The material on this website cannot be copied or duplicated for any reason. There are no Jewish witnesses to kill this time, but it will be clear to everyone that these sorts of plagues are associated with the Jews, and that a surviving remnant of Jews has been protected by God for the past 3 1/2 years (Rev 12:6, 14). Zech. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. Just hearing the name can make you sober, even shiver: Armageddon. . Bible verses pertaining to Battle of Armageddon with light commentary. All of Israel saved Isaiah 64 amen . Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war (the Great Tribulation) against the rest of her offspringthose who keep Gods commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. After that, he must be set free for a short time. This sort of thing has happened other times in scripture, where someone witnessed a holy being, fell as if dead, but was then revived when told by the holy person to not be afraid. In the Bible, Armageddon refers to a climactic future battle between God and the forces of evil, as recorded in the book of Revelation. Verses are ranked by number of votes. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will diminish their brightness. Rev. Revelation 14:20 The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 20 And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse's bridle, for a distance of about two . 16: And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped., What is noteworthy at this point in the narrative is that there are two separate and distinct reapings: One by the Son of man, (isnt that Christ?) I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Bible Gateway. Ver. horse bridles, by the space of a . See his The Revelation of Jesus Christ: A Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1966), 189. The general consensus with regard to this passage is that the battle of the Day of the LORD is being described, or at least the result of it. A glancingreference to this battle is also described in the sixth seal, which itself is a summary of the bowls: Rev 6:15-17 15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?. The above interpretation at least has Scripture to back it up. They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. The Rider on the White HorseIn the Revelation, the above events are described as the Lord riding into battle on a white horse with the angels of heaven behind Him. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. Follow up questions can be sent to: These people are enumerated as follows: (1) the kings of the earth, then (2) the great men and the commanders, and finally (3) the rich and the strong and every slave and free man. After the gathering of the troops, the battle is probably elsewhere. I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. It was outside the city that they pressed the fruit. God had created a special priesthood just for that purpose throughMelchizedek (Gen 14:18-20, Psalm 110:4, Heb 7:1-28). The first angel preached the ever lasing Gospel. CSB Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses' bridles for about 180 miles. To the people on earth, the coming of the Lord will appear as dark clouds, thunderstorms, and lightning that will suddenly fill the sky and that will cause all the peoples on earth to mourn.Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. The Bible mentions Armageddon only once, in Revelation 16:16. : "And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon." The Greek word Armageddon comes from two Hebrew words: Har Megiddo, meaning "the hill of Megiddo." The common (but misleading) notion is that Armageddon will be the last, climactic battle to be fought on . and trodden was the wine-press outside of the city, and blood did come forth out of the wine-press -- unto the bridles of the horses, a thousand, six hundred furlongs. Isaiah 63:1-3 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. But to have an event where an actual river of blood flows out from a wide valley for a considerable distance, suggests an event on a scale well beyond anything mankind has ever experienced or even imagined! Yet these terms all refer to the same place: The Valley (Hebrew: ha emek). This corresponds with how, earlier, we read that the Lord will lead the angels into battle with a sword coming out of His mouth. CSB Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses' bridles for about 180 miles. Rich Traver, The phrase is used in a similar way in the OT.[4]. A more pertinent cross-reference would be that in Matthew 25:31-46, where the righteous are set apart and awarded Life before the confirmed wicked are then sentenced to a just and everlasting punishment. Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Isaiah 34:2-5: 2For the LORDS indignation is against all the nations, And His wrath against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to slaughter. The Bible tells us that blood will flow for 1600 furlongs (200 miles). I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold, Verses 13-14 indicate that this battle will be instigated by, Verse 15, as it is placed here, informs usthat this battle will be at least part of the , Verse 15 also offers a blessing to some, which suggests that people on earth may still repent even as late as the sixth bowl event, and this, Verse 16 confirms that nations of the world shall heed this call to battle, and it says that the place where their armies will gather is called , Verses 15-17 say that it is Christs intent is to conquer all nations with a , Verses 18-19 make it clear that this is a. Verses 20-21 describe the outcome of the battle. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. But for Gods purposes, the battle of Armageddon will exalt Christ as the one and only king over all the earth(Zech 14:9). NT Prophecy: Revelation 14:20 The winepress was trodden outside (Rev. They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the winepress as high as horses bridles for a distance of about one hundred eighty miles. And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and . This is the last horrific battle before the establishment of God's kingdom on Earth. 24:15-21In the above warning, the people are told that when they see the desecration of the Temple, (the abomination that causes desolation) they were to flee to the mountains in order to avoid being killed in the attack. Rather, it seems to describe the harvest of a fully ripened vintage of humanity. Hebrews 13:11,12 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp, Revelation 19:14-21 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, Isaiah 34:5-7 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. Rev 14:19-20. As Carrington says, . It is referred to many times throughout the Bible in fact over 300 times in the New Testament alone. Here, the wine press metaphor is described asharvesting of the grapes of wrath (the sin of men) which have been declared as ripe (the point has been reached where God will tolerate their sin no longer). In each of the above accounts, we read of the Great Earthquake and Severe Hailstorm that will destroy the armies of the Beast and cause everyone to hide in caves. From a derivative probably of paio; to trample. It is described that, "the blood will be up to the horses bridles", and in other representative ways that are not meant to be taken as exactly literal. Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. John writes that the "kings of the whole world" will gather "together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty" (16:14). I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords. Heb 4:13 says no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.. God protected these two witnesses such that all efforts to stop them had failed for nearly 1260 days until Antichrist finally killed them (Rev 11:5, 7). However, these commenters do very insightfully note that the event described in the preceding three verses, 14 to 16, present the harvest of the righteous! Rev. 20 Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses' bridles for about 180 miles. 19:19. On rare occasion, such as during the Revolutionary War, a pond was stained red by the blood of . First, the leaders are captured and destroyed, and then the rest are killed and their bodies are left as food for the birds. All material on this site is covered under national and international copyright laws and is intended for the private use of its viewers in individual or small-group Bible study. But this battle also seems to serve Gods purposes. Rev 16:15 KJV, Rev 16:15 ASV, Rev 16:15 NLT, Rev 16:15 YLT). As Jesus described it, And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. (Matt 24:30). But he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not (Rev 1:14-17). He threw him into the Abyss,and locked and sealedit over him, to keep him from deceiving the nationsanymore until the thousand years were ended. They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. [3] A situation similar to that of Elijah in 2nd Kings chapter 1. The latest such plague shall be darkness over all the earth (the fifth bowl event). The place calledArmageddon comes from Rev 16:16, which says that the armies will gather there. When the Beast goes up to Jerusalem and kills the two prophets, it will not be an isolated event, but will take place as part of a much larger attack on Jerusalem, itself, which will be followed the Great Tribulation when the armies of the Beast will occupy Jerusalem for 42 months. Consider some of the Biblical events, including battles, that occurred in The Valley: Deborah and Barak: Their great victory against Jabin king of Canaan and his general Sisera happened at Mount Tabor (Judges 4). Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular. 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! By being victorious over all nations, Christ becomes king of kings, while at the same timedoing so legitimately according tothe laws of men. I watched as he opened the sixth seal. . It came up as high as the horses' heads for about two hundred miles. And the wine press was trodden without the city. And the wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia. The Battle of Armageddon begins when the Jews Call on Jesus as Their Messiah Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and . 18: And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. Yet the . When the armies of the Beast are destroyed and the Remnant escapes, it will fill Satan with rage, and he will, then, wage a war (the Great Tribulation) against those who hold fast to their testimony of Jesus and keep Gods commands.The Battle of ArmageddonAll of the above forms the background for the Battle of Armageddon, which will take place after the Attack on Jerusalem and after the 3 period of the Great Tribulation. Revelation 16:12-16 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. As discussed above, its not that hard to see why the unredeemed world would come to do battle against Israel. In His role as king over all the earth, he shall put an end to sin all over the earthand establish His Millennial Kingdom, followed by His kingdom of everlasting righteousness over all the earth(Dan 9:24,Isa 13:9,Isa 26:9, Jer 33:15, 2 Pet 3:13). No, Jerusalem (Joel 3:1-2; Zechariah 12:2-14; 14:2-4). They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. Revelation 14:18-20 say the blood from this battle will fill the Valley of Jehoshaphat that cuts through Jerusalem with blood up to the horses' bridles! And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles. The Battle of Armageddon. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflowso great is their wickedness! Joel 3:12-13Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 14These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.. Notice something important about the so-called "Battle of Armageddon" (16:16). Except as noted, * Scriptures taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. . There was a great earthquake. Many see this as a world-wide conflagration because of the use of whole world. But its not. However, we should understandthat there are also other places in Israel that scripture hasidentifiedas locations where these armies will gather. "The winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles (that's about 4 feet), for one thousand six hundred furlongs (or about 200 miles)." Here we have the clearest glimpse yet of Armageddon. Even under these circumstances, the determined nations shall utterly commit themselves to the great cause of sending armies to destroy Israel in hopes of saving the world, because they are convinced that Israel is somehow causing the plagues. This is an armyof glorified saints, and they are the ones the Bible describes as clothed in clean garments, referring back to the Bride of Christ in heaven (Rev 19:8). From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. High reputation commentaries and various churches regularly associate this event with the great battle of the Day of the Lord. That being, the defeat of the Beast Powers armies at or near Jerusalem at Christs return. Matt. (To read more about the Attack on Jerusalem, see Is the Attack on Jerusalem a Past Event?) In their own boast they named the same number as the Biblical prediction. Do we not remember how the world went on hold after 911? It would flow out to the sea and to all of the surrounding land. Also, "Har Megiddo" doesn't fit linguistically: But he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not. Please note that Megiddo is not a mountain, it is an archaeological tell (man-made hill) in the great valley. The winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress to the height of a horses bridle for a distance of two hundred miles. You have to go back to chapters 8 (712) and 9 (15 and 18) for the context of this topic. 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. The mere mention of the word Armageddon evokes ominous images of apocalyptic slaughter, nuclear holocaust and blood flowing to the horse bridles. Ver.15. But the picture represented may not be one so simple as that! I believe that when Christ returns, all those who wereChristians before the bowls began will have an aerial view of the battle. But the number appears to have another meaning than the number of Roman soldiers from that area; it appears to suggest the number of demons that were released on Israel and Jerusalem. The description, of course, implies the terrific nature of the punishment - probably nothing more. The battle of Armageddon Revelation 16:14 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 to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Coincidence?[5]. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. The Bible says there will be blood up to the horses' bridles (Revelation 14:20). So, pi * 971150.4^2 * 5 = 1.481470008 x 10^13 cubic feet. Revelation 13. Many are saying that the battle is near at hand, and that it will be a terrifying day for the world, perhaps a nuclear holocaust and much else. 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