Revelation 20:8: And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Satan and his unembodied spirit sons of perdition will be loosed from prison after the 1000-year millennium¹ to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth.² This means essentially the four corners of all people.³ Satan's deceit (seduction)⁴ will spread gross wickedness⁵ and rebellion⁶ throughout the earth⁷ among all telestial people and sons of perdition that remain on earth during the little season.⁸ Their gross wickedness will be similar to the wicked and rebellious Nephites⁹ after their 200-year mini-millennium.¹⁰ The once-enlightened Nephites became so incredibly wicked and rebellious¹¹ that their civilization was hewn down and entirely destroyed.¹²

Gog and Magog are the symbolic names given by John for the warring people and nations during the little season.¹³ They symbolize the rebellious mortal sons of perdition¹⁴ that will consciously give themselves wholly to Satan's power and control.¹⁵ The same names appear in Rabbinical writings¹⁶ and in other ancient literature.¹⁷ The Gog of Magog in John's vision¹⁸ alludes to an unknown, but wicked leader of nations from antiquity.¹⁹ In other words, John's post-millennial vision of the little season²⁰ uses the names of Gog and Magog from the past²¹ as symbols or types²² of wicked peoples and nations during the little season.²³

Ezekiel 38:8 prophesied that the little season would occur "after many days ... in the latter years."²⁴ In this future time, Satan will use his powerful influence over the mortal sons of perdition (i.e., Gog and Magog)²⁵ to gather them together to battle against the saints identified in Revelation 20:9.²⁶ In this context, the saints are mortal people that will eventually qualify for telestial glory after they suffer God's wrath inflicted on them by the armies of Gog and Magog.²⁷ They become saints worthy of the telestial kingdom²⁸ if they confess Christ²⁹ and truly repent.³⁰ There will be no celestial saints or terrestrial saints alive during the little season because the resurrections of such people will be complete by the end of the millennium and before the little season begins.³¹

The battle of Gog and Magog will be the ultimate and final battle³² between good (telestial people) and evil (sons of perdition).³³ This is the final chapter or battle in the war³⁴ that first began during the premortal existence in heaven.³⁵ The number of mortal participants in this final battle will be as the proverbial sand of the sea.³⁶ Satan and his unembodied sons of perdition will use deception to incite these mortal armies³⁷ to wage a bloody and violent war³⁸ in which every man's sword shall be against his brother.³⁹ This final scene is foreshadowed by the genocidal battles that destroyed the Jaredite⁴⁰ and Nephite civilizations from the Book of Mormon.⁴¹ The little season of unparalleled wickedness⁴² will likewise end when all people on earth are dead.⁴³