An explanation of the biblical names Gog and Magog and their spiritual significance in Jewish tradition.
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What does the word Gog mean? The word Gog in Hebrew means a roof and Magog means the people who rely on the roof. So, what is the roof? Who are the roof people? If we go back to Egypt, one of the plagues was hail and hail would come down and destroy everything. But God said that if you put your cattle inside of a shed, they will not be destroyed. If you put it under a roof, they won't be destroyed. So, now let me ask you a question. The Torah says that these people were God-fearing people because they put their cattle under a roof. But why? Weren't they just saving their cattle? The answer is the reason why they were God-saving people is because even with the roof, their cattle wasn't protected. In fact, the hail could have smashed
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- 0:00What does the word Gog mean? The word Gog in Hebrew means a roof and Magog…
- 0:31If you put it under a roof, they won't be destroyed. So, now let me ask…
- 1:01right through the roof and killed their cattle. But yet, God said if you follow my…
- 1:31what essentially they're saying is two things. Number one, the Jewish people do not have a…
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