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If I read your exposition correctly, you see in Ezekiel 38, 39 a future restoration of Israel as a nation and a kingdom that God will ultimately establish and defend.

I think not too many on these threads see that. One group can only see their church organization as the ultimate fulfillment of the kingdom promises, and therefore the kingdom in “keys of the kingdom” must be referring to THEM, in their opinion. They can only see themselves and their religious leaders in every prophecy.

Another sees only a mystical body in this age, and then everything ends, and Abraham not his seed ever get the land promises.

If you believe that God will still raise up Israel and form a kingdom, and then He will defend them, I’m with you on that.

John the post was from Joel C Rosenberg who wrote a series of best-selling books: THE LAST JIHAD (2002), THE LAST DAYS (2003), THE EZEKIEL OPTION (2005), THE COPPER SCROLL (2006), EPICENTER (2006) and DEAD HEAT (2008)

Although all the books are novels he has been frightenly accurate in content.

If you haven't read them, give them a go.

Here is his blog.

http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/2005/05/war-of-gog-and-magog-understanding.html