Dear Doves,

There may be connections between the Gog Magog War of Ezekiel 38 and 39 and Purim.  In the book of Esther,  the Jews were delivered from a planned genocide contrived by an evil man named Haman.  Purim is a holiday that celebrates this deliverance.  One day in the future, the Jews will once again be delivered from a planned genocide contrived by Gog during the Gog Magog War.  It will be a turning point for the Jews.  They will see the reality of God. “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.”  Ezekiel 38:23. 

     Recently, I was thinking about Purim and remembered an internet article that I read years ago which connected Purim to the Gog Magog War.  According to Ezekiel 39: 11, the bodies of the forces that invade Israel during that war will be buried at a place called Valley of Hamon Gog .  I don’t remember the name of the person who wrote the article, but he thought that the word Hamon was a pun for Haman.  And that later in Ezekiel 39:19, when birds and wild animals are told to get drunk on the blood of the invaders he thought that it would be a fitting time for Purim since it is a holiday where people are encouraged to get drunk.

   I do not know what this coming Purim may hold for us or for Israel or if some future Purim will be a prophetic indicator for the timing of the Gog Magog War.  One positive thing that will come out of the War will be that Israel and others will recognize the reality of the God of Israel.  Their eyes will be opened.  God will turn a major calamity into a blessing.

“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.  For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!  For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?  Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?  For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”  Romans 11:25-36.

Maranatha.

         – Lisa Taylor