The deep significance of this to Jewish, Christian and Muslim beliefs makes Jerusalem one of the most contested pieces of real estate in the world. Today, Israel has been restored as a nation and is blessed with progress, protection, resources and intelligence. So who are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? After the (largely Islamic) Gog-Magog war we read: I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgement which I have executed (Ezek 39.21). [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. He said that mortal man was meant to become immortal (that is the plan of his Maker) and then live with His Maker eternally. [CDATA[ They are also defeated by extreme weather: With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. The History Press Ltd, 2005. 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! So here Jesus was referring to a time dispensation rather than to the literal end of the world. It is claimed that the BDS campaign has a much wider objective; namely, the elimination of the Jewish State and should be stopped, link. Here, Al-Zahar is choosing his words from at least 109 verses in the Quran that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule, link. This revealing must occur around the start of the 70th week to allow for a seven year covenant. Although they make up less than half of one percent of the world population, between 1901 and 1950 Jews won 14% of all the Nobel Prizes awarded for Literature and Science, and between 1951 and 2000 Jews won 32% of the Nobel Prizes for Medicine, 32% for Physics, 39% for Economics and 29% for Science. Gog and Magog (/omo/; Hebrew: , Gg -Mgg) appear in the Bible and the Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. In John 3 Jesus said: That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Recent drilling has found thick oil strata in the Southern Golan Heights north-east of the Sea of Galilee. The conflation of Gog and Magog with the legend of Alexander and the Iron Gates was disseminated throughout the Near East in the early centuries of the Christian and Islamic era. Israel's Purpose, Borders, & Future in Prophecy God's People, God's Land, "Now learn from the parable of the fig tree when it puts forth its leaves ", You [Zionist regime] will not see 25 years from today! [Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Sept. 2015], function googleTranslateElementInit() { Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,because you have obeyed me.. Old Testament Israel was commanded to love foreigners (Deut 10.19) and to let them live normal lives amongst them: When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall do him no wrong (he) shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself (Lev 19.33,34). Image courtesy Central and Northern Arava R&D. Image: Joels Trumpet. He said to me: It is done. So is there a deeper reason for the boycotts? Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 850 individuals worldwide, of whom some 23% were Jews or people of strong Jewish ancestry. But it does explain everyday experience. 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. Also, Israel has one of the worlds largest deposits of shale oil, with a potential of some 250 billion barrels in the Shfela basin. In July 2006, to take one example at random, Hezbollah crossed the border of Lebanon into Israel and killed eight patrolmen and kidnapped two others, and that summer fired four thousand Katyusha rockets into Israel which killed a further forty-three civilians. I appreciate all your work on the subject and the accurate rendition of bible prophecy joined by current events great job and thanks. Moscow. We are closer now than ever before. This, despite so many of their greatest intellects dying in the gas chambers.. The prophet Ezekiel clearly describes an end-time invasion of Israel from the north. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. The problem is that Israel is now occupying land previously conquered by Islam. 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). 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. Or simply just watch Israel and see what unfolds! In Ezekiel 38, Gog is an individual and Magog is his land;[1] in Genesis 10, Magog is a man and eponymous ancestor of a nation, but no Gog is mentioned; by the time of Revelation 20:8 Jewish tradition had long since changed Ezekiel's "Gog from Magog" into "Gog and Magog".[2]. 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. We will fight them wherever we can on the ground, underground, and if we have airplanes, we will fight them from the skies. Prophecy states that regathered Israel will go through a time of great tribulation and distress as the world system persecutes Israel. Bible prophecy describes how the increasing political bias of western nations, and the increasing aggression of Arab-Muslim nations finally leads to another major war against Israel. These are some of Israel's future invaders, Turkey will take part in a war against Israel, Some see Russia leading an Arab war against Israel, Israel's invaders will be destroyed on the mountains of Israel. How can Israel be so wrong? [h][80] By the time of Josephus, Alexander was already a Jewish folk hero. Today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract (Gods blessings). The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. A perfect God-man relationship will be restored. Badsey, S. Nicolle, D, Turnbull, S (1999). Map 5: And again, Magog is placed in Russia. The God of Israel says to the invaders: I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand (Ezek 39.3). But International law firmly states that Israel is not in occupation, link. [v][122][133], The Flemish Franciscan friar William of Rubruck, who was first-hand witness to Alexander's supposed wall in Derbent on the shores of the Caspian Sea in 1254,[w] identified the people the walls were meant to fend off only vaguely as "wild tribes" or "desert nomads",[x][136] but one researcher made the inference Rubruck must have meant Jews,[y] and that he was speaking in the context of "Gog and Magog". [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. 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). He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. They are of course the twelve tribes descended from Jacob (whose name was changed by God to Israel). We will now see that prophecies in Ezekiel confirm this conclusion. A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. More . This instruction is timeless and applies to Palestinian Arabs today. [s][99][100] Branch IV of the poetic cycle tells that the task of guarding Gog and Magog, as well as the rule of Syria and Persia was assigned to Antigonus, one of Alexander's successors. As history shows, the people of Israel strayed from their promise on Mount Sinai. The IDFs soldiers and the security forces are prepared for any development We will fight whoever tries to harm us We stand tall in the face of those who threaten to destroy us. Abraham!, Do not lay a hand on the boy, he said. Other resolutions refer to the on-going Palestinian refugee problem, but many see this now as a political tool by Arab nations, link, link. Ezekiel 40.2 and Zech 14.10 suggest that the millennial Jerusalem is elevated above a plain. But the UN is not all bad: in 2015 the UN began to address issues of concern to the Jewish community, particularly anti-Semitism. And today any standard Hebrew text (such as a newspaper) refers to Russia by using the proper noun, Rosh. [6] Viking travelers and colonists were seen at many points in history as violent raiders. But the Bible doesnt say that. It is different to the last war of this age Armageddon. [7] Alternatively, Gog may be derived from Magog rather than the other way around, and "Magog" may be code for Babylon. For example: The Quran teaches that the Palestinians must liberate Israel in its entirety. A primary reason for the existence of Israel is that she is Gods witness and servant in the world (Isa 43.10). MapMaster assumed (based on copyright claims), GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, Wikimedia, The Current Scenario: Prelude to Gog-Magog war. Image: Eli E. Hertz. Israels strongest ally, the US, provides a diplomatic shield for her at the United Nations. The descendants of Jacob (Israel) were the twelve tribes of Israel and they settled in the Promised Land of Canaan (enlarge map). This is a popular belief taught by famous evangelists and Bible teachers such as Chuck Missler. These are the Jews who are at last honoured by the nations and who glorify God and serve Him on the Millennial earth. Arab governments rejected Israels offer to repatriate 100,000 Arab refugees, and the offer of UN money for the refugees. Gog is the ruler of Magog and the prince of Meshech and Tubal, the demonic and sinister leader of ungodly peoples far distant from Israel, whom he leads in a final assault against the people of God, but is ignominiously defeated by the intervention of Yahweh upon the mountains of Canaan. 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. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. The electoral (voting) system is based on nation-wide proportional representation. The kingdoms of Gog and Magog appear in many early maps of Asia and the World produced between about 1200 to 1750. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. In Ezekiel 38:2-3, we are told that Gog is "of the land of Magog." Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal." Ezekiel 38:2-3 (NASB) [2] The process, and the shifting geography of Gog and Magog, can be traced through the literature of the period. After alls been said and done, the Bibles bold declarations culminate in its last book, Revelation. Are the politicians listening? Magog means the "Prince of Rosh." (Gog) Rosh is the old root word for the land of Russia. But given the rapid political transitions in recent years in Libya, Iraq and Egypt, Turkey could yet fall to hard-line Islamic fundamentalists and join Iran, link. Psalm 83 goes on to mention certain people groups in this alliance: The Levant. the church and not Israel is Gods main witness today, link. 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. When the Russian alliance invades Israel some nations question the motive: Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, Have you come to take plunder? Put simply, todays church is often blind to her Jewish roots. Map 2: Land of Magog based on the Scythians. The location of biblical Rephidim is on route from the Wilderness of Sin to Mt Sinai, link. 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. [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. 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. As to the future, at the end of the age all nations will gather against Israel in an attempt to destroy her but again God intervenes. After some 2,500 years of dispersion amongst the nations, Israel will again take on her intended role in the world: You are My witnesses says the Lord, And My servant whom I have chosen (Isa 43.10). Muslims see Mecca as the holiest place in the Islamic world, and so turn their back on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem when praying. Well, these are all Islamic countries with Hamas (Gaza) and Hezbollah (Lebanon) vehemently opposed to Israel. 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. Historically, Damascus has suffered attack (2 Ki 16.9) but it has never been totally destroyed. 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. Corrupt world governments will have been crushed and Christs Kingdom will embrace the whole earth (Dan 2.35). And the Negev desert has an almost unlimited underground supply of brackish water, which is being exploited for agricultural irrigation. Around 922 BC the twelve tribes of Israel split into a southern kingdom (called The House of Judah, embracing Judea and Jerusalem) and a northern kingdom comprising ten tribes and called The House of Israel, or simply Israel. In fact, since prophecy is not precise, some see several major Middle East wars just before the close of this age and the Second Coming of Christ. In reality there can be no lasting, workable two-state solution. For what is mortal must be changed into what is immortal; what will die must be changed into what cannot die. Cite error: A list-defined reference named "jean-edward-smith" is not used in the content (see the help page). According to Sahih Muslim, the Prophet said: Some scholars further attempt to relate the last portion of the interpretation of Yajuj and Majuj to the Lake of Tiberias, currently known as the Sea of Galilee, the Earth's lowest freshwater lake, and the Dead Sea. at or near the end of the aliyah (Ezek 39.27,28). What is the current situation? The very day after the UN declared Israel a country in 1948, five Arab countries attacked, and she has been struggling for her right to life ever since. 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. Whilst some claim that the 6-Day war in June 1967 was miraculous in that Israel overcame huge superiority in armour, aircraft and troops, future wars will certainly be unique. 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. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 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). "Russia will join China in the war" Rabbi Asor added. The story goes that Diocletian - the Roman Emperor - had thirty-three wicked daughters. As Jews started returning to their homeland around the start of the 20th century, the need to combat desertification became one of national importance. 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. Now, it's up to each of us to believe that or not. 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