Eze. 38:17

17 Thus saith ['amar] the Lord ['Adonay] GOD [Yahovih]; Art thou he of whom I have spoken [dabar] in old [qadmowniy] time [yowm] by [yad] my servants [`ebed] the prophets [nabiy'] of Israel [Yisra'el], which prophesied [naba'] in those days [yowm] many years [shaneh (in pl. only),] that I would bring [bow'] thee against them? KJV-Interlinear

17 'Thus says the Lord GOD, Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? NASB

God is not only addressing Gog, the leader of the Northern kingdom, but he is addressing anyone who ignores His warnings.

Since the time Ezekiel wrote these warning prophecies, and in fact since the entire Bible has been written, or has been made available to everyone on planet earth, no one has had any excuse for ignoring what God has to say.

Scriptures have been available to humanity throughout all of human history. There is not one person who has ever lived, who has not heard of some portion, if not all, of the prophecies that the Bible has presented to humanity.

In fact, there is not one person who has been interested in some form of deity, that has not heard of Jesus Christ.

God gives Gog a firm warning, which Gog will be aware of, but will disregard.

This principle of doctrine is true through history, for every person who will ever live. People hear Bible doctrine throughout their entire lives. People generally ignore Bible doctrine their entire lives. And, they wonder why life is not better for them.

Most people simply pursue their favorite excuse for life they blame someone else for their troubles.

But, here the words come from God Himself. It is not the writer of doctrine, who is inventing the words. It is not that the person communicating Bible doctrine is somehow a perfect person, a person of royal nobility, a person of wealth and status in life. None of these things will God ever give to people, because people are supposed to listen, learn, understand, believe, and accept Gods word by faith.

The people in Jesus day wanted to see a sign. Not just any sign. They wanted to see something phenomenal coming down straight out of heaven. Then, they would be impressed and then they would believe.

Instead, God gave them a voice in the desert John the Baptist. God gave them a carpenter s son Jesus Christ. God gave them prophets and teachers, none of whom were perfect by earthly standards.

But, people who are imperfect, expect that anyone who presents them with scripture, must be perfect, dynamic, wealthy, above everyone else in this world. And that, is the most phony expectation and weak excuse (for ignoring Bible teaching) that anyone could possibly have.

People hear scripture and they think that there is another option. Actually, they think that they can simply ignore it, because the world is full of alternative options. The Bible is just one opinion among many.

But, not so. Gods word is the only source of truth. Most folks just don t realize it, because they never access it in their life. They never subscribe to it, in life.

Are these the scriptures, that have existed for many years (centuries)? Are you the object of Gods teaching?

Does anyone have any excuse for their ultimate failure in life? Well, most don t realize that they are failures, or that they are a failure in process, until the end of their life. And that is a little too late to make a change.

God sets out traps for those who ignore truth. Those traps come from their own indifference toward truth, from their own decisions to do opposite of what God desires. Their end is always the same. People who ignore God in their life, people who ignore their spiritual life will always end up losers in life, at the end of their life. They will continually look for that awesome sign floating down out of heaven, and it will never come.

Many folks will experience what they think are successes in life. The Northern kingdom will invade and presumably be successful. But, that will be an illusion. Lots of folks live out their lives, in the illusions of life, thinking that they are somewhat successful, then their life ends and reality sets in, and that becomes really difficult for them. Their end is not pretty.

Folks who ignore Christ, lose to the Lake of Fire. Folks who ignore doctrine, lose their eternal reward. Both are tremendous losses.

So, the warning is to Gog. Gog who knows of the warning and yet ignores it.

The warning, in principle is issued to you. You know of Gods warnings for your life. The question now is, Will you also ignore them?

Now is the time to post a prayer.