Who is the Antichrist?
- 3 years ago
Jesus had lots of connections with different places, like being born in Bethlehem, called out of Egypt and preaching in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. Like the true Christ, the Antichrist has plenty of associations with different places.
Ezekiel 38 tells us about the ethnic background of Gog. Contrary to popular belief, Gog is the Antichrist. In Ezekiel 38:17, the Lord said of this Gog, “Are you the one I spoke about in former times through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?” No doubt, God’s prophets were talking about the Antichrist.
Likewise, after Gog is defeated, the survivors of Israel know the Lord forever and God’s name is no longer profaned. This happens after the Battle of Armageddon, described in Ezekiel 39. Gog is killed in battle, resurrected and then thrown alive into the Lake of Fire.
Anyway, Gog is of Magog and the ruler of Meshech and Tubal. Magog, Meshech and Tubal were sons of Japheth, one of Noah’s sons. In other words, these names are referring to ethnic groups, not geographic locations. Since this prophecy concerns the end times, where did these three groups eventually settle?
Research shows they all have strong connections to Russia.* Obviously, Russia is about as far north of Israel as you can get and Ezekiel 38:15 tells us that Gog comes from “the remote parts of the north.”
By the way, Daniel 11:21-45 calls the Antichrist the King of the North. While that seems to confirm a Russian Antichrist, this title described the leaders of the Seleucid Empire, based in Syria and Iraq. Daniel 8:9 says the Antichrist rises out of the western part of the Seleucid Empire, Syria. In summary, the Antichrist is the ruler of Russia at the time of the end who comes to power in Syria.
*Hodge, B. The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2013), p. 179-180
Ezekiel 38 tells us about the ethnic background of Gog. Contrary to popular belief, Gog is the Antichrist. In Ezekiel 38:17, the Lord said of this Gog, “Are you the one I spoke about in former times through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?” No doubt, God’s prophets were talking about the Antichrist.
Likewise, after Gog is defeated, the survivors of Israel know the Lord forever and God’s name is no longer profaned. This happens after the Battle of Armageddon, described in Ezekiel 39. Gog is killed in battle, resurrected and then thrown alive into the Lake of Fire.
Anyway, Gog is of Magog and the ruler of Meshech and Tubal. Magog, Meshech and Tubal were sons of Japheth, one of Noah’s sons. In other words, these names are referring to ethnic groups, not geographic locations. Since this prophecy concerns the end times, where did these three groups eventually settle?
Research shows they all have strong connections to Russia.* Obviously, Russia is about as far north of Israel as you can get and Ezekiel 38:15 tells us that Gog comes from “the remote parts of the north.”
By the way, Daniel 11:21-45 calls the Antichrist the King of the North. While that seems to confirm a Russian Antichrist, this title described the leaders of the Seleucid Empire, based in Syria and Iraq. Daniel 8:9 says the Antichrist rises out of the western part of the Seleucid Empire, Syria. In summary, the Antichrist is the ruler of Russia at the time of the end who comes to power in Syria.
*Hodge, B. The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2013), p. 179-180