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Great shaking and judgments against Gog (Ezek 38:18-23)

Seventh bowl: a great earthquake, cities falling and enormous hail (Rev 16:17-21), artist’s impression by Matthias Gerung (c. 1530). Ezek 38:19-22 announces similar plagues against Gog.
Artist’s impression Seventh bowl: a great earthquake, cities falling and enormous hail (Rev 16:17-21), artist’s impression by Matthias Gerung (c. 1530). Ezek 38:19-22 announces similar plagues against Gog. — Matthias Gerung — Ottheinrich Bible (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010), c. 1530-1532, Wikimedia Commons · Domaine public

? Not yet happened, no date

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In short

The announcement. The prophet Ezekiel, in the book of Ezekiel, announces that on the day Gog attacks Israel, God's anger will bring about a “great tumult”, mountains overturned, walls collapsing, then the sword, plague, hail, fire and sulfur.

What happened. This has not happened yet. The text places this judgment “on the day when Gog comes against the land of Israel”, without linking it to a specific scene in Revelation.

What is still debated. Revelation contains several great earthquakes, and Ezekiel's hail, fire and sulfur are more reminiscent of the trumpets and the bowls than of the sixth seal.

Main objection (in French for now)

L’Apocalypse place de grands tremblements de terre dans au moins trois scènes distinctes (Ap 6:12, 11:13, 16:18). La seule présence d’un grand séisme ne permet donc pas d’identifier une scène à une autre.

The text (World English Bible)

It will happen in that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “that my wrath will come up into my nostrils. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken. Surely in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel, so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence. Then the mountains will be thrown down, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Ezek 38:18-20

I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains,” says the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood. I will rain on him, on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, torrential rains with great hailstones, fire, and sulfur. I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’

Ezek 38:21-23