The enduring fascination with Gog and Magog reveals a deep human need to frame chaos through eschatological narratives. The prophecy’s malleability—applied to everyone from Napoleon to modern geopolitical rivals—suggests it functions less as a specific prediction and more as a psychological and theological tool for processing existential threats. This pattern of retrofitting ancient texts to contemporary crises isn’t unique to Gog and Magog; it’s a recurring feature of apocalyptic thought across...