Where is 'Armageddon' in Revelation Chapter 16?
📰The Bible is one of the best-selling and most widely distributed books in history, yet it is also considered to be among the least understood. The Bible, which is referred to as the New Covenant and Promise of God, in which 'the way to heaven and salvation' is presented, differs in theologians' interpretations that make it difficult to understand. These differing interpretations have been the cause of the rise of denominations with each one establishing their own doctrine. With the increase in online church services and gatherings resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there has been growing interest in the comparison of various church doctrine. This paper, therefore, attempts to provide readers with the opportunity to compare differing Biblical teachings without interpretation. Among a host of online sermons and Bible-based teachings, the contrasting doctrine between the established Church and Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which has drawn public interest throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, is hereby compared and summarised. Best efforts have been made to provide a summary of Shincheonji Church of Jesus' understanding of the Bible. Judgment as to what is right or wrong is left to the reader’s discernment.
However, in Revelation 11:8, which refers to spiritual events that take place at a specific location in Revelation, the names 'Sodom' and 'Egypt', which appear in the Old Testament, are recorded. This shows that the names recorded in Revelation are spiritual. Armageddon in Revelation 16 refers to a spiritual armageddon, which is a spiritual battlefield.
Why is the battlefield of Armageddon recorded in the book of Revelation? It is necessary to highlight the war that is written in the book of Revelation. The book of Revelation, which records the Lord's Second Coming, marks days of betrayal, destruction and salvation. In the first chapter of Revelation, the seven golden lampstands who prepare the way for the Lord appear. However, they betray by violating the covenant made with God, as seen in Revelation 2 and 3. As a result, they are captured and defeated in the war against the destroyers who came into the tabernacle in Revelation 13.
On the other hand, in Revelation 12, the overcomer who has unchanging belief, and his brothers, fight and overcome the enemy with the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. Therefore, the Tabernacle Temple, which is the spiritual battleground of Revelation 12 and 13, becomes an analogy for Armageddon.
Moreover, in Revelation 12, those who fought and overcame with unchanging faith established the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Revelation 15, and God made these overcomers His bowls of wrath to be poured out onto the betrayers and destroyers in Revelation 16. The destroyers went on to gather the kings of the world - the pastors of Babylon - to fight against God, and this spiritual battlefield is the Armageddon recorded in Revelation 16. In summary, Armageddon refers to a spiritual battlefield where the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan fight.
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