Gog and Magog

Here are a number of events: The "time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation,"--the return of the Jews to Palestine and the reorganization of the Jewish nation, though not independent --the gathering of great wealth to Jerusalem, which tempts the hordes of Gog, Togomar, and many peoples, to go up "to take a spoil"--"the battle of the great day of God Almighty," fought at Jerusalem-- the partial success of the invaders, and in the hour of darkness to the Jew, the power of Messiah manifested, in some way effecting their deliverance and their recognition of the long waited for Messiah, with the cry, "Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him and he will save us."

This would seem to indicate in a general way that the attack will come from Europe—the "north quarters"—with allied mixed peoples.

[Which are] in the four [quarters of the earth] CORNERS, Gog. — Proud (Gog means high), Natural Israelites. (1 Chr. 5:3, 4.) " 'Ye [proud and unfaithful Jews] shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God [the earthly phase], and ye yourselves thrust out.' (Luke 13:28)." - Z.'07-302.

• And Magog. — Those who, during the Gospel Age, were nominal Spiritual Israelites, but at heart were never anything but "tares" and always remain such.

The Devil at war mimics Jehovah God and sends forth the demon prince, Gog, as general in command, to oppose Jehovah’s Chief Field Marshal, Christ Jesus, the Prince of Life.

Satan’s chief prince, Gog, of the demon land of Magog, is specially the prince controlling that totalitarian “abomination of desolation” beast, and by the religious whore he drives it to the assault against those who represent The Theocratic Government.

Now, by His grace, they clearly see that the Devil is the arch-enemy; that his chief operative agent in wickedness is his spirit prince Gog, and that with him is a host of wicked spirits who rebelled, following Satan's example, and all of which abide in a place Scripturally called “Magog” (Ezek. 38: 1-16; 39:1-6) ; that for centuries that wicked crowd have preyed upon the human race and ruled the peoples of earth with a cruel hand and scorned everything that is good; that for centuries the Devil has employed religion and religious practitioners to deceive the people and to turn them away from God; that God had not interfered until his due time to interfere, beginning in A.D. 1914; that now is the due time for God to interfere, and he is doing so.

Following his unchangeable tactics, Satan the Devil tries to reintroduce religion on earth and hence goes forth to deceive, to deceive everyone, if possible, to the four corners of the earth. “Gog and Magog" picture a farthermost extremity of the earth. The searching test of integrity will be upon all such, without exception. Those who yield selfishly to the deception, forsaking truth, shall suffer destruction in Gehenna.

Once again, Satan (as Gog of Magog) will have been foiled and handed a crushing defeat. Additionally, in this defense of His people, God will 'magnify and sanctify himself, making himself known before the eyes of the nations, so that they will have to know he is Jehovah.' Again, that is just the opposite of what Satan would desire.—Ezekiel 38:14-39:7; Revelation 12:12.

To maintain this happy condition, we must ever be on guard, for Satan the Devil envies our happy and prosperous spiritual estate. As Gog of Magog he will soon launch an all-out attack against Jehovah's people.

How did Satan react to being cast out of heaven into the debased spirit realm? Says the Bible: "And the dragon grew wrathful at the woman [God's heavenly organization], and went off to wage war with the remaining ones of her seed, who observe the commandments of God and have the work of bearing witness to Jesus." Satan, therefore, is "Gog."

Satan the Devil, the symbolic Gog of Magog, will mastermind this attack on Jehovah's people.

In that prophecy, Gog pictured Satan, and his armies pictured all of Satan's earthly agents who would make a last, desperate attempt to wipe out God's people.

In his role as Gog of Magog, denoting his present degraded position, Satan will marshal his earthly forces for an all-out attack on God's people.

These are significantly called "Gog and Magog" since they will manifest the same evil spirit as that shown by 'Gog's crowd' in Ezekiel's prophecy.

When Gog of Magog makes his final assault on God’s people, other sheep will stand firm with the anointed remnant in “the land of open rural country.”

Then Gog of Magog, Satan the Devil debased to the vicinity of the earth, will marshal his hordes and make an all-out attack on Jehovah's peaceful, seemingly defenseless people.

The destruction of Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion, will then be complete. Today, however, the nations are trying to wipe out pure worship. Soon, Jehovah's servants will be attacked by the forces of Gog of Magog.

Second, Gog refers to earthly nations that will attack God’s people in the near future. Those nations will undoubtedly form a coalition, that is, they will band together somehow.

At that time, the king of the north, along with the rest of the nations that make up Gog of Magog, comes to his end, and there will be “no helper for him”.​—Dan. 11:45.