Armageddon in Revelation is about a great end time battle in our future, at the second coming when the AC and his whole world wide kingdom will be destroyed. It hasn't obviously happened yet..
And it obviously won't happen in the future as you believe.
Like I said a thousand of times here, the book of Revelation is replete with imagery, symbols and monikers, most of which refer to, or are derived from Old Testament examples! There is no physical mountain of Megiddo (despite some claims to the contrary), it refers to a spiritual Kingdom/Mountain where this great battle God brings will take place. It's like I said before, in in the cryptic symbology of scripture a
mountain is used as a figure of a Kingdom. And the place of this Kingdom where the kings are gathered together is the New Testament corporate congregation today! Its Moniker, Megiddo! It is the unfaithful church that has gone whoring after other gods through the false prophets and christs with their positive messages and feel good gospels. And this is God's judgment upon her symbolized as a battle/wawarfareAt the time when the spirit Satan is loosed by God, and he gathers all the kings of the earth (Revelation 20), they come up against THIS mount of Migeddo. They come up against the corporate kingdom representation of God. Why? Because God loosed Satan "specifically" for this purpose. Revelation 20 doesn't speak of an accidental loosing, Satan is to be
loosed deliberately of God, sent specifically for the
purpose of gathering the kings to assault the Harlot kingdom, which signifies the
unfaithful Church who goes after another god. This is done
ONLY After all the tribes of Israel are sealed, Revelation 7:1-4, which was why satan was bound in the first place. Selah! Remember, Satan was bound in the first place so that the Kingdom of God could be advanced to the nations. He is thus loosed "AFTER" that purpose has been completed and all Israel has been sealed.
Again, this is not a physical battle in the sense that it is fought with earthly or carnal weapons and armies like guns, missiles, nukes, etc. No! It is a battle fought by
people with the spirit of antichrist, the
sword of doctrines, in the
wanton city. These kings come with the armaments of unrighteousness, deception and lawlessness,
deceiving the people of the congregations. And make no mistake, God has sent these (symbolized by ten horns), kings of the earth, specifically to bring this
desolation upon that unfaithful woman. The abomination of desolation.
Revelation 17:16-18
- "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
- For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
- And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth."
This is when the New Testament congregation has been given to Satan for him to rule becasue of HER UNFAITHFULNESS as a judgment. That is why we read about the
three unclean spirits like frogs from these false prophets' mouth,
symbolizing it's God's purpose. God has appointed the unfaithful corporate Church to this wrath, but not the elect Church. Therefore, they will rise of God's Spirit (Spirit of Life, Revelation 11:11) that they "
see" the abomination of the lawless man (man of sin) taking his position to rule as God in the congregation, and they will depart out! The Elect is spiritually called out that they
not be partaker in the sins of the woman (church), who has
spiritually become as Sodom and Egypt.
1st Thessalonians 5:5-9
- "Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
- Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
- For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,"
Listen, this is a SPIRITUAL WAR, that is now taking place in the church all over the world (haven't you notice?) while you guys are arguing about the location about the battle in the Middle East. This is a real battle because it is the time of the total desolation of the Church
by God, because of the abominations that they have practiced there. And this battle is the signs of the elect soon donning their armor, heeding the prophesy to flee out of the midst of her, for the fall of spiritual Babylon is near or already happening. Though it might not be clear, it's all related and interrelated.
Matthew 24:15-16
- "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand: )
- Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:"
The abominations of the man of sin, or of the sinful man, ruling in the holy place as if he were God Himself or was sent by God. In other words, making his own laws and doctrines, following his own course, doing what is right in his own eyes, rather than abiding by God's laws. Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyers, Todd Bentley, etc. are an example! That is the
"sign" for the true believer to "see" and flee from the midst of this once holy place, so that they won't be deceived like those professed Christians who are NOT sealed by God (Revelation 9). The elect are making their home in spiritual mountains. Which is the true Kingdom and righteousness of Christ, not the corporate Church.
Psalms 36:6
- "Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast."
Here God signifies His righteousness is what preserves man, and He likens it unto great "mountains." So when Matthew 24 says believers should flee unrighteousness to the mountains, these are the mountains to which they are to flee. Or again we read:
Psalms 121:1-2
- "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth."
Psalms 125:2
- "As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."
Here again, we see God likened or equated unto "
mountains" which
are around His people signifying His righteous protection of them. That is why we read about the Elect "fleeing to the mountain" which Matthew 24 signifies of. Using scripture as our guide and interpreter, when the saints are told to flee to the mountains, this is where they are to go when they see the abomination that leads the Church to desolation. The security of the Mountain Retreat or the Mountain Refuge, which can only be found in God's righteousness. The faithful saints don their armaments and flee, while the unfaithful who do not watch, do not keep their garments, remains in apostate church thinking they have Christ in their church. Jesus warned us not to believe them! Leave! This is the spiritual battle of Armageddon is where
God will bring judgment upon the unfaithful. This has NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING to do with a pile of dirt somewhere in the Middle East, or Jerusalem, or 70AD or whatever. They got the wrong place, to begin with. As it is written,
His judgment must start at His house. And that house is the congregation! And always has. The elect and Christ are RELATED! For example, the Old Testament of Israel fell when Christ went to the Cross and died. Likewise, the New Testament Congregation of Israel fell when Two Witnesses were killed by the beast!
Ezekiel 9:5-7
- "And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
- Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
- And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city."
It is a given principle that judgment begins at the house of God. And Armageddon is the prelude for the NEW TESTAMENT CONGREGATION to the second coming and the judgment at the end of the world.
1st Peter 4:17
- "For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"
Therefore, the judgment begins at the
mount of Megiddo which is actually the mount of the congregation. This is where the "REAL" battle rages, not national Israel or Jerusalem. And after this place is left desolate for their abominations, then will Christ return on the clouds of glory that all must stand before Him, and the books opened. So has it always been.
Jeremiah 25:29-30
- "For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts
- Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth."
The point being, if God does not spare His own House, His own people that are called by His name Israel, should the non-covenanted heathen nations imagine that there is no judgment for them? judgment begins at the house of God. Selah.