Oct 24, 2007

Armageddon

Danny McDowell

ARMAGEDDON IS NOT AN EVENT! “ARMAGEDDON” is a LOCATION!

Revelation 16:16
16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.”

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!
Movie portrayals of Armageddon have little to do with the real place and event. “Armageddon” is a long, broad, valley in Israel (the Valley of Megiddo). Many of us have seen beautiful photos of this place. It is a beautiful, grassy valley eastward from Mount Carmel. There is room for literally millions of people standing shoulder to shoulder in this place.

This is WHERE the great prophetic battle between Christ (and His Saints) and Satan (and his followers) will take place. It is emphatically NOT a place where the world comes to an abrupt end and ALL mankind is obliterated. Remember This, You heard it HERE, HOLLYWOOD KNOWS NOTHING! Repeat after me – HOLLYWOOD KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ARMAGEDDON.

The following is the Biblical scenario:

The nations of the earth will gather together at the end of the 42 months prophesied in the Bible. That 42 months will end with the gathering of the remainder of earth’s military forces at the Valley of Megiddo, in Israel. With the death of the TWO WITNESSES who have resisted antichrist and his cohorts, these armies are arrayed for the final conflict of the ages. The winner takes all! But there is yet a problem.

A HUGE PROBLEM!


Revelation 19:11-21

11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14And the armies,which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.”

The outcome is settled. The mortality of earth’s armies is 100%. Christ’s losses ZERO! What about Satan?

Revelation 20:2-3
2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”

Satan is bound for 1000 years, not to deceive the earth again till, the thousand years has expired.
This is the millennial reign of Jesus.

Revelation 20-6
6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”

The Millennial Reign of Christ

Isaiah 2:1-4
1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

Micah 4:1-4
1But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 4But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.”

Revelation 20:4-6
4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”

During this millennial reign there will be literally millions of human beings born into the earth. These will be the offspring of the remnant of mankind that survived “THE DAY of THE LORD,” as well as the offspring of the 144,000 of the Sealed of Israel who ALL survive “THE DAY of THE LORD,” which began on that day when the sun and moon were darkened (after the tribulation) and extending to the end of the 42 month (Timeline).

Every man must be equally tempted in order to make an honest choice for following Jesus.
These born in the millennium have not been tempted as we, for Satan has been bound throughout their lives.
How shall they receive eternal life in heaven? They must be tempted!

Revelation 20:7-8
7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8And 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.”

“… and all shall go out to deceive the nations.”

What was the outcome? Were some deceived?

Revelation 20:10
10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

“… and the devil that DECEIVED THEM” was cast into the Lake of fire where antichrist and the False prophet ARE (present tense). Antichrist (the beast) and the False Prophet have awaited their masters’ arrival for one thousand years. Perhaps they believed that Satan could somehow prevail but – GUESS WHO’s COMING FOR DINNER?

If you have questions about eternal judgment then read the following:

Revelation 20:10
10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

“… they shall be TORMENTED with fire FOREVER.” Was antichrist (the beast) a real human being?
Of course he was. Was the False Prophet a human being? Of course he was.
Will humans suffer eternal torment?

YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION!


A NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH

Revelation 21:1-6

1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.”



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