Goga and Magog - what kind of peoples are they?

Someone was frightened with "babaika" as a child, and someone threatened: "Here is the gogo and the Magog will come and they will take you away!" It is unlikely that, when uttering this phrase, comrades adults put the true meaning into this concept. In the dictionary of Ephraim, as in the Great Reference Book of Russian sayings, it is defined as follows: the gog and the magog are omnipotent, terrifying. Other sources give more concrete, historical concepts.

Representation in Christianity

According to the biblical teaching about the ultimate destinies of man and the world, the Gogh and Magog people are hostile, militant, who will come at the last moment to exterminate the remaining adherents of Christianity. The end of the world is now emerging not only in everyday conversations. This topic is fueled by numerous media. They show people building bunkers with age-old supplies of provisions, stationary power stations and other communications and household items that can support normal life activity. Goga and Magog, according to some interpretations, must become that destructive satanic power that will destroy everything completely.

These are not all definitions that are derived from religious teachings. Under the name "Gog" is supposed the leader, the chief leader, who stands in front of all the hostile forces. Magog has its status. This is a country, which means that its people are also populating. All these people are subject to the great Gog, obedient to his command, worshiping his philosophy and worldview, believing in his destiny.

And yet most often gogha, Magog - this is the people, who at certain times should be headed by Prince Rosh. He is also given several definitions. The son of Benjamin, who died without leaving any heirs. Another interpretation, more general - the commander, the head, the Grand Duke in the original. There were even suggestions that this name is supposed to be Russia, as the land reigns over which mighty Gogh.

The Old Testament mentions the son of Japhet Magog, the originator of the family in the settlements north of Palestine. Gog, according to some predictions, should lead the troops of the nomads to Israel. The barbaric hostile North symbolizes them in Jewish culture.

According to legend, Alexander of Macedon drove the peoples to the East, to the most extreme of its territory. The time will come, they will be liberated, they will break into the Christian lands, destroy everything around them, the historically developed world.

Apocalypse is a period when everything collapses

And one more word, which today is most often interpreted in the far from the original definition - the Apocalypse. Now it is basically perceived by the majority as the end of the world. The biblical "Apocalypse" describes the situation when the world will crumble. It is at this moment that Satan himself will descend to Earth. He will call to his service King Gog from the land of Magog.

And with it the people, whose number will be greater than the sea sand. Magogs will crush, torture, exterminate people, wash them from the face of the earth. And it becomes clear that the Apocalypse is not the collapse of the whole world, it is the head of the Bible. A translation from Greek gives an accurate description - this is Revelation, the last biblical book. In it, John the Theologian expounds his visions.

In Islam

In Islam, Gogh and Magog have their own name - Yajuj and Ma-juj. They are also militant tribes who oppose God's people. Practically in any interpretation their invasion is associated with the Last Judgment and the coming of the Messiah.

"War of the Gog and Magog" - that is the name for the battle between the outer and the inner, according to the teachings of Kabbalah. The result of the victory in this fight is the avoidance of the destructive consequences of the clash between the two forces. This war is attributed to the people of Israel. And it is not conducted with the help of accessible material weapons - atomic bombs, bombs, missiles and automatic weapons. Now this is treated as a battle of the inner world with external realities. Battles between desires and reality in a spiritual sense.

In today's world, many give this loud name to the alleged nuclear weapons of the West in the near future with an alliance headed by Russia. It is this war that is given the title of "destroyer" - actions that will turn the world into dust. Once this dubious glory was attributed to Napoleon's predictions during his protracted battles and conquests.

Modernity

Modern politicians often use the expression "gog and magog". The meaning of any treatment is reduced to one - it is destroying all around the force. In connection with the frequent references and predictions of the end of the world, this Biblical description is increasingly heard.

Any war, in essence, is a struggle for one's faith, spiritual and material foundations. The people-destroyer of the developed world under the leadership of Satan, whatever name he was given, scares no less than Armageddon. Therefore, political scientists, historians again and again turn to the teachings of the centuries-old prescription, where, without assuming about today's reality, so accurately described the signs preceding any coup.

Literature, the opinion of writers

It is curious that this expression came into popular circulation as a synonym for "terrifying, overwhelming, dominating". Even the great Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol mentioned in one of the dialogues the heroes of Dead Souls: "what a gog-magog", who will kill for a penny. Thus characterizing a person as corrupt and unprincipled, because of that which causes more horror.

Armageddon - senseless war

Armageddon is a war against all. Senseless by the end, unacceptable, but expected, reflected in many films and literary works. Covering themselves with a false ideology, in many corners of the Earth fighting is carried out, striking with its destructive force and absolute meaninglessness. And if originally referred to in all known religious descriptions "goga-magog" was referred to the land of the faithful, to Israel, today these definitions can be attributed to any incursions and military conflicts. Unfortunately, it was not possible to prevent the reigning chaos, despite the predictions. I want to believe that the end of the world and the previous invasion of "peoples from the North" will remain in the descriptions in theory, and not become a historical fact.