Later text
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Intertextuality Pair
Revelation 20:8 → Ezekiel 38:2-8
Allusion
Earlier text
"Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets, as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you. Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard. After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
Significance
Ezekiel 38:2-8 introduces Gog of the land of Magog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, who is summoned with a vast coalition of nations to attack restored Israel "in the latter years." Revelation 20:8 directly names "Gog and Magog" as the nations deceived by Satan "in the four corners of the earth" gathered for the final battle. The verbal identification is explicit, making this one of the clearest OT allusions in Revelation 20. The widening is significant: Ezekiel's Gog attacks Israel's restored land; Revelation's Gog and Magog attack "the camp of the saints and the beloved city" — the entire eschatological people of God. Ezekiel envisions a post-restoration threat; Revelation places this threat after the millennial reign, showing the final rebellion before the consummation.
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- Reference Type
- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
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