Gog/Magog vs. Antichrist

Gog vs. Antichrist

Characteristic	Gog	Antichrist
Supernatural Authority	None	3 ½ Years Authority to make war with the saints and over all peoples and nations
Relationship to Israel	Invader to take a spoil Very short unsuccessful war	7 Year Covenant of Peace Lengthy war against Israel
Fate at death	Buried in a mass grave	Immediately resurrected and cast into the Lake of Fire
Spiritual Relationship	Against the God of Israel but makes no claims of deity	Enters the Temple and claims to be God. Exalts himself above all gods. Demands to be worshipped
Supernatural Powers	None	Signs, Wonders, and Miracles
Relationship to Satan	An evil human leader, but not indwelt or possessed by Satan. Completely controlled by God	Possessed by Satan Satan Incarnate

War of Gog & Magog vs. War of Armageddon

Gog & Magog	Armageddon
Battle of Gog & Magog - Eze 38 & 39	Battle of the great day of God, the Almighty - Rev 16:14
Israel dwelling safely (in false confidence) in the land Eze 38:8, 11, 14	It is a time of much persecution & troubles. The remnant of Israel has fled Jerusalem & Judaea & is dwelling in exile, in refuge in the wilderness of Petra / Bozrah. Rev 12:6, 13-16; Mt 24:15-22
Surprise invasion of Israel by an alliance of nations: Magog (Russia); Persia (Iran); Cush (Sudan, Ethiopia); Put (Libya); Gomer (Germania or southern regions of old USSR); Togarmah (Armenia, Turkey) - Eze 38:2-9	All Kings of the world are gathered to Israel to do battle. Rev 16:14 No mention of Gog or any of Gog’s specific allies in the book of Revelation.
Invasion from the far north - Eze 38:6, 15. No mention is made of the Kings of the east or of the Euphrates River.	Armies come from all over the world & Kings of the east cross the dried up Euphrates River - Rev 16:12
Invasion is made to take a great spoil in the land of Israel. Eze 38:12-13; 39:10	Demonic gathering of armies to crush Israel & unite in war against Christ. Rev 16:12-16
Gog is the leader from the far north but not said to be any of: the Antichrist; Beast; Little Horn; Assyrian; King of Assyria; King of Babylon; King of the North; or King of the South	Antichrist is Satanically possessed & is World Dictator. Antichrist; False Prophet; & Satan are working together. Demons from them gather the armies to Megiddo in Israel
No mention of Megiddo, Jerusalem, or Babylon	Armies are gathered at Megiddo; Battle against Jerusalem; and Babylon is destroyed in the same time frame
No mention of 7 year Peace Covenant	Peace Covenant has been violated & Israel betrayed. Dan 9:27
No stated expectation by Israel for any nation or leader to protect Israel from invasion	Israel is being persecuted by the Antichrist & False Prophet. Israel calls upon God in repentance for deliverance. Zech 13:9
Diplomatic protest by Sheba & Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, & the young lions thereof: Possibly Saudi Arabia & Western World of England & USA - Eze 38:13	No diplomatic protest - the assembling of the armies is demonically guided & there are no nations allied with Israel against the Antichrist
No mention of any of the end time plagues or judgments of God before the invasion is judged by God’s intervention.	The War of Armageddon will be preceded by a number of devastating plagues and judgments from God – Trumpets & Bowls.
Invaders are destroyed by supernatural intervention of God but no mention of Jesus Christ or 2nd Coming. Destruction is descriptive of the 6th Seal Judgment – Rev 6:12-17	Armies are destroyed supernaturally by Jesus Christ at the Glorious Appearing of his 2nd Coming - Rev 19:19-21 The 7th Bowl Judgment of God’s Wrath -Rev 16:17-21
Homelands of invading armies are also destroyed by fire - Eze 39:6	No mention of homelands - except all cities will fall - Rev 16:19
Invaders do not reach Jerusalem - no mention of Jerusalem. Invaders fall on the mountains & open fields of Israel. Very Likely they fall in northern Israel, Lebanon, & possibly Syria Eze 39:4-5	Jerusalem is a primary target - all nations against Jerusalem. Battles extend from Megiddo south to Petra / Bozrah in Jordan (about 200 miles) - Zech 12:1-8; 14:1-3; Rev 14:20
Gog & his multitude are buried in the Valley of Gog’s Horde - Eze 39:11	Antichrist & False Prophet are cast into the Lake of Fire. The burial of the armies is not mentioned - Rev 19:20
The birds and beasts of the field feast upon Gog’s dead soldiers. God refers to this as “My sacrifice” and “My table” – Eze 39:4, 17-20	Birds feast upon the dead soldiers (beasts not mentioned). God refers to this as “the great supper of God” – Rev 19:17-18, 21
Invasion is followed by 7 months of cleansing of the land and burying the dead; & 7 years of burning the weapons. Israel will spoil & rob those who came to spoil & rob her. Eze 39:9-16	Armageddon is followed by an interim interval of 75 days which will include cleansing the land & the Temple after which the Millennial Kingdom of God will begin - Dan 12:11-12; Rev 20:6; Dan 7:14, 27
Spiritual wake up call to the world- God has intervened! Leads to spiritual revival of faith - a national reawakening of Israel to God (but not Christ) & many nations of the world will know God is the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. Eze 38:23; 39:21-22	Follows the National spiritual regeneration of Israel under the New Covenant with their acceptance of Christ Jer 31:31-34; Zech 12:10
Leads to an increased re-gathering of Jews in Jerusalem & Israel in preparation for judgment by God	Results in the final worldwide re-gathering of all Jews to Israel with the supernatural assistance of angels - Mt 24:31
War of Gog & Magog similar enough to Armageddon to confuse the elect - Israel will view this war as the last war (Armageddon) & will accept an emerging leader as Messiah!	Messiah will return in the clouds from heaven & will be visible to all with the brightness of his coming - the sign of the Son of Man will be in the sky - Mt 24:30; Rev 19:11-16