The Battle of Armageddon

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

05/29/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
The position of Armageddon
1. The final battle
The battles of Megiddo
The last battle
The enemies of Israel
Gog and Magog in the Quran
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

The prophesied battle of armageddon-to take place sometime near the end of the world-has gripped the imagination of millions of people for at least two millennia, but there is a great deal of confusion about what this battle is, where it is supposed to take place, and who is to fight in it. This is partly because the various biblical prophecies about the End Time do not agree with each other on these points. This paper will look at the prophecies and connect them to what we know of historical events.According to the Revelation to John at the end of the New Testament, the last battle before the return of the Messiah will be at armageddon, though this place is spelled Harmagedon in the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Revelation 16:16 says that this is a Hebrew term, and most scholars believe armageddon or Harmagedon is a transliteration of the Hebrew har megiddo, or mountain of Megiddo. Megiddo is a town located in the Jezreel Valley, which is also called the Plain of Esdraelon. This valley is located about halfway between Haifa, on the Mediterranean coast, and Tiberias, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, both located in Israel.Some scholars disagree with this identification of armageddon, because there is no mountain at Megiddo. Nonetheless, there is a tell or hill of about seventy feet, which, in an area with few mountains, would be sufficient to explain why the city might be called har megiddo in the first century. We will also see that Megiddo had been the location of many major battles by the time Revelation was written, which supports the identification of the city as armageddon, the place where the final battle would be fought.