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The question which is faced concerning the end of the age and the Israel to whom the Word is referring is recorded in the words of the Apostle Paul. The prophecies will be accomplished in a spiritual people to whom the natural must also be joined. Remember, salvation is not of race but of grace. He referred to the children of the flesh, of whom he was one, as not receiving the status of children of God. Those who have received the promises of the Lord, that is, are living in Christ Jesus, be they Jew or Gentile are the children of the Lord. Rom. 9:6-8
The redeemed of the Lord will have enjoyed the thousand years of peace and rest. While Satan has been an observed of their tranquility and worship unto the Lord. Eze. 38:14-16 He is then loosed for a short season to marshal the dead which come up out of their places of internment. It is the final deception perpetrated by him. Like a vast, dark, ominous cloud they will attempt to attack the city of the Lord, the New Jerusalem, only to be consumed by the fire of the Lord. Rev. 20:3, 7-9 It is worthwhile to take cognizance of the name of this battle, Gog and Magog. That establishes when and where this battle will take place. The place of the incarceration of the devil is stated to be the ìNorthî Eze. 38:15 This word (tsaphon) comes from (tsaphan), that is to hide, or the hidden, the dark. ISBE. It certainly is not difficult to apply this condition to the prison in which the devil has been incarcerated for the thousand years. Rev. 20:1-3
The remainder of this chapter is difficult to place as one and the same event. There are events which transpire that are associated with the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. I found that there are translations which refer to him rather than to Gog as the one to whom the prophecy is addressed. Now, to relate these verses to the second coming. The manifestation of His fury. Nahum described the great and furious anger of the Lord in an extremely fierce and strongly worded prophecy. Nahum 1:2-8 In this prophetic utterance he presented the fury of the Lord and the horrific world wide shaking which will take place at the coming of the Lord Jesus. As we have seen in recent years a localized earthquake with or without an accompanying tsunami can be a catastrophe, how much greater that which will take place when Jesus returns. According to Nahum, the mountains quake, the hills melt, earth is burned along with all who dwell on it. His fury is sent forth like fire and the rocks are thrown down by His presence. Every mountain and island moved from their normal position. Rev. 6:14 He comes with flaming fire taking vengeance. 2 Thess. 1:8 The prayers of the ungodly answered. Rev. 6:15-17.