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What
a way to start a great battle. Discouraged and demoralized troops!
When the battle starts, Jesus will kill the Antichrist and the
False Prophet with the breath of His mouth. - no sword, just
the breath of His mouth.
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Then
that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay
with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance
of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord
with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and
false wonders . . . (NASB) 2 Thess. 2:8-9 |
They
will lose quickly. Wow! What a defeat. No battle. No rockets, no
swords, and no bullets, - nothing. The generals are gone!
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And
the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who
performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived
those who had received the mark of the beast and those who
worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the
lake of fire which burns with brimstone. (NASB) Rev. 19:20 |
The
Antichrist and False Prophet will be immediately removed and sent
to the Lake of Fire to remain there forever.
Armageddon
- Troops Defeated. Then
Jesus kills the armies of the world with the sword of His mouth - the Word of
God.
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And
the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth
of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled
with their flesh. (NASB) Rev. 19:21 |
Ezek.
39:2-5 gives us more details,
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I
will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your
arrows from your right hand. You will fall on the mountains
of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are
with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory
bird and beast of the field. You will fall on the open field;
for it is I who have spoken,” declares the Lord GOD.
(NASB) Ezek. 39:3-5 |
The
slaughter will be massive. Rev. 14:20 says that the blood of these
armies will cover 200 miles (322 Km) and splatter to the horses’ bridles.
Rev. 16:17-20 says that God will use great natural events to destroy
the armies. All of creation will be used to destroy them. It will
be horrible and joyous at the same time.
For
some the idea of burying the dead after the battle of Armageddon for seven months
seems difficult to accept (Ezekiel 39:12-13). This means that the burial of the
dead would have to occur during the kingdom. If this seems difficult to accept,
remember that the kingdom will not be in heaven. There will be non-Christians
and Christians in the kingdom. Sin will still be present. The lion and lamb will
play together in the kingdom. The new heaven and new earth will not have arrived
yet. There will still be waste products and trash to bury. There will still be
dust in the house to be cleaned, and the weapons of the war will also have to
be destroyed (Ezek. 39:9-10). Finally, there will be peace on earth and Jesus
will be the King and the Lord of all the earth after Satan is removed.
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