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Questioner: Salome

Subject: Armageddon

Question:

what is armegedon and what does it mean

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John of AllFaith's reply

Hi Salome,

Armageddon is the English form of the Hebrew place name Har Megido.

Megiddo is a hill in Israel near the modern settlement of Megiddo, known for theological, historical and geographical reasons. In ancient times Megiddo was an important city state. It is also known alternatively as Tel Megiddo (Hebrew) and Tell al-Mutesellim (Arabic).

Megiddo is a tel (hill) made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel Ridge, which overlooks the Valley of Jezreel from the south.

In the Tanach (the "Old Testament") this was a place known for war as well as Pagan sacrifices to gods like Baal and goddesses like Asteroth.

There have been many major wars fought there. Today it is mainly used to refer to a coming war predicted by biblical prophets, especially the Apostle John:

Revelation 16:12

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 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.
14 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.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Exactly how and when this war will be waged, including what is meant by the dire warnings, is debated.

In a nutshell, at some point in the future (many of us believe within the lifetime of people born in 1948 because of verses like Matthew 24:32 and the evident fulfillment of countless of the prophecies) a leader will arise unlike anyone the world has ever seen. In the Bible this leader is known as the Son of Perdition, the Little Horn, the Man of Sin, the Antichrist and so on. In the Qur'an he is referred to the Dijal. The Globalist Elite often reference him as Rex Mundi.

Many Christians believe in what is known as the Rapture of the Church, the doctrine that says that at around the time this ruler comes to power all true Christians will instantly vanish and be taken into heaven. I do not believe this to be a biblical doctrine even though I do understand where the teaching comes from.

This global ruler will arise in the European Union (in the restored Roman Empire from the physical lands of Western Europa), his mother will (must) be Jewish, his father MAY be Muslim. By my calculations he will likely arise in the Greek Isles (but this is not certain from the prophecies). He will establish his base of authority through bodies like the UN or NATO. I am also convinced he will rise from the Merovingian House through the auspices of the Bilderberg Group, the Lodges of Freemasonry, the Council on Foreign Relations, and so on. He will appear like a true Superman. He will end poverty, cure many diseases, establish world peace and many many people will hail him as the world savior (including most Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and so on). There will be exceptions of course including the 144,000 Jews and a great Multitude of Gentiles.

I Thessalonians 5:3

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

At some point, he will be assassinated. This will happen in Jerusalem.

He will rise from the dead (probably after 3 1/2 days) and his reign will turn utterly brutal.

II Thessalonians 2:3

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

He will begin killing Jews and others, will utilize the existing Globalist economic system based, probably, on encoded implants like the RFID chip (Rev.13:18). To receive these implants one will have to pledge loyalty to the world government and its leader specifically even as Germans were required to pledge loyalty to Hitler personally and his Third Reich.

Finally China, Russia, Ethiopia/Egypt (al Ikhwan: the Muslim Brotherhood) and other regions (they may not be "countries" by this point but states of the Global Union or Novus Ordo Seclorum), will invade his capital at Jerusalem after amassing their troops on the outskirts of the City at or very near Har Megiddo. A global war will ensue as the people of the earth try and wrench control away from the Global Leader. This war will be more destructive than any military campaign in human history. We are told that in the valley of Megiddo the blood shed in this battle will run to a horses' bridle (Rev 14:20)! Perhaps this is but metaphor, but the point is still quite clear!

It is frightening to note that the U.S. is nowhere mentioned in these highly detailed prophecies! This leads many to conclude that the US will fall prior to these events. It is easily conceivable that the international vacuum left by a defeated US may be what sets the stage for the type of power grabs described in the prophecies. I discuss this HERE in some detail.

Throughout this period, the Global Leader will be practicing genocide against the Jews first and others as well. It is of this period that Master Y'shua warns:

Matthew 24:21

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

The "elect" are clearly the Jews in context. Only the coming of the Moshiach will be able to save the Chosen People from annihilation. What Hitler failed to accomplish this leader would -- were it not for the coming of the Jewish Moshiach -- do.

To save the Jews from extinction Moshiach (Messiah) will come and destroy all the armies and establish his own kingdom: a global Jewish Theocracy that will last for 1000 years of true peace and global brother/sisterhood.

The War of Armageddon is the event that will end history and begin the wonderful future. Armageddon is not the end of the world, it is the end of the age (Matt. 24:1-3). The next age will be glorious. According to the prophecies as understood by millions and millions of people, Jews, Christians, Muslims and others (including many Hindus), the time is now at hand for this transition.

As I said people debate who will survive the war and enter the kingdom. Will there be a Rapture? Who will rule the kingdom? Will Moshiach be Jesus or another (Rev. 19:2)? Is one particular religious sect the true people of God who will rule all others? Are all religions true? Will these things literally happen or are they merely symbolic? People love to debate! In a nutshell though, this is the biblical prediction of our future and the war of Armageddon, as fearsome as it will be, is the door to a truly glorious future.

This answer only scratches the surfaces of course. If you have other questions feel free to write back.

~Maranatha (Moshiach is on his way!)

~ John of AllFaith
~ Ben Ruach ha Kodesh


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