Psalm 83, Ezekiel 38-39: Order of Events?

  • 1) Israel regathered in the Land (Ezekiel 37:12; Isaiah 11:11-12; Deuteronomy 30:3-5).
  • 2) Ancient cities rebuilt and inhabited (Ezekiel 36:1-5, 8-10).
  • 3) They meet Muslim/“Arab” resistance (Jeremiah 49:16; Zephaniah 2:8; Ezekiel 25:12; 32:5; 36:2; Obadiah 1:10).
  • 4) Israel establishes an army for defense (Ezekiel 36:6-7; 38:8).
  • 5) Adjacent Muslim nations Confederate (Psalm 83:1-8).
  • 6) Confederacy committed to the destruction of Israel (Psalm 83:1-5, 12).
  • 7) War starts between Confederacy & Israel (Jeremiah 49:2, 8, 19).
  • 8) Title regained: “My people Israel” (Hosea 1:8-10; Romans 9:25-26; Ezekiel 36:8-12).
  • 9) Israel decisively defeats the Confederacy (Obadiah 1:9, 18; Ezekiel 25:13-14; Jeremiah 49:10,20,21, 23-26; Isaiah 11:12-14; 17:1; 19:16-17).
  • 10) Israel has become “an exceedingly great army” (Ezekiel 37:10; Jeremiah 49:21).
  • 11) Israel takes prisoners of war (Jeremiah 48:46-47; 49:3,6,11; Zephaniah 2:10-11).
  • 12) The Region is reshaped (Isa 17:1; Jeremiah 49:2, 10; Zephaniah 2:4).
  • 13) Israel expands its borders (Obadiah 1:19; Jeremiah 49:2; Isa 19:18-19).
  • 14) Israel “dwells securely” in the Land (Ezekiel 38:10-12).

Psalm 83 will be fulfilled when Israel’s immediate neighbors attempt to annihilate them. The ill-fated Magog Invasion attempt of Ezekiel 38-39 will then be ready where Israel’s outer neighbors will come for spoil, and God Himself intervenes on Israel’s behalf.

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