What did Les say Gog and Magog refer to in Ezekiel 38?
Gog and Magog are identified in Ezekiel 38 as the nations now recognized as the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, forming a consortium of nations headed up by the Russians. This prophecy concerns a future coalition that God will sovereignly turn back, as the passage describes.
Les teaches that Ezekiel 38 is a prophecy against Gog and Magog, and he notes that almost everyone agrees Gog and Magog are the nations now recognized as the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the like. He reads verse 2, where God tells the son of man to set his face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal. Les emphasizes that God is sovereign; some things God does are beyond our understanding, but His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, and He never makes a mistake. God prophetically declares that the day is coming when He will bring this consortium of nations headed up by the Russians, and in verse 4 He says, 'I will turn thee back,' meaning He will change their direction like turning a horse. Les also cautions that some of these things are his own personal projection and not directly from Scripture.
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,