Ezekiel 38 & 39 fulfilled in the Book of Esther

Ezekiel 38 & 39 fulfilled in the Book of Esther
Ezekiel 38 & 39 are one the most abused passages in the Church today. These two passages have been misused to justify wacky end times interpretations over countless generations. Because of the wacky interpretations, Christians have been pumping millions of dollars in prophecy conferences, movies, and books in order to justify their agendas. “Prophecy experts” have to change their books every 50 years to stay relevant. Today, the popular narrative (embraced by Dispensationalism) is that Russia will attack Israel for oil and other resources sometime in the far future. This is problematic because there is no mention of Russia and oil in Ezekiel 38 & 39. This is “read into the text” and we just nod in agreement without weighing the evidence. In addition, the literal interpretation of 7 years/7 months of burials and weapon burning conflicts (founded in Ezekiel 39) with the 7-year Great Tribulation and the Earthly Millennial Kingdom timeline. Sadly,very few people take the time to do the research and compare scripture with scripture (People compare scripture with the News/Media) in order to be consistent. By examining certain phrases and passages, we can see significant connections between the Book of Esther and Ezekiel 38 &39. Unfortunately, Bible translators have tweaked a few words here and there to hide certain connections. I would encourage others to meditate on this information and start questioning your theology. You don’t have to go to seminary to ask questions.


Esther
Parallels
Ezekiel 38 & 39
Esther 9:19 KJV
People of Unwalled Villages/ Israel-Post Captivity
Ezekiel 38:11
Esther 8:3-9, 9:25KJV
Evil Scheme
Ezekiel 38:10
Esther 3:1 KJV/NIV, 3:12
Haman as Chief Prince
Ezekiel 38:2-3, 39:1
Esther 3:6-13; 4:7,7:4, 9:1, 10
Rationale for Evil Scheme
Ezekiel 38:12-13, 39:10
Esther 8:11; 9:10, 15, 16
Plunder for the Jewish Nation (not individually)
Ezekiel 38:12-13, 39:10
Esther 1:1-3,3:12-14, 8:9
The Involvement of
Many Nations
Ezekiel 38:1-6
Esther 3:1 KJV, 5:11
Haman &
The Valley of Hamon-Gog
Ezekiel 39:11,15-16
Esther 10:1
The Enemy Nations of the Coastlands
Ezekiel 39:6
Esther 9:2
Disarming of the Enemy Nations
Ezekiel 39:3
Esther 9:10-16
Death of Many Enemy Nations by Judgment
Ezekiel 39:4-6, 12-16, 21
Esther 3:10 LXX;8:3-5, 9:24
Haman the Agagite/Gogite
Ezekiel 38:1-3
Esther 8:17, 9:3-4, 10:1-3
Conversion of the Gentiles
Ezekiel 38:21-3; 39:7
Esther 4:1-3, 15-16
Israel Humbled by God
Ezekiel 39:21-29












Other Parallels with Scripture

OT Passages

Parallels

Ezekiel 38 & 39

Exodus 17:16; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; 1 Samuel 14:48, 15:18,

Numbers 14:43, 24:7 LXX, 24:20

Amos 7:1 LXX,

OT Prophecy from Former Days

Ezekiel 38:17

Leviticus 6:13, Isaiah 40:16, Ezra 3, Nehemiah 10:34, 13:31

Wooden Weapons

Used as Fuel for the Altar

Ezekiel 39:9-10

Numbers 19

7 Months for Ceremonial Purification

Ezekiel 39:12-16

LXX= Septuagint=Greek Old Testament, NIV=New International Version, 
KJV=King James Version

After reading the verses and comparing them to each other, it is difficult to simply dismiss a historical fulfillment of Gog and Magog after the Babylonian Captivity. IF THIS IS TRUE, THERE IS NO BIG BATTLE WITH RUSSIA AND ISRAEL DURING ARMAGEDDON. IT IS AN NON-EXISTENT EVENT. Now what about the mention of Gog and Magog in Revelation 19 & 20? I believe that this is borrowed imagery from the Old Testament. As we saw above, Haman commanded a global attack on Ethnic Israel. In the future, we should expect an unknown Anti-Christ(s) to command a global attack on Christians/Spiritual Israel as well. Just like Esther, Christ will rescue his Church from genocide.


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