The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical ExpositionGaebelein, Arno Clemens
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The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical Exposition
Gaebelein, Arno Clemens
Bible. Ezekiel -- Commentaries
After we have ascertained the time when this prophecy concerning Gog
and Magog will be accomplished, we inquire next who this final enemy is.
"And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of Man, set thy face
against Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal,
and prophesy against him, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold I
am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. And I will
turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee
forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them thoroughly
equipped, a great assemblage with targets and shields, all of them
handling swords. Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with
shield and helmet; Gomer and all his bands; the house of Togormah from
the uttermost north, and all his bands--many peoples with thee." Here
then we have a confederacy of nations. The leader is the Prince of Rosh
(not as the authorized version has it "the chief prince"), of Meshech
and Tubal. This prince is the head of the confederacy, and with him
allied are Persia, Cush, Phut, Gomer and Togormah. They come out of the
north, or, as it is in Hebrews, "out of the uttermost north" (verse 15).
Inasmuch as the Prince of Rosh is addressed in verse 3 as Gog, we take
it that Gog is the name given to this prince and leader of these
nations. His dwelling place is in the land of Magog. We know from
Genesis x:2 that Magog was the second son of Japheth. Gomer, Tubal and
Meshech were also sons of Japheth; Togormah was a grandson of Japheth,
being the third son of Gomer. Magog's land, was located in, what is
called today, the Caucasus and the adjoining steppes. And the three
Rosh, Meshech and Tubal were called by the ancients Scythians. They
roamed as nomads in the country around and north of the Black and the
Caspian Seas, and were known as the wildest barbarians. We learn from
this that the invading forces, which fall into Israel's land in the
future, when Israel has been regathered, come from a territory north of
Palestine, which today is in the hands of Russia. And here we call
attention to the prince, this northern leader, or king, who is the head
of all these nations. He is the prince of Rosh. Careful research has
established the fact that the progenitor of Rosh was Tiraz (Gen. x:2)
and that Rosh is Russia. All students of Prophecy are agreed that this
is the correct meaning of Rosh. The prince of Rosh, means, therefore,
the prince or king of the Russian empire. But he also is in control of
Meshech and Tubal, which are reproduced in the modern Moscow and
Tobolsk.[33] Russia, we may well conclude from this, will furnish the
man who will lead this confederacy of nations. We write this at a time
when Russia is passing through horrors upon horrors. A revolution
changed the autocratic government into a democracy and that given way to
anarchy, produced by the satanic treachery of Germany. From what is
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