Step still to come (one reading among others)
The birds summoned to the great sacrifice (Ezek 39:17-20)
? Not yet happened, no date
See the full entry: sources, objections, answersIn short
The announcement. The prophet Ezekiel, in the book of Ezekiel, announces that God will call the birds and the wild animals to a “great sacrifice” on the mountains of Israel, to eat the flesh of warriors, princes, horses and riders.
What happened. This has not happened yet. The text links this feast to Gog's defeat, without a date, and Revelation later describes a very similar scene, after the coming of the rider “Faithful and True”.
What is still debated. the resemblance with the scene in Revelation is very strong, but it does not establish that it is the same moment, since Revelation may reuse Ezekiel's images for another scene.
Main objection (in French for now)
La densité du parallèle n’établit pas l’identité des deux scènes : Ap 19 peut reprendre l’imagerie d’Ézéchiel sans décrire le même moment, l’ordre littéraire de l’Apocalypse n’étant pas chronologique.
The text (World English Bible)
“You, son of man, the Lord GOD says: ‘Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, “Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat meat and drink blood. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan. You shall eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. You shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men, and with all men of war,” says…
Ezek 39:17-20