The Gathering To Armageddon

The need for Christians to stay awake becomes even more pressing as the next verse of Revelation comes closer to fulfillment: " And they [the expressions inspired by demons] gathered them [the earthly kings, or rulers] together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon." (Revelation 16:16) This name, more commonly rendered Armageddon, occurs only once in the Bible. But it has fired mankind's imagination. World leaders have warned of a possible nuclear Armageddon. Armageddon has been linked also with the ancient city of Megiddo, the site of many decisive battles in Bible times, and some religious leaders have therefore speculated that the final war on earth will take place in that limited area. In this, they are far wide of the truth.

The name Har-Magedon means "mountain of Megiddo." But rather than being a literal place, it represents the world situation into which all nations are gathered in opposition to Jehovah God and where he will finally destroy them. This is global extent. (Jeremiah 25:31-33; Daniel 2:44) It is similar to "the great winepress of the anger of God" and "the low plain of the decision," or "the low plain of Jehoshaphat," where the nations are gathered for execution by Jehovah. (Revelation 14:19; Joel 3:12, 14) It is also related to "the soil of Israel"where the satanic armies of Gog of Magog are destroyed and that location "between the grand sea and the holy mountain of Decoration" where the king of the north comes "all the way to his end"at the hands of Michael the great prince. -Ezekiel 38:16-18, 22, 23; Daniel 11:45-12:1.

When the nations have been maneuvered into this situation by the croaking propaganda originating with Satan and his earthly agents. It will be tim e for the seventh angel to pour out the final bowl of the anger of God.

Next time: "It Has Come To Pass!"