The battle of gog and magog is the unfulfilled prophecy which is the subject of ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. Efforts have been made to identify him with various individuals, notably gyges, a king of lydia in the early 7th century bc, but many scholars. Ezekiel 38 is the thirtyeighth chapter of the book of ezekiel in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. Gog of the land of magog and the battle for jerusalem. Jeffrey the ancient nations the modern nations the land of magog meshech and tubal persia ethiopia. Criswell, pastor, first baptist church in dallas ezekiel lived 2,500 years ago and yet he writes as though he were a correspondent for the daily newspapers of the earth. Pdf gog and magog in the new testament, in the encyclopedia.
Pdf the most extensive descriptions of gog and magog in the hebrew bible. In this case, while there are many details and subtexts providing valuable teaching points, these chapters are. These two chapters describe and endtimes attack against the regathered nation of israel by a coalition of nations which include russia, turkey, iran, certain northern african nations including libya, and other muslim nations in the area just south of russia. Posted on november 17, 2010 december 4, 2010 by don one reason why i write new articles is so that i do not have to keep repeating myself when the inevitable questions or criticisms on my bible prophecy views come up over and over again in comments on this blog or in emails to me.
The nations of gog and magog joel richardson the following article represents a partial catalog of support for the view that magog, meshech, tubal, gomer and togarmah are primarily in asia minor or modern day turkey. Ezekiel s battle of gog and magog occurs in the tribulation period, more specifically in the first 3 12 years. In ezekiel s prophecy, gog will be the leader of a great army that attacks the land of israel. Toward the fulfillment of the gog and magog prophecy of ezekiel.
Ezekiel prophecy gog israel attack nearing fulfillment. The defeat of gog and magog will precipitate the messianic redemption. The common dispensational futurist viewpoint is that these things are still yet to be fulfilled in the very near future, involving a war over jerusalem, yet there is still. Ezekiels warthe islamic invasion of israel and death of. The final two gog wars for israel in the end times. I think the problem lies in your use of the name gog magog war. The gog and magog war of ezekiel 3839 by chris schang. Ezekiel 38 details israel during the millennial reign of jesus christ the 1,000 year period on earth after the day of the lord, reign of the antichrist and armageddon. Ezekiel chapters 36 and 37 set the stage for the war of gog and magog by describing that israel will be reborn as a country in the last days, the jewish people will come back to the holy land from exile all over the world, the jewish people will rebuild the. First, below is the map i created, detailing my identi. Right now we live in the age of grace through faith. Persian islamic 10 nation confederacy will invade and attempt to destroy israel in the end times. In the final part of the years, an enemy called gog of. Thus, the gog event is a regional invasion while armageddon involves all the nations of the world coming against jerusalem.
The war of gog and magog is the major bible prophecy of our day. The only other reference to a world leader of the name gog, from the land of magog, who fights against the lord is found in revelation 20. The war in revelation, by contrast, occurs after jesus has reigned on earth for a thousand years. Ezekiel prophecy of russia with a great company coming against israel ezek 3839. It is even possible that this army will be descendents of the same nations that will come against israel in the ezekiel war. The islamic invasion of israel and death of gog the bible tells us a babylonpersian islamic 10 nation confederacy will invade and attempt to destroy israel in the end times. Jan 6, 2020 in the last days, the bible tells us about terrible events that will happen. The gog magog war of ezekiel and armageddon are different wars. These two articles, yours and the other, agree that the gog. In this the truth will set you free twave radio episode, pastor vic batista of calvary chapel aventura located in the miami, florida area and i will continue our ongoing study of the gog magog war found in ezekiel 3839. There is a decidedly different tone in the last section of ezekiel s book.
The gog prophecy in ezekiel 3839 is one of the more difficult parts of a difficult book. Behold, i am against you, o gog, the prince of rosh, meshech, and tubal. This war has not been fulfilled, but is in the work. Although gog and magog are mentioned in connection with both ezekiel 3839 and rev. The war of gog and magog with messianic leader, jacques isaac gabizon. Just the kind of war described in the prophecies of ezekiel 38, which begins with verses like. And that person is likely to perish in gods response to the invasion. 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. In ezekiel 3839 the bible warns this coming war between iran persia and israel will take place sometime after israel has been regathered into her land as a. Ezekiel chapter thirtynine isnt the final chapter of the prophets book. He is addressed several times in ezekiel 3839 such as 38. Son of man the prophet ezekiel, set your face against gog a future evil ruler of the land of magog northern asia, the prince of rosh modern day russia, of meshech moscow, and of tubal turkey, and prophesy against him and say, thus says the lord god. This final battle is part of a series of events in revelation that closely follows the final gog person chapters of ezekiel see chart.
According to ancient jewish historian josephus, magog, located north and northeast of the black sea and east of the caspian sea, corresponds to the land of the ancient scythians. The two wars of gog magog ezekiel 38 and 39 explained. Also, by comparing ezekiel s description with johns you can see theyre not the same, and dont involve the same participants. The aggressors of the war of gog and magog ezekiel 38. The ezekiel 38 war, aka gog and magog, is the second of six end times wars and takes place after the war of psalm 83 and involves the second tier nations that were not involved in psalm 83. Many parts of this prophecy are being fulfilled today. Some respected scholars apply it to the battle of armageddon later in the book of revelation. This and the following chapter form a section dealing with gog. While some of the passage details are subject to speculation and theological debate such as the identity of gog, a number of elements can be identified with relative. Much of the confusion over the understanding of the gog magog war is that the language used in ezekiel 38 and 39 seems to indicate two different times in israel during two different eras. We relate it to the war of the second seal in revelation 6.
But that vicious attack causes jehovahs great rage to flare up, and jehovah steps in and defeats gog. Second, arnold fruchtenbaum notes, the ezekiel invasion comes from the north, but the armageddon invasion comes from the whole earth. Ezekiel presents in his book a unique prophecy concerning gog from the land of. Also, get your house in order and accept jesus as your lord and savior before it is too, late see more ideas about bible, lord and savior and isaiah 17. Based on these facts and others in ezekiel 3839, we believe and teach that this war is the war that will end christs kingdom. War of gogmagog in bible prophecy endtime war against. The caliph gog in ezekiel s account would seem to be a sunni or alawite muslim based in turkey. I also read your commentary on the book of revelation, when the thousand years are over, satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth gog and magog to gather them for battle rev. In ezekiel gog and magog are gathered by yahweh for their destruction. The gogmagog war of ezekiel and armageddon are different. But in those chapters, the war of gog and magog has ended. It is difficult to dwell on this topic because it is so shrouded in mystery. Whoever is leading magog at the time of the invasion will be gog.
What he says is so pertinent this moment that it is as though he lived in the places where. The war of gog and magog and the battle of armageddon. Nine armageddon, magog, and the war of ezekiel excerpts from armageddon, the seven seals, the day of the lord, and a rock cut without hands, chapter 9 of the comets of god by jeffrey goodman, ph. First, ezekiel s war is described as occurring relatively soon after the rebirth of the state of israel and the ingathering of the jewish people from around the world ezekiel 3637. Gog is described as of the land of magog, the prince of rosh, meshech, and tubal ezekiel 38. In other words, even though gog does not lead the battle, it is reminiscent of the gog and magog war in ezekiel, hence the name given to the army. Second, ezekiel s war involves a fearsome but limited. Ezekiel s war the islamic invasion of israel and death of gog. Ezekiel is told to set his face against gog and proclaim from the lord, i am against you 38. Ezekiel s battle of gog and magog occurs in the tribulation period, more specifically in the first 3. The armies of gog, the merchants of tarshish, and the. The final chapter of this war leads to 1,000 years of peace.
The names are mentioned together in ezekiel chapter 38, where gog is an individual and magog is his land. In other words i think that we will see the magog invasion begin very soon. 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. Ezekiels war verse by verse ministry international. The battle described in ezekiel 3839 involves numerous nations, but the chief antagonist appears to be gog. Behold, i am against thee, o gog, the chief prince of meshech and tubal. The gog and magog war of ezekiel 3839 rapture forums. I read an article about two different wars of ezekiel 3839. In the bible, the prophet ezekiel for tells of an end times conflict that sets the tone for gods refocus on his chosen people. Timing of the battle of gogmagog in case of the rapture. There are two biblically prophesied wars before the last return of jesus christ. This is apparent not only from the fact that gog is mentioned first in the list but also that the invading force is subsequently referred to summarily as gog e.
The prophet ezekiel chapters 3839 describes a climactic battle that will be instigated by gog andor magog, and will be waged against israel and g. Ezekiel bible prophecy and world war iii alamongordo. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophetpriest ezekiel, and is one of the books of the prophets. The lastdays dictator is morelikely to be a shiite caliph, but this is all speculation for now.
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