God brings the global military from the north to bring judgment on Israel, then defeats them.

Ezekiel 39:2-3

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“…and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.” Ezekiel 39:2-3

The phrase, “I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.” refers to God rendering the global military powerless. They will be powerless to defend themselves against the wrath of God’s judgement that comes against them. This happens after the global military brings destruction to Israel according to the hand of God. God uses the world government and its global culture to bring His wrath against Israel, and when that is accomplished, God brings destruction to the global military, and to this world.

As quoted in Zephaniah, God assembles the nations together for their destruction, “Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.” Zephaniah 3:8

How can this present world system be vulnerable to destruction when it has power over physiology and is able to influence what people do, say, think, and feel? The word of God sheds light on that, as described in the next paragraph,

In the Fifth Plague, the power center of the beast will be plunged into darkness, as described in Revelation 16:10-11. This renders the world government and its global culture powerless. There will be no more uncanny knowledge, heightened intuition, amazing physical ability, extraordinary talents and skills, uncanny authority over others, etc. The entity that gives people what to think, feel, do, and say will be powerless to enable the image of the beast to live and speak through people. The mark of the beast will be powerless to hold people to a specific place in in life. In that powerlessness, the Battle of Armageddon arises (Sixth Plague of revelation 16:12-17), which brings destruction to Israel and ultimately destruction to the global military. After that, comes the Day of the Lord (as described in Zachariah 14) and the return of Jesus Christ.

Global warming is the Fourth Plague of Revelation 16:8-9 and is instrumental in bringing the destruction of the power center of the beast. The more powerful the United Nations become as the one world government the hotter the burning heat of the sun becomes.

This 39th chapter of Ezekiel focuses on the Battle of Armageddon and its aftermath.

Ezekiel chapter 38 also describes the global armies of the north coming against Israel, “You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.” Ezekiel 38:9 “You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land…” Ezekiel 38:16 This happens in the latter days, which is after the Jewish people were gathered to the State of Israel in 1948. This is during the time of the Battle of Armageddon, but before the Day of the Lord.

God brings the armies from the far north against Israel. From the “far north and all its troops” for the most part refers to the one that wants to be God, as quoted, “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregations on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’” Isaiah 14:13-14 Ezekiel chapter 1 also relates this entity to the space satellites, space station, and space shuttle.

The entity that exalts itself above God wants to sit within us as if it is God by giving us what to say, do, feel, and think. This entity is in the world today and is the one, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click for a post on the “man of sin”. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11