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Magog
religion and mythology
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- In Gog and Magog
Magog, in the Hebrew Bible, the prophesied invader of Israel and the land from which he comes, respectively; or, in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament), evil forces opposed to the people of God. Although biblical references to Gog and Magog are relatively few, they assumed…
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eschatology and battles with the messiah
- In eschatology: Hellenistic Judaism
…the battle against Gog and Magog, two legendary powers who served Satan (Ezekiel 38:2; Revelation 20:8). Developed toward the end of the 2nd century, after the failure of Bar Kokhba’s revolt, this conception is connected with a more basic notion of apocalyptic messianism—the belief that the messianic advent is preceded…
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