At the end of the age, the nations will be gathered against Israel and in Israel. In addition to the enemy horde, United Nations and American forces will be there as peacekeepers. The enemy horde from the north will consist of a conglomerate of people: Gomer and all his bands, Togarmah, etc., but under the leadership symbol of “Gog” (Ezek. 38:2–6).
An important point to note is that a time interval will occur between the victory of Judah first and Jerusalem later, between the Arab defeat and Jacob’s Trouble. This little period will be the time of peace and prosperity when Israel dwells with “unwalled villages” and gets “cattle and goods” (Ezek. 38:11, 12). In the Revised Standard Version, Ezekiel 38:10–12 says of the multitude of Gog: “Thus says the LORD GOD: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 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’; to seize spoil and carry off plunder; to assail the waste places which are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.” While Israel is dwelling safely and in prosperity, the enemy will come down from the north.
