Armageddon

• Revelation 16:16. “Armageddon” occurs but once in the Bible, and then refers to the final battle which closes all earthly scenes. Testimonies for the Church 6:406.BHB 128.2

• Joel 3:2, 12. It is generally thought that the battle will be in the “Valley of Jehoshaphat,” or the plain of Esdraelon, where noted battles have been fought.BHB 128.3

• Judges 5:19, 20: Psalm 83:9, 10. The great battle of Megiddo is an object-lesson of the final battle.BHB 128.4

• 2 Chronicles 35:22-24. It was here that king Josiah was slain.BHB 128.5

• Revelation 16:12. The battle of Armageddon takes place under the sixth plague when the river Euphrates is dried up.BHB 128.6

• Isaiah 8:6-8. When a river is used in a figurative sense, it refers to the people living on the border of that river; thus, Turkey is the country referred to by the drying up of the great river Euphrates.BHB 128.7

• Revelation 16:13, 14. The spirits of devils are one agency in God’s hands to gather the whole world to the battle of God Almighty. Testimonies for the Church 5:451.BHB 128.8

• Daniel 11:45. The drying up of this river, or the Turkish nation, is equivalent to Turkey’s coming to his end with none to help him.BHB 128.9

• Jeremiah 25:26-28. Every nation at this time has an interest to serve and will be gathered.BHB 129.1

• Jeremiah 25:30-33. The Lord utters His voice from heaven, and the slain of the Lord are from one end of the earth to the other.BHB 129.2

• Zephaniah 1:2, 3. There will not remain alive a man, beast, or fowl on the earth or in the sea after this battle.BHB 129.3

• 2 Peter 3:10-12. The atmospheric heaven will pass away with a great noise.BHB 129.4

• Revelation 20:1, 2. Satan and his angels will be the sole dwellers on the earth for 1000 years.BHB 129.5

• Revelation 20:9-15. Then will come the final battle of all battles.BHB 129.6

• Revelation 21:1-4. After which there will be “a new heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”BHB 129.7