“So on March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies.”
Esther 9:1 NLT
It seems ironic to me that so many people in the world who do not believe in God and/or in His judgment use the term, “Armageddon,” to indicate something that is terrible and large in scope.
Now, whether or not people believe in an actual Armageddon, a final battle, it will happen. Indeed, in one way or another, this very event is prophesied all throughout the Bible.
“I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, my special possession, for scattering my people among the nations, and for dividing up my land. “Let the nations be called to arms. Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the Lord, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all.”
Joel 3:2, 12 NLT
The above scripture from Joel speaks of the valley in which this final battle against the enemies of God and His people will be staged.
“So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and harvested the grapevine of the earth, and threw the grapes into the great wine press of the wrath and indignation of God [as judgment of the rebellious world]. And the grapes in the wine press were trampled and crushed outside the city, and blood poured from the wine press, reaching up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of sixteen hundred stadia.”
Revelation 14:19-20 AMP
We know that the final battle will be brutal and bloody.
“Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war. He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress. Then I saw the beast and the kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army. Their entire army was killed by the sharp sword that came from the mouth of the one riding the white horse. And the vultures all gorged themselves on the dead bodies.” Revelation 19:11, 13, 15, 19, 21 NLT
And we know that the One fighting this battle will be Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
The scriptures we have considered here are just a few of the many found throughout the Bible confirming that there will be a final showdown, a final battle, between the Lord and His enemies.
Make no mistake, this final battle will be precipitated by all the nations of the world gathering against Jerusalem.
“On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.”
Zechariah 12:3 NLT
Sadly, many people—even Christians—still choose to minimize or ignore the importance of Israel to the Lord. They don’t know that it’s never a good idea to bet against the people of God or against the nation chosen to be His own.
In our opening scripture we see that the day intended to be a day of destruction of all the Jews, became a day when the enemies of the Jews were destroyed!
Haman plotted to destroy the Jews. He is now dead and all those who have gathered together against the Jews, will face destruction.
As we saw yesterday many of the people who were not Jews, became Jews, for fear of the vengeance of God. And, considering the final battle that is coming, people need to heed the warning to make things right with God through Jesus Christ before that terrible day.
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!
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