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One day Napoleon looked over the plains of
Megiddo in Israel and remarked that it was “the most natural battlefield of
the whole earth.” That may be true, and it certainly is the location of the
Battle of Armageddon, where the end of the world as we know it will
culminate.
It will be the greatest battle ever fought,
the most decisive victory ever achieved, and the greatest defeat ever
suffered. The armies of the world will converge on this region, on a
collision course with one another, but their intent and objective will
change when the Lord Jesus appears in the sky. Instead of contending with
each other, the armies of the earth will turn and unite to fight the army of
heaven.
Remember, this isn’t the rapture, [beginning
of tribulation] but the Revelation [end of tribulation].
At the rapture Jesus comes to claim His
bride, but at His Second Coming He will condemn all blasphemers, and
unbelievers. At the rapture He comes ‘in the air’, but at His revelation He
touches down on earth. At the rapture the saints go to be with Christ, at
the Revelation the saints return to earth with Christ! The effect of the
rapture is the glorification of the saints, but at the Revelation the effect
is the consummation of the sinners.
So, at the end of the tribulation...
1. Jesus is coming back visibly.
Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and
make war.
Revelation 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also
which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen. [modern technology will allow for this!]
Acts 1:11
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
This is a description of a powerful storm, a
very public affair that everyone is aware of and afraid of. And though His
second coming is different from the first coming, they go hand in hand
together. There is no purpose for His incarnation without His coronation
eventually taking place. Why redeem fallen man if you won’t follow thru and
be their ruler?!
Ill.—a tired salesman in the 1920s got a
second floor hotel room about bedtime, plopped down on the bed, pulled off
his shoe and just dropped it on the wood floor w/ a loud thud. He thought
to himself, “That wasn’t very nice, someone may be sleeping below me.” So
he gently removed the other shoe and placed it on the floor. He crawled
into bed and went to sleep. About midnight a knock came on the door. He
opened the door and there stood a tired looking man w/ dark circles under
his eyes who said, “Would you please drop the other shoe? I’m waiting!”
The world is groaning, and just
waiting for the dropping of the other shoe. We will finally be able to
rest, finally home! The incarnation took place, and the coronation will
take place as well!
Jesus Who came to earth as God in the flesh
will return as God in charge, the King of Kings and LORD of Lords.
Visibly...
2. Jesus is coming back victoriously.
Rev. 19:11-16
His second coming is quite different from His
first coming.
1 Timothy 6:15
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
When Jesus was being led away to crucifixion,
weeping women lined the pathway, and Jesus looked at them and said, weep not
for me, but weep for yourselves. This is YOUR hour, but MY hour is not yet
come.
The first time was for a crucifixion, the
second time for a coronation...
Cross / crown – tree / throne – stood before
Pilate / Pilate stand before Him – in shame / in splendor – to redeem / to
rule and reign – as a servant / as a Sovereign.
·Notice His victorious
nature.
v. 11 “Faithful and True” – [capital
letters!] He will always keep His word, His promises. Refreshing during
election season!
MacArthur left the Philippines in
WWII and said what? [I shall return]…Jesus said the same, and as surely as
a man named MacArthur kept his promise, all the more Jesus will!
·Notice His victorious
name.
12 mystery name
13 Word of God [Jn. 1:1]
16 King of kings and Lord of
lords.
He is the Word, He spoke the world into
existence w/ a Word, and will speak these armies into oblivion w/ a Word!
The come w/ guns, tanks, nukes, but God
created all of it [He brought you into the world, and can take you out!]
King of kings and Lord of lords
No earthly ruler is His match…every knee
shall bow, all of them! [imagine Hitler, Saddam, Caesar, and Osama won’t
be able to hide!]
Mystery name—why? Because none of us can
completely comprehend Him! Man at his best simply cannot approach unto Him
[His thoughts above ours / His ways]
We water God down so much today, attempting
to bring Him down to our level, when He said, come unto me!
We would die if we saw Him w/ earthly eyes…He
has a Name we cannot even comprehend, His Word speaks people into
oblivion…so why do we assume to joke about Him in irreverence?
Bodily and visibly / boldly and victoriously
[victorious nature / name]
3. Jesus is coming back in vengeance.
Matthew 24:28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
At Armageddon hundreds of millions remaining
will gather, and there they will die at the Word that comes out of Jesus’
mouth...and Rev. 14:20 says the blood will be as deep as a horse’s bridle in
that valley for 200 miles! Vengeance is HIS, because justice must be done!
v. 17-21 The birds, the beast, and the
battle...
The birds:
v. 17-18a
The blood and carnage so incredible it will
keep scavenger birds like crows, vultures, ravens, eagles quite busy…they
will gorge themselves!
[quite a contrast to the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb in 17:7-9!]
…one is a supper of joy, the other of
judgment!
The birds…
The beast:
v. 19-20
They didn’t even have the privilege
of having an audience w/ God at the great white throne, like the rest of the
lost! [Most have it explained to them why they will be eternally judged,
and reminded of all they neglected!]
Antichrist and false prophet ‘do not pass
go’…and ch. 20:10 shows that they are still there, and still burning! [1k
years later…so much for doctrine of annihilation!]
[twin towers burned for over a month, and we
tho’t that was big!]
birds, beast…
The battle:
Jesus Christ followed by His saints!
“Can’t I wait in heaven ‘til y’all get back?”
You won’t have to fight. Today,
generals sit in offices far off the front line [central command], but this
is like the days of old, when the King led the way!
Just 1 word!
Garden of Gethsemane: There we see
the battle of Armageddon in miniature…
Jn. 18, Judas betrays Jesus, and so he is a
type of the antichrist.
They come to arrest Jesus and said, which one
is Jesus? He said, I Am. {what happened? They fell backwards!}
At Armageddon, He will speak the
word, and the battle will be over!
Which side will you be on? We’re reading the
back of the book, and we can see who wins. I choose to be on the winning
side!
King Jesus is coming again!
Bodily and visibly
Boldly and victoriously
In Battle with a vengeance!
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