ARMAGEDDON
A first Word
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The
word "Armageddon" appears only once in the Greek New Testament,
it comes from the Hebrew word har
məgiddô , meaning "Mountain of Megiddo
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This
battlefield lies in the northern part of Israel, east of Mount Carmel and
stretches from the Mediterranean Sea eastward across the northern part of
Israel.
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Many
wars were fought on the plain of Har-Megedon. The term “Armageddon” has
been used “symbolically” whenever in a Great War the need was the greatest for God’s
help.
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In
this final battle, the restraining force, which is the Holy Spirit, has gone from earth; there is no longer any restraint
on man and he will do what’s in his heart.
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This
brings up the RAPTURE doctrine which I will not cover here ( NYOBS 1 ) But accepting this doctrine, the church of
believers will be removed and saved; gone, along with the Holy Spirit, just as
Noah was saved from destruction in the Ark and Lot was saved from the
destruction of Sodom and Gomorra.
I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come
upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. Rev 3:10 NIV
To talk about Armageddon,
it seems reasonable to look at what leads up to this World War III which believe it or not
goes all the way back to Abraham. If you remember Abraham was promised that He
would be the father of many nations, but many years had passed and He didn’t
have a son yet and both he and Sarah were getting well up into their years.
Getting Ahead of God
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Sarah
gave her maidservant Hagar to Abraham to father a child, (This is where we get the phrase “God helps those who help
themselves”; this is not in the Bible.)
and Hagar gave birth to a son named Ishmael.
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Abraham
loves Ishmael and raises him in his home as his “FIRST BORN” son.
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Fourteen years later Sarah gives birth to
Isaac her first son, but who was the ‘SECOND BORN” to Abraham.
Gen 16:3-4 – Sarah gives
Hagar to Abraham
3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife
took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband
to be his wife.
4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived .NIV
Gen 16:15-16 - Ishmael is
born to Hagar and Abraham
15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the
name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore
him Ishmael. NIV
Gen 21:2-5 – Isaac is born
to Sarah and Abraham
2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to
Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him.
3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son
Sarah bore him.
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son
Isaac was born to him. NIV
Flavius Josephus - Rabbit Trail
- Most scholars quote
Josephus writings like everybody knows who he is – Well, I didn’t.
- Josephus (37 A.D. to 100 A.D) was born
Josephus ben Matthias (son of Matthias) and for some time lived
with the Essenes who gave us the Dead
Sea Scrolls;
he studied with the Sadducees and as well as the Pharisees
to determine which sect was best; he became a Pharisee at the age of 19
and later became a high priest in Israel as well as the governor of the
province of Galilee.
- He fought against the
Romans and was taken prisoner. His
life was spared when he predicted that Vespasian would become governor and
two years later he did.
- The Romans gave him
all the writings of the Prophets and Scribes that were found in the
- Antiquities of the Jews is a
twenty-volume historiographical work composed by the Jewish historian Titus
Flavius
Josephus in the thirteenth year of the reign of
Flavius Domitian,
the Roman
emperor, which was around 93 or 94 AD. Antiquities of the Jews contains an account of the history
of the Jewish people.
- Josephus
took on Flavius’s name as his middle name and became a Roman citizen, however most
Jews considered him an unforgivable traitor.
- Josephus’s texts were
written in Hebrew and later translated into Greek.
- He had the common
knowledge of the people as well as the physical documents that
were needed to be considered a legitimate historian.
- Josephus was born into
a family of Priest about four years after the death of Jesus Christ.
- When you read his
writings, it’s just like he had the Book of the Law in front of him as he
wrote and I’m sure he did.
Josephus on Ismael
- Josephus,
the Jewish Historian writes in 70AD: “As for Sarah, she
at first loved Ismael, who was born of her own handmaid Hagar, with an
affection not inferior to that of her own son, for he was brought up, in
order to succeed in the government, but when she herself had borne Isaac,
she was not willing that Ismael should be brought up with him, as being
too old for him, and able to do him injuries when their father
should be dead”.
- She therefore
persuaded Abraham to send him and his mother to some distant country. Now, at the first he did not agree to
what Sarah was so zealous for, and thought it an instance of the greatest
barbarity to send away a young child (14
years of age)
and a woman unprovided of necessaries.
- But at length he
agreed to it; because God was pleased with what Sarah had determined; so
he delivered Ismael to his mother, as not yet able to go by himself; and
commanded her to take a bottle of water, and a loaf of bread, and so to
depart and to take necessity for her guide.
- When the lad Ishmael was grown up, he married a wife, by
birth an Egyptian, from whence the mother was herself derived
originally. Of this wife were born
to Ismael twelve sons.
- These inhabited all
the country from
Ishmael
- What
follows is a very important detail to digest. It is at the request of Abraham
that Ishmael became the nation that it is today.
- Abraham loved Ishmael
and wanted him to receive a blessing like the promised given to Isaac God hears Abrahams prayer and promises Ishmael
to become a great nation also with twelve
tribes, but he would not receive the covenant that was promised
through Isaac.
- Ishmael’s
Twelve Tribes are Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Mishma, Dumah, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish
and Kedemah,
- These twelve tribes were
given a vast land, much more than Isaac, but they wanted the land of the
covenant too…. And still do.
Gen 17:18-21 – Abraham wants
Ishmael to be blessed
too.
18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael
might live under your blessing!" NIV
19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah
will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant
with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I
will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his
numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into
a great nation.
21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac,
whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year. "NIV
Gen 25:13-18 – Ishmael had
twelve sons
13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar,
Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish
and Kedemah.
16 These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are
the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.
17 Altogether, Ishmael lived a hundred and
thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his
people.
18 His descendants settled in the area from
Havilah to Shur, near the border of Egypt
The Blood Feud starts
- The Angel tells Hagar
that when Ishmael is born, he will be a wild ass of a man and live
in hostility toward his brothers and they will be against him also.
- The covenant was
promised by God to Abraham and Sarah a free woman, not to Hagar a bond
woman, a maidservant. Ishmael
was born of the flesh; Isaac was born of the promise.
- Ishmael is fourteen years
old when Isaac is born and begins to make fun of him. Ishmael is jealous because he himself
was the first born of Abraham, yet the blessing of the covenant of God
would be with the second born, Isaac.
- In the beginning Cain
became jealous of Able who was favored by God and Cain killed him.
This is repeated again with the two brothers; when Ishmael became
jealous of Isaac.
- This jealousy
developed into hatred and has lasted some 4,000 years.
- The promised land
of God was passed down through Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, not through
Ishmael which is the source of the friction between the Arabs and
the Jews today; specifically the city of
Gen 16:12 – Ishmael will be a wild donkey and live in hostility
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man; his
hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live
in hostility toward all his brothers." NIV
Gen 17:19 – The Covenant was with Isaac not Ishmael.
19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah
will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my
covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
NIV
Gen 21:9 – Ishmael made
fun of Isaac.
9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the
Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, NIV
The Qur’an on Allah
- Koran,
Quran, Qur’an;
the accepted transliteration is Qur’an
and the word Muslim is
preferred over the word Moslem
according to Wikipedia.
- In the Qur’an it is
presented that the Christian, Jew and Muslim all follow the same God of
Abraham.
- According to Islamic
belief, Allah is the
proper name of God, and humble submission to His Will, Divine
Ordinances and Commandments is the pivot of the Muslim faith. "He is
the only God, creator of the universe, and the judge of humankind”.
- The Qur’an insists; Muslims believe; and historians affirm
that Muhammad and his followers worship the same God as the Jews.
- BUT, the Qur'an
portrays Allah as both more powerful and more remote than Yahweh, and as a UNIVERSAL
deity, unlike Yahweh
who closely follows the Israelites.
- What people believe can be more powerful
than the truth. (Hal Lindsey)
Islam
- Islam purports that
the True Covenant of God and bloodline of Abraham rests with Ishmael the First
Born and not with Isaac the Second born.
- They believe that the
scriptures were distorted and changed by the Jews to establish themselves
as the heirs to the covenant.
- Islam says Abraham
had eight sons not twelve; all reared in
- They claim it was
Ishmael who was about to be sacrificed on Mount Moriah not Isaac.
- They claim the title
deed to the land was passed down through the Arabs not the Jews.
- The Muslim’s cannot
even get along with their own sect as there is a long running blood feud between the Sunnis and the Shiites power bases.
- Today Islam commands;
“Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them and seize them,
beleaguer them and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war”.
- Abdul
Aziz Ibn Saud says – “We shall never call for or accept a
negotiated peace. We shall only
accept war – Jihad – the holy
war. We have resolved to drench the
lands of
- Islamic
Jihad –
to die for the cause of Islam is an honor – A passport to paradise.
BLOOD LIBEL - RABBIT TRAIL
- Blood Libel; the BIG LIE - A medieval lie
against the Jews. – Blood libel
stories were fabricated that the Jews kidnapped Christian children,
ritually killed them and used their blood in the making of unleavened
bread for Passover as well as for other religious purposes. They drank
their blood – They were blood suckers - They required their children to
cause harm to others, kill non-Jewish children and take their goods.
- Christians were
ignorantly caught up in this propaganda and Anti-Semitism was born; HATE
and division - Hitler used it as well as the Ku Klux Klan.
- Anti-Semitism started when the
early church fathers labeled the Jews as Christ Killers, children of the Devil, demonic, blood
thirsty pagans, and plague carriers.
- Bishop John Chrysostom in AD 345 wrote the
following:
“The Jews are the most worthless of all men. They are lecherous, greedy and
rapacious. They are perfidious
murders of Christ. They worship the
devil; their religion is a sickness.
The Jews are the odious assassins of Christ, and for killing God
there is no expiation possible, no indulgence or pardon. Christians may never cease vengeance,
and the Jews must live in servitude forever. God always hated the Jews. It is incumbent upon all Christians to
hate the Jews”.
- Jew Hunters are used in God’s
plan today to aid in the return of the Jews to the nation of
- Today, although
Anti-Semitism still exists, many Gentiles are being drawn to the Jews and
seek to help them. The
2 Kings 19:28 - God will
bring them back to Israel
28 I will put my hook
in your nose and my bit in
your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.' NIV
Zech 8 23 – Men will be drawn to the Jew
23 This is what the LORD
Almighty says: "In those days ten men from all languages and nations will
take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, `Let us go with
you, because we have heard that God is with you.'" NIV
- As the Muslim prays toward
- On May
14, 1948 David
Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionis Organization and
president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared "the
establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel."
- Neighboring Arab states invaded
the next day in support of the Palestinian Arabs.
- Ever since,
Ezek 37:4-6 – I will put
breath in the dry bones of Israel
4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these
bones and say to them, `Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these
bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.
6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come
upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you
will come to life.
Ezek 37:12 – I will bring
back the Nation of Israel
12 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my
people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will
bring you back to the land of Israel
Six Day War
- Wikipedia - The six day war
began on
- Israeli initiated
aerial clashes over Syrian territory, Syrian artillery attacks against
Israeli settlements in the vicinity of the border followed by Israeli
response against Syrian positions in the Golan Heights and encroachments
of increasing intensity and frequency (initiated by Israel) into the
demilitarized zones along the Syrian border and culminating in Egypt
blocking the Straits of Tiran and ordering of the evacuation
from the Sinai Peninsula of the U.N. buffer force.
- Within
six days,
- Every since the six
day war, efforts have been underway to get Israel to go back to the pre
1967 borders in order to have peace, but peace will never come, because the
Arabs are never satisfied with what they have and Israelis borders would
become in-defensible, setting up another pre-emptive strike by Israel to
protect herself. (which will happen)
Now here is where we are
- The Nation of Israel
is growing; they have been supported with Military Technology by the
- Jesus predicts this
future event of
Zech 12:2-3 – The Plan –
All nations gather against Israel
2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem Judah Jerusalem
3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make
Jerusalem
Luke 21:20-24 – Jerusalem
20 "But when you see Jerusalem
21 Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains,
let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the
country enter her.
22 For these are the days of vengeance,
that all things which are written may be fulfilled
23 For there will be great distress in the land
and wrath upon this people.
24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword,
and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem
What’s next?
- The Anti-Christ from
Rome will negotiate an alliance of protection, a seven year covenant of peace; between Israel (the Jews) and the Arabs (the Muslims), not only of peace,
but of protection; but they will break the alliance just three and one
half years into it. This is known as “Jacobs
Trouble”; Isaiah calls it “A
covenant with death”. Isaiah 28:15
- NOTE: There will never
be a lasting peace until the return of Jesus Christ.
- Scripture says that
the Anti-Christ will set up his Image in the temple to be worshiped
proclaiming himself to be God. This action is called the “abomination
that causes desolation”. When this happens, the name of the Antichrist
will finally be revealed; although suspected.
- With that said, the
temple or at least the Holy of Holies must be rebuilt before the final
holocaust comes.
- Then it happens,
great distress unequaled from the beginning of the world, and if God did
not shorten it, no one would survive.
Dan 9:27 – Covenant – Abomination of desolation
27 He will confirm a covenant with many for
one `seven.' In the middle of the `seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and
offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that
causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on
him." NIV
2 Thess 2:3-4 – The
Anti-Christ’s name is revealed
3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for
that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness
is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over
everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in
God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. NIV
1 Thess 5:3 – They don’t
have a clue about the treaty of peace
3 While people are saying, "Peace and
safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on
a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
NIV
Rev 13:7 – The Anti-Christ
is given power to make war
7 He was given power to make war against
the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every
tribe, people, language and nation.
NIV
Matt 24:21-22 – Unequaled
“Great Distress”
21 For then there will be great distress,
unequaled from the beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled
again.
22 If those days had not been cut short, no one
would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
NIV
Ezek 38:15-16 – Mighty
Armies from the Far North -
15 You will come from your place in the far
north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great
horde, a mighty army.
16 You will advance against my people Israel
NIV
Ezek 38:2-6 – Russia
2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog (Russia land of Magog
3 and say: `This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I am against you, O Gog (Russia
4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws
and bring you out with your whole army-your horses, your horsemen fully armed,
and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their
swords.
5 Persia Cush Ethiopia
6 also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth
Togarmah from the far north with all its troops-the many nations with you. NIV
Two Battles
- A magician keeps you
looking at his left hand while his right hand is doing something
else. Don’t take you eyes off the
right hand; while you are thinking Russians,
- The place is the
“Hill of Megiddo” which is geographically the center between three
continents;
- There are actually
two battles or wars that are to take place on the Hill of Megiddo; or I
could say there is just one battle, but in two phases; it starts, then is
put on hold for 1,000 years and then picks up again for the final
conclusion.
- The first battle between the Muslims
and Jews last for about 3 ½
years and is about land.
- The second and final
battle
is between Satan and Jesus Christ and lasts for less than one day. This battle is about souls.
When will all this happen?
- Jesus tells us when
this will all occur. There will be
signs in the sky; heavenly bodies will be shaken, the sea will roar and
toss, nations will be in anguish and perplexity,
- He says look for
these signs and you will know the time is very near. He says that the “Generation that sees
these signs” will not pass away and will see it all happen.
- It starts 3 ½ years
into the peace treaty between
Luke 21:25 -26 – There will be signs in the sky, earth and sea.
25 "There will be signs in the sun, moon
and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the
roaring and tossing of the sea.
26 Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of
what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. NIV
Matt 24:32-35 – When the
signs start, YOU will see it happen
32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree:
As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer
is near.
33 Even so, when you see all these things, you
know that it is near, right at the door.
34 I tell you the truth; this generation (that see the signs) will certainly not pass away until all these
things have happened.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will never pass away. NIV
Luke 21:20 – Jerusalem
20 "But when you see Jerusalem
What does war look like; Part 1 – phase 1
- The first siege
against
- NOTE: There has never been
a weapon that man has invented that he did not use.
- Right now in 2013
- They trade their
weapons for Oil and currency to
- Most of the
- Biological
weapons
include micro organisms and toxins that cause plagues like cholera
and tuberculosis, there’s anthrax and botulisms and
the Super Plague for which there is no cure.
- Chemical
weapons
include nerve gas, mustard gas and Sarin gas that
attack your lungs and now
- Their
will be famine throughout the earth and plagues. People will kill each other to get their
food. - Wild beasts scavenge for food and go after mankind.
Rev 6:8 – Killings,
famine, plague, wild beast
8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse!
Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were
given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine
and plague, (biological) and
by the wild beasts of the earth. NIV
NOTE: As you read John’s
account in the “Revelation”, it must be noted that the many chapters are not
in sequential order, but are inserted from time to time to provide
information on what John sees and
describes as best a his mind can
understand it. Neither John nor the
prophets had ever seen a helicopter or a bullet, much less a nuclear bomb.
Rev 9:7-10 – Sounds like Apache
helicopters to me
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared
for battle and their faces resembled human faces. They had breastplates
like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was
like the thundering of many horses and chariots. They had tails and
stings like scorpions. NIV
What does war look like; Part 1 – phase 2
- The second siege
against
- To the Muslim; to
blow themselves up with the infidel is a guarantied PASS TO PARIDISE.
- Scripture describing
what happens in a nuclear explosion; says the sky is rolled back like a scroll. – The atmosphere is violently pushed back
causing a vacuum; then it rushes back in on itself with the same force.
- A nuclear bomb can
generate 150 million degrees of heat in a millionth of a second;
- Their skin falls off
their bodies while they are still standing
- Their faces are
burned and they are in pain and anguish. Terror seizes mankind.
- The nuclear bombs
trigger earth quakes; debris is blown into the air so thick it blots out
the sun. – Fire, smoke and sulfur fill the air and rain down on the earth.
- 100 pound hailstones fall
on the people, livestock and homes.
- The radiation from
the fallout pollutes and poisons one third of the waters.
- Most die, the land is
laid waste and desolated, very few live through this.
12 There was a great earthquake. The sun
turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned
blood red,
13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,
as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
14 The sky receded like a scroll, rolling
up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. NIV
Isa 13:6-8 – Terror, Pain,
Anguish, Faces burned
6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will
come like destruction from the Almighty.
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp, every
man's heart will melt.
8 Terror will seize them, pain and anguish
will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast
at each other, their faces aflame. NIV
Zech 14:12 – Their eyes
will rot while they are standing
12 This is the plague with
which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem
Rev 16:21 – 100 pound hailstones
21 From the sky huge hailstones
of about a (talent) hundred pounds
each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail,
because the plague was so terrible. NIV
18 A third of mankind was killed by the three
plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur NIV
Rev 8:10-11 – Wormwood –
Waters are poisoned - people die
10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a
great star (biological bomb), blazing like a torch, fell from the sky
on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-
11 the name of the star is Wormwood (poison). A third of the waters turned
bitter, and many people died from the waters
Isa 24:1-6 – The earth is
laid waste, men are burned up
1 See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—
3 The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
4 The earth dries up and withers, the world
languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.
5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have
disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 A curse consumes the earth; its people must bear
their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very
few are left.
How it all begins 666
- In the middle of the
tribulation we find in Revelation at the Sixth Seal, the Sixth
Trumpet and the Sixth
Bowl, Satan releases his trinity to gather the kings of the earth to do
battle.
- God gets involved and
dries up the
- This river is 1800
miles long and is 10 to 30 feet deep and 300 to 1200 yards wide. It extends northwestward from the
- It is reasonable to
take this scripture literally.
Eastern powers like
- The kings of the East
combine their armies with the Kings of the North and South.
- This is actually a
trap prepared by God that later triggers the battle of Armageddon.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the
great river Euphrates ; its water was dried
up to prepare the way for the kings from the East
Rev 9:13-16 – Two Hundred
Million man army
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I
heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God.
14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,
"Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates ."
15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for
this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of
mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million.
I heard their number. NIV
The
Satanic Trinity
- Satan the anti-god, the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet make up this
counterfeit trinity.
- These slimy, filthy,
loathsome, disgusting frogs are evil spirits of propaganda coming
out of the counterfeit trinity
to seduce all the kings of the world to come out to the battle of
Armageddon. - Sadly, the whole world would include an army from the
Rev 16:13-16 – The Satanic Trinity
13 Then I saw three
evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon,
out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false
prophet.
14 They are spirits of
demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the
whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God
Almighty.
15 "Behold, I come
like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so
that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed."
16 Then they gathered
the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
- Scripture refers to
the
- The sad part for
- America has turned
away from God’s principals, our President has said that we are no longer a
Christian nation; we have embraced all religions or maybe none at all;
inviting judgment.
- Much has been given
to
- Billy
Graham
says, “If God doesn’t judge
Isa 18:1-2 – Woe to the USA
1 Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing
wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
2 Which sends ambassadors by sea. NKJV
Ezek 39:6 – The USA
6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who
live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
NIV
Luke 12:48 – To whom much
is given, much is expected.
48 From everyone who has been given much, much
will be demanded;
NIV
Gen 12:3 – We need to help
Israel
3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever
curses you I will curse; NIV
Ezek 38:13 – The USA only fusses with lip service at Russia
13 Sheba
- The
Kings of the South, Arab-African confederacy headed by
- The Arabian Peninsula
of Ethiopia is the Arab States
–
- CIS is the Commonwealth
of Independent States. There are
currently 12 former
- The Muslims Arabs want the
- Keep in mind that
this is all the continuation of the 4000 year old war between Abraham’s
first born son Ishmael (Muslims) and his second born son Isaac (Jews).
Dan 11:40 – Kings of
the South - Egypt
40 "At the time of
the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of
the North (Russia) will storm out against him with chariots and
cavalry and a great fleet of ships NIV
Ezek 38:15 – Kings of the North - Russia
15 You will come from your
place in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of
them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. NIV
Ezek 38:11-12 – Israel
11 You will say, "I
will invade a land of un-walled villages; (Israel
12 I will plunder and loot
and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the
nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land NIV
- There is a classic double
cross by
- They do a devastating
battle with each other and
Dan 11:40-41 – Edom Moab
40 He will invade many
countries and sweep through them like a flood.
41 He will also invade the
Beautiful Land Edom Moab
Dan 11:42-45 – The Nation of Egypt
42 He will extend his
power over many countries; Egypt
43 He will gain control of
the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt
45 He will pitch his royal
tents between the seas at the beautiful holy mountain. NIV
Armageddon preamble
- Remember, in the
middle of the tribulation, Gog (
Ezek 38:16 – Russia comes against Israel
16 You will advance
against my people Israel
Armageddon - first half
- Part one or the first
half of Armageddon takes place before the Millennial reign of
Christ
- The nature of forces
unleashed on the armies sounds much like that of a nuclear bomb which can
generate 150 million degrees of heat in a millionth of a second; you are
disintegrated before you hit the ground.
- It produces an
earthquake that swallows up masses of the enemy, fire and brimstone rain
down; the radiation melts the flesh off their bodies as well as their
animals; confusion abounds and the armies start killing off each other.
- There is such
devastation, that only one sixth of the Russian army survives; God
provides a burial site for the “five sixth” decaying dead.
Num 16:30 –
Earthquakes are triggered
30 and the earth opens
its mouth and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they
go down alive into the grave, NIV
Ezek 38:22 – Rain, Hailstones, Burning Sulfur
22 I will pour down
torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his
troops and on the many nations with him. NIV
Judg 7:22 – Men turn
on each other
22 When the three hundred
trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on
each other with their swords. NIV
Zech 14:12 -13 – Flesh
melts off the bodies while still standing
12 This is the plague
with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem
13 On that day men
will be stricken by the LORD with great panic. Each man will seize the hand of
another, and they will attack each other. NIV
Zech 14:15 – Same
thing happens to their animals
15 A similar plague
will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the
animals in those camps. NIV
Ezek 39:2 – Only one sixth of the army survives
2 And I will turn thee
back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come
up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel
Ezek 39:11 – God will bury Russia
11 "`On that day I
will give Gog a burial place in Israel Valley of Hamon Gog
- The earthquake
convulses
- At this very same
time the two witnesses are
being caught up to heaven. (See NYOBS 7)
18 Then there came flashes
of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No
earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous
was the quake.
19 The great city
split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God
remembered Babylon
20 Every island fled away
and the mountains could not be found.
Rev 11:13 – Seven thousand people killed in Jerusalem
13 At that very hour there
was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven
thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified
and gave glory to the God of heaven NIV
Zech 14:4 – Mount of Olive splits and makes a great valley
4 And his feet shall stand
in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the
east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east
and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of
the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the
south. KJV
100
pound Hail
- This is the last
day of the tribulations.
- The great earthquake
makes islands disappear, mountains and cities are leveled, and what’s left
is destroyed with 100 pound hail, and men still curse God. –
- A talent, or
“talantos” in the Greek, is actually translated to be about 114 pounds.
- In the OT a blasphemer
was stoned to death; today men “get stoned” and blaspheme God.
- NOTE: This study is
focused primarily only on the battles of Armageddon; the war between the
Muslims and the Jews and Satan and Jesus Christ. There is a vast amount of other things
going on at the same time that I am not reporting on, but can be found in NYOBS 7.
21 From the sky huge
hailstones of about a (talent) hundred pounds each fell upon men. And
they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so
terrible. NIV
Christ finishes the battle
- This is Christ’s
second coming and He makes war against the Muslims and their allies and
all are killed.
- The
instigators;
the Anti-Christ and the false prophet are chunked into the lake of fire.
- Satin is bound for 1,000
years in the abyss.
Rev 19:19-20 – Antichrist and False Prophet – Lake of fire
19 Then I saw the beast
and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make
war against the rider on the horse and his army.
20 But the beast (Antichrist) was captured, and with him the false prophet
who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had
deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.
The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. NIV
Rev 20:1-3 – Satan is bound 1,000 years in the Abyss
1 And I saw an angel
coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand
a great chain.
2 He seized the dragon,
that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound
him for a thousand years.
3 He threw him into the
Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the
nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set
free for a short time.
Supper Time
- God summons the
animals, birds and vultures to come to “The Great Supper of God”. (Armageddon) - This is in
contrast to “The Marriage Supper of the Lamb” given for the saved;
the redeemed.
- I won’t describe it
here, but for supper, the birds and animals have a smorgasbord of goodies,
they start with feasting on their soft eyes.
Rev 19:17-18 – The Great Supper of God
17 And I saw an angel
standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in
midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
18 so that you may eat
the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders,
and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great."
Ezek 39:17 – Every kind of bird and animal assembles
17 "Son of man, this
is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call out to every kind of bird and all the
wild animals: `Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice
I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel
21 The rest of them were
killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and
all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. NIV
Summary - The LAST DAY of the
Tribulation Period
- The last day of the
tribulation a great earthquake will cause an upheaval of nature which will
alter the shape of the earth, possibly returning earth to its correct
axis.
- The Two Witnesses
rotting in the street are resurrected. (see
NYOBS 7)
- Men actually hear
God’s voice as He calls to them.
- Great fear grips the
hearts of man as the light of THIS
- Satan is bound by an
Angel and cast into the bottomless pit for 1,000 years
- Jesus returns as King
of Kings and Lord of Lords with millions of the redeemed to fight the
Antichrist and his armies at the battle of Armageddon where the foe is
defeated
- This last day marks
the first day of the 1,000 year reign of Christ.
- His Saints will rule
over those that did not take the “Mark of the Beast”.
- The remnant nations,
those that survived; those that refused the mark of the Antichrist will
inhabit the earth and multiply
and every year come to worship King Jesus in
- All
Zech 14:6-7 – A day that
was neither daytime nor nighttime.
6 On that day there will be no light, no cold or
frost.
7 It will be a unique day, without daytime or
nighttime-a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light
NIV
Zech 14:9 – Christ will be
king over all the earth
9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth.
On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.
NIV
Zech 14:12 – Many have died from nuclear radiation
12 This is the plague with which the LORD will
strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem
NIV
Zech 14:16 – The survivors
go every year to Jerusalem
16 Then the survivors from all the nations that
have attacked Jerusalem
NIV
Wailing Wall - Rabbit Trail
- Have you ever
wondered why the Jews go to the “Wailing
Wall” for their prayers and not on the top of the
- Well, the wall is the
only remaining part of the
- Therefore at the
“wall” they “Wail and Lament” over the
destruction of the temple, and offer their prayers to YHWH not Allah.
Millennial Reign
- OK; all is at peace
for 1,000 years during the millennial
reign of Christ which I will not cover here (see NYOBS 7) but all is at rest.
- The
Millennium is a transition period that is somewhat like how the earth had been
in the Garden of Eden and the coming new earth and eternity. Better than it was, but not as good as
its going to get.
- During this
thousand year reign the nations will be taught the ways of Christ,
there will be no war, the
animals will live in peace, the
poor and the needy will be lifted up, there will be prosperity and the earth will produce a bountiful harvest.
- All wicked and evil
men are now gone from the earth; only the SAVED remain and multiply.
- During the Millennium
there will be many born and man will still have free will and it is still possible
to sin.
- Sin will not be
totally purged till after the millennium when God burns up everything in
the earth including the wicked and gives us a brand new earth
Isa 2:3-4 – The survivors will be taught the ways of God
3 … he will teach us of
his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion Jerusalem
4 And he shall judge among
the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords
into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up
sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more.
KJV
Isa 11:4-8 – There will be peace between all creations
4 But with righteousness
shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth
6 The wolf also shall
dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the
calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall
lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear
shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat
straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child
shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on
the cockatrice' den
NIV.
Psalms 7:6-12 – The poor will be delivered
6 He shall come down like
rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the
righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures.
8 He shall have dominion
also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
12 For he shall deliver
the needy when he crys; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
KJV
Armageddon
– 2nd half - preamble
- OK this is where we
pickup with the second half or Part
Two of Armageddon just after the Millennium.
- In spite of a perfect
rule of peace and prosperity, sin comes back into the world again, proving
man has a sinful nature and cannot change apart from the Holy Spirit
drawing him.
- Interestingly enough,
nothing in the scriptures indicate that those who are born during the millennium
will be required to make a decision for Christ until after Satan is cut
loose from the abyss to deceive the nations again.
- Some of these people
will grow up “conforming outwardly”
to Christ and His teachings, but inwardly they really don’t care “one way
or the other”. They will be easy
prey for Satan.
- Satan, who has been
imprisoned for 1,000 years, is now let out to deceive the nations.
- The
Day of the Lord is set in motion.
This is the continuation of the battle that started back during the
middle of the tribulation period.
- NOTE: Before the judgment,
a thousand years must pass and then a
short period for Satan to do his thing. So it’s actually a little longer than
1,000 year before “all Hell breaks loose”.
Rev 20:7-8 – Satan is
released
7 When the thousand years
are over, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to
deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth - Gog and Magog -
to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
NIV
Gog
and Magog
- The Term “Gog and Magog” mentioned here is symbolic
of”Ezekiel’s” record of a similar battle fought before the
millennial reign. This battle was
primarily with
- This second battle
of Gog and Magog is with Satan enlisting those from the nations
that are still living at the end of the millennium, including
- Gog is the
King or leader
and Magog is a people or
nations that follow him.
- The
first
battle is just before the beginning of the millennium and is with
- The
second
battle is at the end of the millennium, 1,000 years later with
armies coming from the four corners of the earth. There
are NO survivors, man nor animal.
- This is known as “THE
Armageddon – The conclusion
- This is the final
battle or war of Armageddon; the conclusion as Satan’s armies come against
the city of
- Satan is defeated and
is thrown into the lake of fire with the Antichrist and his prophet who
are already there. - They have now been judged.
- At the same time the
Heaven will disappear, the elements destroyed, the earth will be laid bare
– Nothing survives – Its all gone
Rev 20:9 – They surround Jerusalem
9 They marched across the
breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he
loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
10 And the devil,
who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the
beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and
night for ever and ever.
Heaven and Earth Destroyed.
- Somehow in my mind,
with the Church gone, the Holy Spirit gone, the saved resurrected and
raptured; fear and evil is running rapid, perhaps the Nations will just
start blowing each other up with nuclear bombs, releasing all the fuel and
energy that’s stored up within the bowels of earth, purging the earth of
all evil and sin. This makes way
for a new heaven and a new earth. Just saying.
- I have another
thought. God assigned the earth to the”immortal“angel
Satan to oversee and protect it, probably
forever.
- Satan with his “free
will” desired to be like God and have all the earth worship him.
- God just gives the
whole thing to him and his friends and then bowls this burning
bowling ball of hell fire into eternity somewhere. Although a little toasty, Satan gets
exactly what he has always wanted.
The earth is now his and is lit up like a Christmas tree for a
solar system somewhere.
- You cannot put new
wine into an old wineskin… It cannot contain it, the skin would burst… The
wineskin of earth must be purged and a new wineskin of purity must be
created to hold this new creation for eternity. (We get a new earth)
- After the earth is destroyed,
the Bible does not say what happened to the Gentiles and the newly saved
Jews during the Millennium period; but the scriptures are clear that God
removes His own before total destruction.
2 Peter 3:10 – The
Elements will be destroyed
10 But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the
elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it
will be laid bare.
NIV
2 Peter 3:12 – The
heavens will be destroyed
12 That day will bring
about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements
will melt in the heat. NIV
2 Peter 3:13 – Looking
forward to a new earth
3 But in keeping with his
promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home
of righteousness. NIV
Rev 21:1 – New heaven and a new earth
21:1 Then I saw a new
heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth
had passed away, and there was no longer any sea
Matt 9:17 – The old earth cannot contain then new environment
17 Neither do men pour new wine into old
wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the
wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and
both are preserved." NIV
The Great White Throne
- With Heaven and Earth
destroyed, that pretty well ends this study on Armageddon, but I continue
on to mention The Great White Throne which is judgment for the wicked dead. The nations and the righteous
living have already been judged.
- Anyway our life is choice driven, we can
choose to be judged at the “Judgment seat of Christ” or at “The Great
White Throne”. – We WILL all be judged.
- The books will be
opened and everyone will give an accounting for what they have done.
11 I saw a great white
throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence,
and there was no place for them.
John 5:22 – Jesus is the Judge
22 Moreover, the Father
judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, NIV
Matt 19:28 – We will judge with Him
28 Jesus said "I tell
you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his
glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel
2 Cor 5:10 Judgment
seat of Christ – Not The White Throne
10 For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is
due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. NIV
12 And I saw the dead,
great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged
according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
13 The sea gave up the
dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them,
and each person was judged according to what he had done.
The Books
- The book of the law, the covenant, the
Bible, which is the word of God
that judges them
- The book of deeds containing the
account of man’s works on earth.
- The book of life, the names written
down of those that accepted Christ as the son of God and the Messiah.
John 12:48 – There is a
judge for those that reject Christ
48 There is a judge for the one who rejects
me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at
the last day. NIV
Rom 3:19-20 – The whole
world is accountable to God.
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says
to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the
whole world held accountable to God.
20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his
sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of
sin. NIV
15 If anyone's name was not found written in the
book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. NIV
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
All the Women of the Bible – Edith Deen
Antiquity of
the Jews
– Flavius Josephus
Apocrypha; The – Edgar J. Goodspeed
Arithmetic of God; The – Don Kistler
Armageddon-Appointment
with Destiny – Grant R. Jeffrey
Bible Almanac; The - Nelson
Bible Dictionary – Harper’s
Bible on the life
Hereafter; The – William Hendriksen
Can America
Countdown to Armageddon,
the 1980’s – Hal Lindsay
Escape from Armageddon – Thomas Reed
Exposition of Genesis – H.C.
Leupold
Final Battle
Final Dawn over Jerusalem
From Daniel to Doomsday – John Hagee
Guide to Survival – Salem
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary; The - Tyndale
In the beginning was the
End – Wim Malgo
Islam and the Bible – David Goldmann
Late Great Planet Earth; The – Hal Lindsey
Matthew Henry’s Commentary – Zondervan
New International Version Bible – NIV
New international Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas & Tenney
New Millennium; The – Pat Robertson
Noah’s Family Tree – Stewart Trott
Pictorial Encyclopedia of
the Bible; The - Zondervan
Revelation, the – verse by
verse – Oliver B. Green
Revelation of Jesus Christ;
The
– Walvoord
Revelation Seminar; The –
1975 - Hilton Sutton
Revelation Study; The -
1973 – Dr. Warren
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield
Theomatics – Jerry Lucas
Today’s Dictionary of the
Bible – T. A. Gryant
Who’s Who in the Bible - Gardner
Wycliffe Bible Commentary,
the – Moody Press
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