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The Battles of Gog and Magog.
The Battles of Gog and Magog.
This verse is literal.
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. All nations on the earth will compass about Jerusalem and there by be destroyed. This is contrary to what many are teaching about Jerusalem. The Battles will be fought there.
There will be two battles of Gog and Magog. The 1st. will end by a great earthquake, caused by the Lord to destroy these armies to be destroyed in the mountains outside the City of Jerusalem.
The 2nd. will be at the final battle between Satan and Christ after the 1000 year reign of Christ.
The best way to study these battles is to understand the meaning of the words and the current locations of the cities and countries listed.
Eze 38:1-2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog(turn toward, turn against.), the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Eze 38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
(Meshech; There they became known as Muscovs, and gave that name to the Russian nation and its ancient capital by which they are still generally known throughout the East”)(A nation, probably descended from the son of Japheth. It is mentioned by Isaiah (Isa_66:19), along with Javan, and by Ezekiel (Eze_27:13), along with Meshech, among the traders with Tyre, also among the confederates of Gog (Eze_38:2, Eze_38:3; Eze_39:1), and with Meshech among the nations which were to be destroyed (Eze_32:26). This nation was probably the Tiberini of the Greek historian Herodotus, a people of the Asiatic highland west of the Upper Euphrates, the southern range of the Caucasus, on the east of the Black Sea.)
Eze 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws(cause them to consider an attack upon the Children of Israel. This "hook" will cause them to initiate a plan and execute it against Israel.), and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: (This type of phrase is used for the people of that time(not knowing about modern warfare) to understand the end days prophecy.
Additional participants.
Eze 38:5-7;
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah(Armenia. From toka, Sanskrit for "tribe" or "race," and Armah (Armenia). ) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
The plan and goal.
Eze 38:8-13;
"After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(A great army.)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:(prophecy of their thoughts.)(We must remember that in the end of days, nations will be in a great financial crisis, this also being part of Biblical prophecy as stated here; ("Isa 2:20-22; "In that day(End days.) a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,(properties, money, wealth.)(Money will be worthless, for many. (I. E. fall of international stock exchanges, not including the wealth of Israel.) which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Cease ye from man,(separate yourselves from the doctrines and traditions of man.) whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?")
"And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods(Speaking of wealth.), that dwell in the midst of the land.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions(Kings.) thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?"
Eze 38:14-16;
"Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? (Do they not know that God protects them?)
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts(Northern Europe.), thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:(to be translated to modern weapons.)
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land;(great multitude of men.) it shall be in the latter days(Ens days prophecy.), and I will bring thee against my land(Israel.), that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified(Made holy; consecrated) in thee(Because of their destruction.), O Gog, before their eyes."
The jealousy of God.
Eze 38:17-23;
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?(We must understand that prophecy is not just one event but a combination of events. There is a chain that is made and each link must be connected.)
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.(This verse is one proof that Israel is at the center of all Biblical prophecy, that many deni.)
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking(Earthquake.) (Israel sits atop one of the greatest fault lines in the middle East.) in the land of Israel; ( The Lord grafted Israel out of the natural branch, to allow the salvation of the gentile race of people. But He has always loved them, for as it is written,"Salvation is of the Jews.")
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.(A great tsunami shall also be a result of Gods actions against Gog.)
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. (They will start fighting amongst themselves.)
God answer against this intrusion against His land and people.
"And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."(The nations shall know that this battle and victory, was the work of God.)
The Anti-Christ. Gog and Magog.
Dan 11:37-45;
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers(Their religious beliefs.), nor the desire of women(Being Celibate.), nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces(Armies.): and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.(To persuade many to follow him, he shall give many incentives, gold, silver, diamonds(probably from the diamond mines in Africa.)
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
At the time of the End.
And at the time of the end(at the time of Armageddon.) shall the king of the south(Egypt and Syria ) push at him: and the king of the north( The Turks) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom("the Syrians," Aram)), and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain(In Jerusalem.); yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.(He shall not escape the vengeance of the Lord.)
(reference to this prophecy; Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
See also; Dan 7:24
the ten: Dan_7:20; Rev_12:3, Rev_13:1, Rev_17:3, Rev_17:12-13, Rev_17:16-18)
ars.
References.Webster,TSK, Easton, Fausett,
This verse is literal.
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. All nations on the earth will compass about Jerusalem and there by be destroyed. This is contrary to what many are teaching about Jerusalem. The Battles will be fought there.
There will be two battles of Gog and Magog. The 1st. will end by a great earthquake, caused by the Lord to destroy these armies to be destroyed in the mountains outside the City of Jerusalem.
The 2nd. will be at the final battle between Satan and Christ after the 1000 year reign of Christ.
The best way to study these battles is to understand the meaning of the words and the current locations of the cities and countries listed.
Eze 38:1-2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog(turn toward, turn against.), the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Eze 38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
(Meshech; There they became known as Muscovs, and gave that name to the Russian nation and its ancient capital by which they are still generally known throughout the East”)(A nation, probably descended from the son of Japheth. It is mentioned by Isaiah (Isa_66:19), along with Javan, and by Ezekiel (Eze_27:13), along with Meshech, among the traders with Tyre, also among the confederates of Gog (Eze_38:2, Eze_38:3; Eze_39:1), and with Meshech among the nations which were to be destroyed (Eze_32:26). This nation was probably the Tiberini of the Greek historian Herodotus, a people of the Asiatic highland west of the Upper Euphrates, the southern range of the Caucasus, on the east of the Black Sea.)
Eze 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws(cause them to consider an attack upon the Children of Israel. This "hook" will cause them to initiate a plan and execute it against Israel.), and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: (This type of phrase is used for the people of that time(not knowing about modern warfare) to understand the end days prophecy.
Additional participants.
Eze 38:5-7;
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah(Armenia. From toka, Sanskrit for "tribe" or "race," and Armah (Armenia). ) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
The plan and goal.
Eze 38:8-13;
"After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(A great army.)
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:(prophecy of their thoughts.)(We must remember that in the end of days, nations will be in a great financial crisis, this also being part of Biblical prophecy as stated here; ("Isa 2:20-22; "In that day(End days.) a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,(properties, money, wealth.)(Money will be worthless, for many. (I. E. fall of international stock exchanges, not including the wealth of Israel.) which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Cease ye from man,(separate yourselves from the doctrines and traditions of man.) whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?")
"And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods(Speaking of wealth.), that dwell in the midst of the land.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions(Kings.) thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?"
Eze 38:14-16;
"Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? (Do they not know that God protects them?)
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts(Northern Europe.), thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:(to be translated to modern weapons.)
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land;(great multitude of men.) it shall be in the latter days(Ens days prophecy.), and I will bring thee against my land(Israel.), that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified(Made holy; consecrated) in thee(Because of their destruction.), O Gog, before their eyes."
The jealousy of God.
Eze 38:17-23;
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?(We must understand that prophecy is not just one event but a combination of events. There is a chain that is made and each link must be connected.)
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.(This verse is one proof that Israel is at the center of all Biblical prophecy, that many deni.)
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking(Earthquake.) (Israel sits atop one of the greatest fault lines in the middle East.) in the land of Israel; ( The Lord grafted Israel out of the natural branch, to allow the salvation of the gentile race of people. But He has always loved them, for as it is written,"Salvation is of the Jews.")
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.(A great tsunami shall also be a result of Gods actions against Gog.)
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. (They will start fighting amongst themselves.)
God answer against this intrusion against His land and people.
"And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."(The nations shall know that this battle and victory, was the work of God.)
The Anti-Christ. Gog and Magog.
Dan 11:37-45;
"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers(Their religious beliefs.), nor the desire of women(Being Celibate.), nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces(Armies.): and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.(To persuade many to follow him, he shall give many incentives, gold, silver, diamonds(probably from the diamond mines in Africa.)
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
At the time of the End.
And at the time of the end(at the time of Armageddon.) shall the king of the south(Egypt and Syria ) push at him: and the king of the north( The Turks) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom("the Syrians," Aram)), and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain(In Jerusalem.); yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.(He shall not escape the vengeance of the Lord.)
(reference to this prophecy; Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
See also; Dan 7:24
the ten: Dan_7:20; Rev_12:3, Rev_13:1, Rev_17:3, Rev_17:12-13, Rev_17:16-18)
ars.
References.Webster,TSK, Easton, Fausett,
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