Israel is the central player in that spiritual world. Prior to the December 2017 summit of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, the popular Turkish daily Yeni Safak published an article titled A Call for Urgent Action. (Isa 17.1). Much, indeed, in every way! As history shows, the people of Israel strayed from their promise on Mount Sinai. The seven-branched lampstand (Israels Menorah) well-summarizes the purpose of Israel both now and in the Millennium. Her Majesty the Queen has been on the throne for 57 years and in that time has undertaken 250 official visits to 129 countries, yet has not yet set foot in Israel. The story goes that Diocletian - the Roman Emperor - had thirty-three wicked daughters. Scripture says: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it (Zech 2.4). [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. Defeat comes through fire and brimstone similar to that which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah (Ezek 38.22,23), and possibly via extreme snowfall (Job 38.22,23). In a fallen world who can deny that man can do either? Unfortunately, as long as Arab countries refuse to recognize Israel and continue to attack her, such cohabitation would seem to be impossible. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. But living securely may refer to the fact that most Jews will by then have returned to Israel where they find safety from hostility e.g. Israel is not alone. Sadly, not all partake of this eternal blessing and fellowship with God. Moreover, key present-day Arab-Islamic nations such as Turkey, Iran, Libya and Ethiopia are identified in Ezek 38.1-6. Today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract (Gods blessings). The rest of the coalition are nearly all strongly Islamic. This is both dramatic and traumatic, but ends in glory and victory. [19], "Son of man, direct your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince, leader of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy concerning him. The tragic truth is that it suits Arab states very well to have the Palestinians endure permanent refugee status, and whenever Israel puts forward workable solutions they have been stymied by those whose interests put the destruction of Israel before the genuine well being of the Palestinians. Russia is also defeated. The area as a whole is undefined but is roughly the . Both invasions are defeated by the God of Israel. In the light of Israeli anti-discrimination law and Israels right to self-determination as a Jewish State, the accusation of racist against Israel is unjustified. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. A Byzantine ruler protected by two Vikings, often compared with Gog and Magog The early Muslim traditions were summarised by Zakariya al-Qazwini (d. 1283) in two popular works called the Cosmography and the Geography. Just think about it. This is a truly mind-blowing concept, but that is what the Bible says. He will cause the rain to come down for you the former and the latter rain (Joel 2.23), Israels National Water Carrier. No voter ever votes for an actual person. Note that Jesus leaves the ball in our court! [54], This is in contradiction with many reports in Sunni sources, including those in Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, which indicate they will indeed be from the Children of Adam, and this is the belief of the overwhelming majority of Islamic scholars. And of course Turkey is indeed north of Israel, as required by the prophecy in Ezekiel 38.6. ISIS is the Amalekites of the Old Testament: It is claimed that the war in the Sinai peninsula between Egypt (now an ally of Israel) and the Islamic State is a reenactment of the biblical confrontation between Israel and Amalek, link. The History Press Ltd, 2005. The facts show that Israels role in Arab-Israeli conflicts has always been defensive in response to Arab aggression. Image: Free Israel Photos. These tribes (enlarge image) are listed in Gen 49. According to the Greek version, Gog and Magog served the Belsyrians, whom Alexander fought them, "Tus" in Iran, near the Caspian south shore, known as, The idea that Gog and Magog were connected with the Goths was longstanding; in the mid-16th century, Archbishop of Uppsala, Riccoldo observed that the Mongol script resembled Chaldean (. These trees seem to have been deliberately planted to test how humans would use their free will. There will be no more night. In fact, the number of Jews in Israel today has increased by over 7,000 percent in just 100 years! And many authorities add that Meshech and Tubal are the names of the Scythian tribes, whose names have been standardized as modern place names. Cite error: A list-defined reference named "jean-edward-smith" is not used in the content (see the help page). 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. [70][71][72][73] Ahmadiyya exegeses draw upon the etymological connection of the Arabic cognate Yajj wa-Majj with the underlying themes of "blazing fire", "hastiness" and "boiling water" to what is viewed as the superlative industrial use of fire and steam by these peoples and to their restless political character. Today it is common to refer to Abrahams descendants, or anyone who practices Judaism as Jews. The problem however, is that as popular as this "Magog = Russia" notion is, the consensus of actual biblical scholarship has long rejected such an idea. Instead, water is often used as a political weapon, and so authorized wells are not dug and leaks are not repaired. Instead of mankind or fleshkind he was really speaking of man as a spiritkind or Godkind. That said, an alternative and more favoured location of Magog is a region north and east of the Black Sea and in the area surrounding the Caspian Sea. The Gog Magog Hills are a range of low chalk hills, extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England.The highest points are situated either side of the A1307 Babraham Road, and are marked on Ordnance Survey 1:25000 maps as "Telegraph Clump" at 75 m (246 ft), Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill, both at 74 m (243 ft). Before Moses died he blessed the tribes of Israel and some of these blessings involved blessing of the sea and the land. [31], The Book of Jubilees, from about the same time, makes three references to either Gog or Magog: in the first, Magog is a descendant of Noah, as in Genesis 10; in the second, Gog is a region next to Japheth's borders; and in the third, a portion of Japheth's land is assigned to Magog. [1] 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 do not believe he is related to any historical person. And today any standard Hebrew text (such as a newspaper) refers to Russia by using the proper noun, Rosh. It is different to the last war of this age Armageddon. However, in other sources, they're described as small-eyed humans. At this time Gods anger is kindled against the invading armies of Gog (Ezek 38.18) and He fights for His people Israel: You will fall on the open field declares the Lord God. This kingdom embraced the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi, so Paul called himself a Jew since he was from the tribe of Benjamin (Acts 22:3), and Jesus was a Jew since His lineage is traced to Judah (Lk 3.23-33, Heb 7.14). As in history, todays Amalekites actively conspire to kill off Gods chosen people the Jews and we can see this in Iran and in ISIS. So some Bible scholars associate Rosh with Russia, link, link. The 1988 Hamas Charter vowed that Islam would eliminate Israel. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed. [138], In the Borgia map, a copper-engraved world map probably produced in Southern Germany c.1430, the most eastern part contains two fortified regions depicting Gog and Magog, with the following Latin inscriptions:[126], The Persian king Artaxerxes (either Artaxerxes I or Artaxerxes II, appearing in the Book of Ezra 7) was commonly confused in Medieval Europe with the Neo-Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser V, who according to 2 Kings 17 drove the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel into exile. Do not do anything to him. [101], Gog and Magog also appear in Thomas de Kent's Roman de toute chevalerie (c. 1180), where they are portrayed as cave-dwellers who consume human flesh. All the rights to this country, to the land of Israel especially Judea and Samaria are Jewish but everyone who lives in the country should have all the rights of the country [Ariel Sharon, April 1989], The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. For many of their governments, which are rich enough to have economically solved the Palestinian refugee problem decades ago, it is useful to have Israel as a scapegoat to divert attention from the tyranny, failure and corruption of their own regimes. Man has a choice and Jesus gives a plea to mankind: I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Removing the Jews from the land they occupied in 1948 is an immutable principle, because it appears in the Book of Allah. Weapons: A straight reading of prophecy suggests that the invaders use primitive weapons that can be burnt for fuel (Ezek 39.9,10 suggests they are combustible). [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. On the other hand, Malachi 4.1-3 and Zechariah 14.12 appear to describe how the invaders in the final conflicts will perish, and may be references to nuclear war and the use of neutron bombs respectively. 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). This was a city in southern Spain. There is also muted and occasional support from the UN and the EU, but this is usually outweighed by condemnation in other areas. From human cells to the earth and the starry heavens all were made through Jesus (John chapter 1). No. So the timing of the Gog-Magog war against Israel could well be before the emergence of the final world dictator but after the dispersed people of Israel have been gathered back into their own land and so are safe from hostility within the Gentile nations i.e. Psalm 83 adds more Islamic groups based in Gaza, Lebanon, and possibly northern Iraq (Assyria). The attackers may also be destroyed by nuclear devices since Malachi 4 refers to a time of fierce heat when invaders are burnt to ashes. This battle concludes with the Second Coming of Christ to reign as King over all the earth (Zech 14.9), the last form of human government (probably centered on the EU) having been taken away like chaff in the wind (Dan 2.34,35). [120][121][122] Marco Polo, traveling when the initial terror had subsided, places Gog and Magog among the Tartars in Tenduc, but then claims that the names Gog and Magog are translations of the place-names Ung and Mungul, inhabited by the Ung and Mongols respectively. 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). In fact, during the Millennial Age God actually comes to dwell with Israel and the nations through Jesus the Messiah at Jerusalem: Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! The Mandate did not grant any national political rights to Arabs, but Article 2 did safeguard the civil and religious rights of all inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race or religion. [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. Walking along a line of huts and the railway siding where their forebears had been worked and starved and beaten and frozen and gassed to death, were a group of Jewish schoolchildren, one of whom was carrying over his shoulder the Israeli flag, a blue star of David on white background. She is Gods chosen witness in the world and it is through Israel that Christ came (He was of the tribe of Judah) to provide redemption for the world. "This is the place of My throne" (Ezek 43.7). The descendants of Japheth subsequently settled across Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) and those in the eastern parts became known as Scythians. Consider a possible reason. The timing is not clear in scripture but it is generally taken to occur before Armageddon. Map 3: Here Magog is once more placed deep in the heart of Russia. And when Jesus came He wept for His people for He knew they were going to suffer and be dispersed amongst the nations. Arava agriculture. [114], After the Khazars came the Mongols, seen as a mysterious and invincible horde from the east who destroyed Muslim empires and kingdoms in the early 13th century; kings and popes took them for the legendary Prester John, marching to save Christians from the Muslim Saracens, but when they entered Poland and Hungary and annihilated Christian armies a terrified Europe concluded that they were "Magogoli", the offspring of Gog and Magog, released from the prison Alexander had constructed for them and heralding Armageddon. Magog (/ m e /; Hebrew: ; Greek: ) is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10.. As mentioned, scripture indicates that this invasion is a separate invasion to the battle of Armageddon. Given the close correspondence of Philistia (Gaza) with Hamas, Tyre (Lebanon) with Hezbollah, and the Levant (Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre, Moab and (northern) Assyria) with ISIS, then Psalm 83 does indeed appear to foresee an end-time Arab-Islamic invasion of Israel. [US Energy Information Administration, Wikimedia Commons], Israels past and future borders. 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). Are boycotts effective anyway? The timing appears to be around (just before or just after) the start of the last seven years of this age (Daniels 70th Week). You can find out more about cookies at our Privacy Policy. More , Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us [Golda Meir, 1957], From my childhood, I have believed Jews and Arabs can live together, and I believe now they should live together. In Genesis 22:1-18 we read how God tested Abraham. But God has compassion on His people (Deut 30.3-5) and promised that He would bring them back from the nations and place them back in their own land: And (the Lord) will lift up a standard for the nations, and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth (Isa 11.12) To have a clearer understanding of Magog, a geographical map points to Russia. new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE}, 'google_translate_element'); This reflects the PA leadership position: We will never accept a Palestinian state without Jerusalem as its capital [Mahmoud Abbas, May, 2011]. This is particularly true for orthodox Jews who believe that Jerusalem is center-stage of the land of Canaan promised to Abrahams descendants, and for Christians who believe that Jesus was crucified and resurrected in the city, and will soon return to the Mount of Olives just east of the Old City. 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). The current world situation aligns very well with this prophetic interpretation. But, despite severe losses, a remnant of Israel survives and leads Israel into a time of peace with the world. Currently Israels chief enemies are Shia Muslim (as in Hezbollah), so Israel is currently tightly aligned with anti-Shia Saudi Arabia, link. 44117. [116] In 1251, the French friar Andr de Longjumeau informed his king that the Mongols originated from a desert further east, and an apocalyptic Gog and Magog ("Got and Margoth") people dwelled further beyond, confined by the mountains. // ]]>. 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. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) In 2012, per capita water use was 150 MCM (million cubic meters) for Israelis and 140 MCM for Palestinians. This differs from the first past the post system in the US and UK, and permits small parties to be elected. The real reason for the aggression is spiritual, not political or even humanitarian. Russian Politics: Russias strengthening economic and military ties with Iran (a key nation in Ezekiel 38) supports the view that Russia could be the leader of the Gog-Magog invasion, link. Muslims conquered The Levant (which embraces all of Israel and much more, link) in the 7th century and the land of Israel remained in Muslim hands (apart from the brief Crusader period) until liberated from the Muslim Turks by the British in 1917. All she has to do is keep her side of the contract by being Gods witness to the nations. We need to look to mans future. 2All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: 3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. But prophecy states that one day soon it will be totally destroyed: Damascus will cease from being a city it will be a ruinous heap. Right at the beginning we read a mystery, namely, that the God of the Bible reproduces His kind. No longer will there be any curse. Palestinian nationalism only emerged in the mid-twentieth century, partly in response to the emergence of Zionism. After alls been said and done, the Bibles bold declarations culminate in its last book, Revelation. 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. Gow, Andrew. According to a recent Stanley Greenberg poll, only 34% of Palestinians accept two states for two peoples as the solution. But it does explain everyday experience. antisemitism in Gentile nations (Ezek 38.8, 39.26). All this is pretty specific on location and seems to involve principally Arab-Islamic nations in the Middle East. They are coming from all over the world, from wherever they have been scattered amongst the nations. Map 4: Again, Magog is placed deep in the Russian interior. 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