Armageddon: In A.D.69, the time was
near.
John got this revelation from
God about A.D.69 before the temple was
destroyed. Every prophecy in Revelation
would shortly take place.
Armageddon in Our Future
is Myth: While
this doctrine of an end time in
the generation of the apostles is
reinforced throughout the New
Testament, an end time in a future
to our generation is never
suggested. We do not live in the
end time. Jesus and the Apostles
did. It's doctrine. Jesus was not
confused. We are. A future
Armageddon is myth.
(Revelation 16-19)
When: Soon after A.D.69 when
Revelation was written. Before A.D.
116 when Trajan went to Babylon and
found nothing but "mounds and stones
and ruins" (Dio's Rome, Dio Cassius,
LXVIII.30) Armageddon was the sixth
bowl judgment and the destruction of
Babylon was the seventh bowl
judgment (Rv.16)
Where: West of the Euphrates in a
place called Har-Magedon 2000 years
ago.
Who: The
kings from the East (Parthia) and
the kings from the whole "habitable
world". The Roman Empire and
adjacent nations were defined
as the "habitable earth" 2000 yeas
ago. Lands beyond that were
called "inhabitable earth." The
kings from the Roman Empire, Parthia
in the East, and kings from North
and South of the Empire gathered for
war on the great day of God the
Almighty.
Why: God's
wrath on the "habitable earth." (The
Roman Empire and adjacent lands.
What: The bowls of God's
wrath were His last judgments on the
habitable earth. They included
painful sores, every living thing in
the sea died, the rivers and springs
became blood, intense heat from the
sun, the kingdom of the beast
was plunged into darkness, the kings
gathered for battle in a place
called Armageddon, and God would
pour out His wrath on the great
ancient city of Babylon. Babylon
would be consumed by fire and thrown
down never to be found again.
The beast and kings of the earth and
their armies gathered to make war
with a rider on a white horse and
armies of heaven following him. The
rider's name was "Word of God." The
armies of the kings of the earth
were all killed and the beast and
false prophet were thrown alive into
the lake of fire burning with
brimstone.
This
is the history of the biblical
Armageddon nearly 2000 years ago.
Armageddon today is
Myth!
Some of you may ask why these
events were not recorded in history
books. Some were. But most history of
the A.D. 70's and 80's is missing. For
the best detailed information of
conspicuous missing Roman history after
A.D. 70, refer to Chapter 6 in Prophecy
Paradox: the Case for a First
Century End Time.