although Magog originated in Turkey, the peoples the represent are the northern people. Turkey, like the northern people in general, sides with Europe (NATO).
A judgement on Islam is coming, no doubt, however Islam is not Gog or Magog. Islam is a religion and the region of Islam's territory is still centered in the East and South of Israel.
I agree with Islam stronghold nations are in the Middleast and Turkey which is to the north and the "stan" countries. Turkey is not part of the EU. They want to be, but the EU nations are not letting Turkey in.
Other that Russia, the Gog/Magog countries are motivated by Islam to attack Israel. Gog/Magog will be God's judgment on Islam. Once Gog/Magog is destroyed, the Jews will think they have entered the time of the messianic age.
For what reason would Israel reject this king as no-longer their Messiah? If he performs the things that the Old Testament says of the Messiah, why?
The reason is because the Antichrist, having been in the role of being their King for about 3 1/2 years, will become convinced in his heart that he has achieved God-hood, long term he will have been into the occult via Kaballah for his success, and will go into the temple and claim to be God, 2thessalonians2, revealing himself as the man of sin.
That action will mortify the Jews, and they will reject him as continuing to be be their king. It is important to keep in mind that the two witnesses will be testifying all along not to trust him.
The 7th beast remains a short time {the singular life of one king -70 years- just as Babylon reigned over exiled Israel for 70 years}. The 8th beast exercises all the authority of the first Beast because he is of the 7 (Rev 13:12).
Well it doesn't say 7th beast, but 7th head. Maybe you made a typo? The 7th king yet to come will be the little horn in Daniel 7. When he is killed and brought back to life, he continues the 42 months as the 8th king, the beast.
The eighth king (gov't) is the False-Prophet-Beast. The 7th and 8th kings are one dominion (the 7th mountain) wich share the same authority. This dominion has a head wound because the healed wound is the resurrection of a Zealot State in Israel. The UN-authorized/US financed/NATO powered/Israel-operated military dominion over the Middle East.
The false prophet is a religious figure, having horns like a lamb comparing him to Jesus - who is our high priest in heaven. The false prophet will be the high priest for Satan, as he speaks like a dragon.
Heads = governments. Mountains = dominions (Daniel 2). Horns = nation-states with military power.
Well that is not what the bible says. In the text the heads are kings. The horns are kings.
The woman-with-child is the mystery, hence why she is described in the wilderness. I believe this woman to be the ethnic Hebrew remnant that still believe in Jesus Christ and the prophets. The goal of Satan is to either kill or turn-evil all remnants of rue Israel in order that no more living breathing mortals can rule in Israel. (Should Satan succeed in turning all the world evil (as with the Days of Noah) then Christ will slay all of them)
The woman is simply Israel.
That makes no sense, because he is called the antichrist when the Lord kills him (2 thess 2).
No, he is not called the Antichrist in 2thess2. He is called the man of sin, son of perdition. Also called "that Wicked". But he is never called the Antichrist in 2thess2. Nor in Revelation.
The person is "the Antichrist" only when he is the King of Israel. When the Jews reject him as being their King, for going into the temple and claiming to be God, he is no longer "the Antichrist", but the revealed man of sin, son of perdition, "that Wicked".
As long as he is rejecting Jesus Christ as the real Messiah, and claiming to be God in place of Christ, he is the spirit of antichrist according to scripture
You do not understand what "the christ" or "the messiah" means. It means the promised great King of Israel, son of David. "The Antichrist" will be the another coming in his own name (someone who God did not send to be their king) who the Jews will embrace - for a short period.
no matter what people call him or why. It isn't about whether he's Israel's Antichrist or not (he must be the world's antichrist). The AC certainly would not have changed his view of himself as God, so how is he no longer "the Antichrist".
The person is "the Antichrist" only for while he is King of Israel. Before then, he is the 7th (Julio-Claudian) king of the Roman empire, the little horn.
After his stint as the King of Israel, and the Jews reject him, he is no longer the Antichrist, but the man of sin who goes on to become the beast in Revelation the 8th king of the Roman Empire.
There is no mention of the Antichrist in Revelation. It is the same person of course, but in Revelation he is not in the role of being the Antichrist., illicit king of Israel.
Everything in Revelation is him as associated with the Roman Empire, not Israel. You could say that he is the man of sin, the 7th king, or the 8th king, or the beast - but he is not the King of Israel anywhere in Revelation.
I know all this is a shock to your system. But think about it for a while.
You were once the captain of your high school football team, the tigers. You are no longer captain. You now are the CEO of General Motors. It would be wrong to call you football team captain of the tigers, as you are no longer in that role.
