Gog and Magog (/ɡɒɡ/; /ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/; Hebrew: גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג Gog u-Magog) in the Hebrew Bible may be individuals, peoples, or lands; a prophesied enemy nation of God’s people according to the Book of Ezekiel, and one of the nations according to Genesis descended from Japheth son of Noah.
The Gog prophecy is meant to be fulfilled at the approach of what is called the “end of days,” but not necessarily the end of the world. Jewish eschatology viewed Gog and Magog as enemies to be defeated by Messiah ben Joseph, which will usher in the age of the true Messiah. Christianity’s interpretation is more starkly apocalyptic: making Gog and Magog allies of Satan against God at the end of the millennium, as can be read in the Book of Revelation.
To Gog and Magog were also attached a legend, certainly current by the Roman period, that they were people contained beyond the Gates of Alexander erected by Alexander the Great. Romanized Jewish historian Josephus knew them as the tribe descended from Magog the Japhethite, as in Genesis, and explained them to be the Scythians. In the hands of Early Christian writers they became apocalyptic hordes, and throughout the Medieval period variously identified as the Huns, Khazars, Mongols, or other nomads, or even the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
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Keywords: Gogian, Gogian host, Gogian invader, Gogue Magog, Gog, Gogue, Magog, Magogue, Gog and Magog, Meshech and Tubal, Meshech, Tubal
Bible reference(s): Genesis 10:2, 1 Chronicles 5:4, Eze 38, Eze 39, Revelation 20:8
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