When does the battle in Ezekiel 38-39 happen and who are Gog and Magog?
Chapter 36 and 37 describe how God will bring His people Israel back to their land to dwell in peace and that He would set His servant David as king over them forever. The time is described as: Ezekiel 37:23 (NIV) They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. 24 “`My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever. 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. 27 My dw