First Euless

NOTE: These notes apply to the 11:00 am service only.

Sometimes a name of a geographical location becomes a term to use for the spirit of that place/person/event

Armageddon (Revelation 16:16)

Mystery Babylon (Revelation 17:5)

The Ezekiel 38-39 War

The Revelation 20 War

The duplicated use of the names Gog and Magog in Revelation 20:8-9 is to show that these people demonstrate the same rebellion against God and His people and antagonism toward God and His people as those in Ezekiel 38-39.

Israel and The Church
The two are not the same war.

In the battle of Ezekiel 38-39, the armies come primarily from the north and involve only a few nations of the earth (Ezekiel 38:6, 15; 39:2). The battle in Revelation 20:7-9 will involve all nations, so armies will come from all directions, not just from the north.

There is no mention of Satan in the context of Ezekiel 38-39. In Revelation 20:7 the context clearly places the battle at the end of the millennium with Satan as the primary character.

Ezekiel 39:11-12 states that the dead will be buried for seven months. There would be no need to bury the dead if the battle in Ezekiel 38-39 is the one described in Revelation 20:8-9, for immediately following Revelation 20:8-9 is the Great White Throne judgment (20:11-15) and then the current or present heaven and earth are destroyed, replaced by a new heaven and earth (Revelation 21:1). There obviously will be a need to bury the dead if the battle takes place in the early part of the tribulation, for the land of Israel will be occupied for another 1,000 years, the length of the millennial kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6).

The battle in Ezekiel 38-39 is used by God to bring Israel back to Him (Ezekiel 39:21-29). In Revelation 20, Israel has been faithful to God for 1,000 years (the millennial kingdom). Those in Revelation 20:7-10 who are rebellious are destroyed without any more opportunity for repentance.

Daniel’s 70 weeks are about Israel and Jerusalem

The shift back to Israel is once the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled

…For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in…

First comes the physical restoration then the spiritual restoration

Where you are in the FIRST will determine 
where you will be in the SECOND
We could be out of here before the FIRST
Are you ready for the SECOND?