Every major conflictreignites Armageddon talk

“At Armageddon ‘the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His [God’s] wrath (Rv.16:19) will be poured out, and the forces of evil will be overthrown and destroyed” (Nelson’s, 99)

War brings out Armageddon talk (Tennessean)

Armageddon, Oil and the Middle East Crisis sold 300,000 in 1st printing. …Persian Gulf conflict fulfills conditions “exactly as the Bible anticipates in its prophecies of the end of time” (John Walvoord)

I. Nature Of Revelation

RevelationRevelation

Highly symbolic, 1:1 404 verses; 278 allude to OT

Language couched in OT imagery Over 500 OT references & allusions

in Revelation

Apocalyptic literatureApocalyptic literature:: 200 BC–AD 200: writings of Jews & Christians

Animals, colors, numbers, struggle Universe: two camps: good & evil Supernatural powers behind warring

camps: God & satan At end of time, everyone on side of one Final separation occurs at judgment

Revelation

SignifiedSignified (Rv.1:1)

Def.: to show by some sort of sign (RR)

Jn.21:18-19. Rv.12:1 Rv.13:2 – leopard bear lion

Americaneagle

Britishlion

Politicalcartoon:animals,

tug of warw. rope…

Apocalyptic: persecution;God’s people appear to lose

I. Nature Of Revelation

II. Armageddon: Revelation 16

Bowls of wrath (Rv.16)

Six bowls (1-16) Euphrates dries up; makes way for

kings (12) Three unclean spirits (13-14) Harmageddon

Seventh bowl (17-21)

Armageddon

Jg.51 Sm.312 Sm.42 K.23

Destruction of unholy trio

1.1. BeastBeast (13:1-10); 17:3-9-18; 19:…11-21

2.2. False prophetFalse prophet (13:11-13-18) 19:20-21

3.3. DragonDragon (ch.12) 20:2, seized…

1. A ‘no account’ battle2. OT Megiddo language symbolizes

conflict between good & evila. Isa.63:1-3b. Rv.5:6, 9

I. Nature Of Revelation

III. Places In Revelation

II. Armageddon: Revelation 16

Places symbolize concepts

ZionZion (Rv.14:1) & Jerusalem (21:2) = God’s spiritual city: church in glory

BabylonBabylon = apostasy, sin (Rv.14:8) EgyptEgypt & SodomSodom (Rv.11:8) = oppression,

wickedness EuphratesEuphrates (Rv.16:12 (16) = war. Is.7:20 MegiddoMegiddo = famous battlefield (Jg.4-5)

I. Nature Of Revelation

II. Armageddon: Revelation 16

IV. Principles Of Prophecy

III. Places In Revelation

1.1. Some literal, some figurative. Mal.4; Is.40

2.2. Spiritual kingdom – Jn.6:15; 18:36

3.3. Do not ignore fulfillment (e.g.: Ezra, Neh.)

a. Ep.1:20-22, above all nownow

b. 1 Jn.2:18, many antichrists thenthen (2 Co.10:3-5)

A literal interpretation of a figurative prophecy is a misinterpretation

666(Rv.13:18)

JFK, Kissinger, popes, etc. How to decide? Cipher: number the alphabet –

A = 100 B = 101 C = 102 D = 103 Etc.

H I T L E R 107 108 119 111 104 117

Four aids to identify antichrist

1. If proper name won’t fit, use a title

2. If English won’t work, use Greek, Hebrew, or Latin (e.g.: Nero)

3. Use alternate spellings if necessary

4. Use manuscript variants (Rv.13:18)

If you do it right, you can be antichrist!

Maometis or Moametisfor Mohammed

Gk.: 1005Hebrew letters:

Neron Kaisar : 666Nero Kaisar: 616