Armageddon
This site, according to Revelations, is where the final battle will be between the forces of good and evil. The name may originate from the Hebrew name "mountain of Megiddo".
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In Revelations 16 there is a description of the end of the world, and the last battle being fought at Armageddon between the forces of good and the forces of evil. The text: (16:16): "And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon".
In Hebrew the place can be interpreted as "Har-Megiddo", where Har is mountain or hill, and Megiddo is the ancient site of Tell Megiddo.
The ancient city of Megiddo is located 30Km south east of Haifa, and is located at a strategic entrance through the eastern Carmel hills where an ancient trade road (Via Maris). In this site an important City once flourished, and mentioned in the Old Testament as a strong City that played an important role in the history of the Biblical Israel. For more information - see Tell Megiddo.
The hills behind the Tell (mound) are in the south, right next to the Tell. These hills can be called Har-Megeddon, the source of the name of Armageddon. The hills actually are a lower eastern extension of Mount Carmel. This section is called Menashe mountains, and they continue on towards the great depression of the Jordan valley. This mountain ridge presented a problem in ancient times, since the passage south had to climb up the mountains. There were only few passages, and Megiddo was one of them - a sort of gate keeper.
A view from the Mountains of Megiddo shows the ancient Tell of Megiddo, Mount Tabor in the left background,
Har Hamoreh in the right background (with the village of Naim behind it), and the vast Jezreel valley. This valley and Megiddo has seen numerous battles in the ancient history, as described in the old Testament.
Note that the quarry in the foreground reveals a layer of volcanic rocks, sort of referring to the end of the world scene from Revelations "...and there was a great earthquake".
Behind the quarry - Kibbutz Megiddo.
Click on the photo to view it in higher resolution...
Yet another scene of the south hills above Megiddo, seen behind the hill, from a greater distance.
A view towards the south, where the ancient road of Via Maris passes through the hills.
In the background - the Arab City of Um-El-Fakhem which sits above the road.
Another scene of the hills of Megiddo, towards South-West.
2 And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast and upon them that worshiped his image.
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12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits
like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of
devils working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the
whole world to gather them for the battle of that great Day of God Almighty.
15 "Behold, I come as a thief.
Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and
they see his shame."
16 And he gathered them together at
a place called in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon.
17 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 has not been
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 nations fell, and great Babylon came to
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. And men blasphemed
God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague thereof was exceeding
great.
Why was the area of Megiddo selected in Revelations as the place of the future battle between the forces of Evil and forces of Good? This can be explained by the following factors:
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