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Iran is not Gog and Magog

The Holy One, blessed be He, wished to appoint Hezekiah as the Messiah, and Sennacherib as Gog and Magog;8 whereupon the Attribute of Justice 9 said before the Holy One, blessed be He:
‘Sovereign of the Universe! If Thou didst not make David the Messiah, who uttered so many hymns and psalms before Thee, wilt Thou appoint Hezekiah as such, who did not hymn Thee in spite of all these miracles which Thou wroughtest for him?’ Therefore it [sc. the mem] was closed. 10
Rashi in his commentary to Yishayahu (Isaiah) 9:6 brings an alternative flaw that stopped Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) from being the Messiah. He states:And our Rabbis said: The Holy One, blessed be He, wished to make Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) the Messiah and Sancheriv (Sennacherib), Gog and Magog. Said the ministering angels before the Holy One, blessed be He, Should the one who stripped the doors of the Temple and sent them to the king of Assyria, be made Messiah? Immediately, Scripture closed it up. {Comment: Closed it up is a reference to the Mem being closed up as a rule breaker in the middle of a word}To sum things up the Talmud understands, the lack of reciting a song of praise to G-d over his miracles prevented Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) from being the Messiah. Rashi understands that trying to buy a peace treaty with Assyria by sacrificing the Temple doors was the flaw that held back Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) from becoming the Messiah.
The head of Iran is not similar to Sancheriv (Sennacherib) and Bibi Netanyahu is not the messiah.
Someone who wishes to make the comparison is involved in wishful thinking. See also Yechezkel chapter 38 verse 5 where Persia (Iran) is listed as a minor ally of Gog and Magog. The main army doesn’t come from Persia.
However, the current round of fighting between Israel and Iran might be connected to what was written in the post:
Rabbi Yitzchak: “The year that Messiah is revealed, Persia (in our days, Iran) destroys the world and there is great fear in Israel”.

Editor’s note: I am not willing to say Iran of today is definitely, the enemy in stage 1 of the messiah. I am just willing to say maybe.

It is important to note that a number of times in Jewish History, the Jews experienced suffering and the Jews were too quick to assume, messiah is coming now. Even the messiah (mashiach) in the scenario mentioned by Rabbi Yitzchak feels the need to offer proof that he indeed is the messiah, realizing the damage done by those making false messianic claims.

For more background, see: The Messianic Rule Breaker Where The Hebrew letter, Pronounced As Mem, Changes From Its Normal Shape in the Middle of a Word

Footnotes
(8) Gog and Magog are, in Jewish eschatology, the tribes who shall lead all nations in a tremendous attack upon Israel;
their final defeat ushers in the halcyon days of the Messiah, (Ezek. XXXVIII, XXXIX). It is not clear whom the prophet had in mind, the whole passage having the mystic form of apocalyptic prediction. The present passage is remarkable in that it shews that in the opinion of its author no particular nation was intended, but any great heathen power whose destruction, by the will of G-d, is to precede the millenium.
(9) [The attributes of Justice and Mercy are often hypostasized and represented as interceding with the Almighty.]
(10) Shewing that G-d’s original intention was ‘closed’, i.e., revoked. Other interpretations: G-d wished to ‘close’ i.e., end the troubles of Israel by making Hezekiah the Messiah; or Hezekiah’s mouth was closed, i.e., he sang no psalms to the Almighty.’

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