FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
These two witnesses, who will preach for 1,260 days, will most likely
have a ministry similar to John the Baptist. They will be latter-day
prophets, opposing the dictatorship and government of the Antichrist,
and spreading the word that the Son of Man, Jesus, the true Messiah,
is returning the reclaim the Earth. After their ministry is complete, the
Antichrist will succeed in having them killed, and as a warning to
others, the Antichrist will demand that their bodies remain unburied,
so the world can see the extent of his power. However, God will show
his power, and bring them back to life (3-1/2 days later), and they will
be taken back to Heaven.
Armageddon– The Main Event
In the 38th and 39th chapters of Ezekiel, the preliminary information is
given on the final battle. The Antichrist and the full might of his military
forces are now entrenched in Israel. It’s a Battle Royale, with the
nations of the world converging upon the tiny nation of Israel in a bid
for world domination.
The line-up of combatants that appears in chapter 38 includes the
descendents of Japheth (3rd chapter of Genesis), a son of Noah:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, who
repopulated the Earth after the Flood.
Magog’s descendants settled in the area of Armenia, which is in
southern Russia, after being driven north through the Caucasus
mountains by the Medes. This race came to be known as the
Scythians, and were called ‘Magogites’ by the Greeks. The Chinese
name for the Caucasus mountains running through Russia mean ‘Fort
of Gog,’ while the Russians call their peaks, the ‘Gogh.’ The Arabic
term for the Great Wall of China is ‘the wall of Al Magog,’ because it
was erected with the intention of keeping out the armies of Magog.
Their descendants include the Tarters, Cossacks, Kalmuks, and the
Mongols. The Kesses HaSofer, a Jewish Commentary, indicates that
the word ‘Mongol,’ which identifies the Siberian-Russian people,
comes from the word ‘Magog.’
In the Septuagint (Greek) translation of the Bible, it describes ‘Gog’ as
the ‘prince of Rosh.’ Rosh was the name of a tribe living in the area of
the Volga. In some languages, Rosh is the word for the country of