7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them (Ezekiel 38:7-8).
Chapters 38 and 39 of Ezekiel contain a yet unfulfilled prophecy concerning Israel (some would argue against this interpretation though…). Ezekiel 38 and 39 warns of an attack by a conglomeration of nations against Israel. This attack occurs after the re-gathering of the Nation and during the ‘latter days’. Regardless of whether you hold to a future or a historical (although the attack as stated in Ezekiel has no historical equivalent) fulfillment, it is clear that God is sovereign over human history. And the previous is one the points of God providing prophetic information to His children. It is so we will know that God is in control. There is likely an additional reason God provides us with prophetic information and as verse 7 states, “Be thou prepared” clarifies this reason. We should always be ready for God to act in human history, and by being ready be found to be doing His will when God acts.
Chapters 38 and 39 of Ezekiel contain a yet unfulfilled prophecy concerning Israel (some would argue against this interpretation though…). Ezekiel 38 and 39 warns of an attack by a conglomeration of nations against Israel. This attack occurs after the re-gathering of the Nation and during the ‘latter days’. Regardless of whether you hold to a future or a historical (although the attack as stated in Ezekiel has no historical equivalent) fulfillment, it is clear that God is sovereign over human history. And the previous is one the points of God providing prophetic information to His children. It is so we will know that God is in control. There is likely an additional reason God provides us with prophetic information and as verse 7 states, “Be thou prepared” clarifies this reason. We should always be ready for God to act in human history, and by being ready be found to be doing His will when God acts.
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