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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Armageddon
The word "Armageddon" occurs only in Rev. 16:16 (R.V.,
"Har-Magedon"), as symbolically designating the place where
the "battle of that great day of God Almighty" (ver. 14) shall
be fought. The word properly means the "mount of Megiddo." It
is the scene of the final conflict between Christ and Antichrist. The
idea of such a scene was suggested by the Old Testament great
battle-field, the plain of Esdraelon (q.v.). That battle-field, the
plain of Esdraelon, which was famous for two great victories, of Barak
over the Canaanites and of Gideon over the Midianites; and for two great
disasters, the deaths of Saul and Josiah. Hence it signifies in
Revelation a place of great slaughter, the scene of a terrible
retribution upon the wicked.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible
Dictionaries
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