| | In Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39, there are ten nations that make war on Israel and lose, with seven of them being in present-day Asia Minor, including Gog, Magog, Rosh, Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Togormah; the others are Persia (Iran), Put (Libya), and Cush (Sudan). Gog and Magog is King Gyges of Lydia according to the Assyrian records.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/22615289/Gog_and_Magog_Part_Four_The_Geography_i_False_Views</ref><ref>http://www.newscientificevidenceforgod.com/2012/02/debunking-russiawar-of-gog-and-magog.html</ref> But some commentators argue that since world geography was not well known at the time, it is a symbolic reference to all of Israel's enemies in the end times.<ref>A Second Look at the Second Coming: Sorting through the Speculations by T. L. Frazier, pages 21-224</ref> | | In Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39, there are ten nations that make war on Israel and lose, with seven of them being in present-day Asia Minor, including Gog, Magog, Rosh, Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Togormah; the others are Persia (Iran), Put (Libya), and Cush (Sudan). Gog and Magog is King Gyges of Lydia according to the Assyrian records.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/22615289/Gog_and_Magog_Part_Four_The_Geography_i_False_Views</ref><ref>http://www.newscientificevidenceforgod.com/2012/02/debunking-russiawar-of-gog-and-magog.html</ref> But some commentators argue that since world geography was not well known at the time, it is a symbolic reference to all of Israel's enemies in the end times.<ref>A Second Look at the Second Coming: Sorting through the Speculations by T. L. Frazier, pages 21-224</ref> |