QUESTION: “WHAT IS GRIDER’S GRIDLOCK?”
ANSWER:
“IT’S COMMONLY CALLED S.S.S.D.S.
WHAT’S
THAT MEAN?
It’s a titanic Bible train wreck of epic proportions!
… with any survivors shot on sight!
Let me explain … Mt Grider of “Now The End Begins” mistakenly believes that
the war of Revelation 20:7-9 is not the war that takes place after the 1,000 year
Millennium, stating it occurs before the war of Revelation 19! He reverses the order!
Furthermore, he mistakenly states there are two different wars in
Ezekiel 38 and 39
… with the war of Ezekiel 39 occurring before the war in Ezekiel 38! Once
again he reverses the order of chapters!
In addition, he wrongly believes the war of Ezekiel 39 is the battle of
Armageddon of Revelation 19!
… and the war of Ezekiel 38 is the battle at the end of the Millennial
reign of Rev 20:7-9!
Only God knows why, but the end result is still the same, in that, “Professing
themselves to be wise, they became fools … (Romans 1:22).
The Bible
says they are not wise to compare themselves among themselves (2 Cor 10:12 )
It’s a false type called “CONTEXT-ITIS” … and like many Bible commentators, he tells us
what he thinks the Bible MEANS rather than what it SAYS.
HOW
DOES THAT WORK?
Firstly, you take a phrase or words, in one part of the Bible, and see
it or them mentioned in another part of the Bible, … then wave your magic wand and say “Da! Da!”
… which leads you to assume that the context is the same in both cases.
Secondly, you throw your own thoughts into the mix to add to the
confusion.
He sees the words “Gog” and “Magog” in Ezekiel 38:2,3,14,16,18,
which also appear in the battle context of Revelation 20:8, and wrongly assumes
they are about the same battle … therefore coming to the false conclusion that the
context is the same in both cases.
Without a shred of Bible evidence, Mr Grider imagines Israel can only
dwell safely after the 1,000 year reign of peace! So there you
have it folks … Mr Grider wrongly concludes that the Millennial battle of
Revelation 20:7-9 is the same battle occurring in Ezekiel 38.
So he scratches his head and says … “Now if I have just shown that
Ezekiel chapter 38 is the Millennial Battle of Revelation 20:7-9, where am I
going to put the war of Ezekiel 39?”
No. Not enduring sound doctrine (2 Timothy 4:3), he is awarded the
title of Official Bible Corrector which is given to those
who don’t like the way God wrote the Bible.
No problem for Mr Grider … he simply ignores it. After all, he doesn’t
let the facts of scripture get in the way of a good story.
IS
MR GRIDER WRONG?
There is a little word … “Therefore” (Ezekiel 39:1) which is the first word of
the chapter.
You know …
the waw (vav) consecutives and the waw (vav) conjunctives? No, we have
something far better, and it’s called English. We can
take comfort there is the plain reading
of God’s words that “… giveth
understanding unto the simple.” (Ps 119:130)
Just as God
says “I have not spoken in secret from the beginning …” (Is 48:16),
we can be assured there are no cryptic or hidden
meanings, that the Gridlocked Pied Piper would have us believe. God’s word does not say one thing while meaning something else.
Jesus said “…
I spake openly to the world; … in secret have I said nothing.” (Jn 18:20).
Comparing scripture with scripture (1Cor 2:13), let
us examine the same verses Mr Grider uses, to falsely say that Ezekiel 39 and
Revelation 19 are the same war …
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COLUMN 1 Ezekiel
39:4, 17 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains
of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with
thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to
the beasts of the field to be devoured. 17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord
GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the
field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice
that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon
the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. |
COLUMN 2 Revelation
19:17-18 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun;
and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that
fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the
supper of the great God; 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and
the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the
flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men,
both free and bond, both small and great. |
At first glance the two accounts look similar with birds
and fowls eating flesh, but there
are HUGE DIFFERENCES in the details as follows:
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COLUMN
1 1. Falling 2. Just ravenous birds 2. Mountains of Israel 3. Thou son of man speaks 4. Beasts mentioned 5. It’s a sacrifice 6. Drinking blood |
COLUMN
2 1. No falling 2. Specifically fowls of the air
in heaven 2. No mountains mentioned 3. An angel cries with a loud
voice 4. No beasts mentioned 5. It’s the supper of the great
God 6. No drinking blood |
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WW 3 Battle of GOG of
MAGOG Russia invades
Israel In the 1st
half of the 7 year tribulation |
WW 4 Battle of ARMAGEDDON All the
nations invade Israel At the end of the 7
year Tribulation |
WW 5 Battle after
1,000 years All the
nations invade
Israel At the end of 1,000
years |
|
Ezekiel
38-39 Russia, Ukraine, Iran,
Ethiopia, Libya, Turkey invade Israel |
Revelation
16:12; 19:1-21 The kings of the East
eg China, India & all the nations invade Israel at Battle of Armageddon |
Revelation
20 The nations of the
earth’s 4 quarters invade Israel to be devoured by God’s fire |
Just as the
Word Jesus Christ, is, was and always will be (Rev 1:4), open and
honest, we can be 100% perfectly assured that Jesus Christ’s written words
in the perfect, inspired and inerrant King James Bible … are open and honest as
well.
There is no time separation between Ezekiel
38 and Ezekiel 39 … as the latter is a CONTIGUOUSLY JOINED (welded side
by side with no time gap in between) description of the former.
**** ****
Harley Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
Australian Bible Ministries, PO Box 5058 Mt. Gravatt East, 4122 Qld, Australia
