ISRAEL AT WAR - Part Two
“Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” [1] Israel’s war is growing, and many Israelis say it hasn’t yet begun. Still, the war prophesied in Ezekiel 38 and 39 seems to be on everyone’s mind. However, leading up to Ezekiel prophesying, “‘Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal,’” the Almighty provided this prophet with visions of Israel’s future blessing—the first, dry bones, the second, two sticks. And, both prophecies spoke of the same event: the people of Judah and Israel united again and back in the Land promised to them by God Most High. God commanded Ezekiel, a priest of Judah captive in Babylon because of Judah’s sin, to prophesy to dry bones , and when he did, stages of life appeared. The bones came together, sinew appeared, and skin. The LORD then said to Ezekiel, “Prophesy to the breath … say…breathe on these slain, that they may live.” He did, and, “…they lived, and stood upo