THE
GREAT WAR PART II
Daniel 11:40-41
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:
and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall
enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. He shall
enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown:
but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and
the chief of the children of Ammon.
We are told to prepare for war! Christ even names the battle, "The
Battle of Armageddon"! All nations will gather for war, divided
against each other, those for and against Israel. Russia will come
out of the North, and those on her side, they are coming to destroy,
to take over Israel, but God is on the side of Israel, and no country
on earth will be able to come up against God! His fury will come
down upon all those fighting against Israel.
2. How will the people react to the war and Christ return?
Revelation 9:2-10
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of
the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air
were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came
out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given
power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded
them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any
green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not
the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that
they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five
months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when
he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall
not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from
them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared
unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold,
and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the
hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they
had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound
of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running
to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were
stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Revelation 9:17-21
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them,
having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and
the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their
mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the
third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by
the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power
is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like
unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the
rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented
not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils,
and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they
of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication,
nor of their thefts.
Joel 2:1-6
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain:
let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the
LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess,
a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon
the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been
ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years
of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them
a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape
them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and
as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the
tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of
fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle
array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces
shall gather blackness.
Joel 2:9-13
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall,
they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the
windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens
shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars
shall withdraw their shining: And the LORD shall utter his voice
before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that
executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;
and who can abide it? Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping,
and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and
turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow
to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
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