Gog and Magog war
Posted by Eli Dahan on June 23, 2009 under Bible, Biblical Hebrew | 
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The battle of Gog and Magog is an event, which plays a prominent role in Jewish, Islamic and Christian eschatology. Although the scenarios have different results, all three faiths see Gog and Magog as a major event.
. According to Jewish tradition, the Gog and Magog war is set between a massive coalition of nations descended from Noah’s sons Japheth and Ham against Israel. Those nations will rise against Israel and the leaders of those nations will be Gog and Magog.
This war will be very hard and dangerous, but at the end of it, God will defeat Gog .By His supernatural victory in the Gog and Magog battle, God reintroduces himself to the world and declares in no uncertain terms that he is personally defending Israel. In the Old Testament, we can find a reference to Gog and Magog war in The Book of Ezekiel (38:18-23)
“ וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, בְּיוֹם בּוֹא גוֹג עַל-אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל–נְאֻם, אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה: תַּעֲלֶה חֲמָתִי, בְּאַפִּי. וּבְקִנְאָתִי בְאֵשׁ-עֶבְרָתִי, דִּבַּרְתִּי: אִם-לֹא בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, יִהְיֶה רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל, עַל, אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְרָעֲשׁוּ מִפָּנַי דְּגֵי הַיָּם וְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה, וְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאֲדָמָה, וְכֹל הָאָדָם, אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה; וְנֶהֶרְסוּ הֶהָרִים, וְנָפְלוּ הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת, וְכָל-חוֹמָה, לָאָרֶץ תִּפּוֹל. וְקָרָאתִי עָלָיו לְכָל-הָרַי חֶרֶב, נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה: חֶרֶב אִישׁ, בְּאָחִיו תִּהְיֶה. וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי אִתּוֹ, בְּדֶבֶר וּבְדָם; וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית, אַמְטִיר עָלָיו וְעַל-אֲגַפָּיו, וְעַל-עַמִּים רַבִּים, אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ. וְהִתְגַּדִּלְתִּי, וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּי, וְנוֹדַעְתִּי, לְעֵינֵי גּוֹיִם רַבִּים; וְיָדְעוּ, כִּי-אֲנִי יְהוָה.”
” This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign LORD. In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’
The Nations
The names of the territories that comprise the invading nations in the Gog and Magog Battle are:Rosh, Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Cush, Gomer and Beth-torarmah.
Absent from this list of Middle Eastern nations are those surrounding modern day Israel, such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Gaza, the Arab nations and Iraq. Ezekiel (38:13) describes these nations as just observing
When this war will happen?
The timing of this war, and what follows is an issue of debate by those who study Bible prophecy. The battle of Gog and Magog is a seminal event in the bible but there is no fact of the actual time this war will take place.However, from the prophecy of Ezekiel we can see that it will be seven-years, which follows the defeat of the armies of Gog and Magog, when Israel burns the weapons, and continually buries the dead.
In conclusion, we can see that each relation talks about a future war and the end of days. However, we have to remember what will come after those wars: peace and unity between all nations…
main phrases of the post + transcription + translation
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Hebrew |
Transcription |
Translation |
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מָוֶת |
māwet |
death |
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נְבוּאָה |
nəbû’āh |
prophecy |
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נִצָּחוֹן |
nitsāhōn |
victory |
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אֻמָּה |
‘ummāh |
Nation, people |
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גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג |
Gōg wûmāgōg |
Gog and magog |
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יוֹנָה |
yōnāh |
dove |
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עָלֶה |
āleh‘ |
leaf |
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