Hey there,
I have always heard that Gog and Magog is before the millennium reign. But Revelation 20:7-8 says “7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And 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.” Does this mean that the battle of Armageddon"valley of Megido" and the Gog and Magog wars are two different things. Armegeddon and Gog and Magog are different events? Let me know
First ~ I believe ~ 1 Thes. 4 ~ is effected, whereby the Dead and Alive in Christ are risen and meet the Lord in the air; as the Son of Man, with His Power, as the Christ, descends from Heaven to the Clouds.
Different events? Yes, but closely related.
Ezekiel ~ 38
Israel will relatively be at peace and then attacked
from the north with great armies.
This is referenced as an attack coming from descendants of Noah, Japhath, Magog, and forward, upon Israel, and begin and be effected during the first 3 1/2 years of tribulation.
Ezekiel ~ 39
God will end this battle, which will be so grievous, it will take 7 months to bury all the dead.
Rev ~
7 Seals ~ 7 Trumpets ~ 7 Bowls
Are the effects of Gods Wrath upon the earth, as God uses the Earth, to discomfort and kill men against Him.
Rev ~
During the first 3 1/2 years (and up to and shortly beyond the 5 Seal opening) many men are coming to believe in Christ and are killed for their faith.
Rev ~ 6
We learn those who have come to Christ ~ their body's dead ~ and their souls still on the earth, protected By God. Those souls yearn to leave the earth, but are told they must wait a little longer, until all who choose Christ, are bodily killed, and together all the souls of those in Christ shall be raised to Heaven. Then shall God AVENGE their deaths.
Rev ~
Seals Continue ~
7 Trumpets ~ 7 Bowls during last half of Tribulation.
Rev ~ 20
Begins the the reference of God and Magog ~ which is note that as horrendous as the experience of the assault on Israel, from the North WAS, this assault shall be immensely greater, as the world has never experienced.
This is a type of Warning ~ for men who live in the end times ~ who will have experienced and Lived through the assault on Israel ~ fleed to the mountains ~ and are being ministered to to hear about Christ and elect to choose Him ~ and if they choose not to ~ what they can expect to endure next ~
The next is the effects of the Trumpets and Bowls.
The next is the effects of the a war greater than nations of the north coming against Israel.
The next is the effects of ALL nations coming against Israel with Great armies from ALL nations, as referenced in Rev.
This requires a more in depth study, but given you in brief. Yes they are two different events, that are so closely related time-wise, that men living during this time could effectively experience both events.
God Bless,
SBC