An exploration of biblical prophecies about the end of days and the significance of Gog and Magog in Jewish thought.
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We're told in scripture in the Bible, Ezekiel 38 very famously, that nations will go to war against Jerusalem at the end of days. Same thing in in Zechariah chapter 12. And God is going to be destroy all the enemies against Jerusalem. As it turns out, the name of this enemy is called Gog. What does Gog mean? Like, what is Gog? I don't know of a country named Gog, do you? But this
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