Eze. 39:11-16

11 And it shall come to pass in that day [yowm], that I will give [nathan] unto Gog [Gowg] a place [maqowm] there of graves [qeber] in Israel [Yisra'el], the valley [gay'] of the passengers [`abar] on the east [qidmah] of the sea [yam]: and it shall stop [chacam] the noses of the passengers [`abar]: and there shall they bury [qabar] Gog [Gowg] and all his multitude [hamown]: and they shall call [qara'] it The valley [gay'] of Hamongog [Hamown Gowg].

12 And seven [sheba`] months [chodesh] shall the house [bayith] of Israel [Yisra'el] be burying [qabar] of them, that they may cleanse [taher] the land ['erets].

13 Yea, all the people [`am] of the land ['erets] shall bury [qabar] them; and it shall be to them a renown [shem] the day [yowm] that I shall be glorified [kabad], saith [na'um] the Lord ['Adonay] GOD [Yahovih].

14 And they shall sever out [badal] men ['enowsh] of continual employment [tamiyd], passing through [`abar] the land ['erets] to bury [qabar] with the passengers [`abar] those that remain [yathar] upon the face [paniym] of the earth ['erets], to cleanse [taher] it: after the end [qatseh] of seven [sheba`] months [chodesh] shall they search [chaqar].

15 And the passengers [`abar] that pass through [`abar] the land ['erets], when any seeth [ra'ah] a man's ['adam] bone [`etsem], then shall he set up [banah] a sign [tsiyuwn] by ['etsel] it, till the buriers [qabar] have buried [qabar] it in the valley [gay'] of Hamongog [Hamown Gowg].

16 And also the name [shem] of the city [`iyr] shall be Hamonah [Hamownah]. Thus shall they cleanse [taher] the land ['erets]. KJV-Interlinear

11 And it will come about on that day that I shall give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off the passers-by. So they will bury Gog there with all his multitude, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog. 12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13 Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself, declares the Lord GOD. 14 And they will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 And as those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man's bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 16 And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land. ' NASB

In Revelation 14:20, we studied the magnitude of the slaughter of the enemy forces in Israel. The blood will flow as high as the horses bridle, for 200 miles. That is nearly the entire length of the nation of Israel, from the northern part, down to the southern region of Moab, or what we know today, as Jordan.

The dead will not be solely as a result of the battle between themselves, but certainly there will be lots of dead due to the battle, but the majority of the dead will result from their slaughter in an instant, when Christ destroys all evil everywhere.

Needless to say, there will be tens of millions of bodies. I have a notation in my study notes that someone sent me an estimate of the numbers of bodies to make up that volume of blood. And that estimate was that it would take over one-hundred million people to give up enough blood to run nearly five feet deep for two hundred miles. And not only that, but that does not included an estimate of the width of that river of blood. We can assume that since the battle lines will run generally down the Jordan River valley, that it will be in that valley where the blood will actually flow. And, even more than that, this description is not symbolic in any way, it is literal.

The slaughter and death at the end of the Armageddon battle will be so vast, that it will take over seven months to bury the dead.

Since the magnitude of the burial effort is immense, then we can further assume that the number of survivors will be a significant number. That is, thousands, rather than hundreds. But even so, the numbers of people needed to bury the dead will still not be enough. God will call on nature s scavengers and such, for their one last meal of dead flesh.

The description here is pretty graphic, and it carries several meanings. First, that travelers will not be able to pass through the valley due to the huge numbers of corpses. Their condition, the stench, wild animals, flies, and everything else that you can possibly imagine will prevent anyone from wanting to pass through.

It will take seven months to bury all of the dead. Folks will no doubt, collect all of the heavy machinery that they can find, like loaders, and tractors and backhoes and such, and the will begin that process of digging huge holes, and burying the dead.

With so much stench in the air, one would assume that the dead will be pushed into huge piles, sprayed with diesel fuel and burned. Later the ashes could be pushed into graves.

There will be so many dead, that the burial site will be one continuous site, which will run the entire length of the valley. It will receive a new name, Hamon-gog, which means, The Valley of Hordes due to the huge numbers who are buried. Their burial ground, or the city of the dead, will be called Hamonah, or Multitudes. They, the dead, will have their own city, as it were. But of course, they have to die in order to get their prize.

Not exactly the result that they all expected.

The credit for winning the battle will go to the Lord, but when the dead are all buried, the Lord will give credit, and appropriately, to all of the people, who will all come together to cleanse the residue, or the corpses of evil, from the land.

With this completed act, then the evil of the land will have been destroyed, removed and cleansed for all time. This resulting from the attitude of the people who now look to Christ for truth, and not to themselves.

No more, will there be the arrogant types of society, seeking guest performances on the talk shows, news casts, celebrity gatherings, political rally s, and such public venues promoting their approbation lusts, strutting their opinions. Opinions that usually carry no commitment to action, nor any plan for solution, just grand rhetoric for making an impression on the na ve.

This action is only in the Middle East. The entire world will have the dead lying around. After the seven months are completed, then the majority of the burial will have been completed, but there will still be bones lying around, that will be discovered from time to time, and for them, as they are discovered, they are to be marked so that burial crews can come along, find them and bury them once and for all.

Evil will still try to raise its head, and when it does, it needs to be identified and then buried immediately.

And thus, the lesson, of evil and its repercussions, continues so that people will have the opportunity to remember it, learn of it, and thus avoid it.

The vast enemy armies tried to take what did not belong to them, and they paid the ultimate price. They came in great numbers, but the Lord is not impressed by numbers, only in justice. And, with justice, the Lord will cleanse the evil out from society. Evil will receive its due, with all of its nameless faces, and faceless lusts, its due is death, decay, burial, and then it will be forgotten.

The mighty horde of human opinion and selfishness, will have nothing when history is all said and done.

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