The Massive Battle Called Armageddon

The Massive Battle Called Armageddon - Joseph Chambers - www.pawcreek.org

 

Revelation 22

 

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

 

The Battle of Armageddon is the final action and the awesome result of the Marriage Supper. When the Lord Jesus Christ takes His Bride and the Bride crowns the Bridegroom King of Kings, the celebration must begin. The King Himself prepares the honeymoon with a Great White Horse to ride. He bears His name and wears all the glory bestowed upon Him. One part of His attire must reveal His worldwide and supernatural authority. Before leaving for the triumphant ride He dipped His vesture in the Divine Blood on Heaven's altar. That Divine Blood is as alive as when He ascended on Resurrection morning to offer it as the sacrifice on the altar within the Heavenly Holy of Holies. For Christ to visit this sacred place before leaving to reign a thousand years on earth is spectacular.

 

The Bride also must prepare for this celebration. This company of saints includes martyrs that died gruesome deaths, saints that sacrificed everything for their Master, literally the greatest of the greats. The fathers of the faith are there: Enoch, Elijah, and Elias, multiple prophets of old, the patriarchs, apostles, and saints of all ages. Apostle Paul sets humbly upon a white stallion with painless marks of his suffering. If Jesus bears his marks in a glorified body, we well bear our marks in the same way. Everyone is attired in spotless white celebration attire. White horse, beautiful and mighty stallions are ready for one and all. The call rings out and the descent to earth begins.

 

Christ the Bridegroom and His Bride, a company of the grandest and most awesome, move quickly out of the Pearly Gates and stream across the pathless sky. Down, down they descend until the earth comes in to view. They see the massive army of the Antichrist long before they are seen themselves. They hear the blasphemy and battle cries that rise from the millions of trained warriors. They see Jerusalem and immediately know the fear of the Jews gathered and preparing every possible defense available. No one can doubt there is no human victory possible. Jerusalem will soon be devastated to oblivion.

 

Never the less, an answer is descending from above. At this point, the Antichrist kingdom is in ruins. Babylon, the capitol, is burning with fire and the headquarters of the One World Religion has been destroyed. The Antichrist is seething with hatred, and his false trinity is using the last ounce of their powers to gather an army for a last-ditch stand. The chosen location is Megiddo in Northern Israel, and Jerusalem is bracing for an all-out war. The Jews that have not been killed will have retaken Jerusalem and are preparing for the greatest battle of their existence. The army of the Antichrist is massive and Israel knows they will either be victorious or the ancient city will be no more. The massacre of the smaller cities in Northern Israel has already cost many Israeli lives. The whole area stretching into Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan is an incredible war camp and nobody gives Israel an ounce of hope. It's hundreds-to-one in favor of this army of beasts.

 

Malachi 4

 

1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

 

Elders, the raptured saints, the saints redeemed during the tribulation years, Jewish believers of the one hundred forty-four thousand and their converts, the host of angels, cherubim - those living creatures, the great God and His Son - the Lamb, and the seven Spirits or the fullness of God's Holy Spirit have all participated in the wedding in the sky.

 

Satan's trinity is well connected to the spirit realm and they know what is happening in the heavens. This dark threesome is in continuous troubling conversation with their generals and commanders. The army is massive, but they are a very disturbed multitude. They can be united only by cultic deceptions and constant debates made horrendous by the many language barriers. Hatred for every living Jew and any semblance of Biblical Christianity is the one power and idea that deters total revolt. They are one in purpose only because the condition of the present Antichrist kingdom is chaos and there is nothing else to dream about but war on Jerusalem. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the word of god. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." Revelation 19:11-14

 

The Lamb has received His Bride and the earth must become their redeemed possession. The army in Heaven includes all His saints: every redeemed soul, the elders of chapter four, the Tribulation Saints of chapter seven, the one hundred and forty-four thousand of His Jewish kin and their converts of chapters fourteen and fifteen, and the two witnesses of chapter eleven. The Antichrist army is as prepared as the Antichrist crowd can obtain. The Lamb must lay aside the appearance of death and take up the office of the "Word of God." The "Word of God" rides a white stallion and His army rides white horses with Him.

 

This is the Battle of Armageddon. Every title that has prepared Christ for this great moment rides with Him on His white stallion. He is "Faithful and True." It is righteousness alone that He comes to establish. The judgments of this descent of Christ are to establish the purity of the Father on this earth. Almost all wars have been the result of the anger, vindictiveness, and lust of mankind; but this is a holy war to cleanse the earth of the last vestige of carnal men and their carnal pursuits. The armies of the Antichrist were slain on the battlefield of Armageddon; but their politicians, their supportive trainees, and those that handle the logistics of shipping the war machinery must be dealt with in the countries of the world. This army that rides with the Son of God will be fully prepared to take possession of the earth for great victory on the white stallion.

 

His appearance is the rendering of all He will represent as King of Kings over all God's created world. We saw Him as a Lamb slain during the entire seven years of tribulation, but now the new appearance must match the new challenge. He is coming to perfect a world, transforming it from human government to divine government. The omniscient, all-knowing, all wisdom, revelation of the eternal Son of God is breathtaking. He is wearing the crown of all crowns - the final crown of all kingdoms - because He alone will rule the world in righteousness. He has a name that is His final name, the total of all His names, because He is the Son of man, perfected and the Son of God accepted by the entire universe.

 

While His glory is that expression of total triumph over all the results of sin and redemption, He will still bear the remembrance of sin. His vesture, a small part of His matchless robe, is dipped in blood. Eternity, though high and exalted above all the pains of sin and rebellion, will forever remember His sacrifice. Coupled with the vesture dipped in blood is His name, the "Word of God." One God-man, Jesus Christ, is the eternal manifestation of the Father's spoken word as well as the fullness of His sacrifice.

 

His army is fully ready and armed with His authority. This is the first time in Revelation that His saints are called His army. They became His elders when they were raptured. They are His Bride at this moment of descent to the earth, but will not be called such until after the Millennium. They must serve as His army, then as His kings and priests, and then they will enter the nuptial city to celebrate eternity and begin their reign as His chosen Bride, basking in His glorious city and His glorious presence forever. "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of almighty god. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." Revelation 19:15-16

 

Micah 7

 

16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

 

This expression of the Word of God as a sword proceeding from His lips is Heaven's best rendering of the infallible Bible. All judgment - every act of divine reckoning - must proceed from the Word. The Holy Bible contains the exact words of the Son of God, Who is the word incarnate. You cannot separate the Word of God in its written form from the Word of God in person. When this world gets this manifestation of the Lamb of God made up of the Word of God - descending and revealing - the entire universe will bend, bow, and surrender to His mastery. This Word becomes a rod as it proceeds from His mouth and the rule and reign of this earth yields tenderly into His hands. The Word is both fury towards sin, but also a shepherd's rod towards a yielding populace of the earth's redeemed. The Word has entered the winepress and flows out of the winepress as righteousness to rule the world. The Word is fury to the wicked, but joy to the righteous.

 

The vesture dipped in blood is inscribed with words of His majesty. The strength of a man is in His thigh and the Son of God is the ultimate Son of Man. Both His vesture and His thigh are inscribed with the words, "King of Kings and Lord of Lords." Every glory that has been manifest of the Son of God comes to be revealed as He descends to finish the Antichrist kingdom and to establish God's kingdom on earth. There can be no failure or mistakes. Every name of authority is now perfected in one great person as God ordained. The Son of God is returning to earth, this time to conquer.

 

"And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great god; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." Revelation 19:17-21

 

It's all over but the clean-up. The first act after He descends is for an angel to call for the fowls of the air to gather to devour the flesh of this slaughtered army of deceived and angry worshippers of Satan. The angel calls the fowls to "the supper of the great God." God is so very patient, but when the axe falls, it will be final. Even during these seven years of the Great Tribulation, men have had invitation after invitation to repent. Nobody will go to hell but those that deserve to go to hell. The mercy of God will guarantee this fact.

 

I marvel at an army so blatant that they can look up at the heavens that are filled with saints led by the Eternal Son and still propose to fight. They saw Him and His great redeemed host and sent out the call, "Fight, fight Him." Surely, He will laugh at their ignorance before He speaks the final words. To consider such a scene is almost like Heaven itself. Satan must be respected for His audacity. The history of the war on God reads like a novel. If it could be called fiction, those that know God and His Word could easily understand it. But, Satan is real and his war against God is real, but it will end at the prophesied moment when Satan passes his last God's appointed privilege. The Father has always been in control. He is sovereign.

 

Psalm 19

 

1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

 

Conclusion

 

The Beast of the Antichrist is taken captive with his stooge of a false prophet and a false organization of religions. The greatest insanity is that of an imitation Christian coalition of Bible-carrying church folks. The worst of their translations still has enough truth to condemn their darkness. This whole Antichrist crowd is seen in this closing moment as worshippers, but worshippers of a masquerade with Satan's incomplete mastery. The two beasts go straight to the Lake of Fire while his horde of deceived followers are killed. They will wait for the resurrection of damnation and the White Throne Judgment.

 

The victory is complete. The earth is now ready to be blessed with the Millennial Kingdom. Sin and sorrow, pain and death, will give vent to the blessings of the Creator. Christ and His kings and priests will rule the natural people that have survived. The earth is going to explode in its creative wonders without the curse to impede its beauty. The Millennial Kingdom will be grand.