A glance at a map shows that Moscow and the associated western and southern military districts are directly north of the Black Sea. Rabbi Lefkovitch predicted that the third World War will start between China and America over 20 years ago before the tensions were at the level that they are today. The house of Israel and the house of Judah had broken Gods covenant (Jer 11.10), and by the first century all twelve tribes were scattered amongst the nations (Ja 1.1). Why should Israel be expected to behave any differently? On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. It doesnt say that mans reward is to go permanently to heaven. Your email address will not be published. Surprisingly, in contrast to prophecy, Israel also has a working relationship with Russia, link! On the above analysis, the current world scenario, and particularly the Middle East scenario, seems well aligned to prophecy. Moses was instructed to spell out Gods contract to the Israelites: In Exodus 19: 5-8 we read: No. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. [o][96], Gog and Magog appear in somewhat later Old French versions of the romance. Number one, I say that because in Ezekiel 36-39 the Scriptures say that it is going to take place in the "last days" and the . Importantly, it is this return of Gods people that will eventually bring the nations to know God (Ezek 36.23). But God has compassion on His people (Deut 30.3-5) and promised that He would bring them back from the nations and place them back in their own land: And (the Lord) will lift up a standard for the nations, and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth (Isa 11.12) At the outset it seems unfair on the rest of mankind. The seven-branched lampstand (Israels Menorah) well-summarizes the purpose of Israel both now and in the Millennium. The Bible says God is Spirit but clearly we are flesh and blood. The area as a whole is undefined but is roughly the . The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. [42], Two chapters of the Quran, Al Kahf and Al-Anbiya, discuss Gog and Magog. They are also defeated by extreme weather: With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. Van Duzer, Chet. Bible prophecy describes how the increasing political bias of western nations, and the increasing aggression of Arab-Muslim nations finally leads to another major war against Israel. 4. The nation of Iran was called Persia, its biblical name, until 1935. There will be no more night. I am the bright morning star. This is the war of gog-magog. [s][99][100] Branch IV of the poetic cycle tells that the task of guarding Gog and Magog, as well as the rule of Syria and Persia was assigned to Antigonus, one of Alexander's successors. Did their lives have any real meaning? There will be an all-nation invasion of Israel at the very end of the age, with Jerusalem the objective (Zech 14.2). [15], The Biblical "Gog and Magog" possibly gave derivation of the name Gogmagog, a legendary British giant. By the end of the 1949 War of Independence the fledgling Israeli forces had defeated five invading Arab armies. The origin of the term is not clear, this name indicates either a person, or a tribe, or a geographical reality (country or city). Traditionally, the UK government has had good relations with Israel, including good intelligence cooperation, and has been viewed as one of the worlds friendliest countries to Israel, link. [119], In fact, Gog and Magog were held by the Mongol to be their ancestors, at least by some segment of the population. The etymology of the name Israel is not clear, although Gen 32.28 implies that Jacob and his descendants would struggle but prevail. The Mandate did not grant any national political rights to Arabs, but Article 2 did safeguard the civil and religious rights of all inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race or religion. } [q] Routed by Alexander, they escaped through a defile in the mountains of Tus (or Turs),[r] and were sealed by the wall erected there, to last until the advent of the Antichrist. Gog is the ruler of Magog and the prince of Meshech and Tubal, the demonic and sinister leader of ungodly peoples far distant from Israel, whom he leads in a final assault against the people of God, but is ignominiously defeated by the intervention of Yahweh upon the mountains of Canaan. Rain in the Judean desert. Map 3: Here Magog is once more placed deep in the heart of Russia. This, despite so many of their greatest intellects dying in the gas chambers.. Some accounts and maps began to place the "Caspian Mountains", and Gog and Magog, just outside the Great Wall of China. [47], Various nations and peoples in history were identified as Ya'juj and Ma'juj. Lets read the incredible test that earned Abraham an incredible reward for his descendants. In 1967, some 3,200 years later, Rephidim was called Bir Gafgafa and was the site of the Egyptian Air Forces biggest air facility in Sinai. The Tartar Relation, an obscure account of Friar Carpini's 1240s journey to Mongolia, is unique in alleging that these Caspian Mountains in Mongolia, "where the Jews called Gog and Magog by their fellow countrymen are said to have been shut in by Alexander", were moreover purported by the Tartars to be magnetic, causing all iron equipment and weapons to fly off toward the mountains on approach. But living securely may refer to the fact that most Jews will by then have returned to Israel where they find safety from hostility e.g. 13The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. What is the current situation? [50] Sallam returned a little over two years later and reported that he had seen the wall and also the tower where Dhul Qarnayn had left his building equipment, and all was still intact. Recent drilling has found thick oil strata in the Southern Golan Heights north-east of the Sea of Galilee. No wonder Jerusalem will be the location of the most epic battle of history! But with a rapidly growing population, Israels total annual renewable natural sources of fresh water are well below the UN definition of water poverty. This settlement aligned with the boundaries God gave Israel at the time: I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates (Exod 23.31). This is spearheaded by the World Council of Churches (WCC) which has called on member churches (Anglican, Methodist ) to support an international boycott of Israeli settlement produce and services, link. When they do break through, they will be so numerous that, "Their vanguard is in Syria and their rear in Khorasan". Death is the last enemy and is not destroyed until the close of the Millennium. God made a contract with Israel at Mount Sinai via His servant Moses. History shows that God had a special task for Jacob and his descendants and He later changed Jacobs name to Israel (Gen 32.28). THEY ASSUME THERE IS A PALESTINIAN LAND Journal of Early Modern History 2, no. The Dead Sea contains some 45,000 million tons of salts rich in minerals which are exploited by Israels mining sector. And just as a Palestinian state would maintain a demographic balance in favour of Palestinians, so the Jewish state of Israel maintains a demographic balance in favour of Jews by controlling immigration. The timing appears to be around (just before or just after) the start of the last seven years of this age (Daniels 70th Week). What does this controversial nation's endless troubles and conflict have to do with the world's problems? InJohn 1:9-14, we read: The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. [z][132] Confined Jews were later to be referred to as "Red Jews" (die roten Juden) in German-speaking areas; a term first used in a Holy Grail epic dating to the 1270s, in which Gog and Magog were two mountains enclosing these people. It is well known that there is a geological fault line running east-west through the Mount of Olives and just south of Jerusalem, link. Throughout the Middle Ages, they were variously identified as the Vikings, Huns, Khazars, Mongols, Turanians or other nomads, or even the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. God says He will fulfill this amazing promise to the thirsty. The material is not found in the oldest Greek, Latin, Armenian, and Syriac versions. So how many survive these onslaughts on Israel? I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. Are boycotts effective anyway? [108] After the Empire became Christian, Ambrose (d. 397) identified Gog with the Goths, Jerome (d. 420) with the Scythians, and Jordanes (died c. 555) said that Goths, Scythians and Amazons were all the same; he also cited Alexander's gates in the Caucasus. [aa][137], The author of the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, a 14th-century best-seller, said he had found these Jews in Central Asia where as Gog and Magog they had been imprisoned by Alexander, plotting to escape and join with the Jews of Europe to destroy Christians. [ Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas, and member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip, March 2017 ]. These are some of Israel's future invaders, Turkey will take part in a war against Israel, Some see Russia leading an Arab war against Israel, Israel's invaders will be destroyed on the mountains of Israel. What about those who do not believe and are not thirsty for a relationship with their Creator? So some Bible scholars associate Rosh with Russia, link, link. But I will chasten you justly and will by no means leave you unpunished (Jer 30.11). Image courtesy Central and Northern Arava R&D. [33] The Samaritan Torah and the Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made during the last few centuries of the pre-Christian era) occasionally introduce the name of Gog where the Hebrew original has something else, or use Magog where the Hebrew has Gog, indicating that the names were interchangeable. On the other hand, Psalm 83 verse 6 does imply Arabic aggression. Resolutions accuse Israel of settling in Occupied Palestinian Territory, and ignore Article 80 of the UN Charter which upholds the right of Jews to settle anywhere west of the Jordan! Civilization owes Judaism a debt it can never repay, and support for the right of a Jewish homeland to exist is the bare minimum we can provide. Jerusalem is the site of the Temple of Solomon and Herod. [18] Even some Russians took up the idea, apparently unconcerned by the implications ("Ancestors were found in the Bible, and that was enough"), as did Ronald Reagan. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. This instruction is timeless and applies to Palestinian Arabs today. [23] "Why the prophet's gaze should have focused on these particular nations is unclear," comments Biblical scholar Daniel I. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. The Gog Magog Hills are a range of low chalk hills, extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. Map 1: Possible location of Magog, Meshech, Tubal and Gomer (Holman Bible Atlas). Gog and Magog are said to engage in human cannibalism in the romances and derived literature. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then one day, as they stop digging for the night, one will say, "Tomorrow we will finish, God Willing", and in the morning, it is not restored as with every night. A perfect God-man relationship will be restored. Furthermore the New Testament also keeps up the theme. Its up to an individual to choose to believe in Jesus and be born a second time! The real reason for the aggression is spiritual, not political or even humanitarian. League of Nations documents of the 1920s refer to the local Arab population as existing non-Jewish communities. Syria is mentioned some 300 times in the Bible and Damascus (now probably the worlds oldest, continuously inhabited city) is mentioned about 60 times. Whilst involving the whole world, it is essentially a time of suffering for those Jews who have returned to the Promised Land. He said that mortal man was meant to become immortal (that is the plan of his Maker) and then live with His Maker eternally. [46] They dig into their wall each day until they almost break through. [11] An example of this combined form in Hebrew (Gog u-Magog) has been found, but its context is unclear, being preserved only in a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Politically, Libya is unstable, with the ever-present threat of Islamic State group ISIL or ISIS, link. Moreover, key present-day Arab-Islamic nations such as Turkey, Iran, Libya and Ethiopia are identified in Ezek 38.1-6. Say: Thus said the Lord: Behold, I am against you, Gog, the prince, leader of Meshech and Tubal Persia, Cush and Put will be with you also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troopsthe many nations with you. Russian Politics: Russias strengthening economic and military ties with Iran (a key nation in Ezekiel 38) supports the view that Russia could be the leader of the Gog-Magog invasion, link. Ezekiels prophecy identifies the key players: Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. Gebal and Tyre), Syria is not specifically mentioned in Psalm 83, or in Ezekiel 38. They form a timeline from Abraham to the Millennial age. The city here is the New Jerusalem described symbolically in Revelation 21. So they take Meshech as Russias capital, Moscow. [70], The 1st-century Jewish historian Josephus equated Magog with the Scythians in Antiquities of the Jews, but he never mentioned Gog. The principle of the generality of the elections ensures the active right of every Israeli citizen, who is at least 18 years old, to vote and the right of every Israeli citizen, who is at least 21 years old, to be elected. This speaks of two births of man: a physical birth through woman and a spiritual birth through Gods Spirit. [55] The "Abbasid orthodoxy" believed the Ilkhanate Mongol invaders who laid siege to and then sacked Baghdad, were Gog and Magog. The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Ezekiel 38:2-11. 59: Concerning the Province of Tenduc, and the Descendants of Prester John", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gog_and_Magog&oldid=1141681739, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 07:26. Scripture says: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it (Zech 2.4). The significant point here is that historians link the Scythian peoples to Magog. Recall that when Israel obeys her God then she is specially blessed: Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country (Deut 28.3). --by James Arendt. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. The revealing is just that a revealing and not a coming to power. I used to believe that Gog and Magog which invades Israel as depicted in Ezekiel chapter 38 is Russia. [118] Some medieval European world maps also show the location of the lands of Gog and Magog in the far northeast of Asia (and the northeast corner of the world). When Jesus spoke of the appearance of new shoots on the fig tree signalling that summer is near, He was really saying that His return and the coming of the fullness of the Kingdom of God is near even at the doors. That said, in these end times, a remnant of Israel is once more fulfilling her mission, together with the contracted Gentiles. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. Certainly Ezekiel 38.12 (the next verse) agrees with this view: the waste places (desert scrub) are now blooming due to Israels advanced agriculture. Interpretations of the Bible abound, but what is actually written? Gog of Magog Becomes Gog and Magog This 17th-century Russian manuscript shows Satan, Gog and Magog attacking the city of Jerusalem in ancient Israel. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. [i][82] Written by a Christian based in Mesopotamia, the Legend is considered the first work to connect the Gates with the idea that Gog and Magog are destined to play a role in the apocalypse. Heaven is Gods throne and earth is meant for man. To have a clearer understanding of Magog, a geographical map points to Russia. So the timing of the Gog-Magog war against Israel could well be before the emergence of the final world dictator but after the dispersed people of Israel have been gathered back into their own land and so are safe from hostility within the Gentile nations i.e. The Knesset has legislative power and comprises 120 members who are also elected for a term of four years in nationwide elections. Get a larger copy of this map and a license to use it in your presentation, book or website. Do not do anything to him. In Ezekiel 38:2-3, we are told that Gog is "of the land of Magog." Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal." Ezekiel 38:2-3 (NASB) [v][122][133], The Flemish Franciscan friar William of Rubruck, who was first-hand witness to Alexander's supposed wall in Derbent on the shores of the Caspian Sea in 1254,[w] identified the people the walls were meant to fend off only vaguely as "wild tribes" or "desert nomads",[x][136] but one researcher made the inference Rubruck must have meant Jews,[y] and that he was speaking in the context of "Gog and Magog". The Gentile nations at last acknowledge Jerusalem (Zion) as the Holy City (Isa 52.1): The Gentiles will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn the sons of foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you the sons of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel (Isa 60.3,10,14). Alexander's prayer caused the mountains to move nearer, making the pass narrower, facilitating his building his gate. [24] One explanation is that the Gog alliance, a blend of the "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10 and Tyre's trading partners in Ezekiel 27, with Persia added, was cast in the role of end-time enemies of Israel by means of Isaiah 66:19, which is another text of eschatological foretelling. And today any standard Hebrew text (such as a newspaper) refers to Russia by using the proper noun, Rosh. In 1915 there were just 83,000 Jews in Palestine (modern Israel) but this increased to over 6 million Jews by 2015, corresponding to an amazing 7400% increase! He proved that too, by His resurrection from the dead. All she has to do is keep her side of the contract by being Gods witness to the nations. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Moreover, from that day, Israel starts to know her God as He pours out His Spirit on her: So the House of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day forward for I shall have poured out My Spirit on her (Ezek 39.22,29). This mass migration is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy that towards the end of this age and just before Christ returns, God will call the children of Israel out of the nations and once more put them in their own land: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone and bring them into their own land (Ezek 37.21). Psalm 83 goes on to mention certain people groups in this alliance: The Levant. For example: The Quran teaches that the Palestinians must liberate Israel in its entirety. Consider a possible reason. Are the politicians listening? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Add to this the Hamas objective of replacing the Jewish State with an Islamic caliphate, link, then the two-state solution is clearly impossible! In the last days God promises Israel: I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing (Ezek 34.26) It seems that mortality was the consequence of eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. If you listen to these commands and obey them faithfully, then the Lord your God will continue to keep his covenant with you and will show you his constant love, as he promised your ancestors. [74][75] These powers cannot be defeated through military force and are to be overcome through prayer and divine intervention. [140] This has not been the case in the United States, where a 2002 poll indicated that 59% of Americans believed the events predicted in the Book of Revelation would come to pass. Under President Ergodan, Turkey now has a powerful President who is sympathetic to Egypts suppressed Muslim Brotherhood, link. The attackers may also be destroyed by nuclear devices since Malachi 4 refers to a time of fierce heat when invaders are burnt to ashes. Note Gods warning to rebellious Israel: And among those nations you shall find no rest there the LORD will give you a trembling heart your shall fear day and night (Deut 28.65,66). "The desert shall blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35.1) The Russian Federation extends south towards the Caucasus region an area between the Black Sea in the west and the Caspian Sea in the east, see map of Russian Federation. More , Jerusalem Old City at Dawn. The first invasion, prophesied to occur 826 years after Alexander predicted, has been worked out to fall on 1 October 514; the second invasion on A.D. 629 (, The Ethiopic version derives from the lost Arabic version (. The book of Esther tells how a Jewish girl became the queen of Persia and how God used her to save her people (the Jews) from a plot to destroy them. Lets read about the creation of mankind: Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The population of the United Kingdom of 63 million is nine times that of Israel. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you., Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. As of 2015, the world Jewish population was 14.2 million, of which 6.2 million (44%) resided in Israel, link. But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, Abraham! But when Israel became divided into northern and southern kingdoms (the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah) the term Jew came to apply to all those in the Kingdom of Yehudah (Judah). God indeed intervenes in world affairs! Without doubt there is an overall bias in the UN against Israel. As for living without walls, this may be a reference to the sheer multitude of people who have made aliyah to Israel, rather than to the absence of Israels military defenses. This implies that the true church may well see this invasion before she is taken up in the rapture. [7] Alternatively, Gog may be derived from Magog rather than the other way around, and "Magog" may be code for Babylon. They failed to keep to the ways God had stipulated in the contract. antisemitism in Gentile nations (Ezek 38.8, 39.26). Or simply just watch Israel and see what unfolds! I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. Photo: Dror Feitelson Pikiwiki Israel [CC BY 2.5], Wikimedia. Heres why. In medieval world maps, the land of Gog and Magog is generally shown as a region in the far north, northeast, or east of Asia, enclosed by mountains or fortifications and often featuring a gate. Most of the western world aims for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. Since these tribes will once more take up their role as a witness to the nations during the Millennium (Ezek 37, Ezek 40-48), it follows that they must be amongst those who are returning to the State of Israel today. So, through Arab aggression, Israel temporarily lost land mandated to her through the 1922 Mandate for Palestine, and this was only regained in the 1967 6-day war. Currently, Israel has strong support from some western NGOs like Freedom House. But Israel will be at peace with her neighbours in the Millennium! In biblical terminology this contract between God and Israel is often referred to as the Mosaic Covenant. Also "barbarous nations", "savage tribes".

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