That site is the gathering point of the armies coming to battle in the “mountains of Israel,” and the holy city of Jerusalem. It is really a misnomer to refer to this last battle as the battle of Armageddon. It is, again, an attempt by Satan to destroy God’s holy people in God’s holy land and to control His holy city, Jerusalem.
It is a military campaign where God Himself directly intervenes and destroys the largest army in human history. This is not a battle between tiny Israel and its surrounding Islamic neighbors, nor between Israel and 10 specific Islamic nations in the larger region, as the first two wars were. It is from the southern edge of this valley that the “mountains of Israel” rise and where five-sixths of the Islamic multitudes perished in the previous (second) major end-times war (Ezek. Napoleon Bonaparte once stood at this inland valley, south of the Lower Galilee region, and is reported to have remarked, “All the armies of the world could maneuver their forces on this vast plain.” The area is actually a large plain where several major battles have historically occurred.īecause of the rising hills on all sides of the flat land, it is sometimes referred to as the Plain of Megiddo or the Esdraelon Valley. The infamous site is about 70 miles north of Jerusalem and historically an ancient fortress area (at Mount Megiddo) controlling major trade routes from the north and east via the King’s Highway. John the revelator explains that demons spirits will “go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of the great day of God Almighty … to the place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon” (Rev. Then, as the Antichrist prepares to move his forces toward the king of the north, he hears rumors of the Asian armies on the march toward Israel (Dan. 11:40).īased at that time in Israel (11:41-45), the Antichrist will move to reassert power over the king of the south and defeat powers in Egypt, then Libya and Ethiopia. The prophet Daniel explains that at that time, the king of the south and the king of the north will show rebellion toward the Antichrist (Dan.
The worldwide war will occur at the end of the Great Tribulation period.
Third, a worldwide war focused on the destruction of Israel, its land and capital city, Jerusalem. Second, a broader regional war between Israel and its Islamic neighbors on all sides. First, a deadly and destructive border war between Israel and its immediate neighbors. We are warned of three last-days wars to occur before our Lord’s Second Coming:
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