The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

DAY OF THE LORD 151
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of
Rosh, 1 Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the prince of
Rosh, Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks
into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and
horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great
company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia,
Kush, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer,
and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all
his bands: and many people with thee. (Ezek 38:2-6)
Almost all commentators agree that Gog, the land of Magog refers to
parts of the former Soviet Union. Specifically it refers to the lands
north of the Black Sea. Some people think that Rosh symbolizes
modern day Russia and Meshech symbolizing Moscow. Tubal may
refer to either the Tobol river which runs for a 1000 miles (1,600 km)
through Kazakhstan and ends in Siberia near Tobolsk or Tobolsk itself.
Whether we accept these views or not, the consensus of opinion is that
this refers to the former Soviet Union, a great force that so far has not
been involved in the turmoil close to the end.
We are also told that together with the former Soviet Union, Persia
(modern day Iran,) Kush (modern day Sudan) as well as Libya will
come marching against the Church of the elect.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to
cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same
time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil
thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;
I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling
without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to
take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now
inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations.
(Ezek 38:9-12)
1 KJV has “chief prince” instead of Prince of Rosh, but almost all
other versions including the Arabic version have “prince of Rosh”
The Septuagint has “prince of Rohs”