Ezekiel 38:10-12 ESV
“Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.
The center of the earth comes from the Hebrew word for navel. This can imply an image of the connection of a mother and her baby in her womb. This is a picture of the relationship between God and His chosen people.
They are the center of God's activity and attention on and in the earth. On the earth refers to the mountain of God which is Jerusalem. It is that city He has chosen for His dwelling place. In the earth refers to the earth of His people. They are the people who will inhabit the land and serve the Lord.
They will serve as the wall and gates around the city of the New Jerusalem that will provide access to the nations to worship the Lord and turn back anyone who are unclean or unworthy.
The light of God will shine from Jerusalem for the nations of the earth. The waters of life will flow from His throne and through His people into all the earth. They are the twelve leaves that serve for the healing of the nations.
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