More Wars
On October 7, 2023, the world was shocked and outraged by the infiltration of Israel by Hamas terrorists. The world grieves for those who have died in the war and worries for the hostages of the terrorists. Months later, the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is still ongoing and escalating.
In the near future (or possibly being fulfilled now), according to the prophet Ezekiel chapters 38–39, there will be a war called Gog and Magog. According to Rabbi Rashi, in Ezekiel 38:2–3, Gog is the king’s name (equivalent to a president nowadays). Magog is the name of the nation [1].
The enemies come primarily from the northern nations (Ezekiel 38:6). These nations will attack Israel when Israel is at peace without warning (Ezekiel 38:11). However, God intervenes, and Israel wins this war so that all nations shall know that He is God (Ezekiel 38:21–23).
It is not surprising that Ezekiel may point to these present northern nations, such as Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, or even far-northern Russia, who will become a joint coalition and attack Israel according to his prophecy.
Reference:
[1] https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.38.2?lang=en&p2=Rashi_on_Ezekiel.38.2.1&lang2=en
In addition, the war between Russia and Ukraine has been ongoing for over a year. Civilians and soldiers from both countries suffer. As of today, the Russia-Ukraine war continues with no end in sight; instead, strikes are still escalating.
Besides the Russia-Ukraine war, there are still over 30 wars ongoing in the world as of 2023, according to the World Population Review [1], and they are all causing significant damage and casualties in the affected countries.
Reference:
[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-currently-at-war
Are the above facts telling us the world is falling apart, humankind is at stake, and the End Times is coming? The answer is “yes“. Otherwise, we do not have a man-made Doomsday Clock. However, what exactly will happen during the prophesied End Times that God foretold us about several thousand years ago through His prophets? Let’s click the Doomsday Clock to find out…
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Scripture References
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 TLV
“For I also passed on to you first of all what I also received—that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”
1 John 4:4 TLV
“You are from God, children, and you have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.“
2 Corinthians 1:10 TLV
“He who rescued us from so great a danger of death will continue to rescue us—we have set our hope on Him that He will rescue us again.”
2 Thessalonians 2: 9-10 TLV
“The coming of the lawless one is connected to the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with every kind of wicked deception toward those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.”
Daniel 7:8 RJPS
“While I was gazing upon these horns, a new little horn sprouted up among them; three of the older horns were uprooted to make room for it. There were eyes in this horn like those of a man, and a mouth that spoke arrogantly.”
Daniel 7:13-14 RJPS
“As I looked on, in the night vision, One like a human being came with the clouds of heaven; He reached the Ancient of Days and was presented to Him. Dominion, glory, and kingship were given to him; all peoples and nations of every language must serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship, one that shall not be destroyed.”
Daniel 7:25 RJPS
“He will speak words against the Most High, and will harass the holy ones of the Most High. He will think of changing times and laws, and they will be delivered into his power for a time, times, and half a time.”
Daniel 7:24-25 RJPS
“And the ten horns —from that kingdom, ten kings will arise, and after them another will arise. He will be different from the former ones, and will bring low three kings. He will speak words against the Most High, and will harass the holy ones of the Most High. He will think of changing times and laws, and they will be delivered into his power for a time, times, and half a time.”
Daniel 9:24-27 RJPS
“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city until the measure of transgression is filled and that of sin complete, until iniquity is expiated, and eternal righteousness ushered in; and prophetic vision ratified, and the Holy of Holies anointed. You must know and understand: from the issuance of the word to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the [time of the] anointed leader is seven weeks; and for sixty-two weeks it will be rebuilt, square and moat, but in a time of distress, and after those sixty-two weeks, the anointed one will disappear and vanish. The army of a leader who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary, but its end will come through a flood. Desolation is decreed until the end of war. During one week he will make a firm covenant with many. For half a week he will put a stop to the sacrifice and the meal offering. At the corner [of the altar] will be an appalling abomination until the decreed destruction will be poured down upon the appalling thing.”
Daniel 11:21 RJPS
“His place will be taken by a contemptible man, on whom royal majesty was not conferred; he will come in unawares and seize the kingdom through trickery.”
Daniel 11:31 RJPS
“Forces will be levied by him; they will desecrate the temple, the fortress; they will abolish the regular offering and set up the appalling abomination.”
Daniel 12:1-2 RJPS
“At that time, the great prince, Michael, who stands beside the sons of your people, will appear. It will be a time of trouble, the like of which has never been since the nation came into being. At that time, your people will be rescued, all who are found inscribed in the book. ּMany of those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, others to reproaches, to everlasting abhorrence.”
Daniel 12:11 RJPS
“From the time the regular offering is abolished, and an appalling abomination is set up—it will be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”
Daniel 12:7 JPS
“Then I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the water of the river, swear by the ever-living One as he lifted his right hand and his left hand to heaven: “For a time, times, and half a time; and when the breaking of the power of the holy people comes to an end, then shall all these things be fulfilled.””
Ephesians 6:12 TLV
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the worldly forces of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.“
Ezekiel 9:4 RJPS
and GOD said to him, “pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the persons who moan and groan because of all the abominations that are committed in it.”
Ezekiel 32:7 RJPS
“When you are snuffed out, I will cover the sky and darken its stars; I will cover the sun with clouds and the moon shall not give its light.”
Ezekiel 36:24-28 RJPS
“I will take you from among the nations and gather you from all the countries, and I will bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle pure water upon you, and you shall be purified: I will purify you from all your defilement and from all your fetishes, and I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit into you: I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh; and I will put My spirit into you. Thus I will cause you to follow my laws and faithfully to observe my rules. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your ancestors, and you shall be my people and I will be your God.”
Ezekiel 38:2-3 ESV
“2 Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him 3 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.”
Ezekiel 38:6 ESV
“Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are with you.”
Ezekiel 38:11 ESV
“and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’”
Ezekiel 38:21-23 ESV
“21 I will summon a sword against Gog[a] on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. 23 So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Genesis 1:26 RJPS
“And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. They shall rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the cattle, the whole earth, and all the creeping things that creep on earth.””
Isaiah 2:1-5 RJPS
“The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the days to come, the mount of GOD’s house shall stand firm above the mountains and tower above the hills; and all the nations shall gaze on it with joy, and the many peoples shall go and say: “Come, let us go up to the mount of GOD, to the house of the God of Jacob; That we may be instructed in God’s ways, and that we may walk in God’s paths.” For instruction shall come forth from Zion, The word of GOD from Jerusalem. Thus [God] will judge among the nations and arbitrate for the many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not take up sword against nation; They shall never again know war. O House of Jacob! Come, let us walk by the light of GOD.”
Isaiah 11:6-10 RJPS
“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard lie down with the kid; The calf, the beast of prey, and the fatling together, with a little boy to herd them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw. A babe shall play over a viper’s hole, and an infant pass its hand over an adder’s den. In all of my sacred mount. Nothing evil or vile shall be done; for the land shall be filled with devotion to GOD as water covers the sea. In that day, the stock of Jesse that has remained standing shall become a standard to peoples— nations shall seek his counsel and his abode shall be honored.”
Isaiah 13:10 RJPS
“The stars and constellations of heaven shall not give off their light; the sun shall be dark when it rises, and the moon shall diffuse no glow.”
Isaiah 26:19 RJPS
“Oh, let your dead revive! Let corpses arise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust!— for your dew is like the dew on fresh growth; you make the land of the shades come to life.”
Isaiah 63:11-14 RJPS
“Then they remembered the ancient days, the One who pulled a precious people out [of the water]: “Where is the One who brought them up from the sea along with the shepherd of this flock? Where is the One whose holy spirit was placed in their midst, whose glorious arm was made to march at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make a reputation for all time, who led them through the deeps so that they did not stumble— as a horse in a desert, like a beast descending to the plain?” ’Twas the spirit of GOD gave them rest; thus did you shepherd your people to win for yourself a glorious name.”
Isaiah 65:17-25 RJPS
“For behold! I am creating a new heaven and a new earth; The former things shall not be remembered, they shall never come to mind. Be glad, then, and rejoice forever In what I am creating. For I shall create Jerusalem as a joy, and her people as a delight; and I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in her people. Never again shall be heard there the sounds of weeping and wailing. No more shall there be an infant or graybeard who does not live out their lifetime. Someone who dies at a hundred years shall be reckoned a youth, and one who fails to reach a hundred shall be reckoned accursed. They shall build houses and dwell in them, they shall plant vineyards and enjoy their fruit. They shall not build for others to dwell in, or plant for others to enjoy. For the days of my people shall be as long as the days of a tree, my chosen ones shall outlive the work of their hands. They shall not toil to no purpose; they shall not bear children for terror, but they shall be a people blessed by GOD, and their offspring shall remain with them. Before they pray, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will respond. The wolf and the lamb shall graze together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and the serpent’s food shall be earth. In all my sacred mount nothing evil or vile shall be done —said GOD.”
Jeremiah 9:14 RJPS
“Assuredly, thus said GOD of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to feed that people wormwood and make them drink a bitter draft.”
Jeremiah 23:2-3 RJPS
“Assuredly, thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who should tend my people: It is you who let my flock scatter and go astray. You gave no thought to them, but I am going to give thought to you, for your wicked acts—declares GOD, and I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will bring them back to their pasture, where they shall be fertile and increase.”
Jeremiah 30:3 RJPS
“For days are coming—declares GOD —when I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel and Judah, said GOD; and I will bring them back to the land that I gave their ancestors, and they shall possess it.”
Jeremiah 31:31-34 RJPS
“See, a time is coming—declares GOD —when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors, when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, a covenant that they broke, though I espoused them—declares GOD, but such is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after these days—declares GOD: I will put my teaching into their inmost being and inscribe it upon their hearts. Then I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer will they need to teach one another and say to one another, “Heed GOD ”; for all of them, from the least of them to the greatest, shall heed me—declares GOD. For I will forgive their iniquities, and remember their sins no more.”
Joel 3:3-4 RJPS
“Before the great and terrible day of GOD comes, I will set portents in the sky and on earth: blood and fire and pillars of smoke; the sun shall turn into darkness and the moon into blood.”
Joel 3:4-5 RJPS
“The sun shall turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, and there shall be all that is called in the Lord, as in Jerusalem and Jerusalem Yahweh calls, but everyone who invokes the name of GOD shall escape; for there shall be a remnant on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as GOD promised. Anyone who invokes GOD will be among the survivors.”
Joel 4:9-16 RJPS
“Proclaim this among the nations: prepare for battle! Arouse the warriors, let all the fighters come and draw near! Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let even the weakling say, “I am strong.” Rouse yourselves and come, all you nations; come together from round about. There bring down Your warriors, O ETERNAL One ! Let the nations rouse themselves and march up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit in judgment over all the nations round about. Swing the sickle, for the crop is ripe; come and tread, for the winepress is full, the vats are overflowing! For great is their wickedness. Multitudes upon multitudes in the Valley of Decision! For the day of GOD is at hand in the Valley of Decision.” Sun and moon are darkened, and stars withdraw their brightness. And GOD will roar from Zion, and shout aloud from Jerusalem, so that heaven and earth tremble. But GOD will be a shelter to this covenanted people, a refuge to the children of Israel.”
Joel 4:12-16 RJPS
“Let the nations rouse themselves and march up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit in judgment over all the nations round about. Swing the sickle, for the crop is ripe; come and tread, for the winepress is full, the vats are overflowing! For great is their wickedness. Multitudes upon multitudes in the Valley of Decision! For the day of GOD is at hand in the Valley of Decision.” Sun and moon are darkened, and stars withdraw their brightness. And GOD will roar from Zion, and shout aloud from Jerusalem, so that heaven and earth tremble. But GOD will be a shelter to this covenanted people, a refuge to the children of Israel.”
John 1:1-3 TLV
“In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were made through Him, and apart from Him nothing was made that has come into being.”
Revelation 6:1-2 TLV
“Then I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” I looked, and behold, there was a white horse. The one riding on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him. He went out as a conqueror so he might conquer.”
Revelation 6:12-17 TLV
“I saw when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as black as sackcloth made of goat’s hair, and the full moon became like blood. The stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree drops unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. The heaven ripped apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from their places. Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the military commanders and the rich and the mighty and everyone—slave and free—hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, and they tell the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
Revelation 8:6-7 TLV
“Then the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. The first trumpeted, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were thrown upon the earth. A third of the earth burned up, a third of the trees burned up, and all the green grass burned up.”
Revelation 8:8-9 TLV
“The second angel trumpeted, and something like a huge mountain ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.”
Revelation 8:10-11 TLV
“The third angel trumpeted, and a great star fell from the heavens, burning like a torch. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. Now the name of the star is wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters that were made bitter.”
Revelation 8:12-13 TLV
“The fourth angel trumpeted, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day would not shine, as well as a third of the night. Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying out with a loud voice as it flew high in the sky, saying, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets the three angels are about to sound!”
Revelation 9:1-12 TLV
“Then the fifth angel trumpeted, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the bottomless pit was given to him. He opened the pit, and smoke rose from the pit like the smoke of a gigantic furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. Then from the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions have power over the earth. They were told to do no harm to the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads, and they were permitted not to kill them, but to torment them for five months—and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person. In those days, people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them. Now the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. They had chests like iron breastplates; and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle. They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months. They have as king over them the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. The first woe is past. Behold, two woes are still coming after these things.”
Revelation 9:13-21 TLV
“Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number, and this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound. The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
Revelation 11:1-2 TLV
“Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those worshiping in it. But do not measure the court outside the temple—leave it out, because it has been given to the nations, and they shall trample the holy city for forty-two months.”
Revelation 11:1-6 TLV
“And I will grant authority to My two witnesses and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.
Revelation 11:2 TLV
“But do not measure the court outside the temple—leave it out, because it has been given to the nations, and they shall trample the holy city for forty-two months.”
Revelation 11:3 TLV
“And I will grant authority to My two witnesses and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”
Revelation 11:7-13 TLV
“When they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the abyss will make war on them, and overcome them and kill them, and their corpses will lie in the open street of the great city that figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. Some from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their corpses for three and a half days, not allowing them to be placed into a grave. Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them. They will celebrate and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet; and great fear fell on those who were watching them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” and they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them. At that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.”
Revelation 12:14 TLV
“But the woman was given two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly away from the presence of the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is taken care of—for a time, times, and half a time.”
Revelation 12:14-16 TLV
“But the woman was given two wings of the great eagle, so that she might fly away from the presence of the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is taken care of—for a time, times, and half a time, and from out of his mouth, the serpent spewed water like a river after the woman, in order to sweep her away with a flood. But the earth came to the aid of the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.”
Revelation 13:1-2 TLV
“Then I saw a beast rising out of the sea, that had ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten royal crowns, and upon his heads were slanderous names. Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, his feet like a bear’s, and his mouth like a lion’s, and the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.”
Revelation 13:11-18 TLV
“Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. He exercises all the authority of the first beast before him, and he makes the earth and all those who dwell in it worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. He performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven in the sight of men, and he deceives those who dwell on the earth through the signs he is permitted to perform, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image in honor of the beast who has the sword wound yet lived. The second beast was permitted to give life to the image of the first beast, so that the image of the beast could even speak and cause all who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He also causes all—the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the slave—to receive a mark on their right hand or upon their forehead, and so no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark—either the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number of a man, and his number is 666.”
Revelation 16:2 TLV
“So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and foul and painful boils came upon the people having the mark of the beast and worshiping his image.”
Revelation 16:8-9 TLV
“The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire. People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.”
Revelation 16:12 TLV
“The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.”
Revelation 16:12-16 TLV
“The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. Then I saw—coming from the dragon’s mouth and from the beast’s mouth and from the false prophet’s mouth—three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world—to gather them for battle on the great day of Elohei Tzva’ot. “Behold, I am coming like a thief! How fortunate is the one who stays alert and keeps his clothes on, lest he walk around naked and they see his shamefulness.” Then the spirits gathered the kings to the place called in Hebrew Har-Megiddo.”
Revelation 16:13-14 TLV
“Then I saw—coming from the dragon’s mouth and from the beast’s mouth and from the false prophet’s mouth—three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world—to gather them for battle on the great day of Elohei Tzva’ot.”
Revelation 16:14-16 TLV
“For they are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world—to gather them for battle on the great day of Elohei Tzva’ot. “Behold, I am coming like a thief! How fortunate is the one who stays alert and keeps his clothes on, lest he walk around naked and they see his shamefulness.” Then the spirits gathered the kings to the place called in Hebrew Har-Megiddo.”
Revelation 16:15-16 TLV
““Behold, I am coming like a thief! How fortunate is the one who stays alert and keeps his clothes on, lest he walk around naked and they see his shamefulness.” Then the spirits gathered the kings to the place called in Hebrew Har-Megiddo.”
Revelation 19:11-21 TLV
“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The One riding on it is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and many royal crowns are on His head. He has a name written that no one knows except Himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which He is called is “the Word of God.” And the armies of heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword—so that with it He may strike down the nations—and He shall rule them with an iron rod, and He treads the winepress of the furious wrath of Elohei-Tzva’ot. On His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “King of kings, and Lord of lords.” Then I saw a single angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he cried out to all the birds flying high in the sky, “Come, gather for the great banquet of God— to eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals and the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and those riding on them, the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great! Also I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the One who sat on the horse and against His army. Then the beast was captured, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs before him by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, as well as those who had worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the One riding on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.”
Zechariah 9:10 RJPS
“He shall banish chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem; The warrior’s bow shall be banished. He shall call on the nations to surrender, and his rule shall extend from sea to sea and from ocean to land’s end.”
Zechariah 12:10 RJPS
“But I will fill the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem with a spirit of pity and compassion; and they shall lament to me about those who are slain, wailing over them as over a favorite son and showing bitter grief as over a first-born.”
Zechariah 14:1-3 RJPS
“Lo, a day of GOD is coming when your spoil shall be divided in your very midst! For I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for war: the city shall be captured, the houses plundered, and the women violated; and a part of the city shall go into exile. But the rest of the population shall not be uprooted from the city. Then GOD will come forth and make war on those nations as a fighter makes war on a day of battle.”
Zechariah 14:1-5 RJPS
“Lo, a day of GOD is coming when your spoil shall be divided in your very midst! For I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for war: the city shall be captured, the houses plundered, and the women violated; and a part of the city shall go into exile. But the rest of the population shall not be uprooted from the city. Then GOD will come forth and make war on those nations as a fighter makes war on a day of battle. On that day, God’s feet will stand on the mount of Olives, near Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall split across from east to west, and one part of the mount shall shift to the north and the other to the south, a huge gorge, and the valley in the hills shall be stopped up, for the valley of the hills shall reach only to Azal; it shall be stopped up as it was stopped up as a result of the earthquake in the days of king Uzziah of Judah.—And the ETERNAL my God, with all the holy beings, will come to you.”