Burning The Weapons

Q

I would like to hear your thoughts on a comment that I heard recently from a respected Bible teacher who said that Ezekiel 39:9-10 says that after the War of Gog & Magog, the Jews will burn the weapons from this war for fuel for a total of 7 years. The Bible teacher went on to say that because in Revelation 12:6 (3.5 yrs into the tribulation) the Jews flee Israel to a place prepared for her by God (Petra) and therefore the War of Gog & Magog has to start at least 3.5 years before the start of the Tribulation Period.

A

It’s important to remember that only those Jews who believe in Jesus will heed His warning to flee (Matt. 24:15-16). This is the group mentioned in Rev. 12:6. The majority will not come to faith in the Lord until just before the end of the Great Tribulation (Zechariah 12:10). Before then, many of them will actually believe the anti-Christ is the Messiah (John 5:43). Therefore, in my opinion, the assumption made by this teacher is not correct and the 7 years during which Israel burns the weapons from Ezekiel 38 will roughly coincide with Daniel’s 70th Week.