Ezekiel 39:1-7

The more I read these scriptures, concerning the Lord's judgment upon his enemies, and his peculiar mercy shown to Israel, the more I feel my mind led to pass over the mere letter of the history, to attend to the spiritual sense, which all along appears to me to be intended from it. The Lord hath one and the same design in all his dispensations, namely, to glorify Christ. In the accomplishment of this purpose, every order, and every dispensation shall be directed, and all shall minister. So that Gog and Magog shall go so far and no farther, than as their services shall help to bring forward the Lord's gracious designs to his people. Israel shall know this; the heathen shall know it; and God will thereby make manifest his holy name, as a God in covenant for the sure redemption of the Church.