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Gog and Magog
Andrew's report to his sovereign, whom he rejoined in 1251 at Caesarea in the Palestine, appears to have been a mixture of history and fable ; the latter affects his narrative of the Mongols ' rise to greatness, and the struggles of their leader Genghis Khan with Prester John ; it is still more evident in the position assigned to the Mongols ' homeland, close to the prison of Gog and Magog.
After being released from the abyss, Satan will gather Gog and Magog ( peoples of two specific nations ) from the four corners of the earth.
Fire will come down from God, out of heaven and devour Gog and Magog after the Millennium.
* The destruction of Gog and Magog, in which he sees Israel's enemies destroyed and a new age of peace established ( Ezekiel 38-39 );
* Gog and Magog
However, the story is not yet quite finished: " When the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
There is continuing discussion over the identity of Gog and Magog.
In the context of the passage, they seem to equate to something like “ east and west .” There is a passage in Ezekiel, however, where God says to the prophet, " Set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
" 38: 2 Gog, in this instance, is the name of a person of the land of Magog, who is ruler (“ prince ”) over the regions of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.
He said: ' It will not be called until ten signs have appeared: Smoke, Dajjal Antichrist, the creature ( that will wound the people ), the rising of the sun in the West, the Second Coming of Jesus, the emergence of Gog and Magog, and three sinkings ( or cavings in of the earth ): one in the East, another in the West and a third in the Arabian Peninsula.
According to the legendary Historia Regum Britanniae, of Geoffrey of Monmouth, London was founded by Brutus of Troy after he defeated the incumbent giants Gog and Magog and was known as, ( Latin for New Troy ), which, according to a pseudo-etymology, was corrupted to Trinovantum.
In Poland the Chozeh of Lublin, Yisroel Hopsztajn | Maggid of Kozhnitz and Menachem Mendel of Rimanov saw Jewish eschatology | Messianic potential in the Gog and Magog | turmoil.
Ibn Battuta also reported " the rampart of Yajuj and Majuj " was " sixty days ' travel " from the city of Zeitun ( Quanzhou ); Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb notes that Ibn Battuta believed that Great Wall of China was built by Dhul-Qarnayn to contain Gog and Magog as mentioned in the Quran.
Then the wall which imprisons the nations of Ya ' juj and Ma ' juj ( Gog and Magog in the Bible ) will break and they will surge forth in large numbers.
* Gog and Magog
According to some commentators, the war of Gog and Magog envisioned in Ezekiel 38 is expected to occur in the end of days.
Radak comments on Zechariah 14, that in the end of days Jerusalem will be the battle ground of Gog and Magog.
He is usually regarded as the ancestor of the Gog and Magog tribes, and, at times, of the Turks and Khazars.
Depiction of Gog and Magog, horrible giants Gog and Magog # Identifying Gog and Magog | thought to be ancestors of the Mongols by medieval Europeans.

Gog and Hills
Admiralty ( London ), Hampstead Heath ( Telegraph Hill ), Woodcock Hill, St Albans, Dunstable Downs, Lilley Hoo, Baldock, Royston, Gog Magog Hills, Newmarket ( Side Hill ), Icklingham, Barnham, East Harling, Carleton Rode, Wreningham, Norwich, Strumpshaw, Great Yarmouth.
Although his discovery of the chalk figures in the Gogmagog Hills has been dogged by controversy, there are similarities between the name and nature of the purported ' Gog ' and the Irish deity Ogma, or the Gaulish Ogmios.
North and East of the village the land is flat, drained fen ; to the south and south-West the Gog Magog Hills rise to over.
The Gog Magog Downs ( also known as the Gog Magog Hills or simply the Gogs ) are a range of low chalk hills, extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England.
The earliest mention of the biblical name Gog and Magog for this region is found in a decree of 1574, forbidding students to visit the Gog Magog Hills on pain of a fine.
* Ritual activity at the foot of the Gog Magog Hills
* Fortean Traveller: The Gog Magog Hills, Cambridgeshire
Dover was a scholar at the University of Cambridge in 1595, possibly as a sizar at Queens ' College: during his time at Cambridge the " Gog Magog Games " were held on the Gog Magog Hills outside Cambridge, although it is not known whether these were already being termed " Olympik " as was the case by 1620.

Gog and southeast
Wandlebury Hill () is a hill in the Gog Magog Downs, a ridge of low chalk hills extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge, England.

Gog and him
Son of man, direct your face towards Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince, leader of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy concerning him.
Ezekiel's Gog from Magog was a symbol of the evil darkness of the north and the powers hostile to God, but in Revelation, Gog and Magog have no geographic location, and instead represent the nations of the world, banded together for the final assault on Christ and those who follow him.
During the Cold War the idea ( first advanced by Wilhelm Gesenius in the mid-1800s ) that Russia itself had the role of Gog gained popularity ( since Ezekiel's words describing him as " prince of Meshek "-rosh meshek in Hebrew-sounded suspiciously like Russia and Moscow ).
A number of Mojo's servants, led by the hound-like Gog and Magog, pursue him, but get stuck between Longshot's world and Earth.
According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Armilus is " a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel ", similar to Gog.
The other society members following Gog attempt to protect him, until they see him attempt to attack a society member.
The last member of Octavius ' Sinister Six was revealed to be Gog, and a combat between members of the super hero community summoned by Spider-Man ( including the Fantastic Four, Nova, the Hulk, and Solo ) broke out, ending when the broken-glass body of the Sandman shredded Doctor Octopus, nearly killing him.
When the JSA become divided on how good the god-like being Gog is, Tom believes in the being while his father opposes him.
The other society members following Gog attempt to protect him, until they see him attempt to attack a society member.
Soon after, in a Thy Kingdom Come story arc, when William Matthews, otherwise known as Gog, attacked the Brownstone, Jakeem quickly tried to make Thunderbolt attack him, but was instantly knocked out by Gog.
In the tale, Alexander travels a great deal, builds the Wall against Gog and Magog, searches for the Water of Life ( Fountain of Youth ), and encounters angels who give him a " wonder-stone " that both weighs more than any other stone but is also as light as dust.
Grant and Judomaster, among others, side with Gog, and keep the rest of the JSA from trying to stop him.
When the concerned Stargirl is sent to speak with him, and asks him to rethink his feelings about Gog, he instead attacks her.
Instead, he renounces Al Pratt, blowing up his home and the records of his adventures and claiming to have always been abandoned by him, while Gog will be always at his side.
Called by Magog, he rejoins Gog, but there he's asked to kneel and show him his devotion ( and expecting the rest of his followers to do the same ).
The other society members following Gog attempt to protect him, until they see him attempt to attack a society member.
All of the followers take up the fight, and Gog punishes them all by taking away his blessings as he threatened, including Damage's face, leaving him inconsolable.

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