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Armageddon -- truth or fiction?
by robhic 21 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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robhic
Thus spake Gopher:
Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Or another way to spell it is "Har-Mageddon", which means "mountain of Megiddo".
Ah, spelling was the culprit! Thanks to Gopher and the others for the information. It still is interesting that an event that is referred to so frequently by all or most religious groups isn't that ubiquitous at all. Rev 16:15 makes an intreresting point about running around nekkid, too. They used some heavy drugs back then, eh?
Also, good point by Nathan. Yes, my life is better now than it was back in the 1800's, although I miss my concubines.
Robert
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Leolaia
The battle of Armageddon updates an older apocalyptic story attested in Daniel and in the War Scroll (first century B.C.) from the Dead Sea Scrolls:
"The first attack of the Sons of Light shall be undertaken against the forces of the Sons of Darkness, the army of Belial : the troops of Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Amelekites, Philistia, and the troops of the Kittim of Assyria. Supporting them are those who violated the covenant. The sons of Levi, the sons of Judah, and the sons of Benjamin, those exiled to the wilderness shall fight against them against all their troops, when the exiles of the Sons of Light return from the Wilderness of the Peoples to camp in the Wilderness of Jerusalem.... It is a time of distress for Israel, a final battle against all the nations. The purpose of God is eternal redemption, but annihilation for all nations of wickedness . All those prepared for battle shall set out and camp opposite the king of the Kittim and all the forces of Belial that are assembled with him for a day of vengeance by the sword of God.... When [Belial] prepares himself to assist the Sons of Darkness, and the slain among the infantry begin to fall by God's mysteries and to test by these mysteries by those appointed for battle, the priests shall blow their trumpets of assembly so that another battle line might go forth as a battle reserve.... The God of Israel removes Belial ... to his hell ... until every source of iniquity comes to an end. For the God of Israel has called out a sword against all the nations." (1QM1, 15; compare Daniel 11-12 and Revelation 16:13-16, 19:19-20)
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A Paduan
are JW and other christian groups mis-using this term?
Never, the world is going to end real soon now, anytime, it's just around the corner, these are the end times, anytime now...............Armageddon means "the end".....doesn't it ?
The "fear of impending doom" makes for an interesting study - meaning "anxiety", it is considered to be a clinical health problem that warrants investigation for good health. Anxiety disorder has many etiologies - from chemical imbalances from physical environments to imbalances generated by social environments and experience (eg. guilt). But not everyone who is anxious believes that the world is going to end.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. R.E.M.
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Poztate
YOU BET IT IS! That's because under the benevolent reign of the invisible crowned King, Christ Jesus, mankind has been subjected to many blessings, like triple-distilled vodka.
Nathan....I agree with you.I have always felt that we were already in the 1000 year reign of Christ.We will however not achieve true perfection until the price of the triple-distilled vodka goes down to $00.00
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Carmel
Meggido which is south and east of Haifa on the edge of the Plain of Sharon, is simply a mound made up of several ancient cities each built on top of one another. Not a mountain, physically, but only a mole hill of sorts. The tour to the underground rubble remains of ancient cities is 32NIS ($8) and is worth the time and expense. It's cool under ground when its blistering outside.
carmel
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Farkel
gumby,
: Could someone post Rev.16:16 just one more time? 15 times wasn't enough
I posted it first in this thread, so that's about all I can do!
One final thought on this: God's great war of determining the fate of all mankind will be fought at a garbage dump! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sounds like the old OT God to me! "That is where Your battles should be fought and that's where You belong, Mr. OT God, er, 'Jehovah Murderer of Hosts''""
In the garbage dump, you bloodtirsty genocidal maniac. Go away. Find some other planet, make people and murder them as you see fit. But PLEASE get out of the lives of people in this planet, you pshyco sack of shit.
(I don't believe psycho-sack-of-shit Jehovah GOD really exists, so I'm just messing around.)
ANY halfway decdent God would have an IQ at least 80 points higher than psycho-sack-of-shit Jehovah God. Psychos murder civilizations. Decent Gods at least negotiate first.
Case in point: re-read the Noah flood account in Genesis 6. God didn't negotiate dick with humans. He had already determined to kill everyone but Noah and family, and he allowed 120 years before he did the actual genocide. That says that even over 120 years, God felt that not ONE good human being would be born worth saving.
And God kept his word: he killed them all, even the babies.
Of course, the whole thing is an idiotic story, but it speaks volumes about the kind of God True Believers(TM) like the WTS profess to give their alliegence to.
Farkel