ARMAGEDDON Revelation 16:13-16 Revelation 19:11-21

The Battle of Armageddon

False System of Premillennialism Rapture Return The Anti-Christ Church Age The Great Tribulation The 1,000 Year Reign The Battle of Armageddon Dan 11; Rev 16 & 10 7 Years

False System of Premillennialism Rapture Return Does All of This Harmonize With The Bible? Is it Scriptural? NO! The Anti-Christ Church Age The Great Tribulation The 1,000 Year Reign The Battle of Armageddon Dan 11; Rev 16 & 10 7 Years

The Battle of Armageddon The word “Armageddon”: Two Hebrew Words – har [mountain] Megiddo [a place in Manasseh]. Refers to the Mountain of Megiddo. “a mountain of uncertain location.” “a mythical place-name, said to be Hebrew in Revelation 16:16…” No Literal Mt. Megiddo.

1 Kings 9:15-19 1 Kings 19:26-29

Symbolism of Names & Places Waterloo – “He met his Waterloo!” The Alamo – “Remember the Alamo!” Megiddo – Many Important Old Testament Battles Fought In & Around Scene of Many Decisive Battles Came to stand for Battle Itself

Symbolism of Names & Places Megiddo – Many Important Old Testament Battles Fought In & Around Scene of Many Decisive Battles Came to stand for Battle Itself Debra & Barak Overthrew Sisera – Judges 4:1-24; 5:19-21 Gideon with 300 defeated Midianites- Judges 6:33-35; 7:1-25

Symbolism of Names & Places Megiddo – Many Important Old Testament Battles Fought In & Around Scene of Many Decisive Battles Came to stand for Battle Itself King Saul Defeated by Philistines- 1 Samuel 31:1-7 King Josiah killed – 2 Kings 23:29,30; 2 Chronicles 35:20-24

What is the Significance In The Book of Revelation? What is the Message of Revelation when it speaks of the battle of Armageddon? Some things to remember as we approach this book:

What is the Significance In The Book of Revelation? Written during Severe, Widespread Persecution An Hour of Desperate Need Book of Revelation is a Message of Victory!

VICTORY! “to conquer, prevail” “to win in the face of obstacles, be victor, overcome” 28 Times in the New Testament – 17 in Revelation!

Revelation 16:16 “And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.”

--Armageddon-- Literal or Figurative? If literal meaning is taken in Revelation: Satan will have 7 heads and 10 horns (13:1; 17:7) There will be a great river of blood 200 miles long (14:20) The generals fighting for Satan will look like frogs (16:13-14) There must be enough space for at least one army of 200,000,000 Premillennialists see … This event happening on the Plains of Megiddo With any number of variations of combatants & conditions Would this have encouraged the early Christians?

John wrote concerning things that would “shortly come to pass.” Those who take a futuristic and literal interpretation of Revelation miss true message of the book. No interpretation of the book as a whole or this battle in particular can have any significance unless it has application to those first-century saints to whom the book was addressed. Revelation is an apocalyptic book, filled with highly symbolic language.

--Conclusion-- What Is Armageddon? So what does this mean for us today? Is it a real battle with Jerusalem as the key? Is it a nuclear holocaust with millions of people killed in the name of Christ? Or is it our spiritual fight against the temptations of Satan? And do we see the victory we NOW have in Jesus Christ?

--Conclusion-- What Is Armageddon? Does not refer to any locality Cannot be located on earthly maps A Decisive Conflict between GOOD and EVIL However strong forces of darkness appear, how hopeless we may feel- GOD WILL ULTIMATELY WIN THE VICTORY!

GOD & HIS CAUSE Will be VICTORIOUS! We Are At War with Satan! Ephesians 6:11-17 1 Timothy 1:18; 6:12 Jude 3 GOD & HIS CAUSE Will be VICTORIOUS! 1 John 5:4; Revelation 2:10 Revelation 20:10-15