Jeremiah Embs Bible notes
Misc Notes: on Gog and Magog

Gog is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (Ezekiel 38:1-3)
 so that Magog is probably a combination of those two lands 
or near them. We may be able to identify Magog for in the 
passage they are said to be allied with Persia (modern Iran 
also spelled Eran), Ethiopia, and Libya (vs 5). Meshech is 
associated with trade and the merchant marine vessels (like 
the Greeks have) of Tarshish (probably called Tarsus in the 
New Testament which is on the minor asian mainland north 
of the island of Cyprus) (Ez 38 & 27). Meshech was founded 
by the sons of Japtheth (1 Chronicles 1 & Gen 10) and we 
know that the sons of Japtheth controlled the Northern and 
Western nations of the ancient world. These clues point to 
the idea that Meshech is probably related to what we now 
call Turkey (or somewhere thereabouts) with the Aegean 
and Mediaterrian islands being the Gentile "isles" referred 
to in Ez 39:6 which the land of Magog dwells among in 
Isaiah 66:19 and Gen 10:2-5. This would be what we refer 
to in general as the anatolian area. It is written that they 
attack Israel from the North (Ez 38:15-16), but unlike some
 commenators have suggested Ezekiel 38 does not occur 
during the tribulation but rather after the millenillenal reign 
of Christ (whose 1000 year reign doesn't begin until AFTER 
the tribulation has ended and Satan is bound see 
Revelation 20:7-10). Ezekiel 39 however occurs during the 
tribulation (towards the end) at the battle of Armageddon 
(compare vs 39:5 & 17-21 to Revelation 19:11-18. The order
 of the two revelations are reversed in Ezekiel because 
blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fulness of the
 Gentiles be come in (Rom 11:25). It's in Revelation that we 
have the proper sequential order and can sort out the two 
prophecies separated by chapter headings (you still think the
 number divisions in the King James Bible aren't inspired?).