Toward the Fulfillment of the Gog and Magog Prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39

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After the tragic fall of Jerusalem in 587/586 B.C., the exilic prophet Ezekiel presents in his book a unique prophecy concerning Gog from the land of Magog (Ezek 38-39) 1 that has stirred a bewildering number of different interpretations.His enigmatic prediction is certainly one of the most challenging texts of Scripture.Alexander in his article aptly writes: "The plethora of interpretations for this passage caution the student concerning dogmatism in his conclusion." 2 The New Scofield Bible as well 1 The prophecy about Gog and Magog is mentioned only once in the Old Testament-Ezek 38-39; and this terminology is also directly employed once in the New Testament, namely, in Rev 20:8-9.Numbers 24:7, according to the Samaritan Pentateuch and LXX, reads "from Gog" instead of "from Agag."The same wording is in Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus.However, this does not mean that we can identify the Gog of Ezek 38-39 with Agag, because King Agag is in the book of Numbers chronologically situate

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