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Aug 6 08 7:42 PM

great post seeker...
here is a post I made on Fullfilledprophecy a few weeks ago:

I too, am of the mindset that Isaiah 17 will occur before gog/magog, but be directly linked to the ezekiel 38-39 invasion. So..I see the destruction of damascus as the starting point for gog/magog. I have highlighted points from scripture which have helped me arrive at this idea..

Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city,
And it will be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken;[a]
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
3 The fortress also will cease from Ephraim,
The kingdom from Damascus,
And the remnant of Syria;
They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
4 “ In that day it shall come to pass
That the glory of Jacob will wane,
And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
5 It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain,
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it,
Like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in its most fruitful branches,”
Says the LORD God of Israel.
7 In that day a man will look to his Maker,
And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

At the end of this passage of Isaiah 17, it says in that day, man will look to his Maker and will have RESPECT FOR THE HOLY ONE of Israel.

Ezekiel 38:15 Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them
riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. 16 "You will come up against My people Israel like a
cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may
know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes." Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I
will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD."


Similar language, but profound IMO. both events, Isaiah 17 and Gog/Magog scriptures speak to people recognizing, respecting, and knowing God Almighty through the process of these events unfolding.

Unless I am mistaken, few in this world respect the Lord and few recognize Him and His authority/sovereigty...so isaiah 17/gog/magog events both lead many actually recognize the Lord and respect Him. I am assuming this doesn't happen in such a profound way in any other event in the bible...just these two.

I hope I am making sense..I am a bit rushed, so this may not have been communicated well.

I just see a common denominator in both Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38-39,but I see Isaiah 17 happening first as Syria is not specifically mentioned in the battle of gog/magog.