*For another look at this topic, check out the following videos –> Where does the Antichrist come from?, The Antichrist’s Ethnicity and Who is Involved in the Ezekiel 38 Invasion?
Ezekiel 38:1-3 says the following: “Son of man, turn your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him and say: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” The Antichrist is known as Gog. Gog is of Magog and the ruler of Meshech and Tubal at the time of the end.
Do these names refer to places or ethnicities? Genesis 10:1-2 says these three guys were sons of Japheth, one of Noah’s sons. So, Magog, Meshech and Tubal are people groups, not geographic locations. Put differently, these names are referring to specific ethnicities. Ezekiel 38:8 makes it clear that Gog’s invasion will happen in the final years before Christ’s return, which means it’s important to find out where the descendants of Magog, Meshech and Tubal eventually settled.
In his book The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors, Bodie Hodge did a lot of excellent research on this very subject. As it turns out, they settled in many places, but they all have strong connections to Russia. Magog is commonly associated with most Slavic-speaking peoples, including Russia, Meshech is commonly associated with the Moscow region of Russia and Tubal is commonly associated with Siberian Russia, reflected in the name of the Siberian city Tobolsk. Look at pages 179-180 of Bodie Hodge’s book The Tower of Babel: The Cultural History of Our Ancestors for details. Obviously, Russia is about as far north of Israel as you can get and Ezekiel 38:15 tells us that Gog will come from “the remote parts of the north.”
Connection to Daniel 11:21-45
By the way, Daniel 11:21-45 calls the Antichrist the King of the North. While that seems to confirm a Russian Antichrist, this title actually described the leaders of the Seleucid Empire, which was based in Syria and Iraq. Daniel 8:9 says the Antichrist will rise out of the western part of the Seleucid Empire, Syria. This is discussed in detail in our Daniel 11:21-45 series. Putting Ezekiel 38 and Daniel 11 together, the Antichrist will be the ruler of Russia at the time of the end who comes to power in Syria.