 | I was having some interesting thoughts, last night while studying. They were mainly about Gog and Magog. So I spent my time looking and thinking about this. There are many different ideas, out there, as to the identity of Gog and Magog. The whole chapter 38 of the book of Ezekiel is fascinating, to me. The whole chapter is reprinted below and is taken from the online Hebrew Bible in English according to the JPS 1917 Edition. On to my thoughts, LOL. The translation below seems to point to a “chief prince” of Meshech and Tubal. I have read many writings from others that seem to say that Meshech and Tubal are pointing to Russia or the Soviet Union, take your pick. Now, with that being said, if Gog of the land of Magog is a “chief prince” of Russia; who would that be. I think, that this means it would be another nation born from the king of Meshech and Tubal. This seems, to me, what is being said here. I then would think that China fits the description of being the “chief prince” of Meshech and Tubal. |
| It certainly does seem to fit the descriptions here, along with the studies of lots of others who I have read. The different communist countries aside of course, but if you ask anyone about a communist coutry, I am sure Russia would be at the top of that list and China 2nd. It seems pretty non-sensical, I know, because China does not seem to be interested in attacking other nations and taking them over. It does however, like Russia, keep the people there under a tight-fisted communist regime, but it sure seems to be the best description, at least to me. |  |
| Just my thoughts Nightghost |
| Ezekiel Chapter 38 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 2 'Son of man, set thy face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; 4 and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed most gorgeously, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his bands; even many peoples with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou guarded of them. 8 After many days thou shalt be mustered for service, in the latter years thou shalt come against the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, against the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they dwell safely all of them. 9 And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many peoples with thee. {S} 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device; 11 and thou shalt say: I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will come upon them that are at quiet, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates; 12 to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the magnates thereof, shall say unto thee: Comest thou to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil? {S} 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto Gog: Thus saith the Lord GOD: In that day when My people Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army; 16 and thou shalt come up against My people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the end of days, and I will bring thee against My land, that the nations may know Me, when I shall be sanctified through thee, O Gog, before their eyes. {S} 17 Thus saith the Lord GOD: Art thou he of whom I spoke in old time by My servants the prophets of Israel, that prophesied in those days for many years, that I would bring thee against them? {S} 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that My fury shall arise up in My nostrils. 19 For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I spoken: Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD; every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will cause to rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself, and I will make Myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD. |
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This brings me to another old post of mine that I thought was some strange behavior on the antics of President Bush's Highest Ranking Muslim Appointee:
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Strangeness That Caught My Eye
(Posted on 12/2/2007 at 1:15 PM
I don't know if this is anything: Strange Lunchfellows: Khalilzad, Soros Meet in New York, but it sure struck me as strange. George Soros (Enemy of the Bush Administration), meets with a Bush Appointee to the United Nations (Former Ambassador to Iraq and highest ranking Muslim in the Bush Administration) Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad and thrown into this mix is Ben Chang (MySpace page and On The Inside page) who is billed as the "Hong Kong Hefner" on the "On The Inside" page. Is it just me or does this whole thing smell. Regardless of the connections it is very "Cloak and Dagger" straight from the simpsons, LOL. I wonder if it has anything to do with this story: China Reverses, OKs U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Enter Hong Kong for Thanksgiving Hours After Sailors Left, or this one: The Hammer and Tongs behind the Hugs of Annapolis, or maybe it is all just one big co-ink-ee-dink. I just found it strange and worth looking at.
Nightghost
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