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What Is the Battle of Armageddon?

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If you have questions about the end of the world—and who doesn't?—get your answers here​


In popular speech, Armageddon has become a term for the final military battle of world history. It also has an extended meaning and can refer to any devastating conflict, whether or not it would be the final one. Thus, during the Cold War, people feared that World War III would bring about a “nuclear Armageddon,” even if the human race survived.

The basis for this idea is found in a passage in the book of Revelation that describes the trio of evil beings—the dragon (i.e., the devil), the beast, and the false prophet—who disgorge “three foul spirits like frogs” that “go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.” These kings then assemble “at the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon” (16:13-16).

We are told that “they will make war on the Lamb [i.e., Jesus], and the Lamb will conquer them” (17:14). This conflict is described in Revelation 19:11-21, and the outcome is that the beast and the false prophet are captured and thrown alive into hell, while the devil is bound for a thousand years so that he cannot deceive the nations during the millennium (20:1-6).

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