GOG

Gog is a name that appears in biblical and later religious literature as a figure or designation for a hostile power. In Ezekiel, Gog is described as the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, who will lead a coalition from the lands of Magog against Israel in the latter days; the prophecy ends with divine judgment and a demonstration of God’s sovereignty. In the New Testament, the term Gog and Magog is used again in Revelation 20:7–9 to describe nations assembled by Satan for a final assault after the millennium, a depiction drawing on the Ezekiel oracle but not identifying a specific political power.

Traditionally, Magog and Gog have been variously identified with northern peoples or distant empires, including Scythians or other groups in Eurasia, though modern scholars view the terms symbolically, as representing hostile forces rather than concrete nations. In Islamic tradition, Ya’juj and Ma’juj correspond to Gog and Magog, depicted as a chaotic tribe released before the Day of Judgment.

Beyond scripture, Gog appears in folklore and in modern popular culture as a figure of cataclysmic threat. The term is also used in contemporary contexts as a proper name or to denote opposing forces in apocalyptic narratives.

Modern usage includes GOG.com, a digital distribution platform for PC games and software, originally named Good Old Games and later acquired by CD Projekt in 2018. The name has also been adopted as a surname or character name in various works.