God will defeat the invading forces in Israel through a combination of the invaders' swords turning against one another and His direct, supernatural intervention.
Ezekiel 38:21 says God will call for a sword against the invader throughout all His mountains, and every man's sword will be against his brother. Les Feldick adds that God will also open the earth to swallow the Antichrist's pursuing force, pour out wrath on the armies packed in Israel's valleys, and finally send the Lord Christ Himself from heaven to fight against those nations. Afterward, the weapons of the fallen army will be burned for seven years.
Ezekiel 38:21 — God declares He will call for a sword against the invader throughout His mountains, directly revealing the place and means of the invaders' destruction.
Zechariah 14:3 — The Lord Himself goes forth to fight against the gathered nations, showing that the final defeat comes from God's direct action.
In Ezekiel 38:21 the LORD says, "I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains... every man's sword shall be against his brother." The invading forces are thus destroyed on the mountains of Israel as God Himself stirs up the sword. In Zechariah 14:2–3 the LORD declares that He will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and after the city is taken and half the people are led into captivity, "then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle." The destruction is not left to man alone; the Lord joins the battle. Ezekiel 39:9–10 describes what happens after that defeat: the cities of Israel go out and burn the weapons — shields, bucklers, bows, arrows, handstaves, and spears — for seven years, and they spoil those who spoiled them and rob those who robbed them. Scripture's own account is that the invading hosts are overthrown by the Lord's sword and fire, and their weaponry is destroyed in Israel.
Les Feldick stresses that Israel is a mountainous country and that the nations of the world will be brought to the land of Israel, where they will naturally encamp in the valley floors, especially the Valley of Jezreel (Ezdralon). He teaches that God will call for a sword against the invader throughout His mountains, and Les ties this language to the first mention principle in Revelation 6. The armies will be packed into the valleys like sardines, and God will pour out His wrath from the southeast of Jerusalem, striking every valley where the troops are gathered, placing them in His wine vat. Les also compares God's intervention to the Red Sea crossing: as God opened and closed the sea on Pharaoh's chariots, the earth will open up and swallow the armed force of the Antichrist that is pursuing Israel. When it appears that Satan is about to destroy the nation, the Lord Himself — Jesus, the 'I AM' of the Old Testament — will leave heaven and fight against the nations as He fought in the day of battle. After the destruction, Israel will burn the modern equivalent of the enemy's weapons — artillery, tanks, trucks, and armored personnel carriers — and God will give Gog a place of graves in Israel.
Les Feldick emphasizes that Israel is a mountainous country, and God says He will call for a sword against the invader throughout all His mountains. Because the land is mountainous, the world's armies will naturally set up their encampments on the valley floors, particularly the Valley of Jezreel (Ezdralon), which has been a battlefield for millennia. Les says the armies will be packed into those valleys like sardines, and God's wrath will pour out from the southeast of Jerusalem and include every valley of the nation.
Les points to multiple divine methods. God calls for a sword against the invaders throughout His mountains. At the same time, He will intervene as He did with Pharaoh's chariots: as Israel flees into the mountains, the earth will open up and swallow the armed force of the Antichrist that is pursuing them. When Jerusalem is taken and it looks like Satan will succeed, the Lord Christ — the Jehovah of the Old Testament — will leave heaven and go forth to fight against those nations as He fought in the day of battle.
Les teaches that the capitalized word 'Lord' in the Old Testament is Jehovah, and that Jesus claimed to be the I AM of the Old Testament, so they are one and the same. Therefore, the Lord who goes forth is the Lord Christ. He is in heaven after His ascension, but He will leave heaven and return to earth to fight against those nations, just as God fought Israel's battles down through history.
After the destruction, Les says the weapons of the invading army will be burned. Ezekiel wrote in terms of shields, bucklers, bows, arrows, handstaves, and spears, but Les says in our present time we would describe them as artillery, tanks, trucks, and armored personnel carriers. The people of Israel will burn them and will spoil those who spoiled them. God also says He will give Gog a place of graves in Israel.
God's Sword Throughout His Mountains
God calls for a sword against the invader throughout all His mountains, and Les ties this language to Revelation 6, showing that Israel's mountainous terrain is where judgment falls.
Burning Weapons and Gog's Graves
In modern terms, the destroyed weapons include artillery, tanks, trucks, and armored personnel carriers; Israel will burn them, spoil those who spoiled them, and God will give Gog a place of graves.
Wrath From the Southeast
God's wrath is poured out from the southeast of Jerusalem on the armies packed into Israel's valleys, placing them in His wine vat for righteous judgment.
What Really Happens at Armageddon — Revelation 16 & 19
Don't forget those 200 million coming from the East. There are going to be millions packed into that little geographical area, not only of Israel, but since He's going to start down here at Edom, which is also east of the Dead Sea, and evidently as He pours out His wrath upon these congregated armies, He's going to come from the southeast of Jerusalem with that destruction and then wind up.
The Earth Opens to Swallow the Pursuer
God intervenes as He did at the Red Sea, causing the earth to open and swallow the Antichrist's armed force that is pursuing Israel into the mountains.
Valley Floors as Battlefields
Because Israel is predominantly mountainous, the world's armies will naturally encamp on valley floors, especially the Valley of Jezreel, the historic battlefield where God brings them for judgment.
The Lord Goes Forth to Fight
When it appears Satan will succeed, the Lord Christ — the Jehovah of the Old Testament — will leave heaven and fight against the gathered nations as He fought in ancient battles.
What Really Happens at Armageddon — Revelation 16 & 19
So even though the nation of Israel is predominantly mountainous, you have these valley areas naturally between the various mountain ranges. Now the reason I'm pointing this out is that when God brings the armies of the world to Israel, naturally they're going to put their encampments on those valley floors. And this area of the Valley of Ezdralon has been a battlefield throughout the millennia.
Ezekiel 38:21: And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
God directly announces the sword that will destroy the invader across the mountains of Israel.
Zechariah 14:2: For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Shows the nations gathered against Jerusalem just before the Lord goes forth to fight.
Zechariah 14:3: Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Scripture's direct statement that God Himself fights against the invaders.
Ezekiel 39:9: And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years.
Describes the complete disposal of the invaders' weapons after God's defeat of the army.
Ezekiel 39:10: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
Shows the invaders' plunder being turned back on them after the battle.
Ezekiel 39:11: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
God provides a burial place for Gog and his defeated army in Israel, completing the judgment.
Yes. Ezekiel 38:21 says God calls for a sword against the invader throughout His mountains and every man's sword shall be against his brother. The destruction begins within the invading ranks themselves.
Les Feldick teaches that the Lord in Zechariah 14 is Jehovah and is the same as Jesus, who claimed to be the I AM. He will leave heaven and fight against the nations, just as God fought in the day of battle.
They will be packed into the valleys of Israel, and God will pour out His wrath from the southeast of Jerusalem. The earth will open to swallow the Antichrist's force pursuing the Israelites, and the rest will be destroyed as the Lord goes forth to fight.
Yes. According to Ezekiel 39:9 and Les's teaching, the cities of Israel will burn the weapons for seven years. In modern terms, Les describes these as artillery, tanks, trucks, and armored personnel carriers.
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