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Old Testament Reading - Gog & Magog

⁸“‘A long time from now you will be called to action. In distant years you will swoop down onto the land of Israel that will be lying in peace after the return of its people from many lands. ⁹You and all your allies — a vast and awesome army — will roll down upon them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud. ¹⁰For at that time an evil thought will have come to your mind. ¹¹You will have said, “Israel is an unprotected land of unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people living in such confidence! ¹²I will go to those once-desolate cities that are now filled with people again — those who have returned from all the nations—and I will capture vast amounts of loot and many slaves. For the people are rich with cattle now, and the whole earth revolves around them!”’

¹⁴The Lord God says to Gog: “When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself. ^15-16You will come from all over the north with your vast host of cavalry and cover the land like a cloud. This will happen in the distant future — in the latter years of history.^a I will bring you against my land, and my holiness will be vindicated in your terrible destruction before their eyes, so that all the nations will know that I am God.”

1. implied; literally, “in the latter days,” an expression which, in Hebrew usage, does not necessarily mean “the end times.”