What
is Armageddon, as referred to in the Bible?
Rev. 16:14, 16: "They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and perform signs, and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty. And they gathered them together to the place that is called in Hebrew HarMagedon [Armageddon]."
Will
Armageddon be fought only in the Middle East?
Rulers
and armies of all nations will be assembled in opposition to God
Rev. 16:14: "They go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty."
Rev. 19:19: "I saw the wild beast [human political rulership as a whole] and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage the war with the one seated on the horse and with his army."
Jer. 25:33: "Those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in that day from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth."
Use
of the name Armageddon (HarMagedon) cannot mean that the war will be fought at a literal Mountain of Megiddo
There is no literal Mountain of Megiddo; only a mound about 70 feet (21 m) high where ruins of ancient Megiddo are found.
The kings and military forces of "the entire inhabited earth" could not fit into the literal Plain of Esdraelon, below Megiddo. The plain is triangular, only 20 miles (32 km) long and 18 miles (29 km) wide at the eastern end.The Geography of the Bible (New York, 1957), Denis Baly, p. 148.[1]
The
name is fitting because of Megiddos role in history; the plain below Megiddo was the site of decisive wars
There Jehovah caused the defeat of Sisera, the chief of the Canaanite army, before Judge Barak.Judg. 5:19, 20; 4:12-24.
Thutmose III, pharaoh of Egypt, said: "The capturing of Megiddo is the capturing of a thousand towns!"Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, N.J.; 1969), edited by James Pritchard, p. 237.[2]
The reference to Megiddo (meaning "Assembly of Troops") is appropriate because Armageddon is a world situation in which the troops and other supporters of the rulers of all nations will be involved................. so it is not a litral place, remember that for the most part the book of revelation is presented in signs and symbols ,this makes me think about the place of concealment for Gods people, they are all over the world but they are in a good place , they are on Jehovahs side, that would be a good place to be, but it is not a litral place