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The War Of All Wars!!! (Armageddon)
Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 1, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: Having never been in the military I hear fellows talk about some of the wars that they were involved. When I hear them talk of these wars I have to set back and listen because I have never been any of the wars they talk about.
But one day all of us will find ourselves in the WAR OF ALL WARS and we are going to have a ring side seat as we watch the Lord win this great battle call Armageddon.
Before we get started in Revelation 19 that deals with Armageddon, I need to explain why Revelation chapter 17 and 18 is in the scriptures.
In Revelation 16 the Lord made the most important announcement to mankind that will ever be made.
WHAT IS THAT ANNOUNCEMENT?
God is making the announcement the world as we know it to be will CEASE TO EXIST.
That announcement is made when this seventh vial is poured out on the inhabitants of the earth and the Lord says, IT IS DONE!
Imagine reading these words in your local newspaper.
Look at Rev. 16:17-21 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, it is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nation's fell(This is not a regional earthquake but a worldwide earthquake) and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent (About the size of a cannon ball) and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
After the Lord has declared all twenty-one judgments has taken placed on the inhabitants of the earth in three and a half years (Great Tribulation) one of the angels came to John and state in
Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters. (Many waters represent many nations)
These are almost the same word after the church age is over and the rapture takes place in Revelation chapter four He told John in Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
But notice one of the seven angels that poured out the seven vials said “Come here, I want to show you why these seven-vial judgement was poured out on the GREAT WHORE!!!
WHO IS THE GREAT WHORE?
Prostitutes are common images in the Old Testament for unfaithfulness, for example in,
• Jerusalem Isaiah 1:21,
• Tyre in Isaiah 23:16-17
• Nineveh in Nahum 3:4.
• Israel herself is compared to a prostitute in Jeremiah 3:6-10;
There has always been evil in the world from the time of Adam and Eve.
But since the days of Babylon there has been an organized opposition of evil to oppose God.
This organized religion has caused the blood shed of God’s people and now the Judgment of God is being poured out on these ungodly people.
Today I will be preaching on the war of all wars…. AMAGEDDON!
Let us first look at…
I.THE REASON FOR AMAGEDDON
When we talk about wars, we need to understand wars do not just happen.
THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON FOR EVERY WAR!
Armageddon will happen for TWO reasons.
(1) SOME LEADERS FEEL THAT WARS ARE JUSTIFIED
Let me illustrate…
Illus: Russia surprised the world on February 24, 2022, by invading Ukraine, starting a brutal battle that is still raging today.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has given his public explanations for why he launched the invasion.
He said Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, before declaring itself an independent country before the USSR collapsed in December 1991
The country has maintained its independence ever since.
But Putin still refers to Ukraine as belonging to Russia and denies it's a nation in its own right.
• He told President George W. Bush in 2008 that Ukraine wasn't even a country.
• Putin spoke to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview released on February 8, 2024, where he argued Russia has a historic claim to Ukraine.
Some leaders JUSTIFY STARTING A WAR.
But there is another reason wars are started…
(2) MANY LEADERS ARE MOTIVATED BY POWER AND GREED
Behind all war leaders give all kinds of explanations for their justifying invading another country but if the truth was known most of the time wars exist because of power and greed.
