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? [18] Even some Russians took up the idea, apparently unconcerned by the implications ("Ancestors were found in the Bible, and that was enough"), as did Ronald Reagan. Do not do anything to him. So is there a deeper reason for the boycotts? Radical Islam is never going to accept the concept of an Israeli State, so the struggle is likely to continue for another sixty years, but the Jews know that that is less dangerous than entrusting their security to anyone else. So, through Arab aggression, Israel temporarily lost land mandated to her through the 1922 Mandate for Palestine, and this was only regained in the 1967 6-day war. No. The borders also include Gaza, significant parts of present-day Syria and probably all of Lebanon. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. God wants the church to call His people, wherever they are, back to Himself. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. So when this takes place, and the mortal has been changed into the immortal, then the scripture will come true: Death is destroyed; victory is complete!. 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. Some Bible translations use the word Put, which is simply the Hebrew place name for the area currently occupied by present-day Libya. According to the Bible, Israel is indeed a special nation, chosen by God to bless mankind and to make a name for Himself. Why? Would they have been given the gift of immortality as a reward? [7] Alternatively, Gog may be derived from Magog rather than the other way around, and "Magog" may be code for Babylon. 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). Thankfully, according to Bible prophecy, such disputes will be short-lived as this age rapidly comes to a close. The material is not found in the oldest Greek, Latin, Armenian, and Syriac versions. History shows that both houses rebelled against God, and despite warnings from the prophets, both houses were eventually removed from their Promised Land. 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. In other words, not all nations seem to be involved. The current world situation aligns very well with this prophetic interpretation. It is probably a blessing from God since they are His chosen people. [139] But as the century progressed, apocalyptic expectations receded as the populace in Europe began to adopt an increasingly secular worldview. THEY ASSUME THERE IS A PALESTINIAN LAND Now, if we multiply those numbers by nine to get the British equivalent, just imagine what we would do if a terrorist organization based as close as Calais were to fire thirty-six thousand rockets into Sussex and Kent, killing 87 British civilians, after killing seventy-two British servicemen in an ambush and capturing eighteen. 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() { In 2012, per capita water use was 150 MCM (million cubic meters) for Israelis and 140 MCM for Palestinians. In the hands of Early Christian writers they became apocalyptic hordes. Do the Jews have any advantage over the Gentiles? Image: Central and Northern Arava R&D. No wonder Jerusalem will be the location of the most epic battle of history! Sometimes this gas reaches the surface resulting in fire flashes and explosions. Why? In 1915 there were just 83,000 Jews but this increased to over 6.2 million Jews in 2015. The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And despite many attempts over nearly 3,000 years to exterminate the Jews, a remnant has always survived. Alexander's prayer caused the mountains to move nearer, making the pass narrower, facilitating his building his gate. Jesus talked about world events at the end of the age in Mat 24.3. The Septuagint reads "Gog" instead of "Agag" in Numbers 24:7. . 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. The Jews of the Holy Land are thus surrounded by hostile states 650 times their size in territory and sixty times their population, yet their last, best hope of ending two millennia of international persecution, the State of Israel has somehow survived. This spirit of hatred against the Jews exists today and Irans leaders insist that Israel must be wiped off the map as foretold in Psalm 83 verse 4. Israel is governed by a western-style multiparty parliamentary system. The world is not even aware of 2 Thes 2 and the church doesnt read as it is but changes it to conform to pet doctrines. 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). [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. Map 4: Again, Magog is placed deep in the Russian interior. This will be in terms of abundant agricultural produce grains, fruit and wine (Ezek 36.29,30) and nations will remark that desolate land has become like the garden of Eden (Ezek 36.35). For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. NO! Arab governments rejected Israels offer to repatriate 100,000 Arab refugees, and the offer of UN money for the refugees. And also Where to go Access Live map Pocket map Guided walks at 3pm The Lord Mayor Elect . Badsey, S. Nicolle, D, Turnbull, S (1999). Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. [e][21] Of Gog's allies, Meshech and Tubal were 7th-century BC kingdoms in central Anatolia north of Israel, Persia towards the east, Cush (Ethiopia) and Put (Libya) to the south; Gomer is the Cimmerians, a nomadic people north of the Black Sea, and Beth Togarmah was on the border of Tubal. The Jewish contribution to finance, science, the arts, academia, commerce and industry, literature, philanthropy and politics has been astonishing relative to their tiny numbers. Putting their trust in Western Civilization was never again going to be enough. Recent drilling has found thick oil strata in the Southern Golan Heights north-east of the Sea of Galilee. Man will still have his daily work but there is some indication that the bias of work will be towards husbandry (farming) and hunting (fishing) rather than industrial manufacturing (Ezek 47.10 Isa 60.5, 65.21 Amos 9.13,14). Gebal and Tyre), Syria is not specifically mentioned in Psalm 83, or in Ezekiel 38. This reflects the PA leadership position: We will never accept a Palestinian state without Jerusalem as its capital [Mahmoud Abbas, May, 2011]. Sadly this is not generally true of the western institutionalized church, which usually holds to replacement theology i.e. "Russia will join China in the war" Rabbi Asor added. Whilst involving the whole world, it is essentially a time of suffering for those Jews who have returned to the Promised Land. Some accounts and maps began to place the "Caspian Mountains", and Gog and Magog, just outside the Great Wall of China. But the UN is not all bad: in 2015 the UN began to address issues of concern to the Jewish community, particularly anti-Semitism. [111], As one nomadic people followed another on the Eurasian steppes, so the identification of Gog and Magog shifted. Your email address will not be published. Prophecy paints a picture of a world at peace (no war) with Jerusalem (Zion) as the focal point since Christ dwells there. [5] Dhul-Qarnayn, having journeyed to the ends of the world, meets "a people who scarcely understood a word" who seek his help in building a barrier that will separate them from the people of Yajuj and Majuj who "do great mischief on earth". Whilst it is claimed that Edom disappeared into Rome when the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, link, that is not true for the Amalekites. That is why his descendants, the Israelites, are blessed. They are of course the twelve tribes descended from Jacob (whose name was changed by God to Israel). These are children not born through a womans pregnancy, but born of God. They didnt die immediately, but they did die of old age, like all mortals. In the same end-time context the prophet Joel says: I will remove the northern army (probably Russian led) far from you, And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, And its vanguard into the eastern sea, And its rear guard into the western sea (Joel 2.20). So the invasion probably occurs around the time of the rapture of the true church, either a few years before or a few years after the rapture. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are okay with it. Ezekiels prophecy identifies the key players: Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, set your face against 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, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. These forces blind the nations the politicians, the media, the institutionalized church, the man in the street and the adherents of political Islam such that they believe a lie (2 Thes 2.10,11). Turkish Politics: Currently Turkey finds herself isolated and surrounded by not very friendly states such as Iran, Iraq and Syria. [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]. Or is there any value in being circumcised? 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. Over the past 100 years the nation and people of Israel have come to prominence on the world scene. Map of Gog and Magog Bible Book: Revelation Type: Maps Location: Africa, Eurasian Steppe, Gog, Magog, Map of Gog and Magog, Middle East, Satan Era: Exiled prophet Map of Gog and Magog. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. [112][113], While the confounding Gog and Magog as confined Jews was becoming commonplace, some, like Riccoldo or Vincent de Beauvais remained skeptics, and distinguished the Lost Tribes from Gog and Magog. Gods dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. The Gog Magog Hills are a range of low chalk hills, extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. In 1967 the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (and later Iraq) attacked Israel, but were defeated in just six days despite the huge Arab superiority in armour, aircraft and troops. Gog and Magog are said to engage in human cannibalism in the romances and derived literature. The real reason for the aggression is spiritual, not political or even humanitarian. Note that Gods unconditional land covenant with Abraham passed to Isaac (and then to Jacob) rather than to Ishmael and the Arab nations (Gen 17.19). Today we see the return of the Jews back to their God-given homeland (Canaan). In the Quran Yajuj and Majuj (Gog and Magog) are suppressed by Dhu al-Qarnayn "The Two-Horned One". What about those who do not believe and are not thirsty for a relationship with their Creator? 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. Image: Eli E. Hertz. What did they live for? He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. [13][3] Gog or Goug the Reubenite[c] occurs in 1 Chronicles 5:4, but he appears to have no connection with the Gog of Ezekiel or Magog of Genesis. According to the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, the Jews could settle anywhere between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea, see map. [120][130][131] As noted, Riccoldo had reported a Mongol folk-tradition that they were descended from Gog and Magog. At the outset it seems unfair on the rest of mankind. On the other hand, Psalm 83 verse 6 does imply Arabic aggression. [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. Why such Jewish genius? 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. The is a solution, but prophecy indicates that it will not occur in this present age. Israel is considered by third parties to be the only free country in the region in that there is a climate of respect for civil liberties, freedom of expression, significant independent civic life, an independent media, and a military under civilian rule, link. The truth is that a New Heaven and a New Earth is prophesied. [b][12] In Revelation, Gog and Magog together are the hostile nations of the world. So, on the one hand we see the Vatican demanding control over Jerusalems religious sites, link, the UN stating that Jerusalem should be the capital of both Israel and Palestine, and Palestinians claiming Jerusalem as their capital. 4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestockthe calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Romanized Jewish historian Josephus knew them as the nation descended from Magog the Japhetite, as in Genesis, and explained them to be the Scythians. [119], In fact, Gog and Magog were held by the Mongol to be their ancestors, at least by some segment of the population. Over half of Israels saline soil is arid or semi-arid and only 20% is arable. 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. All of Jerusalem was mandated to be part of the Jewish homeland under the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and so Israels sovereignty over all of Jerusalem is well-founded. This is the second death. The West Bank refers to an area bounded by the so-called Green Line and the west bank of the River Jordan (SEE MAP). That said, in these end times, a remnant of Israel is once more fulfilling her mission, together with the contracted Gentiles. In fact, the number of Jews in Israel today has increased by over 7,000 percent in just 100 years! Heres why. Map 5: And again, Magog is placed in Russia. They were to follow the statutes of holy living, various laws and observe mandated Holy Feasts at their appointed time. All this is pretty specific on location and seems to involve principally Arab-Islamic nations in the Middle East. [73][74] According to these teachings, the conflict between Russia and the United States as two superpowers, or the militant rivalry between the communist and capitalist systems and their impact over the nations of the world, is thus seen as having occurred in accordance with prophecies concerning Gog and Magog. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. Did you see it? What we do know is that the psalm speaks of a confederacy against Israel with the aim of eliminating Israel: They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more they form a confederacy against You (Ps 83.4,5), Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it [Hamas Charter, 1988] Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be eliminated [President of Iran, 2012]. The if-then statement in these verses reveals that it was conditional. The 1988 Hamas Charter vowed that Islam would eliminate Israel. Clearly, this is not true of present-day Israel. A contract can be defined as an agreement between two parties which obliges each party to do or not to do a certain thing. This is the severe persecution of Israel under the final world government and world ruler, link the time of Jacobs trouble (Jer 30.7). Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 850 individuals worldwide, of whom some 23% were Jews or people of strong Jewish ancestry. As mentioned, the so-called Gog-Magog war does not involve all nations of the world. "The Legends on the Yale Martellus Map." Magog was a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah (Gen 10.2). Worth Press Ltd, 2000, (Shahadat-ul-Quran, Ruhani Khazain, Volume 6, Pages 361362. Bible prophecy over end-time Israel speaks of great blessings on the land. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. [81], In the Syriac Alexander Legend dating to 629630, Gog (Syriac: , gwg) and Magog (Syriac: , mgwg) appear as kings of Hunnish nations. A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. Here we read the final verses of the Bible, and the promise and warning of Jesus. He said to me: It is done. On the other hand, orthodox Jews claim their historic and covenant right to the city. [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. 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. Why should Israel be expected to behave any differently? God made this unconditional promise to Abram (Abraham): I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you I will give to you and your descendants all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God (Gen 17.7,8). [24] One explanation is that the Gog alliance, a blend of the "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10 and Tyre's trading partners in Ezekiel 27, with Persia added, was cast in the role of end-time enemies of Israel by means of Isaiah 66:19, which is another text of eschatological foretelling. The Holy Sprit will reveal to the Church who he is, and than maybe the rapture. As the Gog and Magog implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine become clear, more previously hidden clues are coming to light. [105] This is a case of imperfect transmission, since the prose Alexander's source, the Latin work by Archpriest Leo of Naples known as Historia de Preliis, does mention "Gogh et Macgogh", at least in some manuscripts. Joseph was to be blessed with precious things from the deep (Heb tehom: sea, abyss) lying beneath (Deut 33.13), Asher was to dip his foot in oil (Deut 34.24) and Zebulun and Issachar were to find treasures hidden in the sand (Deut 33.19). Desertech, the annual agricultural expo for Arava agriculture. So today Israel is meeting much of its water needs by purifying seawater from the Mediterranean and some 80% of domestic water in Israeli cities comes from desalinated water (the desalination facilities are connected to the NWC). What is the current situation? 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. (The Quran says:) Kill them wherever you may find them Allah did not define the 1967 borders or the 1948 borders. and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book. 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) More , Jerusalem Old City at Dawn. And the Lord God commanded the man, You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.. 44117. 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). 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. Now, it's up to each of us to believe that or not. Gog and Magog are, respectively, the names of a mysterious Biblical land and its people, who feature in apocalyptic prophecy. Future wars against Israel will be different from previous wars. YES! In Romans 8:18-23 new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE}, 'google_translate_element'); But Bible prophecy says they will fail! On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. He sums it up like this: 1 Corinthians 15.53 According to Rabbi Lefkovitch, this war will be the Biblical war of Gog and Magog. In a fallen world who can deny that man can do either? 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. 59386287). during the Babylonian exile. Add to this the Hamas objective of replacing the Jewish State with an Islamic caliphate, link, then the two-state solution is clearly impossible! I used to believe that Gog and Magog which invades Israel as depicted in Ezekiel chapter 38 is Russia. In fact Jewish mystical interpretation (Kabbalah) superstitiously has a method of calculates numbers from Hebrew letters from the words Gog and Magog = 70. 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. So how many survive these onslaughts on Israel? The descendants of Japheth subsequently settled across Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) and those in the eastern parts became known as Scythians. [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. Nothing has changed, and today Islamic leaders proudly boast of their coming destruction of the Jewish nation, Israel. Kalaniot in the western Negev It appears that we currently nearing the end of approximately 6,000 years of human government and the start of 1,000 years of peace on the earth the Millennial Age when Christ rules the earth (Zech 14.9). This revealing must occur around the start of the 70th week to allow for a seven year covenant. In Genesis 22:1-18 we read how God tested Abraham. 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. So, whilst Moscow itself is not directly due north of Israel, the military arm of the Russian Federation is indeed to the far north of Israel (Ezek 38.6,15). This term is missing in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, but modern translations imply Rosh is a geographic location or place name. The rest of the coalition are nearly all strongly Islamic. They were barbarians (non-Greek and non-Roman), a people dwelling north and east of the Black Sea and in the area surrounding the Caspian Sea. God says He will fulfill this amazing promise to the thirsty. Such prophecies are brief and full of symbolism little detail is revealed. We need to look to mans future. The problem is that Israel is now occupying land previously conquered by Islam. //
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