Israel must take care of her enemies like water takes care of fire in a pile of wood …if one ember is left the fire starts again.
Every remnant of Israel’s enemies must be eliminated. This is a hard statement to make, because as a Christian, I believe God’s word that He’s not willing that any should perish but all come to repentance. If these people refuse to come to repentance, there really is only one alternative.
The enemies of present day Israel must be destroyed for Israel to live in peace, Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 declare to us that, Israel will live in peace with secure borders.
Ezekiel 39:8;10-11;14 (ESV) (please read the whole chapter).
8. After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them. 10. “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 11. and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’
14. “Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it?
Ezekiel 39: 26-28 (ESV) (please read the whole chapter)
26. They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid,
As of this time in history, their borders are not secure. Their enemies send missiles and rockets into their cities. They walk the streets of Israel with the intentions of killing people. Rather by guns or by bombs, they just want to kill Israelis. It seems in this fallen world, that the only way for them to have peace is to destroy the enemies that surround them.
Hamas lit a powder keg on October 7, 2023 when they attacked Israel. The atrocities that they committed are so barbaric, it’s hard to see how any sane person of a modern society can say it’s ok. Even news medias around the world tell lies about what happened on that day. Most of them will not report the truth about that day. It isn’t about rather it was newsworthy, they just don’t want to report it the way it happened. It seems as though they just want Israel to take it on the chin and say all is forgiven. Even some countries have turned on Israel and become antisemitic.
The world allowed it to happen to Israel and now look what’s happening in those countries.The insanity of countries to continue to allow the civil unrest and destruction of their cities is deafening. Should it continue, the whole of western nations will be overrun by terrorist. They are electing radical muslims to there Government offices.
They are going to reap the whirl wind for it. They allowed to many immigrants into their countries from muslim nations and they are taking over. There are already sharia laws being passed in western nations.
Israel has been dealing with these enemies for many years. But they have won every war they have fought. They cannot afford to lose any war. So they keep fighting for peace on their borders.
Because of Ezekiel 38 and 39 we know that one day they will have peace within their own borders. The present day enemies of Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen, all have to be taken care of. Iran has been dealt a major setback, so hopefully they can’t afford to finance their proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen) any longer. Maybe Israel can live at peace after these other enemies are taken care of.
Ezekiel 38 says that Iran or Persia will be with Gog, (which we believe is Russia) along with Turkey, and others, will attack Israel on that day. But this coalition of nations cannot come until there is peace in Israel. How long a time we don’t know.
So we know from Scripture, that all of these enemies of Israel will be taken care of. Rather it’s by diplomacy or by war, these enemies will be destroyed. Hamas and Hezbollah cannot remain on the borders of Israel.
But there will arise another coalition of nations that will attack Israel. We know as we read Ezekiel 38 and 39 that even this enemy will be destroyed, but not with human hands. God himself will intervene in this war and take care of Israels enemies on that day. Ezekiel 38:18-23 says…
18. But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, my wrath will be roused in my anger. 19. For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20. The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. 21. I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22. With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. 23. So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
God says He will arise and take care of Israel enemies “on that day”. Verse 23 shows why this is going to happen. It says “Then they will know that I am the Lord”. God will vindicate His people. He does not need us to help Him. So I know from the scripture that one day all Israel’s enemies will be destroyed.
MARANATHA