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They will happen as surely as you're hearing my voice right now.

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Here we are, again, it's the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I'm your OG God caster Steve Webb, welcome. I'm happy to see you today. This is the daily show where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year. Our reading today is Ezekiel 37 through 42. Afterwards, I'll have well some kind of extensive thoughts to share with you and I'm calling today's episode, Gog and Magog. If you'd like to make a comment on today's show, please do so at Lifespring media.com/s 12 V. 205. Or you can email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com. This is gonna be kind of a long one today. So buckle in. 

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Ezekiel, chapter 37. 

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I felt the powerful presence of the Lord and His Spirit took me and set me down in a valley where the ground was covered with bones. He led me all around the valley, and I could see that there were very many bones and that they were very dry. He said to me, mortal man, can these bones come back to life? I replied, Sovereign Lord, only you can answer that. He said, prophesied to the bones, tell these dry bones to listen to the word of the Lord. Tell them that I the Sovereign Lord am saying to them, I'm going to put breath into you and bring you back to life. I will give you sinews and muscles and cover you with skin, I will put breath into you and bring you back to life, then you will know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I had been told, while I was speaking, I heard a rattling noise and the bones began to join together. While I watched, the bones were covered with sinews and muscles, and then was skin. But there was no breath in the bodies. God said to me, mortal man prophesied to the wind, tell the wind that the Sovereign Lord commands it to come from every direction, to breathe into these dead bodies, and to bring them back to life. So I prophesied as I had been told, breath entered the bodies and they came to life and stood up. They were enough of them to form an army. God said to me, mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up without any hope, and with no future, so prophesied to my people Israel and tell them that I, the Sovereign Lord, I'm going to open their graves, I'm going to take them out and bring them back to the land of Israel. When I open the graves, where my people are buried, and bring them out, they will know that I am the Lord, I will put my breath in them, bring them back to life, and let them live in their own land, then they will know that I am the Lord, I have promised that I would do this, and I will I the LORD have spoken.

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The Lord spoke to me again, mortal man, he said, Take a wooden stick and write on it the words the kingdom of Judah, then take another stick and write on it the words the kingdom of Israel, then hold the two sticks end to end in your hand so that they look like one stick. When your people ask you to tell them what this means, tell them that I the Sovereign Lord, I'm going to take the stick representing Israel, and put it with the one that represents Judah. Out of the two, I will make one stick and hold it in my hand, hold in your hand, the two sticks and let the people see them. Tell them that I the Sovereign Lord, I'm going to take all my people out of the nations where they have gone, gather them together and bring them back to their own land. I will unite them into one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel, they will have one king to rule over them. And they will no longer be divided into two nations or split into two kingdoms. They will not defile themselves with disgusting idols anymore, are corrupt themselves with sin. I will free them from all the ways in which they sin and betray me. I will purify them, they will be my people, and I will be their God, a king like my servant, David will be their king. They will all be united under one ruler and will obey my laws faithfully. They will live on the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They will live there forever, and so will their children and all their descendants. A king like my servant, David will rule them forever. I will make a covenant with him that guarantees their safety forever. I will establish them and increase their population. And we'll see to it that my Temple stands forever in their land. I will live there with them. I will be their God and they will be my people. When I placed my temple there to be among them forever, then the nations will know that I the Lord have chosen Israel to be my own people. 

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Ezekiel chapter 38. 

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The Lord spoke to me. mortal man, he said denounce Gog chief ruler of the nations of Michigan back into ball in the land of Magog denounce him and tell them that I the Sovereign LORD and his enemy, I will turn them around, put hooks in his jaws and drag him and all his troops away. His army with its horses and uniformed riders is enormous and every soldier carries a shield and is armed with a sword. Troops from Persia, Ethiopia and Libya are with him at all have shields and helmets. All the fighting men in the lands of Goma and beffta Garma in the north are with him. And so our men from many other nations, tell him to get ready and have all his troops ready at his command. After many years, I will order him to invade a country where the people were brought back together from many nations and have lived without fear of war, he will invade the mountains of Israel, which were desolate and deserted so long, but where all the people now live and safety. He and his army and the many nations with him will attack like a storm and cover the land like a cloud. This is what the Sovereign Lord says to God. When that time comes, you will start thinking up an evil plan, you will decide to invade a helpless country where the people live in peace and security in unwalled towns that have no defenses. You will plunder and loot the people who live in cities that were once in ruins. They have been gathered from the nations and now they have livestock and property and live at the crossroads of the world. The people of Sheba in de Dan and the merchants from the towns of Spain will ask you, have you assembled your army and attacked in order to loot and plunder? Do you intend to get silver and gold, livestock and property and march off with all these spoils? So the Sovereign LORD sent me to tell God what he was saying to him. Now while my people Israel live in security, you will set out to come from your place in the far north, leading a large, powerful army of soldiers from many nations, all of them on horseback, you will attack my people Israel like a storm moving across the land. When the time comes, I will send you to invade my land in order to show the nation's who I am to show my holiness by what I do through you. You are the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through my servants the prophets of Israel, that in days to come I would bring someone to attack Israel, the Sovereign Lord has spoken. The Sovereign Lord says, on the day when God invades Israel, I will become furious. I declare in the heat of my anger that on that day there will be a severe earthquake in the land of Israel. Every fish and bird, every animal large and small, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble for fear of me. Mountains will fall, cliffs will crumble and every wall will collapse. I will terrify God with all sorts of calamities. I, the Sovereign LORD have spoken. His men will turn their swords against one another, I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. torrents of rain and hail together with fire and sulfur will pour down on him in his army and on the many nations that are on his side. In this way, I will show all the nations that I am great and that I am holy. They will know then that I am the Lord. 

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Ezekiel chapter 39. 

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The Sovereign Lord said mortal man, denounce Gog, the chief ruler of the nations have me check in to ball and tell him that I am his enemy. I will turn him in a new direction and lead him out from the far north until he comes to the mountains of Israel. Then I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand. Gagan his army and his allies will fall back on the mountains of Israel and I will let their bodies be food for all the birds and wild animals, they will fall dead in the open field. i The Sovereign Lord if spoken. I will start a fire in the land of Magog and along all the sea coasts where people live undisturbed, and everyone will know that I am the Lord. I will make sure that my people Israel know My Holy Name, and I will not let my name be disgraced anymore. Then the nations will know that I the LORD in the holy God of Israel. The Sovereign Lord said the day I spoke about is certain to come. The people who live in the cities of Israel will go out and collect the abandoned weapons for firewood. They will build fires with the shields, bows, arrows, spears and clubs and have enough to last for seven years. They will not have to gather firewood in the fields or cut down trees in the forest because they will have the abandoned weapons to burn. They will loot and plunder those who looted in plundered them. The Sovereign Lord is spoken. The Lord said, when all this happens, I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel in travelers Valley East of the Dead Sea. Gog and all his army will be buried there in the valley will be called the Valley of God's army. It will take the Israelites seven months to bury all the corpses and make the land clean again. Every one in the land will help bury them. And they will be honored for this on the day of my victory I, the Sovereign LORD have spoken. After the seven months are over, men will be chosen to travel through the land in order to find in bury those bodies remaining on the ground, so that they can make the land clean again. As they go up and down the country. Every time they find a human bone, they will put a marker beside it so that the grave diggers can come and bury it in the valley of God's army. There will be a town nearby named after the army, and so the land will be made clean again. The Sovereign Lord said to me, mortal man, call all the birds and animals to come from all around to eat the sacrifice, I'm preparing for them. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel, where they can eat meat and drink blood, there to eat the bodies of soldiers and drink the blood of the rulers of the earth, all of whom will be killed like rams or lambs or goats or fat bulls. When I kill these people like sacrifices, the birds and animals are to eat all the fat they can hold, and to drink blood until they are drunk. At my table, they will eat all they can hold them horses and their riders that have soldiers and fighting men. i The Sovereign LORD have spoken. The Lord said, I will let the nation see my glory and show them how I use my power to carry out my just decisions. The Israelites will know from then on that I am the LORD their God. And the nations will know that the Israelites went into exile because of the sins which they committed against me. I turned away from them and let their enemies defeat them and kill them in battle. I gave them what they deserved for their uncleanness and their wickedness. And I turned away from them. The Sovereign Lord said, but now I will be merciful to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel and make them prosperous again, I will protect my holy name. When they are once more living in safety in their own land with no one to threaten them, they will be able to forget how they were disgraced for having betrayed me, in order to show to the many nations that I am holy, I will bring them back from all the countries where their enemies live, then my people will know that I am the LORD their God. They will know this because I sent them into captivity, and now gather them and bring them back into their own land, not leaving even one of them behind. I will pour out my spirit on the people of Israel and never again turn away from them. i The Sovereign LORD have spoken.

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Ezekiel chapter 40. It was the 10th day of the new year, which was the 25th year after we had been taken into exile and the 14th year after Jerusalem was captured. On that day I felt the powerful presence of the Lord and he carried me away. In a vision God took me to the land of Israel and put me on a high mountain. I saw in front of me a group of buildings that looked like a city. He took me closer and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway. He said to me, watch mortal man. Listen carefully and pay close attention to everything I show you. Because this is why you were brought here. You're to tell the people of Israel everything you see. What I saw was the temple and there was a wall around it. The man took his measuring rod which was 10 feet long in measured the wall. It was 10 feet high and 10 feet thick. Then he went to the gateway that faced East. He went up the steps and at the top he measured the entrance it was 10 feet deep. Beyond it there was a passageway which had three guard rooms on each side. Each of the rooms was square 10 feet on each side, and the walls between them were eight feet thick. Beyond the guard rooms there was a passageway 10 feet long that led to an entrance room which faced the temple. He measured this room and found it was 14 feet deep. It formed that end of the gateway which was nearest the temple, and at its far end, the walls were four feet thick. These guard rooms on each side of the passageway were all the same size and the walls between them were all of the same thickness. Next, the man measured the width of the passageway in the gateway. It was 22 feet all together, and the space between the open gates was 16 feet. In front of each of the guard rooms there was a low wall 20 inches high and 20 inches thick. The rooms were 10 feet square. Then he measured the distance from the back wall of one room to the back wall of the room across the passageway from it and it was 42 feet. The room at the far end led out to a courtyard. He measured that room and found it was 34 feet wide. The total length of the gateway from the outside wall of the gate to the far side of the last room was at four feet. There were small openings on the outside walls of all the rooms and also in the inner walls between the rooms. They were palm trees carved on the inner walls that face the back passageway. The man took me through the gateway into the courtyard. There were 30 rooms built against the outer wall, and in front of them there was an area paid with stones which extended around the courtyard. This outer courtyard was at a lower level than the inner courtyard. There was a gateway at a higher level that led to the inner courtyard. The man measured the distance between the two gateways and it was 168 feet. Then the man measured the gateway on the north side that led into the outer courtyard. The three guard rooms on each side of the passageway, the walls between them, and the entrance room all had the same measurements as those in the East gateway. The total length of the gateway was 84 feet, and the width 42 feet. The entrance room, the windows and the carved palm trees were like those in the east gate. Here, seven steps lead up to the gate, and the entrance room was at the end facing the courtyard. across the courtyard from this North gateway was another gateway leading to the inner courtyard, just as there was on the east gate. The man measured the distance between these two gateways and it was 168 feet. Next, the man took me to the south side, and there we saw another gateway. He measured its inner walls and its entrance room, and they were the same as the others. There were windows in the rooms of the gateway just as in the others, the total length of the gateway was 84 feet and the width 42 feet, seven steps led up to it, and its entrance room was also at the end facing the courtyard. There were palm trees carved on the inner walls that faced the passageway. Here too. There was a gateway leading to the inner courtyard. The man measured the distance to this second gateway, and it was 168 feet. The man took me through the south gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway and it was the same size as the gateways and the outer wall. Its guard rooms, its entrance room, and its inner walls were the same size as those in the other gateways. There were also windows in the rooms of this gateway. The total length was 84 feet and the width 42 feet. Its entrance room faced the other courtyard and palm trees were carved on the walls along the passageway. eight steps led up to this gate. The man took me through the East gateway into the inner courtyard. He measured the gateway and it was the same size as the others. It's guard rooms, its entrance room, and its inner walls measured the same as those in the other gateways. There were windows all around and the entrance room also, the total length was 84 feet and the width 42 feet. The entrance room faced the outer courtyard, palm trees were carved on the walls along the passageway. eight steps led up to this gate. Then the man took me to the north gateway. He measured it and it was the same size as the others like them. It also had guard rooms, decorated the inner walls and entrance room and windows all around. Its total length was 84 feet and its width 42 feet. The entrance room faced the outer courtyard, palm trees were carved on the walls along the passageway. eight steps lead up to this gate. In the outer courtyard, there was an annex attached to the inner gateway on the north side. It opened into the entrance room that faced the courtyard, and there they washed the carcasses of the animals to be burned whole as sacrifices. In this entrance room, there were four tables two on each side of the room. It was on these tables that they killed the animals to be offered a sacrifices either to be burned hole or to be sacrifices for sin or as repayment offerings. outside the room. There were four similar tables, two on either side of the entrance of the North Gate. Altogether, there were eight tables on which the animals to be sacrificed were killed four inside the room and four out in the courtyard. The four tables in the annex used to prepare the offerings to be burned hole were of cut stone, they were 20 inches high, and their tops were 30 inches square. All the equipment used in killing the sacrificial animals was kept on these tables, ledges three inches wide ran around the edge of the tables. All the meat to be offered in sacrifice was placed on the tables. Then he brought me to the inner court. There were two rooms opening on the inner court, one facing south beside the North gateway, and the other facing north beside the south gateway. The man told me that the room which faced South was for the priests who served in the temple, and the room which faced North was for the priests who served at the altar. All the priests were descended from say doc, they were the only members of the tribe of Levi who were permitted to go into the Lord's presence to serve him. The man measured the inner courtyard and it was 168 feet square The temple was on the west side, and in front of it was an altar. Then he took me into the entrance room of the temple. He measured the entrance way. It was nine feet deep and 24 feet wide, with walls five feet thick on either side. Steps led up to the entrance room, which was 34 feet wide and 20 feet deep. There were two columns, one on each side of the entrance.

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Ezekiel chapter 41. 

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Next, the man took me into the central room, the holy place. He measured the passageway into it. It was 10 feet deep, at 18 feet wide, with walls eight feet thick on either side. He measured the room itself, it was 68 feet long and 34 feet wide. Then he went to the innermost room. He measured the passageway into it. It was three feet deep and 10 feet wide with walls on either side. 12 feet thick. He measured the room itself and it was 34 feet square. This room was beyond the central room. Then he said to me, this is the most holy place. The man measured the thickness of the inner wall of the temple building and it was 10 feet. against this wall all around the temple was a series of rooms seven feet wide. These rooms were in three stories with 30 rooms on each floor. The temples outer wall on each floor was thinner than on the floor below, so that the rooms could rest on the wall without being anchored into it. And so the temple walls when seen from the outside, seemed to have the same thickness all the way to the top. Against the temples, outer wall on the outside of the rooms, two wide stairways were built so that it was possible to go from the lower storey to the middle and the upper storeys. The outside wall of these rooms was eight feet thick. There was one door into the rooms on the north side of the temple, and one into those on the south side. I saw that there was a terrorist eight feet wide around the temple. It was 10 feet above the ground, and it was level with the foundation of the rooms by the temple walls. Between the terrorists and the buildings used by the priests. There was an open space 34 feet across along the sides of the temple. At the far end of the open space on the west side of the temple, there was a building 150 feet long and 116 feet wide. Its walls were nine feet thick all around. The man measured the outside of the temple and it was 168 feet long. And from the back of the temple across the open space to the far side of the building to the west, the distance was also 168 feet. The distance across the front of the temple, including the open space on either side was also 168 feet. He measured the length of the building to the west, including its galleries on both sides, and it also was 168 feet. The entrance room of the temple, the holy place and the most holy place. We're all paneled with wood from the floor to the windows, these windows could be covered. The inside walls of the temple up as high as above the doors were completely covered with carvings of palm trees and winged creatures. Palm trees alternated with creatures, one following the other, all the way around the room. Each creature had two faces, a human face that was turned toward the palm tree on one side, and a Lions face that was turned toward the tree on the other side. It was like this all around the wall from the floor to above the doors. The doorposts of the holy place were square. In front of the entrance of the most holy place, there was something that looked like a wooden altar. It was five feet high and four feet wide. Its corner posts, its base and its sides were all made of wood. The man said to me, this is the table which stands in the presence of the Lord. There was a door at the end of the passageway to the holy place, and one also at the end of the passageway to the most holy place. They were double doors that swung open in the middle. They were palm trees and winged creatures carved on the doors of the holy place, just as there were on the walls, and there was a wooden covering over the outside of the doorway of the entrance room. At the sides of this room. There were windows and the walls were decorated with palm trees.

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Ezekiel chapter 42. 

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Then he brought me out to the outer court by the way toward the north. And he brought me into the chamber which was opposite the separating courtyard in which was opposite the building toward the north. Facing the length, which was 100 cubits the width was 50 cubits was the north door. Opposite the inner court of 20 cubits and opposite that pavement of the outer court was gallery against gallery in three stories. In front of the chambers toward the inside, was a walk 10 cubits wide at a distance of one qubit and their doors faced north. Now the upper chambers were shorter Because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building, for they were in three storeys and did not have pillars like the pillars of the courts. Therefore the upper level was shortened more than the lower and middle levels from the ground up. And a wall which was outside ran parallel to the chambers at the front of the chambers toward the outer court. Its length was 50 cubits. The length of the chambers toward the outer court was 50 cubits, whereas that facing the temple was 100 cubits at the lower chambers was the entrance on the east side as one goes into them from the outer court.

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And there were chambers in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, opposite the separating courtyard and opposite the building. There was a walk in front of them also, and their appearance was like the chambers which were toward the north. They were as long and wide as the others and all their exits and entrances were according to plan, and corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk the way directly in front of the wall toward the east. Then he said to me, the North chambers and the South chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approached the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings, there they shall lay the Most Holy offerings, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering, for the place is holy. When the priest center them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court, but they are they shall leave their garments in which they minister or they are holy, they shall put on other garments, then they may approach that which is for the people. Now, when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east and measured it all around. He measured the east side with a measuring rod 500 rods by the measuring rod all around, he measured the north side 500 rods by the measuring rod all around, he measured the South Side 500 rods by the measuring rod, he came around to the west side and measured 500 rods by the measuring rod. He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall all around 500 cubits long in 500 wide to separate the holy areas from the common.

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Well, today is March 25 2022. And right now, Russia and its President Vladimir Putin is very much in the news because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. I'm not going to comment on this action because it's outside of the scope of the Lifespring family Audio Bible, but I am going to talk about Ezekiel 38 and 39. And its possible meaning and possible references to modern nations, and the End Times. Let me start by reading the first six verses of chapter 38. And the word of the Lord came to me saying, Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh Meshech, and two ball and prophesy against them and say, Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against you, oh Gog, Prince of rush me Shaq into ball, I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all of your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with Buckler in shield, all of them wielding swords, Persia, Ethiopia and put with them, all of them with shield and helmet, Gomer with all its troops best to Garma from all the remote parts of the north with all its troops, many people's with you. Alright, before I talk about the things we can know from these chapters, I'd like to share something written by a Bible commentator. Warren Where's B? He said, It's tempting to identify rush with Russia, and therefore me check with Moscow and to ball with Tobolsk both cities in Russia. But we would have a hard time defending this on linguistic grounds. This doesn't rule out the participation of modern Russia since it is located in the north, but neither does it demand it. So from the scriptures, we cannot know for sure that modern Russia is the land spoken of in the scriptures. So let's look at what we can know. Let's read verses 14 through 18 of chapter 38. Therefore prophesy Son of Man and say to God, Thus says the Lord God, on that day when my people Israel are living securely, will you not know it? You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army. And you will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am sanctified through you before Their eyes, oh God, that says the Lord God, are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them, it will come about on that day when God comes against the Land of Israel declares the Lord GOD, that my fury will mount up in my anger. Okay, so from verse 16, we know that this will happen in the last days. Now, I've said many times on the show that I believe that we are in the last days. But I've also said that I'm not dogmatic about that. But so many things have happened in the world since Israel again became a nation in 1948. That it is hard to avoid the thought that we're living in the closing days of history. We don't have time here to list all of the events that have happened since 1948. Entire books have been written on that subject. And this is an area that has a myriad of rabbit holes into which one could invest a whole lot of time. Let me today just give you a list of what we can glean from chapters 38 and 39. It is good to know the things that we can know right? We can speculate all we want on the things that we can't know. But we should know the things that we can know from what Scripture tells us. Okay, so we learned from chapter 38, verses one through six that Gog, a leader from the north of Israel will lead an alliance of nations to attack Israel. Those nations include Persia, Ethiopia, put Gomer beffta Garma, in many people's Well, today, we know these lands as modern Iran, Turkey, Libya, Ethiopia, and possibly Armenia and Germany. From verse 10. We know that God's motivation will be twofold, his own evil desires and God's compulsion, God will compel him to attack. And then verses four through six tell us that they will attack swiftly with a very powerful army. verses eight and 12 tell us that the attack comes when Israel has become a nation. And when they're experiencing security, safety and prosperity. Verses 12 through 13, tell us other nations not involved in the attack, we'll try to see how they might benefit from God's victory over Israel. And then in chapter 16, we know that God will defeat God in a way that will bring glory to himself.

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Now, to be clear, we are not given enough information to have any certainty when this will happen. We can't say that the President hostilities from Russia are the precursor to this battle. It is possible that the battle spoken of here in Ezekiel takes place before what is known as the Great Tribulation, the final literal seven year period before Jesus returns to Earth, it could take place in the middle of that seven year period, or it could take place at the end of the seven years. Interestingly, Revelation 1917 and 18 and Ezekiel 3917 through 20, are very similar. Those verses in Revelation 19 Speak of the time at the end of the seven years. Listen to Revelation 1917 and 18. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice saying to all the birds which fly in mid heaven, calm assemble for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings in the flesh of commanders, in the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves and small and great. Okay, that's revelation. Let's listen to Ezekiel 3917 through 19 Again, as for you son of man, Thus says the Lord God, speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field. Say to them, assemble and come gather from every side to my sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. You will eat the flesh of mighty men, and drink the blood of the princes of the Earth as though they were rams lambs goats in bowls, all of them fat Ling's of Batian so you will eat fat until you are glutted and drink blood until you were drunk from my sacrifice, which I have sacrificed for you. Wouldn't you agree that there are similarities there? And then lastly, some people believe that this battle might happen even after Jesus reigns on Earth for 1000 years after his return in Revelation 19. There are pros and cons for each one of these thoughts, man, I'm not going to be the guy that says this is what it is. The fact is that we just don't know many of the details that go God has in mind. For reasons known only to him, he gave us only a very rough sketch with just enough details to know that these events will happen, and that they will be for His glory. We are told in the book of Revelation, but at the end of it all, we will praise him for all that he has done. Revelation seven, nine through 17 says, After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples in tongues standing before the throne, and before the Lamb closed in white robes in palm branches were in their hands, and they cry out with a loud voice saying, Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God saying, Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power in might be to our God forever and ever, amen. And then one of the elders answered, saying to me, these who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from? I said to him, My Lord, you know, and he said to me, these are the ones who come out of the Great Tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and he who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them, they will hunger no longer nor thirst anymore, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat, for the lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes. Beloved, like I've said, I do not know when these things will happen. No one knows but the Father, but whether it begins today, or at some distant time in the future, they will happen. It surely is you're hearing my voice right now. The question is, are you ready? Are you prepared? First, Thessalonians, five, two, and three tells us, For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they're saying peace and safety, then destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains upon a woman with child and they will not escape. So in other words, once it happens, it'll be too late to make preparations. So how do you prepare? How will you escape destruction? How can you be sure that you'll be one of those standing before the throne of the Lamb, the lamb being Jesus, if you've put your faith in Him, if you have asked him to forgive your sins, if you've asked him to be your Lord and your Savior, you have nothing to worry about. You have a place prepared for you in Heaven. Jesus said, do not let your heart be troubled, believe in God, believe also in Me, In my Father's house are many dwelling places. If it were not, so I would have told you for I go to prepare replace for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself that where I am. There you may be also

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if you're not sure that you're prepared, if you don't know that there's a place for you in heaven. Why not decide right now that you do want to be sure? Why wait? What is there to gain by waiting? Or let's turn the question around? What is there to lose by waiting? Everything. If you wait, there's everything to lose. And when you decide now to follow Jesus, you have everything to gain. All you have to do is ask him. Just a simple prayer. Are you ready? Are you ready right now? Then pray with me. Dear Jesus, I want to know that you're my Savior and my Lord, please forgive me of all the sins I've done. I'm sorry for them, my turn from them now. I give my life to you. And I asked you to be my Savior and my Lord, Jesus, please take my life from this moment on and help me to become the person you made me to be. Amen. Well, if you prayed that prayer, and you meant it, congratulations, you've begun a new life. Second Corinthians 517 says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature. The old things passed away, behold, new things have come. That's a promise. Hang on to that promise. No matter if you felt anything or not. When you prayed that prayer just now, that promise applies to you. I have a New Testament that I'd like to send you. It's my gift. It's called the new believers Bible. And it's filled with hundreds of notes that will help you get started in your new life. I want you to have it, it's free. Just send me an email at Steve at Lifespring media.com and I mean, you just prayed that prayer and tell me where to send it. I promise I'm not going to use your email or your mailing address for anything else, I won't spam you and I won't give or sell anyone else your information. I just want you to have this new believers Bible, no strings at all. I'm just so very happy that you made this the best decision you'll ever make in your life. So beloved, what do you think about what I've said today? Does it make sense to you? I want to hear from you. Go to Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 205. And write me a comment. Tomorrow we're going to complete the book of Luke will read chapters 23 and 24.

Steve Webb  40:46  
Well, Sean of San Pedro and his wife Brittany had been on vacation, but he made up for his absence when he got back with boosting 7223 sats. Thank you Sean for Monday's the plumbline episode, he said  Well said, Steve, thank you for the clear, concise and kind explanation. Shawn, thank you for that comment. I appreciate it. And I hope you had a fun vacation. Say hi to Britteny for me. And thank you for boosting the SATs when you got back. God bless you, brother. Well, beloved, as you know, the Lifespring family Audio Bible is here for you every day of the week to help you read through the Bible. And you know, there are no advertisers. And if you've been listening for a while, you know why. But there are expenses that need to be paid. So please help me to keep producing the show for you. Go to Lifespring media.com/support. and donate what you feel is equal to the value you receive from the show, pray about it, and then do as the Lord leads Lifespring media.com/support.

Steve Webb  41:58  
Let's pray. Our Heavenly Father, we know that you love us and we know that Your Word is true. And in your Word, you gave us exactly what you wanted us to know. We can't help but wonder about the things we don't know. But you reserve some things only for you. Well, we trust you. So we're good with that. Help us, Lord, to make the best of what you have told us and to use it to bring glory to You. Lord, I thank you for the Lifespring family. Each person is here because you called them bless them for following your lead. And I pray that you use me to faithfully bring them what you lay on my heart. And I ask God that you forgive me where I fall short. And I pray that you'll compensate for my weaknesses. When I do. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. If you've got a prayer request, or if God is doing something really great in your life, we want to hear about it. Go to prayer dot Lifespring media.com and fill that form out you find there. I'll pray for you in my private prayer time. I'll rejoice with you and we'll pray together on the show. Prayer dot Lifespring media.com.

Steve Webb  43:09  
At the last minute, I have decided I'm going to play a song for you from a guy that I met a long, long, long time ago. His name is Darrell Mansfield. He came in to the radio station KQLH when I was working there, he had just released this album that I'm going to play this track from and the name of the track is Get ready. I'll have a link on the show notes page. But before the song Let me just say hey, share the show and comment on the show and Lifespring media.com/s 12 D 205. Email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com And until tomorrow may God bless you richly thanks for being here. My name is Steve Webb. Are you ready to rock? Bye? 

Darrell Mansfield  44:10  
Take a look at the sky. Turn around When I says to let a spirit inside of you you gotta make a choice. Listen closely now, you can hear his voice

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