Will Israel be relatively protected in the
great tribulation and the 1st War of Gog and Magog?
(Ezekiel 38)
Before
Moses led Israel’s children out of Egypt,
He
orchestrated plagues that were national in scope,
God’s harsh
judgments that left the nation totally
unzipped! 1
But in
the Land of Goshen, Israel’s kids had hope!
Ahhhh Goshen, ‘the best of the land’, according one king! 2
For
Joseph’s whole family, this land was his
preference.
Then
centuries later, God told Moses, ‘Tell the
new king,
Between Goshen and Egypt, I will …make
a difference!’
The
difference was to protect the slaves in Goshen,
From the last 7 of 10 plagues on Egypt, 3
Further
proof that The Lord controls all His creation.
Thus
Goshen thrived, as by plagues Egypt was …stripped.
According to what Ezekiel wrote in his Bible scripts,
We can perceive a very strange, but clear inference:
In this 1st War
of Gog and Magog (in the apocalypse),
In Israel,
God may again …make a difference!
While
all the world will be reeling from punishing blows,
Challenging
the very foundations of life on Earth,
In
Israel, there will be wealth, food and grass that grows, 4
Attracting
coalitions’ greed. Consider the worth!!
Great booty,
spoils of war that could be won??
In the
midst of the great tribulation??
In Israel,
such a tiny nation??
Ahhh…
the ‘backside’ of Ezekiel’s prediction! 5
the ‘backside’ of Ezekiel’s prediction! 5
If this
may not be true or not be the case,
And in
Israel there’ll be no difference,
Then why
in Israel would an army waste,
Resources
of time, fuel, soldiers and ordnance?!
Across
the Bible’s pages, this is what I see:
Incidents
and symbolisms, typological,
All share
the same roots, just like branches on a tree.
Keep
this in mind concerning things theological.
6
If in
tribulations that soon will unfurl,
A ‘Goshen-type difference’ by The Lord may
be ordained,
Between
Israel and the rest of the world,
What
might this infer of anti-Semitism, ingrained?
In Egypt’s
plagues, the difference would be effective,
Only with
a clear separation, geographically.
So as means
to higher objectives called, ‘protective’,
Could anti-Semitism
spur immigration, willfully?
The Lord
has promised, not on a whim,
To
regather His people to His land,
‘…Until no more room is found for
them!’
To you does
this hint their land might e-x-p-a-n-d? 7
--Egyptian slavery termination--Anti-Semitism, immigration--Protection in the great tribulation--Coming millennial dispensation
Retrospective
past, and future prospect.
Though
challenges remain, politically,
Here is
the notion that I now suspect:
These may
be linked, typologically.
For more see: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel
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1 See:
Exodus 7 – 11. During 10 plagues, ancient Hebrews were protected in only 7. See: The Goshen Effect (Series)
2
See: Genesis 47:6
3 See:
Exodus 8:23, 9:4 and 11:7. The differences were between the Egyptians and
Hebrews, and between their herds of livestock, a food source and symbol of
wealth. A careful reading of Exodus 7 – 11 reveals/infers Goshen was protected from 7
of the 10 plagues, leaving open the questions: (a) is this accurate or only
symbolic and (b) understanding The Lord’s objective to free the oppressed
Hebrew slaves, would He add to their afflictions by allowing them to be exposed
to the first 3 plagues? For the answer, see The Goshen Effect (Series).
4 See:
Ezekiel 38:12-13. Grass is food to cattle and other livestock. Revelation 8 states
1/3 of Earth’s grass will be burned up and many waters tainted, so the presence
of cattle/livestock in Israel suggests the availability of grass, and where there is grass, there is water.
5
Ezekiel reveals the likely objects of the invasion, not the ‘why’.
6
The roots relate to God’s heart, purposes and His strategic and tactical/operational ways. His broad, 3-point strategy is summarized in Jeremiah 9:23-24; and His 4 general judgment tactics are summarized in Ezekiel 14:12-23. Note how these tactics are highly synergistic!
7 This declaration is made throughout The
Bible, and quite emphatically in Zechariah 10:10. To understand why Israel's population will swell and even fill parts of Lebanon and Jordan, see: Booty, Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series). To understand how this may unfold, see: The Coming Lame Blame (Poem). Moreover, Genesis reveals the
Promise Land is far bigger than the current state of Israel. See: Our ‘Land-minded’ God
