Also do people know where this is exactly? I thought it was in Syria, but now I see something that says it is called Tel Megiddo and is in Israel ??? I am just curious to see who knows what I am talking about and what you think.
2006-12-02 17:34:57 · 5 answers · asked by tonks_op 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Megiddo is a Tel - an archaeological site containing the ruins of, if I recall correctly, some 80 cities which were sequentially destroyed and rebuilt over the ruins of the preceding city. It is not an inhabited city today, but a tourist attraction. It is located next to the valley of Megiddo, or Har Megiddo, which is translated in the Bible as Harmegedon, or Armageddon. It is a large valley lying in the vicinity of Mount Carmel to the south, and I think the hill on which the City of Nazareth is situated to the north. It has been the site of many a battle in the past, and is mentioned in Revelation 16:16 as the site of a battle at the end of this age wherein the nations gather together to destroy Israel and are themselves destroyed by the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ and His army, (redeemed and resurrected saints and holy angels).
I believe very strongly the time is very near.
2006-12-02 17:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will Armageddon be fought only in the Middle East?
Rulers and armies of all nations will be assembled in opposition to God
Rev. 16:14: “They go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”
Rev. 19:19: “I saw the wild beast [human political rulership as a whole] and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage the war with the one seated on the horse and with his army.”
Jer. 25:33: “Those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in that day from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth.”
Use of the name Armageddon (Har–Magedon) cannot mean that the war will be fought at a literal Mountain of Megiddo
There is no literal Mountain of Megiddo; only a mound about 70 feet (21 m) high where ruins of ancient Megiddo are found.
The kings and military forces of “the entire inhabited earth” could not fit into the literal Plain of Esdraelon, below Megiddo. The plain is triangular, only 20 miles (32 km) long and 18 miles (29 km) wide at the eastern end.—The Geography of the Bible (New York, 1957), Denis Baly, p. 148.[1]
The name is fitting because of Megiddo’s role in history; the plain below Megiddo was the site of decisive wars
There Jehovah caused the defeat of Sisera, the chief of the Canaanite army, before Judge Barak.—Judg. 5:19, 20; 4:12-24.
Thutmose III, pharaoh of Egypt, said: “The capturing of Megiddo is the capturing of a thousand towns!”—Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, N.J.; 1969), edited by James Pritchard, p. 237.[2]
The reference to Megiddo (meaning “Assembly of Troops”) is appropriate because Armageddon is a world situation in which the troops and other supporters of the rulers of all nations will be involved.
2006-12-03 01:37:28 · answer #2 · answered by Emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking at the Biblical map it appears to be about 60 miles north of Jerusalem and will be the site of the last great battle, Armageddon.
2006-12-03 01:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meggido is in Israel, north of Jerusalem.
2006-12-03 01:45:45 · answer #4 · answered by ted.nardo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'll be at Least 7 years away
2006-12-03 01:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋