Eusebius) frequently identified Gog and Magog with the Romans and their emperor. In the Creation account of Genesis, we read about a paradise-like garden called Eden, where two important trees were planted by God: the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. [f][26] Still, the Utopia of chapters 4048 can be spoken of in the parlance of "true eschatological character, given that it is a product of "cosmic conflict" described in the immediately preceding Gog chapters.[27]. [76] Islam is then seen as that which alone would succeed in bringing people of different nations together as per the Quran (18:99). Much, indeed, in every way! A little more It seems very plausible that chapters 38 and 39 in the prophet Ezekiel refer to an invasion of Israel prior to the last battle of this age (the so-called Battle of Armageddon) and that this war involves mainly those Arab-Islamic nations surrounding Israel. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. NO: The Palestinian refugee problem was created by a sudden invasion of five Arab armies in response to the declaration of the State of Israel in May 1948. The facts show that Israels role in Arab-Israeli conflicts has always been defensive in response to Arab aggression. Under the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Israel continues to supply agreed water amounts to Palestinian areas. [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. History shows that God had a special task for Jacob and his descendants and He later changed Jacobs name to Israel (Gen 32.28). I said at the start that I was speaking to you as an historian, and so I say: No people in History have needed the right to self-defense and legitimacy more than the Jews of Israel, and that is what we in the Friends of Israel Initiative demand here today. Timing of the Gog-Magog War. "Russia will join China in the war" Rabbi Asor added. This was a city in southern Spain. Both Jerome and Josephus claimed that Magog is a general designation for the many Scythian tribes of the north, whilst Philo (1st century) identifies Magog with the southern Russia area, link. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. Certainly Ezekiel 38.12 (the next verse) agrees with this view: the waste places (desert scrub) are now blooming due to Israels advanced agriculture. The twentieth century saw both the evangelization of the nations and Gods chosen people returning to Israel. Rather, they fall on the mountains of Israel and in the open field (Ezek 39.4,5). The Levant objective falls under the general Islamic ideology of a world-wide caliphate, link. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life. Its up to us to find the meaning of life through Jesus. Certainly, the evidence to date is that each time Arab nations attack Israel, they are defeated and their end-state seems worse than their first. And that is what we are here for today, to reiterate Israels right to self-defense, inherent in all legitimate countries. And the Bible tells us that this same Jesus came into the world to show man how to live. Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder? (Ezek 38.13). Israel may be seeing these blessings today (enlarge map). More . 6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. An EMP (electromagnetic pulse) weapon exploded over areas north of Israel could disable all modern electronics-based weapons, link, forcing the use of primitive weapons. Come quickly Lord Jesus. 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. Allah says (in the Quran): And drive them out from wherever they have driven you out. 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). Magog (/ m e /; Hebrew: ; Greek: ) is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10.. I will be a wall of fire around her he who touches you, touches the apple of (the Lords) eye (Zech 2.5,8). Moscow. [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. Putting their trust in Western Civilization was never again going to be enough. The invasion could be imminent given the present Russian-Iranian alliance and Irans declared hatred of Israel. We are confident in our ability to defend ourselves on our own that is the essence of our control of our own destiny [Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, speech following Israels Independence Day celebrations, 2018 ]. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. And it is in the new and perfect earth where God comes and walks with man, as He did in the Garden of Eden. Who is Paul speaking to but the church and not to the world. [15], The Biblical "Gog and Magog" possibly gave derivation of the name Gogmagog, a legendary British giant. So Islam wants the Levant back! This seems likely with what is said above. But throughout Israels history, despite 3,000 years of persecution, God always leaves a remnant of Israel as His witness. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. Some accounts and maps began to place the "Caspian Mountains", and Gog and Magog, just outside the Great Wall of China. Everything that makes a nation state legitimate bloodshed, soil tilled, two millennia of continuous residence, international agreements ,argues for Israels right to exist, yet that is still denied by the Arab League. Israel led to the Messiah, Jesus, and prophecy indicates that the land and people of Israel will be used to glorify God in the sight of the nations at the end of the age and in the age to come. Whilst not perfect, this means that Israelis of all ethnic groups and religious beliefs, including Arab-Israelis, can actively participate in the election process, and all votes cast are equal in weight. The population of the United Kingdom of 63 million is nine times that of Israel. This is the war of gog-magog. 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. [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 Knesset has legislative power and comprises 120 members who are also elected for a term of four years in nationwide elections. Today, Israel has been restored as a nation and is blessed with progress, protection, resources and intelligence. 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. Was this attack on Israel motivated by a spirit of Amalek? (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) So God could use Abraham for the future and He rewarded him through several unconditional promises. 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. When Christ returns the geology of the area will be totally changed and the Mount of Olives just east of Jerusalem splits into two (enlarge image). Ancient Israels eastern border went down along the Jordan, ending at the Salt Sea (Num 34.12). One view within Christianity is more starkly apocalyptic, making Gog and Magog, here indicating nations rather than individuals,[3] allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation. 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. Gog and Magog identified: Turkey, NOT Russia! Sadly, this legal fact is often ignored by the UN. Recent drilling has found thick oil strata in the Southern Golan Heights north-east of the Sea of Galilee. [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. Under President Ergodan, Turkey now has a powerful President who is sympathetic to Egypts suppressed Muslim Brotherhood, link. The millennial age is one of firm government from Christ, but also one of universal peace. Al-Kafi, one of their primary collections of ahadith, states that it has been narrated from Ibn Abbas that when he asked Ali about the "creatures", he responded by saying God has created "1,200 species on the land, 1,200 species in the sea, 70 species from the Children of Adam and the people are the Children of Adam except for the Yajooj and Majooj". He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. Divestment is where investors refrain from investing in Israeli companies or in companies that trade with Israel, and consumers boycott Israeli products, especially products from Israeli settlements in so-called Occupied Palestinian Territory. 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. Christ will reign from a new temple in Jerusalem Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husbands will, but born of God. This is not surprising given that Libya is about 97% Muslim, link. "Cnut: England's Viking King 101635". Even so, Israeli farmers have come a long way since the Zionist pioneers began clearing rock-strewn fields and draining the swampland. We have liberated Gaza, part of Palestine, but I am not prepared to accept just Gaza Our position is: Palestine in its entirety, and not a grain of soil less. Historically, Damascus has suffered attack (2 Ki 16.9) but it has never been totally destroyed. The origin of the term is not clear, this name indicates either a person, or a tribe, or a geographical reality (country or city). "The Timechart of Military History". However, in other sources, they're described as small-eyed humans. Thank you for stating true biblical facts regarding the Nation of Israel and Gods protection and guidance of His Chosen Nation and people! In Genesis 22:1-18 we read how God tested Abraham. Map 5: And again, Magog is placed in Russia. He wrote in the 8th Psalm: When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have set in place,what is mankind that you are mindful of them,human beings that you care for them?. 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. at or near the end of the aliyah (Ezek 39.27,28). Ancient map about Gog and Magog Credit: Pinterest [55] The "Abbasid orthodoxy" believed the Ilkhanate Mongol invaders who laid siege to and then sacked Baghdad, were Gog and Magog. 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 It seems that mortality was the consequence of eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Jesus gives a warning: Revelation 22.15 [57][58][59][60][61] Researches of professors and philosophers such as Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Syeed Abul Ala Mawdudi, who played important roles in British and South Asian politics, and American academic Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi and Caribbean eschatologist Imran N. Hosein, compare the languages, behaviors and sexual activities of the tribes of Gog and Magog with those of Vikings.[62][63][64][65][66]. 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. Or is there any value in being circumcised? In early Greek writings Rosh was a name used for all the nations of the north, link. Buchon, J. Abraham!, Do not lay a hand on the boy, he said. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. [42], Two chapters of the Quran, Al Kahf and Al-Anbiya, discuss Gog and Magog. Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Israel was to return and seek God after the gospel had been spread to the Gentile nations (Rom 11.25). The story goes that Diocletian - the Roman Emperor - had thirty-three wicked daughters. He acknowledged that many Christian scholars, when they read Ezekiel 38 and 39, talk about Armageddon or, in Jewish terms, the battle of Gog and Magog. 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