Gog Came, Gog Saw, Gog Lost

Rev. William Terjesen, pastor at the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Peekskill, NY, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Ezekiel 38:1-23.

The LORD has been comforting His people through Ezekiel by giving them promises concerning the Messianic age. Will these promises stand even when the enemies of the LORD and His people attack? The answer is loud and clear: “Yes!” Clues from the text itself and the rest of Holy Scripture lead us to read the account of Gog and Magog as describing the attacks of the Church’s enemies throughout time, culminating with the stronger attacks in the last days. One key point throughout the text is that even these enemies are under the LORD’s direction. Through their attacks, He gains glory for Himself and rescue for His people. In that way, this text should strike fear and repentance into the heart of the LORD’s enemies and bring comfort to the LORD’s people.

“The Faithful Watchman” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the book of Ezekiel. Just when Ezekiel should have begun his service as priest in the temple in Jerusalem, the LORD called him to be a prophet in exile in Babylon. Through fantastic visions and attention-grabbing action prophecies, the prophet Ezekiel is a faithful watchman who proclaims the word of the LORD to bring people to repentance over their sins and to faith in the coming Savior, Jesus Christ, the glory of the LORD made flesh.