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. This is the aforementioned element first seen in pseudo-Methodius. Today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract (Gods blessings). So fire on Magog is a distinct possibility. In the book of Ezekiel, the pagan Magog people live "north of the World", and metaphorically represent . The government is headed by the Prime Minister, who is elected in nationwide elections for a period of four years, and an elected President who has a largely apolitical ceremonial role. We see the establishment of the State of Israel. The Spirit and the bride say, Come Let anyone who hears this say, Come Let anyone who is thirsty come. The UN has even resolved to raise the Palestinian flag at the UN headquarters after upgrading the Palestinians status to a non-member observer State even though no such state exists! Gomer was an Aryan group who conquered Armenia (essentially north-eastern Turkey) from their Ukrainian homeland, and Togarmah was the south-eastern part of Turkey near the Syrian border, link. Throughout the Middle Ages, they were variously identified as the Vikings, Huns, Khazars, Mongols, Turanians or other nomads, or even the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. A number of Bible atlass (see Map 1) place Magog in northern Turkey, link. [z][132] Confined Jews were later to be referred to as "Red Jews" (die roten Juden) in German-speaking areas; a term first used in a Holy Grail epic dating to the 1270s, in which Gog and Magog were two mountains enclosing these people. So lets identify the key players in the alliance against Israel. Also, Israel has one of the worlds largest deposits of shale oil, with a potential of some 250 billion barrels in the Shfela basin. They identify in the psalm specific Arab nations which make war against Israel at the end of this age, although scholars disagree on the particular nations involved, link, link. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 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. What were they born for? Many Bible scholars see this psalm (written 10th century BC) as prophetic and applicable to end-times. The result of their witness is a great turning to God from all the nations (Rev 7.9,10). They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Russian military support for Iran comes via arms deals between the two countries, as in the supply of S-300 air defense systems, Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-role fighter jets and advanced Russian T-90 tanks, link. We will worship and then we will come back to you., Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. Israels enemies should take note of Gods promises to Israel: Whoever assails you will fall because of you no weapon that is formed against you will prosper (Isa 54.15,17) "Russia will join China in the war" Rabbi Asor added. Image: Eli E. Hertz. 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. The borders also include Gaza, significant parts of present-day Syria and probably all of Lebanon. The city here is the New Jerusalem described symbolically in Revelation 21. Today, the aliyah continues, with millions of Jews still residing in Gentile nations. The invaders do not appear to reach Jerusalem. [30] The passage has a highly uncertain text, with manuscripts varying in their groupings of the letters of the Greek text into words, leading to different readings; one group of manuscripts ("group Y") links them with the "Marsians and Dacians", in eastern Europe, amongst others. Despite the intervention of the God of Israel to protect her, two end-time wars against Israel must surely take their toll? When it comes to Israel and Jordan, these nations are currently tethered by a peace treaty but the current cold peace could easily turn into a deep freeze, link. 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. As traveler and Friar Riccoldo da Monte di Croce put it in c. 1291, "They say themselves that they are descended from Gog and Magog: and on this account they are called Mogoli, as if from a corruption of Magogoli". In 1915 there were just 83,000 Jews in Palestine (modern Israel) but this increased to over 6 million Jews by 2015, corresponding to an amazing 7400% increase! Scripture says: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it (Zech 2.4). A Pre-Covenant Invasion: In this scenario, the invasion takes place before the revealing of the secular world dictator (the beast of Rev 13.1) and the false ecclesiastical head (the antichrist, Rev 13.11). Clearly, on this analysis, it seems that Turkey is directly involved in the war against Israel. The population of the United Kingdom of 63 million is nine times that of Israel. But with a rapidly growing population, Israels total annual renewable natural sources of fresh water are well below the UN definition of water poverty. The electoral (voting) system is based on nation-wide proportional representation. 1 Chronicles 5:4. The Gog Magog Hills are a range of low chalk hills, extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. For this reason, in 2014 the Chief Rabbinate of Israel urged the public to begin saying a special prayer daily to ask God to bless Israel with abundant rain (enlarge image). Area A is under full control of the Palestinian Authority, Area B is under Palestinian civil control and shared Palestinian and Israeli security control, and Area C (62% of the West Bank) is under full Israeli control. Current Islamic threats support this interpretation of prophecy. This is confirmed in Deuteronomy 7:12: 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. He implied that Israel will be the vortex of the nations at the end of this age and the sign of His soon return. Its up to us to find the meaning of life through Jesus. The 1988 Hamas Charter vowed that Islam would eliminate Israel. According to Rabbi Lefkovitch, this war will be the Biblical war of Gog and Magog. Also "barbarous nations", "savage tribes". Map 3: Here Magog is once more placed deep in the heart of Russia. 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. 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. 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). 2 Thes 2 speaks of the end times and our gathering together unto him and what must happen first: the falling away of many from the true Christ, and the revealing of the antichrist. Buchon, J. Surprisingly, in contrast to prophecy, Israel also has a working relationship with Russia, link! The descendants of Abraham formed a nation (Israel) around 1300 BC after their Exodus from Egypt to Canaan under the leadership of Moses, and in 1004 BC King David established Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. Jesus said that unless those days are shortened, no flesh would be saved (Mat 24.22). The rest of the coalition are nearly all strongly Islamic. That said, in these end times, a remnant of Israel is once more fulfilling her mission, together with the contracted Gentiles. They believe that prophecy shows that Israel will become (if not already) Gods main witness in the world. Russia is also defeated. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. That is why his descendants, the Israelites, are blessed. This tiny war-ravaged and unpopular nation is predicted to be the ruling power of the future? The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. As punishment, her people were sent into captivity by the ferocious Babylonians. 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). The unused fuel in military vehicles could be the combustible element in Ezekiel 39.9-10. And many authorities add that Meshech and Tubal are the names of the Scythian tribes, whose names have been standardized as modern place names. [o][96], Gog and Magog appear in somewhat later Old French versions of the romance. Psalm 83 adds more Islamic groups based in Gaza, Lebanon, and possibly northern Iraq (Assyria). King David conquered Jerusalem in 1052 BC and today, in the Old City of Jerusalem (enlarge image), lies the rock (Mount Moriah) where Abraham offered up Isaac for sacrifice to God around 1800 BC (Gen 22.2). The history of Israel confirms this thought; Jacobs descendants, the twelve tribes of Israel (the Hebrew Israelites) have suffered but prevailed for 3,000 years. But Bible prophecy says they will fail! Gog and Magog (/omo/; Hebrew: , Gg -Mgg) appear in the Bible and the Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. Paul is saying that both creation and man himself groan due to imperfection and mortality. [67], Historian and exegete Ibn Kathir mentioned similar theories in his book Al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya and mentions Gog and Magog are two groups of Turks, descended from Yafith (Japheth), the father of the Turks, one of the sons of Noah. Whilst involving the whole world, it is essentially a time of suffering for those Jews who have returned to the Promised Land. The events are separated by at least 1,000 years. All over Israel, people now recite this prayer. 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". And over a two-year period, the Israeli Air Force ventured across the Israel-Egypt border and made more than 100 attacks on ISIS targets in the Sinai Peninsula to assist Egypt, link. People will be born and will die in the Millennial earth, just as in the present age. As mentioned, scripture indicates that this invasion is a separate invasion to the battle of Armageddon. [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. [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. Some claim that Russia is implied by the term Rosh (Ezek 38.2,3 NKJV, NASB). Over the past 100 years Israel has engineered a national water carrier system and desalination plants, and she drains water from large aquifers under the desert. So it is very conceivable that Libya could join an Islamic invasion of Israel. Israel has been working hard in recent years at diversifying its alliances, and has courted the leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. [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. League of Nations documents of the 1920s refer to the local Arab population as existing non-Jewish communities. Strictly speaking, todays Jews (Hebrew, Yehudim) are those who follow Judaism and who are descendants from the kingdom of Judah. And the Negev desert has an almost unlimited underground supply of brackish water, which is being exploited for agricultural irrigation. So the restoration of Israel will be a sign or witness to the nations that the God of Israel, the God of the Bible, the only true God, loves mankind. Whilst western nations led by the US and the UN favour the two-state approach, it is NOT the solution favored by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas or the Palestinian people! Why? However, in other sources, they're described as small-eyed humans. 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