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decades now, the
prospect of war between
Ru ss ia and the United
Sta tes has con tin ually
heightened and lessened.
Many who claim to be
authorities on propbecy as–
sure people a war involving
Ru ssi a a nd t he United
States, Canada and En–
gland 1s prophesied in
Ezekiel 38.
The United States, Bri tain
and other democracies of north–
western Europe, they recognize,
are the nations descended from
the so-called lost Ten Tribes.
Therefore, they conclude, the
prophecy of Ezekiel 38 foretell s
a military invasion of the North
American continent from the
Soviet Union. But this is
not
what the prophecy says.
What Ezekiel 38 does foretell
is truly astounding. Let's under–
stand it. Bu t first, let's remember
that the peoples of both the U.S.
and the U.S.S.R. are cautious. The
Soviet people are patient, and the
English-speaki ng nations in a crisis
"fly into a calm" rather than act
hastily.
And now ...
The Time Sequence of t he
Prophecy
Ezekiel's message is for our day- a
prophetic warning for America and
Britain, now!
To understa nd the time, the
pl ace and all the facts of the
prophecy of Ezekiel 38, we need to
begin at the fi rst chapter of
Ezekiel's prophecy and read the
book clear through.
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When we do this, we fínd a time
sequence flowing through the
book.
Let us skim through it very
briefly.
Notice, in the very first verse,
Ezekiel was among the Jewish cap–
tives who had been taken from Ju–
dah to the river Chebar.
lt
was in
the fifth year of the captivity of
King J ehoiachin that this prophecy
began coming to Ezekiel through
visions.
I t is a prophecy. Ezekiel was be–
ing shown things far into the fu–
ture.
Notice, the prophecy was in–
spired and written
after
Judah's
capt ivity began- about
130
years
after the House of Israel had been
taken captive to Assyria. The ad-
vanee guard of the House of Israel
already had begun to arrive in the
Brit ish Isles before Ezekiel's vision
and writing.
Yet, Ezekiel is a prophet to the
House of Israel. (Not to be con–
fused with the modern Jewish na–
tion of Israel. These Jewish people
are actually descendants of ancient
Judah.) His prophecy applies to
the far
future- not
to the captivity
of ancient Israel, which had oc–
curred more than
130
years before
he wrote.
Notice Ezekiel's message , a
prophecy for the future, is primar–
ily for the House of Israel (Ezek.
2:3; 3:1' 4-7).
In chapter 3, verse 17, Ezekiel is
set a watchman to warn the House
of Israel.
The PLAIN TRUTH