Based on Ezekiel 38 (New King James Version)
“Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you. ‘Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.’ ‘Thus says the Lord God: ‘On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’—to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land. Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ’ ’ ‘Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ‘On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it? Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.’ Thus says the Lord God: ‘Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them? ‘And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,’ says the Lord God, ‘that My fury will show in My face. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.’ I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,’ says the Lord God. ‘Every man’s sword will be against his brother. And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ’ ”
Among many of the scholars in the Scriptures, this passage is believed to speak of the much-feared Armageddon, where it will be God's confrontation with all the wicked people who come up to attack Jerusalem at the end. It will be a day like there has never been in all of history. God has fought against other armies that have risen up against Israel in the past, and they were great battles. But this will be the most horrendous in all history, and it will be in such a way that the blood will reach the bridles of the horses, that is, up to about five feet (or 1.5 meters) deep for 75 miles (or 120.7 kilometers) long. And that time is fast approaching, especially considering the spiritual decline of the world, and even worse, the decadence within God's own church. Everything is on the decline, and the multiplication of sin is the clearest and main indicator of the end.
One might ask this question: Will this happen because God designed it this way, or does He say it because He knows all things? And I would have to say based on the Scriptures that He says what He says because both are the answer. God has structured this world in such a way that sin has to end one day. He will not allow death or sin to last forever. He allowed both to exist to give way to free will, so that there could be choice, since everything that has to do with a relationship with Him is based on love, and in love, everything is about choice. But also, He says it because He knows the evil of men, and He knows what they are capable of, and that the vast majority of human beings will use their free will for evil, and that all those who remain then will have evil thoughts continually, those who are not in Jerusalem. So, the world will fall by its own wickedness when that day comes.
One thing we can say with great certainty, and that is, that the end has not yet come because He wants to give as many as possible a chance to repent, as it is written: “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” 2 Peter 3:8-10. So, this business that God is so severe, and that they paint Him as unfair and cruel is not true. If it were up to His holiness, all of this would have ended a long time ago. But, out of His great love and immense and almost limitless mercy, He still gives time, and waits very patiently for the repentance of many. God is good, but the opportunity only exists for repentance here and now. But, at the time a person leaves this world, there is no more time for repentance, there is no more opportunity, and if they have not turned from all their sins and done the will of God, their destination is eternal condemnation. For the Scriptures also say this: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” Matthew 7:21. So, there is a time limit to do the will of the Father, and the person who only seeks to do their will, no matter how much they might say they believe in God, will not be allowed to enter His kingdom.
So, everything is determined by what a person chooses to follow, be it the desires of their sinful heart, or doing the will of the Father. Those who continue to fulfill their will shall have the same eternal end as those who God will confront in the future. But those who repent and convert from their sins and seek to do God's will in this life will have the same reward as those who are in Jerusalem, both His divine protection and eternal salvation. So, as we speed towards a certain end, whose will do you seek to fulfill, your will or God's will? Lord bless! John