Ezekiel 39:1-16

Gog will be called down from the north to attack Israel, but then she will find that all her weapons are useless. Her troops will die in the open and become food for vultures.

The key feature of this time will be that Israel knows the Lord and that the nations will see know that He is the God of Israel. Both these aspects are important. Israel can do what it likes, but will get nowhere until it turns to the Lord and recognises who Jesus is. We need to respect Israel, but need to know that the focus of our attitude to them must be to witness to the Lord. But see also that in the last days the nations will not just have to admit that the Lord is God, but that He is the God of Israel. Most nations hold Israel in varying degrees of contempt, but ultimately they will have to acknowledge that she belongs to God.

The destruction will be so great that Israel will use the weapons for fuel, and there will be hoards of dead people. It will take many months for the Israelites to clean up the land. The focus on the clearing of all remnants of the dead from the land is to do with ritually cleansing the land.