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Armageddon and Conditional Prophecies

Key Thought: God will gather all nations for the purpose of honoring his saints withdeliverance and of punishing the wicked for their wickedness. Some prophecies of thistime include conditional elements that will never be literally fulfilled.

Sub-Thoughts:1. The battle of rmageddon is the sub!ect of many prophecies. "t is an importantpart of God#s plan for this world.$. %ot all the prophecies of the &ible are devotional in nature. Some are intendedas warnings. Some are intended as positive reinforcement.'. %ot al the prophecies in the &ible are certain to be fulfilled.

Some were warnings that( because heeded( were unfulfilled.Some were rewards that( because unmerited( were removed.Some were on a national scale.

Such prophecies( when related to the end of time( may be

confusing. Such prophecies( when related to the end of time( may be partlyfulfilled.

&y partial fulfillment God shows that rewards are transferred&y partial fulfillment God shows that other parts will be

unfulfilled

"s )):1* +or " know their works and their thoughts: it shall come( that " will gather allnations and tongues, and they shall come( and see my glory.

oel ':$ " will also gather all nations( and will bring them down into the valley of

ehoshaphat( and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage "srael(whom they have scattered among the nations( and parted my land. ' nd they havecast lots for my people, and have given a boy for an harlot( and sold a girl for wine( thatthey might drink. /ea( and what have ye to do with me( 0 Tyre( and idon( and allthe coasts of 2alestine3 will ye render me a recompence3 and if ye recompense me(swiftly and speedily will " return your recompence upon your own head,

eph ':) " have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate, " made their streetswaste( that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed( so that there is no man( thatthere is none inhabitant. 4 " said( Surely thou wilt fear me( thou wilt receive instruction,so their dwelling should not be cut off( howsoever " punished them: but they rose early(and corrupted all their doings. * 5 Therefore wait ye upon me( saith the 6078( until theday that " rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations( that " mayassemble the kingdoms( to pour upon them mine indignation( even all my fierce anger:for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my !ealousy. 9 +or then will " turn tothe people a pure language( that they may all call upon the name of the 6078( to servehim with one consent. 1 +rom beyond the rivers of ;thiopia my suppliants( even thedaughter of my dispersed( shall bring mine offering.


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ec 1:$ +or " will gather all nations against erusalem to battle, and the city shall betaken( and the houses rifled( and the women ravished, and half of the city shall go forthinto captivity( and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

7e $:* nd shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four ait on the 6078( and keep his way( and he shall e?alt thee to inherit theland: when the wicked are cut off( thou shalt see it.

2r $:$$ 5 Say not thou( " will recompense evil, but wait on the 6078( and he shallsave thee.

"s ':1@ +or thus saith the 6ord G08( the Aoly 0ne of "srael, "n returning and rest shallye be saved, in e willride upon the swift, therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 14 0ne thousand shallflee at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beaconupon the top of a mountain( and as an ensign on an hill. 1* 5 nd therefore will the6078 wait( that he may be gracious unto you( and therefore will he be e?alted( that hemay have mercy upon you: for the 6078 is a God of !udgment: blessed are all they that

wait for him.

as @:4 &e patient therefore( brethren( unto the coming of the 6ord. &ehold( thehusbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth( and hath long patience for it( untilhe receive the early and latter rain.as @:* &e ye also patient, stablish your hearts: for the coming of the 6ord drawethnigh.

"s $:1' 5 The 6078 shall go forth as a mighty man( he shall stir up !ealousy like aman of war: he shall cry( yea( roar, he shall prevail against his enemies.1 " have long time holden my peace, " have been still( and refrained myself: now will "cry like a travailing woman, " will destroy and devour at once.1@ " will make waste mountains and hills( and dry up all their herbs, and " will make therivers islands( and " will dry up the pools.1) nd " will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, " will lead them in paths thatthey have not known: " will make darkness light before them( and crooked thingsstraight. These things will " do unto them( and not forsake them.14 They shall be turned back( they shall be greatly ashamed( that trust in gravenimages( that say to the molten images( /e are our gods.1* 5 Aear( ye deaf, and look( ye blind( that ye may see.19 >ho is blind( but my servant3 or deaf( as my messenger that " sent3 who is blind ashe that is perfect( and blind as the 6078#S servant3$ Seeing many things( but thou observest not, opening the ears( but he heareth not.


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$1 The 6078 is well pleased for his righteousness# sake, he will magnify the law( andmake it honourable.

"s @9:14 +or he put on righteousness as a breastplate( and an helmet of salvation uponhis head, and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing( and was clad with Beal

as a cloke.1* ccording to their deeds( accordingly he will repay( fury to his adversaries(recompence to his enemies, to the islands he will repay recompence.19 So shall they fear the name of the 6078 from the west( and his glory from the risingof the sun. >hen the enemy shall come in like a flood( the Spirit of the 6078 shall liftup a standard against him.$ nd the 7edeemer shall come to ion( and unto them that turn from transgression inacob( saith the 6078.$1 s for me( this is my covenant with them( saith the 6078, =y spirit that is uponthee( and my words which " have put in thy mouth( shall not depart out of thy mouth( norout of the mouth of thy seed( nor out of the mouth of thy seed#s seed( saith the 6078(

from henceforth and for ever.

;Be '*:1 5 Therefore( son of man( prophesy and say unto Gog( Thus saith the 6ordG08, "n that day when my people of "srael dwelleth safely( shalt thou not know it3;Be '*:1@ nd thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts( thou( and manypeople with thee( all of them riding upon horses( a great company( and a mighty army:;Be '*:1) nd thou shalt come up against my people of "srael( as a cloud to cover theland, it shall be in the latter days( and " will bring thee against my land( that the heathenmay know me( when " shall be sanctified in thee( 0 Gog( before their eyes.

;Be '*:14 Thus saith the 6ord G08, rt thou he of whom " have spoken in old time bymy servants the prophets of "srael( which prophesied in those days many years that "

would bring thee against them3;Be '*:1* nd it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against theland of "srael( saith the 6ord G08( that my fury shall come up in my face.;Be '*:19 +or in my !ealousy and in the fire of my wrath have " spoken( Surely in thatday there shall be a great shaking in the land of "srael,;Be '*:$ So that the fishes of the sea( and the fowls of the heaven( and the beasts ofthe field( and all creeping things that creep upon the earth( and all the men that areupon the face of the earth( shall shake at my presence( and the mountains shall bethrown down( and the steep places shall fall( and every wall shall fall to the ground.;Be '*:$1 nd " will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains( saith the6ord G08: every man#s sword shall be against his brother.;Be '*:$$ nd " will plead against him with pestilence and with blood, and " will rainupon him( and upon his bands( and upon the many people that are with him( anoverflowing rain( and great hailstones( fire( and brimstone.;Be '*:$' Thus will " magnify myself( and sanctify myself, and " will be known in theeyes of many nations( and they shall know that " am the 6078.


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oe ':9 5 2roclaim ye this among the Gentiles, 2repare war( wake up the mighty men(let all the men of war draw near, let them come up: &eat your plowshares into swords(and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say( " am strong.oe ':11 ssemble yourselves( and come( all ye heathen( and gather yourselvestogether round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down( 0 6078.

oe ':1$ 6et the heathen be wakened( and come up to the valley of ehoshaphat: forthere will " sit to !udge all the heathen round about.oe ':1' 2ut ye in the sickle( for the harvest is ripe: come( get you down, for the pressis full( the fats overflow, for their wickedness is great.oe ':1 =ultitudes( multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the 6078 isnear in the valley of decision.oe ':1@ The sun and the moon shall be darkened( and the stars shall withdraw theirshining.oe ':1) The 6078 also shall roar out of ion( and utter his voice from erusalem, andthe heavens and the earth shall shake: but the 6078 will be the hope of his people( andthe strength of the children of "srael.

ec 1:$ +or " will gather all nations against erusalem to battle, and the city shall betaken( and the houses rifled( and the women ravished, and half of the city shall go forthinto captivity( and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.ec 1:' Then shall the 6078 go forth( and fight against those nations( as when hefought in the day of battle.=t $@:'$ nd before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them onefrom another( as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:7e 1):1 +or they are the spirits of devils( working miracles( which go forth unto thekings of the earth and of the whole world( to gather them to the battle of that great dayof God lmighty.7e 19:14 nd " saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice( sayingto all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven( Come and gather yourselves togetherunto the supper of the great God,7e 19:1* That ye may eat the flesh of kings( and the flesh of captains( and the flesh ofmighty men( and the flesh of horses( and of them that sit on them( and the flesh of allmen( both free and bond( both small and great.7e 19:19 nd " saw the beast( and the kings of the earth( and their armies( gatheredtogether to make war against him that sat on the horse( and against his army.

er 1*:4 t what instant " shall speak concerning a nation( and concerning a kingdom(to pluck up( and to pull down( and to destroy it,* "f that nation( against whom " have pronounced( turn from their evil( " will repent of theevil that " thought to do unto them.9 nd at what instant " shall speak concerning a nation( and concerning a kingdom( tobuild and to plant it,1 "f it do evil in my sight( that it obey not my voice( then " will repent of the good(

wherewith " said " would benefit them.


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onah ': nd onah began to enter into the city a day#s !ourney( and he cried( andsaid( /et forty days( and %ineveh shall be overthrown.@ 5 So the people of %ineveh believed God( and proclaimed a fast( and put onsackcloth( from the greatest of them even to the least of them.) +or word came unto the king of %ineveh( and he arose from his throne( and he laid

his robe from him( and covered him with sackcloth( and sat in ashes.4 nd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through %ineveh by the decree ofthe king and his nobles( saying( 6et neither man nor beast( herd nor flock( taste anything: let them not feed( nor drink water:* &ut let man and beast be covered with sackcloth( and cry mightily unto God: yea( letthem turn every one from his evil way( and from the violence that is in their hands.9 >ho can tell if God will turn and repent( and turn away from his fierce anger( that weperish not31 nd God saw their works( that they turned from their evil way, and God repented ofthe evil( that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did it not.

"n the 7evelation( chapters 1-$$( the elements and symbols in many 0ld Testamentprophecies are borrowed.Gathering of the nations.rmageddonGog and =agog+eeding of the &irdserusalem( =t. ion( 1$ TribesAarvest of Grapes, Aarvest of Grain D 7ipening7ain of Aail( &rimstoneGreat ;arthhat is apparent from comparing the prophecies is that God has taken the promisesoffered to the literal nation of "srael( promises of deliverance and of an eternal future(and has recast those promises around the Eholy nationF of the church.

Some elements carried over easily as symbols. Some elements did not. 0ne ma!orchange was that the Egathering togetherF of a faithful remnant became a spiritualgathering into the church.

ust as some elements of onah#s prophecy will eventually be fulfilled and someelements never will be like the E daysFH( some elements in the many prophecies oferusalem#s earthly establishment will eventually be fulfilled through the city called E%ewerusalem.F nd some elements( like the E$1 daysF of ;Bekiel '*( never will be.


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7e ':11 &ehold( " come ilt thounot shew us what thou meanest by these3# 19 Say unto them( IThus saith the 6ordG08, E&ehold( " will take the stick of oseph( which is in the hand of ;phraim( and thetribes of "srael his fellows( and will put them with him( even with the stick of udah( andmake them one stick( and they shall be one in mine hand.F#


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$ nd the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. !And sa" unto them# $hus saith the %ord &'() *ehold# I will take the children ofIsrael from among the heathen# whither the" be gone# and will gather them one+er" side# and bring them into their own land, And I will make them one nationin the land upon the mountains of Israel) and one king shall be king to them all,

and the" shall be no more two nations# neither shall the" be di+ided into twokingdoms an" more at all,3 -either shall the" defile themsel+es an" more with their idols# nor with

their detestable things# nor with an" of their transgressions, but I will sa+e themout of all their dwellingplaces# wherein the" ha+e sinned# and will cleanse them,so shall the" be m" people# and I will be their &od.

$ nd 8avid my servant shall be king over them, and they all shall have oneshepherd: they shall also walk in my !udgments( and observe my statutes( and do them.$@ nd they shall dwell in the land that " have given unto acob my servant( whereinyour fathers have dwelt, and they shall dwell therein( even they( and their children( andtheir children/s children for e+er, and m" ser+ant (a+id shall be their prince for

e+er. $) =oreover " will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlastingcovenant with them: and " will place them( and multiply them( and will set my sanctuaryin the midst of them for evermore. $4 =y tabernacle also shall be with them: yea( I willbe their &od# and the" shall be m" people.$* nd the heathen JHebrew nations,See Rev 21]shall know that " the 6078 do sanctify "srael( when my sanctuary shall bein the midst of them for evermore.

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