Hi John and Doves,

I am convinced that Ezekiel 37 sounds very much like the resurrection of the dead.  Ezekiel 37: 12- 14 specifically tells us this:-  " My people, I am going to OPEN YOUR GRAVES and bring you up from them......" The way Ezekiel 37 is written, I am convinced that this is way more than the re-gathering of living people.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2037&version=NIV

Unless one delves into the reincarnation theory, this is obviously talking about the resurrection of the dead. This has never happened before, in Biblical history. Not en masse. If we take prophecy chronologically, this resurrection of the dead occurs prior to the Gog/Magog war of Ezekiel 38. Of course, as we all know, from 1 Thessalonians 13-18, that immediately after the resurrection of the dead - the rapture happens.

https://www.crossway.org/articles/what-is-the-rapture-1-thessalonians-4/

Does this mean that our LORD Jesus arrives back on earth prior to the Gog/Magog war? I believe it does. I have come to believe, more and more (from scripture) that Ezekiel 38 occurs because all the nations unite to attack Israel to fight our Messiah Jesus - who has arrived back on earth. Messiah Jesus has arrived back because of the Muslim attack of Psalm 83. It's time for Israel's redemption. The satanically controlled nations unite to do battle against The Lamb - as per Revelation 17.  As I have urged before - take particular note of Rev 17:14

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017&version=NIV

Let's reason together. The nations unite to attack Israel for a profound reason. The nations do so because the people left behind (after the resurrection of the dead and the rapture) are not yet believers. Or are the progeny of Satan. This attack can only happen if the warring, attacking nations are of 'one mind'. Because all the good people have gone. How powerful is that?

Remember - we are all living semi-normal lives prior to the rapture.  We will all be eating and drinking properly (no real famine). Marrying and giving in marriage - which means we will still have free-will. Until the 'flood' comes.  These are our LORD Jesus' words in Matthew 24: 38-41 re the end times. I have linked the entire chapter below.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024&version=NIV

Reading Ezekiel 38 - this war is to bring the nations down to Israel - via a 'Hook in the jaw'. Israel is thinking they are finally at peace. Israel has rid themselves of their Islamic enemies. Israel believes they can now live in peace with unwalled villages etc. Their (our) Messiah has arrived.  Then, Ezekiel 38 occurs. Once there, the nations are obliterated. Got rid of!  Annihilated!  Kaput!.  Fini !  End of!  This war is to punish the nations who make war against the Lamb of God. The nations who object to the prophesied rule of our LORD Jesus . Ezekiel 38 is about the punishment of the earthly enemies of God. The last gasp and desperate attempt of satanically ruled governments, to retain power over our earth.

I realise that the above scenario does not fit into established beliefs. I also believe that we don't have much longer to wait for the prophesied Islamic attack of Psalm 83. The way things are going with the re-establishment of DJT as POTUS, the Arab world is increasingly panicked. The carefully constructed lie of the 'two state solution' is now dead in the water. POTUS is talking about Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, taking in the so-called Palestinians. Trumps reasoning is sound. Why bother re-building Gaza if it's simply going to be obliterated again via the rule of Hamas? Gaza is prime real estate land. DJT is a businessman - a real-estate expert.  Gaza  has the potential for a fantastic Mediterranean, coastal resort. Why would a brilliant businessman like Trump, throw good money after bad?  Rebuilding for the destructive Palestinians? He won't, is the answer.

We live in very perilous times. Things are about to happen in rapid succession.

Please come soon, LORD Jesus.