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Ezekiel 38:21.And I will call for a sword against himthroughout all My mountains, saith the LordGod: every man's sword shall be against hisbrother.— God will do His dreadful work ofending this present evil world, and will call forthe universal arming of mankind with destroyingweapons, so that every man's weapons will beagainst every other man.Ezekiel 38:22.And I will plead against him with pestilenceand with blood; and I will rain upon him, andupon his bands, and upon the many peoplethat are with him, an overflowing rain, andgreat hailstones, fire, and brimstone.— Godwill fight miraculously against the hosts of evilwith pestilence and death, and will overwhelmthem with a flood of Truth— with hard facts, tosmite their hearts—and with anarchy,destruction, utter and complete. So also will theAlmighty deal with the rebels of a thousandyears later.Ezekiel 38:23.Thus will I magnify Myself, and sanctifyMyself; and I will be known in the eyes ofmany nations, and they shall know that I amthe Lord.— So will God magnify His reputationas the One to be reverenced, and the fame of Hispower will spread throughout the world.FM563EZEKIEL 39DEATH OF PRIDE'S MULTITUDEEzekiel 39:1.Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy againstGog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God;Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chiefprince of Meshech and Tubal.— This has atriple fulfillment: (a) the destruction of theliteral armies that will attack the Hebrews at thebeginning of the Millennium; (b) the destructionof their pride and their sophistries by the Truth;