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    The War of Gog and Magog (A New Translation and Commentary)
    The War of Gog and Magog (A New Translation and Commentary)
    The War of Gog and Magog (A New Translation and Commentary)
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    The War of Gog and Magog (A New Translation and Commentary)

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    This is a new translation and commentary of Ezekiel's War of Gog and Magog. The text is examined and Bible prophecy is discussed from a futurist perspective.

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    PublisherRichie Cooley
    Release dateJan 13, 2018
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      The War of Gog and Magog (A New Translation and Commentary) - Richie Cooley

      The War of Gog and Magog

      (A New Translation and Commentary)

      by Richie Cooley

      Licensed by:

      Richie Cooley (January, 2018); [edited: (December, 2018); (April, 2020)]

      Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International

      Email: richieacooley@live.com

      Table of Contents

      I. A Detailed Description

      II. Ezekiel 38:1-6

      III. Ezekiel 38:7-9

      IV. Ezekiel 38:10-13

      V. Ezekiel 38:14-16

      VI. Ezekiel 38:17-23

      VII. Ezekiel 39:1-6

      VIII. Ezekiel 39:7-10

      IX. Ezekiel 39:11-16

      X. Ezekiel 39:17-20

      XI. Ezekiel 39:21-24

      XII. Ezekiel 39:25-29

      XIII. Just the Beginning

      XIV. Citations

      Some Old Testament Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      New Testament Scripture is taken from the Analytical-Literal Translation of the New Testament: Third Edition (ALT3). Copyright © 2007 by Gary F. Zeolla of Darkness to Light ministry. Previously copyrighted © 1999, 2001, 2005 by Gary Zeolla.

      Before getting started, let’s review a few notes …

      *This work mostly uses British spelling, except for the quoted material, which often employs U.S. spelling.

      *The version of Ezekiel 38-39 featured below is my own translation.

      *The terms LORD, GOD, and Hashem are all ways to describe the personal name of God, also rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah.

      *The ALT3 distinguishes between singular and plural second-person pronouns by means of an asterisk (*).

      *Divine pronouns are normally not capitalized, unless they appear that way in Bible versions or other quotes.

      *As a general rule, words that appear in brackets within quotes are not found in the original texts, and were added by the translators or are my personal comments, etc.

      *When it comes to quotation marks within the text of Ezekiel 38-39, each paragraph is treated separately.

      *My translation seeks to be very literal, but not overly cumbersome. For one reason or another, participles and infinitives are probably the main points of departure from super-consistent strictness. As for finite verbs, I try to aim for uniformity with tenses, which leaves the renderings a bit underdone around the edges.

      I. A Detailed Description

      I invite you to join me as I go through a sizable portion of the book of Ezekiel. It details one of the most important eschatological events on the radar. We will be reviewing chapters 38 and 39, which describe a massive invasion of the nation of Israel towards the end of the age. It is popularly called, ‘The War of Gog and Magog.’

      This Hebrew text was written over 2,500 years ago by a Jewish captive in the midst of Babylonian incursions. It is an extremely ancient prophecy, and even now it is amazingly accurate. Of course it is yet to be fulfilled, but when you read this passage, a few startling aspects leap out.

      First of all, the current geopolitical structure is exactly the way Ezekiel depicted it over two millennia ago. That in and of itself is amazing.

      Yet also keep in mind the general hues and themes of what you’re reading. It all seems incredibly modern and incredibly plausible. Now imagine if you were tasked to sit down and write of a war that was to occur in the year AD 4600. What kind of job do you think you would do? Would you believe that the nation of Israel even existed? Would you not rather envisage a planetary system of George Jetsons? Could you possibly manage to describe a clean-up effort which would ring plausible in AD 4600?

      As we go through these Scriptures do not lose sight of the antiquity of the book. Ezekiel didn’t have the internet. He didn’t know anything about Russia nor the Arab League nor the way the world would work in the twenty-first century. He was only a few decades old and his entire social structure had been crumbling throughout his lifetime. He was not some genius, ultra-educated game theorist. He was a prophet. The Holy Spirit of the Only True God spoke through him, as we will see…

      II. Ezekiel 38:1-6

      And the word of Jehovah was to me saying, "Son of man, set your face toward [or, against] Gog of the land of Magog, the chief head(A) of [or, the chief of the head of or the chief of Rosh,] Meshech and Tubal; and prophesy against him, and you are to say: ‘Thus said [the] Lord Jehovah, "Behold, I [am] against you [O] Gog, the chief head of [or, the chief of the head of or the chief of Rosh,] Meshech and Tubal. And I will turn you about and put hooks(B) in your jaws; and I will bring you out, and all your army—horses and horsemen, all of them fully attired, a great assembly [with] large and small shields, wielding

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