An insight into Psalm Two

An insight into Psalm Two

From the Book of Psalms: Chapter 2 in the Bible, the sovereignty of God is clearly pointed out. It also offers great encouragement in the present days. If we study the newspapers regarding the chaos in the Middle East, we will be simply surprised at the continuing enmity going on between Israel and many other nations. They remain ruthless forever. The leaders have been trying to produce the details of Judo-Christian heritage through which George Washington praised for foundational welfare. The miracles of the plagues in the Ten Commandments were being chiseled off walls of court homes. We see moral laws accepted in the past. Everybody was not only challenged but also denounced. Here, we have to remember the second chapter as baptism, which would be treated by the readers as the most magnetic one. It is crystal clear that the Book of Psalms is the most beautiful manifestation of the Hebrew poetic style. As a matter of fact, Hebrew poetry is not as rhythmic as English poetry, as English poetry is characterized by parables without doubt and by the frequent use of figures of speech. The doublets consist of saying the same basic thought twice, but each time using clear sets of words to indicate the same truth. When the same thought is completed twice, it is called synthetic parallelism. When the second statement declares the negative of the first, it is called antithetical parallelism. In Verse 1, “heathen rage” has its parallel: “people imagine.” In Verse 2, “kings themselves and rulers take counsel”. In the same way, in Verse 3, “let us break their bands” has its parallel, “casts away their cords,” and so forth throughout the Psalm. The psalmist began with the lamentation, observing that multitudes of the citizens of this world have become rebellious against their first creator (God). The following lines are the outcome of Verses 1-3. 19The Mysteries of the Mysterious God “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth, set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” (Psalm 2:1-3) Verse 1: The word “heathen” in the King James Version is from the Hebrew word “goyim.” It is also translated as Gentiles or nations in reference to the people outside. In ancient Israel, world travel became very limited. Also, geography became uncertain. Added to that, the culture in ancient days had much more to say for the word “heathen” in the Greek language; the contrasting word was “barbarians.” In this context, the psalmist seemed to have lamented that the Gentile nations as well as the people of Israel have been in constant confrontation and have become a complaining mob against God and His laws. Verse 2: The second verse points out that it is not only the mass that is disturbed by those rebellious spirits but also their leaders, rulers, and kings. Those people not only complained against the laws of God and His will, but also took to one another in their mischief and plotted further evil. So to say, their enmity is directed not only against God but also against the Anointed One, the Messiah (in Hebrew, he was called the mashiach), the Lord Jesus Christ, and His followers. The case is quite clear in our generation as we gain to live at a time when Christians were being martyred, especially in the Middle East and Africa. We hear through the daily news now both officials and ad hoc leaders ranting against Israel and calling for the destruction, as well as the denouncement, of the United States. Verse 3: Their intentions were openly declared in the parallelism of Verse 3 to break their bands and cast away their cords. They wanted to unite all kinds of ropes that would bind them to their God and His Anointed One. They could do this act by denouncing His name by testing the other religions and even no 20The Mysteries of the Mysterious God religions at all. They rejected Him totally as a creator and as a redeemer. They persecuted His people continuously. This is really inhuman and quite contrasted to the gracious and forgiving God. He drew them with cords and with bands of love. The response of God is an assurance to His people that everything in this world is in His control. The following Verses 4-6 are from the Book of Psalms. “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” (Psalm 2:4-6) Verse 4: Let us see how the sovereign God has reacted to such a rebellion. The inspired psalmist began writing with the attribution of inhuman characteristics to God. “Who was sitting in heaven would laugh by watching what is going on in the earth.” The verb taught here is translated as “Sachak,” which means to laugh in contempt or in scorn. That is, those who rebel against God cannot upset His divine throne in heaven; the time of their rebellion is limited, as Verse 9 eventually assures us. Verse 5: The fact is that the first three verses were offered for all people, whereas Verse 5 speaks about the attitude of God toward the billions of people against Him continuously. In this context, we see the wrath of God and His utter displeasure against the unrepenting mass, whom we see in Revelation 6:16 at the opening of the sixth seal when the wicked cry out. “...hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.” (Revelation 6:16) And also, Psalms 46:6 tells us: “The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.” (Psalm 46:6) 21The Mysteries of the Mysterious God Verse 6: We can see the singing of Verses 9-11, or praise the Lord which dwelleth in Zion. Here, we study that God’s decree of Verse 6 will stand: “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” (Psalm 2:6) The word Zion is a symptom used for the whole Promised Land and at other times to Jerusalem. Biblical geographers labeled the southwestern hill of Jerusalem as Mount Zion, with the central eastern hill Mount Moriah upon which both the first and second temples were built. This is also considered Zion and no dwelleth location to which the psalmist referred. Many theologians could not see any future for Jerusalem about 120 years ago, because it became a barren, almost forsaken, city. For about 800 years, the Sultan of the Ottoman Turks kept the city in his control from the thirteenth century up to 1917 and then the British military leader Edmund Allenby captured the city of Jerusalem during World War I. Still, the words of God can be referred to as “And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them ... and the places round about my hill a blessing.” (Ezekiel 34:23,26) God spoke those words through Prophet Ezekiel about 400 years ago after King David. The final look at the evil times will end when Jesus, the Messiah, the second David of a resurrected King David, shall rule from Jerusalem. It is fitting to all the Jews who needed a healed call in 1900 to return to the holy hill of Zion, and those people were called Zionists. This psalm looked well beyond King David of 1000 B.C. to the fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy that His shepherd, the good shepherd of John 10:11, Jesus, shall one day reign over God’s holy hill of Zion. So, it is called the spot of connection between God and those who would break His bands and cut His cords. The Messiah of God recalls the wonderful words on faith declared unto Him. Let us see the following words. “I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 22The Mysteries of the Mysterious God Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” (Psalm 2:7-9) Verse 7: In connection to this verse, let us recall the words of the angel Gabriel to pray. “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35) These words of God coming from heaven echoed at the transfiguration, “...This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.” (Matthew 17:5) The reference of Jesus in the Gospel of John is in Verses 1-14 as the only begotten son. In this context, the Greek word monogenous is first suitable to the English-only generated or one generated. It appears nine times in the New Testament, as we can find it in Luke 8:42. “For he had one only daughter...” (Luke 8:42) He was the only begotten son of God. Jesus Himself was conscious of this fact, even as a young boy. So, while He was discussing biblical matters with the rabbis in the temple, he said, to Mary and Joseph “Wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?” (Luke 2:49) Verse 8: In this verse it says about the glorious and gracious gifts the Father bestowed upon His son, our Messiah and redeemer. And on that day, there shall be a root of Jesus which shall stand as an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek and His rest shall be glorious. Let us look into the following lines. “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” (Revelation 7:9) 23The Mysteries of the Mysterious God “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.” (John 6:37-39) The story goes on further in Verse 8 to add that the son was also given “the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” Actually, the valuable gifts to His Father were really wonderful and they correspond remarkably with Verses 1-4 of Isaiah 42. Verse 9: This verse is in continuation of God’s sovereign promises to the Messiah. The son of God has not only inhabited the believers from all nations and ruled from shore to shore, but also He would have complete power over the earth to reign after His second coming. The wicked rebels that would gather at Armageddon wanted to break the bands of God and break all cords. It is repeated three times in the Book of Revelation (2:27, 12:5, 19:15). In Revelation 2:27, it is openly declared that Christ, in the middle of the events of the second coming, will rule the nations of the wicked and the rebels of Armageddon “with a rod of iron.” It will be an auspicious day for total rule and complete sovereignty will be His only. The previously mentioned parts of Psalms suggest us to love and pray to God. “Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed… (Psalm 2:10); Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2:12) Verse 10: These final three verses given to us to be wise, prudent, and loving appeal to all people, to turn toward God by His grace and to avoid the future- coming divine wrath at the time of judgment. Let us try to understand the clever statements in Verses 2 and 10. It is in Verse 2 “kings of the earth… and 24The Mysteries of the Mysterious God the rulers” and in Verse 10 “kings… judges of the earth,” those who were converted as rebels among the people against God. We find here in the closing verses of the psalm that an appeal was made to them to be wise and turn in repentance to be faithful and true to the kings and judges because they speak with authority as if they are the only wisest men on earth, and the others are only subordinate to them in wisdom. Here, God commands those people who are spiritually wise and who are capable of doing good things or great harm by their leadership. A corrupt leader is an abomination and history will replace evil rulers. Verse 11: In this verse, the appeal or command is spoken in a clear parallelism: “Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.” (Psalm 2:11) Every one of us can understand this expression to a certain extent with rejoicing and serving the Lord; we can respect anybody in the society with fear and trembles. We can respect persons who are in authority. This is an intimation that we must love God with all our heart and that we must worship and respect the person of our Divine Lord. Verse 12: The importance of this verse is the son of God. It is said, “Kiss the Son...” (Psalm 2:12). With no doubt, this is a reference to the son, the only begotten one of Verse 7. Here, the kings, judges, and all people are admonished to love and submit themselves to the son, the Messiah whom God has anointed. It is a reference to the Book of Philippians in the New Testament penned by Apostle Paul. In that book, Paul addressed to a jailer, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” (Acts 16:31) According to the declarations of this psalm, God has declared the Messiah to be His only begotten son and given the Gentiles who believed in Him, we can better understand what is said by Jesus. “He that hateth me hateth my Father also.” (John 15:23) If one opposes the son Messiah, he is opposing the one who was sent by God the Redeemer, the one to whom God has given all authority. At last, “Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.” (Psalm 2:12) In the Book of Hebrews in the Old Testament a commonly used Hebrew term for the 25The Mysteries of the Mysterious God word blessed is Barak. It is the word used for worship and is used to refer to God in His holiness and majesty. If you have heard Hebrew prayers, most of them begin with Barak. It is translated into English from Hebrew as “Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe.” In the Old Testament, the Beatitudes are mentioned in many psalms that are referred to mankind being “blessed” begin with the different Hebrew words, and so the word “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly…,” (Psalm 1:1) “Blessed are all they that put their trust in him,” (Psalm 2:12) and “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” (Psalm 32:1) “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” (Psalm 33:12) So, here in the final verse of Psalm 2, the word used is ashore and it conveys the truth that those who wholeheartedly put their trust in the Messiah, the son of God, will be spiritually happy and also will be with the blessing of God. These particular psalms, like many of the letters, were sent to the churches. Revelation Chapters 2 and 3 began with a severe condemnation, but other chapters close with proper remedies and promises of blessings. This is the final suggestion to those who will “kiss the child” in faith and true love. 26The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

Propheses of Ezekiel

It is said Ezekiel was originally belonged to the family of Priesthood. Apart from that he was a prophet, as God called him. God wanted to give him some more titles, like son of man and watchman of the house of Israel. One day, God told his servant Ezekiel, “Son of man, I have made thee, a watchman of the house of Israel; therefore hear the word of my mouth, and give them warning from me” (Ezekiel 3:7), at that time Ezekiel was also one of the exiled as a prophet. So, he happened to minister unto his fellowmen the Jews, during the Babylon captivity. Nebuchadnezzarwas the most powerful king of Babylon at that time. But due to his power and pride he became undrivered and did not even care God for which he was punished by God, to eat grass like an animal for seven years. By his power, he made Jerusalem weak and finally destroyed in three stages. According to his plan he made Jehovakim, the king of Jerusalem, even though he was unGodly from the Daniel disaster rulers, only for name sake then in his first attack in 606 B.C, he took some Jews as captives, and also some members of the royal families to Babylon including Daniel and his friends Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. The Jews were under the control of Nebuchadnezzar but found a lot and rebellious against him. Then he made his attack in 598 B.C, on Jerusalem and this time took about 10,000 Jews as captives to Babylon including the prophet and priest Ezekiel. As the rebellion continued the king with Jerusalem under seize. And in 586 B.C, which was called, his third attack. In this attack the king entered into the city, destroyed the holy temple the city to same extent, and took more captives to Babylon. The excited Jews took this issue very seriously, how they were kept far away from their holy and beloved city Jerusalem and then how the temple was left without priesthood. This sacrifices for the atonement of their sin and above all they began to question the faithfulness of the Lord God for His covenant, and the power to 27The Mysteries of the Mysterious God protect. In such strong circumstance Ezekiel was called by the Lord God to minister Israelites and console them. In such critical situation prophet Daniel came to lime light but from its captivs God gifted him the power of the curse of gentle world. History that ruled the Jewish nation is clubbed with the information of books Old and New Testament, and the 2 chapters of the book is a masterpiece. This 2 chapter primarily built with the extended period of the heathen rulers during that time, Jerusalem and Israel nations had their rulers for centuries. That time, there was no strong and efficient Davidic dynastic rulers’ eligible to rule, Israel nation or to sit upon the throne of Israel. During the early days of captivity, Ezekiel was the contemporary of Daniel mentioned the following points.

1.The grevious sin, of the Jewish nation is justified its captivity and

judgment illustrating that God was neither unfaithful nor powerless.

2.The withdrawal of God’s glory, from the temple before its destruction

by Nebuchadnezzar who was not worthy. It was actually Israelites that

were defeated by Nebuchadnezzar but not God.

3.The coming judgment of the surrounding nations, would illustrate that

their gloating mischief toward Israel, during her defeat and captivity

should not go unpunished.

the end of the age would speak about their captivity. It was reminded

that punishment was not permanent judgment and God would certainly

fulfill His promises to his patriarchs. The remaining Jewish were called people to return home after seventy years after constant persecution in Babylon. With extreme happiness they came to their native land and beloved city Jerusalem. The unhappy thing was the number of people that returned to their home land was very few. They struggled for their survival. Added to that, they had no king worthy to rule from the dynastic of King David. As, the world heathen power was changed from time to time. Israel had gone into the hands of Assyrians from Babylonians, from Persians 28The Mysteries of the Mysterious God to Greeks, and finally from Greeks to Romans, who were famous for their wickedness. The Jews were unhappy under all these rulers for centuries. The Jews again recalled against the Roman rule. It was four years again in the city of Jerusalem was seized. Then in a rebellion place in the year 66 A.D. The Roman soldiers, were commanded by general Titus, and attacked the city of Jerusalem. The result of the attack was some more Jews happened; to take to Babylon and the temple was miserably destroyed once again. It is as pathetic as most of the remaining Jews who wanted to live in this world left Israel permanently and scattered themselves into different parts of the world, only to return after 1900 years. It is said, it was the part of the judgment of God. The scattering of Israel made their lives more miserable in the strange places for many centuries. Many years have passed and many heathen powers controlled Israel. They were Assyrians, Babylonians Medo-Persians, Greeks and Romans, Muslims, Suryethes, Mahares, Cruceders, Turks, and ottoman, and finally British who declared independence to Israel on may 8th 1948. Most of the above said rulers used the land for their own purposes, by taking whatever was available. They did not return anything back and they were never grateful to that holy land. They ruled the nation, but they treated Israelites as their enemies. No, one of the rulers took the holy land to their hearts, and such things would remain in their minds permanently. We as readers can understand its domination of the foreign invasions continuously for many centuries. Their ill treatment of the people, and the land they misused should be taken into consideration. The marching armies used to cut down the trees indiscriminately. The second point is some of the land owners used to cut down the trees, in order to avoid tax from the authorities; it is said, if they have more trees in their land they had to pay more tax. By doing so, they made the land barren and loosing all beauty of nature. The third point is they used wood as fuel to the engine of the orient express train, which would pass through Israel, from Syria to Egypt. So throughout the way, the land and hills appeared barren without trees. As a result, the land became malaria infected swamp land. 29The Mysteries of the Mysterious God But all those changes were not noticed by the people. The Jews who returned to their homeland with full of hope after about 1900 years at the end of 19th century or the beginning of twentieth century. Anyway the Jews with sweet memories began to enter their holy city of their forefathers. How many generations must have died miserably in those strange lands? They happened to flee from the Eastern Europe and Soviet Union, because persecution was rampant at times in those nations. They found their land barren, desolate and largely abandoned, and in the North, malaria infected swamp land. The people who returned found only a handful of bedowine families and an occasional sickly villages and then the rest of the land was burred without any human occupation, or cultivation of the land for centuries. After 3300 years of their life spent in different parts of the world, they returned to their homeland. Prior to this they were in Egypt in bondage for 430 years, God heard the cry of Israelites and put the responsibility on the shoulders of Moses to bring them to the promised land of milk and honey called Cana the descendents of Abraham. The Israelis entered that land under the able guidance of Joshua. But after 1900 years when they returned to their places, they were surprised to find their lands were not like that even then Ezekiel spoke about their restoration with full hopes and confidence. The watchman unto the house of Israel was commanded by God to do the following. Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and tothe valleys, Thus saith the Lord God ”Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye

, have borne the shame of the heathen” Therefore saith the Lord GOD; ”I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come”. (Ezekiel 36:6-8) As a matter of fact, the restoration of the land at the end of the age, is not they wanted or it will be sovereignty and graciously bestowed. God once again 30The Mysteries of the Mysterious God speaks to people through Ezekiel is then what God is going to do, at the end of the age? He will re-gather and regenerate, all Jewish people, from different parts of the world, who lived the life, of unbelief and who lost faith in the God of their forefather. So to say, the regeneration of the nation of Israel, did not take place during the captivity and ruling of Babylonians or at any time in the history of Israel. It is a particular time probably at the end of the age. But in this context, Apostle Paul, seemed to have something in his mind So he said, ”And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall tum away ungodliness from Jacob”.(Romans 11:26). Again prophet Ezekiel wrote in chapter 37 that consent must proceed Israel’s spiritual redemption. First of all, there must be re- gathering of all Israel, in their homeland and also the twelve tribes of Jacob must be re-united. The spirit of the Lord, He set down in the midst of the valley, which was filled with dry bones. They suggest certainly that they were dried ones. They were the bones of people who died long ago. They appeared while probably due to the heat of the son for such a long time moreover, it was not a single bone, but the valley was full of them. It must have been a startling sight to the onlookers and more astonishing to the prophet Ezekiel. In utter compassion the prophet looked at the surroundings, and the Lord questioning His servant Ezekiel. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. (Ezekiel 37:3). Everything was found normal for a negative answer to the Lord’s question. Because they gave the impression that they would have a long story behind. That means, they were the bones of people who died long time ago. Actually God knows everything as he is the creator of the cosmos and He is the omnipotent. Perhaps God wanted to know what impression Ezekiel had about Him, regarding His power. The prophet understanding was that if the bones wanted to live, they would get life from God, and live because He is all in all. Finally while the prophet was watching the bones, he was surprised to see they were coming together. In the following lines the prophet described how the bones got life through his prophecy. 31The Mysteries of the Mysterious God So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these skins, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, as exceeding great army. (Ezekiel 37:7-10). God told the son of man, that all those bones belonged to the house of Israel. They spoke, they were died and lost the hope of survival. But God promised them He would open their graves and bring them back, and put them in their homeland, God said, He was the God of Israel, who opened their graves, and put His spirit in them and then, they shall live in their nation. God had spoken those words, and performed His miracle providing life to the died bones. The Jews were out of their land of blessing and covenant and burial in different nations of the world, without Jerusalem their capital city, without their temple and the priest to perform all the formalities after death and finally without their King. Many events took place during all those countries to them due to their sinful way of life. They forgot their loving God who brought them from Egypt, who were there in bondage for about 430 years. But still the God of their forefathers was merciful toward them. So, He will bring them back from various places in the last days, and they can see their new capital city and the millennial Kingdom and also their holy temple. Here, we have to remember one thing God says, He wanted to perform a miracle by putting His spirit into the dead bones and give them life. Then He wants to bring them back to their native place Jerusalem. The 36th chapter from the book of Ezekiel gives us the full clarity of the restoration of the land of Israel, which remained as waste land for centuries. Then chapter 37 gives the account of how people were gathered 32The Mysteries of the Mysterious God from different parts, of different nations and brought them back to their mother land. The most important chapters in the book of Ezekiel are 38, 38 because they deal with people who are going to invade Israel at the time of the end of the age. It is said, the coalation nations under the leadership of a man by name “Gog” of the land of “Magog” According to the Biblical history the attack will take place at the end of the age, and the second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth. The inevation has to take place, particularly in the later years, and also it is said in the later days. In this context, the word of God is very brief but shacking to “Gog”. God addresses ‘Gog’and decreesAnd thou shalt come up against by people of

“ Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the headen may know me, when I shall

s be sanctified in thee. O Gog, before their eyes”.(Ezekiel 38:16). The main body of the force of going Gog will come from the North of Jerusalem, which is always the navel of Biblical Geography God asks Gog whether he will come with his allied forces from North places on horses back as a might army. But God say He will return them back only with fifth part of his army. The invasion will take place exactly, when the Israelites are settled and taking rest, and while they are in progress in all respects. God again warns Gog, to go and attack gates. “When should Gog attack Israelites”? When they are progressing peacefully, after a long time of their return from strange places many centuries later. The secret is, after they return they inhabit the useful land and trying to make it fertile, with the hope they can progress well with their castle and goods. Above all they are dwelling in the midst of their land which must be more profitable for them. As we have read already the invading armies will come from the North to attack Israel. It is necessary for us to know who this Gog is? And the Northern forces that will attack Israel. Gog will be ruling Magog according to historical back ground. Many scholars are of the opinion that these Magogits seem to be the ancient Scythians. This tribe generally proved that they have occupied the region in 33The Mysteries of the Mysterious God between the Black and Caspion seas. We can also say this region is just to the North of Caucuses Mountains, and today that area is called Southern Russia. Then regarding the nationality of these Magogits and where they live at present, or where did they live at the time of the prophet Ezekiel? Some scholars said that they lived at Asia Minor which is called modern Turkey. Gog and Magog were the chief princes of Misheak and Tubal. These places Mishek, Tubal and Magog are mentioned in the Bible in Genesis Chapter 10:2. They were also the names of the sons of Japheth the third son of Noah. The ark of Noah was landed on the Mount Hararath, one of the mountain ranges of Caucasus Mountain. For invasion, the forces of gog will be increased by the other forces like Persia, Cush and Perth, and those two persons Cush and Perth were the sons of Ham the second son of Noah. The name Persia is changed into modern Iran in the year 1935. According to their plan Cush and Perth will attack Israel from the North. The correct location of Cush and Perth were discussed among the scholars of the Bible. They concluded with the information that Cush is located in the area of Ethiopia, and Sudan whereas Turk is appeared to be Libiya. The other allied forces to Gog are Gomer, and his son Togarmah. So the leaders of the invading armies as mentioned are the sons of Japheth. They are Gog, Mishek, Tubal and Gomer and the grandson of Japheth. The sons and grandson of Japheth are called Japhitis. As per the information available, 5 members are going to attack Israel. Then the two sons of Ham called Cush, Phat along with Persia. All together the total number of invading forces are 8 in number Gomar settled in central Turkey and his son Togarmah in Eastern Turkey. At present these 8 nations are surrounding Israel nation; North, South and East. They have a plan to attack Israel, for three sides during the last days. But the plan will become futile, because God has His own plan. It is really surprising to see all these persons mentioned in the context. More interesting to find is that they were the genealogy of Prophet Noah. Now these people, the descendents of Noah, are trying to attack Israel, from three corners at the end of the age. 34The Mysteries of the Mysterious God In this connection God says, “And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. (Ezekiel 38:21-23). All these invading nations love one thing in common, because they are all Islamic nations. Though they will try to attack Israel from three sides, they will be destroyed by God Himself, they may plan to build a global caliphate modern Islamic law but they will fall in it. Even as terrorists or Jihadists, they cannot conquer the world, nor defeat Israel. The glory which belongs to Christ and His heavenly Father, can never be given to “Allah”. Our king the lion of Judah is descending from heaven with roaring and with absolute power to rule His people. He will destroy all the Islamic nations, surrounding Israel, and establish His millennial Kingdom on the earth in Jerusalem. 35The Mysteries of the Mysterious God

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