instead of a battle between God and the Devil. If u think about it when John said he saw giant locust in the sky shooting fire from their tails and destroying the land, couldn't that have been his interpretation of airplanes dropping nuclear bombs and such. If I was born in the days of the New Testement and God showed me a plane in a vision, i would think it was a flyin animal too. It also speaks of natural disasters occuring frequently like we are having today. Just a thought i was pondering and would like to hear other thoughts. Another reason i think the bible is taken too literally.
2006-07-08 18:53:02 · 7 answers · asked by butifl2002 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No it is fiction. Stop believing those lies.
2006-07-08 18:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by David d 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Armageddon is the great battle that will preceede the return of Jesus Christ. It may, or may not be the next world war. It's pretty trippy how John tries to describe a jet fighter and the pilot wearing a crown. The fire (smoke) coming from his tail is the exhaust of the jet engine. Have you found where he describes an iron horse, (locomotive.) How could you describe something you have never seen before, something you have never even imagined? I think he did a pretty good job.
2006-07-09 01:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by r0cky74 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do take the interpretation you are presenting. But I can go either way on this......but for now I tend to go with divine intervention of God directly in the final act of trying to get his creation to open their eyes and come to the truth. And in any case most wars are Satan against God.
2006-07-09 02:06:57 · answer #3 · answered by caedmonscall99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are probably very right... very often Christians speak of the figurative language in Revelation and Daniel's prophecies as literal, and so we come off sounding like raving lunatics... with a little common sense and practical application, we would sound a lot more credible.
2006-07-09 01:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by Rev T L Clark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a battle brought about by man refer to Dan. 2:1-44.
2006-07-09 02:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has always been presumed that the book of revelations refer to a time when the world would end and stuff like that
but it only refers to the end of time
the end of an era or something similar that would signal the return of Christ
it doesn't mean that the world will end and everyone will die
2006-07-09 02:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by cutiekishi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Armageddon will start out as World War III
Heck we are already in World War III now but now everyone admits to it yet.
2006-07-09 01:58:43 · answer #7 · answered by MrCool1978 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋