THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON

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THE BATTLE OFARMAGEDDON
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The Battle Of Armageddon

• Premillenialism teaches that Christ will descend
  with His saints from the clouds and begin an
  earthly reign at Jerusalem to last 1,000 years.
• During the millennium satan will be bound in a
  bottomless pit.
• The Jews will be converted and return to
  Palestine.

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• Shortly before the termination of the millennium
  satan will be released from the pit for a little
  season.
• At the end of the millennium a second
  resurrection will bring the wicked dead from
  their tombs.
• Then the world-wide battle of Armageddon will
  follow.

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• John 528-29
• Marvel not at this for the hour is coming, in
  the which all that are in the graves shall hear
  his voice, And shall come forth they that have
  done good, unto the resurrection of life and
  they that have done evil, unto the resurrection
  of damnation.

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• Rev. 1420
• And the winepress was trodden without the city,
  and blood came out of the winepress, even unto
  the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and
  six hundred furlongs.
• Blood here, is but a symbol of the overflowing of
  the wicked - their final rejection.

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• Revelation 1616 (KJV)
• And he gathered them together into a place
  called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
• Revelation 1616 (ASV)
• And He gathered them together into the place
  which is called in Hebrew
• Har-magedon

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• The word Har signifies mountain.
• Hence the mountain of Magedon or Megiddo.
• Megiddo was a city in northern Palestine.
• Located on the north south road between Egypt
  Mesopotamia

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• Megiddo with its plains and hills was the scene
  of many decisive battles in the history of
  Israel.
• Low hills around Megiddo overlooking the plain of
  Esdraelon have witnessed possibly a greater
  number of battles than any other place of
  comparable size in the world.

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• One was Deborah Barak who defeated the
  Canaanites.
• Song of Deborah Barak Judges 5
• King Josiah was killed in battle here,
• II Chron. 3522-24
• Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal here on Mt.
  Carmel.

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• Gideon his 300 men defeated the Midianites
  here.
• King Saul was defeated by the Philistines here.
• Here Isreal achieved some of her greatest
  victories suffered some serious defeats.

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• What did John the first readers of the Book of
  Rev. understand the battle of Armageddon to be?
• Did they know it was a physical battle?
• Did they know it would be near Megiddo?
• Did they know it would be fought with carnal
  weapons between Christ the devil their forces?

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• What did John the first readers of the Book of
  Rev. understand the battle of Armageddon to be?
• Did they know that it would be at the end of
  time?
• This is believed by many today!
• This cannot be the meaning!

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• II. The identity of the battle of Armageddon.
• Let us go back to the first century,
• To the time the Book was written.
• Let us look at Rev. 1616
• Let us look through first century glasses.

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• II. The identity of the battle of Armageddon.
• Two empires went forth
• Each with a goal to conquer the hearts minds of
  the people.
• The empire of Rome the Lords church.
• This battle is mirrored in the Book of
  Revelation.

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• II. The identity of the battle of Armageddon.
• It was a conflict between God the devil.
• Between Christ the Roman Caesars
• Between the church Roman Empire
• Between Monotheism Polytheism
• Between morality immorality

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• II. The identity of the battle of Armageddon.
• John knew about the battles around Megiddo.
• Holy Spirit used these battles to describe the
  spiritual battles to be fought by all Christians
  until the end of time.

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• III. How did John see this battle?
• He saw it between RIGHT WRONG in all their
  dimensions.
• Symbolic of a world-wide battlefield
• In an age-long war.
• Fought NOT with carnal weapons, but with moral,
  spiritual intellectual
• Weapons used by the minds hearts of men
  women.

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• III. How did John see this battle?
• It is NOT a single battle!
• But different encounters between right wrong.
• It is going on day night, and has been going on
  since Adam Eve.
• It will continue until the end of time.

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• III. How did John see this battle?
• Many have already fought their battle.
• Adam Eve lost to Satan Gen. 3
• Joseph in Potiphars house won
• Gen.39
• David with Bathsheba lost II Sam. 11
• Jesus in wilderness won Matt. 4

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• IV. We fight the battle of Armageddon frequently.
• Each victory helps us to win others.
• Moral spiritual encounters lie in the choices
  of life.
• Deut. 3019 I have set before you life and
  death, blessing and cursing therefore choose
  life, that both thou and thy seed may live

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• IV. We fight the battle of Armageddon frequently.
• Joshua 2415
• choose you this day whom ye will serve whether
  the gods which your fathers served that were on
  the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
  Amorites, in whose land ye dwell but as for me
  and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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• IV. We fight the battle of Armageddon frequently.
• Matt. 624
• No man can serve two masters for either he will
  hate the one, and love the other or else he will
  hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
  serve God and mammon.

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• IV. We fight the battle of Armageddon frequently.
• Matt. 1230
• He that is not with me is against me...
• Matt. 633
• But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
  righteousness..

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• IV. We fight the battle of Armageddon frequently.
• In the choices of life, we fight the battle of
  Armageddon!
• What are our priorities?
• If they are God, Christ His church
• We will win every Armageddon encounter.

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• IV. We fight the battle of Armageddon frequently.
• I Cor. 1013
• There hath no temptation taken you but such as
  is common to man but God is faithful, who will
  not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
  able but will with the temptation also make a
  way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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• Jesus way was never the way of the sword!
• It is absurd to think that this is a literal
  battle.
• Matt. 2652
• Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword
  into his place for all they that take the sword
  shall perish with the sword.

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• If one expects this to be a literal, material
  battle, he must expect the devils army to be
  headed by a committee of three frogs.

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• Rev. 1613-14
• 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.

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• Rev. 1613-14
• 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.

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• Rev. 1613-14
• 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.

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• Rev. 1613-14
• 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.

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• Rev. 1615-16
• 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.

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• Both figures are symbolic, neither is literal.
• No reason to make one literal the other
  symbolic.
• Battle of Armageddon has no location on the map
  of the world.
• Battle is between righteousness evil.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL WIN!!!

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• Gods plan of salvation to overcome

Hear Rom 1017
Believe Heb 116
Repent Luke 133
Confess Acts 836-37
Baptized Acts 238
Faithful Rev 210
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