Ezekiel 38:10 & 11 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 having neither bars nor gates.
Who is Gog and Magog? Well, they were historical
figures. Leaders of countries who set their face against the
people of God.
And in Revelation, Gog and Magog will be nations who
are bullies and try to gather other nations by different means
to form a coalition to bring down Israel while supposedly
increasing their own wealth and power.
We will not unveil some great mystery this morning,
revealing who these nations are, but we must not hide our
heads in the sand and say, “Oh, that is for others to worry
about, I have my own problems.”
People are going to be afraid and people will need
comforting answers about a God who cares. And those on the
front lines of this conflict need support and prayer. Both the
Ukrainian and Russian churches have asked for prayer. For
safety and for the unity they need that would transcend
nationalism and the hatred that could be fomented by such
actions.
People are dying, people are hurting. Are we asking
God how to pray or what we can do? If not, why not? If this is
not the time to answer the call, the call may leave us behind.
Pastor Brent