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. 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. 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. Cite error: A list-defined reference named "jean-edward-smith" is not used in the content (see the help page). 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. Israel may be seeing these blessings today (enlarge map). 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.. 13The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. This is not surprising given that Libya is about 97% Muslim, link. These are the ones who are refined through suffering and go on into the Millennial world with Christ at His Second Coming. All over Israel, people now recite this prayer. But I will chasten you justly and will by no means leave you unpunished (Jer 30.11). Israel also reuses treated sewage, and computerized drip irrigation and micro-sprinklers for agriculture. It is in order. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. Buchon, J. And (perhaps between these wars) Israel also goes through a time of distress or tribulation referred to in Dan 12.1 and Mat 24.15-25. One view within Christianity is more starkly apocalyptic, making Gog and Magog, here indicating nations rather than individuals,[3] allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as described in the Book of Revelation. Many see an essentially Islamic invasion (Iran, Turkey, Libya, Ethiopia (todays Sudan) ) all probably led by Russia. I am the bright morning star. 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. A future invasion of northern Israel is strongly indicated in Ezek 38 and Ezek 39. [50] Sallam returned a little over two years later and reported that he had seen the wall and also the tower where Dhul Qarnayn had left his building equipment, and all was still intact. The etymology of the name Israel is not clear, although Gen 32.28 implies that Jacob and his descendants would struggle but prevail. Gog and Magog identified: Turkey, NOT Russia! In October 1973 Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel (the Yom Kippur War) but were eventually defeated. So who are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. [145], In the Islamic apocalyptic tradition, the end of the world would be preceded by the release of Gog and Magog, whose destruction by God in a single night would usher in the Day of Resurrection. These are powerful and inspired words. [6], The names are mentioned together in Ezekiel chapter 38, where Gog is an individual and Magog is his land. According to a recent Stanley Greenberg poll, only 34% of Palestinians accept two states for two peoples as the solution. "Satan will go back to tricking nations all over the world, from Gog to Magog." Future wars against Israel will be different from previous wars. This has been true in history and is true for the future. Their mission was to teach the world by their example and be Gods witness to the nations. Even so, Israeli farmers have come a long way since the Zionist pioneers began clearing rock-strewn fields and draining the swampland. Currently Israels chief enemies are Shia Muslim (as in Hezbollah), so Israel is currently tightly aligned with anti-Shia Saudi Arabia, link. Gog and Magog (/omo/; Hebrew: , Gg -Mgg) appear in the Bible and the Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder? (Ezek 38.13). The History Press Ltd, 2005. 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. 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). 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). According to one interpretation, "Goth and Magothy" are the kings of the Unclean Nations who Alexander drove through a mountain pass and prevented from crossing his new wall. Arab governments rejected Israels offer to repatriate 100,000 Arab refugees, and the offer of UN money for the refugees. Israel was to return and seek God after the gospel had been spread to the Gentile nations (Rom 11.25). [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]. [5] Some contemporary Muslim historians and geographers regarded the Vikings as the emergence of Gog and Magog. Evidence from the Tanach (the Hebrew Bible), the New Testament, historians like Josephus, and archaeology all testify to the existence of a huge, impressive Temple in Jerusalem. The people of Israel are once more becoming Gods witness to the nations. Until then, struggling, heroic and jihadi morale will leave no moment of serenity for Zionists [Irans supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, September 2015]. [80] However, the earliest fusion of Alexander's gate and the apocalyptic nations of Gog and Magog is a product of late antiquity, in what is known as the Syriac Legend of Alexander. From human cells to the earth and the starry heavens all were made through Jesus (John chapter 1). He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. For details of what the Jews expected see this post. [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. 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. [The CIA, Wikimedia]. 9The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. But it is possible for mankind to be translated to an immortal spiritkind like his Creator. In Genesis 22:1-18 we read how God tested Abraham. As of 2015, the world Jewish population was 14.2 million, of which 6.2 million (44%) resided in Israel, link. Image: Free Israel Photos, Israel's deserts produce abundant fruit. 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. Some 80% of todays Jews in Israel follow the Jewish scriptures in the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) in some way, ranging from fundamentalism to loose Jewish practice. [74][75] These powers cannot be defeated through military force and are to be overcome through prayer and divine intervention. new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE}, 'google_translate_element'); 15However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you: 16You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. Image courtesy Central and Northern Arava R&D. 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. 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). This is the fundamental reason why religious Jews claim that the Land of Canaan (modern Israel) is their land, covenanted to them by God. [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. Today, man is expert at twisting Gods word. 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". Map 1: Possible location of Magog, Meshech, Tubal and Gomer (Holman Bible Atlas). Van Duzer, Chet. In 1915 there were just 83,000 Jews but this increased to over 6.2 million Jews in 2015. 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. [140] This has not been the case in the United States, where a 2002 poll indicated that 59% of Americans believed the events predicted in the Book of Revelation would come to pass. As Gods witnesses and servants they are to turn many to righteousness (Dan 12.3) in very troubled times as nations crumble (Lk 21.25, Dan 2.34,35) and Gods judgments on the earth begin. Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world, and she has the highest density of start-up companies in the world. Some accounts and maps began to place the "Caspian Mountains", and Gog and Magog, just outside the Great Wall of China. 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