Ezekiel 39:21

My glory among the heathen. Ezekiel predicts the course history would have taken if Israel, in captivity, had fully profited by her chastisement (see on ch. 38:1). The overthrow of the multitudes of Gog does not represent the ultimate annihilation of all sinful elements and the introduction of completely renovated new heavens and new earth. It describes, instead, an intermediate step. The stupendousness of the whole scene would evoke such universal marvel that the attention of men everywhere would be directed toward God and His purposes for the inhabitants of this earth. This would become the occasion for great missionary expansion on the part of Israel, which activity would ultimately bring about the kingdom of God.