Today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract (Gods blessings). So there we have it. 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. Ancient map about Gog and Magog Credit: Pinterest In the ancient world, the word "sword" was a euphemism for a comet with a long tail; "Sending fire upon an area" referred . Magog was a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah (Gen 10.2). The remnant of Israel who enter the millennial age with Christ continue this witness and servant hood, and some are sent to the nations to declare Gods glory (Isa 66.19). Did you see it? PARADISE (EDEN) WAS LOST, BUT THE APOSTLE JOHN WROTE THAT IT WILL BE RESTORED IN THE FUTURE. This, despite so many of their greatest intellects dying in the gas chambers.. 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). He said to me: It is done. These verses imply that dispersed Israel will never feel safe whilst she dwells amongst Gentile nations and will only feel safe when she is in her own land. Israels King David asked a similar question. He refers to Gog of the land of Magog and so some refer to this as the gog-magog war. 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. 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?. The Gog prophecy is meant to be fulfilled at the approach of what is called the "end of days", but not necessarily the end of the world. Rabbi Lefkovitch predicted that the third World War will start between China and America over 20 years ago before the tensions were at the level that they are today. I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone though all nations of the earth are gathered against it (Zech 12.3), This latter war appears to be unique in that it is not primarily man against man, but man against God; it is commonly known as Armageddon (Rev 16.16, 19.19). He who was seated on the throne said, I am making everything new! Then he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. In chapter 8 of Pauls letter to the Romans he spoke a mystery. The Ethiopia of the Bible was located to the south of Egypt, extending through the junction of the White and Blue Nile, including, and beyond, what is todays Sudan. If we follow some historians rather than a Bible atlas, then Russia could be the leader (Gog). Since then, Israel has had to fight no fewer than five major wars for her very existence. The result of their witness is a great turning to God from all the nations (Rev 7.9,10). Eusebius) frequently identified Gog and Magog with the Romans and their emperor. At the start of this week the end-time world dictator makes a covenant with Israel: That ruler will have a firm agreement with many people for seven years (Dan 9.27 GNT), This may be a peace covenant, but in reality it is a covenant with hell (Isa 28.11). 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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. 8The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. [45], The early Muslim traditions were summarised by Zakariya al-Qazwini (d. 1283) in two popular works called the Cosmography and the Geography. Israels future borders are clearly defined in Ezek 47.13-20, and again the eastern boundary runs along the Jordan (v18). [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 OT refers to this time as Jacobs distress: Alas, for that day is great, there is none like it; and it is the time of Jacobs distress, but he will be saved from it (Jer 30.7), Many Israelis suffer, but a remnant (one-third) survives (Zech 13.9). Van Duzer, Chet. Gog and Magog, he says, live near to the sea that encircles the Earth and can be counted only by God; this sea is claimed to be the Caspian sea, Black sea or the Sea of Azov. Lets read the incredible test that earned Abraham an incredible reward for his descendants. In response to major Arab attacks (1948-49, 1967, 1973), or incessant rocket attacks from Gaza, Israel has exercised her right of self-defense under UN Charter Article 51. Learn how your comment data is processed. As history shows, the people of Israel strayed from their promise on Mount Sinai. The countries involved appear to be mainly the Islamic nations surrounding Israel, possibly led by Iran and Russia. Today this extreme ideology is underscored by ISIL. The descendants of Japheth subsequently settled across Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) and those in the eastern parts became known as Scythians. Ezekiel 40.2 and Zech 14.10 suggest that the millennial Jerusalem is elevated above a plain. Twentieth-century scholars have used the term to denote the eschaton in a malleable sense, not necessarily meaning final days, or tied to the Apocalypse. [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. The Green line was an armistice line drawn up after the 1948-49 war under the auspices of the UN and it was intended to be temporary. But, despite severe losses, a remnant of Israel survives and leads Israel into a time of peace with the world. Come quickly Lord Jesus. At last, the Gentile nations acknowledge and value the unique role of the Jew: Still others become priests and keep charge of the (new) Jewish temple in Jerusalem (Isa 66.21, Exod 44.15). 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). [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). Rosh Russia? There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.. According to the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, the Jews could settle anywhere between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea, see map. Under the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Israel continues to supply agreed water amounts to Palestinian areas. [US Energy Information Administration, Wikimedia Commons], Israels past and future borders. Lets read with an open mind what the Bible tells us about our origins and our future. It is claimed that the BDS campaign has a much wider objective; namely, the elimination of the Jewish State and should be stopped, link. [m][95] In the latest and longest Greek version[n] are described the Unclean Nations, which include the Goth and Magoth as their kings, and whose people engage in the habit of eating worms, dogs, human cadavers and fetuses. Of His sanctuary near Jerusalem the LORD says: This is the place of My feet, where I shall dwell in the midst of the children of Israel (Ezek 43.7), Millennial life around Jerusalem is described in some detail. When was this to happen? 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. In Genesis chapter 1 we read that God made mankind male and female and blessed them to be fruitful and multiply. In the course of researching my latest book on the Second World War, I recently visited Auschwitz-Birkenau. In fact, these future borders are almost identical to the borders of ancient Israel given to Moses in Num 34.1-12 as he was about to divide up Canaan for the twelve tribes (enlarge map). Israel may be seeing these blessings today (enlarge map). I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 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. Royal visits are one of the ways legitimacy is conferred on nations, and the Coalition Government should end the Foreign Offices de- facto boycott. 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. }. In biblical terminology this contract between God and Israel is often referred to as the Mosaic Covenant. The German Bible critic Gesenius regarded Rosh as indicating the Russians, who are mentioned in Byzantine writers of the 10th century under the name of Rhos, link. A future invasion of northern Israel is strongly indicated in Ezek 38 and Ezek 39. God calls for a sword against Magog (Ezekiel 38:21), and God to send a fire on Magog. Sadly, this legal fact is often ignored by the UN. Moreover, as a direct result of Article 80, the UN cannot transfer these rights over any part of Palestine (vested as they are in the Jewish People) to any non-Jewish entity, such as the Palestinian Authority. Satan knows all this and end-time prophecy underscores the attempts by Satan to eliminate Israel: the dragon (Satan) persecuted the woman (Israel) who gave birth to the male child (Christ) (Rev 12.13), This hatred was evident in the holocaust and subsequent wars against Israel, and culminates in all nations turning against Israel at Armageddon (Zech 14.2, Rev 16.16). 44117. See their fulfillment today! It is up to the Palestinians to maintain water networks, utilize wastewater, improve existing supplies and drill new wells. Sometimes this gas reaches the surface resulting in fire flashes and explosions. A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. He proved that too, by His resurrection from the dead. Would they have been given the gift of immortality as a reward? 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. The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. Arab governments rejected Israels offer to repatriate 100,000 Arab refugees, and the offer of UN money for the refugees. 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). Some 350,000 Jewish settlers live in the relatively lightly populated Area C, link. (Isa 17.1). 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. InJohn 1:9-14, we read: The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. In fact, the spiritual aggression shown to Israel (and to the true followers of Christ) will intensify towards the end of this age (Rev 12.13-17). 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. [109][u] The Byzantine writer Procopius said it was the Huns Alexander had locked out, and a Western monk named Fredegar seems to have Gog and Magog in mind in his description of savage hordes from beyond Alexander's gates who had assisted the Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610641) against the Muslim Saracens. Do not do anything to him. So lets identify the key players in the alliance against Israel. This view is supported by the fact that some nations denounce the invasion (Ezek 38.13) and by the fact that the God of Israel is hallowed (revered and honoured) in the sight of many other nations through the defeat of the invader (Ezek 38.16, Ezek 39.27). Jesus talked about world events at the end of the age in Mat 24.3. It is different to the last war of this age Armageddon. Psalm 83 goes on to mention certain people groups in this alliance: The Levant. 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. It splits east-west with half the mountain moving north and half moving south, generating a very large valley reaching to Azal (Zech 14.4,5). 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). 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