Chapter 15.16
Armageddon
Revisited
Symbolism - War Games – The Battlefield – Megiddo
Chemical Warfare – Nuclear Bombs – Gog &
Magog
Will a cavalry on horses really
ride in bringing swords and knives to a GUN FIGHT?
First
Word
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL: Do you remember the 1957 movie with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday? Armageddon is a
gunfight to the death or perhaps to life. If one Angel can wave his hand and kill 185,000 with a supernatural laser beam,
think what a legion of angels could do.
(There’s more of us than they are of them.) [1]
As you read the Apostle John’s
account in the “Revelation”,
it must be noted that the many chapters are not in sequential order,
but are inserted from time to time to provide information on what John sees and
describes as best his mind can comprehend. Neither John nor the prophets had ever seen complex
airborne weaponry such as a HELICOPTER. Have you noticed how an Apache Helicopter resembles a LOCUST? John had never seen a BULLET, much less a THERMONUCLEAR
BOMB.
A nuclear bomb can
generate 150 million degrees of heat in a millionth of a second; skin falls off
their bodies while they are still standing.[2] With
pain and anguish, faces are burned.[3] Terror seizes mankind. The nuclear bombs trigger earth quakes; debris is blown into the
air so thick it blots out the sun. Fire
and sulfur fills the air and rains down on the earth.
Most of the Middle East has “Chemical and
Biological Weapons” and nuclear weapons would
just be icing on the cake. Biological weapons include microorganisms and toxins that
cause plagues
like cholera
and
tuberculosis, there’s anthrax and botulisms and the Super Plague for which there is no cure. Chemical weapons include
nerve gas,
mustard gas and Sarin gas that attack your lungs, and now
Russia has one called Novichok which is ten times more toxic than nerve gas.
Come,
let’s Reason together.[4] It is REASONABLE and LOGICAL to CONSIDER and ASSUME that man will NOT regress
backward
and use horses, swords and hand to hand
combat[5] to
fight a modern day warfare of tanks, Apache helicopters, hellfire missiles, drone
surgical strikes and H-bombs. In fact if we did, Megiddo would become a death trap by
dropping just one H-bomb.
SO WHAT’S GOING ON?
Megiddo
This
Study will DEPART FROM THE ORDINARY and ignore the Systematic
Theology that we have always
been taught and take a close look at the rich SYMBOLISM as painted by John the Revelator.
The
actual word “Armageddon”
appears only once in the Greek New Testament and it comes from the
Hebrew word Har Məgiddô, meaning "Mountain of Megiddo". Megiddo
is actually not a mountain at all, but A HILL created by many generations of people
living and rebuilding on the same spot. The Word “Mountain” is symbolic for Power.
What we think of as a battlefield lies at the mouth of the great valley
Esdraelon; a narrow PASS in the northern part of Israel, east of
Mount Carmel that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea eastward across the
northern part of Israel. – (This is where
we get the expression “Cut them off at the Pass”.)
Many wars have been fought on this plain
called Megiddo. In the
final battle, the restraining force, which is the Holy Spirit, has gone from the
earth and there is no longer any restraint on man and he will do whatever is in
his heart. The term “Armageddon”
has been used “symbolically”
whenever in a Great War the need was
the greatest for God’s help.
This study jumps over the thinking that Megiddo
is a specific geographical location on earth and looks at the final battle of Armageddon as strictly SYMBOLIC.
SYMBOLICALLY I ask that you shift your mind to
grasp that Megiddo
is a BATTLEFIELD where a WAR is taking place. JUST HOLD JUST THAT THOUGHT... Megiddo is a
Battlefield
Revelation 16:16 - A place called
Armageddon
16 And they assembled them at the PLACE that in Hebrew is called ARMAGEDDON. (ESV)
The Battlefield
If you can just grab hold of
the thought that Revelation is a symbolic book and the battle presented is symbolic, you will start to see other symbols in scripture that will
enable you to unlock the symbolic codes thus
gaining a whole new perspective on the “Revelation”.
The Battle is not PHYSICAL hand to hand
combat with army against army, it’s a SPIRITUAL battle against cosmic
spiritual forces of EVIL that operate in heavenly places.[6] Our weapons are not tanks,
Apache helicopters, bombs and chemical warfare, but is the Word of God; what He has already spoken. We are to be armed with the whole armor of God and He clearly spells it out for us.
SYMBOLICALLY we are to put
on the BELT of truth, the BREASTPLATE of righteousness, SHOES of readiness, the SHIELD of faith, HELMET of salvation, & SWORD of the Spirit.[7] If you notice that in the descriptions that
God gives us, there is nothing to protect our backs. The instructions are for us to STAND and be able to withstand the fiery darts
of Satan;
there will not be a retreat with our backs exposed, because God has our
backs.
Our Weapon is KNOWLEDGE of the Bible. The battlefield is our MIND, soul and spirit. You must get
this; we
PERISH for the lack of knowledge of
God’s power,[8]
what He has already spoken.
You must STUDY the Word for yourself.[9]
War Games
Satan who is the Anti-god;
the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet all make up the COUNTERFEIT UNHOLY TRINITY.
1)
The
Dragon symbolically
is Satan who has created myriads of little gods, false religions and
institutions.
2)
The
Beast is
symbolic of the false teachings of the pagan religions and institutions.
3)
The
False Prophet some students consider Mohammad
teaching the pagan religion of Islam.
Revelation 16:13-16 – The Satanic Trinity;
Dragon, Beast, False Prophet
13 Then I saw THREE evil spirits that looked like FROGS; they came out of the mouth of the DRAGON, out of the mouth of the BEAST and out of the mouth of the FALSE
PROPHET.
They are spirits of demons performing
14 miraculous
signs, and they go out to the kings of THE
WHOLE WORLD, to
gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
Did you see it? The three frogs identified; in scripture came out
of the MOUTHS of the Counterfeit Trinity.[10] FROGS are considered
unclean by the Hebrew nation; these slimy, filthy, loathsome, disgusting frogs
are evil spirits that come spewing out PROPAGANDA and FAKE
NEWS, FALSE DOCTRINE, PERVERSIVE IDEAS and DISTORTIONS OF TRUTH through the
Internet, Twitter and Facebook, Radio and TV, plus Newspapers and Tabloids
seducing and deceiving all the Leaders of THE WORLD.
FAKE NEWS (Kind
of like what’s going on NOW)
They take advantage of man’s weaknesses; fear, pride, lust, greed and
even laziness, seducing them to join in the battle of Armageddon. Sadly, the kings of the world that will be
deceived includes a multitude from the USA.
Frogs are SYMBOLIC of a spiritually
impure, and unholy false church with false teachings. The adversary is SATAN
and his weapon is War Games of the mind; DECEIT.
ü
Satan’s
weapon is
to put DECEIT in our MIND. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION [11]
ü
God’s
weapon is
to put KNOWLEDGE in our MIND. SWORD OF TRUTH; THE BIBLE[12]
The WAR GAMES are MIND
GAMES concerning God’s Spiritual values.
Gog & Magog
Ezekiel prophesied twenty five
centuries ago of a war between an un-walled city (Israel)
and a nation to its North, (Russia). When Israel became a Nation again in 1948, this prophesied war became
imminent. Gog, which is the nation of Russia and Magog
which is its army of allied nations[13]
will invade Israel
and there will be an EARTHQUAKE so catastrophic
that the whole world will be affected.
The modern nation’s names are; Russia, East Germany, Poland and Bulgaria plus Persia (Iran) Ethiopia, Libya and Turkey. God will rain down hailstones on them with burning sulfur, plagues
of pestilence [14], and they will be in such confusion,
that they want even know who they are fighting and will be killed by their own
friendly fire. [15] It’s possible the Russian army will be
destroyed by their own thermonuclear bomb; fire and
brimstone.
Names change, nations change and the players change; the identity of the
players really does not matter… there has always been many threats to
Israel. Symbolically SPIRITUAL
ISRAEL is the Church which is God’s people and
the threat against them is coming from the SATANIC
TRINITY.
ü
Satan is the Prince
of the Power of the Air;[16] Air
is invisible and everywhere; Satan’s unseen evil is all around us. Satan’s army are those whose names are NOT written in THE BOOK OF LIFE[17]
ü
Christ’s army in heaven
is THE SAINTS whose names ARE written in THE BOOK OF LIFE... Whoever is NOT
with Christ is against Him[18]...
Whoever does NOT gather with Him;
scatters. They will make war on the army of Christ and will LOSE.[19]
SYMBOLICALLY we can boil it
all down to ONE FACT; there is a SPIRITUAL WAR
going on between
the CHURCH and SATAN...
and... WE ARE THE CHURCH
The
Take Away
Frogs are
symbolic of a spiritually impure, and unholy false church with INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION
- False teachings.
ü
Megiddo is a battle field where a war is taking
place.
ü
The war
games are mind
games. The battle is over our mind, soul and spirit.
ü
Satan’s
weapon is
to put deceit
in our mind.
ü
God’s
weapon is
to put knowledge
in our mind.
ü
Symbolically we are to put
on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of readiness,
the shield
of faith,
the helmet
of salvation and the sword of the spirit. Our instructions are for us to just STAND.
This is a
spiritual war taking place between the Church and Satan and its takes place within us.
We
are both the Warrior and the War.
I don’t ask that
your Belief
System embrace this STUDY OF SYMBOLISM, but just think
about it. It’s what you put in your mind and into your heart that
determines the outcome of YOUR battle. Make no mistake the battle is one MIND at a time.
Without KNOWEDGE… WE
will perish...
We are all born on the wrong
side of the battle,
but we can be BORN AGAIN.
You must decide
which side you want to fight on;
there are no bystanders.
If you feel the
battle within; then you are not a bystander.
You are the WAR and the WARRIOR.
In the movie the
MATRIX
trilogy, Neo
is told;
I can only show you the door, you must CHOOSE to walk through it.
Life is Choice
driven; the decisions you make on this side of life have eternal consequences.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT
It’s in the Book
[1] 2 Kings 6:16 – Do not be afraid, for there is more of us that are those with
them -- 2 Kings 19:35 –
One angel went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians
[2] Zechariah
[3] Isaiah 13:6-8 – Terror, Pain, Anguish will seize them as their Faces
burned
[4] Isaiah 1:18 - Come now, let us reason
together, says the LORD
[5] Revelation 19:11-21 – The battle with Horses, Riders and Swords
[6] Ephesians 6:12 – The battle is against Spiritual Forces of Evil in the heavenly places
[7] Ephesians 6:13-17 – Take up whole
armor of god; the belt of truth, breastplate, shoes of readiness, the shield of
faith, helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit and then stand
[8] Isaiah 5:13 - My people perish because of their
lack of knowledge of God’s written Word
[9] Matthew 22:29 – You are deceived because you don’t read the Bible -- 2
Timothy 2:15 – You must study to rightly divide the Word
[10] Revelation 16:13-16 – The
Satanic Trinity: I saw THREE evil spirits that
looked like FROGS;
they came out of the mouth of the DRAGON, out of the mouth of the BEAST and out of the mouth
of the FALSE PROPHET.
[11] Revelation 16:14 – Demonic Spirits performing signs
[12] Revelation 19:15 – Out of God’s mouth comes a
sharp sword; the WORD OF GOD’s Truth
[13] Ezekiel 38:2-3 – Gog (Russia) is the Chief Prince of Meshech and Tubal
[14] Ezekiel 38:22 – Prophecy – God will pour down torrents of Rain
hailstones of burning sulfur on the many nations with him
[15] Ezekiel 38:19-21 – Prophecy – Earthquake; so much Confusion, that
they kill each other
[16] Ephesians 2:2 – Satan is the Prince of the Power
of the Air the spirit that is now
at work in the sons of disobedience
[17] Revelation 20:15 – Name NOT FOUND in THE BOOK OF LIFE was thrown into the lake
of fire
[18] Matthew 12:30 - Whoever is not with me is
against me
[19] Revelation 17:14 – They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will
conquer
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