Today’s Devotional, NOVEMBER 25th (Gog and Magog: Proper Bible Interpretation)
By admin On February 8th, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional, NOVEMBER 25th
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Gog and Magog:
Proper Bible Interpretation
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“Son of man, set thy face against Gog,
the land of Magog,
the CHIEF prince of Meshech and Tubal,”
Ezekiel 38:2
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A very popular radio Bible study series, ‘Through the Bible show’, attempted to interpret Ezekiel 38, and 39, regarding Gog and Magog.
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And while the Bible teacher usually did fairly good on salvational issues, for some reason, threw away all the proper hermeneutics when it came to Bible prophecy!
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Now it is not the intent of this devotional to attempt to define just what Gog and Magog represents in Scripture.
But it is simply to define what proper Bible study is.
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Gog and Magog lift Paddy out of the mire- Wikipedia – Public Domain
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HISTORY BOOKS
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The first mistake this Bible teacher made, was to look into history books, to interpret the Bible.
And he found a Bible theologian of yesteryear, who saw a connection with the Hebrew word for, “chief”, and the name, “Russia”
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Old book asking Ridge Historica Society_wikimedia share-alike license
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SOUNDS LIKE?
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Next, he found two cities in Russia whose names sounded somewhat similar to “Meshech and Tubal” Meshek sounds like Moscow, and Tubal sounds like Tobolsk
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Moscow Russia Kremlin image of Kremlin – Wikipedia – Share Alike License
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MAPS
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And then, he noted that the Bible spoke of this kingdom as being in the “North”.
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And he pointed out on a map, that Russia is in the North above Israel.
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Old World Map – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
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SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!
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To put it concisely, this otherwise-adequate Bible teacher had abandoned proper rules of interpretation and simply attempted to interpret the Bible by use of maps, history books and newspapers!
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Newspaper vendor – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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ALL SCRIPTURE PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE…
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So just what are the proper rules of Bible interpretation?
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The first rule is, that the Bible is its own interpreter!
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Listen… “All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
2nd Timothy 3:16, 17
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And so, this passage from 2nd Timothy tells us where to look for doctrine, correction, and confirmation (reproof) of all supposed biblical ideas: The Bible only!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – public domain
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BIBLE STUDY CAN BE TEDIOUS
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Second, this next passage from Isaiah…
“For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line;
here a little, and there a little”
Isaiah 28:9, 10
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And so, here is the tedious work before us.
We must place, “precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:”
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Chaplain reads Bible – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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NATURAL MAN DISCERNS NOT SPIRITUAL THINGS
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And one very big reason that newspapers and history books are not the correct way to study
prophecy is found in this next passage…
“Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God:
for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
2nd Corinthians 2:13, 14
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So, this above passage reveals that we must compare spiritual things with spiritual.
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Magnifying Glass – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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HISTORY BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS NOT NEEDED!
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Now to find out what this says about this nation from the North, we do not need to look any further than the Bible!
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Listen…
“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD,
and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon,
My servant, and will bring them against this land,”
Jeremiah 25:9
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So here is a passage from Jeremiah reveals it was the King of Babylon who comes from the north to destroy God’s people! Not Russia!
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Wikipedia – Public Domain – 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse
Prophet Jeremiah Dictates to Baruch – Wikiart.com – US Public Domain
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GOG & MAGOG AS SAND OF THE SEA
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Now here the Bible defines Gog and Magog, in this way…
“And (the Devil) shall go out to deceive the nations
which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog,
to gather them together to battle:
the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.”
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Now this cannot be speaking of Russia, but nations, plural with a multitude as “the number of whom is as the sand of the sea”!
Sea shore – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License
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SATAN’S ‘MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’
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Yes, Satan has filled so very many pulpits with his own so-called, “ministers of righteousness”. 2nd Corinthians 11:15
And these leaders will mislead God’s people, not only in improper Bible study, but also in going after the many idols which God’s people are now embracing, so often!
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The Good News is that we are not required to be taught by others!
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Listen again…
“These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
But the Anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you,
AND YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU:
but as the same Anointing teacheth you of all things,
and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.”
1st John 2:26, 27
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We have a promise here, that if we are in Christ, then we have the Anointing of God, which will teach us all truth!
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And we are not locked into depending on Bible teachers, including otherwise good Bible teachers who miserably failed to properly understand Revelation.
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Brown tree snake – Boiga – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER
Dear Lord, Give me the strength and desire to study the Bible for myself. Let me not blindly follow erring humans who use history books and newspapers to interpret prophecy…
Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain
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READ MORE…
For further exploration, please read… Fleeing to the Mountains: The Abomination in the Church, Part 1,
or you can also read… “January 18th (Jeremiah & the Smooth Prophets)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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NARROW GATE STARS LOCATION
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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter.
Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end (The end of winter being the final scene of this heavenly Gospel story). Orion , the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon (sketch to right is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon.
This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours).
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And at this point it is apparent that the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the two bright stars, known as Castor and Pollux (sketch to left). But the Wide Gate Stars are composed of the two brightest stars of the Auriga Constellation, known as the star, Capella, and the star, Menkalinan. The two stars, Castor and Pollux, make up the concept of the Orion’s Narrow Gate Stars.
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This can even be observed into June in the western sky (for a short time just after dark).
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TOMORROW:
“November 26th (Is This The End!?!)”
Judgment Day – Lightmatter burningman by Aaron Logan for wikimedia share-alike license
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20+ MINUTE AUDIO JEREMIAH STUDY
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS IS STUDY #327 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…
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Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain
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