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say unto Gog, Thus saitii the Lord God, In that day when my 

 people Israel dwelleth securely shalt thou not know it ? And thou 

 shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost part of the north, 

 thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, 

 a great company and a mighty army. And thou shalt come up 

 against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. It shall 

 come to pass in the latter days that I will bring thee against my 

 land. " 



The Fate of the Northern Army. 



Ezekiel xxxviii. 18, " And it shall come to pass in that day 

 when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord 

 God, that my fury shall come up into my nostrils. For in my 

 jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in 

 that day there shall be a great shaking (will it be an earthquake ?) 

 in the land of Israel. 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, 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. " 



Further predictions are given to us. Ezekiel xxxix. 1 and 4 and 

 12, " And thou son of man prophesy against Gog and say, Thus 

 saith the Lord God, Behold I am against thee O Gog, prince of 

 Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. And I will turn thee about and will 

 lead thee on, and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost 

 parts of the north, and I will bring thee upon the mountains of 



Israel Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, 



thou and all thy hordes, and the people that are with thee, I 

 will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the 

 beasts of the field to be devoured. V. 12, And seven months shall 

 the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse 

 the land." 



What will he the ultimate outcome of Armageddon? 



The coming of the Messiah as King of Kings and Lord of 

 Lords, of the seed of Abraham, of the seed of the woman, David's 

 Greater Son. Ezekiel xxxix. 21, 26, 29, " And I will set my 

 glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my 

 judgment that I have executed and my hand that I have laid upon 

 them." V. 26, " And they shall bear their shame and all their 

 trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they 

 shall dwell securely in the land and none shall make them afraid. " 

 V. 29, " Neither will I hide my face any more from them, for 

 I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel saith the 

 Lord God." 



All this is in beautiful accord with the prophecy of Zechariah 

 xiv. 1-5, '* Behold a day of the Lord cometh, when my spoil shall 

 be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations 



