BIBLE STUDY: Ezekiel 37 thru 39

[Davy]

Ezekiel 37 thru 39, Chapter by chapter, line upon line...

First, Important To Know:
Back in the Ezekiel 3 Chapter, God tells Ezekiel to go to the "house of Israel" and speak His warning to them. God tells Ezekiel that He made Ezekiel a "watchman" to the "house of Israel." (Ezek.3:17). Ezekiel was in the Babylon captivity of the "house of Judah", the Jews of the southern "kingdom of Judah" which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken captive to Babylon. But just north of where Ezekiel was were the ten tribes of the "house of Israel" that had been taken captive about 200 years earlier, by the kings of Assyria. God sends Ezekiel to them, to those ten tribes of the "house of Israel" that were captive just to the north.

Many brethren are ignorant about God having split old Israel in Solomon's days into two separate kingdoms and regions. That event is written starting in 1 Kings 11 and the two kingdoms exist against each other until 2 Kings 17 when God removes the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel" by the kings of Assyria to the lands of Assyria and the Medes. Only the "kingdom of Judah" at the southern holy land was left, and about 200 years later they also would go into captivity to Babylon but by the king of Babylon. Thus it's important to understand that after that split of 1 Kings 11-12, the name Israel is applied only to the northern ten tribe "kingdom of Israel" with its capital city at Samaria. And the title of Jew is applies only to the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi that made up the southern "kingdom of Judah" at Jerusalem. Many make the mistake of calling all Israelites by the title of Jews, when that is not so per God's written Word, nor history (the Jewish historian Josephus said the title of Jew comes from the tribe of Judah, and that's what those of the Babylon captivity that returned to Jerusalem called themselves, and all those who dwelt in the southern holy land of Judea.)

Why is this important to understand? It's because after God split old Israel into two separate kingdoms and nations, He has given specific Bible prophecies to each house. If you don't know about the two separate 'houses' then you won't rightly understand which prophecy is to which 'house'. In these Ezekiel 37 through 39 Chapters, God is speaking through His "watchman" Ezekiel that He sent to the ten tribe "house of Israel" .


Ezek 37
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, thou knowest."
4 Again He said unto me, "Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, 'O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.'
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'"

Firstly, this is not... about a rapture nor the future resurrection. This is about God having sent Ezekiel to the scattered ten tribes captive to the north of Babylon, and prophesying The Word of God to them. This prophesying means to teach. It is about The Holy Spirit entering into them with God's Truth, so that their spirit might LIVE.

That idea of their being like dead bones is a metaphor for their being like 'walking dead' inside without God's Spirit in them. Lord Jesus showed this state with the blind Pharisees whom He said were like whited tombs on the outside that appeared beautiful, but inside were full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness (Matthew 23:27).

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

Thus Ezekiel obeys what God told him to do, and prophesied to the ten tribes while in their captivity north of Babylon.

9 Then said He unto me, "Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.'
10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then He said unto me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.'
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O My people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.'"

The "four winds" have to do with the end of this present world. Per Revelation 7, the four winds are held back and not to hurt anything on earth until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads with God's seal. When those "four winds" blow at the end, then will come the "caught up" and resurrection event of 1 Thessalonians 4, with the ten tribe "house of Israel" being gathered back to the lands which God promised their fathers.

15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 "Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, 'For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions:' then take another stick, and write upon it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:'

This is showing us how God had separated old Israel in Solomon's day into two separate kingdoms and peoples. God tells Ezekiel to write upon one stick, "For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions". That is about the southern "kingdom of Judah" that after the split was made up of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, and a small remnant out of the northern ten tribes that rejected the calf idol worship which king Jeroboam setup. After the split, these were also known as the "house of Judah", or "Judah", or "Jerusalem", and even the metaphorical name "Aholibah" of Ezekiel 23.

Then God tells Ezekiel to write upon another stick, "For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions." When God split old Israel into two separate kingdoms, He gave Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim to reign as king over the northern ten tribes (See 1 Kings 11). The tribe of Ephraim was the largest tribe among the ten northern tribes, and Solomon had setup Jeroboam earlier as governor over the northern ten tribes. Ephraim was the younger son of Joseph and is who would receive the transfer of God's Birthright Blessings from Jacob. Ephraim's seed was prophesied to become "a multitude of nations". Ephraim's elder brother, Manasseh would also become "great" (See Genesis 48). These are the "house of Israel", and the main ones Ezekiel was sent to prophesy to here. The "house of Israel" after the split represents only... the ten tribes that dwelt in the northern holy land. When Jeroboam of Ephraim was made "king of Israel" by God, their capital city was in the north at Samaria. Thus other names in Bible prophecy for these northern ten tribes are just the name "Israel", for they became known as the Israel after the split. And also they were known as the "kingdom of Israel", or just "Samaria", or just by the name "Ephraim", and even by the metaphorical harlot name "Aholah", etc. Those names apply only... to these of the ten northern tribes that were scattered first out of the holy land, which Ezekiel is prophesying to here.

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[Davy]

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After God defines who the two separate sticks represent, He tells Ezekiel to join the two sticks together into one stick, becoming one in his hand.

17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, "Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?"
19 Say unto them, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in Mine hand.'

God tells Ezekiel to say to the ten tribe "house of Israel", that He is going to take the stick of Joseph which is with the reign of Ephraim, and the northern ten tribes with him, called Israel, and join them with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick in His hand. This means God is going to join the two separate 'houses' back together again in final. It is a major revelation that still to this day, the Israelites are represented by TWO separate 'houses' or peoples, the Jews of the "house of Judah", and then the ten scattered tribes of Israel as the "house of Israel".

20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

That "one king" my Christian brethren should already know about; it is our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is King of Israel (John 1:45-51).

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be My people, and I will be their God.

The ten tribe "house of Israel", as a majority, have... put away their old idols of Baal worship which God first scattered them for. When The Gospel of Jesus Christ began to be preached in Asia Minor and Europe where the majority of the ten tribes migrated to from their Assyrian captivity, they would eventually become the Western Christian nations, Britain having become the first nation on a national scale to accept The Gospel.

24 And David My servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in My judgments, and observe My statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and My servant David shall be their prince for ever.

We know that has not happened yet today, because the middle east nation state called Israel today still has no Israelite king upon a throne there, not since king Zedekiah of Judah who was take captive and killed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. Today's middle east state of Israel still represents the Jews of the "house of Judah", and not the ten northern tribe "house of Israel" that was scattered first to the West.

That "one shepherd" represents our Lord and King, Jesus Christ. He is to inherit the throne of David.

26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
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That is still about God's future gathering of the two separate 'houses' back to the holy land, and made one nation again, like before He split them in Solomon's days. It is not about today's Church in the symbolic "wilderness" of Hosea 2:14-18. Nor is it about the return of many Jews back to the middle east nation of Israel.

That event is about the time when Lord Jesus returns in our near future, and begins His future Millennial reign over all nations with His elect. In that future Millennial time, God's "sanctuary" will exist again in the holy land. You can read about it in Ezekiel 47.

And when that event happens, the unsaved nations won't have to wonder if there is a God anymore, nor will they question His existence, for they will see Christ Jesus as He is, and 'know', when they see God do these things with the gathering of His people and those called by His Name.

 

[Davy]

Ezekiel Chapter 38

In this Chapter God continues His Warning through His prophet Ezekiel sent to the ten tribes of Israel who were in their captivity north of Babylon.

The timing for these following events are for the latter days, just as the Ezekiel 37 dry bones receiving God's Spirit and coming to Life also is. The ten tribes of Israel had been scattered among the nations, spiritually dead and blind, and now with the New Covenant they would become the founders of the early Christian Church in Asia Minor and Europe, and thus receive the gift of The Holy Spirit. And now God is giving the ten tribes His Warning of what is going to happen with them at the very end, just prior to Christ's future 2nd coming.

Ezek 38
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 "Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Gog is a symbolic name for the gathering of certain nations north of the holy land. The phrase "chief prince" is the word Rosh, and points to the old name for Rus, which is where the name Russia was devised. Meshech and Tubal in the Greek Septuagint Bible calls these Mesoch and Thobel, which are the Moschi and Tibareni regions around the Caucasus.

Today Russia represents Communist atheism. Of course that is not about all the Russia people, because many there are Christians and are persecuted under their Communist controlled regime. Biblically, the nation of Russia represents Edom (red), or Esau, who profaned his birthright for a bowl of red beans, and sold it to his brother Jacob like it was as wares to be traded or sold.

3 And say, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

In the above God shows other nations which Russia is allied with that will join together. Persia represents today's area of Iran. Ethiopia once controlled all the lands below Egypt in Ezekiel's day, but today nations like Sudan, Yemen, and Somali had branched off and are today allied with Russia. Libya has been an ally with Russia for a long time; during President Reagan's administration he sent F-111 American bombers to bomb the Russian supported terrorist training camps in Libya that were operating under their leader Omar Gaddafi. Gomer represents the nations like old Soviet satellites, like Georgia. Togarmah was the old area of Cappadocia, which today represents the nation of Turkey, a Muslim nation. Even though Turkey today is a member of NATO against Russia, this Ezekiel 38 prophecy reveals Turkey will eventually turn to alley with Russia at the end.

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

God is toying with Gog, Meshech, and Tubal with the above, like a "bring it on, let's see what you Gog and all your bands can do. Be sure to protect those with you too, be a guard unto them."

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.

Many believe this Israel is speaking of the nation state of Israel in the middle east. It is not the middle east Israel. This is about the Israel of the ten scattered tribes of Israel; they are still scattered among the nations today.

God shows in the Book of Hosea what He would cause to happen to the northern ten tribes of Israel when He scattered them to the "wilderness", i.e., new lands, virgin lands among the West where the ten tribes migrated to from their captivity in Assyria in the east. God said He would hedge up their paths so they would not find their way back to the holy land. And He would let them have the full strength of their Baal idol worship which they forget Him for. And thus the ten tribes became lost, like pagan Gentiles worshiping Baal gods, each region and people in early Europe with a different language and name for their Baal god.

Then God sent The Gospel to them, a New Covenant, and they began to put away their Baal idols and accept Jesus Christ, and God said they would no more call Him "Baali", but instead "Ishi" (Friend). Under Ephraim as their head tribe over the ten tribes, they would fulfill the "multitude of nations" prophecy about Ephraim per Genesis 48, which are represented by the western Christian nations of history. They would forget their heritage as part of Israel, no longer following God's feast days, nor new moons, or sabbaths like the Jews of the "house of Judah" still do to this day. The ten lost tribes mostly still do not know who they really are today. Nor do the Jews know. Yet God knows, and this prophecy is about the other Israel that had been lost, the ten northern tribes of Israel which made up the majority of Israelites scattered out of the holy land by God.

9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

God is pointing to Gog in the above with the northern nations it is allied with, Russia representing the head. They will come up against the ten scattered tribes of Israel that dwell in the Christian West. In the United States of America, how might that happen?

One of the deals that the United States made with Russia back in the 1800's was called Seward's Folly; the U.S. bought the area of Alaska from Russia for a mere 7.2 million dollars. Leaders of that time called it Seward's Folly because at the time they saw that land as worthless. Yet ever since, Alaska has produced millions upon millions of dollars of natural resources, especially one of the biggest natural oil reserves in America. And today, Russia wants it back.

Today's media doesn't let this news out with all the little political battles Alaska senators have faced trying to deal with Russian diplomats over ownership of Alaskan waters and fishing rights. Russia has built military bases on their coast next to Alaska, and routinely make bomber flights into Alaskan airspace, which U.S. fighters have to escort them out of our airspace. There is a narrow strip of land that interconnects Russia with Alaska which military armor can cross over into Alaska.

This prophecy is pointing to that future day when Russia will regain its Communist strength and finally try to invade the United States, allied with peoples from those nations God has mentioned allied with Rosh, or Russia.

10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

There's yet another clue that God is pointing to the Israel that dwells in the Christian West, especially America. The United States has never had walled villages, nor bars nor gates. Even in the American colonial days, families protected their farms from Indians without walls, bars, and gates. But the Israel in the middle east does have walled villages, bars, and gates, all throughout its history. So this is not about the Israel in the middle east. It is about the Christian West that Russia will invade at the end of this world.

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, "Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?"

"Tarshish" represents merchants of the area of the Mediterranean, like old Spain, and merchants in general, like tin merchants in Britain which also traded tin ore to the east. This represents European nations. The merchants are noting Gog coming up against them too.

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14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when My people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against My people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against My land, that the heathen may know Me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

God Himself is causing Russia to do this, like He said earlier He will put hooks in their jaws. His Purpose with this is to show the unbelieving and heathen that He is THE GOD. And when it happens, with God destroying that great army coming upon His people out of the norther quarters, the unbelieving and heathen will no longer wonder, but will know... that He is GOD. That is the main purpose for this event at the very end of this world.

17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by My servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

That is in reference to Bible Scripture like Psalms 110:4-7, Isaiah 34:1-6; Isaiah 63:1-6 about Edom, Joel 3, Balaam's prophecy against the nations by God at the end per Numbers 24. Edom (means 'red', of Esau) is included in that future destruction at the end.

18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that My fury shall come up in My face.

That is when our Heavenly Father is going to come up off His Throne, and destroy that great army coming upon His people in the latter days.

19 For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

That is the future day Apostle Paul spoke of at the end of Hebrews 12, when he quoted God saying, "Yet once more", that God would shake not just this earth only, but also Heaven.

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.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Those hailstones are mentioned in Revelation 16:21 that will weigh a talent (i.e., 70 to 120 lbs. each).


23 Thus will I magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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That is the actual purpose for God bringing those nations led by Russia upon His people at the end of this world. It is so they... will then know... that HE is The 'I AM', one of God's sacred names. On that day, they will no more be atheistic and will be totally without excuse for their unbelief.

And it will be our Heavenly Father and His Son Himself that will do that destroying so His enemies will KNOW beyond all doubt Who it is that does this. That great army out of the northern quarters won't even have a chance at destroying God's people. God will reveal this after result in the next Ezekiel 39 Chapter.

 

[Davy]

Ezekiel 39 Chapter:

This Chapter will explain again what God is going to do to the northern armies that will come up against His people Israel in the latter days.

Ezek 39
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

That "sixth part" may possibly be the leftovers mentioned in Zechariah 14:16 for after Christ's future return, when they will be made to come up to Jerusalem from year to year and worship The KING (Jesus), and keep the feast of tabernacles. That means these northern nations will come upon against the Israel in the middle east also on that last day.

5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

That reveals God's destruction of that army out of northern quarters will happen in the "open field", and not in any city or urban area.

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

God's consuming fire will be upon Magog and those dwelling on its coasts, again pointing to Russia's coastal land areas around Alaska.

7 So will I make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let them pollute My holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Not only will the heathen nations know who THE GOD is on that day, but many of God's people Israel will also know.

8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

As I shown Bible Scripture of earlier prophecy about this event at the very end, it is mentioned throughout God's prophets, and in The New Testament, especially in Christ's Book of Revelation.

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:
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.
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.

That is about the Israel in the Christian West, the ten tribes. That is where that "Hamon-gog" burial place will be. It is not the battle of Armageddon, but both happen on the same last day of this world when the northern armies come upon both... the "house of Israel" in the West, and the "house of Judah" in the middle east.

12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Therefore, notice how it is the ten tribe "house of Israel" that is linked to that "Hamon-gog", and not the "house of Judah" in the middleast. After the split of old Israel in 1 Kings 11, the ten northern tribes only are known as the "house of Israel" in God's Word. It was the ten tribes that was scattered out of the northern holy land never to return as a people. God scattered them further to the West where they settled in new lands, where they still dwell safely to this day, but mostly believe they are Gentiles, living as Gentiles, when they are actually the larger portion of Israelites.

17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, 'Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to My sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at My table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I will set My glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see My judgment that I have executed, and My hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

Revelation 19 with "the supper of the great God" speaks of this event also, for the day of Christ's future coming with His army from Heaven. But here in Ezekiel 39, God is speaking this specifically to the scattered ten tribes of the "house of Israel" that dwell in the Christian West.

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[Davy]

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One of things Lord Jesus said about whom He was 'sent' to, is when He said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matthew 15:24). What does that mean exactly? Jesus meant that after His being rejected by the majority of Jews of the "house of Judah" at Jerusalem-Judea, The Gospel would then go to the lost sheep of the scattered ten tribes of the "house of Israel". An honest look at Christian history with where The Gospel took hold by whole nations reveals this happened in the Christian West, and not in the middle east with the Jews. Even the majority of Jews that live in the Christian West have yet to accept The Gospel, which is another proof about who the "house of Israel" represents today, i.e., the ten scattered tribes under Ephraim.

23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against Me, therefore hid I My face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid My face from them.

That is yet another tell as to the identity of the "house of Israel" as only about the ten scattered tribes of Israel which God scattered out of the holy land first, never to return as a people. God says He hid His face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies, i.e., the Assyrians and Medes (see 2 Kings 17). Yet God did not... hide His face from the Jews of the "house of Judah". The Jews remained in the holy land as a people of Israel, and God would preserve them, and even cause a remnant of them to return and rebuild Jerusalem and a second temple after the king of Babylon had destroyed it.

So on this day God speaks of here, the ten lost tribes of the "house of Israel" will no longer think they are Gentiles living among Gentiles. They will KNOW... their heritage as part of old Israel, and how they went into captivity because of their idol worship against God, and He thus scattered them unto their enemies.

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for My holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against Me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, Which cause them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide My face any more from them: for I have poured out My spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
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At that time, after that Hamon-Gog event, God will gather ALL... the 12 tribes of Israel back to the holy land per His Promise to Jacob. That reference to "Jacob" means all 12 tribes, and not only the ten tribe "house of Israel" or 3 tribe "house of Judah". It will be then that ALL of them will KNOW that He is THE LORD GOD, and there is no other god.