Ezekiel 39

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"Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. 

I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north. 

I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless. 

You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals. 

You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD. 

And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 

"In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel. I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. 

God again reminds what He sees in the future for Gog and his attempt to invade Israel.  God said He was allowing Gog and his allies to enter Jerusalem.  This is done so that can set the record straight that no one will ever do Israel as they have done before.  There God will defeat and destroy Gog and his allies. God has a stopping point.  Even to His own people who did not fully follow His instructions, God gave them His Word; they will not be tortured anymore by evil nations.

That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign LORD. Everything will happen just as I have declared it. 

"Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! 

They won't need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD. 

Gog had a purpose for his ammunition, but it was given to Israel for fuel, and any good they brought to harm is now in the hands of God's people.

"And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog's Hordes. 

God buried the men and the thoughts of evil they brought to the place of His people.  This vision gave all onlookers respect for who God is.

It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land. 

Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD. 

"After seven months, teams of men will be appointed to search the land for skeletons to bury, so the land will be made clean again. 

Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog's Hordes. 

(There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means 'horde.') And so the land will finally be cleansed. 

God has a cleanup team to organize the remains of those who came against His people and destroyed all of them.

"And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood! 

Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls--all fattened animals from Bashan! 

Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you. 

Feast at my banquet table--feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign LORD.

God told Ezekiel to call the birds and animals to a feast of the bodies of the enemy.

"In this way, I will demonstrate my glory to the nations. Everyone will see the punishment I have inflicted on them and the power of my fist when I strike. 

And from that time on the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God. 

The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile--it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them. 

God explains the details of how we got to this place in the lives of His people.

I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins. 

"So now, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation! 

They will accept responsibility for their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them. 

When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see. 

Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind. 

And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!"

God speaks before any action He takes.  God speaks so that we will know the consequences of our choices.  He also allows us to repent so that we won't die for having made choices to hurt ourselves and others.  When God gives His Word, He speaks under oath.  Here God said He will lead this army to the place other nations will be watching. He wanted a worldwide view of His love and protection for anyone He has called His own.  God's people are protected by God.  God's people are corrected by God.  When you become one with God, He said, He will never leave or forsake you.  Even if he has to punish us, He is still our Father, and He wants the whole world to know How protected His people are.  Others worship a god, but God declares there is no other God, and not only did He say it, but He also proved it.