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What was prophesied to happen at Armageddon?

Ever since 2009, YHVH has been warning the Israelite nations of the world by causing severe weather conditions and natural disasters to try and bring us back to worshipping Him the way He intended the commonwealth of Israel to do, since He entered into a covenant relationship with them at Mount Sinai. But because most of the nations belonging to the lost ten tribes of Israel have lost our identity, culture and all knowledge about our covenant with Elohim, we are not even aware of the fact that YHVH is busy punishing us to try to get us to return to Him, as He tells us in Amos 3: 4 – 6, saying: ‘Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something? (5) Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? (6) If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not YHVH done it?’

Most people and governments blame the changes in the weather to natural phenomenon and air pollution caused by having too many factories and motor vehicles which have been destroying the ozone layer that protects us from the Sun’s rays. They hold seminars world-wide to try and get the developed countries to stop polluting the environment and even though going green and using less electricity and fuel will go a long way to save our planet and some money, it is not the final solution for the problems facing the world today, as Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah 24: 4 – 6, saying: ‘The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. (5) The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. (6) Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.’ Whilst most are too blind to understand that if we begin to obey the commandments given in the first five books of the Scriptures known as Torah, others believe that faith in the Messiah did away with the need to obey Torah any longer. This despite Messiah’s own words in John 5: 43 – 47 where He said clearly: “I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive (or believe) Me; if another shall come in his own name (like for example a pastor or Christian teacher), you will receive him. (44) How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only Elohim? (45) Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. (46) For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. (47) But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” Even though Christianity claims faith in Yahshua our Messiah, they contradict most of what He taught in the Scriptures. In addition, there are many who are happy with the world as it is and have never truly prayed for Elohim’s kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven, but instead mock those who are proclaiming the gospel of the coming Kingdom of Elohim into the world, as Rav Kepha warned in 2 Peter 3 & 4, saying: ‘Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts. (4) and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.”

Since the introduction of the internet, e-mail, cell phones, web pages and social media, people have access to information that was never as readily available as we have it today. This made it possible for people to surf the internet and discover webpages containing various prophecies and predictions based on heavenly signs about how close some believe we are to the end of the age, based on some of the prophesied information available in the word of Elohim, the Scriptures and by Yahshua the Messiah himself in the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke, but also in the book of Revelation. This brings us to our question at the beginning, namely: What was prophesied to happen at Armageddon? Many believe that a nuclear war destined to annihilate all of mankind will occur in a place (in Israel) in the Middle East, called Armageddon. The word Armageddon is taken from two Hebrew words, namely Har-Megiddo, meaning the mountain or hill of Megiddo. We read about Armageddon in Revelation 16: 16, as follows: ‘And they gathered them together to the place which in the Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.’ Even so, notice that it does not say that the armies are gathered together to attack each other, but in preparation for a great battle to take place there. We read from verses 13 & 14 of Revelation 16, that these armies are demon inspired to gather together in this area, in this way: ‘And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; (14) 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 Elohim, the Almighty.’ It is important to understand that by this time the events mentioned in Revelation 6, leading up to and including the Great Tribulation, have already happened.

So let’s backtrack to the events mentioned in Revelation 6, to get the full picture. We start reading from Revelation 6: 1 & 2 with the opening of the seven seals, as follows: ‘And I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” (2) And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him; and he went out conquering, and to conquer.’ The breaking of the first seal is the start of the things that will usher in the end time events. The white horse has to do with religion; we know that when Yahshua returns one day, He will also come on a white horse, but, as we see in Revelation 19: 15, He will come with a sword, with which to smite the nations. The one riding the white horse in Revelation 6 will have a bow in his hand. This is one who goes out conquering and to conquer. The question is: Conquering what? I do not believe that this is talking about the religious groups who go out preaching hell and damnation to scare people into believing their false doctrines, as this has been happening since the start of Christianity. In fact, talking about the end of the age, Yahshua identified this as the beginning of the events that will lead up to His return. We read his warning in Matthew 24: 4 & 5, as follows: “See to it that no one misleads you (talking to His disciples and by implication also us, His modern day disciples). (5) For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will mislead many.’” Yes, this is talking about false teachers teaching about the false Messiah, which Christianity calls ‘J*e*s*u*s* C*h*r*i*s*t’, but there is much more to this warning.

Those of us who know and use the correct name of Yahshua our Messiah, will not easily be taken in by those who preach using the incorrect name and title for the Savior of mankind. Even though this also warns against those who preach about the false Messiah who came to do away with His Fathers Torah, as we read from 2 Corinthians 11: 4, ‘For if one comes and preaches another Yahshua whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel (a gospel about the person of J*e*s*u*s*, rather than the good news about the coming kingdom of Elohim) which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.’ Belief in the coming kingdom of Elohim on earth as explained in Revelation 5: 10, essentially differs from the teaching that ‘good’ people go to heaven, and ‘bad’ people go to hell, upon death, to be tormented forever and ever. The deception spoken about here has in the main, to do with those who preach a different doctrine, as we are warned about in 1 Timothy 6: 3 – 5, as follows: ‘If anyone advocates a different doctrine (i.e. that believers in J*e*s*u*s* are already born again and will go straight to heaven upon death, instead of, that those of us called at this time need to follow the way of Elohim, in the footsteps of Yahshua our perfect example, until the day we die, or upon His return to usher in the Kingdom of Elohim, on earth as it is in heaven.), and does not agree with sound words, those of our Master Yahshua Messiah, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness (the way we live our lives), (4) he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words (such as: {a} saying that all food is clean based on 1 Timothy 4: 4, provided you receive it with thanksgiving and prayer, without reading verse 5, which clearly tells us that YHVH already sanctified certain meats for human consumption, whilst other meats are considered unclean as recorded in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14; and {b} not to judge people in respect of what they eat and which festival, new moon or Sabbath day they keep as per Colossians 2: 16, neglecting to mention that the congregation or body of Messiah is responsible to make such decisions, based on His teachings regarding obedience to Torah and not any outsider), out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, (5) and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.’ This is also talking about people who are selling religious teachings according to the example set them by Simon Magus in Acts 8: 18 - 21[1], instead of doing it for free, as Messiah taught His disciples in Matthew 10: 5 -8.

The deception further includes those who deceive fellow believers to keep the Feast Days at different times to those ordained by YHVH our Elohim, which will ultimately result in them not keeping the Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah or Rosh Hashanah) when Yahshua returns on that day. But, also those who purposely hide the Set-apart names of YHVH and Yahshua; which leaves us with the questions raised by Rav Shaul in Romans 10: 13 & 14, namely: ‘for “WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF YHVH WILL BE SAVED.” (14) How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? However, it is equally important not to teach unbelievers the Set-apart Names, since that will lead to them not giving proper honor to Elohim’s name when ‘blessing’ unclean foods or keeping pagan holidays in His name, as we are suitably warned about in Malachi 2: 2 – 8. We also need to understand that the ‘blessing’ of food is purely a Christian habit, since the foods that Elohim sanctified in the Scriptures is already blessed, as long as we prepare them properly. Instead, we as Nazarene Jews/Israelites, like all Jews should bless Elohim for providing us with food and drink we require from the earth. The word ‘Bless’ transliterated in Hebrew as ‘Baruch’ is only used for Elohim. We say a person is blessed transliterated in Hebrew as ‘Asheri’, as Yahshua mentioned in His ‘Sermon on the Mount’ in for example Matthew 5: 8, saying: ‘Blessed (Asheri) are the pure in heart, for they shall see Elohim.’

Yahshua warned in Matthew 24: 5, that even though false teachers teach that He is the Messiah, they will mislead many using His correct Set-apart Name and title. We read about the way in which this deception takes place in 2 Corinthians 11: 3, as follows: ‘But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Messiah.’ These agents of Satan are called out believers, who were somehow in their walk, misled by Satan and his agents, as is confirmed in 2 Corinthians 11: 13 - 15, in this way: ‘For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Messiah. (14) And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (15) Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their deeds.’ This deception to win converts to help teaching falsehood will continue right up to the time of Yahshua’s return, as we read from Matthew 24: 24, as follows: “For false Messiahs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.” So, even those of us who have been around for many years could be deceived by Satan and his human agents. The point is that we need to continue to study the Scriptures to validate the doctrines that we believe.

We see from Revelation 6: 3 & 4 that besides the religious deception the tribulation will also include war, as follows: ‘And when He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.” (4) And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth and that men should slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.’ The red horse represents war, and this is talking about ongoing wars that will ultimately escalate into World War III, as Yahshua warned in Matthew 24: 6 & 7,saying: ‘And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. (7) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.’ The world that we live in is in a very dangerous and unstable place and the Scriptures tells us that it will get increasingly worse. Nevertheless, we read Yahshua’s teaching from verse 8 of Matthew 24, saying: “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.” Still talking about the Great Tribulation, we read about the third seal broken in Revelation 6: 5 & 6, as follows: ‘And when He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” And I looked, and behold, a black horse (famine); and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. (6) And I heard as it were a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”’ Famine is soon followed by pestilence as we read in verses 7 & 8 of Revelation 6, in this way: ‘And when He broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” (8) And I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.’ This is talking about major misfortunes that will soon be facing humanity, as is confirmed by Yahshua in Matthew 24: 21 & 22, saying: “for then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall. (22) And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.”

This takes us back to Revelation 16, where we are busy discussing the final battle of Armageddon. At this time in history, the kings or leaders of nations still alive will have banded together in support of the beast mentioned in Revelation 17. These leaders and their people will be of one mind and will give their power to the beast as witnessed in verses 12 & 13 of Revelation 17. In this way: “And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. (13) These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.” These leaders are absolutely driven by Satan and his demons; we saw from Revelation 16: 13 – 16 (quoted previously) that Satan and his demons will perform miraculous signs to influence the remaining leaders of the world to gather their armies together for the battle of Armageddon. Since Israel is the mid-point of the world, these leaders will invade its land for a showdown over who will finally rule the world. However, they will not be there to fight each other; instead, they will prepare to fight Messiah when He returns. Normally, people make war against other people, but here the Scriptures show us that men will actually prepare to fight against the returning Messiah. At that time, these end time leaders will be so power hungry that they will try and fight with the very Elohim, hoping that their ‘superior’ nuclear arms will help them succeed. However, because Elohim knows that these nuclear arms are powerful enough to destroy all life on earth, He will intervene to save us from ourselves. To Satan, these remaining armies appear strong enough to accomplish his final task of destroying all human beings still alive at this time. But what he and his human helpers don’t realize (and won’t accept), is that Elohim allows him to deceive these arrogant leaders into believing that they are able to win this final battle, to control the world. This is when Elohim will enter into battle with the remaining Satan inspired world leaders, to stop them from destroying the world.

Now that we have a better understanding of the purpose of the final battle known as Armageddon, we read again from the last part of Revelation 16: 14, as follows: ‘to gather them together for the war of the great day of Elohim, the Almighty.’ This event is also confirmed by the prophet Zechariah in chapter 14: 1 - 4, in this way: ‘Behold, a day is coming for YHVH when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. (2) For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. (3) Then YHVH will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. (4) And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.’ This as we know from other Scriptural witnesses, is talking about the visible image (or part) of Elohim, namely Yahshua. These rulers who are preparing for war are also mentioned by the prophet Joel in chapter 3: 9 & 10, as follows: ‘Proclaim this among the nations; prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! (10) Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”’ These leaders will be so determined to make war that they will transform all their farming and other implements into weapons of war. The armies will get together in the plain of Megiddo and will deploy their forces throughout the land of Israel. As we read from the quote in Zechariah above, this war will actually take place around Jerusalem. But, this battle will not be much of a contest, since Elohim is planning to destroy those arrogant enough to fight against Him. Armageddon, is therefore representative of a great battle between the forces of good and evil. This day is spoken about in a number of Scriptures, as ‘the day of YHVH’.

We continue with the prophesy in Joel 3: 12 – 14, in this way: ‘Let the nations be aroused and come up to the valley of Jehoshapat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. (13) Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. (14) ‘Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of YHVH is near in the valley of decision.’ This is in agreement with the revelation of Yahshua Messiah, to His bond-servant Yochanan (John) recorded in Revelation 14: 14 – 19, as follows: ‘And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand. (15) And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”(16) And He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth; and the earth was reaped. (17) And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. (18) And another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” (19) And the angel swung his sickle to the earth, and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of Elohim.’ We see from Revelation 19: 15, that it is Yahshua who will tread the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty Elohim. We also see from Revelation 14: 20 that the bloodshed will not be limited to the immediate vicinity of Jerusalem, in this way: ‘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.’

Even though mankind will be on the brink of extinction, Elohim will intervene to save us from ourselves, as is confirmed in Daniel 12: 1, as follows: “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.” Just in time Yahshua our Messiah will deliver His followers from the wrath to come. We read in 1 Thessalonians 5: 9 the very comforting portion of Scriptures, in this way: ‘For Elohim has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Master Yahshua Messiah.’ We read a second witness to this from Romans 5: 9 & 10, as follows: ‘Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of Elohim through Him. (10) For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to Elohim through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.’

At this time Yahshua the Lamb of Elohim will finally be recognized as the Redeemer and Savior of mankind. We read from Revelation 17: 14, ‘These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Master of masters and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and the chosen and faithful.” This tells us that it takes more than being called; we need to also be chosen by Yahshua and will have to remain faithful to the end. Yes, the doctrine of ‘once saved, always saved’ is simply not true! Satan controlled the affairs of mankind for many years, but after this final war, Elohim will again be the Supreme ruler of the earth. This will be the start of the thousand year reign of Yahshua our Messiah and His elect, who will rule the world, inhabited by flesh and blood human beings. Those of mankind, who survived the great tribulation and the Day of YHVH, will live on into the millennium and enjoy unprecedented peace and prosperity on earth. Even so, there are those who do not believe that there will be physical people alive during the millennium, where they will not have to contend with Satan’s influence in their lives, since they believe that this will be unfair to the rest of mankind. But, if we bear in mind that the millennium is at this time, represented by the Sabbath day (and Feast of Tabernacles), then there is no need to feel envious towards those who will live during that wonderful time. It is certain that there will be human survivors living during the 1000 year reign of Yahshua and they will not have Satan to contend with, as he will be bound in the abyss during that time. The period of a thousand years of peace and prosperity has been foretold in Revelation 20: 4 – 6, and is pictured vividly in Isaiah 11: 1 – 10, as follows: ‘Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. (2) And the Spirit of YHVH will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of YHVH. (3) And He will delight in the fear of YHVH, and He will not judge by what His eyes see, nor make a decision by what His ears hear; (4) But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; and He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. (5) Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, and faithfulness the belt about His waist. (6) And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them. (7) Also the cow and the bear will graze; their young will lie down together; and the lion will eat straw like the ox. (8) And the nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. (9) They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of YHVH as the waters cover the sea. (10) Then it will come about in that day that the nations will resort to the root of Jesse, who will stand as a signal for the peoples; and His resting place will be glorious.’

We see further from Micah 4: 1 – 3 that during the Millennium the reverse of what occurred before the war of Armageddon, where the kings converted farm and other implements to weapons of war, will happen, as follows: ‘And it will come about in the last days that the mountain (government) of the house of YHVH will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. (2) And many nations will come and say, “Come and let us go up to the mountain of YHVH and to the house of the Elohim of Jacob, that He may teach us about His ways and that we may walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, even the word of YHVH from Jerusalem. (3) And He will judge between many peoples and render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they train for war. So there is no denying; this is talking about flesh and blood people who will be alive, after the establishment of Yahshua’s kingdom here on earth. The plus minus 200 million people who will survive the Great Tribulation and the Day of YHVH (i.e. a tenth of a third of the present-day population of the earth) will again have families and repopulate the earth, and their number will be like the sand of the seashore at the end of the Millennium. Half of these survivors will be Gentiles who will in the main remain obedient during the Millennium. But, when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison and will again gather the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, together for war. They will surround the camp of the true believers in Jerusalem, but fire will come down from heaven to devour them. This will be their end, as they will have sinned with full knowledge, gained during the millennium.

Even though Armageddon is a symbol for destruction of evil forces, it is also the beginning of mankind’s salvation. Eventually Armageddon will bring an end to fear, pain and destruction. Yahshua our Messiah will replace the current economic, political, educational and religious systems of the world, with a system based on the way of Elohim, when Elohim’s Kingdom will be on earth as it is in heaven. Halleluyah!

[1]Acts 8: 18 – 21: ‘Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of hand of the apostles, he offered the money, saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Set-apart Spirit.” But Kepha said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of Elohim with money! You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before Elohim”’