Expert: Patricia Burns - 6/17/2007

Question
What is armageddon and the day of reckoning? Are they mentioned anywhere in the bible besides Revelation 16:16?

Answer
The battle of Armageddon is a Plague event.  Trumpet events follow Seal events followed by Plague events.  Seal events have not yet concluded.

At the Sixth Plague the way is PREPARED for the soon coming battle of Armageddon, and the Dragon and the beast and the false prophet,  and their armies are gathered together (by Spiritual forces) into "a place" for the battle (Re.16:12-16, Jer 51:36, Jer.51:49, Isa.63:2-3 below).

After the Seventh, and final, PLAGUE, after the great city Babylon comes into remembrance before God, after the fall of that great city Babylon (Re.16:17-21, Revelation chapter 18), the battle of Armageddon will be fought.

The battle will be fought after the marriage of the Lamb has taken place in heaven.  The church of God (1 Cor.10:32) throughout all ages (the wife) has made herself ready (Re.19:17) and are the armies of the Lord that accompanies Him to the battle (Re.19:14).  

The end of the battle of Armageddon will mark the beginning of the Millennium.

Directly after the battle of Armageddon (Re.19:11-21) is fought, and after the beast and the false prophet are taken in the battle and cast into the lake of fire (Re.19:20), the Lord will stand upon the mount of Olives (Zech.14:4 below).

Saints of the most High (Dan.7:22), the Lamb’s wife, will live AND reign with Him throughout the Millennium, the thousand years (Re.20:4).


Re.16:12   And the SIXTH angel poured out his vial upon the great river Eu-phra-tes; and the water thereof was dried up (Jer.51:36 below), that the way of the kings (Re.17:12-14) of the east might be PREPARED.

Re.16:13   And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon (Re.12:9, Re.20:2, Re.9:11), and out of the mouth of the beast (Re.13:1-8), and out of the mouth of the false prophet (Re.13:11-17).

Re.16:14   For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and the whole world, TO GATHER THEM TO THE BATTLE OF THAT GREAT DAY OF GOD ALMIGHTY (Re.19:19).

Re.16:16   And he (the Sixth Plague angel) GATHERED THEM TOGETHER INTO A PLACE (Jer.51:49 below) called in the Hebrew tongue Ar-ma-ged-don.


Jer.51:36   Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee (Isa.63:2-3 below); and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry (Re.16:12 above).

Jer.51:49   As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall (Dan.11:33, Lk.21:24), so at Babylon (Re.14:20, Re.18:16, Re.18:18) shall fall the slain of all the earth.


Isa.63:2   Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

Isa.63:3   I have trodden the winepress alone (Re.14:20, Jer.51:49 above); and of the people there was none with me: for I (Re.19:13, Jn.1:1) will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.


Zech.14:4   And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.




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