EZEKIEL 38 and 39

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WHAT DOES EZEKIEL 38 and 39 REALLY SAY
A NEW LOOK AT EZEKIEL 38 and 39!


Chapter 38



"Study to shew thyself approved unto God; a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." - 2 Timothy 2:15

' SPIRITUAL' FANTASIES AND DEVIOUS MOTIVES
The 38th and 39th Chapters of the Book of Ezekiel are a "natural" for prophetic preachers; they literally love these chapters for they allow their minds to run wild with all sorts of "spiritual' fantasies. But too often when they attempt to "teach" or "preach" from these fascinating chapters, they are so strongly influenced by the men who taught them in seminary, or by the "so-called" Bible scholars of their particular church, they fail to see what the Bible teaches.

Often they fail to take into account, that in recent years, say the last 75 or so, many of these Bible scholars are unregenerate Jewish scholars who have infiltrated the religious institutions of Christendom with devious motives in mind and who often attempt to deceive gullible "Goyim" Christians with the scholarly (?) books they write.



A THOUGHT PROVOKING STUDY INTO THE 38TH AND 39TH CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

This has been particularly true in the Jewish fable which has been "palmed off' on unsuspecting Christians, that Jesus, their Lord, Master and Savior came from that race which He called "children of their father the devil," (John 8:44), and that the Pharisees of His day, and this Twentieth Century, are "all of Israel" and represent the "people of the Book," or as Baptist Evangelist Jack Van Impe says, are "THE APPLE OF God's eye."

How they ever come to this dubious conclusion is beyond my comprehension, when as they read the Gospels of the New Testament, they surely must see how Jesus blasted these religious hypocrites, calling them "whited sepulchres, poisonous snakes," and clearly said in John 10:26, that they could not hear His message or understand Him, because "Ye are not of my sheep," (John 10:26). In Matthew 23:15, He clearly tells them that their proselytes (converts), under their guidance, become "two fold more a child of hell than themselves." This seems mighty plain to me.

In the Epistles, we find the Apostle Paul, who is wrongfully called a Jew, since he was of the tribe of Benjamin, saying that the Jews of His day: "Please not God and are contrary to all men," (1 Thess. 2:15). Later on, the Apostle John in I John 2:22, 23, gives a clear definition of an anti-Christ, which clearly fits the Jews of His day and those of the Twentieth Century, when he states in no uncertain terms, that "Who is a LIAR but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father..." (This seems to me to lay to rest all the arguments about whether a Jew can come to contact with God, without going through the Son. ANY Christian, worthy of that name, knows and teaches this. Then in 2 John 10, 11, the Apostle tells Christians how to act towards these anti-Christ's and it is not by associating with them and holding Jewish-Christian joint meetings on Hannakuh. In clear wording, that even a child can understand, John says: "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine (that Jesus is the Christ), RECEIVE him not into your house, NEITHER bid him God speed: (don't help him in any way) for he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his EVIL DEEDS." (Emphasis mine.)

How can any pastor read these words of truth and still continue in the darkness which allows them to consort with these enemies of Jesus Christ?



THE WATCHMEN OF AMERICA ARE DELIBERATELY BLIND AND DUMB
Could their reason be "Fear of the Jews", which has so thoroughly permeated the Christian world? Fear of losing their fine church and congregation by preaching the truth? Fear of losing funds to run their elaborate religious establishment? Fear of losing that lucrative TV contract? Fear of being called "anti-Semitic?" Have these "religious shepherds" become the "salt of the earth which has lost its savor?" (ability to act like salt) Have the modern preachers, for the most part, become the watchmen on the walls of America, spoken of in Isaiah 56:10, 11, who are deliberately blind and dumb, so that they cannot, or will not warn their people of this Talmudic danger? Are they watchmen who have been lulled to sleep by the sweet teachings of the Judeo-Christianizers in our seminaries? Are they the greedy dogs who do everything for their own gain? Watch most any TV evangelist in action and see where he puts his emphasis. I dare you to do this with a honest, open mind.



RUSSIAN CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE
Probably no portion of Scripture has even been twisted out of shape as much as these two chapters, which are sometimes referred to as the "Russian Chapters" of the Bible. That they deal with a future conflict which will be worse than anything this world has ever seen and which will be unleashed against the Israelite people in the "end times", becomes quite obvious. This attack will come from a monstrous military alliance, which will sweep out of the North country, headed by the atheistic communists of the Soviet Union. There is very little argument here among Bible scholars.

But most of the "fundamental" and "evangelical" preachers, base their ideas on these chapters, not from a study of God's Word, but from the footnotes of a reprobate preacher named C. I. Schofield. His twisted theological concepts have so permeated the thinking of the fundamental Christian world, that it is almost considered "heresy" when anyone deviates from them. Often in Baptist churches, in particular, (and I can speak from experience, since I was a Baptist evangelist for eighteen years) the footnotes of the Schofield Reference Bible are held in as much respect as the text itself.

We could argue for many pages as to who is "right" and who is "wrong," and we would accomplish absolutely nothing, except to raise tempers. What I propose to do, is make a verse by verse study of these two chapters to see what they really say, not what men want them to say.

The "futurists" say the unregenerate Jew must be back in old Palestine before Jesus can return the Second Time and that this massive Russian military machine will sweep down from the North against the Jewish entity in Palestine, which we know today as the "Israeli."




LOOK WHERE THE ICBM’s ARE POINTED
But at this point, an interesting thing takes place, which surely should make any intelligent person question this. If you have watched the unfolding of history during this Twentieth Century, (I have seen over 70 years of it,) do you honestly believe that Russia has spent hundreds of billions of dollars of its national wealth, building the most massive military machine in the world's history, for the purpose of attacking a little nation of less than 4-million? Surely you must be kidding? Look where the ICBM's are pointed. They are not aimed at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. They are aimed at the capitol cities of the nations of Christendom, the primarily white-Christian nations of Europe and North America. There must be a reason for this. The major enemy of the Soviet Union is not that little patch of real estate in Palestine, which we call Israel. They are aimed against the Israel nations (tribes) who are resting safely in their God-given lands (2 Samuel 7:10).
TRUE ISRAEL WAS IN LONG AND CRUEL BONDAGE IN EGYPT!
But my purpose in writing this article is not to prove that the modern Jews are a "fraud" and have no blood connection with Abraham. Jesus pretty well took care of this exposure in John 8:32, when He told them how they could be free, and they (the Jewish leaders) braggingly and openly admitted that they were not Israelites when they said: "We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man." Any Sunday School student knows that true Israel was in long and cruel bondage in Egypt.



ARE YOU A TRUE BIBLE SCHOLAR?
But let's get on with Ezekiel 38 and 39 and see what the prophet really says. We will use the old, tried and true Authorized King James Version of the Bible for our study and Strong's incomparable, exhaustive Concordance. Since most of my readers do not read or understand Hebrew, we will use Strong's Hebrew definitions of English words, since he is considered to be a top authority in this field by most Bible scholars.

Some of my readers may question as to why we will use a Hebrew-English Concordance: "Isn't the Bible good enough in itself?" they may ask. But unfortunately, even the marvelous King James Version cannot convey in English, the true meaning of many Hebrew words. So we will check out the "key" words in every verse and see what they mean in the Hebrew language. If this seems tedious to some, then you are really not interested in learning the truth. You are not really a Bible scholar.



EZEKIEL 38

Vs. 1 - "The word of the Lord came unto me (Ezekiel) saying." No explanation needed here.

Vs 2 - "Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him." Here the Bible concordance will do us little good, so we must go to history to discover who MAGOG, MESHECH and TUBAL are.

Very few Bible scholars will argue that the enemy of Israel, mentioned here, is not Russia. This is why these two chapters are called the "Russian Chapters." As far back as 1857, a Rev. F. E. Pitts spoke twice before joint sessions of the U.S. Congress, predicting sometime in the future, a vast and terrible war between Russia and the United States. About 130 years ago, Commodore Perry of the U.S. Navy, read a paper before the American Geographical and Statistical Society in which he predicted that Russia would become our deadly enemy.

The word "Gog" in Russian means: "Chief"; MAGOG refers to Russia and MESHECH is the ancient name for the Russian Capitol in Moscow.

TUBAL was the grandson of Noah; his father was named Japheth. Japheth settled in the Central Area of Siberia. If you were to place your outspread right hand over Siberia, with your little finger on the "A" in Siberia, you would find your thumb to be close to the city of TUBLOSK, which was named for Noah's grandson.

Vs 3 - "And say, Thus saith the Lord God; behold, I am against thee, 0 Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal." Why would this be? Because this vast land is completely anti-God in its religious philosophy. While there are still Christians in this land, the majority of its people are atheists.

Vs 4 - "And I will turn thee back and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers, and shields, all of them handling swords:" The phrase: "I will turn thee back and put hooks into thy jaws," has been a point of controversy with many preachers. They say: "See, Russia has plans for world conquest, but God is going to put hooks into their jaws, and draw them away from world conquest, into the land of Palestine, so He can destroy them." But is this what this verse means? Let us see.

WE WILL LOOK AT EACH KEY WORD, THEN I WILL GIVE THE NUMERICAL PLACE WHERE IT IS FOUND IN THE CONCORDANCE, THE HEBREW WORD AND ITS ENGLISH MEANING.

TURN - (7725) - Heb. "shuwb", meamng: "to turn away or back, not necessarily with the idea of returning to the starting point;" "retreat;" "do evil;" "draw back;" "come again, "cause to turn."

HOOKS - (2397) - "chachiy", meaning: "put a ring in the nose" (like to lead a bull.)

BRING - (3318) - "yatsa" - meaning: "draw forth;" "fetch out"; "lead out;" "pull out."

FORTH - (3318) - the same Hebrew word and meaning as BRING.

CLOTHED - (3847) - "labesh", meaning: "to put on or clothe onesself."

SORTS - (4358) - "miklowl"; meaning: "all sorts of splendid armour."

ARMOUR - (3627) - "kliy", meaning: "armored dress." (Notice that even the horses are armored.)

We must realize here that Ezekiel was speaking of war terms of what he knew and understood; He did not know about tanks, planes and airborne attacks; when he visualized heavily armored horses, he was thinking in terms of what we would today call "armored forces."

COMPANY - (6951) - "qahal", meaning: "multitude".

BUCKLERS - (6793) - "tsinnoh" - meaning: "a large shield which covered the body." (Again think in terms of armored personnel carriers.)

HANDLING - (8610) - "tophas", meaning: "wielding" or "manipulating."

So if we take these English words at their Hebrew meaning, we could say this verse says: "I (God) will turn thee (Magog~Russia) away from where you were going, and will put a ring in your nose and draw you forth, with all your military might (this is to be an "all-out" military effort), your armored forces with all their weapons."

In no place in this verse does God intimate that He is drawing this Russian army into Palestine, as most preachers teach. (Never read anything into a verse which isn't there.)

Vs 5 - "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with spear and helmet." The Russian allies are clearly mentioned here. Persia, which is now Iran, Ethiopia which is a Communist country and Libya, which is an ally of the Soviet Union.

Vs 6 - "Gomer with all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands; and many people with thee."

GOME - (1586) - "Gomer" - meaning: "Son of Japheth", who was believed to have settled in what we now know as Siberia.

BANDS - (102) - " 'aggaph" - meaning. a cover, "wings or flank forces of an army;" "crowds of troops."

HOUSE - (1004) "bavith" - meaning: "family of."

TOGARMAH - (8425) - "Togarmah", meaning: "a son of Gomer and his posterity." (Believed to be the non-Israelite people of Eastern Germany.)

NORTH - (6828) - "tsaphown," meaning: "a dark and gloomy place;" "northern."

QUARTERS - (3411) "yrekah" - meaning: "rear"; "border;" "coast."

This verse could very well read: "Gomer, the Son of Japheth from Siberia with crowds of troops; the family of Togarmah from Eastern Germany from the gloomy north with crowds of troops."

Vs 7 - "Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them."

PREPARED - (3559) - "kuwn", meaning: "establish;" "prepare yourself."

COMPANY - (6951) - "quahl", meaning: "multitude."

ASSEMBLED - (6950) - "misjmar", meaning: "prison;" "ward."

So this verse could read: "Be thou (MAGOG-RUSSIA) prepared (or prepare thyself), thou, and all thy multitude which are gathered together unto thee, and keep them under guard."

(Why?) Because we know that many of the nations which are part of the Soviet Union would revolt if given the chance, so the Communists must keep them under constant guard, to see that they do not revolt.) Do you see how the English translation does not do this justice?

Vs 8 - "After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have always been waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them."

This is a "key" verse which we MUST understand, if we are to properly understand the rest of this chapter.

VISITED - (6485) - "paquod" - meaning: "to visit with hostile intent."

LATTER YEARS - (319) -"acharivth: meaning: "the last days; in the future; end time."

MOUNTAINS - (2022) - "har" meaning: "hill country." (It is also interesting to note that in Bible symbolism, especially in the Old Testament, the word "mountains" often means "people".)

WASTE - (2723) - "charbah" meaning: "by implication a desolate place."

BROUGHT FORTH - (3318) - "yatsu" meaning: "to bring out."

NATIONS - "goy-gowry" (1471) meaning: "gentiles; tribes; non-Jewish people."

DWELL - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "to remain; continue."

SAFELY - (983) - "betach" meaning: "boldly; without care; with confidence."

So this verse could very well read: "After many DAYS (3177) - "Yowm", meaning: "a space of time; age; days; seasons." After many seasons thou (Russia) shall move with hostile intent, into the land that is brought back from war, and is gathered from many nations, against the people or nations of Israel and the mountains which have always been a desolate uninhabited place: but which is brought out of the nations or gentile non-Jewish nations, and they shall continue in safety, living boldly without care and with confidence." (Can you see why the Bible scholars want us to use the literal Bible translation without going to the original? It changes the meaning doesn't it?

Vs 9-

ASCEND - (5927) - "aloh" meaning: "to come up; get up; go."

STORM - (7722) - "shoah" meaning: "tempest."

CLOUD - (6051) - '~anan" meaning: "like a cloud covers the sky."

COVER - (3680) - "youm" meaning: "overwhelm."

So when we put verse 9 together we get something like this: "Thou (Russia) shall come up like a tempest, like a cloud you shall cover the sky and the land, thou, and all thy bands with thee." (Could this mean an airborne invasion? I believe it could since it is a perfect description of such an event. Of course Ezekiel did not know about parachute troops, so he used words people would understand to show them that something would take place which would literally cloud the sky with enemy soldiers."

Vs 10 -

PASS - (5674) - "abar" meaning: "to cross over; overrun; meddle; over- run; enter."

TIME - (3177) - "youm" meaning: "day".

THINGS - (1697) - "dabar" meaning: "a matter; harmful; evil favored; a cause."

MIND - (3824) - "lebab" meaning: heart."

THINK - (2803) - "chashab" meaning: "plot; conceive; consider; imagine."

EVIL - (7451) - "ra" meaning: "bad; harmful; mischevious; wicked."

THOUGHT - (4284) - "machashebeth" meaning: "contrivance; machine; curious device."

This verse has some interesting possibilities in the original Hebrew and might read something like this: "Thus saith the Lord God, It shall come about, that on that day, a certain matter shall come into thy (Russia's) heart, and thou (Russia) shall consider a harmful thought concerning a military device you have in your possession." (What this device is we do not know. It might be a new military machine such as a lazer beam that would give them military superiority over us. It might be a defense against our ICBM's which would make them invulnerable to attack. SOME HAVE SPECULATED ON A ELECTRO MAGNETIC PULSE DEVICE (EMP) BEING SET OFF IN THE ATMOSPHERE CRIPPLING THE NATION AND ITS DEFENSES. WHATEVER IT MAY BE, RECENT HISTORY HAS PROVEN THAT ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 OUR DEFENSES WERE AND VERY EASILY BY PASSED!!! DID THE PENTAGON, THE NERVE CENTER OF AMERICA’S DEFENSE, THE MOST HIGHLY GUARDED AND PROTECTED FACILITY IN THIS NATION NOT RECEIVE A DIRECT ATTACK? (EDITORS NOTE) Whatever it is, the translators made a complete mess here, since the word (thought) in Hebrew, obviously has to do with some sort of device and not something in the mind as the King James Version would have us believe.)

Vs 11 -

UP - (4605) - "ma'al" meaning: "above; upward."

LAND - (776) - erets meaning: "land; country; nations."

UNWALLED - (6519) - "prazah" meaning: "town without walls; open country."

VILLAGES - (6519) - "prazah" meaning: "town."

REST - (8252) - "shaquat" meaning. 'repose; living in apathy."

DWELL - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "abide."

SAFELY - (983) - "betach" meaning: "with security."

BARS - (1280) - "briyach" meaning. 'bolts."

TAKE - (962) - "bazaz" meaning: "to spoil; destroy utterly; to plunder."

SPOIL - (7998) - "shalal" meaning. to strip; take booty."

DESOLATE - (2723) - "charbah" meaning: "a destroyed place; waste place; uninhabited place."

PLACES - (4725) - "mgomah" meaning: "locality; country."

INHABITED - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "to dwell; to remain, as permanently."

PEOPLE - (5971) - "am" meaning: "tribe or nation."

GATHERED - (622) - "acaph" meaning: "to assemble; bring together (such as the United States.)

NATIONS - (1471) - "gowyr or goy" meaning. a (non-Jewish) tribe or nation.)" (The Jewish Encyclopaedia says that the Jews are a non-Israelite tribe.)

DWELL - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: same as "inhabited" above.

So we put these meanings together and come out with a verse which would read something like: "And thou (Russia) shall say, I will go upward to a country of towns without walls; I will go to them that live safely in apathy, that abide with security all of them living without bolts or bars on their doors."

Vs 12 - This verse has 20 KEY words. Each MUST be looked up separately, as they may have different meanings in the Hebrew language.

TAKE - (962) - "bazaz" meaning: "to plunder; spoil utterly; rob." Can also be (7997) - "shalal", meaning: "to strip; plunder; for the purpose of spoiling."

SPOIL - (7998) - "shalal" meaning: "to strip or plunder."

TURN - (7725) - "shuwb" meaning: "to do evil; carry away."

HAND - (3027) - "yad" meaning: "power; force."

UPON - (5921) - "al" meaning: "against."

DESOLATE - (2737) - "waste places; uninhabited."
(May I remind you again to look up each KEY word separately, the English word DESOLATE, for instance as used in one verse, may have a completely different meaning in another place.)

PLACES - (4725) - "maqowm" - meaning: "a locality; country." NOW - (6258) - " 'attah" meaning: "at this time."

INHABITED - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "established; dwelling." UPON - (5921) - "al" meaning "against."

PEOPLE - (5971) - "am" meaning. people; tribes, as those of Israel; nation."

GATHERED - (622) - " 'acaph" meaning: "gathered for a purpose; assemble." (Here is a good example of what I mentioned earlier. The English word GATHERED is used seven times in the book of Ezekiel, yet it has four different meanings. Therefore each KEY word MUST be looked up to come up with a correct translation.)

OUT - (4480) - "mm" meaning: "from out of."

NATIONS - (1471) - "goury or goyim" - meaning: "non-Jewish nations; people; nations."

GOTTEN - (6213)-" 'asah" meaning: "brought forth; have charge of; gathered; procured."

CATTLE - (4735) - "Migneh" meaning: "property; acquisition of cattle; flocks; herds; possessions; substance." (Note that this word does not necessarily refer to animals, but to great possession.)

GOODS - (7075) - "gimyan" meaning: "creatures; wealth; riches; substance."

DWELL - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "remain, abide; inhaait; settle."

MIDST - (2872) - "tabbuwr" meaning: "piled up; accumulated; middle."

LAND - (776) - " 'erets" meaning: "the earth; a country; nations; wilderness." (Here is another good example of a multiple use of the English word LAND. This word is used 151 times in the book of Ezekiel; it has two major meanings, yet the same word was used in each instance.)

So we put this interesting verse together and come out with: "To come for the purpose of plundering the land and to strip it; to do evil with thy forces against the uninhabited country which is at this time established; and upon the tribes of Israel who have been gathered for a purpose, out of many non-Jewish nations, which have procured much property, flocks, herds and possessions and who have settled down in the midst of the wilderness." (Notice how this verse could not possibly apply to the little Israeli nation presently in Palestine; nor could it apply to Palestine itself. In the first place, the Israeli have very few cattle. The 1983 Israeli Agricultural report said they had about 56,000 head, which is not as much as most American counties contain. Then, too, this land against which Russia comes, is to be one that has great wealth in possessions; this could only refer to the United States and Canada, both Israel nations and the wealthiest nations in the world. Secondly, this nation which will be invaded will be a nation that was once uninhabited. To all intents and purposes this could not refer to Old Palestine which has been inhabited since earliest historical times. Yet when the first white men came to North America, for all intents and purposes, they found what is now Canada and the United States, a gigantic wilderness, peopled only by a few wandering Indian tribes.

You may ask: "How did Israel get from Palestine to North America. I thought Palestine was the Israel land of promise?" This is natural for this is what you have been taught in your churches. Yet if you will study Scripture, you will find that at the time of King David, when he had conquered Palestine and was finally settled in Jerusalem, at peace for the first time in forty years, God sent a prophet to him that made this promise: Remember now, the King is standing in his palace in Jerusalem when this promise was made: "Moreover I (God) will APPOINT (future tense) a PLACE for my people ISRAEL, and will PLANT them, that they may dwell in a PLACE of their own, and MOVE no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime." (2 Sam. 7:10).

This clearly shows, that the "Promised Land" sometimes called ZION, was to be at a future time and in a different place. Other Scriptures give an accurate description of this marvelous country. Isaiah 18 tells us of a country that will be beyond (to the west of) the rivers of Ethiopia (referring of course to the mighty Nile River). It was to be a land under cover of "buzzing wings". There is hardly a moment, day or night, that the U.S. and Canada is not being crossed by an airplane.

Second, note that this country was to send its ambassadors abroad not in the "vessels of reeds" mentioned in your King James Version, (who ever heard of a mighty country sending her ambassadors in such flimsy vessels.) This should have been translated "water drinking vessels." END OF PART ONE

Gog and Magog: PART TWO :D

." Until this century, all our ambassadors traveled to other countries by steam ships.

This country was to be somewhere to the west of Ethiopia, or the rivers of Ethiopia. If you were to go due west from Jerusalem, you would cross the mouth of the Nile River in the vicinity of Alexanderia, Egypt, then going further west would cross Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, then the Atlantic Ocean, and finally you would arrive in the heartlands of America, somewhere in the vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia.

This nation of people, living in a land which had once been a wilderness, was to be a people who had been "terrible" from their beginning. The word TERRIBLE as used here is the Hebrew word ~ which means ''to revere; be afraid of." Up until this last fifty years or so, the United States, from its beginning in 1776, has been an undefeated nation, admired, or feared by everyone. When we were still babies we defeated the greatest military power on earth, the British, on two occasions. We defeated the Mediterranean pirates who had caused proud England to pay them tribute; we defeated mighty Spain and stopped her dream of becoming a world power. Then we fought in two great world wars, where it was our might that caused victory. We did not know at the time that we had been tricked by our enemy to fight these wars for their benefit, but we were a "terrible people" in every meaning of the word and even today, when America's foreign statesmanship has for the most part been replaced by "chickenship," when our military might begins to assemble; when America sends out the "call to arms" to her sons and daughters, the entire world, even mighty Russia, hesitates to attack us.

Isaiah went into great detail describing this country. He could not put a name on it, since it did not exist at this time and was still some 2500 years in the future. He said it was to be a land that was "meted out and trodden down." The United States, is the only country in the world that has been completely surveyed north to south, east to west. This was done by the U.S. Metes and Bounds Act of the early 1800's. All of America's lands have been laid out by compass, literally a "Nation measured out by lines underfoot."

There is no great nation on earth that is divided by rivers such as ours. The Mississippi dividing us east from west; and the east being further divided by such rivers as the Ohio and the Tennessee, while the west is divided by the Columbia, the Missouri, Arkansas, and the Colorado.

So when you hear your pastor say, "There is no such nation like the United States mentioned in Scripture," you know he is either lying to you, or is a poor Bible scholar.

Vs 13 -

SHEBA - (7614) - meaning: "the name of three early ancestors of the Ethiopians, sometimes called Sabeans."

DEDAN - (1719) - "ded-awn" meaning: the name of two Cushites and their territory mentioned in Ezekiel 25:13 as part of Edom, the natural enemies of the Israel people.

LIONS - (3715) - "kphyr", meaning: "young lions; also villages."

SPOIL - (7998) - "shalan" meaning: "booty, prey."

PREY - (957) - "baz" mearnng:' 'plunder or booty."

GATHERED - (622) - "acaph" meaning: "to assemble; restored; gathered." Notice that the English word GATHERED is also used in verse 9 where it means: "collected; gather themselves together."

COMPANY - (6951) - "qahal" meaning: "multitude; assemblage."

CARRY - (5375) - "nacah" meaning: "bring forth; burn; carry away; fetch; take away utterly." Here we have another good example of one word having many meanings. The English word CARRY is used five times in the book of Ezekiel but has three different meanings.

GREAT - (1419) - "godawl" meaning: "great in any sense; exceedingly; much."

So we could translate this verse to say: "The Ethiopians and Edomites, and the merchants of Tarshish (a great seaport on the Mediterranean Sea), with all the villages, or towns thereof shall say unto thee (Russia), Art thou come to take booty? hast thou (Russia) assembled thy multitudes to take a

PREY (957) "baz" meaning "booty". To carry away silver, and gold (representative of great wealth), to take a booty of cattle and goods, to take exceedingly much booty?"

Vs 14 -PROPHESY - (5012) "naba" meaning: "to foretell the future through inspiration."

DWELLEST - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "abide; inhabit; remain.

SAFELY - (983) - "betach", the same as in vs. 8 meaning: "both the fact and feel of security; assurance; without care; confidence; securely." That phrase "without care" surely describes most of the American people. Give them a roof over their head, three square meals a day, a six pack of beer and a television to watch and you can do almost anything you like with them. Truly, our people for the most part dwell "without care," or in simplistic apathy.

KNOW - (3045) - "yadah" the same word as is used in vss 16 and 23 meaning: "recognize; feel; have knowledge of; understand."

So this verse would translate to read: "Therefore, (because of this) son of man, prophesy by my (God's) inspiration, and say unto Russia, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people Israel live in security, without care, surely thou (Russia) shalt have knowledge of it."

Vs 15 -

COME- (935) the same word as is used in vss 8, 9, 13, and 15 - "bow" meaning: "beseige; invade." It is interesting to note that the English word COME is used ten times in this 38th Chapter. Five times it is the Hebrew word "bow"; twice it is (1961) "hayah", and three times (5927) "alah". Again a reminder to look up EACH key word.

PLACE - (4725) - "maqowm" meaning: "locality; country."

OUT - (4480) - "mm" meaning: "out of."

NORTH - (6828) - "tsaphan" meaning: "used only of the far north; a gloomy, unknown place to the north."

PARTS - (3411) - "yrekah'' meaning: "borders; coasts.''

MANY - (7277) same as in 6, 8, 9, 15, 22, 23 meaning "abundance of; multiple."

PEOPLE - (5971) "am" the same word used eight times in this chapter meaning "a specific tribe or nation; troops; nations."

RIDING - (7392) - "rakab" meaning: "riding on an animal or vehicle; on horseback; in a vehicle."

COMPANY - (6951) - "quahal" meaning: "a multitude."

MIGHTY (7227) same as in vs 15 "rab" meaning: "exceedingly great."

ARMY - (2428) - "chaquil" meaning: "band of soldiers; great forces of armed men; a huge force indicating war."

When we put this together we get a verse which reads somewhat like this:

"Arid thou (Russia) shall come from thy country, out of the gloomy places to the north, thou (Russia) and nations with thee, a multitude, exceedingly great, a huge force prepared for war."


Vs 16 -

COME - (5927) - " 'alh" meaning: "ascend un; cause to come up."

PLACE - (4725) - "maqowm" meaning: "locality; country."

AGAINST - (5921) - " 'al" meaning: "upon; against."

CLOUD - (6051)-" 'aan" meaning: "as a cloud covering the sky; a dark thunder cloud darkening the sky."

COVER - (3680) - "kacah" meaning: "to conceal; hide; overwhelm."

LAND - (776) - " 'erets" meaning: "country; nation."

BRING - (935) - "bow" meaning: "bring forth; call; to come against; invade."

HEATHEN - (1471) - "gowry or goy" meaning: "gentile, non-Jewish nations; nations."

KNOW - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "recognize; observe; acknowledge."

SANCTIFY - (6942) - "Quadash" meaning: "consecrate; dedicate; proclaim; purify ones-self."

EYES - (5869) - " 'ayin" meaning: "face; presence; sight."

So this verse could very well read: "And thou (Russia-Gog), shall come upon my (God's) people of Israel as a dark thunder cloud to cover the nation; it shall come about in the LATTER (319 - 'achanyth' meaning "future") future., and I (God) will bring thee (Russia) upon my nation, that the gentiles (nations) may recognize me (God), when I (God) shall be consecrated in thee, O Gog, before their eyes." (EYES) - (" 'ayin" meaning "presence."

Vs 17 -

OLD - (693 1) - "quadmowniy" meaning: "ancient; of old."

TIME - (3117) "youm" meaning: "days past; at other times."

SPOKEN - (1692) - "dabar" meaning. "declared; pronounced; promised; talked of."

SERVANTS - (5650)-" 'ebed" meaning: "servant; bond man."

PROPHETS - (5030) - "nabia" meaning: "predicted by inspiration."

PROPHESIED - (5012) - "naba" meaning: "predicted by inspiration."

THOSE - (1992) - "bemmah" meaning: "used only when emphatic; specific."

DAYS - (3117) - "youm" meaning: "days gone by; other days."

MANY - (7227) - "rab" meaning: "long time; process of time."

YEARS - (8141) - "shanah" meaning: "whole age."

BRING - (935) - "bow" meaning: "bring forth; call; to come against; go to war; invade."

AGAINST - (5921) - " 'al" meaning: "upon; against."

So this verse translates to read: "Thus saith the Lord God (the God of Israel); Are thou (Russia) he of whom I (God) have talked of in ancient days past? by my (God's) bond servants, those who predict the future by my (God's) inspiration? which predicted in those days, many years ago that I (God) would cause thee (Russia) to go to war against them?"

Notice something of greatest importance: This war is something God has planned and predicted by His prophets. It is to be a war which will bring His Israel people to their senses and it will be perpetuated by their ancient enemy Edom.

In Psalm 2:1-3 we read of this time: "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kinds of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His anointed (Israel) saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." Here we have an excellent description of what is happening in the world today. The atheistic nations, led by the Zionist internationalists are saying in essence. "we will destroy God and His people, the nations of Christendom, true Israel." Their rage is not against the tiny country of the Israeli, as our preachers have so boldly told us, but against the white Christian nations of the world, the Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Scandinavian, Germanic and related peoples. Don't take my word for this, check it out for yourself. See where the Communist missiles are aimed; they were not set up to destroy Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, they were set up to destroy the capitol cities of the Christian nations. Gog (Russia) has not spent billions of dollars in the past 45 years to arm against the tiny nation of the Israeli, but against the white Christian nations who make up true Israel.

Then look at Psalm 83:2-6, 15, 17, 18 to see why these enemies are: "For, lo, thine (God's) enemies make a tumult (great confusion); and they that hate thee (God) have lifted their head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people (Israel, not the Jews) and have consulted against thy hidden ("tsaphan" meaning "favored" ones). They (Russia and her alliance) have said, Come and let us cut them (Israel) off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they (the Russian Confederation) have consulted together with one consent (unanimous approval): they are confederate against thee (God)."

Notice now who these enemies are: Vs 6 - "The tabernacles of Edom, the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes..." You may say, "How do the Jews fit in here?" Well it's quite easy to see, if you want to. Go back to John 8:32, where Jesus told the Jewish leaders that if they would listen to His "truth" they could be truly free. Quite boldly and openly the Jewish leaders bragged: Vs 33 - "We be the children of Abraham, and have NEVER been in bondage to any man."

Can't you see this truth? They were children of Abraham, through their father Esau. They were not Israelites. So go to the Jewish Encyclopedia, where you will read: "Edom is a part of Jewry," and again: "Judah was a non-Israelite tribe."

But let's get back to the prophesy of Ps. 83:15 and David's curse upon these enemies of God and true Israel: "So persecute them with thy (God's) tempest, and make them afraid with thy (God's) storm." If you haven't seen the truth yet, then go to Ezekiel 38:22 and see how God destroys these enemies of Israel and it will not be in Old Palestine that this takes place. Vs 17 says: "Let them (God's) enemies be confounded and troubled forever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish." Compare this to Luke 19:27, where Jesus predicts the end for His enemies.

Vs 18 -

COME - (1961) "hayah" meaning: "be accomplished; happen."

PASS - (5674) - " 'abar" meaning. "cause to; make."

SAME - (1931) - "hiy" meaning: "that."

TIME - (3177) - "youm" meaning: "day; space of time; space of days; season."

COME - (935) - "bow" meaning: "enter into; make war." (Notice that this English word has a different meaning than in the first of this same verse.)

AGAINST - (5921) - " 'al" meaning. against."

LAND - (127) - " 'adamah" meaning. country."

FURY - (2534) - "chema" meaning. anger; rage; wrath." Compare this usage with that of Daniel 11:44 where the same word is used and which speaks about the same historical occurrence: "But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him (the leader of the Gog forces): therefore he shall go out with great fury (rage; anger) to destroy and utterly make away many."

COME - (5927)-" 'alah" meaning. rise up; cause to burn; increase; stir up."

FACE - (639) - " 'aph" meaning. rapid breathing of great passion; anger; countenance."

So we put these Hebrew words together and this verse translates: "And it shall be accomplished at that day (or season), when Gog (Russia) shall enter into the country of Israel to make war against them, saith the Lord God, that my (God's) fierce, burning anger, shall rise up in my countenance as a fiery, burning passion."

Vs 19 -

JEALOUSY - (7068) - "gin'ah" meaning: "zealous; jealous."

FIRE - (784) " 'esh" meaning: "burning fire; hot."

WRATH - (5678) - " 'ebrah" meaning: "outburst of passion; anger; rage."

SPOKEN - (1696) - "dabar" meaning: "command; destroy; pronounced."

SURELY - (3808) - "loh" meaning: "truly; verily."

DAY - (3117) - "youm" meaning: "space of time."

GREAT - (1419) - "gadal" meaning: exceeding; mighty."

SHAKING - (7494) - "ra'ash" meaning "earthquake; confusion; confused noise;." (This word is only used eight times in the entire Bible.)

LAND - (127)" 'adamah" meaning: "country."

So as we put this verse together we would get: "For in my (God's) jealousy, and in the hot fire of my (God's) anger have I (God) commanded. Truly in that space of time there shall be a mighty earthquake in the country of Israel." (To go back to the word "jealous," it's interesting to note that God is defined many times as a "jealous" God. This means "zealous fpr His people.")

Vs 20 -

FISHES - (1709) - "d ag" meaning things which swim in the water."

FOWLS - (5775)-" 'owph" meaning: "birds which fly."

HEAVEN - (8064) - "shameh" meaning: "sky."

BEASTS - (2416) - "chay" meaning: "living thing; wild beasts."

FIELD - (7704) - "shaday" meaning: "soil; field."

CREEPING - (7431) - "remes" meaning: "reptiles."

THINGS - (1697) - "dabar" meaning: "harmiul or evil."

CREEP - (7430) - "ramas" meaning: "glide swiftly; crawl."

EARTH - (127) - " 'damah" meaning: "ground; land."

MEN - (120) - " 'adam" meaning: "ruddy complexion; human beings; mankind."

UPON - (5921) - " 'al" meaning. "reside on."

FACE - (6440) - "paneh" meaning: "that portion of the earth which turns, hence face."

EARTH - (127) - same as above.

SHAKE - (7493) - "ra'ash" meaning: "tremble; shake through fear; move."

PRESENCE - (6440) - "paneh" meaning. countenance; face."

MOUNTAINS - (2022) - "har" meaning: "hills; mountain ranges."

THROWN - (2040) - "harac" meaning: "pulled down; broken; destroyed; overthrown; utterly destroyed."

DOWN - (2040) - "harac" same as before.

STEEP - (4095) - "madreqah" meaning: "steep and inaccessible."

PLACES - (4725) - "mqomah" meaning: "locality."

FALL - (5037) - "naphal" meaning: "cast down; cease; fall down; be overthrown; thrown down."

EVERY - (3605) - "kowl" meaning: "every one."

WALL - (2346) - "chowmah" meaning. wall of protection as in a walled city."

FALL - (5307) - "same as above."

GROUND - (776) - " 'erets" meaning. earth."

This rather long verse would translate to read: "So that the things which swim in the water, and the birds which fly in the sky, and the wild beasts of the field, and all reptiles, that reside on the land, and all human beings that are on the crust of the earth, shall shake through fear at my countenance (go back to vs 18 and see where God says His "fury" will come up in His face - countenance) and the mountain ranges shall be utterly thrown down, and the inaccessible places will fall down, and every walled city shall fall to the earth."

Do you begin to see how much more emphatic Scripture becomes when we go to the original? It would be difficult for a translator to put the full meaning of these verses into English words.

Vs 21 -

CALL - (7121) - "gara" meaning: "to call out; make a proclomation; cry unto."

SWORD - (2719) - "chereh" meaning: "a cutting instrument; a sharp weapon of war, noted for its destructive effect. Can sometimes mean other weapons as well."

MOUNTAINS - (2022) - "har" meaning: "hill country. (The idea of tearing down as in making a quarry.)

MAN'S - (376) - " 'iyph" referring to a man as an individual.

SWORD - (2719) same as above - "weapon of war, not necessarily a cutting weapon.

AGAINST - (5921) - " 'al" meaning: "relations."

BROTHER - (251) - "ach" meaning: "kindred."

So when these verses are put together they could read: "and I (God) will cry out for destructive weapons of war to be used against him (Gog-Russia); throughout all the land, saith the Lord God; every individual's weapon of war shall he turn against his relatives and kindred."

Can you imagine the confusion that would begin at the commencement of a big over-all attack, if suddenly the attacking forces began to turn their weapons around and use them against the communist masters they have hated so long. There would be utter pandemonium and utter destruction of such an army. But wait, more is to come.

Vs 22-

PLEAD - (8199) - "shaphat" meaning: "to pronounce sentence; punish; avenge; execute judgement."

AGAINST - (5921) - " 'al" meaning: "against; on; over."

PESTILENCE - (1698) - "deber" "a destroying plague."

BLOOD - (1919) - "dam" meaning: "blood."

RAIN - (4305) - "matar" meaning: "cause to rain upon."

BANDS - (102) - " 'aggaph" meaning: "crowds of troops."

MANY - (7277) - "rab" meaning: "exceedingly great numbers."

PEOPLE - (5971) - " 'am" meaning: "congregation; tribes; nations."

OVERFLOWING: - (7857) - "shataph" meaning: "to gallop over; conquer; thoroughly wash away."

RAIN - (4305) - same as above.

GREAT - (1378) - "gabjyph" meaning: "no clear definition is given here but it comes from an unused root word which means 'to freeze' or freezing crystals.'

HAILSTONES - (68) - " 'eben" meaning: "stone."

FIRE - (784) - " 'esh" meaning: "burning; flaming; hot."

BRIMSTONE - (1614) - "gopunyth" meaning; "resinous burning sulphur."

So we come up with a rather interesting translation of this verse: "And I (God) will execute judgment upon him (Gog-Russia), with a destroying plague and with flowing blood, and I (God) shall cause to rain upon Russia, and upon the exceedingly great numbers with him, the tribes and nations, a rain of giant ice crystals, and burning, fiery hot, resinous sulphur."

Vs 23 -

MAGNIFY - (1413) - "gadad" meaning: "a root word taken from (1464) which means to crowd upon; attack; overcome."

KNOW - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "recognized; acknowledged; have the respect."

EYES - (5869) - " 'ayin" meaning: "sights."

NATIONS - (1471) - "gow" meaning: "heathen people."

This brings us to the end of chapter thirty eight. So lets' spend a few moments and recap some of the startling changes we have seen between the English and Hebrew translations.

MAGOG IS RUSSIA
We can be pretty sure that the major nation named in this chapter in verse 2 and called MAGOG, is Russia. We also learn that the word GOG means CHIEF or Leader. So we immediately realize that this prophesy is directed AGAINST Russia, or what we now call the Soviet Union and that it will come in the END TIMES. This prophesy is directed at RUSSIA'S leaders.

GOD HAS CONTROVERSY WITH COMMUNISM
In verse 3, we learn that Almighty God YAHWEH, Creator of heaven and earth has a controversy with Communism. Could it be because her leaders have said: "We will banish God from the heavens?" Could it be because of the oceans of blood, much of it Christian blood, that has been shed by this atheistic, anti-Christ monster? Could it be because it was from this area of the earth that the Khazar, Ashkenazi Jews have come, with the most hideous plot ever conceived in the "sin diseased mind of mankind," for total subjugation of the world under the anti-Christ?

The people who stand behind this plot, the International Zionists, have already become so powerful in the United States, that when the leader of the Jewish Defense League issued a call for Jews who were willing to begin an underground organization to "deal quietly and professionally to eliminate all Jew haters that are a threat to their existence;" they offered a $1,000 reward to any Jew who would kill a Nazi and "bring us his ears," he was taken into court by the Los Angeles District Attorney. (You can image what would have happened if an Identity preacher had made such a threat.)

The framers of our Constitution would have turned over in their graves, if they had seen a Los Angeles Jewish judge, turn this man, Irv Rubin, loose, stating that Rubin's "murder offer" was protected by his "First Amendment guarantee of free speech."

But Almighty God has had a controversy with Esau-Edom from the very beginning. In Romans 9:13 we read where God said: "...Jacob have I loved, Esau have I hated." Then in Malachi 1:24, we read of Esau's attempt to regain his lost birthright: "I have loved you (Israel), saith the Lord, Yet ye (Israel) say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, And I HATED Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places: (this is what the Israeli are attempting to do in Palestine today) thus saith the Lord of hosts, They (the Edomite Jews) shall build up, and I (God) will throw down; and they (Israel) shall call them, (the Edomite Jews). The border of wickedness, and, the people against whom the Lord hath indignation forever." Don't get upset with me, those are God's words against the Jews. In that day the prophesy of Zechariah 14:21 will come true: ". . . and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite (Edomite) in the house of the Lord of Hosts."

So we can see, as God puts a ring into the nose of the Communists in verse three of Ezekiel 38, to draw them with all their military power and alliances, into the land of "true Israel," in order to destroy them forever.

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RUSSIA’S ATTACK WILL NOT BE ON PALESTINE!
It seems very improbable that the Soviet Union would use ALL of its massive military power in an attempt to crush the tiny nation of the Israeli, with less than 4-million people. But in no place in this interesting chapter, do we have any implication that Russia's attack will be against Palestine. The description made just does not fit what the preachers have been saying.

We are given a clear picture of the Communist allies in verses 5 and 6. I believe, without any stretch of the imagination, that when Ethiopia and Libya are mentioned, this refers to the bulk of Black Africa, which already lies under Communist domination.

There is little doubt in the mind of most military analysts, that the Soviet Bear can expect trouble from the vast array of people which will be found in he Soviet forces, since many of them are even now on the verge of revolt. See the example of Poland.) Many military experts believe one of the reasons the Communists have not already attacked the West, is that they are unsure of what might happen, if they got into a big war with the nations of Christendom.

OLD PALESTINE DOES NOT FIT THE DESCRIPTION!
In verse eight we see how the Hebrew meaning changes the English version of this verse to the point where it does not point towards an invasion of )old Palestine, but of a land which has "been brought back from the sword (war)". The last great war fought on American soil ended in 1865. For the most part our country has recovered from the effects of that war. We are also a people living in an area which 500 years ago was totally desolate and for all intents and purposes, uninhabited. This has not been true of Palestine since the beginning of written history, some 6,000 years ago.

Those of us who live in Canada and the United States are for all intents and purposes "living boldly without care." Most of our people seem to feel that we will never be attacked. Our people for the most part are not much concerned with what is happening in the rest of the world. They steadfastly refuse to believe that the Zionist-Communist conspiracy poses a threat against them and their freedom. Yet this is the land which will be invaded by the anti-Christ.

A TREMENDOUS AIRBORNE ATTACK!
It is quite apparent that this vast invasion will be preceded by a tremendous airborne attack, using literally millions of airborne troops and machines. There will be so many that when they drop, they will literally "blacken the sky." We know the Soviet Union has more than 2-million of such trained men, more than the total of all our military forces. We also know from Intelligence Reports, that the Soviets have five specially trained airborne battalions (of about 850 men each), standing by in Siberia. Their major objective when the war starts will be to destroy the Alaska pipeline.

A little study of this chapter indicates that the Communist decision to launch this massive attack, will be some new military device which they believe will make them invincible and against which we will have no defense. There is already much speculation that they have and are perfecting this weapon now. More and more, experts are beginning to believe that the explosion which destroyed the space craft Challenger in 1986, was due to a deliberate attack against the ship. It's interesting to note that the U.S. had 127 successful space launches, without any problems to speak of and then suddenly, one after another, seven failures. Some believe, with reason, that these launches were deliberately destroyed by a Soviet secret weapon.

Frightening as this may seem, we know that God has plans for this anti-Christ alliance and that in His own good time, He will destroy it.

WE MUST HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE GOD!
We also know, from His numerous promises, that He wants to bless His Israel people and through them the rest of the world. But first we MUST live up to the requirements of this promise as found in 2 Chronicles 7:14 - "If my (God's) people, which are called by My (God's name - Christian), will humble themselves, and pray and seek My (God's face), and turn from their wicked ways: THEN will I (God) hear from heaven, and WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS, AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND." (Emphasis added.)

Victory and peace are being held back from our people, because we have refused to follow these dictates. My firm conviction is that it may take this invasion, and possibly even temporary Communist occupation of this country, to drive our Israel people back to a realization of who they are and what their responsibilities are before Almighty God. We have a choice of doing it the easy way (God's way), or learning through bitter experience as our forefathers did.

We do know, that in God's own time, He will say: "I have had enough," and will destroy His enemies. Jeremiah 50:25 speaks about God opening His armory, to "bring forth the weapons of His indignation (anger)." I can tell you this, the world has never seen what these can do. They will make the nuclear weapons look like firecrackers by comparison and God will use them against His perpetual enemies. This He has promised.

DON’T HIDE IN A SPIRITUAL FOXHOLE!
Our task, as those who love Him, is to be prepared for His return. We were given the task of "occupying until He comes," and this cannot be done, hiding in a spiritual foxhole, asking Him to do the dirty work we are supposed to do. We MUST be ready, spiritually, physically, mentally and militarily, for whatever task He gives to us in the battle which is soon to come.



WE NEED TO PRAY!
Of this you can be sure. When the final dust of the battle clears away; when the last gun has sounded and the last bomb has been dropped: when He comes back as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to take His rightful place as ruler of the universe, everyone on earth, both His own people and their enemies, will know it was not through our power, or wisdom, that the battle was won. We need to be a humble people, for without Him, we are as nothing. We need to pray, not that God will shorten the time of our tribulation, but that He will bring honor and glory to the name of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, "And He (Jesus) shall reign for ever, and ever. AMEN!"

As we go into our study of Chapter 39, it is important that we realize that Christianity is not just something which we practice on Sunday, within the confines of the church. To be effective servants of the Lord - to fulfill His command to: "Occupy until I come!" it must permeate our thinking in every day events from political to economic.


ALKA SELTZER CHRISTIANS?
Too many church members, in these trying days, are "Alka Seltzer" Christians who come to church once a week and "fizz" for an hour or so. The rest of the week they are indistinguishable from the worldly crowd with whom they associate. These anemic Christians have a favorite saying, put into the words of a song: "This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through." They think of themselves as pilgrims and strangers on this earth, who are waiting for the Lord to come back and rapture them out of the mess which was caused by their apathy in the first place. They forget the words of the Lord's Prayer which they pray by rote: "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven."


OUR NATION WAS INTENDED AS A CHRITIAN NATION!
Anyone who has made a careful study of American history knows that we are a Christian nation. Our country was intended as a Christian nation from the very beginning. The charters of every one of the original States, says in essence: "This colony was founded for the glory of Almighty God and the propagation of the CHRISTIAN FAITH." The Founding Fathers did not have a "pluralistic" nation in mind. When they talked about "freedom of religion" in the Constitution, they were referring to the Christian religion, not all the heathen abominations which have taken root and flourished, as hordes of aliens have invaded Zion.

While the U.S. Supreme Court has twice declared the United States to be a Christian nation, a majority of brainwashed white Christians have been conned into a tolerance for the pagan "isms" which have invaded and are destroying the moral fiber of America.

As we go on with our study of Ezekiel 39, we will be reading the exciting story of why Christians have suffered more in their own country from persecution and bigotry than any others and how God will finally bring to account those who have tried to destroy His Israel people. (Not the Jews.)


WE ARE IN A BATTLE AGAINST THE FORCES OF HELL!
Believe me, my friends, when I say: "We are in a battle for the survival of Christianity and the white race itself. Our fight is against the very forces of hell itself."

It seems almost inconceivable to me, that in a country like America, we would find fake groups such as the "Greenpeace" people, who spend millions of dollars each year to protect baby seals, but say" 'nary a word" about the murder of 2-million unborn children through abortion. They chase over the seas after whale hunters, while thousands of innocent men and women are being slaughtered by the Zionist-Communist conspiracy in a place like Afghanistan. Why? Because these humanitarian groups are based on heathen principles and for the most part have been founded and funded by International Jewry. Ezekiel 39 shows how these and others like them, have been "weighed in God's balances and have come up wanting."


While Almighty God does not balance His books at the end of every year, He has a way of "balancing the scales" and we see His final plan in operation in Ezekiel 39.

Let's get on with our study: :D

PART THREE

EZEKIEL 39
Vs 1 - In this verse we see where the prophet Ezekiel is ordered by god to prophecy against the leaders of the Communist world. God's message to them is: "I (God) am against thee, 0 Gog, the chief prince of Mesech (Moscow) and Tubal (Tubolosk.)"

Vs 2 - TURN - (7725) - "shuwb" meaning: "cause to retreat; send back; cause to turn."

BACK - (7725) - The same word as TURN.

LEAVE - (8338) - "showshow" meaning: "annhilate."

SIXTH - The same word as LEAVE, meaning 1/6th.

PART - (2677) - "chetsiy" meaning: "the half or middle; two parts."

CAUSE - (4941) - "mishpat" meaning: "a sentence or formal decree."

COME - (5927) - " 'alah" meaning: "ascend up; come up; rise un."
(Notice once again that the direction of this Communist attack is away from Old Palestine, to the North.)

NORTH - (6828) - "tsaphan" meaning: "north quarter, a gloomy, unknown place."

PARTS - (3411) - "yrekah" meaning: "rear; border; coast."

BRING - (935) - "bow" meaning: "to go or come; to come against; to go to war; to invade."

MOUNTAINS - (2022) - "har" meaning: "hill country; sometimes used figuratively to mean people, tribes, or nations."

So we find verse 2 saying in essence: "And I (God) will cause thee (the Communist alliance) to retreat. And I will annihilate you and leave only one-sixth of your forces alive and will cause thee (Russia) to ascend up from your northern parts, and will bring thee (Russia) upon the tribes (nations) of Israel." (Notice once again that this attack is not towards Old Palestine, but is to the north, over the North Pole into the heartlands of Israel nations, Canada and the United States.)

Vs 3 -

SMITH - (5221) - "nakah" meaning: "to strike severely."

BOW - (7198) - "quesheth" meaning: "a bow for shooting; an archer."

LEFT - (8040) "smo'1" meaning: "the left hand." (Here again we see the absolute necessity of looking up every key word. The English word LEFT is used 17 times in the Book of Ezekiel, but it has 8 different meanings.)

CAUSE - (5414) - "nathan" meaning: "make, strike."

ARROWS - (2671) - "chets" meaning. a piercer; spear; dart; arrow; weapon of war."

FALL - (5307) - "naphal" meaning: "cast; fall away; smite out."

RIGHT - (3225) - "yamiyn" meaning: "the right hand."

(The wording of this verse is interesting, since it speaks of holding the bow in the left hand and the arrows in the right. This was normal for most archers and is the method most soldiers use to hold their weapons, since most men are right handed.)

Verse three could be translated to read: "And I (God) will severely strike your weapons of war from your left hand and will make your missiles fall from your right hand." (Missiles, bullets, grenades, etc.) In clear terminology, God will cause His enemies to become absolutely impotent."

Vs 4 -

FALL - (5307) - "naphal" meaning: "die; perish."

MOUNTAINS - (2022) - "har" meaning. hills; or nations.

RAVENOUS - (5861)-" 'ayit" meaning: "birds of prey."

BIRDS - (6833) - "tsippor" meaning: "fowl."

SORT - (3671) - "kanaph" meaning: "referring to the outer edges of a birds wings: or to the wings of an army."

BEASTS - (2416) - "chay" meaning: "wild beasts."

FIELD - (7704) - "saday" meaning: "country; field."

DEVOURED - (402)-" 'oklah" meaning: "consumed; eaten for food."

So we could translate this verse to read "Thou (Russia) shall fall on the hills of Israel (not necessarily in Old Palestine) thou (Russia) and all thy troops (armies) with thee, and all the nations with thee I (God) will give thee (Russian alliance) unto the fowls of prey unto the wings of my army and to the wild beasts of the field who will devour you for food

Vs 5 -

FALL - (5307) "naphal" meaning: "die; perish."

UPON - (5921) - " 'al" meaning: "upon; among."

OPEN - (6440) - "paneh" meaning. open.

FIELD - (7704) - "saday" meaning: "country."

TRANSLATION: "Thou (Russia) shall perish in the open country: for I (God) have spoken it, saith the Lord."

Vs 6 -

SEND - (7971) - "shalach" meaning: "bring; spread."

FIRE - (784) - " 'esh" meaning: "a burning; fiery; flaming; hot."

MAGOG - (4031) - "Magowg" meaning: "the barbarous northern region" hence Russia.

AMONG - (996) - "beyn" meaning: "within."

DWELL - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "remain; abide; inhabit."

CARELESSLY - (983) - "betach" meaning: "feeling of security; assurance; confidence."

ISLES - (339) - " 'iy" meaning: "coastlands; islands."

KNOW - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "to recognize; acknowledge; be aware of."

TRANSLATION OF VS 6: "And I (God) will bring a burning on Magog (the barbarous northern people known as Russia), and within those people who live in apathy, without care, in the coastlands, and the islands; and these people shall acknowledge that I (God) am the Lord."

The devastation of God, when it comes, will not only be against the anti-Christs of the Zionist-Communist alliance, but against those people in the world who dwell in apathy, without a care. (I personally believe that many of these will be Israelites. They have heard and rejected the Kingdom message. God says He will "purge out from among Israel the rebels, and them that transgress against Him" (Ezekiel 20:38). That word PURGE (1305) means: "to purify; to cleanse; to purge out." So it could mean that God will whip these apathetic Israelites into shape and purify them. I have felt for many years, that the average American Christian will refuse to listen to God until he has been driven to his knees and had his nose rubbed in the dirt. Or this verse could have an even more solemn meaning and say: "when I (God) come back, I will say to the rebels, 'I never knew you', depart from me!" (Matthew 25:41). These will be forced to acknowledge Jesus as King, before they are banished from the Kingdom forever.

Vs 7 -

HOLY - (6944) - "quadesh" meaning: "hallowed; sacred."

NAME - (8034) - "shem" meaning: "character; honor; authority."

KNOWN - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "recognize; acknowledge; declare; respect."

MIDST - (8432) - "taveh" meaning: "among."

PEOPLE - (5971) - " 'am" meaning: "tribes; nations; troops."

LET - (7503) - "raphah" meaning: "leave; let alone."

POLLUTE - (2490) - "chalal" meaning: "to profane; break one's word; defile; prostitute."

HOLY - (6944) - same as above.

NAME - (8034) - same as above.

MORE - (5750) - " 'od" meaning: "again; at all; any longer."

HEATHEN - (1471) - "goy" meaning: "a foreign nation."

KNOW - (3045) - same as KNOWN above.

LORD - (3068) - "YHOVAH" meaning: "the Self-Existent One; the Creator."

HOLY - (6918) - meaning. sacred."

ONE - (259) - "echod" meaning. "alone; only."

TRANSLATION VS 7: "So I (God) will make my sacred character acknowledged among my (God's) Israel nations; and I (God) will not leave them alone to defile my (God's) sacred name any longer; and the foreign (non-Israel) nations shall recognize me as the Creator, the sacred One alone among Israel."

Notice this verse does not speak about a single nation, such as the Jewish nation now in Palestine. It speaks of the "nations of Israel," those which were promised to Father Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, centuries ago: In Genesis 17:4-6, Abraham, the father of the Israelite people was given a promise by Almighty God, when He said: vs 4: "As for Me (God), behold My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of MANY nations." You might say, "This has reference to the Arab people who are also Abraham's descendants." But God clarifies this, just as He does any other Scripture if you are diligent to search for the truth, when He narrows down these nations in vs 16 and says to Abraham's wife Sarah: "she shall be a mother of nations." Remember, these promises were made to Abraham, 1200 years before there were any people on earth, who were known as Jews. Then to be doubly sure the truth would be known, God gives the same promise to Abraham's grandson Jacob, in Genesis 35:11, when He says: "...a nation, and a company of nations, shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins." This promise has only been fulfilled in the nations of Christendom. It has certainly not been fulfilled in the people we know as Jews. Then in Genesis 48:19 we see Jacob-Israel, as he passes on this promise to the youngest of Joseph's sons, Ephraim: "his younger (Manasseh's) brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a MULTITUDE OF NATIONS."

Vs 8 -

BEHOLD - (2009) - "hinneh" meaning: "lo, see."

COME - (935) - "bow" meaning. "befall; cause to; invade; go to war."

DONE - (6213) - " 'asah" meaning: "accomplished; executed; come to pass."

DAY - (3117) - "youwm" meaning: "age."

SPOKEN - (1696) - "dabar" meaning. "arranged; to speak; talk."

TRANSLATION: "See, I (God) have caused it to come to pass, saith the Lord: this is the age of which I have spoken."

Vs 9 -

THEY - (1992) - "hemmah" meaning: "many; those."

DWELL - (3427) - "yashab" meaning. remain; dwelling; habitation.

CITIES - (5892) - "a'ayar" meaning: "a city; town."

FORTH - (3318) - "yatsa" meaning: "break out; go out; issue out."

SET - (1197) - "boor" meaning: "consume with fire; burn; set on fire."

FIRE - (784)-" 'esh" meaning: "burning; fiery; flaming; hot."

BURN - (5400) - "nasag" meaning: "catch on fire; burn; kindle."

WEAPONS - (5402) - "nesheg" meaning: "offensive arms; arsenal; weapons."

BOTH - (8147) - "shttayin" meaning: "both."

SHIELDS - (4043) - "mginnah" meaning: "small shields; defensive weapons."

BUCKLERS - (6793) - "tsinnah" meaning. "large shields."

BOWS - (7198) - "gesheth" meaning: "bow as an offensive weapon."

HANDSTAVES - (4731) - "magglah" meaning: "rod for offensive striking

SPEARS - (7420) - "ramath" meaning: "lance; javelin, spear."

BURN - (1197) - "boor" meaning: "to consume with fire."

FIRE - (784) - same as above.

SEVEN - (7651) - "shib'ah" meaning. "an indefinite number; by implication a week."

YEARS - (8141) - "shanah" meaning. a whole year."

TRANSLATION: "And many which remain in the cities and towns of Israel shall issue out of those cities and will consume with fire and burn the defensive weapons and the offensive weapons, and they will burn them for seven whole years."

At about this point, the skeptic, or the doubter, may say: "See, the prophet was not talking about some war in the distant future, for we no longer use spears and bow. Our weapons are made of metal which will not burn."

There are several interesting assumptions we can make at this point. One is that the prophet, looking far into the future, could not know about tanks, guns, and artillery, so he described the terrible war which would take place, in terms his readers could understand.

But there is an even more intriguing possibility. This is that he had a vision of that future war and the strange weapons which would be used. He knew these metal weapons would burn.

For a number of years, the Soviets have been experimenting with a new plastic called "ligonite." This is much harder than steel, is almost impenetrable by armor piercing shells and much lighter than steel. This makes it an ideal armor for tank and personnel carriers. The one drawback is that when it catches on fire, it burns with an intensity that is hotter than that of anthracite coal. Could it be possible that our Israel people, issuing forth on the battle field after the enemy has been destroyed, will actually be able to burn these metal weapons? Or could it be that the prophet was referring to them burning the fuel that these war engines contained? You be the judge. Verse 10 will give a further explanation.

Vs 10 -

WOOD - (6086) - " 'ets" meaning: "trees; timber; sticks."

OUT - (4480) - "minney" meaning: "from among; out of."

FIELD - (7704) - "saday" meaning: "countryside; field; ground."

NEITHER - (3808) - "loh" meaning: "never; much less; out of."

FORESTS - (3293) - "Ya'ar" meaning: "thickets; forests; woods."

BURN - (1197) - "a'ar" meaning: "to kindle; consume; cause to burn; set on fire."

WEAPONS - (5402) - "nesheg" meaning: "offensive weapons; arsenal."

FIRE - (784) - " 'esh" meaning. 'fiery flame; burning; hot."

SPOIL - (7997) - "shalal" meaning: "booty; prey."

THOSE - (1992) - "hemmah" meaning: "whomsoever; the same; such as; those."

SPOILED - (7997) - "shalal" meaning: "plundered; make a prey; spoil."

ROB - (962) - "bazez" meaning: "take a prey; spoiled."

ROBBED - (962) - same as above.

TRANSLATION: "So Israel shall take no firewood out of the open fields, nor cut down any wood out of the forests; for Israel shall burn the offensive weapons with a fierce flame; and Israel shall take a prey of those who sought to spoil them, and spoil those that robbed them."

It becomes apparent in this verse that the enemy will retreat in great panic, leaving their weapons of war and supplies behind. Whether Israel will actually be able to burn these weapons we do not know. Very possibly they will burn the fuel from the mechanized vehicles and use it to warm their homes and cook their food. Anyone who has ever traveled with an armored division in combat or in maneuvers, knows the vast amount of fuel it will consume. Much of this is transported by oil trucks. In this specific war, the enemy will leave enough fuel behind to last the Israel people for seven years. (See verse 9).

Vs 11 -

COME - (1961) - "hayah" meaning: "come to pass; be accomplished; happen."

DAY - (3117) - "yowm" meaning: "space of time."

GOG - (1463) - "Gowg" meaning: "northern nation, in this case Russia."

PLACE - (4725) - "magomah" meaning: "country; place; space."

GRAVES - (6913) - "qibrah" meaning: "burying place."

VALLEY (1516) - "gay" meaning: "a gorge with steep sides."

PASENGERS - (5674) - " 'abar" meaning: "make way; overrun; passage; take away."

EAST - (6926) - "qidmah" meaning: "in front of; eastward; forward part."

SEA - (3220) - "yom" meaning. 'a sea; large body of water (a big sea); sometimes a large river; western."

STOP - (2629) - "chacam" meaning: "to stop the nose; muzzle."

PASSENGERS - (5674)-" 'abar" meaning: "enter; go through."

BURY - (6912) - "gabor" meaning: "to bury."

GOG - (1463) - same as above.

MULTITUDE - (1995) - "hamon" meaning: "crowd; company."

CALL - (7121) - "gara" meaning: "address by name."

VALLEY - (1516) - "gay" meaning: "gorge."

HAMON-GOG - (1996) - "Hamon-Gowg" meaning: "the multitude of the northern country (Russia).

TRANSLATION: "And it shall happen in that space of time, that I (God) will give unto that northern country (Russia) a space there for a burying place in Israel, the gorge of the passage, eastward of the great sea; and it (the smell of decaying bodies) shall muzzle (stop) the noses of those who pass through; and there Israel shall bury Russia and all his company: and Israel shall call it the gorge of the army of the north."

There is no place in Old Palestine that can match this description of the place where Russia shall fall and be buried, (5/6ths of her army vs 2). But east from the Pacific Ocean, in the wilderness of Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, are many deep gorges, where millions of bodies could be buried. I believe this is the "valley of the passengers" which is mentioned here.

Vs 12 -

SEVEN - (7651) - "shi'bah" meaning: "literal number seven."

CLEANSE - (2891) - "taher" meaning: "to purify; decontaminate."

MONTHS - (2320) - "codesh" meaning: "by implication a month of 30 days."

TRANSLATION: "And the house of Israel will take seven months to bury the Communist soldiers that they may decontaminate the land."

Vs 13 -

PEOPLE - (5971) - "am" meaning. congregation, tribes; nations; men."

LAND - (776) - " 'erets" meaning: "country; nations."

BURY - (6912) - "gabar" meaning: "bury."

RENOWN - (8034) - "shen" meaning: "a memorial; an honor."

DAY - (3117) - "yowm" meaning: "time; day; age.

GLORIFIED - (3513) - "kabed" meaning: "receive glory; honored."

LORD - (136) - "Adonay" meaning: "the proper name of God only when capitalized."

TRANSLATION: "yea, every person in the land shall bury the Communists, and it shall be to Israel a time of honor, the day when I (God) shall be honored, saith Adonay, the Lord God."

(I have specifically used the word LORD here, since there are those who teach that this word represents the heathen deity Ba'al and should never be used. In this instance, since it is capitalized, it refers to ADONAY, the Creator, the Self-Existent One. This is true of the word LORD whenever you find it capitalized. It has absolutely nothing to do with Ba'al.)

Vs 14 -

SEVER - (914) - "bodal" meaning: "separate."

CONTINUAL - (8548) - "tamiyd" meaning: "constant; regular; daily."

EMPLOYMENT - (5975) - "amad" meaning: "to be employed; serve."

PASSING - (5674) - " 'abar" meaning: "covering."

BURY - (6912) - "gabar" meaning: "to inter or bury."

PASSENGERS - (5674) - "abar" meaning: "those that cover; wayfaring men."

BURIED - (6912) - meaning: same as above.

THOSE - (1992) - "hemmah" meaning: "those."

REMAIN - (3498) - "yathar" meaning: "are left; preserved; left behind."

FACE - (6440) - "paneh" meaning: "surface; upon."

CLEANSE - (2891) - "taber" meaning: "to purify; decontaminate."

END - (7097) - "getseh" meaning: "end."

SEARCH - (2713) - "chaqar" meaning: "to penetrate; search out; seek."

TRANSLATION: "And they (Israel) shall separate out men for regular employment, whose task will be to cover the land and bury those bodies that were left behind on the surface of the land; for seven months shall these men seek out the dead."

Vs 15 -

PASSENGERS - (5674) - " 'abar" meaning: "pass through; wayfaring man."

PASS - (5674) - same as above.

THROUGH - same as above.

(Notice these three key English words all have the same meaning. Why then did the translators confuse the issue by using different words? These could have been condensed into one phrase which said: "when the wayfaring man passes through the land.")

SEEST - (7200) - "ra'ah" meaning: "lean on; mark; spy; view."

BONE - (6106) - "estem" meaning: "extension of the body; a body; a bone."

SET - (1129) - "banah" meaning: "set up."

(Here is another good example of the necessity of looking up each key word. In Chapter 39 alone, the English word SET has three different Hebrew meanings (1197, 1129 and 5414).

SIGN - (6725) - "tsituwm" meaning: "a guiding pillar or post."

BURIERS - (6912) - "gabar" meaning: "burying party."

VALLEY - (1516) - "gay" meaning: "gorge."

HAMON-GOG - (1996) - "Hamown-Gowg" meaning: "the multitude of Gog."

TRANSLATION: "Any wayfaring man (traveler) who passes through the land and sees a body or bone of a man, he shall set up a guiding post by it, until the burying party shall bury it in the gorge where the multitude of Gog (Russia) are buried."
(Note, there were to be no individual graves, but a mass burying in a deep and huge gorge.)

Vs 16 -

NAME - (8034) - "shem" meaning: name.

HAMMONAH - (1997) - "Hamownah" meaning: "the multitude of Gowg." (Russia)

CLEANSE - (2891) - "taher" meaning: "purify; decontaminate."

LAND - (776) - " 'erets" meaning. nation."

TRANSLATION: "And also the name of that city shall be Hamonah, the multitude of (Russia). In this way shall Israel purify the land (nation)."

Vs 17 -

LORD - (136) - "Adonay" meaning: "the self-existent One."

SPEAK - (559) - amar meaning: say, command; demand of; speak."

EVERY - (3605) - "kal" meaning: "everyone; all."

FEATHERED - (3671) - "kanaph" meaning: "feathered; flying."

FOWL - (6833) - "tsippor" meaning: "bird."

BEAST - (2416) - "chay" meaning. wild beast."

FIELD - (7704) - "saday" meaning. country."

ASSEMBLE - (6908) - "gabats" meaning: "gather; assemble; come together."

YOURSELVES - (5315) - "nephesh" meaning: "any breathing creature or animal; yourselves."

COME - (935) - "bow" meaning: "to gather."

GATHER - (622) - "acaph" meaning: "to gather for any purpose; gather together."

EVERY - (5437) - "cabab" meaning: "be about on every side; beset; round about."

SACRIFICE - (2077) - "zebach" meaning: "slaughter; offering."

GREAT - (1419) - "gadol" meaning: "high; mighty."

SACRIFICE - (2076) - same as above.

MOUNTAINS - (2022) - "har" meaning: "hills; hill country."

EAT - (398) - " 'akol" meaning: "to eat; consume; feed."

FLESH - (1320) - "basar" meaning: "flesh."

DRINK - (8354) - "shathah" meaning: "drink."

BLOOD - (1818) - "dam" meaning: "blood which when shed causes death, hence life blood."

TRANSLATION: (This verse paints a terrifying picture, completely opposite of that one painted by most of our churches. Here we see God, the Son, in Jesus Christ, rather than the "meek and lowly babe of Bethlehem." Here we see Christ as the Avenger, the Destroyer:) "And Thou (Ezekiel), son of man, thus saith Adonay, the Self-Existent One, command all the feathered birds, and all the wild beasts of the country, to come together, for my slaughter, that I (God) will kill for you, even a mighty slaying on the hills of Israel, that you (the birds and wild beasts) may feed upon flesh and drink life blood of my enemies.

Vs 18 -

EAT - (398) - " 'ahol" - same as above.

FLESH - (1320) - same as above.

MIGHTY - (1368) - "gibbor" meaning: "above; chief; strong."

DRINK - (8354) - same as above.

BLOOD - (1818) - same as above.

PRINCES - (5387) - "nasi" meaning: "exalted ones." (It is interesting to note that the word Nazi comes from this Hebrew word); also rulers; governors."

EARTH - (776) - " 'erets" meaning: "land; country; nations."

RAMS - (352) - " 'ayil" meaning: "mighty men." (Note that this word does not refer to a male sheep or goat.)

GOATS - (6260) - "attud" meaning: "leaders of the people." (AGAIN it would be well to notice that these "he goats" are not animals, but military leaders.)

BULLOCKS - (6499) - "par" meaning: "young; with wild strength."

FATLINGS - (4806) - "mring" meaning. gross; domineering." (Again, not a reference to animals as the King James Version seems to indicate, but to powerful leaders.)

BASHAN - (1316) - "Bashan" meaning. an area east of Palestine and the Jordan River."

It appears as though the KJV translators have completely garbled this verse for some reason or other, as the Hebrew shows it to read something like this: "Ye (birds of prey and wild beasts) shall consume the flesh of the chief men and drink the blood of the exalted ones, of mighty men (military leaders) and of the leaders of the people, of the young and domineering men from that area east of Palestine."

(Once again, it is extremely important for us to remember that the rams, he-goats, fatlings, and bullocks mentioned in this verse have absolutely nothing to do with animals, but are a description of the people who will fall in this slaughter.")

Vs 19 -

EAT - (398)-" 'akal" meaning. consume; devour; feed on."

FLESH - (1320) - "basar" meaning: "body flesh of man."

FULL - (7654) - "sob'ah" meaning: "satisfied; satiated; had enough of."

DRINK - (8354) - "shathah" meaning: "drunk; to drink as at a banquet."

BLOOD - (1818) - "dam" meaning: "life's blood."

TILL - (5704) - " 'ad" meaning. until; for as long as."

DRUNKEN - (7943) - "shikkarown', meaning. "to be drunken or intoxicated."

SACRIFICE - (2076) - "zabach" meaning: "killed; slaughtered."

TRANSLATION: "And ye (birds and beasts of prey) shall devour the flesh of men until you have had enough, and will be drunk with their life's blood until you become intoxicated with the slaughter that I (God) have killed for you." (Notice that the destruction of the enemy is accomplished by God, not the Israel people.)

Vs 20 -

FILLED - (7646) - "sabea" meaning: "filled to satisfaction; satiated." - -

TABLE - (7979) - "shulchan" meaning: "by implication a meal."

HORSES - (5483) - "cuc', meaning: "a horse."

CHARIOTS - (7393) - "rekeb" meaning: "cavalry; a multitude of riders."

MIGHTY - (1368) - "gibbor" meaning: "warriors; champions; powerful."

MEN - (582) - " 'enoush" meaning: "mortal, hence a man."

MEN - (376) - " 'iysh" meaning: "a male person; champion; mighty man."

WAR - (4421) - "milchamah" meaning: "those who fight a war; warriors."

LORD - (136) - "Adonay" meaning: "the proper name of God."

GOD - (3069) - "YHOVAH" meaning: "God."

TRANSLATION: "Thus you (birds and beasts of prey) shall be filled to satisfaction at my (God's) meal, with horses and a multitude of riders (cavalry - could either be horse mounted or mechanized) with the powerful champions of the battle, saith Adonay, YAHWEH, the Self-Existent, Eternal One."

Vs 21 -

SET - (5414) - "nathan" meaning: "bring; direct; perform; show."

GLORY - (3519) - "kabad" meaning: "splendor; honor."

AMONG - (996) - "beyn" meaning: "in; within; among."

HEATHEN - (1471) - "goy" meaning: a foreign nation; nations; people."

HEATHEN - (1471) - same as above.

SEE - (7200) - "ra'ah" meaning: "approve; consider; look on."

JUDGMENT - (4941) - "mishpat" meaning: "verdict; sentence; judicial pronouncement; justice."

EXECUTED - (6213) - " 'asah" meaning: "accomplished; committed; fulfilled; brought to pass."

HAND - (3027) - "yod" meaning: "power; strength; terror."

LAID - (7760) - "siym" meaning: "brought; committed."

TRANSLATION: "And I (God) will show my splendor within all nations, and all nations shall consider my (God's) sentence that I have brought to pass and my (God's) power that 1 have committed upon them." (The communist nations of Magog-Russia.)

Vs 22 -

SO - (3651) - "ken" meaning: "rightly; for asmuch; in like manner; surely."

HOUSE - (1004) - "bavith" meaning: "family."

KNOW - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "ascertain by seeing; acknowledge; declare; discover; have knowledge of."

LORD - (3068) - "YHOVAH" meaning: "the Self-Existent, Eternal One."

GOD - (3069) - "YHOVIH" meaning: same as above.

DAY - (3117) "youm" meaning: "age; time."

FORWARD - (1973) - "halah" meaning: "forward."

TRANSLATION: "In like manner shall the family of Israel know by seeing that I (God) am the Self-Existent, Eternal One, their God, from that time forward."

(There will be no question as to who is King of Kings and Lord of Lord's in that day. There is little doubt in my mind, that when that terrible day comes, and victory comes to God's people, both Israel and her enemies will know without a shadow of a doubt, that the victory is God's and that it was not accomplished by the might or wisdom of the Israel people.)

PART FOUR :D

Vs 23 -

HEATHEN - (1471) - "gowy" meaning: "nations; foreign nations; Gentiles."

KNOW - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "observe; acknowledge; be aware of; comprehend."

HOUSE - (1004) - "bayith" meaning: "family; house."

WENT - (935) - "bow" meaning: "carry; departed; caused to enter into; invaded."

CAPTIVITY - (1540) - "galah" meaning: "to exile; to denude (the custom was to strip captives.)

INIQUITY - (5771) - "avown" meaning: "sin; fault; moral evil."

BECAUSE - (5921) - " 'al" meaning: "accordingly; because of."

INIQUITY - (5770) - " 'avown" meaning: same as above.

TRESPASSED - (4063) - "sideras" meaning: (Here is an example of a word in which the original Hebrew does not fit any meaning. The word itself simply means "made of iron" which does not fit into this context.)

GAINST - (413)-" 'el" meaning: "denoting motion; against; towards; upon.

THEREFORE - (3651) - "ken" meaning: "for which cause; howbeit; straightaway; therefore."

HID - (5641) - "cathar" meaning: "conceal; hid; kept secret."

FACE - (6440) - "paneh" meaning: "face; favor; presence."

GAVE - (5414) - "nathan" meaning: "delivered up; recompensed."

HAND - (3027) - "yod" meaning: "power; terror; under."

ENEMIES - (6862) - "tsar" meaning: "adversary; enemy; foe."

FELL - (5307) - "naphal" meaning: "cast down; die; cause to fall; overthrow; overwhelmed; perished; slayed."

ALL - (3650) - "kimnyr" meaning: (Here is another word which makes no sense.)

SWORD (2719) - "chereb" meaning: "cutting instrument; axe; dagger; sword."

TRANSLATION: "And the nations (both those of Israel and the heathen), shall observe that the family of Israel (not the Jews - see John 8:33), were carried into exile because of their moral evil; accordingly (or because) they trespassed (or went against Me - here the translators used the word they felt would best express the idea of God's disapproval. It cannot be found in the original Hebrew), for which cause I concealed my presence from them, and delivered them into the power of their adversaries: so were they all (this does not mean ALL in the sense of complete extinction - but all those who perish by the sword) killed with a weapon of war."

Vs 24 - (This verse explains why God used such harsh measures against His Israel people. Remember, these are not the Jews.)

ACCORDINGLY - (5921)-" 'al" meaning: "because of; by reason of."

UNCLEANNESS - (2932) - "tum'ah" meaning: "religious impurity; filthiness; uncleanness."

ACCORDING - (5921) - same as above.

TRANSGRESSIONS - (6588) - "peshat" meaning: "national moral or religious rebellion, sin.

DONE - (6213) - " 'asal" meaning: "accomplished; bruised. See Hebrews 12:6 which says: "For whom the Lord loveth (Israel) He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receives." (See also Deuteronomy 8:5 - "Thou (Israel) shalt also consider in thine heart that, as a man chasteneth (corrects) his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee (Israel)."

HID - (5641) - "cathar" meaning: "concealed."

FACE - (6440) - "paneh" same as above.

TRANSLATION: "Because of their (Israel's religious impurities and filthiness, and by reason of their national moral rebellion, have I (God) bruised them and concealed my presence from them."

(Notice how this has a modern application. Today, we see God's displeasure falling on the Israel nations - the nations of Christendom - with the same ultimate results; enemy invasion, destruction and very possibly a time of slavery and occupation.)

Vs 25 -

THEREFORE - (3651) - "holoteles" meaning: "complete to the end; wholly; absolutely perfect."

LORD - (136) - "Adonay" meaning: (the proper name for God only.)

NOW - (6258) - " 'attah" meaning: "at this time; straightway."

BRING - (7725) - "showb" meaning: "make; bring home again; come again; deliver again, rescue.

AGAIN - (7725) - same word as bring.

CAPTIVITY - (7622) - "show'ah" meaning: "destruction; desolation."

HAVE - (1961) - "epimeno" meaning: "to remain; abide in."

MERCY - (7355)~- "rachan" meaning: "compassion; love; show mercy."

WHOLE - (3605) - "kowl" meaning: "whole of; all."

HOUSE - (1005) - "bayith" meaning: "family."

WILL - (5314) - "naphash" meaning: (Here is another Hebrew word which does not fit the context as it means "to breathe upon.")

JEALOUS - (7065) - "gona" meaning. zealous; in a bad sense; envious."

HOLY - (6944) - "gona" meaning: "sacred; hallowed."

NAME - (8034) - "shem" meaning: "character; authority."

TRANSLATION: "Being absolutely perfect, thus saith Adonay (God), at this time I will deliver again the destruction of Jacob (Israel), and will show mercy on all of the family of Israel, and will be very zealous for my sacred character."

Vs 26 -

AFTER - (310) - " 'achor" meaning: "after; seeing."

HAVE - (1961) - "hayah" meaning: "come to pass; accomplished; follow."

BORNE - (5375) - "nacah" meaning: "suffered; received' accepted."

SHAME - (3639) - "klimmah" meaning: "disgrace; reproach; shame."

TRESPASSES - (4604) - "ma'tal" meaning: "transgressions; sins."

WHEREBY - (834) - " 'asher" meaning: "which; where."

TRESPASSED - (4603) - "ma'al" meaning: "acted treacherously; transgressed."

AGAINST - (413) - " 'el" meaning: "against; towards."

WHEN - (3117) - "yowm" meaning: "in the day; age."

DWELT - (3427) - "yashab" meaning: "dwelled; remained; lived."

SAFELY - (983) - "betach" meaning: "securely; carelessly; safely."

LAND - (127) - " 'adamah" meaning: "country; land."

NONE - (369) - " 'ayin" meaning: "nothing."

AFRAID - (2729) - "charad" meaning: "terror; fear; tremble."

TRANSLATION: "After they (the Israel nations) have suffered their disgrace, and all their transgressions which they have acted treacherously towards Me (God), in the day when they (Israel) lived carelessly and securely in their land, and nothing made them afraid."

This is a perfect application to what has happened in both Canada and the United States. It cannot be applied to Old Palestine and there is no way in which the Jewish people fit into this description. We, the Israel people have lived carelessly, apathetically and safely in the land which God gave to us, the new Zion. We have allowed moral evil to take over in our countries and we are now feeling the disciplining hand of God, as it falls on our countries. This is one of the surest signs that we are His people. We know from the Scripture that "the way of the transgressor is hard." (Proverbs 13:15b). We know that the admonition of Galatians 6:7 was written to Israelites, for Israelites, about Israelites: "Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (This is known as the law of Harvest, and is as sure as the Law of Gravity.) Today, we people in Christendom are reaping what we have sown, and the "time of Jacob's trouble," is just beginning.

Vs 27 -

WHEN - (834) - " 'asher" meaning: "because."

AGAIN - (7725) - "shuwb" meaning: "to turn; to return to the starting point; again; bring back home; deliver."

PEOPLE - (5971) - " am" meaning: "tribes of Israel; nations; people."

GATHERED - (6908) - "qabats" meaning: "to assemble; bring together."

ENEMIES - (341) - " 'oyeb" meaning. adversary; foe, enemy.

LANDS - (776) - " 'erets" meaning. country land."

SANCTIFIED - (6942) - "qadash" meaning: "pronounced ceremonially or morally clean; purified; holy."

SIGHT - (5869) - " 'ayin" meaning: "sight; knowledge; presence."

MANY - (7277) - "rab" meaning: "exceedingly much; multitude."

NATIONS - (1471) - "goy" meaning: "tribes; people; heathen nations.

TRANSLATION: "Because I (God) brought them (Israel) back to their starting place from among the nations, and have assembled them out of their enemies countries, and am pronounced holy in them in the presence of a multitude of people."

Vs 28 -

THEN - (227) - az meaning: "at that time; therefore; now."

KNOW - (3045) - "yada" meaning: "observe; recognize; be certain; have knowledge."

CAUSED - (5414) - "nathan" meaning: "caused; ordained; recompensed; suffered."

LED - (935) - "bow" meaning: "to come; enter into; invade."

CAPTIVITY - (1473) - "galal" meaning: "carry away captive; remove." (Note that this Hebrew word is used three times in Chapter 39, each time with a different meaning.)

AMONG - (413) - " 'el" meaning: "among."

HEATHEN - (1471) - "goy" meaning: "nations; heathen; tribes."

GATHERED - (3664) - "kanac" meaning: "gathered together."

OWN - (5315) - "nephesh" meaning: "breathing creature; life; lust; pleasure; soul." (This is another word which does not fit into the context.)

LAND - (127) - " 'adamah" meaning: "country; land" (See 2 Samuel 7:10).

HAVE - (1961) - "hayah" meaning: "have."

LEFT - (3498) - "yathar" meaning: "to leave; to remain; left behind; let remain.

THERE - (8033) - "sham" meaning: "there."

TRANSLATION: "At that time shall Israel have knowledge that I am Adonay, their God, who suffered them to be invaded and led into captivity among the anti-God (heathen): but I (God) have gathered together the Israelites into their own country (not Old Palestine - see 2 Samuel 7:10) and have left none remain behind in these places."

Vs 29 -

NEITHER - (3808) - "lah" meaning: "much less; neither; never."

HIDE - (5641) - "cathar" meaning: "conceal; hide; be absent from; keep."

FACE - (6440) - "paneh" meaning. "countenance; face; favor; presence."

ANY - (3605) - "kowl" meaning: "in any manner."

MORE - (5750) - " 'od" meaning: "further; any longer; hence forth."

POURED - (8210) - "shaphak" meaning:' 'spilled; to expend; pour out; shed."

SPIRIT - (7307) - "ruwach" meaning: "breath; spirit."

HOUSE - (1004) - "bavith" meaning: "family."

TRANSLATION: "Much less will I (God) keep fav9r in any manner from Israel; for I (God) have poured out my Holy Spirit upon the family of Jacob-Israel, saith Adonay, the Self-Existent One."

CONCLUSION:

Before we put these chapters together, let me make one thing very clear. This work is in no way an attempt to downgrade the King James or American Standard Versions of the Holy Bible. I am no Hebrew scholar. I am merely attempting to show you how important it is for you as a concerned Christian to: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Tim.2:15).

Here the word "laborer" comes from the Greek "ergates" (2040) which means: "laborer; teacher." The word dividing, Greek "orthotomeo" (3718) means: "to correctly expound the Divine message."

It is extremely important for Identity teachers to correctly explain (expound) the Divine message of Scripture. Too many pastors simply explain it the way they were taught in Seminary, without ever checking out the meaning for themselves; too many Christian laymen, accept what the pastor says, merely because he is supposed to be the "expert", the one who studied in the seminary. But a correct explanation of Scripture can only come, when the student honestly takes the time and effort to check out the meaning of the English words used in the text and compare them to the original language. This anyone who can read, can do. I have shown in these two chapters, that this sometimes changes the meaning of the text.

There is little doubt in my mind, that if you make an honest study of these two chapters, you will come to the conclusion that God does not battle with and destroy His enemies on the hills and valleys of Old Palestine, as we have been taught, but that His triumph will take place on the hills and in the valleys of Zion, the country promised to King David in 2 Samuel 7:10, the new Jerusalem.

Here is the translation we have worked out: :D

EZEKIEL 38 -
1 - The word of the Lord came unto me (Ezekiel) saying:

2 - Son of man, set thy face against the land of Russia, and the chief prince of Moscow and Tublosk, and prophesy against them.

3 - Thus saith the Lord God (Adonay, the Self-Existent One); Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief leaders of Moscow and Tublosk.

4 - And I (God) will cause thee (Russia) to turn, and will put a ring into your nose, to pull you out, with all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in splendid armor, even a great multitude with armored vehicles, handling weapons of war.

5 - Persia (Iran), Ethiopia, (the Communist nations of Africa), and Libya with them; all of them with their weapons of war.

6 - Gomer, the son of Japheth from Siberia with crowds of troops; the family of Togormah from Eastern Germany and from the gloomy north, with crowds of troops.

7 - Prepare yourself, thou, and the multitude with thee, all those which are gathered together unto thee, and be thou watchful of them.

8 - After a space of time, thou Russia, shall move with hostile intent, into a land that is brought back from war, and is gathered out of many nations, against the people of Israel and the mountains which have been desolate, an uninhabited place: but which is brought out of the nations, and who live in safety, living boldly without care and with confidence.

9 - Thou (Russia) shall come up like a tempest, and like a cloud shall cover the sky with thy troops. Thou shalt come in overwhelming force.

10 - But thus saith the Lord (Adonay), it shall come about, that on that day, a certain matter shall come into thy heart, and thou shalt conceive an evil thought concerning a military device in your possession. :unsure:

11 - AND YOU (Russia) shall say, "I will go upward to a country of towns and cities that is without walls; I will go to those who believe they live in safety and in apathy, who live securely in homes without bolts or bars on their doors.

12 - You (Russia) will come for the purpose of plundering the land and stripping it; to do evil with your forces against the uninhabited country which is now established; and upon the tribes of Israel who have gathered for a purpose, out of many heathen nations, who have procured much property and flocks and herds of animals, and many possessions and who settled in the midst of this wilderness.

13 - The Ethiopians and Edomites, and the merchants of the world shall say to thee (Russia), Have you come to take a spoil? To carry away their great wealth and to take a booty of cattle and goods, to take much spoil?"

14 - Because of this, son of man, prophesy by God's inspiration and say unto Russia, Thus saith Adonay, the Lord God; In that day when My people Israel live in security, without care, surely you Russians shall have knowledge of it.

15 - And you (Russia) will come from your country, from the gloomy places in the north, Russia and many nations with thee, a multitude, an exceedingly great multitude prepared for war.

16 - You (Russia) shall come upon my (God's) people Israel as a dark cloud which will cover the nation; it shall happen in the future, and I (God) will bring thee (Russia) upon my nation, that the heathen may recognize God, and I will be consecrated in thee, O Russia, in their presence.

17 - Thus saith, Adonay, the Lord God of Israel: Art thou (Russia) he of whom I spoke in the ancient days past? by my bond servants the prophets, those who predicted these days by my inspiration? which predicted many years ago that I (God) would cause thee (Russia) to go to war against my people Israel?

18 - And it shall happen in that day, when Russia shall enter into the country of Israel to make war against them, saith the Lord God, that my fierce, burning anger, shall rise up as a fiery burning passion.

19 - For in my (God's) jealousy, an in the hottness of my anger have I (God) commanded. Truly in that space of time, there shall be a mighty earthquake in the country of Israel.

20 - So that the fishes which swim in the water, and the birds which fly in the sky, and the wild animals of the field, and all reptiles that reside on the crust of the earth, shall shake with fear at my fury. And the mountain ranges shall be utterly thrown down, and the inaccessible places will fall down, and every walled city on earth shall fall to the ground.

21 - "And I (God) will cry out for destructive weapons of war to be used against Russia; throughout all the land, saith the Lord God; every individuals weapon of war shall be turned against his comrades and his kindred.

22 - And I (God) will execute judgment upon Russia with a destroying plague and with flowing blood, and I shall cause to rain upon Russia and the great army with him, the tribes and nations, a rain of giant ice crystals, and of burning, fiery hot, resinous sulphur.

23 - Thus will I (God) overcome, and will sanctify myself in the sight of many heathen nations.

EZEKIEL 39:
1 - Therefore, thou son of man (Ezekiel), prophesy against Russia, the chief prince of Moscow and Tublosk and say: "Behold, I (God) am against thee, O Russia."

2 - "And I (God) will cause the Communist alliance to retreat. And I will annihilate you and leave only one-sixth of your forces alive, and will cause you (Russia) to come from your northern parts, and will bring thee (Russia) upon the tribes of Israel.

3 - And I (God) will severely strike out of your right hand the weapons of war and will make your missiles fall from your left hand. You will become completely impotent.

4 - And thou (Russia) shall fall on the hills of Israel, thou Russia and all thy armies with thee: I God will give your alliance unto the fowls of prey, and to the wild beasts of the field, who will devour your forces for food.

5 - You (Russia) shall perish in the open country: for I God, have spoken it, saith the Lord.

6 - And I (God) will bring a burning on Russia, and within those people who live in apathy, without care, in the coastlands and the islands, and these people shall acknowledge that I am the Lord.

7 - So I (God) will make my holy character acknowledged among the Israel nations; and I will not leave them alone to defile my sacred name any longer; and the foreign nations shall recognize me as the Creator, the sacred One of Israel.

8 - See, I God have caused it to come to pass, saith the Lord; this is the time of which I have spoken.

9 - And many which remain in the cities and towns of Israel shall issue out of those cities and will burn with fire the defensive weapons and the offensive weapons of the enemy, and will burn them

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10 - So Israel will need no firewood out of the open fields, nor will they cut down any of the forests; for Israel shall burn the offensive weapons with a fierce flame; and Israel shall take a spoil of thee who sought to spoil them, and spoil those which robbed them.

11 - And it shall come about in that space of time, that I (God) will give unto that northern country (Russia) a space there for a burying place in Israel, the gorge of the passage, eastward of the great sea (Pacific Ocean); and it shall smell of decaying bodies, and shall offend the nose of those who pass through; and there Israel shall bury Russia and his company: and Israel shall call it the gorge of the armies of the north.

12 - And the house of Israel shall take seven months to bury the Russian dead, that they might decontaminate the land."

13 - Yes, every person in Israel shall help bury the community and it shall be to Israel a time of honor, the day when God is honored, saith Adonay, the Lord God.

14 - And Israel shall appoint men for regular employment, whose task will be to go about the land and bury those bodies which were left behind on the surface of the land; for seven months shall these men seek out the dead.

15 - And any traveler, who passes through the land, and sees a body, or a bone of a man, shall set up a marker by it, until the burying party shall bury it in the gorge where the multitude of Russia is buried.

16 - And the name of that city shall be called Hamonah; the multitude of Russia. In this way shall Israel purify the nation.

17 - Ezekiel, thus saith the Lord God, command all the feathered birds, and the wild beasts of the country to come together, for my slaughter that I God will kill for you, even a mighty slaying on the hills of Israel, that the birds and beasts may feed upon the flesh and drink the blood of my enemies.

18 - Ye birds of prey and wild beasts, shall consume the flesh of the chief men and drink the blood of the exalted ones - of mighty men, the military leaders of the people, of the young domineering men who come from that area east of Palestine.

19 - You birds and beasts of prey shall devour the flesh of men until you have had enough, and will drink of their life blood until you are intoxicated with the slaughter that I God have killed for you.

20- So you birds and beasts of prey shall be filled to satisfaction at God's meal, with horses, and a multitude of riders, the powerful champions of the battle, saith Adonay, YAHWEH, the Lord God, the Self-Existent One.

21 - And I God will show my splendor among all nations, and all nations shall consider my sentence that I have brought to pass, and my power which I have committed against them.

22 - In like manner, shall all the house of Israel know, by seeing, that I God am the Self-Existent One, their God, from that time forward.

23 - And the nations, both those of Israel and the heathen, shall observe that the family of Israel were carried into exile because they trespassed my law, for which cause I hid my presence from them, and delivered them into the power of their enemies; so they who were killed, were all killed with a weapon of war.

24 - Because of Israel's immorality and filthiness, and by reason of their moral and spiritual rebellion, have I God bruised them and hid my presence from them.

25 - Being absolutely perfect, saith Adonay, the Lord God, at this time I will deliver again the destruction of Jacob-Israel, and will show mercy on all the family of Israel, and will be very zealous for my sacred character.

26 - After the Israel nations have suffered their disgrace and all their transgressions in which they have acted treacherously towards Me, in the day in which Israel lived carelessly and securely in their land, and nothing made them afraid.

27 - Because I God brought Israel back to their starting place among the nations, and have assembled them out of the enemy countries, and am called holy in them in the presence of a multitude of people.

28 - At this time shall Israel have knowledge that I Adonay, the Self Existent One, am their God, who allowed them to be invaded and led into captivity among the anti-God heathen: but I God have gathered together the Israelites into their own country and have left none of them behind in those places.

29 - Much less will I God keep my favor from Israel; for I have poured out my Holy Spirit upon the family of Jacob-Israel, saith Adonay, the Lord God, the Self-Existent One.

This is confirmed in Joel 2:28 - "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I (God) will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men