As I continue defense of the pretribulational, post-rapture view of the timing of the Battle of Gog and Magog, I believe that the current situation that Israel finds herself in the middle of 2009 is very similar to that described in the Ezekiel passage, except for the statement in 38:11 that Israel will be "at rest" during the time when this invasion comes...
The view that the battle described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 will occur at the end of the tribulation and is one and the same with the campaign of Armageddon is not widely held today. In fact, the only individual that I know personally who holds this view is Dave Hunt. Louis Bowman and Harry Ironside, Bible teachers of a previous generation, are ones who have taken this view...
The final view concerning the time within God’s end-time prophetic program when Gog’s invasion of Israel will take place is at the end of the millennium. Having stated the view previously, I now will lay out a number of reasons why this view does not best explain the text in Ezekiel 38–39, especially since the end of the millennium results in the end of history and the beginning of eternity...
In this final installment of this series on the invasion of Israel by Gog and his allies as prophesied in Ezekiel 38 and 39, I want to summarize my conclusions that have been presented and defended throughout the detailed handling of this passage. I will not be rehashing the items and views with which I disagree, instead, I will present a synopsis of my conclusions about this text...
When thinking about all of the modern state of Israel’s wars, the six-day war certainly stands out as an amazing accomplishment by the then nineteen-year old nation. I consider it nothing less than a major miracle because God was certainly on Israel’s side. Everything Israel needed to go right did go right. The results were astounding as Israel tripled her land size. The six-day war took place fifty years ago this June and changed the map in the Middle East in less than a week...