How will the entire world end and when will it take place?
It is the question that is pretty much on everyone’s mind these days. For several years, forty to be precise, the battle of Armageddon continues to be the subject of extreme debates happening in university auditoriums and suburban kitchens. Everybody wants to know when the world as we know it will end according to God’s will. However the real scary thing running in everyone’s mind is that with the approaching of world’s end is also the end of human civilization.
The happenings in the Middle East had got everyone having a debate about Armageddon again, at least for the moment. The world never seems to be at peace. A few see the state of affairs in Iraq and North Korea as signs of another World War. However, Hollywood is making a lot of money making films about the battle of Armageddon and why it is the coolest thing to watch on the big screen after James Cameron’s Avatar.
Simply what does the Bible Verses and Quotes truly say about the battle of Armageddon? Consider this passage.
“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” Revelation 16: 13-14.
The actual physical setting of the battle of Armageddon is in the valley of Megiddo, as outlined by 2 Chroni. 35:22. The venue is a tragic one, a place of great mourning. The valley of Megiddo had been the site where Sisera’s army had been defeated by Deborah and Barak, as well as where Josiah was killed. According To The Bible, the end of the world will take place within the valley of Megiddo.
Today many men and women feel that the valley of Megiddo within the Bible is the same valley located in the Middle East, which strikes many as a lot more than sheer coincidence considering the amount of anxiety that has built up out there right now. Some feel the battle of Armageddon is actually a war that’ll be fought with modern warfare and, according to a passage in Revelation 19, the commander of the great army is none other than Jesus Christ, the “Word of God”. The passage reads,
“And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.”
But it should be mentioned that more than anything the Holy bible often articulates in spiritual, indirect terms. Any devout Christian will tell you not to take the Bible Verses and Quotes on literal terms and instead put on your thinking cap first before you decide to sit down to read. Regardless, the battle of Armageddon might or might not be a spiritual struggle, it might or might not be a physical conflict, no-one knows. The only think we can do is have faith that Jesus Christ would be there guide us back to the Kingdom of the Lord when the time comes.
