Series: Is Jesus the Messiah? (CR14) Document: CR14-24 Page: 231 Lessons: 77 Date: July 02, 2015

ARMAGEDDON Har-Maged ṓ n, Ἁ rmagedèn, “Mount of Megiddo.” This name is found only in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the rallying-place of the kings of the whole world who, led by the unclean spirits issuing from the mouth of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet, assembled here for “the war of the great day of God, the Almighty” (v. 14). In the history of Israel it had been the scene of never-to- be-forgotten battles. Here took place the fatal struggle between Josiah and Pharaoh-necho (2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chronicles 35:22). Long before, the hosts of Israel had won glory here, in the splendid victory over Sisera and his host (Judges 5:19). These low hills around Megiddo, with their outlook over the plain of Esdraelon, have witnessed perhaps a greater number of bloody encounters than have ever stained a like area of the world’s surface. There was, therefore, a peculiar appropriateness in the choice of this as the arena of the last mighty struggle between the powers of good and evil. Har-Magedon may stand for the battlefield without indicating any particular locality. William Ewing, “Har-Magedon,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, gen. ed. James Orr (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1956), 2:1340. Joe Griffin Media Ministries

ng.htm The Second Advent of Christ Revelation 19:11-21; Zechariah 14:1-9 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half shall move toward the south. (Zech 14:4, NASB ) Joe Griffin Media Ministries

The Seventieth Heptad of Daniel – The final seven years of the dispensation of Israel Time, Times, & Half a Time = 3½ Years*The Great Tribulation * “Time” = 1 year; “Times” = 2 years; & “Half a Time” = six months or 1,260 days The Tribulation 2d Advent 30 Days & 45 Days Millennium Baptisms of Fire Clean Up 1,000 Years Daniel 12:11 - “From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up [ this is the mid-point of the seventieth heptad or the 1,260-day mark ], there will be 1,290 days [ the last half of the heptad plus 30 days ]. Daniel 12:12 -“How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days [ the 1,290-day mark plus another 45 days ]! © 2015 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. Overview of “The Last Days” in Acts 2:17

DISPENSATIONS: Acts 2:17-21 cf. Joel 2:28-32 & Daniel 12:11-12 Gentiles Creation of Adam Exodus from Egypt 1441 B. C. Israel 1st Advent of Christ 2 B. C. THEOCENTRIC Incar- nation Pentecost A. D. 33 Church Rapture TribulationMillennium CHRISTOCENTRIC 2nd Advent of Christ End of Human History ESCHATOLOGICAL © 2015 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. Acts 2:17-18 cf. Joel 2:28-29 Acts 2:19-20 cf. Joel 2:30-31 Acts 2:17-18 cf. Joel 2:28-29 Acts 2:19-20 cf. Joel 2:30-31 Baptisms of Fire Acts 2:21 & Joel 2:32 cf. Dan. 12:11-12 Acts 2:21 & Joel 2:32 cf. Dan. 12: ,000-Year Reign of Christ Daniel’s 70 th Heptad Acts 2:19-20 cf. Joel 2:30-31