Originally posted by Ted Noel
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The word "Ros" was used for the peak of the Mount of Olives which King David passed over as he fled Jerusalem from Absalom's approaching forces. This is found in the LXX for 2 Samuel 15:30,32 and 2 Samuel 16:1. "And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, ascending and weeping...And David came as far as Ros, where he worshipped God... And David passed on a little way from Ros..."
In this text, "Ros" is simply descriptive of the highest point of the crest of the Mount of Olives - the chief part or the head of the mountain King David was ascending. (As a brief aside, this was the "head" part of the Mount of Olives where Christ was crucified - the "place of the skull". What is a "skull" but the head of a skeleton? Christ was crucified on the head of the Mount of Olives - the "ros" part of the mountain overlooking Jerusalem and the temple below.)
In Ezekiel 38:2, Gog is the nickname for the leading "chief (ros) prince of Meshech and Tubal", not the prince of Ros, Meshech, and Tubal. And none of this is at all related to our modern-day nation of Russia. Gog's battle is not a threat for our future. It is ancient history long past.
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