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SOUTHASIA is today caught in the grip ofgrowingpoliticalandmilitary turmoil. Shifting alliances in the strategic region are moving
South Asia into its prophesied end-time configuration.
The account begins in Ezekiel
38:1-2: "And the word of the Lord
carne to me: Son of man, set your
face against Gog, of the land of
Magog, tbe prince of Rosh, of
Meshecb, and Tuba!, and propbesy
against him"
(Amp/ified Bible).
Here is a great power that will
challenge tbe very rule of Christ!
(This account must be distinguisbed
from the post-millennial events of
Revelation 20:7-8, where the phrase
"Gog and Magog" is used symboli–
cally for the forces of evil, rather
than in a racial sense.)
Ezekiel also reveals that joined
with Magog, Rosh, Mesbecb and
Tuba! in this confederacy will be
Persia, Cush, Phut (incorrectly ren–
dered "Libya" in the King James
Version), Gomer and Togarmah (see
verses 5-6).
Who are these peoples today? And
what do these prophecies have to do
with the future of South Asia?
With the exception of Persia, the
names mentioned by Ezekiel are
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nowhere to be found as names of
nations on world maps today. The
names of tbe majority of tbe world's
modern nations are of fairly recent
origin. Nations and peoples have
undergone sometimes dozens of
name changes over the centuries and
millennia of history.
In the Bible, nations are named
after their ancestors. Nations are
families grown big. The whole hu–
man family of today, according to
the Bible, springs from Shem, Ham
and Japheth, the sons of Noab (Gen–
esis 10:32). The "Table of Nations"
of Genesis 1O is an account of the
origins of today's nations and races.
Througb migrations, these diverse
peoples overspread the entire earth.
You can read the story in Genesis 11.
In many cases we can accurately
trace their travels from the starting
point of Babel (in what today is
modern Iraq) through the pages of
history to their present locations.
Especially helpful in sucb research
are the accounts of the classical histo-
rians and geographers (such as Hero–
dotus); Persian, Tatar and Arabic
histories (such as
Meadows ofGold
by
ai-Masudi, the Herodotus of the
Arabs); the works of early Jewish
historians (such as Josepbus); and
Chinese and other Asian traditions.
Modern scholars generally give lit–
tle credence to the Table of Nations
or to many of these early histories
and traditions. Consequently they
are ignorant of the true identities of
many of the world's peoples today.
Let us look again at the names
mentioned by Ezekiel. Where are
these peoples found today?
Gog of the Land of Magog
Ruling over all these allied peoples is
Gog. Gog (meaning
mountain
or
high)
is described as a great prince,
the politicaljmilitary head of the
vast region in question. Ezekiel pic–
tures Gog as a guard and commander
over the assembled peoples (38:7).
Along with the beast, the miracle–
working false prophet, and the "king
The PLAIN TAUTH