Image copyright: Future Red Giant Earth Fsgregs at the English language Wikipedia project [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons. [102][103][104] In the 13th-century French Roman d'Alexandre en prose, Alexander has an encounter with cannibals who have taken over the role of Gog and Magog. Jews have won a total of 41% of all the Nobel Prizes in economics, 28% of medicine, 26% of physics and 19% of chemistry. MapMaster assumed (based on copyright claims), GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, Wikimedia, The Current Scenario: Prelude to Gog-Magog war. Israel is still prospering, with the highest average living standards in the Middle East, the highest density of high-tech start-up companies in the world (high-tech exports c$19bn a year) and a lower Government debt to GDP than the USA or the UK. One such clue was discovered in the book, "Tzfiras Chen" (sirens of grace) written by the mystic Rabbi Noach Gad Weintraub (1888-1954) who cited a long line of distinguished . Many see an essentially Islamic invasion (Iran, Turkey, Libya, Ethiopia (todays Sudan) ) all probably led by Russia. According to the Greek version, Gog and Magog served the Belsyrians, whom Alexander fought them, "Tus" in Iran, near the Caspian south shore, known as, The idea that Gog and Magog were connected with the Goths was longstanding; in the mid-16th century, Archbishop of Uppsala, Riccoldo observed that the Mongol script resembled Chaldean (. But man will not spend eternity on this earth! [115], Europeans in Medieval China reported findings from their travels to the Mongol Empire. [86][87] The earlier-dated Syriac Alexander Legend contains a somewhat different treatment of the Gog and Magog material, which passed into the lost Arabic version,[88] or the Ethiopic and later Oriental versions of the Alexander romance. Gog and Magog are said to engage in human cannibalism in the romances and derived literature. We see this in his attempts to redefine marriage for example, and in his attempts to replace national Israel with the church (Replacement Theology). A. C.; Carey, H. C.; Lea, I. We must not forget what has already happened. Gog and Magog (/omo/; Hebrew: , Gg -Mgg) appear in the Bible and the Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. The story goes that Diocletian - the Roman Emperor - had thirty-three wicked daughters. This is in the form of extreme weather extreme rain, hail and snow and also by fire and brimstone similar to that which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah (Ezek 38.22)(Job 38.22,23). Currently, Israel has strong support from some western NGOs like Freedom House. And over a two-year period, the Israeli Air Force ventured across the Israel-Egypt border and made more than 100 attacks on ISIS targets in the Sinai Peninsula to assist Egypt, link. The Mandate is therefore the last legally binding document regarding the West Bank and Gaza, and so Jewish settlements in these areas are fully protected by Article 80. Todays maps identify this area to include the Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. In the early 20th century the land of Israel was a mix of many peoples representing some 50 languages and there was no common Arab identity. I will be a wall of fire around her he who touches you, touches the apple of (the Lords) eye (Zech 2.5,8). Image: Joels Trumpet. [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. Springer, Cham, 2019. The name Magog itself is of obscure origin. These are the ones who are refined through suffering and go on into the Millennial world with Christ at His Second Coming. Note that Gods unconditional land covenant with Abraham passed to Isaac (and then to Jacob) rather than to Ishmael and the Arab nations (Gen 17.19). 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. Israels strongest ally, the US, provides a diplomatic shield for her at the United Nations. Without doubt there is an overall bias in the UN against Israel. 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. This view is of course incompatible with Christs teaching, namely, that the gospel (as spread by the church) should be first conveyed to Gods people, the house of Israel (Mat 10.6). In other instances, Israel has helped Egypt with intelligence and the use of drones against ISIS strongholds, link. However, in other sources, they're described as small-eyed humans. [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. John goes on to say that all who believe in Jesus are given the right to become children of God. But Bible prophecy says they will fail! [US Energy Information Administration, Wikimedia Commons], Israels past and future borders. Thankfully, according to Bible prophecy, such disputes will be short-lived as this age rapidly comes to a close. When during the Second World War, the island of Malta came through three terrible years of bombardment and destruction, it was rightly awarded the George Medal for bravery; today Israel should be awarded a similar decoration for defending democracy, tolerance and Western values against a murderous onslaught that has lasted twenty times as long. This battle concludes with the Second Coming of Christ to reign as King over all the earth (Zech 14.9), the last form of human government (probably centered on the EU) having been taken away like chaff in the wind (Dan 2.34,35). This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. Alexander's prayer caused the mountains to move nearer, making the pass narrower, facilitating his building his gate. A common interpretation of the relevant prophecies is that the immediate future for Israel is bleak as nations attempt to eliminate her by war, link. The Jews of the Holy Land are thus surrounded by hostile states 650 times their size in territory and sixty times their population, yet their last, best hope of ending two millennia of international persecution, the State of Israel has somehow survived. But prophecy states that one day soon it will be totally destroyed: Damascus will cease from being a city it will be a ruinous heap. Also "barbarous nations", "savage tribes". As to the future, at the end of the age all nations will gather against Israel in an attempt to destroy her but again God intervenes. 59386287). God calls for a sword against Magog (Ezekiel 38:21), and God to send a fire on Magog. Image: Free Israel Photos. This may surprise you. These trees seem to have been deliberately planted to test how humans would use their free will. [141] During the Cold War the idea that Soviet Russia had the role of Gog gained popularity, since Ezekiel's words describing him as "prince of Meshek" rosh meshek in Hebrew sounded suspiciously like Russia and Moscow. And the Bible tells us that this same Jesus came into the world to show man how to live. Some claim that Russia is implied by the term Rosh (Ezek 38.2,3 NKJV, NASB). In Genesis they read Gods promise to Jacob, grandson of Abraham: The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your descendants after you (Gen 35.12). The puzzle of Israels role in the world is being assembled, and some of the pieces involve war. So it is this one-third remnant of Israel that survives these times and comes through, refined as silver and tested as gold, to be Gods worthy servant in the millennial reign of Christ, link. [107] Gog and Magog caricaturised as figures with hooked noses on a miniature depicting their attack of the Holy City, found in a manuscript of the Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman. The descendants of Abraham formed a nation (Israel) around 1300 BC after their Exodus from Egypt to Canaan under the leadership of Moses, and in 1004 BC King David established Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. In Genesis 22:1-18 we read how God tested Abraham. Sadly, this legal fact is often ignored by the UN. [38] The rabbis associated no specific nation or territory with them beyond a location to the north of Israel,[39] but the great Jewish scholar Rashi identified the Christians as their allies and said God would thwart their plan to kill all Israel. Her Majesty the Queen has been on the throne for 57 years and in that time has undertaken 250 official visits to 129 countries, yet has not yet set foot in Israel. Today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract (Gods blessings). Furthermore the New Testament also keeps up the theme. Lund, Niels "The Danish Empire and the End of the Viking Age", in Sawyer. In the ancient world, the word "sword" was a euphemism for a comet with a long tail; "Sending fire upon an area" referred . 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. Or simply just watch Israel and see what unfolds! PARADISE (EDEN) WAS LOST, BUT THE APOSTLE JOHN WROTE THAT IT WILL BE RESTORED IN THE FUTURE. Politically, Libya is unstable, with the ever-present threat of Islamic State group ISIL or ISIS, link. Recent drilling has found thick oil strata in the Southern Golan Heights north-east of the Sea of Galilee. And despite many attempts over nearly 3,000 years to exterminate the Jews, a remnant has always survived. This mysterious kingdom, which has sculpted our modern world to an astounding (and alarming) degree, once occupied an immense land area of over a million square miles extending from western Hungary/Austria eastward to the Aural Sea, north to the Upper Volga, and its southern region extending to the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Clearly, on this analysis, it seems that Turkey is directly involved in the war against Israel. This is confirmed in Deuteronomy 7:12: In the Quran Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog) are suppressed by Dhu al-Qarnayn "The Two-Horned One". On the other hand, Moscow does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. First, through Abrahams descendants came the offer to all men of reconciliation to God through Jesus Christ. From Morocco to Afghanistan, from the Caspian Sea to Aden, the 5.25 million square miles of territory belonging to members of the Arab League is home to over 330 million people, whereas Israel covers only eight thousand square miles, and is home to seven million citizens, one-fifth of whom are Arabs. [o][96], Gog and Magog appear in somewhat later Old French versions of the romance. There is a legal distinction between defensive wars and wars of aggression. (The Quran says:) Kill them wherever you may find them Allah did not define the 1967 borders or the 1948 borders. How can Israel be so wrong? 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! If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Genesis tells us that Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which was supposed to make them die. Although they make up less than half of one percent of the world population, between 1901 and 1950 Jews won 14% of all the Nobel Prizes awarded for Literature and Science, and between 1951 and 2000 Jews won 32% of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, 32% for Physics, 39% for Economics and 29% for Science. Israel is a special nation chosen by God to be His witness in the world and to bring redemption to the world through Christ, link. This means all the Gentiles. We will worship and then we will come back to you., Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. --by James Arendt. [4] They appear in the Quran in chapter Al-Kahf as Yajuj and Majuj (Arabic: ; Yajj wa-Majj), primitive and immoral tribes that were separated and barriered off by Dhu al-Qarnayn ("He of the Two Horns") who is mentioned in the Quran as a great righteous ruler and conqueror. Yes; that is what the Bible says. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. It seems America, Europe and Saudi Arabia will voice strong objections to the Gog-Magog invasion, but are not directly involved. Moreover, from that day, Israel starts to know her God as He pours out His Spirit upon her: So the House of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day forward (Ezek 39.22). Mortality was the consequence of the wrong free will choice. Surprisingly, in contrast to prophecy, Israel also has a working relationship with Russia, link! He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. [23] "Why the prophet's gaze should have focused on these particular nations is unclear," comments Biblical scholar Daniel I. 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. 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