God’s Word is His Own Dictionary
THE GOG-MAGOG WAR
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CHAPTER TWO 1 Peter 2:7 - Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, As you can see, the true builders of Scripture are not those who labor with hammer and nails, but the true builders of Scripture are the spiritual builders of Christ’s Church - all worshippers of Christ. There are true builders (true believers) and there are false builders (tares, non-believers) within the earthly church. The task of Tyrus’ builders were to perfect or complete its beauty (Strong’s Hebrew #3302 - to be bright), that is to complete the church and thus its beauty as Ezekiel 27:4 states. Psalms 45:11 - So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty [Strong’s Hebrew #3302 - to be bright]: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. Psalms 50:2 - Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined [to shine or give light; to be bright.] Cross reference: Ezekiel 27:4 - Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. [Absolutely amazing!! We have just seen how we are to interpret Scripture if we truly desire the deeper riches that God has stored up for us. This alone should prove to us that Ezekiel Chapter Twenty-seven is not merely an earthly history lesson of the ancient and earthly city of Tyrus! God has much more for us than that! But wait, there is more to this specific thought.] Lamentations 2:15 - All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? [Tyrus, as we have seen, is referenced as the “perfection of beauty.” Her builders have perfected thy beauty, verse four of Ezekiel Twenty-seven states. Yes, that is certainly true because Tyrus is a metaphorical term for the church of Christ, just as Jerusalem and/or the daughter of Jerusalem is a metaphorical term also depicting the church of Christ.] Psalms 48:2 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. [Even the term Mount Zion is a metaphorical term denoting the church of Jesus Christ. We must remember that near the end of time the earthly portion (outer court) of the church of Jesus Christ will turn apostate and be judged, thereby becoming the great spiritual harlot. True Christians will not be a part of this outer court, this corporate church. This perfection of the church’s beauty does not last forever within the corporate church; it is only within the inner court or within the true and eternal Church of Christ that this beauty of perfection is eternal. And how is this beauty of perfection ended or taken from the corporate church? At the loosing of Satan God will then allow Satan’s armies (Gog and 34