day because she couldn't go in the cool, the morning or the cool in the evening with the rest of the ladies because this woman was an adulterous and they talked about her and they called her names and I mean they might have thrown rocks at her, I don't know, but she would go up by herself to draw water every day and Jesus met her at that

36:56well to tell her the one that's talking to you right now. He is the Messiah and she went back and started a revival in Samaria. So it wouldn't reveal to everybody and it's still not revealed. That's why Roman says that they've been blinded in part. The Jews have been blinded in part because they did not accept their Messiah when he came the first time. So I'm not going to get into all that today but I just felt like I need to say that because that's one of the things we have to understand. God is going to make Himself known. He is going to do this. In Revelation 19, I'm kind of jumping here but I just want you to understand that when heaven is revealed at that point after the mayor's supper of the lamb and the rider on the white horse, it says he has a name that no one knows but himself but then it says he is the Word of God. We know who that is. That's Jesus. So anyway, just remember these things as I continue on here. I just wanted to mention that. I just felt like I needed to.

37:58Ezekiel 38, we jump back in verse 23. This is where the Lord will make Himself known. 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. So when He does this, everybody's going to know that's Jesus. That's that Christian Jesus that we've heard about so much. Ezekiel 39, 29, says, neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, say, the Lord God. So 38 and 39 both say God is going to reveal Himself. Zechariah 14.9 says, the Lord shall be the king over all the earth and in that day shall there be one Lord and His name, one, I'll tell you right now there is one Lord and His

38:58name is one. Sorry, I'm getting a little excited. I'm hitting my mic with my face. I apologize. Zechariah 14.9 when it says that it is letting you know that everybody will know at that point who the one Lord is, the one God. We know that already. We kind of have a jump on this because He's revealed it to us and we know that one Lord is Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior and our God. Okay. Man I'm getting excited. Sorry. Joel 2, 27, and ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I am the Lord your God and none else. And my people shall never be ashamed. Verse 28, and it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and daughters shall prophesy and your old man shall dream dreams and your young man shall see visions and also upon the servant and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit and I will show wonders in the heavens in the earth, blood

40:02and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned in the darkness and the moon into blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance as the Lord had said and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. Now remember that is talking about when Jesus comes and his feet are on the mount of olives there and they see him and recognize him. Okay, remember that scripture I just read because I'm going to refer back to that in a few minutes when we talk about another part of this prophecy here. But Joel chapter 317 says, so shall you know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain then shall Jerusalem be holy and there shall no strangers pass

41:03through her anymore. So he let you know he is going to make his name known and he is going to be there in Ezekiel 39 verse 7 it says, so I will make my holy name known in the midst of the people of Israel and I will not let them pollute my holy name anymore. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord the holy one in Israel folks. That's the same thing that we've been reading in these other scriptures about the Battle of Armageddon and that's Ezekiel 39. In verse 8 it says, behold, it is calm and it is done say at the Lord God, this is the day where of I have spoken. Now Ezekiel 39, 29 says this, neither will I hide my face anymore from them and I will pour my spirit out upon the house of Israel say at the Lord we just read that in Joel talking

42:04about the day of the Lord. He is going to pour his spirit out on the house of Israel. Do you understand what all that is saying? This is all talking about this battle is Ezekiel 38 and 39 and the battle of Armageddon is the same battle folks. So people are missing this at least by 3.5 years span. The 6th trumpet war happens, like I said yesterday, at least before the Great Tribulation starts, maybe before the final seven year starts. This may be the war we're watching right now. It may not be. We're just going to have to keep watching it. But it could be the 6th trumpet war there that's getting ready to happen but it's definitely not the Battle of Armageddon or Gog Magog, that's not that war. But it's very clear from the scriptures I've just read you and I've given you a ton of scriptures to go back and forth to look at. It's very clear that these two are the Battle of Armageddon and that they'll take place at the second coming of Jesus when he comes and he makes himself known, he will set his

43:07kingdom up and it says that that kingdom shall never pass away. It will last forever and ever. Okay. So just want you to understand that. This is a huge thing. This is exciting for me because I get excited when I talk about the second coming of the Lord and him making himself known and people realizing that it's Jesus. We want to get as many people on board for that before all this happens. We want people to know Jesus right now. We want people to be born again the way the Bible says. We'll talk about that a little bit when we're here in a minute too, but I get a question all the time and some of you are probably already thinking this is what about the scripture that says they'll be burning the weapons and they'll be burying the dead. What about all that? When does that happen? Well, let's look at the next part of this passage because in Ezekiel 39 this is what it says in starting with verse 9 it says, and they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and shall set on fire and burn the weapons.

44:12Okay. So they're burning the weapons of war, both the shield and the bucklers, the bow and arrows, the hand staves and the spears and they shall burn them with fire for seven years. So this is one reason why everybody thinks this is going to happen before the seven-year time period. They think, well, they're burning weapons for seven years. So how are they going to burn weapons after the rapture happens and after the battle of Armageddon? How are they going to do that? We'll get into that in a second. I just want you to see. That's why they believe that because they're going to be burning those weapons for seven years. In verse 10 it says, so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forest. For they shall burn the weapons with fire and they shall spoil those that spoiled them and rob those, that rob them, say, at the Lord God, verse 11. And it shall come to pass in that day that I will give unto God a place there of the graves

45:13in Israel and the valley of the passengers of the east of the sea. And it shall stop the noses of the passenger. So there's going to be a bad smell because there's rotting flesh out there. And there's shall they bury God in all his multitude and they shall call it the valley of Hammond God in seven months. So this is seven months of burying people. A lot of people think it's seven years of burying people seven months, shall the house of Israel be burying of them that they may cleanse the land. Verse 13, all the people of the land shall bury them and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, say, at the Lord, verse 14. And they shall sever out men of continual employment passing through the land to bury

46:14with the passengers that are there upon the face of the earth to cleanse it. After the end of seven months, shall they search? Verse 15, and the passengers that pass through the land, when they see at the man's bone, they show he set up a sign by it till the barriers have buried it in the valley of Hammond God. Now, Hammond God means, if you take the word Hammond, it is multitude. That's what it means, a crowd or an abundance of people. So Hammond God is the multitude of God. That's what that word means. So they're going to take this multitude of people and they're going to be burying them for seven months. They're going to burn their weapons for seven years. So people ask, okay, well, when does this happen? How can this happen? All right. Well, I believe that this is very possible that this is going to happen during the first seven years of the millennial reign because one of the things that we understand and that

47:16we know is that there will be survivors of the Battle of Armageddon, right? Some are Jewish and others are Gentile. So they're going to live as mortal human beings into the thousand year millennial reign. So remember, I told you a while ago that there's going to be Jewish people who are going to see Jesus and they're going to recognize then that He is the Messiah. That's in Zachary 13, 8 and 9. It tells us that a third of Israel are going to come through a fire. So this is, this is sad news here, but Zachary 13, 8, it says, and it shall come to past and in all the land, say at the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die. But the third shall be left therein. So it's telling you right there that there's only going to be a third of people. It's going to be a remnant of the people of Israel. So when it says in Romans 11 that all of Israel shall be saved, it's a remnant.

48:18But it'll be the remnant of all the people of Israel. And remember that there is 12 tribes of Israel. So I believe that in that remnant there will be representatives of all tribes and that's where it goes back to and all of Israel shall be saved because it's going to be a remnant of those people. But it's sad because it's only a third that survived that. So in verse 9 it says, and I will bring the third part through the fire and I will refine them as silver is refined and I will try them as gold is tried. And they shall call upon my name and I will hear them and I will say it is my people and they shall say the Lord is my God. So at that point, now remember because it's interesting he's going to make himself known. We've read all those scriptures and he says right there that they're going to say the Lord is my God and I'm going to say that these are my people. So he's going to save all of Israel. Now the thing is is we know this happens after the rapture.

49:21So they don't make the rapture. So we know that one third doesn't make the rapture. That one third is going to live into the millennial reign. Zachariah 14 lets us know that when Jesus' feet touched the Mount of Olives that the saints come with them. It says that at that battle the saints return with Jesus to the Mount of Olives. Zachariah 14, 3, then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations as when he fought in the day of battle. And verse 5 says, and the Lord my God shall come in all his saints with thee. So that lets you know right there when Jesus returns to the Mount of Olives we come back with them to that battle. Or in Revelation 19 it says that when the heavens open up and you see the rider on the white horse that he comes down with all of his armies of heaven comes with them. So we're giving our white robes and everything at the Merit's Supper's Lamb and we return with Jesus to the battle of Armageddon. So clearly the resurrection's already happened here because the saints are with Jesus and

50:26we're told that if we're part of the first resurrection that we serve with Jesus as priest and we rule over those who live in the millennial reign. This is who we're going to rule over. But you need to understand if you're in that resurrection you're going to be doing this. So Revelation 20 verse 6 it says blessed and holy is he that has part of the first resurrection. That's going to be us. And such the second death has no power. What's the second death? It's the lake of fire. It tells you in Revelation 20 the lake of fire is the second death. So the lake of fire has no power over us because we are part of the first resurrection. We come back with Jesus to the Mount of Olives. It says but they shall meaning us that they shall be priest of God and of Christ and shall reign with Him for a thousand years. So we're going to be reigning with Jesus for a thousand years. We're going to rule and reign over not just the Jewish people but there's going to be a

51:31survivor or survivors of the nations that come against Israel at this battle. So we have to understand that. If you look in Zachariah 14, 16 it says and it shall come to pass that everyone that is left. These are survivors. One that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the king, the Lord of Host and to keep the feast of tabernacles. So just real quick. I know I'm running out of time but real quick the feast of tabernacles is it's that feast. It's that Sabbath that they celebrate where they put the tents out as if they're in the wilderness where they celebrate that they made their tabernacles with God in the wilderness that he provided for every need they had, for water from Iraq, manner from heaven. When he moved, they moved. And so that's what that feast of tabernacles is about is that following God by spirit.

52:36They were led by the spirit of God through the wilderness and that's what they're going to have to keep that feast again. It's going to be something that's reinstated during this time of the great millennial and it says that all the survivors of the nation. So that's not just Jewish people, that's Gentile people as well. So there will be people traveling to and from Jerusalem in the thousand years that Jesus rules from Israel, from Jerusalem. This is why the verse makes sense in Ezekiel 39 and 15 when it says in the passengers that pass through the land when they see at the man's bones that they shall set up a sign by it till the barriers have buried in the valley of Hamagog. So it seems to be the timing of when this scripture could be fulfilled. The people are coming to worship God. They're coming in and out of Jerusalem. So they are going to be passing through there.

53:36They're going to see all of this happening in the first seven years of that while they're burning these weapons. Somebody asks why wouldn't why would you have to burn anything if God is your God? Well, it says because he doesn't want you burning the trees and stuff. He says you're going to burn the weapons. You'll take the spoils of war and that's what you'll use to fuel your fires. That's what you'll use for your energy is the spoils of that war instead of cutting the timber and instead of burning the trees, you won't have to do that anymore. All I know is that God will be in control and he can make anything happen. So I'm not real worried about how that's going to play out. I just believe it's going to play out. Okay. So I'm wrapping the show up. We're getting close to the end of the show today. But I hope this has been informative to you. I hope that you can understand what I've said today. I hope that you've written these scriptures down in that you're able to go back and you're able to look at things for yourself and that you're able to see, line these scriptures up and study it out.

54:36Because like Vince and I tell you, Dave tells you all the time, we tell you, don't just take our word for it. You need to study the scriptures. You need to be in the Word of God yourself. You need to be looking into all the things we talk about because that's how you're going to understand and that's how you're going to grow. Don't just listen to podcasters and people out there who have ticktocks and everything else. Don't just listen to them and when they take a one scripture and they build an empire off of one scripture, don't fall into that. Get into the Word of God. You've got to take scriptures and put them together and look at everything because like, like I like to tell people is when you're going through scripture and you're talking about a certain topic, get all of the scripture you can, all that you can understand and get together and look at all that together because what it does is build a picture. It's like looking at a comic book. You get little squares that are telling a little part of the story but by the time you look at the whole page, you're getting a bigger understanding of the story.

55:37I like to say the moving parts all the time. These are moving parts. God is showing you all the different things. The Bible's alive. The Word of God is alive. It's called the living word and there are things that are moving in there all the time. You may read something one day and you've never understood that in your whole life. Then one day you read it and it's like, boom, God hits you and says, here you go. You're ready to receive this. So I'm going to give it to you. So that's how the Bible is. You know, Jim, our audio guy and he's a wonderful man of God. He was leading us yesterday in our devotion time and he said something about, you know, if you're not spending time with God, it's like not spending time with your spouse. It's like not being able to communicate with your wife and have a relationship with your wife because you're not communicating. That communication with God is the most important thing that we can do because he is our lifeline folks and we've got to communicate with God. We've got to be in His Word. We're not going to understand what God wants from us or how much He loves us unless we're

56:37reading that love letter called the Bible where He lays it out and tells you who He is and how much He loves you. Okay. So I know I'm kind of getting off the topic here, but I just want everybody to understand this is so important. And the times we live in right now, it's so important. We are racing against the rapture as Pastor Baxter used to say all the time and it's time that we really start moving in that direction and helping other people to understand that. So I asked this of you today with all the things that are going on in the Middle East and other parts of the world even. There are servicemen and women that are out there fighting for us right now, fighting these battles right now, the battles that we're talking about every day on these programs and the things that are coming, pray for these people, pray for the people of Israel, pray for the people of Iran. We want the world to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to make sure your name is written in the lands book of life, okay.

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