THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c00500dvldtc.png"> <div> <B>Revelation</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Revelation"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="armageddon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON"><U><B>THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="the_day_of_the_lord.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE ARMY OF CHRIST"><U><B>THE ARMY OF CHRIST</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="lake_of_fire.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET THROWN INTO THE "><U><B>BEAST AND FALSE PROPHET THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE</B></U></A><B> / </B><A HREF="satan_chained_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS"><U><B>SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03dd2c00dvldtc.png"> <div> <A HREF="mystery_babylon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE JUDGEMENT OF BABYLON "><U>Previous Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="the_day_of_the_lord.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE ARMY OF CHRIST"><U>Next Page</U></A></div> <div>   <P><CENTER><A href="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/" target="_top"><IMG src="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/count.cgi?account=bryant_family_2&code=site&count=1" border=0 width=96 height=40 alt="The Christian Counter"></A><BR><font size=1><A href="http://www.christiansunite.com/hit/" target="_top">The Christian Counter</font></A></CENTER><P>   </div> <bR> <div> <B>Revelation 16:15-16</B>, "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.  And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><U>THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON</U></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="21621c30.jpg" border=0 width="545" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      The above image is the Jezreel valley just outside of Megiddo in Israel and is the likely location for the battle of Armageddon. The word Armageddon is a corruption of the Hebrew words Har which means mount and Megiddo which is otherwise known as the valley of Jezreel.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Armegeddon Map"><U><IMG SRC="22ede900.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="144" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></U></A>C<B>lick on the image to the left to see the full map.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> This portion of the book of Revelation describes the battle of Armageddon, which is also known as the "Day of the Lord" or Yom Y@hovah {yeh-ho-vaw'}. Although many consider the day of the Lord as the seven-year period during the great tribulation, I differ somewhat from this train of thought. </div> <bR> <div> When interpreting prophecy it is important to translate literally whenever possible before you look for a figurative interpretation. The word for "day" in the Hebrew is yowm {yome} and in the Greek it is hemera {hay-mer'-ah}. Both words mean a literal day and as such refer also the literal day of the Lord's return. The Hebrew yowm is also where we get Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement, which is the tenth day of the seventh month on the Jewish calendar. Yom means day and Kippur means atonement. </div> <bR> <div> The Hebrew `yowm' is the same word used in "day" of the month when in Genesis 7:11 God finally unleashed the deluge upon the earth. God was very specific on the day that he unleashed the flood. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Genesis 7:11-12</B></I><I>, "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth </I><I><B><U>day </U></B></I><I>of the month, the same </I><I><B><U>day </U></B></I><I>were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."</I></div> <bR> <div> The day of the Lord, or Yom Y@hovah {yeh-ho-vaw'}, is the literal day when Jesus returns with all of the believers accompanying him and takes vengeance on the beast from the sea, and the false prophet. In that day Satan is also bound for a thousand years.</div> <bR> <div> This is not a day for rejoicing, but a day for mourning. It is not a day of light, but a day of darkness. We as Christians should not look forward to this day because it will be a horrible thing to behold.</div> <bR> <div> The following verses provide a very accurate description of the day of the Lord.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Isaiah 2:12</B></I><I> For the day of the LORD of hosts shall </I><I><B><U>be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up</U></B></I><I><B>;</B></I><I> and he shall be brought low:</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Isaiah 13:4-11, </B></I><I>"The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. </I><I><B><U>They come from a far country, from the end of heaven</U></B></I><I>, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, </I><I><B><U>cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it</U></B></I><I>. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Jeremiah 46:10</B></I><I> For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, </I><I><B><U>a day of vengeance</U></B></I><I><B>,</B></I><I> that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Ezekiel 13:5</B></I><I> </I><I><B><U>Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle</U></B></I><I> in the day of the LORD.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Ezekiel 30:3</B></I><I> For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be </I><I><B><U>the time of the heathen</U></B></I><I><B>.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Joel 1:15</B></I><I> Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, </I><I><B><U>and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come</U></B></I><I><B>.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Joel 2:1-11, </B></I><I>"Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, </I><I><B><U>as the morning spread upon the mountains</U></B></I><I><B>:</B></I><I> </I><I><B><U>a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations</U></B></I><I>. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots </I><I><B><U>on the tops of mountains shall they leap</U></B></I><I>, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; </I><I><B><U>and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded</U></B></I><I><B>.</B></I><I> They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Joel 3:13-14, </B></I><I><B><U>"Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full,</U></B></I><I> the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: </I><I><B><U>for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision</U></B></I><I>."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Amos 5:18-20, </B></I><I><B><U>"Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD</U></B></I><I><U>!</U></I><I> to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?</I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"Obadiah 1:15</B></I><I> For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: </I><I><B><U>as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Zephaniah 1:6-7, </B></I><I><B><U>"And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him</U></B></I><I>. Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Zephaniah 1:14-16,</B></I><I> "The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. </I><I><B><U>That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness</U></B></I><I><U>,</U></I><I> A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers." </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Zephaniah 2:1-3,</B></I><I> </I><I><B><U>"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired</U></B></I><I>; Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. </I><I><B><U>Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgement; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Zechariah 14:1-9</B></I><I>, "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For </I><I><B><U>I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle</U></B></I><I>; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. </I><I><B><U>And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives</U></B></I><I><U>,</U></I><I> which is before Jerusalem on the east, and </I><I><B><U>the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west</U></B></I><I>, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass </I><I><B><U>in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark</U></B></I><I>: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be </I><I><B><U>in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem</U></B></I><I>; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>1 Thessalonians 5:2-3,</B></I><I> "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.  </I><I><B><U>For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them</U></B></I><I><U>,</U></I><I> as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>2 Peter 3:10</B></I><I> But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, </I><I><B><U>and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.</U></B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>