ARMAGEDDON

What is meant by Armageddon?


"The apocalyptic vision that many Christians hold of the Last
Days, is the final war between God and Satan which will end
our world as we know it. It is known as the battle of Armageddon."
-It’s Armageddon time;
By Sandi Magathan Droubay M.A.

Where does the Bible talk about it?

¹⁶ And he gathered them together into a place called in the
Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
(Revelation 16:16) (King James Version) -Biblegateway

What are the chances that this prophecy will ever be fulfilled?

According to the encyclopedia InfoPlease

“Megiddo , city, ancient Palestine, by the Kishon River on the
southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, N of Samaria, located
at present-day Tel Megiddo, SE of Haifa, Israel, near modern
Megiddo.”

From: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0832523.html

According to the maps, Meggido is in Israel a few hundred miles
west of Baghdad, Iraq, where UN personnel are stationed.

Is it not an amazing coincidence that so much military
presence is within reach of the area almost two thousand
years after John’s prophecy?

What else does the Bible say about the end of our world?   

¹⁷The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does
the will of God lives forever. 
(1John 2:17) (New International Version) -Biblegateway

"...For this world in its present form is passing away. "
(1 Corinthians 7:31) (New International Version) -Biblegateway

"Jesus'..."POLITICAL" rhetoric he used in announcing
that God's rule was about to replace human rule,
led to mounting opposition toward him..."
- Global Encyclopedia; volume 11,
  pg.403 -  1968 edition.

What will happen on that day?

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"Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be WARNED,
you rulers of the earth! Submit to God's royal son,
or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed
in the midst of your pursuits..."
(Psalm 2:10,12) (New Living Translation) -Biblegateway

"and all the kings... near and far, one after the other - all
the kingdoms on the face of the earth... ‘You will not go
unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all
who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'"
(Jeremiah 25:26,29) (NIV) -Biblegateway

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 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. 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.
(Revelation 19:19-21) (NIV) -Biblegateway

Christ Will Execute The Foes Of Jehovah God

"For that day is a day of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day
of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries."
(Jeremiah 46:1,10) (American Standard Version) -Biblegateway

"For these are days of vengeance,  that all things which
are written may be fulfilled... And then shall they see the
Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory...
for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face
of all the earth. But watch ye at every season, making
supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things
that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."
(Luke 21:22,25,26,27,34-36) (ASV) -Biblegateway

This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from
heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. ⁸ He will
punish those who do not know God and do not obey the
gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will be punished with
everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence
of the Lord and from the majesty of his power ¹⁰ on the
day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be
marveled at among all those who have believed. This
includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.
(2Thessalonians 1:7-10) (ASV) -Biblegateway

"They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces;
Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge
the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto "HIS
KING", And exalt the horn of  "HIS ANOINTED". "
(1Samuel 2:10) (ASV) -Biblegateway

JEHOVAH WARNS US

"Before there comes upon you people the burning anger of
Jehovah, before there comes upon you the day of Jehovah's
anger, seek Jehovah, all you meek ones of the earth... Seek
righteousness, seek meekness. Probably you may be concealed
in the day of Jehovah's anger."
(Zephaniah 2:2, 3) (ASV) -Biblegateway
 
"For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity."
(Isaiah 26:21) (ASV) -Biblegateway

"For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for
Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth. For just a little while
longer, and the wicked ones shall be no more: Yea, thou
shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be. But
the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace... The righteous shall inherit the
earth, And dwell therein for ever... Wait for Jehovah, and
keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the earth;
When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."
(Psalm 37:9-11,29,34) (ASV) -Biblegateway

"The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are
angels. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they
will "WEED OUT"  of his kingdom  everything that causes
sin and all who do evil."
(Matthew 13:36-41) (NIV) -Biblegateway

These warnings sound serious enough.
What would be the wise thing to do now?

For one thing, do not start a military career! For another,
now is a good time to change our ways if they do not
meet God's approval.

"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he
commands all people everywhere to repent.  For he has set
a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man
he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising
him from the dead."
(Acts 17:30,31) (NIV) -Biblegateway

AFTER   ARMAGEDDON

"There will emerge a new humanity on a new earth that
is equivalent to a restored paradise... a "blest age" in the
future when, in a violent spasm... humanity shall 'burst his
fetters', and 'Earth shall once again be a Paradise'."
-The Norton Anthology of English Literature
 The Romantic Period
 Apocalyptic Expectations - An Overview

"The future theocratic kingdom of God will be an earthly
kingdom involving the administration of God's rule
over everything on this present earth. ...the future
theocratic kingdom will involve the administration of
God's rule by His future representative...Jesus Christ,
over this same earthly province."
--Why Future Events? Part 12;;by Dr. Renald Showers
Ankerberg Theological Research Institute

"But God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth,
where justice will rule. We are really looking forward to that!"
(2Peter 3:13) (CEV) -Biblegateway

What kind of a new earth?

³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the
dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They
will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be
their God. ⁴ He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will
be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed away."
(Revelation 21:3-4) (NIV) -Biblegateway

 ⁶ And the wolf 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 adder's den.
⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as
the waters cover the sea.
(Isaiah 11:6-9) (ASV) -Biblegateway

Have nothing to do with 

Godless Myths

If  there is only one God, why are there so
many different Christian churches today?

Why do we have to choose from Amish, Anabaptist, Anglican, Baptist,
Branch Davidian, Calvinist, Catholic, Charismatic, Christian Science,
Ebenezer, Lutheran, Methodist, Mormon, Seventh-Day Adventist,
Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Unitarian, Zionist and so many others?

How many versions of Christianity do we need?

Is there something they all have in common?

Most of their members are Trinitarians who worship Lord Nameless,
a three-headed god just like the triune gods pagans worshiped long ago. 

What else do these members of this "Christendom" believe?

They learn these worthless things from their church ministers:

"God’s name is "Nobody".
"The cross is holy".
"Christmas and Easter are holy days for all Christians".
"Halloween is harmless fun".
"Everybody in our group who dies goes to Heaven.
"Everybody else goes to Hell".
"Once we are saved, we are always saved!"
"Jesus is my good buddy. He loves me no matter what!"
"Jesus is God."
"God loves everybody no matter what they do!"

These beliefs are all false. Why do the ministers of Christendom
teach these false beliefs?

3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They
will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
(2Timothy 4:3-4) (New International Version) -BibleGateway

How do we know these beliefs are myths?

Is God’s name "Nobody"?

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob,
by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was
I not known to them.
(Exodus 6:3) (King James Version) -BibleGateway

Is the cross holy?

4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything
in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."
(Exodus 20:4) (NIV) -BibleGateway

Are Christmas and Easter holy days
for all Christians?

"Christmas and Easter - These spurious, counterfeit holydays
represent a COMPROMISE with paganism, an attempt on the
part of the church to convert the heathen by meeting them halfway.
But the Scriptures clearly teach that there must be NO
Compromise with the evil one on any point. Paul gives the warning:
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines
of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared
with a hot iron." 1 Timothy 4:1, 2."
-HEATHEN CUSTOMS In the Christian Church;
By Murl Vance

"It is interesting that the holiest day of the liturgical Christian
year, Easter Sunday, bears the name of the pagan sex goddess
Eastre and the pagan sun god Solis."
-Panati, Charles. Sacred Origins of Profound Things.
New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1996.

A Sex goddess?
What does Jehovah think about her?

POPULARITY! 

Most people want to be liked.  Yes, they enjoy being popular. 

So why does the Bible warn us about being popular with
the world?

Why does the Bible condemn friendship with the world?

Why did our Saviour say that his true followers would
be unpopular and even hated by the world?

"If you lived on the world's terms, the world would love
you as one of its own. But since I picked you to live on
God's terms and no longer on the world's terms, the world
is going to hate you."
(John 15:19) (Message Bible) -Biblegateway

Popularity and Friendship with the World is likened in the
Bible to someone who is married and cheating on the spouse.

"You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with
the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be
a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God."
(James 4:4) (New International Version) -Biblegateway

"They are not part of this world any more than I am."
(John 17:16) (New Living Translation) -Biblegateway

²⁷ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless
is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and
to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
(James 1:27) (NIV) -Biblegateway

DID GOD'S SON SEEK POPULARITY?

NO!

CHRIST IS POPULAR TODAY BUT
HE DID NOT SEEK TO BE POPULAR!

Our Messiah did not strive to be popular with people. Very often,
the things he said to them made them very angry with him. Indeed 
he used harsh words against the religious leaders of his day. He
certainly wasn't seeking to gain their approval - or any type of
popularity. He told them exactly what he thought of them:

¹³ "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven
in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor
will you let those enter who are trying to.”
(Matthew 23:13) (NIV) -Biblegateway

¹⁶ "Woe to you, blind guides!”
(Matthew 23:16) (NIV) -Biblegateway

¹⁷ You blind fools!
(Matthew 23:17) (NIV) -Biblegateway

²⁸ In the same way, on the outside you appear to
people as righteous but on the inside you are full
of hypocrisy and wickedness.
(Matthew 23:28) (NIV) -Biblegateway

Christ did not candy-coat his message.  He spoke the truth regardless
of what anyone felt or thought about it. When talking to liars - he
called them liars. He certainly wasn't seeking popularity with them.

"My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one
who glorifies me. Though you do not know him, I
know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like
you, but I do know him and keep his word."
(John 8:54,55) (NIV) -Biblegateway

How did the Jews and the religious leaders react to his message?

Did God's Son gain popularity with them?

"Then the disciples came to him and asked, 'Do you know
that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?' "
(Matthew 15:12) (NIV) -Biblegateway

"The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this
and began looking for a way to kill him."
(Mark 11:18) (NIV) -Biblegateway

"So from that day on they plotted to take his life."
(John 11:53) (NIV) -Biblegateway

"Yet, despite all this - Jesus did not tone down his message. He
was not afraid of the people.  The princes didn't like it, the
politicians didn't care for it, the priests were offended by it, the
teachers were dubious about it, the philosophers thought they
had a better way, and so they all in one accord rejected it.
It is, in fact, the MOST HATED doctrine in all of the world."
-Paige Patterson, president of  Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary
 in Fort Worth, Texas

Christ did not try to please the people, nor did he please himself. 
The only one that Jesus sought to please was his father, Jehovah.

"...for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. "
(John 5:30) (NIV) -Biblegateway

"For even Christ did not please himself..."
(Romans 15:3) (NIV) -Biblegateway

"...So with God and Christ as witnesses, I command you
to preach God's message. Do it willingly, even if it isn't
the popular thing to do."
(2Timothy 4:1,2) (Contemporary English Version) -Biblegateway

Wise people follow his example.

"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God?
Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to
please men, I would not be a servant of Christ."
(Galatians 1:10) (NIV) -Biblegateway

As servants of Jehovah God, and servants of his Son,
God's messengers will continue to preach the good
news of the coming Kingdom without letup - despite
the fact that they are hated by the world.

"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not."
(Ezekiel 2:7) (New American Standard Bible) -Biblegateway

What words are the true Christians constantly speaking?

"And this Gospel good news of the Kingdom reign shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and
then shall the end come."
(Matthew 24:14) (KJ21) -Biblegateway

What is this group of Christians who are the most hated?

Why Is God Angry?

It has come to the attention of many people in this world
that it is possible that our God, Jehovah, may be angry.

Where do they get that idea?

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^{Jehovah God does not like evil! That will come as a
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no matter what!}