Ezekiel 38 - 39 mentions "Gog of the land of Magog, as chief prince of Meshech and Tubal
Ezekiel 38
The word of the LORD came to me: ‘Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and p…
Ezekiel 38 - 39 mentions "Gog of the land of Magog, as chief prince of Meshech and Tubal
Ezekiel 38
The word of the LORD came to me: ‘Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him
in the Hebrew Bible Gog and Magog were individuals, peoples, & lands
Ezekiel 38, Gog is an individual , Magog is his land
Genesis 10 Magog is a man, Gog is omitted
later Jewish tradition changed Ezekiel Gog from the land Magog became Gog & Magog to match
the Book of Revelation BUT they are still peoples & or individuals
A legend was attached to Gog and Magog by the time of the Roman period, so Alexander the Great
is said to repel the tribe the Unclean Nations lead by king Goth & Magoth beyond a mountain pass
& built the iron Gates of Alexander & blocked from returning by his new wall.
Early Christian writers made Gog & Magog the Romans & the emperor but when the Empire
became Christian Gog was the Goths, Scythians, Amazons , Huns & Khazars Mongols, Turanians
, nomads, or even the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. ANY mythical or real savage hordes from beyond
Alexander's gates & Early Christian writers sensationalized them as apocalyptic hordes as a
political slur shifted against any enemy that could be made less human
921 AD "Some hold the opinion that Gog and Magog a any nomadic people "living in the lands on
the Eurasian steppes
1000 AD a Mongol folk-tradition said that they were descended from Gog and Magog.
1170 AD the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel or one of seven Hungarian tribes converted to Judaism were
Gog and Magog
Alexander the Great, imprisoned the Gog and Magog in Central Asia &
they were plotting to escape & join European jews to destroy Christians
1200 AD century Mongols were, seen as a mysterious and invincible horde from the east & they
were "Magogoli", the offspring of Gog and Magog, when they entered Poland and Hungary and
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