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  1. Who is Gog?<\/em> Good question. During Ezekiel\u2019s time there is a king with a similar name in a kingdom named Lydia in Asia Minor. But it\u2019s not clear if there\u2019s a connection. The lack of clarity regarding his identity, and the sense that what was foretold in the prophecy did not come to pass in the days of Ezekiel, created the expectation that the prophecy would be fulfilled in the end of days, and also led to various speculations regarding who Gog might be in history. It\u2019s interesting to note that in the various incarnations of this discussion, the usual term is Gog and Magog, rather than the more accurate Gog from the land of Magog.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Why now<\/em>? The war with Gog will occur, according to the prophecy, after Israel\u2019s return from exile. Why then? And why is it important for Ezekiel to pass on this message now, to the exiles in Babylonia. Worth looking into.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Shoah<\/em>. In verse 9, Gog\u2019s approach is described as \u201ccoming like a storm,\u201d like a cloud that blocks the light of the sun. The word used is \u201cshoah,\u201d and so, after the Holocaust, there are those who drew connections between the prophecy and the history of the 20th century. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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