Blessed are those who wash their robes. There are many surprising things about this tiny, feisty, brave nation the size of Wales, but the most astonishing is that she has survived at all. It is a disgrace that no senior member of the Royal Family has ever undertaken an official visit to Israel, as though the country is still in quarantine after more than six decades. And of course Turkey is indeed north of Israel, as required by the prophecy in Ezekiel 38.6. [1] The meaning of the name Gog remains uncertain, and in any case, the author of the Ezekiel prophecy seems to attach no particular importance to it. Israel was to return and seek God after the gospel had been spread to the Gentile nations (Rom 11.25). 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. Clearly, on this analysis, it seems that Turkey is directly involved in the war against Israel. Israels neighbours are posed to attack. He proved that too, by His resurrection from the dead. After all, Israel is just some 8 million people living on land the size of Wales! And many authorities add that Meshech and Tubal are the names of the Scythian tribes, whose names have been standardized as modern place names. Lets read with an open mind what the Bible tells us about our origins and our future. Much, indeed, in every way! Some accounts and maps began to place the "Caspian Mountains", and Gog and Magog, just outside the Great Wall of China. What about Tarshish? Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. But I will chasten you justly and will by no means leave you unpunished (Jer 30.11). Image: Joels Trumpet. Russia and Iran both support Bashar al Assads regime in Syria and oppose Sunni jihadist movements such as ISIS. They are of course the twelve tribes descended from Jacob (whose name was changed by God to Israel). In number they are like the sand on the seashore. [83] The legend claims that Alexander carved prophecies on the face of the Gate, marking a date for when these Huns, consisting of 24 nations, will breach the Gate and subjugate the greater part of the world. 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. } Since Israels establishment in 1948, the country has almost tripled the territory used for farming and production has multiplied 16 times. In Romansthe 3rd chapter, the apostle Paul wrote: As history shows, the people of Israel strayed from their promise on Mount Sinai. They are thought to represent two giants who were taken to London to serve as porters at the gate of the royal palace after their race was destroyed by Brutus the Trojan, the legendary founder of London (Troia Nova, or New Troy). These trees seem to have been deliberately planted to test how humans would use their free will. The timing is not clear in scripture but it is generally taken to occur before Armageddon. This spirit of hatred against the Jews exists today and Irans leaders insist that Israel must be wiped off the map as foretold in Psalm 83 verse 4. [67], Historian and exegete Ibn Kathir mentioned similar theories in his book Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya and mentions Gog and Magog are two groups of Turks, descended from Yafith (Japheth), the father of the Turks, one of the sons of Noah. But apart from the coastal regions of ancient Syria (e.g. [36][37], The aggadah, homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, treat Gog and Magog as two names for the same nation who will come against Israel in the final war. The Spirit and the bride say, Come Let anyone who hears this say, Come Let anyone who is thirsty come. But he said, "I just try to stay away from . As a result, the nation of Israel is once more being blessed in the country (abundant agriculture), blessed in the city (technological innovation) and blessed in the sea (discovery of large natural resources). Unfortunately, as long as Arab countries refuse to recognize Israel and continue to attack her, such cohabitation would seem to be impossible. Sixty-six percent said the Palestinians real goal should be to start with a two-state solution but then move to it all being one Palestinian state, link. From there, Egyptian President Nasser declared that year: If Rabin wants war, lets go! Given this declaration, the Israeli Air Force preemptively wiped out Nassers air force on the ground at the outset of the Six-Day war, including Bir Gafgafa, link. Millennial Jerusalem will also be called the LORD is there (Ezek 48.35) and nations will go up from year to year to worship the LORD (Zech 14.16). [56], Various modern scholars of history and geography regarded the Vikings and their descendants as Gog and Magog, since the unknown group from Scandinavia had made their sudden and considerable entry into the history of Europe. We need to look to mans future. Specifically, during the millennium, Israel will come a great nation, Christ will establish His kingdom and sit on Davids throne, the tribes of Israel will have been fully restored to the land promised to Abraham, and God will write His Law on the hearts of both Jew and Gentile. God said to him: Then God said, Take your son, your only son, whom you loveIsaacand go to the region of Moriah. In the time of Moses God made such a contract with the people (nation) of Israel, although the Bible refers to it as as Gods covenant. We see a nation turning to the statutes God laid down under Moses. 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). And today any standard Hebrew text (such as a newspaper) refers to Russia by using the proper noun, Rosh. And what role do they both play in the future? League of Nations documents of the 1920s refer to the local Arab population as existing non-Jewish communities. 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. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. [47], Various nations and peoples in history were identified as Ya'juj and Ma'juj. Some 80% of todays Jews in Israel follow the Jewish scriptures in the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) in some way, ranging from fundamentalism to loose Jewish practice. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. All of Jerusalem was mandated to be part of the Jewish homeland under the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and so Israels sovereignty over all of Jerusalem is well-founded. It explains how mans free will (choice) can be destructive, or constructive. For example: The Quran teaches that the Palestinians must liberate Israel in its entirety. This populous of people in Israel now claiming to be the 12 true Tribes is bogus. What? They sit on the sides and accuse the invaders of wanting to plunder Israels wealth see Ezek 38:13, WOULD HIGH TECHNOLOGY SAVE THE WORLD FROM COLLAPSOLOGY DESTRUCTION ANNIHILATION Prophecy indicates that there will be several major wars against Israel in the near future, just before Christ returns to rule the earth as King (Zech 14.9). Future wars against Israel will be different from previous wars. The 1922 League of Nations sub-division. Heres why. Heres what the Bible says about this amazing promise: In Revelation 21: 1-7, we read about Johns vision: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Corrupt world governments will have been crushed and Christs Kingdom will embrace the whole earth (Dan 2.35). [d][16] A later corrupted folk rendition in print altered the tradition around Gogmagog and Corineus with two giants Gog and Magog, with whom the Guildhall statues came to be identified. [13][3] Gog or Goug the Reubenite[c] occurs in 1 Chronicles 5:4, but he appears to have no connection with the Gog of Ezekiel or Magog of Genesis. The descendants of Jacob (Israel) were the twelve tribes of Israel and they settled in the Promised Land of Canaan (enlarge map). This was an area on the outer edge of the then known civilized world, link, link. In 2014, Israels proved reserves of natural gas were 10.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), and it is estimated that Israel may discover up to 200 Tcf. The Revival of the Hebrew LanguageMore Click the image below to read 54 prophecies about Israel. Note that Jesus leaves the ball in our court! They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 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). 10Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you.11The Lord will grant you abundant prosperityin the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your groundin the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. Photo: Dror Feitelson Pikiwiki Israel [CC BY 2.5], Wikimedia. A legend was attached to Gog and Magog by the time of the Roman period, that the Gates of Alexander were erected by Alexander the Great to repel the tribe. Ezekiel 45 and 48 provide amazing detail of a (probably new) temple the LORDSs sanctuary located just north of the city area (see map). Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world, and she has the highest density of start-up companies in the world. Even so, Israeli farmers have come a long way since the Zionist pioneers began clearing rock-strewn fields and draining the swampland. Add to this the Hamas objective of replacing the Jewish State with an Islamic caliphate, link, then the two-state solution is clearly impossible! Moscow. So there we have it. In the hands of Early Christian writers they became apocalyptic hordes. "Russia will join China in the war" Rabbi Asor added. [112][113] Arab traveler ibn Fadlan also reported of this belief, writing around 921 he recorded that "Some hold the opinion that Gog and Magog are the Khazars". 2022 24 Feb Gog and Magog symbolize something sinister having to do with the End Times. It is probably a blessing from God since they are His chosen people. 14Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. The conflation of Gog and Magog with the legend of Alexander and the Iron Gates was disseminated throughout the Near East in the early centuries of the Christian and Islamic era. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. The facts show that Israels role in Arab-Israeli conflicts has always been defensive in response to Arab aggression. So the restoration of Israel will be a sign or witness to the nations that the God of Israel, the God of the Bible, the only true God, loves mankind. Now that blows your mind! The significant point here is that historians link the Scythian peoples to Magog. Israels enemies should take note of Gods promises to Israel: Whoever assails you will fall because of you no weapon that is formed against you will prosper (Isa 54.15,17) It is often associated with Assyrian mat-Gugu, "Land of Gyges", i.e., Lydia. The 1988 Hamas Charter vowed that Islam would eliminate Israel. [49] The wall dividing them from civilized peoples was normally placed towards today's Armenia and Azerbaijan, but in the year 842 the Caliph Al-Wathiq had a dream in which he saw that it had been breached, and sent an official named Sallam to investigate (this may be related to Ergenekon). So an anti-Israel alliance with these countries seems rather distant, especially since Turkey-Israel relations could even improve, link, link. This tiny war-ravaged and unpopular nation is predicted to be the ruling power of the future? The if-then statement in these verses reveals that it was conditional. This implies that the true church may well see this invasion before she is taken up in the rapture. Contents 1 The Biblical Gog and Magog Yes; that is what the Bible says. History confirms the reality of such statements. They break for the night saying, "Tomorrow we will finish", but each night God restores it. One third shall be left I will bring the one-third through the fire (and) they will call upon My name (and) I will say, This is My people' (Zech 13.8,9). Surprisingly, in contrast to prophecy, Israel also has a working relationship with Russia, link! 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. Here, Al-Zahar is choosing his words from at least 109 verses in the Quran that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule, link. After some 2,500 years of dispersion amongst the nations, Israel will again take on her intended role in the world: You are My witnesses says the Lord, And My servant whom I have chosen (Isa 43.10). In 1967 the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (and later Iraq) attacked Israel, but were defeated in just six days despite the huge Arab superiority in armour, aircraft and troops. Prophecy paints a picture of a world at peace (no war) with Jerusalem (Zion) as the focal point since Christ dwells there. He also addressed many minds (Westerners or otherwise[132]) being credulous of the notion that Mongols might be Captive Jews, but after weighing the pros and cons, he concluded this was an open question. As the scriptures say, Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith. God calls for a sword against Magog (Ezekiel 38:21), and God to send a fire on Magog. No wonder Jerusalem will be the location of the most epic battle of history! [25], Although the prophecy refers to Gog as an enemy in some future, it is not clear if the confrontation is meant to occur in a final "end of days" since the Hebrew term aarit ha-yamim (Hebrew: ) may merely mean "latter days", and is open to interpretation. Lets put aside religious biases, mystical interpretations, or even our secular worldview. Mans life span may well extend to at least 100 years (Isa 65.20,22) but physical death inevitably follows. [53], According to Shia sources, Yajooj and Majooj are not from the Children of Adam (the human race). He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. But the truth about this powerful spiritual world is blurred, corrupted and buried by spiritual forces of darkness: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms (Eph 6.12). [51] It is not entirely clear what Sallam saw, but he may have reached Derbent in the Caucuses or the Jade Gate and the westernmost customs point on the border of China. Why such Jewish genius? Today we see God fulfilling this promise as Gods people return to their promised land. "Gog and Magog on Mappaemundi and early printed world maps: Orientalizing ethnography in the apocalyptic tradition." Studies trace these names to todays Saudi Arabia, link, link. The appearance of the lands of Gog and Magog in many early maps is one the most interesting and enduring examples of Biblical lore being translated into the cartographic medium. 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