English Giants - Gog and Magog, Cormoran, John Middleton, Jack-In-Irons (Paperback)

Chapters: Gog and Magog, Cormoran, John Middleton, Jack-In-Irons. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Book of RevelationBook of DanielOlivet discourseSheep and GoatsMajor figuresJesusTwo WitnessesFour HorsemenAntichristDifferent viewsPreterismIdealismHistoricismFuturismMillennial DifferencesPremillennialismAmillennialismPostmillennialismOther EventsChronology of RevelationRaptureSeven SealsJesus' Second Coming Last JudgmentGog and Magog (Hebrew: Arabic: ) appear in the Book of Genesis, the Book of Ezekiel, the Book of Revelation, and the Qur'an. They are variously presented as men, supernatural beings (giants or demons), national groups, or lands. Gog and Magog occur widely in mythology and folklore. Magog appears in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10:2 as the eponymous ancestor of a people or nation: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and TirasGog is listed as a descendant of Reuben (eldest son of patriarch Jacob) in the 5th century BC 1 Chronicles 5: 3, 4. "Gog" and "Magog" appear together in the Book of Ezekiel, 38:2-3: 38:2. Son of man, set thy face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,3. And you shall say; So said the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. In terms of extra-biblical Jewish tradition, Gog the "prince" has been explained by Rashi, Radak and others as being the king of the nation of Magog, descended from the son Magog of Japthet, the son of Noah. No particular nation is associated with them, nor is any particular territory beyond them being in the north of Israel. Some Biblical scholars believe that Gyges (Ancient Greek: ), king of Lydia (687 BC-652 BC), is meant. In Assyrian letters, Gyges appear...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=222484