There is no "third of the world military attacking Israel". You are possibly confusing the quote of one third of mankind being killed by fire, smoke , and sulfur (Revelation 9:18). That third of mankind is talking about the mankind of the world, and would include a taxi driver in New York City, with no military training. The attacking of Jerusalem is by "all the nations" (Revelation 14:2).
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What, How, When, Where, and Why of Har-Magedon
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There is no "third of the world military attacking Israel". You are possibly confusing the quote of one third of mankind being killed by fire, smoke , and sulfur (Revelation 9:18). That third of mankind is talking about the mankind of the world, and would include a taxi driver in New York City, with no military training. The attacking of Jerusalem is by "all the nations" (Revelation 14:2).
A "stroke" might be a credible self diagnoses. You might want to check with your physician.
TheBannerofHomuraAkemi
Active Member
Obama and Hillary no longer hold any office of power.
TheBannerofHomuraAkemi
Active Member
Do you have any credible source to that or are you just pulling the **** from your ***?
Oeste
Well-Known Member
exchemist
Veteran Member
What makes you think McCain died a terrible death? It seems to me that anyone who can announce through his family he is discontinuing treatment a mere 48hrs before he dies has had the benefit of lucidity and the company of those he loved right to the end. I can only wish for a similar end myself.
Moreover McCain did not gave the impression of being a "hater". He gave the impression of someone who cared for his fellow citizens and spoke with politeness even of people he disagreed with.
Now Trump, on the other hand, really does give the impression of being a "hater, constantly accusing his enemies - of whom he has made many - of being "losers", or "failing", in intemperate tirades on Twitter. But I expect he too will face judgement in due course. I think there is an even chance he will end up behind bars.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Someone has been watching too much Lord of the Rings and too much Faux News — possibly at the same time and while eating brownies.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Did you get this information from Elvis, who’s living in the Giant Tunnels under New Mexico with the Lizard Men who pull the Illuminati’s strings?
Agent
Member
ARMAGEDDON” has become the talk of the world. The ominous sounding word is heard more and more frequently from the lips of clergymen, politicians,statesmen, military generals,
scientists, and even economists. In the United States alone, the word Armageddon is found in the titles of at least
15 books in circulation during 1983. It has become the subject matter of numerous other books, some of which have sold into the millions of copies.
It may seem strange that this word has skyrocketed to popularity, for the first recorded use of the word Armageddon is found in the Bible—and there it is used only once. (Revelation 16:16, King James Version) Yet the clergy have not had the sole claim on use of the word. Nowadays it is a bad case of world jitters that is causing all this talk about Armageddon: threats of global nuclear annihilation, a long nuclear winter due to detonating those fearsome weapons, a great war in the Middle East, or a sudden collapse of the world’s economic foundation. The word Armageddon is thus popping up today even in the most unexpected places:
♦ A full-length Japanese animated feature cartoon film entitled “Armageddon in Kichijoji” depicts cartoon figures that represent good and evil in a battle to the finish.
Presse to say that it “could well again presage Armageddon” for the superstitious. But not one of these is the Armageddon. Today another voice proclaiming Armageddon is being heard—one soaring in intensity and sounded by more than two and a-half million people. Have you heard it? By listening to this voice, you will be able to learn not only what Armageddon is not but, more importantly, what it really
is.
scientists, and even economists. In the United States alone, the word Armageddon is found in the titles of at least
15 books in circulation during 1983. It has become the subject matter of numerous other books, some of which have sold into the millions of copies.
It may seem strange that this word has skyrocketed to popularity, for the first recorded use of the word Armageddon is found in the Bible—and there it is used only once. (Revelation 16:16, King James Version) Yet the clergy have not had the sole claim on use of the word. Nowadays it is a bad case of world jitters that is causing all this talk about Armageddon: threats of global nuclear annihilation, a long nuclear winter due to detonating those fearsome weapons, a great war in the Middle East, or a sudden collapse of the world’s economic foundation. The word Armageddon is thus popping up today even in the most unexpected places:
♦ A full-length Japanese animated feature cartoon film entitled “Armageddon in Kichijoji” depicts cartoon figures that represent good and evil in a battle to the finish.
Presse to say that it “could well again presage Armageddon” for the superstitious. But not one of these is the Armageddon. Today another voice proclaiming Armageddon is being heard—one soaring in intensity and sounded by more than two and a-half million people. Have you heard it? By listening to this voice, you will be able to learn not only what Armageddon is not but, more importantly, what it really
is.
The Anointed
Well-Known Member
Yes! It is the time that the Lord saves his chosen people and establishes his world government.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Maybe it’s time we realized that all are reconciled and begin acting like it.
The Anointed
Well-Known Member
Of course! Everyone knows that the conflict between Israel and the Arab states has been reconciled.
What idiot told you that?
Agent
Member
ARMAGEDDON is shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Ideas as to its
meaning abound. The word Armageddon, though, is derived from Har-Magedon, or Mountain of Megiddo.* It is a Bible word found at Revelation 16:16, which states: “And they gathered them together to
the place that is called in Hebrew HarMagedon [or, Armageddon].”
Who are gathered to Armageddon and why? Revelation 16:14 answers: “The
kings of the entire inhabited earth” muster “to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”
Armageddon could not be a geographic location. No mountain by that name actually exists—though a mound called Megiddo remains to this day. The real meaning of Armageddon casts its shadow back in history to warfare that centered in that area of Megiddo. The issue surrounding the battle of Armageddon—world rulership—is the great issue of today. But, although two opposing superpowers are now grappling for world domination, Armageddon will not be a world war, pitting one of these against the other. But Revelation 16:14 indicates that “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” mobilize a united front at “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”
Therefore, Armageddon is not man’s war. It is God’s war. Armageddon will find all earthly nations united in battling ‘the armies of heaven’ under the military command of the “King of kings and Lord of lords,” Christ Jesus. He is the rightful ruler of the world because God also “subjected
all things under his [Christ’s] feet.”—Revelation 19:14,16; Ephesians 1:22.
For many people, nuclear war is too chilling to think about. A 1983 joint study by 40 scientists estimates that in an allout nuclear war one third to one of the total world population would suffer immediate death. Their report, published in Science magazine, predicts a grim future
for the survivors. It warns: “In any largescale nuclear exchange between the superpowers, global environmental changes sufficient to cause the extinction of a major fraction of the plant and animal species on the Earth are likely. In that event, the possibility of the extinction of Homo sapiens cannot be excluded.”
Would Almighty God Jehovah allow such a horror? No! He did not create the
earth “simply for nothing,” but as he reassures us, he “formed it even to be inhabited.” (Isaiah 45:18) At Armageddon God will “bring to ruin those ruining the
earth,” not scorch it in a nuclear holocaust.—Revelation 11:18. How could this be when the Bible promises that Armageddon will bring swift doom for all evil nations and people? Christ, as God’s anointed King at Armageddon, “will break them with an iron scepter, as though a potter’s vessel [he] will dash them to pieces.”—Psalm 2:9; see also Proverbs 2: 21, 22; Revelation 19:11-21.
The world’s most powerful governments fear that a Third World default on debt
would propel the global economic situation into what Business Life magazine calls an “Economic Armageddon.” A collapse of the world’s banking institutions would truly be tragic, but it would not be Armageddon. The Bible Armageddon is a worldwide situation involving war, not economics. The prophet Jeremiah describes it in these graphic terms: “There is a controversy that Jehovah has with the nations.
He must personally put himself in judgment with all flesh. As regards the wicked
ones, he must give them to the sword.” —Jeremiah 25:31.
Not a War in the Middle East “Somewhere in time, the last conflagration will take place in the Middle East,” preaches world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham. On this matter, he echoes the views of many of his religious colleagues. Graham also believes that Armageddon can be delayed. “I think that the world is heading right now toward Armageddon,” he says, “and that unless there is a spiritual awakening and we turn to God, the world may face its Armageddon in this decade.”
The region of Megiddo could not begin to hold all “the kings of the earth and
their armies.” (Revelation 19:19) Therefore, would this not rule out any fundamentalist teaching that Armageddon will be a world war squeezed into the literal plain of Megiddo? The prophet Jeremiah indicates that Armageddon will encompass “the remotest parts of the earth” and that the casualties will be seen “from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth.”—Jeremiah 25:32, 33. And since Armageddon means “the war of the great day of God the Almighty,” no one can prevent it. There is nothing that humans can do that will delay it. Jehovah
has set an “appointed time” for the battle to start. “It will not be late.”—Revelation 16:14; 11:18; Habakkuk 2:3.
Armageddon is not to be feared by peopie who love righteousness. To the contrary,
it can be a basis for hope. The Bible says: “And I saw the heaven opened, and,
look! a white horse. And the one seated upon it is called Faithful and True, and he
judges and carries on war in righteousness.” (Revelation 19:11) The battle of Armageddon will wipe the earth clean of all wickedness and pave the way for the
restoration of righteous conditions.—Isaiah 11:4, 5.
meaning abound. The word Armageddon, though, is derived from Har-Magedon, or Mountain of Megiddo.* It is a Bible word found at Revelation 16:16, which states: “And they gathered them together to
the place that is called in Hebrew HarMagedon [or, Armageddon].”
Who are gathered to Armageddon and why? Revelation 16:14 answers: “The
kings of the entire inhabited earth” muster “to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”
Armageddon could not be a geographic location. No mountain by that name actually exists—though a mound called Megiddo remains to this day. The real meaning of Armageddon casts its shadow back in history to warfare that centered in that area of Megiddo. The issue surrounding the battle of Armageddon—world rulership—is the great issue of today. But, although two opposing superpowers are now grappling for world domination, Armageddon will not be a world war, pitting one of these against the other. But Revelation 16:14 indicates that “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” mobilize a united front at “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”
Therefore, Armageddon is not man’s war. It is God’s war. Armageddon will find all earthly nations united in battling ‘the armies of heaven’ under the military command of the “King of kings and Lord of lords,” Christ Jesus. He is the rightful ruler of the world because God also “subjected
all things under his [Christ’s] feet.”—Revelation 19:14,16; Ephesians 1:22.
For many people, nuclear war is too chilling to think about. A 1983 joint study by 40 scientists estimates that in an allout nuclear war one third to one of the total world population would suffer immediate death. Their report, published in Science magazine, predicts a grim future
for the survivors. It warns: “In any largescale nuclear exchange between the superpowers, global environmental changes sufficient to cause the extinction of a major fraction of the plant and animal species on the Earth are likely. In that event, the possibility of the extinction of Homo sapiens cannot be excluded.”
Would Almighty God Jehovah allow such a horror? No! He did not create the
earth “simply for nothing,” but as he reassures us, he “formed it even to be inhabited.” (Isaiah 45:18) At Armageddon God will “bring to ruin those ruining the
earth,” not scorch it in a nuclear holocaust.—Revelation 11:18. How could this be when the Bible promises that Armageddon will bring swift doom for all evil nations and people? Christ, as God’s anointed King at Armageddon, “will break them with an iron scepter, as though a potter’s vessel [he] will dash them to pieces.”—Psalm 2:9; see also Proverbs 2: 21, 22; Revelation 19:11-21.
The world’s most powerful governments fear that a Third World default on debt
would propel the global economic situation into what Business Life magazine calls an “Economic Armageddon.” A collapse of the world’s banking institutions would truly be tragic, but it would not be Armageddon. The Bible Armageddon is a worldwide situation involving war, not economics. The prophet Jeremiah describes it in these graphic terms: “There is a controversy that Jehovah has with the nations.
He must personally put himself in judgment with all flesh. As regards the wicked
ones, he must give them to the sword.” —Jeremiah 25:31.
Not a War in the Middle East “Somewhere in time, the last conflagration will take place in the Middle East,” preaches world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham. On this matter, he echoes the views of many of his religious colleagues. Graham also believes that Armageddon can be delayed. “I think that the world is heading right now toward Armageddon,” he says, “and that unless there is a spiritual awakening and we turn to God, the world may face its Armageddon in this decade.”
The region of Megiddo could not begin to hold all “the kings of the earth and
their armies.” (Revelation 19:19) Therefore, would this not rule out any fundamentalist teaching that Armageddon will be a world war squeezed into the literal plain of Megiddo? The prophet Jeremiah indicates that Armageddon will encompass “the remotest parts of the earth” and that the casualties will be seen “from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth.”—Jeremiah 25:32, 33. And since Armageddon means “the war of the great day of God the Almighty,” no one can prevent it. There is nothing that humans can do that will delay it. Jehovah
has set an “appointed time” for the battle to start. “It will not be late.”—Revelation 16:14; 11:18; Habakkuk 2:3.
Armageddon is not to be feared by peopie who love righteousness. To the contrary,
it can be a basis for hope. The Bible says: “And I saw the heaven opened, and,
look! a white horse. And the one seated upon it is called Faithful and True, and he
judges and carries on war in righteousness.” (Revelation 19:11) The battle of Armageddon will wipe the earth clean of all wickedness and pave the way for the
restoration of righteous conditions.—Isaiah 11:4, 5.
The Anointed
Well-Known Member
Acts17: 31; For he has set a day in which he shall judge the whole world with Justice by means of a MAN he has CHOSEN. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that MAN from death.
Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
"The Lord of Armageddon
At Beersheba, the Light Horse had shown themselves to be superb cavalrymen. Now, at their own request, nine regiments were armed with swords and rushed through cavalry training. Then they waited, hidden among coastal orange and olive groves, while Allenby – like a brilliant chess player – prepared for his winning move.
Everything told the Turks he was getting ready to attack in the east. Empty camps and long lines of dummy horses were laid out in the Jordan Valley. Infantry marched down into the Valley each day – and marched out again each night. A Jerusalem hotel was taken over and set up as a fake headquarters.
Then, in September 1918, Allenby struck near the coast. He pounded the Turks with an artillery bombardment, broke their line with the infantry, and Chauvel sent his huge mounted force through the gap to sweep around behind the enemy.
The retreating Turks were further battered by aerial attacks. Dazed, bewildered, they streamed down from the Samarian Hills in their thousands.
In three days, 15000 prisoners were taken. Within the fortnight, three complete armies were smashed and there were 75000 prisoners.
“Banjo” paterson had brought horses up for the great drive. He described how captured Turkish soldiers who hadn’t eaten for three days, sat down silently to accept their fate. He commented: “Neither English nor Australian troops had any grudge against the Turks, and the captured ‘Jackos’ were given more food and more cigarettes than they had enjoyed during the whole war”.
The Turkish commander had refused to eat until his troops were fed. Said Paterson: “Even in his worn and shabby uniform he could have walked into any officer’s mess in the world and they would have stood up to make room for him”.
This crippling defeat was centred on the plain of Megiddo – the Biblical Armageddon where a last terrible battle would be fought on the Day of Judgement.
When Allenby was made a Lord, he took as his title Viscount Allenby of Megiddo. He was, literally, the Lord of Armageddon."
The Mounted Soldiers of Australia – Australian Light Horse Association
So, in summary, we already had the battle of Armageddon, and Australia won it.
At Beersheba, the Light Horse had shown themselves to be superb cavalrymen. Now, at their own request, nine regiments were armed with swords and rushed through cavalry training. Then they waited, hidden among coastal orange and olive groves, while Allenby – like a brilliant chess player – prepared for his winning move.
Everything told the Turks he was getting ready to attack in the east. Empty camps and long lines of dummy horses were laid out in the Jordan Valley. Infantry marched down into the Valley each day – and marched out again each night. A Jerusalem hotel was taken over and set up as a fake headquarters.
Then, in September 1918, Allenby struck near the coast. He pounded the Turks with an artillery bombardment, broke their line with the infantry, and Chauvel sent his huge mounted force through the gap to sweep around behind the enemy.
The retreating Turks were further battered by aerial attacks. Dazed, bewildered, they streamed down from the Samarian Hills in their thousands.
In three days, 15000 prisoners were taken. Within the fortnight, three complete armies were smashed and there were 75000 prisoners.
“Banjo” paterson had brought horses up for the great drive. He described how captured Turkish soldiers who hadn’t eaten for three days, sat down silently to accept their fate. He commented: “Neither English nor Australian troops had any grudge against the Turks, and the captured ‘Jackos’ were given more food and more cigarettes than they had enjoyed during the whole war”.
The Turkish commander had refused to eat until his troops were fed. Said Paterson: “Even in his worn and shabby uniform he could have walked into any officer’s mess in the world and they would have stood up to make room for him”.
This crippling defeat was centred on the plain of Megiddo – the Biblical Armageddon where a last terrible battle would be fought on the Day of Judgement.
When Allenby was made a Lord, he took as his title Viscount Allenby of Megiddo. He was, literally, the Lord of Armageddon."
The Mounted Soldiers of Australia – Australian Light Horse Association
So, in summary, we already had the battle of Armageddon, and Australia won it.
The Anointed
Well-Known Member
Knowing that the African tectonic plate grinds against the Arabian plate in its northern migration, and the fault line runs up through the Jordan valley and under the Mount of Olives which will be split in two when the Lord come to fight for his people; did such an event occur when Allenby fought his battle?
Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
It doesn't say any such thing in any Biblical text. You're making stuff up to avoid the truth. The Battle of Armageddon was fought just over a hundred years ago, and it was won by Australia. Specifically by my own regiment. The mic is dropped, the thread is over.
GoodbyeDave
Well-Known Member
Yes!
But just give up and add him to ignore. Isn't it anoying that you can mark a post as creative or informative, but not as ignorant or stupid?
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Either the Bible is right when it says that God reconciles all things, or it’s not.
We all need to start living like it — especially the Isaelis and Arabs.