{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Collierville First Baptist Church","title":"CFBC Wed Study | 12-06-23 | Israel, Prophecy and the Middle East | Session 6","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3115,"description":"Dr. Chuck Herring | Ezekiel 38:10-23Before we get into the text tonight, I want to call your attention to the placement of these important prophetic chapters.  For instance, in Ezekiel 37, the vision of the dry bones coming to life pictures the rebirth and reconstitution of the nation of Israel.  In AD 70, they were driven out their land and disbursed throughout the world.  This prophecy about their rebirth as a nation was fulfilled on May 14, 1948.  Here's a fact we can’t overlook or explain away.  The Jews are the indigenous people of this tiny strip of land.  God promised it to Abraham and his descendants…Genesis 15:18… On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.Ezekiel 40-48 speaks of the Millennial Kingdom when Jesus shall rule and reign from Jerusalem after His return.Squeezed in between Ezekiel 37 and Ezekiel 40-48 are these two prophetic chapters (38-39) which depict a massive war that will take place in the last days.  Last week we drilled down into the first part of chapter 38 to identify the nations that will come against Israel before the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.  It seems that the three major players will be Russia, Turkey, and Iran.  The other nations that will join them will be Libya, Sudan (Ethiopia), and possibly Germany (Gomer).  The leader of this coalition of rabid antisemites will be Gog, who will likely be a Russian dictator or czar.  I find it interesting that none of Israel’s neighboring nations are mentioned.  One possible explanation is that Psalm 83 pictures a war with the inner circle of nations that could result in the peaceful conditions that Israel experiences before the war of Gog and Magog.  The nations involved in this end-time drama are moving into place even now.  Furthermore, we are witnessing a global resurgence of antisemitism.  According to University of Massachusetts professor of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AZsyihvbj5bH--pG91DBLNR6G2La91zZuxAz55RsERc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNjkzLzE2NTg3/NjU1MzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}