This is the aforementioned element first seen in pseudo-Methodius. In John 3 Jesus said: That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. God wants the church to call His people, wherever they are, back to Himself. The timing is not clear in scripture but it is generally taken to occur before Armageddon. Importantly, it is this return of Gods people that will eventually bring the nations to know God (Ezek 36.23). 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. [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. We see this in his attempts to redefine marriage for example, and in his attempts to replace national Israel with the church (Replacement Theology). [68] [69], Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (d.1908), the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, identified Gog and Magog with the European powers that had emerged from the Slavic and Germanic peoples respectively, with particular reference to their political duplicity and shattering of world peace. We all have to analyse our daily lives to see if we are living right for God & Jesus (One True God in the flesh!). "This is the place of My throne" (Ezek 43.7). Please read on. Are boycotts effective anyway? What does it have to do with us? Today the church has the opportunity to receive the blessings of the contract (Gods blessings). 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. In any event, the division (the green line) was intended to be temporary. This was an area on the outer edge of the then known civilized world, link, link. Map 2: Land of Magog based on the Scythians. This simple fact points to the imminent return of Christ. The amazing promise of eternal life with our Creator is. Man has a choice and Jesus gives a plea to mankind: I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. But the concept and promise is there (and the caveat is there too)! Magog was a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah (Gen 10.2). In Ezekiel 38:2-3, we are told that Gog is "of the land of Magog." Son of man, set your face toward 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, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal." Ezekiel 38:2-3 (NASB) Around 922 BC the twelve tribes of Israel split into a southern kingdom (called The House of Judah, embracing Judea and Jerusalem) and a northern kingdom comprising ten tribes and called The House of Israel, or simply Israel. 7The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. Gog and Magog identified: Turkey, NOT Russia! [142][143], Some post-Cold War millenarians still identify Gog with Russia, but they now tend to stress its allies among Islamic nations, especially Iran. But it is possible for mankind to be translated to an immortal spiritkind like his Creator. [ Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas, and member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip, March 2017 ]. These are children not born through a womans pregnancy, but born of God. Other resolutions refer to the on-going Palestinian refugee problem, but many see this now as a political tool by Arab nations, link, link. Gods dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. And during the final war against Israel prophecy says that God will again clearly intervene to protect His people: Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle (Zech 14.3). Surprisingly, in contrast to prophecy, Israel also has a working relationship with Russia, link! As we read on in the Bible we discover that man in immortal (spirit) form will one day live with his Creator God on a new and perfect earth! Area A is under full control of the Palestinian Authority, Area B is under Palestinian civil control and shared Palestinian and Israeli security control, and Area C (62% of the West Bank) is under full Israeli control. 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. [aa][137], The author of the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, a 14th-century best-seller, said he had found these Jews in Central Asia where as Gog and Magog they had been imprisoned by Alexander, plotting to escape and join with the Jews of Europe to destroy Christians. The twentieth century saw both the evangelization of the nations and Gods chosen people returning to Israel. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates (Ezek 38.11). antisemitism in Gentile nations (Ezek 38.8, 39.26). But the UN is not all bad: in 2015 the UN began to address issues of concern to the Jewish community, particularly anti-Semitism. 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]. 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. But, despite severe losses, a remnant of Israel survives and leads Israel into a time of peace with the world. Then God said, Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them. If we follow some historians rather than a Bible atlas, then Russia could be the leader (Gog). Then one day, as they stop digging for the night, one will say, "Tomorrow we will finish, God Willing", and in the morning, it is not restored as with every night. He acknowledged that many Christian scholars, when they read Ezekiel 38 and 39, talk about Armageddon or, in Jewish terms, the battle of Gog and Magog. 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. [34], The anti-Roman Bar Kokhba revolt in the 2nd century AD looked to a human leader as the promised messiah, but after its failure Jews began to conceive of the messianic age in supernatural terms: first would come a forerunner, the Messiah ben Joseph, who would defeat Israel's enemies, identified as Gog and Magog, to prepare the way for the Messiah ben David;[g] then the dead would rise, divine judgement would be handed out, and the righteous would be rewarded. To have a clearer understanding of Magog, a geographical map points to Russia. 1 Chronicles 5:4. And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the Lord. What if they hadnt eaten the forbidden fruit and simply obeyed the rules God imposed in Eden? 5th 8th centuries (Fayard, 2005), "Franques Royal Annals" cited in Sawyer, Peter (2001). Image: James Emery, Douglasville, USA [CC BY 2.0], Wikimedia. Even so, Israeli farmers have come a long way since the Zionist pioneers began clearing rock-strewn fields and draining the swampland. Image: Eli E. Hertz. The legend of Gog and Magog and the gates were also interpolated into the Alexander Romances. 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). The Torah teaches that Amalekites exist in every generation, link, and so today many Israelis regard their adversaries as Amalek either in reality or in symbolism. That is why his descendants, the Israelites, are blessed. Put another way, here Paul is saying that the inspired Hebrew scriptures of the Jews are the very words of God! [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. Between 1955 and 2013 there were 77 UN resolutions against Israel, and just one against the Palestinians, link. This is confirmed in Deuteronomy 7:12: Here we read the final verses of the Bible, and the promise and warning of Jesus. 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. Image: NielsF [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia. 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. This is the so-called millennial age on earth, when the whole world is at peace and nations are at peace with Israel. 13The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. Heaven is Gods throne and earth is meant for man. What is the current situation? The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. Israel is officially in water poverty, and so agriculture makes extensive use of treated sewage, computerized early-warning systems for leaks, and computerized drip irrigation and micro-sprinklers. YES! [76] Islam is then seen as that which alone would succeed in bringing people of different nations together as per the Quran (18:99). He said to his servants, Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. 1825 1:1 090 000 When Jesus spoke of the appearance of new shoots on the fig tree signalling that summer is near, He was really saying that His return and the coming of the fullness of the Kingdom of God is near even at the doors. There will also be a great earthquake in Israel (Ezek 38.19). People will be born and will die in the Millennial earth, just as in the present age. Cite error: A list-defined reference named "jean-edward-smith" is not used in the content (see the help page). 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. Gomer was an Aryan group who conquered Armenia (essentially north-eastern Turkey) from their Ukrainian homeland, and Togarmah was the south-eastern part of Turkey near the Syrian border, link. 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. Did you see it? It seems that mortality was the consequence of eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The problem is that Israel is now occupying land previously conquered by Islam. 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