Hello Gino and Doves,
We are definitely dealing with angelic beings. Fallen
angels. We were told we did not fight against flesh
and blood.
Thank you, Gino, for your letter last week and for
linking your letter from last year about the 'chief prince
of Meshech and Tubal" into that letter.
Gog is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
Ezekiel 38:9 So Gog must be an angelic being also.
Different areas/countries (from ancient times) have
'protectors' assigned to them. Israel's is Michael.
In Ezekiel 38, God executes judgment upon Gog -
'plague and bloodshed'. 'Torrents of rain, hailstones,
fire and sulfur'. On him and the troops he brings with
him. In Ezekiel 39, God says he will give a burial
place to Gog in Israel - it will be known as the Valley of
Hamon-gog.
In the Revelation - there is an 'angel of the Abyss' -
Abaddon (Hebrew: meaning "destruction", "doom")/Apollyon
(Greek: meaning "Destroyer"). He's a king - from the
bottomless pit. He's a king of an army of
locusts. Abaddon is also mentioned in Job 26, 28
and 31 and Proverbs 15 and 27. So he's a pretty
important bad angel.
European literature of the Middle Ages (like "The Song
of Roland", "The Canterbury Tales", "Mardi") refers to an
entity called 'Termagant' who was considered the chief
Muslim god.
"European Christians believed Muslims worshiped
Termagant. In "The Song of Roland" (11th century)
there is reference to an "unholy Trinity"
in Islam made up of Muhammad, Apollyon and
Termagant. Muhammad was not a god or a fallen angel
- but Apollyon is a fallen angel. Maybe Termagant is
too.
TERMAGAUNT
And the sixth trumpet blast, from the sixth angel -
released four more angels that have been bound 'at the great
Euphrates River.' These will be released and will kill
one-third of the people on Earth.
We've got fallen angels to deal with on Earth!
And Gino wrote about Pergamos - one of the Seven
Churches of Turkey - where Satan's seat is. Will Gog
arise from Pergamos? Will the Antichrist arise from
Pergamos? From Turkey?
Also, in Daniel 9:26 we are told about "the people of
the prince who is come will destroy the city and the
sanctuary." I came across a definition of Apollyon -
that he is "the Destroyer of Jerusalem."
"At the start of the Jewish War, Titus was the general
of the Fifteenth Legion. With Apollo (the
Roman god, the son of Zeus) as its patron, the Fifteenth
Legion was suitably nicknames Apollinaris, a name meaning
"devoted to Apollo". The Fifteenth Legion
would always carry an emblem of Apollo or one of his holy
animals wherever it went. Not surprisingly, the
locust was one of Apollo's holy animals."
Apollo is the Greek god of death and
plague/pestilence.
So 'the prince who was to come and destroy
Jerusalem and the sanctuary" was Apollyon - leading the
15th Legion of Rome. Apollyon - the Destroyer of
Jerusalem. ? The 'prince' is not Titus or
a human being then.
Maybe the Greek/Roman gods are the fallen
angels. I've thought about this for several
years. It sure looks like Apollo and Apollyon are 'the
same'.
So we have fallen angels leading armies/empires...evil
entities that have been around for ages.
Gino wrote about Gog as "apparently a fallen celestial
prince, who possesses a human leader". Ezekiel 39:11
tells us that Gog is given a burial place..."Gog and all his
hordes will be buried there." So it sounds like Gog
has a human body. (Or maybe Gog is a fallen angel -
and like those 'who are bound at the great river Euphrates' - he'll be 'buried' in Hamon-gog.) ?
And in Revelation 20:8 we see Gog and
Magog again - when the 1,000 years are over, satan will be
released from his prison and deceives the nations - Gog
and Magog. He will gather them together for
battle. He'll march against Jerusalem. God
will destroy them with fire from Heaven. So here, we
see Gog and Magog again - are these names generic titles
now to show how they compare to the Ezekiel Gog and Magog
War? Gog was buried - he can't come back or can he?
In the Revelation, the Seven Churches are in Turkey -
and as Gino pointed out, the whole area is under the false
god allah. Will the Antichrist rise from Turkey?
Will Gog be someone from Turkey? Definitely need to
keep an eye on Turkey.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance