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

2. The Battle of
Armageddon

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

10. 1 Kings 9:15-19
1 Kings 19:26-29

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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:

15. 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!

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

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

18. --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?

19. 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.

20. --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?

21. --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!

22. 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