A) INTRODUCTION.

B) THE GOG AND MAGOG OF REVELATION.

 

 

A) INTRODUCTION

 

 

List of every verse:

 

First Chronicles 5:4:  Gog his son.

Ezekiel 38:2 & 3 &14 & 16 & 18; 39:1 & 11:  Son of Man sets His face against them.

Revelation 20:8:  The battle of Gog and Magog.

 

 

B) THE GOG AND MAGOG OF REVELATION

 

 

Efforts to identify Gog and Magog must be in reference to Ezekiel 38:2, and have come to us without any historical character to fit them.  Efforts to do so have proved fruitless.  The root from which the names are derived from are unknown.  In Revelation 20:8, it is used to symbolize the nations of the wicked, whom Satan assembles “after the millennium” to attack Christ and to seize the New Jerusalem.  Since this takes place “after the millennium,” we should not look for meanings, kingdoms, or any other references to events prior to the pre-Second Coming of our Lord when identifying Ezekiel’s possible meanings for the Book of Revelation.

 

The Greek meaning for “Magog” is “an Anti-Christian Party,” i.e., “Nation.”  “Gog” seems to be the “king,” while “Magog” appears the be the “kingdom;” such that “Gog and Magog” are like Pharaoh and the Egyptians.  Therefore, “Gog” is identified in Ezekiel, Chapter 38, verses 17 & 18, as a people who attack God’s people.

 

In addition, “Magog,” i.e., “Meshech and Tubal,” Ezekiel 38:2 & 3; 39:1, could be referring to the descendants of the son of Japheth (see Gen. 10:2; 1Ch. 1:5); his descendants and their dwelling-place being probably somewhere in the neighborhood of Armenia (Herodotus iii. 94).  However, in Psalm 120:5, the name “Mesech” occurs as simply a synonym for foreigners or barbarians.  According to the “Targum,” “Meshech” and “Tubal” would be the Scythians.

 

In Jewish tradition, “Gog and Magog,” became equated with the rebellious nations of Psalm Two, who revolted against God and His Messiah, “The Babylonian Talmud,” pages 7b, 10a, 13a.  This appears to be more fitting to the text and context; which would apply to the resurrected dead at the Third Coming of our Lord.

 

 

C) THE GOG OF EZEKIEL

 

 

In Ezekiel 38:16 & 18, we are told that Gog -- no mention of Magog -- comes “(18) against the land of Israel,” in “(16) the latter days.”  Thus, there is an application to Gog that needs to be discovered just before the Second Coming of our Lord.

 

According to Ezekiel 39:11 & 15, Gog’s will be wiped out and have its dead buried in “The valley of Hamongog.”  The first part of this Hebrew word, “Hamon,” signifies “a multitude.”  Thus, the meaning is “The multitude of Gog.”  This name will be imposed upon the place of Gog’s sepulcher (“graves”), because of the multitude slain and buried there.

 

In Ezekiel 39:16, we learn that “Hamonah” will be the name of the city that will be built on top of the dead of Gog.  This leads me to conclude that it may not refer to “the last days” before Christ’s Second Coming.  But rather, go with Revelations “last days” of the risen dead who attempt to attack the New Jerusalem after the Millenium.