What is Armageddon?
Armageddon, which occurs once only in the Bible (Rev. 16:16), is thought to represent the Hebrew words Har Megiddo’, meaning Hill of Megiddo’ [2] . The valley of Megiddo in the north of Israel has been known as a battlefield in history (see 2 Chr. 35:22). Armageddon is the scene of the great final battle between the united armies of the earth and Christ (Rev. 16:12-16). When the sixth vial [3] of judgment is poured out on the river Euphrates the river dries up, which paves the way for the approach of the eastern armies, which are huge 200 million strong according to Rev. 9:16. Together with the kings of the whole habitable world’ (16:12), inspired by demonic power (16:13), they will go to the war of that great day of God the Almighty’ (16:14). The detail of what will happen when the world’s armies are gathered together in Armageddon is given in Rev. 19:19, 20.
