Why Will the Nations Plunder Israel?

"and you will say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,
to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are {now} inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.' "
Ezekiel 38:11-12


The Prophet Ezekiel told of a time in the last days when many nations will attempt to come against Israel. Of course this has happened many times, but there is a very detailed battle in which the Lord intervenes on Israel's behalf in such a way that the entire world will know that it is by the Lord's hands. The above verses speak of the reason why the nations will come against Israel. They intend to "seize plunder" and "capture spoil". So the obvious question is, what exactly are they coming to plunder?

One possibility may be hidden in the actions of the Zion Oil and Gas Company which has been drilling in certain areas searching for oil reserves they believe may exist there. If oil is indeed discovered, the implications may be enormous.

The rich-in-oil Arab nations have attempted to hold the world hostage with this comodity that is so precious to developed countries. With each new conflict in the Middle East, the price of gas escalates, affecting Americans where it hurts them the most - in the pocketbook. If our friend in the Middle East is sitting on massive oil reserves, this may be the solution to the ever-soaring gas prices.

John Brown, the founder and chairman of the Zion Oil and Gas, stated, "You have these Arab states that threaten boycotts and throw their oil weight around to get countries to pressure Israel," said Brown. "Imagine if Israel becomes a huge oil producer. There will be no more placating anyone since they have the oil."

However, beyond all the economic implications, this may well be the "hooks in the jaws" spoken of in Ezekiel 38:4. An ever-increasing anti-semitic world may not be ready to see an oil-rich Israel.

No need to fret, unless of course you are one of the nations who will "devise the evil plan" as stated in verse 38:10. We know the ending. The Lord Himself will intervene and the armies of those nations will be utterly destroyed, and the Lord says they will know that He is the Lord.

Eze 38:18 -23
"It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," declares the Lord GOD, "that My fury will mount up in My anger.

"In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare {that} on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

"The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.

"I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.

"With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.

"I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.'"

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Pray for the peace of Israel. Pray for the Lord's blessings on the land.