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The Battle of Armageddon is the most prophesied event in all scripture. Named for Mount Megiddo in Israel’s fertile Plain of Esdraelon, the 3 1/2-year war is to take place shortly before the final coming in glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Prepared by a scholar who has specialized in the study of prophecy and last-days events, this tape provides a detailed explanation of this future cataclysmic event.
There will come a time when many nations will rise against Israel. A great general, Gog, will lead his army, Magog, to battle against the Israelite forces. The two armies will engage in fierce combat on the mountains of Israel, and the conflict will extend into Jerusalem, which will be overrun by the enemy. God will then move to save his chosen people with an earthquake.
The aftermath of the great battle is told: the great losses which will occur in both armies, the years of cleanup and recuperation, and the period of renewed missionary work. Glory and blessings will rest upon Israel in the generation after the Battle of Armageddon, but still prior to the Lord s final coming in glory.
Included is a list of references of the scriptural passages and modern quotations cited. This is a careful recounting of the dramatic conflict which will be the zenith of the history of Israel, God’s chosen people.
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Introduction
1. Rev. 16:14-16 The spirits of devils provoke the Battle of Armageddon.
The Gathering of Israel
2. Ezek. 36:24-28 The House of Israel will be gathered and will walk in the Lord's statutes.
3. Ezek. 36:29-30 The Lord will provide an adequate food supply.
4. Ezek. 36:33-36 See Jer. 33:7-14. Significant building and growth promised.
5. Jer. 33:7-14 The Lord will rebuild ruined places.
6. Jer. 3:18 Judah and Israel will walk together.
7. Zech. 10:6 Judah and Joseph will be united in the land of Israel.
Israel’s Last-days’ Boundaries and the Future Location of the Tribes of Israel
8. Ezek. 47:15-21 Israel’s boundaries will be enlarged.
9. Ezek. 37:21-22 The Children of Israel will no longer be divided.
10. Ezek. 34:23-24 Israel will come together to form one kingdom.
The Rule of David the Prince
11. Ezek 37:24-25 David will be the King of Israel.
12. History of the Church, 6:253 David will build a temple of the Lord.
13. Zech. 6:12-13 The Prince and the Branch are one and the same.
14. Jer. 23:5-6 David will reign—a righteous branch will be brought up.
15. Hos. 3:4-5 The Children of Israel will seek David their king.
16. Isa. 55:3-5 David is given as a witness for the people.
Israel’s Political Affairs Prior to the Battle
17. Isa. 11:10-16 The root of Jesse—an ensign to the people.
18. Zech. 10:3-12 Egypt and Assyria will be defeated.
19. Isa. 10:16-21 Assyria’s (Iraq’s) losses of forests and fields.
20. Isa. 19:17-25 Egypt will be smitten and then healed.
21. Isa. 11:16 A major highway will connect Egypt with Iraq.
22. Joel 3:19 Egypt and Edom shall be desolate.
23. Obad. 15-21 Israel will expand its dominions.
Building the Jerusalem Temple
24. Isa. 2:1-4 A temple will be built in Jerusalem before the battle.
25. Micah 4:1-3 The people will be judged at the temple.
26. Ezek. 40-46 Ezekiel’s vision of the temple construction.
27. Ezek. 47 Fresh water will flow from the temple site.
28. Rev. 11:1-2 The temple will be built before the Battle of Armageddon.
Summary of Other World Events
No scriptural references cited.
Potential Causes of the Armageddon Conflict
29. Ezek. 38:9-12 Other nations will come to take a spoil.
30. Rev. 16:12-16 Political leaders will take part in the war against Israel.
31. Rev. 11:6 Two prophets will have power in Jerusalem.
32. Rev. 16:12 The Euphrates River will be dried up.
33. Rev. 16:14 Antagonism toward Israel will be the result of the spirits of devils.
34. Ezek. 38:16 The Lord’s power will be made known unto all nations.
35. Ezek. 28:23 The Lord will be magnified and known by the nations.
36. Zeph. 3:8 Nations will be gathered to receive the Lord’s indignation.
The Call to Battle
37. Joel 3:9-14 A proclamation summoning nations to war against Israel.
Nations Which Will Fight Against Israel
38. Zech. 14:2 All nations will go against Jerusalem.
39. Ezek. 38:2-6 Various nations will send troops.
40. Joel. 3:1-4 The Lord will gather all nations.
Location of the Battlefield Areas
41. Rev. 16:14-16 God will gather them in a place called Armageddon.
42. Jud. 5:19 Deborah routed the forces of Sisera there.
43. 2 Kings 9:27 King Ahaziah of Israel died there.
44. 2 Kings 23:29 The Jewish King Josiah was slain there.
45. Zech. 14:2 Jerusalem also will be overcome by invaders.
46. Joel 3:2.12 God will judge the heathen in the valley of Jehoshaphat.
47. Joel 3:14 God will judge the heathen in the valley of decision.
The Conflict Begins
48. Ezek. 38:14-16 The advance of the enemy army under Gog.
49. Joel 2:2-10 The attacking force is well-disciplined.
Defense Preparations in Israel
50. Ezek. 38:21 The Lord will call for a sword against Gog.
51. Joel 2:1 Sound the alarm in Zion.
52. Joel 1:14-15 The cries unto the Lord in fasting.
53. Joel 2:15-18 Gather the people and pray.
54. Joel 2:12-14 Turn to the Lord with all your heart.
The Enemy Advances
55. Joel 1:6-12 The great devastation of Israel.
The Battle in Jerusalem
56. Zech. 12:2-3 A siege against Jerusalem.
57. Zech. 14:1-2 Half of Jerusalem will fall.
58. Rev. 11:1-12 Two prophets will be slain and brought back to life.
The Turning Point: God Enters the Battle With Supernatural Manifestations of Power
59. Joel 2:11 The Lord will speak to Israel’s army.
60. Zech. 12:8 The Lord will defend Jerusalem.
61. Zech. 10:5-7 The Lord will strengthen Judah and Joseph.
62. Zech. 12:3-7 God’s powers are manifested.
63. Ezek. 38:22 Pestilence will be poured upon Gog’s army.
64. Rev. 16:21 Huge hail and more pestilence.
65. Zech. 14:12,15 Terrible plagues will consume the enemy’s flesh.
The Great Earthquake
66. Ezek. 38:18-20 A great earthquake will throw down the mountains.
67. Joel 2:10 Joel foretells the great earthquake.
68. Rev. 16:16-21 The greatest earthquake to occur during man's time is prophesied.
It levels cities in other nations.
69. D&C 29:14-21 A prophecy of the Battle of Armageddon.
70. Zech. 14:10 The Jerusalem area will be a plain.
71. Zech. 14:4-5 The earthquake is the turning point of the battle.
72. Joel 3:18 A fountain of water from Jerusalem will affect its future.
73. Zech. 14:8 Water will flow from the fountain year-round.
74. Ezek. 47:1-12 The water will heal the Dead Sea.
The Appearance of the Lord on the Mount of Olives
75. Zech. 14:3-4 The earthquake will occur when the Lord comes.
76. D&C 45:47-50 Christ’s appearance on the Mount of Olives.
77. D&C 45:51-53 The Lord makes his identity known.
78. Zech. 12:10 The Lord’s promise: They shall look upon me.
79. Zech. 13:6 Zechariah foretells the Lord’s appearance.
The Battle’s Conclusion-an Israelite Victory
80. Ezek. 39:1-7 Gog and five-sixths of his army will be smitten.
81. Joel 3:2,12,14-16 Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
82. Joel 2:20-21 The enemy destroyed near the Dead Sea.
83. Zech. 14:12-14 The enemy is stricken with a terrible plague.
The Casualty Toll, and Israel’s Great Mourning
84. Zech. 13:8-9 Two-thirds of Israel’s population will be destroyed.
85. Zech. 12:11-14 There will be great mourning among the people.
Seven Years of Recovery
86. Ezek. 39:9-16 A seven-year cleanup program will be undertaken.
87. Ezek. 39:17-20 The beasts will prey on the dead bodies.
88. Rev. 19:17-18 The beasts will eat the flesh of the mighty.
Fate of the Nations That Oppose Israel
89. Joel 3:19 The fate of the other nations.
90. Zech. 14:16-19 Plagues and droughts will come to those nations who fail to worship the Lord.
91. Ezek. 39:21-29 The great battle will teach Israel and heathen nations.
Blessings Promised To Israel
92. Joel 2:21-32 The Lord Promises blessings to Israel.
93. Zech. 14:20-21 There will be reverence for the Lord in Israel.
94. Ezek. 44:1-3 The Lord will visit the Jerusalem temple.
95. Zech. 8:12-15,20-23 God is with Israel.
The Generation After Armageddon
96. Isa. 59:19-21: 60:1-16,22 The sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee.
Christ’s Appearance on the Mount of Olives Is Not His Final Coming in Glory
97. D&C 88:95-110 The Lord’s final coming in glory described.
98. Rev. 19:11-16 The Lord returns mounted on a white horse.
99. D&C 101:23; Rev. 1:7; Isa. 40:5 Every eye will witness His advent when he comes.
100. Morm. 9:2-5 The elements shall melt with fervent heat.
101. Isa. 40:3-4 Every valley will be exalted.
102. D&C 133:21-25 The Lord will send the great deep back to the North.
103. D&C 101:24-25; Isa. 24:5-6 The earth will be cleansed by fire.
104. Rev. 19:6-9 The Lord will be reunited with His church.
105. D&C 133:46-52 "I have trodden the winepress."
106. Matt. 24:36-44 The day of Christ’s final coming is not known.
Conclusion
107. Ezek. 39:21-19 "All will know that I am the Lord their God."
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