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OF SATAN'S GOG OF MAGOG,
AND THE HOUSE OF "ISRAEL".
(From Ezekiel Chapter 37 to 39 NWT & NEB).

THEIR AND OUR REVERSALS, AND THE TWO CONGREGATIONS.
Meshech: 'A drawing out, or skinning'. This is the name the Sovereign Lord Jehovah uses to make known to His people His judicial decision to expose warring people of Gog (satan's 'house, of a house'). To strip or withdraw skin (Meshech) is the same in meaning as to flay (censure). The reverse in meaning is of course to overlay skin, as in the promise of God to the whole house of "Israel". (37:5,6.  37:11-14). Another reversal is that Gog and his crowd will no longer be able to despoil and plunder people of God. (38:12 to 39:10). Jehovah will deliver His spiritual people "Israel" out from former "dwelling places"* of spirit uncleanness and the apostasy of congregations that have sinned.  Jehovah will "cleanse (sanctify) them" back to life. (37:23). But Gog and his entire crowd have been assigned a burial place outside the spiritual "land" of "Israel".  (39:11 NEB).

Having been made spiritually inactive ('killed'), it was only after God had brought His anointed sons out from their "burial places" by the Spirit He breathed into them that they began to see the apostasy and the spirit of uncleanness in the "land". But while becoming a new spiritual house, they still lived in the flesh among the nations. (36:26.  37:9)  (Rev 11:7 12). It was while in their previously spiritually inactive state that they said: "our hope has perished. We  have been severed off to ourselves." (Ezek 37:11). Being "severed off" was the 'killing' of Revelation 11:7 9, and occurred because of the spirit of uncleanness among apostate covenant leavers in the "land". (Dan 11:30-32). But Jehovah has said: "I will hallow My Great Name, which has been profaned among those nations. When they see that I reveal My holiness through you, the nations will know that I am the Lord". (36:23 NEB). The revealing of holy teachings through faithful Spirit anointed sons of God in order to sanctify them began after having been "severed off" (during the "tribulation ten  days" (years) between December 1st 1971 and November 30th 1981) but who had obediently waited in expectation till the end of the 1,335 days and "come to life". (37:9. Dan 12:12. Rev 2:10). It is because Gog knows when people of God are dwelling in the security of holy teachings issued to them through faithful anointed sons of God by Spirit that Gog sends his "great congregation" of apostates against them.  (38:14-16).

The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will bring Himself into Judgement with Gog and all his bands "with pestilence and with blood; and a flooding downpour and hailstones" (38:22). (See "Little Scroll" for the Judgements of God). To His enemies Jehovah has prophesied: "On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your bands and the peoples that will be with you." These "mountains of Israel" are faithful anointed sons of God. (39:4). The fury of the Spirit "fire" from God are His condemnatory Judgements against the perpetrators of apostate lawlessness in the congregational 'houses' of Gog, revealed and denounced by the  "Little Scroll". (38:18,19). "They see that I reveal My holiness through you". (36:23 NEB). Jehovah will send Spirit "fire" upon all warring agencies of Gog, upon all 'houses of Gog' (Magog), even upon those dwelling undisturbed as "islands" in supposed security  (39:6). I have made my report concerning those defiling the "temple". (9:4 11). After the failure of Gog's onslaught through his "great (apostate) congregation" (38:15) against the "very, very great military force" of the house of "Israel" (37:10), we will then plunder and make spoil of these spoilers.  (39:10 NEB).

"ROSH, MESHECH, AND TUBAL":  HEAD CHIEFTAINS OF GOG.  (39:1 NEB).
These head chieftains are evil spirit enemies of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah that war against inhabitants of His spiritual "land" and inspire "Gog's crowd" to do the same. But on the faithful anointed "mountains of Israel" they will fall. (39:4). Jehovah will then send the Spirit "fire" of His Judgement upon Gog and Magog. As for "Gog's crowd", they and their apostate teachings will pass out of the "land".

* "Dwelling places" ("burial places"):  "Acts of lawlessness";  "apostasies." (37:12,13).
(See 37:23 Large Print NWT footnote).

 

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