- Don McCune -
"Forever, Oh Lord, thy Word is settled in heaven." Psalm 119:89
"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Matt 5:18
"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." Matt 24:34-36 KJV
All our Hope, All of our Assurance, All of our comfort rests squarely upon His Word. His Word is exactly that, His "Dependable" Word.
We study it, knowing it is His...Infallible and Inerrant. "He means what He says and says exactly what He means". Fortunately we also have His Word in the original languages and the language tools are readily available for anyone's use. With which we can resolve many, if not all, unknown or unsettling issues.
While no man knoweth the day nor hour of Christs' coming it is clear that He will come. However, we are to be aware of the season of His coming...."Watch therefore...." Matt 24:42
Regarding the believers' deliverance or removal from the earth, we know we can, "depend on His Word".
Who is delivered from the wrath to come, I Thess 1:10...Believers!
Who is not appointed unto wrath, I Thess 5:9.... Believers!
Who is kept from the hour of testing, Rev 3:10... Believers!
Those made righteous by The Blood of The Lamb!
(Note: the Greek word translated "taken" in Matt 24:40-44 & Luke 17:26-32 is identical to the word translated "receive" in John 14:3, "...receive you unto myself..."). What we see here is contextual emphasis reflected by translators; both words imply action of another, a living third party with the power to do so. See Revelation 1:8 & 1:18.
Furthermore, we have Noah and Lot as examples which we given by Christ Himself, (Matt 24:37-39 & Luke 17: 26-32). Lot's appears below.
Prior to Lot's deliverance we see Abraham interceding for Sodom, (Gen 18:22 ff)... And Abraham asked God, "Will thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?" ... Abraham, was intent on saving Lot and his family and repeatedly asked the Lord if the city could be spared destruction if there were a number of righteous people there. First if there were 50 righteous people there, then 45, then 40, then 30, then 20, and finally he got a commitment from the Lord not to destroy the city if there were only 10 righteous ones found there.
But we see there were only four (4). The angels arrived to take Lot and his family to safety, and wanted Lot to reach his extended family (19:14). But, they did not take him seriously. It was a sad day for Lot.
Lot yet lingered (19:16) at his house, so the angels laid hold upon their hands and set them outside the city. The angel then urged him saying (19:22), "I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither..."
And so it was... Lot, his wife and two daughters were removed by force before the fire fell to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Just as the righteous are to be removed from destruction before the fury and wrath of God falls in these latter days... believers will be, "caught up" to meet the Lord in the air", (I Thess 4:17). We can "Depend" on it! (In Latin, the word is rendered "rapturo". However, the actual Greek word is "harpazo" #726, to sieze, catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force). This word occurs 13 times in the original language).
Not Since the days of Noah (Gen.6:5-7) when the wickedness of man was great and God destroyed man from the face of the earth, has there been such a world wide catastrophic event as we see in Ezekiel 38 & 39!
The fury and wrath of God demonstrated here is like none other in the Bible which precedes and introduces the Great Tribulation period.
* In the "latter days" we find a detailed description of a specific and literal time of destruction. (See Ezekiel 38:16 below for "latter days").
1-The stage is set, the *players are on the board, (38:1-7).
(Note: *Names we see in the text of Ezekiel are the actual names of those that originally settled in particular regions, see Gen.10:1-7 The key verse is v5. "By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." The current names of the major participants are Russia, Turkey and Iran). These are now gathering in Syria, north of Israel.
2-The conferences between the players are on going,(38:10-13).
They have met four times that we know of at this point in, (Tehran, Geneva, Ankara, Astana) and their military buildup is happening now.
3-Conditions developing to compel/pressure them to action,(38:11-13).
Russia's economic condition is strained, the ruble is dropping in value and their income from exported oil and natural gas to Europe is declining as USA is now the top exporter of oil in the world. Israel has found the largest deposits of natural gas and oil known in the world just off their Mediterranean coast and is planning a pipeline to Greece and the European market. This situation seriously affects Russian sales to Europe. Israeli oil deposits discovered span across the Galilee and extend under the valley of Megiddo. Iran aside from being a mortal enemy to Israel is suffering under sanctions imposed by USA, drop in oil prices and failing natural resources. Their currency is not far from worthless. Turkey likewise is suffering from a loss of currency value, the global economic slowdown, the Eurozone migration crises, terrorism, extended war costs and political turbulence.
These countries see the prosperous but tiny Israel as an easy prize to plunder, (see 38:12). With Israel's actual geographical size being only the same size as nine (9) counties in the Texas panhandle, or nine Potter counties put together. (Israel's God given actual size is from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates in Iraq, Gen.15:18) And then the attack comes at the appointed time, (38:14-17) to which God responds immediately, in that day (38:18-39:8). Still no date or time is given for that very day. "Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken." (39:8).
Ezek 38:15-23
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: (Use of today's transportation & weapons is of no consequence).
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day, (#3117, a 24 hr period, same as every "day" shown in Gen.1). This word can be used as an adverb as a space of time defined by an associated term; Context, Context, Context. there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; (Google this; seismic activity increasing 2018, then look at the images see the charts and graphs). Big ones will occur that day.
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth,(#127, earth, as in Gen 1:25) and all (#3605, whole, all, any & every) the men (#120, mankind, species, human beings)
that are upon the face (#6440) of the earth (phrase similar to Gen. 1:29) shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: "every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD"...(24 hour days shown in 38:14,19; 39:8,11,13,22).
This world wide cataclysm continues below and concludes at v8.
A seven year period begins at v9.
Ezek 39:1-14
39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. A similar fire to; "And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth." Zech 14:12
(This fire and clean up procedures shown below in 39:15 are similar to standard Haz-Mat procedures for nuclear waste).
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
*8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. (A period of seven years of burning begins below and burial of the dead begins. First in Israel and after seven months it will continue as they search the face of the earth).
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers #5674; (travelers that; pass, through, or over) those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of (the first) seven months shall they search. (worldwide)
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
(There is no other place in the Bible like this, which precedes and apparently introduces the Great Tribulation period.).
We know we can, "Depend on His Word".
Who is delivered from the wrath to come, I Thess 1:10...Believers!
Who is not appointed unto wrath, I Thess 5:9.... Believers!
Who is kept from the hour of testing, Rev 3:10... Believers!
Those made righteous by The Blood of The Lamb!
We are ambassadors for Christ, II Cor. 5:20 (And none other)!
There are Messianic Jews in Israel now, the entire region is being evangelize now. Throughout the muslim world they are coming to Christ as never before. Search Google, "Jesus shows up in the Middle East". There are vast numbers of testimonies that will leave you in tears and so thankful for the grace of God.
Remember Lot and his family, "They took them by the hand..."
Remember Pearl Harbor, before the surprise attack the Japanese ambassadors were called home...They vacated the White House.
Remember II Cor. 5:20, where believers are called... "We are Ambassadors for Christ..."!
Remember Abraham's great question... Abraham asked God, "Will thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?"
There are many believers in the immediate region of the Ezekiel War.
And there is a great multitude of believers on the face of the earth.
...The affected area of Gods Fury and Wrath will be vacated of Ambassadors at that time, on that day!
We still don't know the date or time, but we have zeroed in on a Big Day!
There is a numberless multitude meeting soon, (Rev. 7:9-14). They will be delivered as Noah with his family and Lot with his. The big question now is will you be among them?
Be ready! Christ is The Living Saviour, (Rev 1:8 & 1:18).
Christ is The Way, The Truth, and The Life, (John 14:6).
Admit to Him you need Him, the Only Saviour, because all have sinned, (Romans 3:23).
Believe on The Lord Jesus Christ, He truly died for our sins, "...but not for ours only but for the sins of the whole (#3650, the Greek word is 'olos, pronounced "hal-las" meaning; all, whole, complete, every part altogether, lacking none) world." (I John 2:2). He rose from the dead on the third day, (I Cor. 15:1-5).
Call upon Him alone to be saved, (Romans 10:13). Then you can/should tell someone else, (Matt 10:32).
Be watchful! monitor the region (build up for war) with BeholdIsrael.com". Amir Tsarfati, a messianic Jew, of the tribe of Judah. His home overlooks the valley of Megiddo...
Friends and extended families (as Lot's) may not take us seriously, but its time to try...... I'll meet you there!
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