Who is Gog of Magog? - Watchtower May 2015
by jwleaks 37 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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John_Mann
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sir82
Do these represent separate attacks? Not likely.
What the fruitcake is this?
"Not likely"?
You guys are talking about the slaughter of 8 billion humans, the end of the world, fear, gloom, death raining down from the skies, and you're giving us "likely" scenarios?
Maybe it is more "likely" that purple fairies riding on pink unicorns will shoot nerf guns at us?
Idiots.
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DATA-DOG
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antes8080
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leaving_quietly
Hang on here... They are sneaking in a MAJOR, MAJOR CHANGE. When is the great tribulation and Armageddon? Read VERY CAREFULLY.
We are told that at the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will be released from the abyss, and “he will go out to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war.”
Who, then, is Gog of Magog? To answer that question, we need to search the Scriptures to find out who attacks God’s people. The Bible speaks not only of the attack by ‘Gog of Magog’ but also of the attack by “the king of the north” and of the attack by “the kings of the earth.” (Ezek. 38:2, 10-13; Dan. 11:40, 44, 45; Rev. 17:14; 19:19) Do these represent separate attacks? Not likely. The Bible is no doubt referring to the same attack under different names.
When we compare all these Scriptural references about the final attack on God’s people, it becomes evident that the name Gog of Magog refers, not to Satan, but to a coalition of nations.
What occurs next as a result of this final attack? Daniel tells us: “During that time Michael [Jesus Christ] will stand up [at Armageddon], the great prince who is standing [since 1914] in behalf of your people. And there will occur a time of distress [the great tribulation] such as has not occurred since there came to be a nation until that time. And during that time your people will escape, everyone who is found written down in the book.” (Dan. 12:1) This action on the part of God’s representative Jesus is also described at Revelation 19:11-21.
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sir82
They are sneaking in a MAJOR, MAJOR CHANGE. When is the great tribulation and Armageddon? Read VERY CAREFULLY.
Are you saying that it appears that now they are saying that this "Gog of Magog attack on God's people" occurs prior to the "great tribulation"?
That would be a pretty significant change.
But WT writers are notoriously sloppy. They inadvertently get the details of what they currently believe mixed up all the time (small wonder, as "what they believe" seems to vary monthly).
On the other hand, I think I recall other occasions when they have "slipped in" small changes very subtly. So who knows?
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So, they are saying that that sophisticated army will attack JWs hiding in the basements? -
leaving_quietly
Are you saying that it appears that now they are saying that this "Gog of Magog attack on God's people" occurs prior to the "great tribulation"?
Well, that's one way to look at it. But what they are saying is that the FINAL ATTACK comes at the END of the 1000 years, and NEXT comes the great tribulation and Armageddon. This article moves Armageddon to some time AFTER the 1000 years ends.
Go back and read it again in case my eyes are deceiving me.
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sir82
No, I don't get that.
They are splitting hairs on "Gog of Magog" from Ezekiel, vs. "Gog and Magog" of Revelation.
I believe they are saying the "Gog of Magog"attack comes before the 1000 years, while the "Gog and Magog" comes afterward.
It's all so stupid and pointless. We'd be better served by debating whether the Ewoks or Jar-Jar Binks was the worse idea.