Eze 38:2 your face against G in the land of Magog
Rev 20:8 to G and Magog, to gather them together to
Gog (Heb. Gôg, perhaps “mountain” or “roof”; Gr. Gog) 1. Son of Joel of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chr 5:4). 2. Leader of a pagan group that Ezekiel foretold would attack the restored Jewish state (Eze 38:2, 3, 14, 16, 18; 39:1, 11, 15). All attempts to identify him with a historical figure from Ezekiel’s time or later periods have been unsuccessful or unconvincing (see CBA 4:733). Therefore, Gog seems to be simply an ideal name for a leader of the pagan hosts that would combine to attack Israel. For the prophecies concerning restored Israel, see Prophet (II); CBA 4:27-40. 3. Person similar to the pagan leader mentioned in Eze_38 and 39, or a nation hostile to God, symbolizing the wicked nations whom Satan gathers after the millennium to attack Christ and take the new Jerusalem (Rev 20:8). see Gog 2.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
a male name, which appears twice in the Scriptures. 1. Son of Joel, of the descendants of Reuben, 1 Cro 5, 4. 2. Unidentified character, king of Magog, this word that means precisely “country of G.”, prince of Mesek and Túbal, countries in Asia Minor, north of Palestine. To this G., to whom the prophet Ezekiel refers in chapters 38 and 39, there is no reason to look for a historical identification, because by the features with which the prophet paints him, he is nothing more than the personification of evil, but controlled and used by God as an instrument. This text about G. is an apocalyptic poem, in which the prophet speaks of his visions of Israel’s last tribulations and reveals a future in which these sufferings will be forgotten. G. prepares a powerful army, which will come from the north, to attack Israel, a people who live peacefully in unprotected cities; but the wrath of God will turn against G., who thinks he is acting on his own when in reality he is an instrument of God, and the great massacre will come, the disaster of G.’s army, to the point that it will take seven weeks to bury the corpses and for seven years the Israelites will fire with weapons taken from the vanquished. These visions of G., reveal to the Israelites in exile a future of struggle and pain; but they also show them the mysteries of the future, the definitive victory of good over evil, when G. is defeated, dead and buried in the valley of the Oberim, for which this place will be called Hamón G., that is , †œvalley of the Horde of G.† , east of the Dead Sea. This character of G. had a lot of influence in the apocalyptic literature after the prophet Ezekiel, in the apocryphal writings, and, specifically, in Saint John. In these texts G. and Magog are two sovereign allies against the just, and in the Apocalypse, in the second eschatological combat, the two characters represent the pagan nations allied against the Church at the end of time, Rev 20, 8.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(golden ornament). Name of people in the OT and a group of nations in the NT.
1. Descendant of Reuben. Son of Joel (1Ch 5:4).
. Character mentioned by Ezekiel. He is said to be “sovereign prince of Meshech and Tubal.” God is against him, because he comes at the head of a confederation of peoples among whom are named “Persia, Cush and Put…Gomer…the house of Togarmah, from the ends of the N”, to “the mountains of Israel”, with a destructive spirit and in search of loot. But G. will perish “on the mountains of Israel.” He will be such a carnage that it will take seven years to collect the weapons of war that will remain on the battlefield and he will take seven months to bury the corpses of the dead. “And the day that I am glorified will be celebrated for them, says Jehovah,” who will no longer hide his face from the sons of Israel. “For I will have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD” (Ezek. 38-39).
. †œG. and Magog † is a formula used to refer to † œthe nations that are in the four corners of the earth †, who will be deceived by † ¢ Satan when he is † œreleased from his prison † (Rev 20: 6-8) . This prophecy seems to be related to Ez. 38 to 39.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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Vet, (a) Son of Shemaiah, a Reubenite (1 Chron. 5:4). (b) Gog is a symbolic name of the mighty and proud leader of the vast hordes of Scythia and Tartary. Magog was the son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), whose descendants spread over the immense steppes of the north, giving his name to the land. These hordes, coming from the north, “like a cloud to cover the earth” (Ezek. 38:9), will attack Israel in the land of Palestine, but will be crushed by God (Ezek. 38:18-23; 39:1, 6 , eleven). In Revelation (Rev. 20:8) Gog and Magog are mentioned again attacking Jerusalem, “the camp of the saints and the beloved city.” Many do not accept the identification of Ezekiel’s Gog with that of Revelation, stating that in Ezekiel, Gog is seen acting before the Millennium, while in Revelation, Gog acts after. Another reason given against identifying Ezekiel’s Gog with that of Revelation is that in Ezekiel Gog is seen coming “from the ends of the north” (Ez. 38:6), whereas in Revelation Gog and Magog are identified with “the nations that are in the four corners of the earth” (Rev. 20:8). However, both passages can be reconciled without difficulty: (A) In addition to the mention “north ends” in Ez. 38:6, Gog’s colligation with “Persia (to the east), Cush (Ethiopia, to the south), and Put (Libya, to the east)” (Ez. 38:5) is affirmed. Thus, it agrees with Rev. 20:8: “the four corners of the earth.” (B) Ez. 38:8 cannot be reconciled with the Tribulation period. Two alternatives are given: either it is a transition period between the Tribulation and the Millennium, or it is Israel dwelling in the time of the Millennium. A third possibility, and the one most in harmony with the characteristic of biblical prophecy, is that there is a double fulfillment, before the time of the Millennium, and a total fulfillment at the end of the Millennium. The definitive destruction of Gog and Magog will give the final step to the establishment of the eternal state, prior to the Great White Throne Judgment (Rev. 20-22). There, justice will no longer suffer, as now, nor will it reign, as in the Millennium (see), but, once all opposition is destroyed, it will dwell. Bibliography: AT Pearson: “Ezekiel,” The Wycliffe Bible Commentary (Moody Press, Chicago, 1962); RH Alexander: “Ezequiel” (Pub. Evangelical Speaker, Barcelona, 1979), PP. 123-134.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
The meaning of this name is not known with certainty.
1. Descendant of Reuben. (1Ch 5:3, 4)
2. The name is found in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39, where it is applied to the leader of an international, storm-like assault on God’s people. The attack occurs after Jehovah has gathered the people from the nations from him and returned them to the previously devastated “mountains of Israel.” Because they dwell in security, without any visible signs of protection, and enjoy abundant prosperity, Gog is drawn to launch a vicious and furious attack against them. To this end, he assembles a vast army from many nations; but his attack sparks Jehovah’s wrath, causing a terrible defeat and destruction of Gog and all his crowd. His corpses become food for birds and beasts, and his bones are buried in the valley later called the valley of the Crowd of Gog (literally, valley of Hamon-Gog).
The origin and purpose of the attack. The attack originates far away from the land of Israel. Gog is ‘from the land of Magog’, situated in ‘the remotest parts of the north’. (Eze 38:2, 15) He is “the main leader of Meshech and Tubal” (38:2, 3). Some translations say in this text †œprince of Ros, Meshech and Tubal† (BAS, Mod), understanding that †œRos† refers to a country or people. However, nowhere else in the Bible is this name given to a land or people. Meshech and Tubal, like Magog, are names given to the sons of Japheth (Ge 10:2), and the three lands that bear this name are located to the N. of Israel. (See MAGOG no. 2; MESHEC no. 1; TUBAL.) Other members of the attacking N. forces, also Japhetics, were: Gomer and Togarmah (who seem to have been the progenitors of the ancient Cimmerians and Armenians, respectively). ). Japhetic Persia was located to the NE, but the Hamitic members of the S also entered the conspiracy: Ethiopia and Put, who were in Africa. (Eze 38:4-6, 15) Thus, Gog’s role is that of commander of an imposing attack force exerting great pressure to crush Jehovah’s people like a vise.
Israel is said to be “dwelling in the center of the earth”. (Eze 38:12) Ancient Israel was not only situated at a central point with reference to the Eurasian and African continents, but was also the center of the pure worship of the true God, regarded by Him as the “girl of your eye† . (De 32:9, 10; Zec 2:8)
Jehovah declares that he will †˜put hooks in the jaws of Gog†™ and lead him into this attack. (Eze 38: 4; compare 2Ki 19:20, 21, 28.) However, the prophecy clearly shows that this is already Gog’s desire and that the project comes from his own heart. (Eze 38:10, 11) Jehovah, however, provokes Gog by restoring the people named after him and causing them to return and prosper. This incites Gog to manifest his wickedness towards God’s people and he voluntarily rushes into a course that brings speedy destruction to himself and all his associates. By defeating and annihilating Gog and his forces, Jehovah magnifies and sanctifies his own name before all observers. (Eze 38:12-23; 39:5-13, 21, 22; compare Joe 3:9-17.)
Gog ID. The lands and peoples mentioned in the Gog prophecy can be identified in the Bible and to some degree in secular history, but Gog has not been linked to any historical earthly ruler. He is most often associated with Gyges, who was king of Lydia, in the western part of Asia Minor, and who appears under the name of Guggu in the records of the Assyrian monarch Ashurbanipal. (D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, 1927, vol. 2, pp. 297, 351, 352.) However, Gyges had died decades before Ezekiel wrote his prophecy, so this identification it is unacceptable. To this must be added that the prophecy itself places Gog’s attack ‘in the latter part of the years’. (Eze 38:8, 16; compare Isa 2:2; Jer 30:24; 2Ti 3:1.) So Gog’s name must be enigmatic or symbolic and not that of any human king or leader…