Gog and Magog

Gen_10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

1Ch_1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Eze_38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Eze_39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Rev_20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

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Russia in the Light of Prophecy

In the 38th and 39th chapters of Ezekiel there is a description concerning the war movements of Russia in the latter days, or at the time when the tribes of Israel are to be gathered and restored into the Covenant of God. The Lord speaks thus to the prophet: "Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, Thus saith the LORD God, Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Be thou prepared, and prepare thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them." (Ez. 38:2-7.)

All these names show, when their original meaning is known, that the very territories and people over which the Russian throne rules, is the object of the prophecy. The name Gog was in the Orient the name of the politic body within a kingdom. Magog, or Scythia, is the steppe lands situated north and north-east of Caucasus and the Caspian Sea, just the very territories now subject to the Russian power.

Rosh, or really Russia. (For some to us unknown reason the word Rosh is left out in the English and the German Bibles, whereas it occurs in the Hebrew-English Bible, the Swedish, French and a half dozen other languages we at present have access to. Translator's remark.) "The prince of Rosh," might therefore be rendered the ruler of Russia. Meshech and Tubal constitute the principal parts of Russia, Meshech being Moscow within Europe and Tubal or Tobolsk in Central Asia.

Gomer, or Crimeans, originally constituted a colony north of the Black Sea, and it is very likely that by them the Crimean peninsula was named. Togarmah, or the land of the Turkomans, belongs to North Asia.

Persians, Ethiopians and Libyans (in the Hebrew-English Bible, Persia, Cush, and Put) are races in East-Asia, and they have close connections with the Russian possessions in the Turkoman territories. Persia is linked with the pass east of Caucasia, and on that kingdom Russia is dependent in her war-expedition to Palestine. Persia is also considered as an ally of Russia in the latter's East-Asian activities.

Ethiopia is a remnant of the Cushites, and appears to have reference to China. And through the East-Asian events, developing as a result of the war between Japan and China, the latter has attached herself to Russia and is naturally supporting her activities against the power of England in Asia.