“Behold, I am coming as a
thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked
and they see his shame.” And they gathered them together to the place called in
Hebrew, Armageddon.”-Revelation 16:15-16
As the seven years of tribulation
draws to a close there is still yet another battle that will be fought. This
one will take place just outside of Jerusalem and is known in Hebrew, as
Armageddon.
Here the nations of the earth will
be gathered together for a great battle at which Jerusalem will be the center.
"I will also gather all
nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter
into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom
they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land.”-Joel
3:2
However, this battle will be
unique in that Jesus, Himself has promised that He will come and fight on
Israel’s behalf:
“Then the Lord will go forth
and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. And in that
day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the
east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, from east to west,
making a very large valley;
half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the
south.”-Zechariah 14:3-4
He is coming to execute judgment
and pour out on them His righteous indignation:
“Therefore wait for Me,” says
the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder;
My determination is to gather
the nations to My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My
fierce anger; all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.”-Zephaniah 3:8
The Book of Revelation is clear
that when Christ returns, He will come dressed for battle!
“Now I saw heaven opened, and
behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and
in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire,
and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except
Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The
Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean,[b] followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp
sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them
with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath
of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING
OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”- Revelation 19:19:11-16
With just the word of His mouth
Jesus will destroy those nations and will establish Himself as King over all
the earth and will then turn His attention towards His long time adversary:
“Then I saw an angel coming
down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his
hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless
pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the
nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things
he must be released for a little while.”-Revelation 20:1-3
With the binding of Satan the
earth will enter into an amazing time of rest known as the millennial reign of
Christ.
Pastor Scott Burr
Dayspring Community Church
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