Thanks for checking out this week's post on The Mixblog. As you can tell, we've gotten a little behind on posts but we are catching up! We are drawing near the end of our series on the End Times. In our last post, we discussed The Tribulation Period on earth as God systematically goes through a process of wiping out earth as we know it! But as is the case with everything God does, He has a purpose for doing this and a plan. And this week's discussion draws us closer to that plan as we talk about The Great Battle of Lord (sometimes referred to as The Battle of Armageddon) and the Second Coming Jesus to the earth.
As I read through and study about this time period, I can't help but think about the great epic movies that I've seen through the years. You know...the movies where there are several subplots all going on all at the same time and then as the end of the movie draws closer, all of those subplots begin to coalesce and meet in the middle. In the end we see how it all makes sense and how it all worked together to create an awesome story. Well this period of the End Times sort of work the same way, except this is no story...this is the future according to God's Word.
Lets set the scene a bit. The world is in absolute shambles. Multitudes are already dead, the environment of the earth is unrecognizable and an absolute mess, the antichrist is in control and has the inhabitants earth either under his complete power or fleeing for their lives if they've refused to bow down to him. Fear and death are everywhere. Life on planet earth has never been so catrostrophically abismal. And then it happens...
Heaven literally splits open, almost as if it's revealing another realm beyond the sky. Through the pealed back atmosphere, a huge white horse with a rider on it appears. The rider is wearing a white robe that has been dipped in blood and his eyes are blazing with fire. He has a sword coming out of His mouth and behind is a massive multitude that has been made pure and clean and are now wearing robes of fine white, linen. It's Jesus. And this time He's not coming to planet earth as a little helpless baby in barn. This time when He touches His feet onto planet earth, He has a different objective. Revelation 10:11-21 gives us a gorey details. This time Jesus' goal is to remove all remnants of sin and sinfullness from the earth. As the beast, the false prophet and the inhabitants of earth who have not accepted Christ into their lives are all destroyed by Jesus Himself, this Battle of Armageddon becomes the most lop-sided victory in the history of the earth. Joel 3:9-16 and Isaiah 63:1-6 give us further insight into this great battle. I don't about you but I'm glad I'm on the side that wins! The map here shows the most probably location of the Battle of Armageddon in Israel.
This Second Coming of Christ and the battle that follows, will be the final victory over all the remnants sin for Christ...mission accomplished once and for all. It is important for us to realize that this Second Coming is very different than the rapture that we discussed at the beginning of our End Times series. The chart below shows in detail, many of those differences...
As I read through and study about this time period, I can't help but think about the great epic movies that I've seen through the years. You know...the movies where there are several subplots all going on all at the same time and then as the end of the movie draws closer, all of those subplots begin to coalesce and meet in the middle. In the end we see how it all makes sense and how it all worked together to create an awesome story. Well this period of the End Times sort of work the same way, except this is no story...this is the future according to God's Word.
Lets set the scene a bit. The world is in absolute shambles. Multitudes are already dead, the environment of the earth is unrecognizable and an absolute mess, the antichrist is in control and has the inhabitants earth either under his complete power or fleeing for their lives if they've refused to bow down to him. Fear and death are everywhere. Life on planet earth has never been so catrostrophically abismal. And then it happens...
Heaven literally splits open, almost as if it's revealing another realm beyond the sky. Through the pealed back atmosphere, a huge white horse with a rider on it appears. The rider is wearing a white robe that has been dipped in blood and his eyes are blazing with fire. He has a sword coming out of His mouth and behind is a massive multitude that has been made pure and clean and are now wearing robes of fine white, linen. It's Jesus. And this time He's not coming to planet earth as a little helpless baby in barn. This time when He touches His feet onto planet earth, He has a different objective. Revelation 10:11-21 gives us a gorey details. This time Jesus' goal is to remove all remnants of sin and sinfullness from the earth. As the beast, the false prophet and the inhabitants of earth who have not accepted Christ into their lives are all destroyed by Jesus Himself, this Battle of Armageddon becomes the most lop-sided victory in the history of the earth. Joel 3:9-16 and Isaiah 63:1-6 give us further insight into this great battle. I don't about you but I'm glad I'm on the side that wins! The map here shows the most probably location of the Battle of Armageddon in Israel.
This Second Coming of Christ and the battle that follows, will be the final victory over all the remnants sin for Christ...mission accomplished once and for all. It is important for us to realize that this Second Coming is very different than the rapture that we discussed at the beginning of our End Times series. The chart below shows in detail, many of those differences...
The Second Coming of Jesus will lead directly into a unique and interesting period of time that we will discuss next time, called the Millinium or the 1000 Year Reign of Christ. All of this is leading very quickly to the establishment of God's Kingdom for eternity! Check back soon for additional posts as we finish up this series on The End Times!
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