What is Armageddon? The term Har means "mountain". Consider the Mountain of Assembly in Isaiah 14. We read in Isaiah 14:13, "You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north . . ." Armageddon has nothing to do with Megiddo - it is a final conflict over Jerusalem. Consider demonology. The original rebel is the serpent Satan. Also in rebellion are the offending sons of God who are imprisoned and the demons of dead Nephilim, giant clan, or their descendents that run around the earth. Explore that the binding and loosing language in second temple period referred to demons. Also In rebellion are the gods of the nations. Consider Isaiah 34:1-5. Consider that Satan gets primacy of place because he is an elohim like the others but no more powerful than they are. He is called lord of the dead because he owns every human soul unless they are in the Kingdom of God. His preeminence in the world of darkness is because he was the original rebel. We read in 1 Corinthians 2:8, "None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." Winning for the rebellious is endlessly forestalling the Kingdom of God. Explore Remnant Theology. God will step into biblical history at times and save a remnant who are loyal to him.
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