Son of man, set thy
face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and
prophesy against him,
A chief prince is a head of rulers: essentially the main general of a
military force. In this case, I believe the Scripture is describing the
spiritual principality over the land of Magog, where Meshech and Tubal,
descendants of Japheth son of Noah once settled. This is modern day Turkey (the
central and eastern parts) and Armenia, and especially the mountainous regions
between Cappadocia and Media (the BDB literal translation of Gog is
"mountain"). Gog is a fallen archangel, the spiritual principality
over the areas to the north of Israel from which the armies of the nations in
Ezekiel 38 and 39 will rise up against God and His people. He is also the tool
by which Satan will deceive the nations at the end of the millennium, his last
allowed act of rebellion before God casts him into the lake of fire eternally.
Gog is not a person. He is a spiritual peer of the prince of Persia
who withstood Michael. Could it be that he is the prince of Grecia named in the
same verses of Scripture? The LORD will reveal the truth of this matter more
fully as the time approaches. Let God be true, and every man a liar.
Related Scriptures: Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 39:1-29; Daniel 10:1-21
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