Post the verse again then. I suspect that may not be talking about the latter days.
Ez. 38: "8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them."
Latter:
'aḥărîṯ
Pronunciation
akh-ar-eeth'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From
אַחַר (H310)
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference:
end (31x),
latter (12x),
last (7x),
posterity (3x),
reward (2x),
hindermost (1x),
miscellaneous (5x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
- after part, end
- end, issue, event
- latter time (prophetic for future time)
- posterity
- last, hindermost
So The Russian alliance will attck Israel in the last days!
Ezekiel 20:33-38
King James Version
33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
God gathers Israel with fury and rules.
He ends a diaspora (1948) and gathers the people (ongoing)
Passes them under a rod of judgfment (historically a nation invading them)
Results: Israel will no longer have the rebels, and the Jews will know the Lord ( the new Covenant Jer. 33).
when jesus returns He gathers Israel from the four corners of the earth and gives them the promised kingdom.