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You fail in the context dept again. Ezekiel 21:1-7 goes on from Ezekiel 20:45-48 to say the Lord will draw His sword against everyone; wicked and righteous alike, all will be terrified as they see their fate approaching.A typical Preterist might more likely agree with you on that statement, but there is no contextual evidence that Ezekiel was prophesying against people when he was commanded to prophesy against the forests and fields of the south. As mentioned before, judgment does not just come in the form of direct destruction to man, but has and can come in the form of land destruction.
It must also be noted that the land of Israel is never called the "south". And once more, there is relation in subject matter between Ezekiel 20:47 who foretold of fire and Luke 23:31 in which our Lord did not specifically mention judgment by fire in that particular passage, but was merely stating that there would greater acts of evil to take place in the dry leaf than what was witnessed taking place in the green leaf.
The context of Luke 23:31 clearly states that in comparison to the season of the dry leaf, the season of the green leaf was a time of relative peace. The season of the dry leaf would be a time of evil such as would not be witnessed in the season of the green leaf.
The fire that the Lord will send, Amos 2:4-5, will burn up man and beast, Hosea 4:3, Zephaniah 1:14-18.....He will make a sudden and terrible end to all who live in the Land.
This prophecy refers to the forthcoming Sixth Seal devastation to all the holy Land area and the dramatic change to all the world, as we lose our modern infrastructure.
It is relevant to this thread topic, as then the holy Land will be restored to its rightful owners, Isaiah 65:9, every faithful Christian person, who will live there in peace and prosperity. Ezekiel 38:11 sees us there, as the Lord shows us His power by destroying our attackers.
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