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The Judgment of Gog and Magog. . 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord G OD ; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord G OD ; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their observations or to determine their controversies. Gog seems to be the king and Magog the kingdom; so that Gog and Magog are like Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Some think they find them afar off, in Scythia, Tartary, and Russia. Others think they find them nearer the land of Israel, in Syria, and Asia the Less. Ezekiel is appointed to prophesy against Gog, and to tell him that God is against him, Ezekiel 38:2 ; Ezekiel 38:3 . Note, God does not only see those that are now the enemies of his church and set himself against them, but he foresees those that will be so and lets them know by his word that he is against them too, and yet is pleased to make use of them to serve his own purposes, for the glory of his own name; surely their wrath shall praise him, and the remainder thereof he will restrain, Psalms 76:10 . Let us observe here, I. The confusion which God designed to put this enemy to. It is remarkable that this is put first in the prophecy; before it is foretold that God will bring him forth against Israel it is foretold that God will put hooks into his jaws and turn him back ( Ezekiel 38:4 ; Ezekiel 38:4 ), that they might have assurance of their deliverance before they had the prospect given them of their danger. Thus tender is God of the comfort of his people, thus careful that they may not be frightened; even before the trouble begins he tells them it will end well. II. The undertaking which he designed to engage him in, in order to this defeat and disappointment. 1. The nations that shall be confederate in this enterprise against Israel are many, and great, and mighty ( Ezekiel 38:5 ; Ezekiel 38:6 ), Persia, Ethiopia, c. Antiochus had an army made up of all the nations here named, and many others. These people had been at variance with one another, and yet in combination against Israel. How are those increased that trouble God's people! 2. They are well furnished with arms and ammunition, and bring a good train of artillery into the field-- horses and horsemen ( Ezekiel 38:4 ; Ezekiel 38:4 ) bravely equipped with all sorts of armour, bucklers and shields for defence, and all handling swords for offence. Orders are given to make all imaginable preparation for this expedition ( Ezekiel 38:7 ; Ezekiel 38:7 ): " Be thou prepared, and do thou prepare. See what warlike preparations thou hast already in store, and, lest that should not suffice, make further preparation, thou and all thy company, " Let Gog himself be a guard to the rest of the confederates. As commander-in-chief, let him engage to take care of them and their safety; let him pass his word for their security, and take them under his particular protection. The leaders of an army, instead of exposing their soldiers needlessly and presumptuously, and throwing away their lives upon desperate undertakings, should study to be a guard to them, and, whenever they send them forth in danger, should contrive to support and cover them. This call to prepare seems to be ironical-- Do thy worst, but I will turn thee back; like that Isaiah 8:9 . Gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. 3. Their design is against the mountains of Israel ( Ezekiel 38:8 ; Ezekiel 38:8 ), against the land that is brought back from the sword. It is not long since it was harassed with the sword of war, and it has been always wasted, more or less, with one judgment or other; it is but newly gathered out of many people, and brought forth out of the nations; it has enjoyed comparatively but a short breathing-time, has scarcely recovered any strength since it was brought down by war and captivity; and therefore its neighbours need not fear its being too great, nay, and therefore it is very barbarous to pick a quarrel with it so soon. It is a people that dwell safely, all of them, in unwalled villages, very secure, and having neither bars nor gates, Ezekiel 38:11 ; Ezekiel 38:11 . It is a certain sign that they intend no mischief to their neighbours, for they fear no mischief from them. It cannot be thought that those will offend others who do not take care to defend themselves; and this aggravates the sin of these invaders. It is base and barbarous to devise evil against thy neighbour while he dwells securely by thee, and has no distrust of thee, Proverbs 3:29 . But see here how the clouds return after the rain in this world, and what little reason we have ever to be secure till we come to heaven. It is not long since Israel was brought back from the sword of one enemy, and behold the sword of another is drawn against it. Former troubles will not excuse us from further troubles; but when we think we have put off the harness, at least for some time, by a fresh and sudden alarm we may be called to gird it on again; and therefore we must never boast nor be off our guard. 4. That which the enemy has in view, in forming this project, is to enrich himself and to make himself master, not of the country, but of the wealth of it, to spoil and plunder it, and make a prey of it: At the same time that God intends to bring this matter about things shall come into the mind of this enemy, and he shall think an evil thought, Ezekiel 38:10 ; Ezekiel 38:10 . Note, All the mischief men do, and particularly the mischief they do to the church of God, arises from evil thoughts that come into their mind, ambitious thoughts, covetous thoughts, spiteful thoughts against those that are good, for the sake of their goodness. It came into Antiochus's mind what a singular people these religious Jews were, and how their worship witnessed against and condemned the idolatries of their neighbours, and therefore, in enmity to their religion, he would plague them. It came into his mind what a wealthy people they were, that they had gotten cattle and goods in the midst of the land ( Ezekiel 38:12 ; Ezekiel 38:12 ), and withal how weak they were, how unable to make any resistance, how easy it would be to carry off what they had, and how much glory this rapine would add to his victorious sword; these things coming into his mind, and one evil thought drawing on another, he came at last to this resolve ( Ezekiel 38:11 ; Ezekiel 38:12 ): " I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; yea, that I will; it will cost me nothing to make them all my own. I will go and disturb those that are at rest, without giving them any notice, not to crush their growing greatness, or chastise their insolence, or make reprisals upon them for any wrong they have done us (they had none of these pretences to make war upon them), but purely to take a spoil and to take a prey " ( Ezekiel 38:12 ; Ezekiel 38:12 ), in open defiance to all the laws of justice and equity, as much as the highwayman's killing the traveller that he may take his money. These were the thoughts that came into the mind of this wicked prince, and God knew them; nay, he knew them before they came into his mind, for he understands our thoughts afar off, Psalms 139:2 . 5. According to the project thus formed he pours in all his forces upon the land of Israel, and finds those that are ready to come in to his assistance with the same prospects ( Ezekiel 38:9 ; Ezekiel 38:9 ): " Thou shalt ascent and come like a storm, with all the force, and fury, and fierceness imaginable, and thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, to darken it, and to threaten it, thou and not only all thy bands, all the force thou canst bring into the field, but many people with thee " (such as are spoken of Ezekiel 38:13 ; Ezekiel 38:13 ), " Sheba and Dedan, the Arabians and the Edomites, and the merchants of Tarshish, of Tyre and Sidon and other maritime cities, they and their young lions that are greedy of spoil and live upon it, shall say, Hast thou come to take the spoil of this land?" Yes he has; and therefore they wish him success. Or perhaps they envy him, or grudge it to him. "Hast thou come for riches who art thyself so rich already?" Or, knowing that God was on Israel's side, they thus ridicule his attempts, foreseeing that they would be baffled and that he would be disappointed of the prey he promised himself. Or, if he come to take the prey, they will come and join with him, and add to his forces. When Lysias, who was general of Antiochus's army, came against the Jews, the neighbouring nations joined with him ( 1 Mac. iii. 41 ), to share in the guilt, in hopes to share in the prey. When thou sawest a thief then thou consentedst with him. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-14-23" class="com-number"
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에스겔은 곡을 대적하여 예언하라는 명령을 받는다. 하나님께서 그에게 맞선다는 것을 선언하라(38:2-3). 주목할 것은, 하나님께서 이스라엘에게 위험을 예고하기 전에 먼저 구원을 확신시켜 주신다는 점이다. 38:4에 기록된 대로, 하나님께서 그를 돌이키시고 그 턱에 갈고리를 꿰시겠다고 먼저 예고하신다. 이처럼 하나님께서는 백성의 위로에 대해 세심하게 배려하신다. 백성이 두려움에 빠지지 않도록 환난이 시작되기 전에 결국 잘 끝날 것임을 먼저 알려 주신다.
이 단락에서 눈여겨볼 것은 다음과 같다.
**첫째, 이스라엘을 괴롭힐 자들이 많아진다는 것.** 이스라엘을 공격하는 연합에 가담하는 나라들은 크고 강하며 수도 많다(38:5-6). 페르시아, 에티오피아 등이 그것이다. 안티오코스는 여기 언급된 모든 나라와 그 외 많은 나라로 구성된 군대를 거느렸다. 이 민족들은 서로 원수지간이었지만, 이스라엘을 공격하는 데는 힘을 합쳤다. 하나님의 백성을 괴롭히는 자들이 얼마나 많아지는가!
**둘째, 그들은 무기와 장비를 잘 갖추고 있다.** 든든한 군비를 갖추고 있는 것이다(38:4). 기병들이 온갖 종류의 갑옷으로 훌륭하게 무장하고, 방어를 위한 방패와 공격을 위한 칼을 모두 들고 있다. 이 원정을 위한 온갖 준비를 갖추라는 명령이 내려진다(38:7). "너는 준비하라, 대비하라. 이미 쌓아 놓은 전쟁 물자가 무엇인지 보고, 혹시 부족하면 더 준비하라, 너와 네 모든 무리가." 곡 자신이 나머지 동맹국들을 지키는 방어자가 되게 하라. 최고 사령관으로서 그들의 안전을 책임지고, 그들 위에 방패막이가 되어 특별히 보호하라. 군대 지도자들은 군사들을 불필요하게 무모하게 위험에 노출시키거나 무모한 작전에 생명을 낭비하는 대신, 그들을 지키고 위험에 처할 때 지원하고 엄호하는 방책을 강구해야 한다. 준비하라는 이 명령은 아이러니처럼 들린다. "네 마음대로 해 봐라. 그러나 내가 너를 돌이키겠다." 이는 이사야 8:9의 말씀과 같다. "무장하라, 그러나 너희는 두려움에 빠질 것이다."
**셋째, 그들의 공격 목표는 이스라엘 산들이다(38:8).** 칼에서 되돌아온 땅이다. 전쟁의 칼로 오래 시달렸고, 거듭 이런저런 심판으로 황폐해졌던 땅이다. 이제 겨우 많은 민족들 가운데서 모였고, 열방에서 인도되어 나왔다. 비교적 짧은 숨 돌릴 시간만 누렸을 뿐이고, 전쟁과 포로로 쓰러진 뒤 아직 힘도 거의 회복하지 못한 상태다. 따라서 이웃 나라들이 너무 강해질까 두려워할 필요도 없다. 오히려 그처럼 빠르게 싸움을 걸어오는 것은 매우 잔인한 짓이다. 이들은 성벽도 없는 마을에서 평화롭게 거하는 백성이요, 모두 안전하게 살며 성벽도 빗장도 성문도 없다(38:11). 이웃을 해칠 의도가 없다는 증거가 분명한데, 자신들을 지킬 준비조차 하지 않았으니 남을 해치겠다는 생각은 없는 것이다. 이것은 침략자들의 죄를 더욱 가중시킨다. 잠언 3:29의 말씀대로, 이웃이 네 곁에서 안전하게 살며 너를 조금도 의심하지 않는데 그를 해하려고 꾀하는 것은 비겁하고 잔인한 짓이다. 그러나 이 세상에서는 비가 그치면 구름이 다시 돌아온다는 것, 천국에 이르기까지 결코 안심할 수 없다는 것을 여기서 본다. 이스라엘이 한 원수의 칼에서 돌아온 지 얼마 안 되어 다른 원수의 칼이 빼어졌다. 과거의 고난이 미래의 고난을 면제해 주지 않는다. 잠시 갑옷을 벗어 놓았다고 생각할 때, 갑자기 새로운 경보로 다시 갑옷을 걸쳐야 할 수 있다. 그러므로 결코 자랑하거나 경계를 늦추어서는 안 된다.
**넷째, 원수가 이 계획을 세우는 목적은 스스로를 부유하게 하고, 그 나라를 빼앗는 것이 아니라 그 재산을 약탈하는 것이다.** 하나님께서 이 일을 이루려 하시는 바로 그 시각에, 이 원수의 마음에 어떤 생각들이 떠오르고 그는 악한 생각을 품는다(38:10). 사람들이 행하는 해악, 특히 하나님의 교회에 행하는 해악은 모두 마음에 떠오르는 악한 생각에서 비롯된다. 야망에 가득 찬 생각, 탐욕스러운 생각, 선한 자들의 선함 때문에 그들을 미워하는 생각이 그것이다. 안티오코스의 마음에는 이 경건한 유대인들이 얼마나 특이한 민족인가, 그들의 예배가 어떻게 이웃 나라들의 우상숭배를 책망하고 정죄하는가 하는 생각이 떠올랐다. 그래서 그는 그들의 종교에 대한 적대감으로 그들을 괴롭히려 했다. 그 땅의 중심에서 그들이 얼마나 부유한지, 얼마나 쉽게 무너뜨릴 수 있는지, 저항도 못 할 만큼 약하며 그들의 재물을 얼마나 쉽게 빼앗을 수 있는지, 그 약탈이 자신의 승리한 칼에 얼마나 큰 영광을 더해 줄지가 마음에 들어왔다(38:12). 이런 생각들이 마음에 들어와 한 가지 악한 생각이 또 다른 것을 끌어내면서 마침내 그는 이 결심에 이른다(38:11-12). "내가 성벽 없는 마을의 땅으로 올라가겠다. 그렇고말고. 아무 대가 없이 그것을 내 것으로 만들 수 있다. 쉬고 있는 자들을 갑자기 습격하겠다. 그들을 짓밟으려는 것도, 그들의 오만함을 징벌하려는 것도, 그들이 우리에게 저지른 잘못에 대해 보복하려는 것도 아니다(그런 구실조차 없다). 순전히 노략질과 약탈을 위해서다(38:12). 마치 길가는 여행자를 죽이고 돈을 빼앗는 강도처럼, 모든 정의와 공평의 법칙을 대놓고 무시하는 것이다." 이것이 이 악한 왕의 마음에 떠오른 생각들이었고, 하나님은 그것을 알고 계셨다. 아니, 그 생각들이 그 마음에 떠오르기 전에 이미 알고 계셨다. 주께서는 우리의 생각을 멀리서 아신다(시편 139:2).
**다섯째, 이렇게 형성된 계획에 따라 그는 이스라엘 땅에 모든 군사를 쏟아붓는다.** 똑같은 기대를 품고 기꺼이 합세하려는 자들도 있다(38:9). "너는 폭풍처럼 올라와 덮치며, 상상할 수 있는 모든 힘과 맹렬함과 사나움으로 올라올 것이다. 너는 그 땅을 덮는 구름처럼, 그것을 어둡게 하고 위협하는 구름처럼 될 것이다. 너와 네 모든 군대뿐 아니라 많은 민족들이 너와 함께할 것이다(38:13에 언급된 자들)." 스바와 드단, 즉 아라비아인들과 에돔인들, 그리고 두로, 시돈 및 다른 해변 도시들인 다시스의 상인들, 그리고 노략질을 탐하며 그것으로 사는 그들의 젊은 사자들이 말한다. "네가 이 땅을 약탈하러 왔느냐?" 그렇다. 그래서 그들은 그의 성공을 바란다. 혹은 그들이 그를 시기하거나 못마땅해할 수도 있다. "이미 그토록 부유한 네가 재물을 탐하러 왔느냐?" 혹은 하나님께서 이스라엘 편이심을 알기에 그의 시도를 비웃으며, 그 계획이 수포로 돌아가고 약속했던 전리품에서 실망할 것임을 예견하는지도 모른다. 혹은 약탈물을 가지러 왔다면 그들도 합세하여 그의 군대에 힘을 보태려 할 수도 있다. 리시아스가 안티오코스의 군대 장군으로 유대인들에게 맞서러 왔을 때, 이웃 나라들이 죄에 참여하고 전리품을 나눌 목적으로 그와 합세했다(마카베오상 3:41). "도적을 보았을 때 네가 그와 합의하였다."
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E Z E K I E L. CHAP. XXXVIII. This chapter, and that which follows it, are concerning Gog and Magog, a powerful enemy to the people of Israel, that should make a formidable descent upon them, and put them into a consternation, but their army should be routed and their design defeated; and this prophecy, it is most probable, had its accomplishment some time after the return of the people of Israel out of their captivity, whether in the struggles they had with the kings of Syria, especially Antiochus Epiphanes, or perhaps in some other way not recorded, we cannot tell. If the sacred history of the Old Testament had reached as far as the prophecy, we should have been better able to understand these chapters, but, for want of that key, we are locked out of the meaning of them. God had by the prophet assured his people of happy times after their return to their own land; but lest they should mistake the promises which related to the kingdom of the Messiah and the spiritual privileges of that the kingdom of the Messiah and the spiritual privileges of that kingdom, as if from them they might promise themselves an uninterrupted temporal prosperity, he here tells them, as Christ told his disciples to prevent the like mistake, that in the world they shall have tribulation, but they may be of good cheer, for they shall be victorious at last. This prophecy here of Gog and Magog is without doubt alluded to in that prophecy which relates to the latter days, and which seems to be yet unfulfilled ( Revelation 20:8 ), that Gog and Magog shall be gathered to battle against the camp of the saints, as the Old-Testament prophecies of the destruction of Babylon are alluded to, Revelation 18:1-24 But, in both, the Old-Testament prophecies had their accomplishment in the Jewish church as the New-Testament prophecies shall have when the time comes in the Christian church. In this chapter we have intermixed, I. The attempt that Gog and Magog should make upon the land of Israel, the vast army they should bring into the field, and their vast preparations ( Ezekiel 38:4-7 ), their project and design in it ( Ezekiel 38:8-13 ), God's hand in it, Ezekiel 38:4 . II. The great terror that this should strike upon the land of Israel, Ezekiel 38:15 ; Ezekiel 38:16 ; Ezekiel 38:18-20 . III. The divine restraint that these enemies should be under, and the divine protection that Israel should be under, Ezekiel 38:2-4 ; Ezekiel 38:14 . IV. The defeat that should be given to those enemies by the immediate hand of God ( Ezekiel 38:21-23 ), which we shall hear more of in the next chapter. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-13" class="com-number"
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에스겔 38장과 39장은 곡과 마곡에 관한 예언이다. 이스라엘 백성의 강력한 적이 그들에게 무서운 침공을 감행하여 크게 두려움에 빠뜨리겠지만, 그 군대는 격파되고 계획은 수포로 돌아갈 것이다. 이 예언은 이스라엘 백성이 포로에서 귀환한 이후 어느 시점에 성취되었을 가능성이 높다. 시리아 왕들, 특히 안티오코스 에피파네스와의 싸움에서였는지, 아니면 기록에 남지 않은 다른 방식으로였는지는 알 수 없다. 구약 성경의 역사가 예언이 다루는 시대까지 이어졌다면 이 장들의 의미를 더 잘 이해할 수 있었겠지만, 그 열쇠가 없으니 그 뜻의 문 앞에서 우리는 잠겨 있다.
하나님께서는 선지자를 통해 귀환 후 행복한 시대를 약속하셨다. 그러나 메시아 왕국과 그 나라의 영적 특권에 관한 약속들을 마치 끊임없는 세상적 번영을 보장하는 것으로 오해할까 봐, 여기서 하나님은 제자들의 오해를 막으려 하셨던 그리스도처럼 이렇게 말씀하신다. "세상에서는 환난을 겪겠지만, 기운을 내어라. 너희는 마침내 승리할 것이다."
곡과 마곡에 관한 이 예언은 훗날의 일에 관한 또 다른 예언, 즉 아직 성취되지 않은 것처럼 보이는 예언(요한계시록 20:8)—곡과 마곡이 성도들의 진영을 공격하기 위해 모인다는—에서 의심할 여지 없이 인용되었다. 바벨론 멸망에 관한 구약의 예언들도 요한계시록 18장에 인용되었듯이. 그러나 두 경우 모두, 구약의 예언은 유대 교회 안에서 성취를 보았고, 신약의 예언은 때가 되면 그리스도인 교회 안에서 성취될 것이다.
이 장은 다음 네 가지 내용을 교차해서 담고 있다.
첫째, 곡과 마곡이 이스라엘 땅을 공격하려는 시도, 그들이 전장에 내보내는 방대한 군대와 막대한 전쟁 준비(38:4-7), 그리고 그들의 계획과 의도(38:8-13), 그 배후에 있는 하나님의 손(38:4).
둘째, 이 일이 이스라엘 땅에 불러일으킬 큰 공포(38:15-16, 18-20).
셋째, 원수들에게 주어지는 신적 제약과 이스라엘에게 주어지는 신적 보호(38:2-4, 14).
넷째, 이 원수들에게 하나님의 직접적인 손으로 내려지는 패배(38:21-23). 이에 대해서는 다음 장에서 더 자세히 들을 것이다.
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The Judgment of Gog and Magog. . 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord G OD ; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 17 Thus saith the Lord G OD ; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord G OD , that my fury shall come up in my face. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord G OD : every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD . This latter part of the chapter is a repetition of the former; the dream is doubled, for the thing is certain and to be very carefully regarded. I. It is here again foretold that this spiteful enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel ( Ezekiel 38:15 ; Ezekiel 38:15 ): " Thou shalt come out of the north parts (Syria lay on the north of Canaan) with a mighty army, shalt come like a cloud, and cover the land of my people Israel, " Ezekiel 38:16 ; Ezekiel 38:16 . These words ( Ezekiel 38:14 ; Ezekiel 38:14 ), When my people Israel dwell safely, shalt thou not know it? may be taken two ways:-- 1. As intimating his inducements to this attempt. "Thou shalt have intelligence brought thee how securely, and therefore how carelessly, the people of Israel dwell, which shall give rise to thy project against them; for when thou knowest not only what a rich, but what an easy prey they are likely to be, thou wilt soon determine to fall upon them" Note, God's providence is to be acknowledged in the occasion, the small occasion perhaps, that is given, and that not designedly neither, to those first thoughts from which great enterprises take their original. God, to bring about his own purposes, lets men know that which yet he knows they will make a bad use of, as here. Or, 2. As intimating his disappointment in this attempt, which here, as before, the prophecy begins with: " When my people Israel dwell safely, not in their own apprehension only, but in reality, forasmuch as they dwell safely under the divine protection, shalt not thou be made to know it by the fruitlessness of thy endeavours to destroy them?" Thou shalt soon find that there is no enchantment against Jacob, that no weapon formed against them shall prosper; thou shalt know to thy cost, shalt know to thy shame, that though they have no walls, nor bars, nor gates, they have God himself, a wall of fire, round about them, and that he who touches them touches the apple of his eye; whosoever meddles with them meddles to his own hurt. And it is for the demonstrating of this to all the world that God will bring this mighty enemy against his people. Those that gathered themselves against Israel said, Let us take the spoil and take they prey, but they knew not the thoughts of the Lord, Micah 4:11 ; Micah 4:12 . I will bring thee against my land. This is strange news, that God will not only permit his enemies to come against his own children, but will himself bring them; but, if we understand what he aims at, we shall be well reconciled even to this: it is " that the heathen may know me to be the only living and true God when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog! that is, in thy defeat and destruction before their eyes, that all the nations may see, and say, There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, that rides on the heavens for the help of his people. " Note, God brings his people into danger and distress that he may have the honour of bringing about their deliverance, and suffers the enemies of his church to prevail awhile, though they profane his name by their sin, that he may have the honour of prevailing at last and sanctifying his own name in their ruin. Now it is said, This shall be in the latter days, namely, in the latter days of the Old-Testament church; so the mischief that Antiochus did to Israel was; but in the latter days of the New-Testament church another like enemy should arise, that should in like manner be defeated. Note, Effectual securities are treasured up in the word of God against the troubles and dangers the church may be brought into a great while hence, even in the latter days. II. Reference is herein had to the predictions of the former prophets ( Ezekiel 38:17 ; Ezekiel 38:17 ): Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time, of whom Moses spoke in his prophecy of the latter days ( Deuteronomy 32:43 , He will render vengeance to his adversaries), and David, Psalms 9:15 ( The heathen are sunk down into the pit that they made ) and often elsewhere in the Psalms? This is the leviathan of whom Isaiah spoke ( Isaiah 27:1 ), that congress of the nations of which Joel spoke, Joel 3:1 . Many of the prophets had perhaps spoken particularly of this event, though it be not written, as they all had spoken and written too that which is applicable to it. Note, There is an amiable admirable harmony and agreement between the Lord's prophets, though they lived in several ages, for they were all guided by one and the same Spirit. III. It is here foretold that this furious formidable enemy should be utterly cut off in this attempt upon Israel, and that it should issue in his own ruin. This is supposed by many to have its accomplishment in the many defeats given by the Maccabees to the forces of Antiochus and the remarkable judgments of God executed upon his own person, for he died of sore diseases. But these things are here foretold, as usual, in figurative expressions, which we are not to look for the literal accomplishment of, and yet they might be fulfilled nearer the letter than we know of. 1. God will be highly displeased with this bold invader: When he comes up in pride and anger against the land of Israel, and thinks to carry all before him with a high hand, then God's fury shall come up in his face, which is an allusion to the manner of men, whose colour rises in their faces when some high affront is offered them and they are resolved to show their resentment of it, Ezekiel 38:18 ; Ezekiel 38:18 . God will speak against them in his jealousy for his people and in the fire of his wrath against his and their enemies, Ezekiel 38:19 ; Ezekiel 38:19 . See how God's permitting sin, his laying occasions of sin before men, and his making use of it to serve his own purposes, consist with his hatred of sin and his displeasure against it. God brings this enemy against his land, letting him know what an easy prey it might be and determining thereby to glorify himself; and yet, when he comes against the land, God's fury comes up, and he speaks to him in the fire of his wrath. If any ask, Why does he thus find fault? for who has resisted his will? It is easy to answer, Nay, but, O man! who art thou that repliest against God? 2. His forces shall be put into the greatest confusion and consternation imaginable ( Ezekiel 38:19 ; Ezekiel 38:19 ): There shall be a great shaking of them in the land of Israel, a universal concussion ( Ezekiel 38:20 ; Ezekiel 38:20 ), such as shall affect the fishes and fowls, the beasts and creeping things, and much more the men that are upon the face of the earth, who sooner receive impressions of fear. There shall be such an earthquake as shall throw down the mountains, those natural heights, and the steep places, towers and walls, those artificial heights; they shall all fall to the ground. Some understand this of the fright which the land of Israel should be put into by the fury of the enemy. But it is rather to be understood of the fright which the enemy should be put into by the wrath of God; all those things which they both raise themselves and stay themselves upon shall be shaken down, and their hearts shall fail them. 3. He shall be routed and utterly ruined; both earth and heaven shall be armed against him (1.) The earth shall muster up its forces to destroy him. If the people of Israel have not strength and courage to resist him, God will call for a sword against him, Ezekiel 38:21 ; Ezekiel 38:21 . And he has swords always at command, that are bathed in heaven, Isaiah 35:5 . Throughout all the mountains of Israel, where he hoped to meet with spoil to enrich him, he shall meet with swords to destroy him, and, rather than fail, every man's sword shall be against his brother, as in the day of Midian, Psalms 83:9 . The great men of Syria shall undermine and overthrow one another, shall accuse one another, shall fight duels with one another. Note, God can, and often does, make the destroyers of his people to be their own destroyers and the destroyers of one another. However, he will himself be their destroyer, will take the work into his own hand, that it may be done thoroughly ( Ezekiel 38:22 ; Ezekiel 38:22 ): I will plead against him with pestilence and blood. Note, Whom God acts against he pleads against; he shows them the ground of his controversy with them, that their mouths may be stopped, and he may be clear when he judges. (2.) The artillery of heaven shall also be drawn out against them: I will rain upon him an overflowing rain, Ezekiel 38:22 ; Ezekiel 38:22 . He comes like a storm upon Israel, Ezekiel 38:9 ; Ezekiel 38:9 . But God will come like a storm upon him, will rain upon him great hailstones as upon the Canaanites ( Joshua 10:11 ), fire and brimstone as upon Sodom, and a horrible tempest, Psalms 11:6 . Thus the Gog and Magog in the New Testament shall be devoured with fire from heaven, and cast into the lake of brimstone, Revelation 20:9 ; Revelation 20:10 . That will be the everlasting portion of all the impenitent implacable enemies of God's church and people. 4. God, in all this, will be glorified. The end he aimed at ( Ezekiel 38:16 ; Ezekiel 38:16 ) shall be accomplished ( Ezekiel 38:23 ; Ezekiel 38:23 ): Thus will I magnify myself and sanctify myself. Note, In the destruction of sinners God makes it to appear that he is a great and holy God, and he will do so to eternity. And, if men do not magnify and sanctify him as they ought, he will magnify himself, and sanctify himself; and this we should desire and pray for daily, Father, glorify thy own name. return to ' Top of Page ' Ezekiel Ezk 37 Ezekiel Ezk Ezekiel Ezk 39 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Ezekiel 38". 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Pericope (part_of)
- part_of
pericope/per-ezk-38-004 - part_of
pericope/per-ezk-38-005
절 (explains)
bible-text/ezk-38-14, bible-text/ezk-38-15, bible-text/ezk-38-16, bible-text/ezk-38-17, bible-text/ezk-38-18, bible-text/ezk-38-19, bible-text/ezk-38-20, bible-text/ezk-38-21, bible-text/ezk-38-22, bible-text/ezk-38-23
Source
source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
이 장의 후반부는 앞부분을 반복한다. 꿈이 거듭된 것은 그 일이 확실하고 매우 신중하게 주목해야 하기 때문이다.
**첫째, 이 간악한 원수가 이스라엘 땅에 무서운 침공을 감행할 것이 다시 예언된다(38:15).** "너는 북쪽에서(시리아는 가나안 북쪽에 있었다) 강력한 군대를 이끌고 올 것이다. 구름처럼 올라와 내 백성 이스라엘의 땅을 덮을 것이다(38:16)." 38:14의 말씀, "내 백성 이스라엘이 안전하게 살 때에 네가 그것을 알지 못하겠느냐?"는 두 가지로 해석할 수 있다.
하나는, 이 시도를 유발하는 동기를 암시한다. "이스라엘 백성이 얼마나 안전하게, 그리고 얼마나 부주의하게 사는지 정보가 전달될 것이고, 그것이 그들을 공격하려는 네 계획의 발단이 될 것이다. 그들이 얼마나 부유하고 또 얼마나 쉬운 먹잇감인지 알게 되면, 그들을 공격하기로 빠르게 결심할 것이기 때문이다." 하나님의 섭리는, 사람들이 알게 되더라도 그것을 악용할 것을 알면서도 그들에게 알게 하시는 그 작은 동기, 그 기회 속에서도 인정되어야 한다. 하나님께서는 자신의 목적을 이루기 위해 사람들이 알게 하시는데, 여기서처럼 그들이 그것을 나쁘게 사용할 것을 아시면서도 그렇게 하신다.
다른 하나는, 이 시도에서의 실망을 암시한다. 예언이 앞에서처럼 여기서도 먼저 시작하는 것이다. "내 백성 이스라엘이 안전하게 살 때, 자신의 인식으로만이 아니라 신적 보호 아래 실제로 안전하게 살 때, 네가 그들을 멸망시키려는 모든 노력의 헛됨으로 인해 그것을 알게 되지 않겠느냐?" 너는 야곱에게는 마법이 통하지 않음을, 그들을 향해 만들어지는 어떤 무기도 형통하지 못함을 곧 알게 될 것이다. 성벽도 빗장도 성문도 없지만, 하나님께서 친히 그들 주위를 불 성벽으로 두르고 계시며, 그들에게 손을 대는 자는 그분의 눈동자를 건드리는 것이요, 그들을 건드리는 자는 자신에게 해가 됨을 네 치욕과 수치로 알게 될 것이다. 하나님께서 이 강력한 원수를 자신의 백성을 향해 데려오시는 것은 바로 이것을 온 세상에 입증하기 위해서다.
이스라엘을 향해 모인 자들은 "노략하고 빼앗자"고 말했지만, 그들은 주의 생각을 알지 못했다(미가 4:11-12). "내가 너를 내 땅을 향해 데려오겠다." 하나님께서 자신의 원수들이 자신의 자녀들을 향해 오는 것을 허용할 뿐 아니라 친히 그들을 데려오신다는 것은 이상한 소식이다. 그러나 그분이 목표하시는 것을 이해한다면 이것과도 잘 화해할 수 있다. "열방이 나를 유일하신 살아 계신 참 하나님으로 알게 하기 위해서다. 곡아, 네 패배와 멸망 안에서 내가 거룩히 여겨질 것이다. 모든 나라가 보고 여수룬의 하나님 같은 이가 없다고 말하게 될 것이다. 그분이 자기 백성을 도우시려고 하늘을 타고 달리신다고." 하나님께서는 자신의 이름을 죄로 모독하는 원수들을 한동안 이기도록 내버려 두시며, 백성을 위험과 고난에 처하게 하신다. 그것은 마침내 자신의 이름을 거룩히 하는 가운데 그들의 파멸 안에서 승리의 영광을 거두시기 위해서다. 이것은 말일에, 구약 교회의 말일에 이루어진다고 했으니, 안티오코스가 이스라엘에게 행한 폐악이 그러했다. 그러나 신약 교회의 말일에는 또 다른 비슷한 원수가 일어날 것이고, 그것도 같은 방식으로 패배할 것이다. 하나님의 말씀 안에는 교회가 오랜 훗날, 말일에 이르게 될 환난과 위험에 맞서는 효과적인 보장이 쌓여 있다.
**둘째, 이것과 관련해서 이전 선지자들의 예언이 인용된다(38:17).** "너는 내가 옛날에 말한 자가 아니냐?" 모세가 말일에 대한 예언에서 언급한 자(신명기 32:43, "그분이 자신의 대적들에게 원수를 갚으실 것이다"), 다윗이 시편 9:15에서 언급한 자("이방 나라들이 자신들이 판 구덩이에 빠졌다"), 그리고 시편 여러 곳에서 말한 자가 아니냐? 이것은 이사야가 말한 리워야단이요(이사야 27:1), 요엘이 말한 여러 나라의 집결이다(요엘 3:1). 많은 선지자들이 아마도 이 사건을 특별히 말했겠지만 기록에 남지 않았고, 모든 선지자들은 이에 적용될 수 있는 말을 했고 또 기록해 두었다. 주의 선지자들 사이에는 아름다운 조화와 일치가 있다. 서로 다른 시대를 살았음에도 같은 성령의 인도를 받았기 때문이다.
**셋째, 이 맹렬하고 강력한 원수가 이스라엘을 공격하려다가 완전히 멸망할 것이 예언된다.** 이것이 마카베오인들이 안티오코스의 군대에 거둔 많은 승리와 그의 몸에 직접 집행된 하나님의 현저한 심판에서 성취를 보았다고 많은 이들이 생각한다. 그는 심한 질병으로 죽었다. 그러나 이 일들은 여기서 비유적 표현으로 예언되어 있으므로, 그 문자적 성취를 기대해서는 안 된다. 그렇지만 우리가 아는 것보다 더 문자에 가깝게 성취되었을 수도 있다.
**1) 하나님께서 이 대담한 침략자에게 크게 진노하실 것이다.** 그가 이스라엘 땅을 향해 교만과 분노로 올라와 오만하게 모든 것을 제압하려 할 때, 하나님의 분노가 그분의 얼굴에 올라올 것이다(38:18). 이것은 사람들이 큰 모욕을 받을 때 얼굴 빛이 붉어지며 분개를 드러내는 모습에 빗댄 것이다. 하나님께서는 자신의 백성을 향한 질투 안에서, 자신과 그들의 원수들을 향한 진노의 불 안에서 그들을 향해 말씀하실 것이다(38:19). 하나님께서 죄를 허용하시고, 자신의 목적을 이루기 위해 이용하시는 것이, 죄에 대한 미움 및 죄에 대한 불쾌함과 어떻게 공존하는지를 보라. 하나님께서 이 원수를 자신의 땅을 향해 데려오신다. 그것이 얼마나 쉬운 먹잇감인지 알게 하시고 그로 인해 자신을 영화롭게 하시기로 결정하셨다. 그런데도 그가 그 땅을 공격하러 오면 하나님의 분노가 올라오시고, 진노의 불 안에서 그에게 말씀하신다. 만일 누가 "그가 왜 이렇게 흠을 잡으시느냐? 누가 그분의 뜻을 거역할 수 있느냐?"고 묻는다면, 대답하기 쉽다. "아니, 오히려 사람아, 네가 누구이기에 하나님을 논쟁하려 하느냐?"
**2) 그의 군사들은 상상할 수 없는 혼란과 두려움에 빠질 것이다(38:19-20).** 이스라엘 땅에서 그들에게 큰 진동이 일어날 것이다. 물고기와 새, 들짐승과 기어다니는 것, 그리고 땅 위에 있는 모든 사람들, 즉 더 쉽게 두려움의 인상을 받는 사람들에게까지 미치는 우주적 충격이 있을 것이다(38:20). 산들, 즉 자연의 높은 곳들과 험한 곳들, 망대와 성벽, 즉 인공의 높은 곳들도 모두 땅에 무너져 내릴 대지진이 있을 것이다. 어떤 이들은 이것을 원수의 맹렬함으로 인해 이스라엘 땅이 받는 공포로 이해한다. 그러나 이것은 하나님의 진노로 인해 원수가 받는 공포로 이해하는 것이 더 적절하다. 그들이 스스로 세우고 의지하는 모든 것이 흔들려 내려앉을 것이요, 그들의 마음이 무너질 것이다.
**3) 그는 패배하고 완전히 멸망할 것이다.** 땅과 하늘이 모두 그를 대적하여 무장할 것이다.
(1) 땅이 그를 멸하기 위해 군사를 소집할 것이다. 이스라엘 백성에게 그를 막을 힘과 용기가 없다면, 하나님께서 그를 향해 칼을 부르실 것이다(38:21). 그분은 하늘에서 담금질된 칼을 언제나 명령하실 수 있다(이사야 35:5). 이스라엘의 모든 산에서, 그가 자신을 부유하게 할 전리품을 기대했던 곳에서, 그를 멸할 칼을 만날 것이다. 그것도 부족하면, 미디안 날에 그랬던 것처럼 각 사람의 칼이 형제를 향하게 될 것이다(시편 83:9). 시리아의 지도자들이 서로를 음모로 쓰러뜨리고, 서로를 고발하고, 서로 결투를 벌일 것이다. 하나님께서는 그분의 백성을 파괴하려는 자들로 하여금 스스로를, 그리고 서로를 파괴하는 자들이 되게 하실 수 있다. 그러나 하나님께서는 친히 그들의 파괴자가 되실 것이다. 그 일이 철저하게 이루어지도록 손수 그 일을 맡으실 것이다(38:22). "나는 전염병과 피로 그를 향해 다투겠다." 하나님께서 맞서 행동하시는 자에게 그분은 다투신다. 그들에게 자신의 쟁론의 근거를 보여 주셔서, 그들의 입이 막히고 그분이 심판하실 때 의로우시게 된다.
(2) 하늘의 포대도 그들을 향해 발사될 것이다. "내가 그에게 넘치는 비를 쏟아붓겠다(38:22)." 그가 이스라엘을 향해 폭풍처럼 온다(38:9). 그러나 하나님께서 폭풍처럼 그에게 임하실 것이다. 가나안인들에게 그랬던 것처럼(여호수아 10:11) 그에게 큰 우박을 쏟아부으시고, 소돔처럼 불과 유황을, 그리고 무서운 폭풍을 쏟아부으실 것이다(시편 11:6). 이처럼 신약의 곡과 마곡도 하늘에서 내려오는 불에 삼켜지고 유황 못에 던져질 것이다(요한계시록 20:9-10). 그것이 하나님의 교회와 백성의 회개하지 않고 완악한 모든 원수들의 영원한 분깃이 될 것이다.
**4) 하나님께서는 이 모든 일에서 영광을 받으실 것이다.** 그분이 목표하셨던 것(38:16)이 성취될 것이다(38:23). "이로써 내가 스스로를 높이고 거룩히 여김을 받겠다." 죄인들의 멸망 안에서 하나님께서는 자신이 크고 거룩하신 하나님이심을 드러내신다. 그분은 영원토록 그렇게 하실 것이다. 사람들이 마땅히 해야 할 대로 그분을 높이고 거룩히 여기지 않는다면, 그분이 스스로를 높이고 거룩히 여기실 것이다. 이것을 우리는 날마다 원하고 기도해야 한다. "아버지, 아버지의 이름을 영화롭게 하소서."
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