Israel's Regathering May Come After "Gog/Magog"

In re-reading Ezekiel 38, & 39 I noticed a word that I had brushed over many times previously, without considering it's possible significance. That word is "now", in Chapter 39, verse 25, as in "Now will I (God) bring again the captivity of Jacob...". Well, that is a direct reference to God's re-gathering of the whole nation of Israel, which Christians have long believed would come, without knowing exactly when it would occur on God's prophetic Timeline. I have heard some speculate that the world's Born-Again, Bible-believing Christians would be part of this ingathering, but I tend to think not.

First, the word, "now", is very specific. It can't mean any other time, except "now", in it's relationship to the other events of the prophecy, which have strongly suggested a chronology in the telling of God's plans. Therefore, it seems that, "now", refers to events that preceded it, and also that followed. So, if the "Gog/Magog" invasion of the Middle-East has already occurred, and God has already caused infighting between elements of the invading forces to turn on each other to the tune of 83% decimation of their total forces, then "now" would have to refer to something that follows these events. Also, if God has already caused whomever is commanding Russia's retreating forces to "push the button" for a Nuclear strike against (probably America), then America will have no choice but to retaliate in kind. If I'm reasoning correctly that Revelation 6, 7, & 8 suggest that the "Rapture of the Church", worldwide, will occur in an instant, after the Nuclear missiles have been launched, but before they strike their targets, it would seem that those remaining Believers will be the "good works" Christians. They will have very rudely discovered that the only ticket to the "Rapture" was a Born-Again, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, but that "now" it's too late. Since there is no longer an America (except for those pathetic elitists who were "fortunate" enough to be considered essential personnel, and thereby "eligible" to enter into the Federal government's bomb shelters, where they will probably starve to death after their supplies run out, and before they can come out to live above ground, without fear of being mortally irradiated), and most Russian survivors are condemned to live the rest of their lives in their underground fallout shelters (probably converted subway tunnels), the Israelis will likely take pity on any survivors, as well as the thousands of Jews dispersed in other countries around the world, and will open there arms to receive them, in a mass migration to the Holy Land. (For more details on my musings, concerning Revelation: 6, 7, & 8, and my logic, (at least I hope that's what it is), check out my post for August 9, 2014, in the "Archives" list to the right of this column.)