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The Battle of Armageddon
Zechariah 14:1–11
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Warren Wiersbe tells a story of when he was a young man preaching on the last days with all the events of prophecy clearly laid out and perfectly planned. At the end of the service an older gentleman came up to him and whispered in his ear, “I used to have the Lord’s retur … More
This passage concerns the return of the Lord to the earth to set up His kingdom (v. 1). The conquerors will divide the spoil in the midst of Jerusalem. Having given the effect, the prophet now gives the cause: “For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle (v. 2).” The prophet moves to the final battle of the Great Tribulation, the Battle of Armageddon. “Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations” (v. 3). When the Messiah returns to earth, “his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east (v. 4). Our Lord returned to heaven from the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:11-12), and He will return precisely to the same location; but when He does, something unusual will happen: “And the mount of Olives shall split in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley (v. 4).” The reason why the Mount of Olives will divide is to provide an avenue of escape. “And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal, (v. 5)”
The important thing about this whole event is that (the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with Him (v. 5). This is when the Lord will return to the earth with His saints to set up His kingdom!
Many great changes in nature will occur when the Lord returns to set up His kingdom (vv. 6-8). It will be a time when neither day nor night will be normal. The next passage concerns the millennial reign of the Lord (vv. 9-11).The extent of the Messiah’s reign is given (v. 9). “The Lord shall be king over all the earth.” Next, we see what the land of Israel will be like during the Millennium (v. 10). The city will be rebuilt, just as it was in former days of its glory; and it will be repopulated. The safety of the inhabitants is described (v. 11): “And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.”Application
When I am rightly related to the Lord, there is no need for fear of any kind. I can dwell in perfect safety because all sin has been dealt with and done away.
Zechariah 14:1-11 (English Standard Version)
Behold, a day is coming for the LORD, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost. And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light. On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter. And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one. The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
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