God’s Word is His Own Dictionary - THE GOG-MAGOG WAR - http:spiritualbiblestudies.com CHAPTER NINE
Continuing On With Sheba, Dedan, and the Merchants of Tarshish 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? (Ezekiel 38:13) We cannot look at Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish throughout all of Scripture and expect them to be types of the church jumping out at us at every turn. It is not that easy, in fact far from it. There is a reason why God uses these three names as a representation of those who are spiritually awake and can see and understand what is taking place as Satan’s kingdom invades and overtakes the global churches. These are the spiritual merchants (it appears) who have fled the apostate churches and the Abomination of Desolation that is overtaking them as we read in the Revelation verse below: Revelation 18:15 - The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, Ezekiel Chapter Twenty-seven is a lamentation against the ancient city of Tyrus. As we have seen in earlier studies, Tyrus was an Old Testament type of the New Testament corporate church. Tyrus was a merchant city and its similarities to that of Mystery Babylon in the Book of Revelation are astounding. Tyrus, like Mystery Babylon, were both destined to fall due to their pride: Ezekiel 25:3 - And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. Revelation 18:7- How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. God tells us that within His church the wheat and the tares will grow together until God separates them at the end of time. We see many nations trading with Tyrus in Ezekiel Chapter Twenty-seven and we can certainly make no distinction as to which ones represent the tares or the wheat. These are highly symbolical figures and in the spiritual essence it appears that all nations are trading with Tyrus; or in other words metaphorically speaking - all nations at one time were hearing and carrying forth the Gospel out of the church (Tyrus). Not only is Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of 200