Thanks to both of you for the welcome! Hal has a special place in my heart -- reading Late Great was the first time I really understood the Gospel and was saved, even though I had grown up going to that point going to church. That was sometime in my mid-teens. Welcome Greg, to heaven on Earth! Ok, just a goofy site with Rapture Heads! TR IMHO, (and I certainly could be wrong) I believe that Magog is actually Turkey. This article is in line with what I believe: Many people are familiar with Ezekiel 38-39. They know this prophecy speaks of a military invasion of Israel led by a figure known as “Gog of the land of Magog.” Unfortunately however, many prophecy teachers today erroneously connect Gog to Russia. Part of the reason for this is because in both the New American Standard and New King James versions of the Bible, “Gog” is not only said to come from “the land of Magog,” but is also further described as “the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal” (Ez. 38:2). Because the word “Rosh” sounds similar to Russia, and because “Meshech and Tubal” sound similar to the Russian cities Moscow and Tobolsk, it has often been assumed in conservative prophecy circles that Gog must be a Russian. In reality however, most scholars now recognize that Ezekiel 38:2 actually describes Gog as the “chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,” not the “prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.” In other words, the Hebrew term rosh, which means, “head, chief, or foremost,” is modifying Gog’s title as a prince (nasi). It is not the name of a particular place, which in turn, rules out any possible association between Gog and Russia. The idea that Gog is actually the “chief (rosh) prince (nasi) of Meshech and Tubal” is found in the ESV, NIV, HCSB, TLV and JPS translations of the Bible. Now that the association between Gog and Russia has mostly fallen out of favor among scholars, there is near unanimous agreement in scholarly Bible commentaries and Bible atlases that in Ezekiel’s day, Magog, Meshech and Tubal were all located in what is now modern Turkey. https://www.jewishvoice.org/read/article/rise-turkey-and-ezekiel-38-39 Thanks, Arthur. Magog, Meshech and Tubal were all located in what is now modern Turkey. One way to help remember that ---> kinda' like necks and giblets. :yes: :whistle: A turkey of a joke, yeah. ? They want to gobble up Israel but they aren't up to scratch, Thanksgivingly.
