Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm
on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of
the LORD
is coming; surely it is near … (Joel 2:1)
The Silence is Broken!
God
Hooks Ezekiel’s Gog & Magog
Table
of Contents
1. The Prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39
................................................................... 12
Overview of Ezekiel 38-39
...................................................................... 13
Key Questions Relevant to
Understanding Gog & Magog ...................... 15
Gog & Magog: Confusion of
Tongues .................................................... 16
The Prophecy of Ezekiel 38:1 – 39:29
.................................................... 20
2.
Who’s Who in Gog & Magog?
..................................................................... 25
Gog & Magog in Scripture
....................................................................... 25
Gog, Magog, Rosh, Meshech, Tubal
...................................................... 26
Gog
.....................................................................................................
26
Rosh vs. rosh
......................................................................................
27
Magog,
Meshech and Tubal ............................................................... 34
Gog in the Septuagint
............................................................................. 37
Gog & Magog in Islam
............................................................................ 40
Persia, Ethiopia, Put, Gomer,
Beth-Togarmah,
Many Peoples with You
........................................................................... 41
Persia
..................................................................................................
41
Ethiopia
(Cush)
................................................................................... 44
Put (Libya)
...........................................................................................
45
Gomer
.................................................................................................
46
Beth-Togarmah
................................................................................... 49
Many peoples
with you ....................................................................... 50
A Changed Dynamic
............................................................................... 55
3. Gog’s Role in Gog &
Magog ...................................................................... 62
Leadership: Be Prepared; Be a Guard; Devise a Plan
.......................... 62
From the Far North
.................................................................................. 67
Northern Enemy Motif
....................................................................... 67
Weapons – Technology
......................................................................... 70
What are we to make of
this army? ................................................... 71
Hebrew versus
English: The Language of War
.................................. 74
But the
weapons must burn! ............................................................... 76
Like a storm;
Like a cloud covering the land ....................................... 77
What about an
oil shortage? ............................................................... 78
What about a
worldwide disarmament? .............................................. 79
Background – Build Up
.......................................................................... 83
Russia’s setbacks in
targeting the Middle East ................................ 83
Russia’s loss
of control of Eastern Europe ......................................... 86
Russia and
Middle East Peace ........................................................... 88
Russia and
the emigration of the Jews ............................................... 89
Russia’s
relationship with Islam .......................................................... 92
The precedent
set by the Gulf Wars ................................................... 95
Intent – To Take a Spoil
........................................................................ 97
Setting the Stage for a One World
Leader ............................................ 102
Is Gog the Antichrist?
..................................................................... 105
4. Israel’s Role in Gog
& Magog .................................................................. 113
Target Israel
........................................................................................
114
The
People of Israel
........................................................................ 115
The Land of
Israel .............................................................................
118
The House of
Israel ........................................................................... 128
Center of the World
.............................................................................. 131
Securely; Safely; Confidently
................................................................ 135
Betachבטח
in Ezekiel 38 & 39
........................................................ 137
Israel dwells
“securely” during the present times? .......................... 137
Israel dwells
“securely” after its Covenant of Peace? ....................... 139
Israel dwells
“securely” during the Millennium? ................................ 140
Peace and
Safety ..............................................................................
141
Israel dwells
“securely” – Conclusion ................................................ 142
A Land Recovered from War
............................................................... 144
Psalm 83
.........................................................................................
149
The Future of
Damascus ................................................................... 151
The Uproar of
Many Peoples – the Rushing of Nations .................... 154
A Land
Recovered from War – Conclusion ....................................... 158
5. The World’s Role in
Gog & Magog ........................................................... 161
Sheba, and Dedan
............................................................................... 161
Tarshish & the Young Lions
.................................................................. 163
Weak Diplomacy; Greedy Collaborators;
or Fearful Bystanders? ......... 164
Coastlands (Isles)
................................................................................. 166
6. God’s Role in Gog &
Magog .................................................................... 169
The Silence of God
...............................................................................169
The Silence is Broken!
.......................................................................... 177
The First Person of God
.........................................................................180
Hooks in Gog’s Jaws
............................................................................. 182
God:
My Land; My People; My Holy Name ..........................................
184
God:
My Fury; My Anger; My Blazing Wrath ........................................
188
God:
My Presence; My Judgment
........................................................ 190
Global Earthquake
.......................................................................... 191
Sixth Seal
Judgment and the Global Earthquake ............................. 192
A Call for a
Sword ............................................................................. 198
Supernatural
Judgments:
Pestilence;
Blood; Rain; Hailstones; Fire; Brimstone ........................ 201
I Will Sixth
Thee ................................................................................
208
God: My Sacrifice; My
Table .............................................................. 210
God:
My Glory
......................................................................................
216
7. The Aftermath of Gog
& Magog ............................................................... 222
Aftermath in the Land of Israel
............................................................ 223
Seven Months Cleansing
the Land ................................................. 224
Seven Years
Burning the Weapons .................................................. 230
Restoration
of Israel ..........................................................................
234
Aftermath in the Middle East
............................................................... 240
Aftermath in the World
.......................................................................... 241
8. Parallel Passages in
Scripture to Ezekiel 38–39? .................................... 245
Daniel 11:40-45
...................................................................................
245
Major views regarding
Daniel 11:40-45 .......................................... 246
Interpreting
Daniel 11:40-45 .............................................................. 247
Is Gog
Daniel’s King of the North? .................................................... 252
Does Gog
cause the alarm from the East and the North? ................ 255
Is Daniel
11:40-45 a parallel prophecy to Ezekiel 38–39? ................ 259
The Book of Revelation
....................................................................... 261
The First Six Seals
.......................................................................... 261
The Seventh
Seal and the First Four Trumpets ................................ 267
The Olivet Discourse
........................................................................... 268
Nation Will Rise
Against Nation ...................................................... 268
Zechariah 2:4-9
...................................................................................
270
Ezekiel 29:3-9
........................................................................................
271
9. The Timing of the
Gog & Magog Invasion ............................................... 273
Gog & Magog in the Chronology of the End Times
............................. 276
Prime Times for Gog & Magog ........................................................
278
Key Factors
for Gog & Magog ........................................................... 279
At the End of the Millennium – Revelation 20?
.................................... 281
During the 75 Day Interval, or the
Beginning of the Millennium? .......... 289
During the War of Armageddon?
.......................................................... 293
At the Midpoint of the Tribulation?
........................................................ 301
In the First Half but before the
Midpoint of the Tribulation? .................. 307
At the Beginning of the Tribulation?
...................................................... 310
Before the Beginning of the
Tribulation? ............................................... 313
Gog & Magog and the Day of the Lord
................................................. 319
Before or after the Rapture?
................................................................. 323
10. Jewish Expectations
Regarding Gog & Magog ...................................... 330
The War to end all Wars … or maybe not
........................................... 330
The Day that will be Misunderstood!
..................................................... 334
Seven – The Symbolism of Totality
...................................................... 336
11. Jewish Calendar &
Feast Days .............................................................. 339
Fall Feasts of Israel
........................................................................ 340
The
Feast of Trumpets ...............................................................
341
Ten Days of Awe
....................................................................... 341
12. The Silence is Broken! God Hooks Ezekiel’s Gog & Magog .................. 344
Bibliography
.................................................................................................
349
Subject and Author
Index ............................................................................ 354
Scripture Index
.............................................................................................
363
All Scripture quotations, unless noted
otherwise, are taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®,
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Lockman Foundation, and are used by permission.
By Douglas Berner
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The Silence is Broken!
God Hooks Ezekiel’s Gog & Magog
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Book Summary
The Silence is Broken! God Hooks Ezekiel's Gog & Magog
What is the Silence of God? How and
when will God’s silence be broken? What will that mean for the people living in
the world at the time?
What dynamic event will cause God to
finally intervene in the world’s affairs and change His current relationship to
all people across the globe?
How does the Church Age end? How does the Day of the
LORD begin?
Are the recent natural disasters, acts
of terrorism, and the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq signs of the End
Times? How will people know when those signs begin? What is Iran’s role in Bible
prophecy? What is God’s message regarding the approaching collision between
Islam, Israel, and the nations of the world?
God reveals His secrets through His
Holy Word. God has revealed how and why the End Times will begin.
The prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39 is a key to unlocking the door to understanding these questions and the next
events on God’s prophetic timeline. Ezekiel’s prophecy of the War of Gog and Magog, with its multinational invasion of Israel accompanied by a global
earthquake, is one of the most important
prophecies in the entire Bible.
What is the relationship between the
Silence of God, the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39, God’s prophetic period called
the Day of the LORD, the Rapture of the Church, and the seven seals of the book
of Revelation?
The Silence is Broken!
reveals groundbreaking
new insights into the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39, and its relationship to the
book of Revelation and God’s Day-of-the-LORD judgments. This book challenges
many scholarly opinions regarding Ezekiel’s prophecy as well as the views of
prophecy skeptics. It offers a logical and systematic solution to the dilemma
this prophecy poses for many readers of the Bible.
Discover how and why the beginning of the End Times will be misinterpreted as the end of the Tribulation; how the War of Gog and Magog will be misunderstood as the War of Armageddon; and what that will mean for the nations of the world.