Donna Danna (30 Apr 2023)
"REPLY TO EAR:   1 or 2 ATTACKS ON ISRAEL BY GOG & MAGOG?"


In reply to your 4/23 post Re: Donna Danna (26 March) 2023 - Gog's horses, bows, arrows and spears (fivedoves.com) I see that you believe that there is only one attack on Israel by Gog & Magog which takes place at the end of the millenium while I believe the events of Ezekiel 38 & 39 take place prior to the millenium and the events of Rev. 20:8-10 take place at the end of the millenium.  

Ezekiel 39:2 show Gog & Magog coming from the north parts  (north of Israel) and Rev. 20:8 shows Gog & Magog as the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth whose number is as the sand of the sea.  In Rev. 20:8 they compassed the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and at the time of Ez. 38 & 39 the camp of the saints is not located near or in the beloved city of Jerusalem as the saints are believers all over the earth.  

Also Ez. 39:22 says, "the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward."  If Ezekiel 39:22 took place at the end of the millenium, then the house of Israel would not know the Lord until 1,000 years after He returned to earth even though He will be seen in the temple in Jerusalem during that time and dwell with them.

Ez. 38:4, 38:16 & 39:2 shows that it is the Lord that puts a hook in the jaws of Gog & Magog to bring them forth against Israel while Rev. 7:7-8 shows that it is Satan who goes out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog & Magog to bring them together to battle & who compassed the camp of the saints and the beloved city (Jerusalem) which would make 2 separate attacks against Israel rather than 1 as you believe.

I wouldn't rule out the possibility of nuclear war prior to the millenium leaving no modern weapons so that they are riding horses, using bows, arrows, spears, swords & shields in Ez. 38 -39 because horses are also being ridden in the battle of Armageddon and the flesh of horses is being eaten by birds of prey in both Rev. 19:17-18 and in Ez. 39:17-20. 

After the Ez. 38 & 39 Gog & Magog attack, the Israelites spend 7 months burying their bones left by the birds of prey while after the Rev. 19 attack by Gog & Magog, Satan is thrown into the lake of fire and the dead in hell are resurrected to face the Great White Throne judgment so there would be no bones of Gog & Magog to bury for 7 months because they would all have been resurrected back into their bodies to face the Great White Throne judgment.