Armageddon, Valley of Josephat, Daniel, End Times, Rapture
The RAPTURE is a misnomer. God did not make the earth for the wicked to possess. Rather, the Day of the Lord is the self-destruction of the wicked while God's people are granted to inherit the earth in peace and blessing. Christ must reign until He "puts and things beneath His Feet". Man must regain his primeval innocents, the Curse must be overcome. The "New Jerusalem" is the earth transformed even here below.
"I beheld till thrones were placed and the Ancient of days sat... and the books were opened (Dan.7:9; Apoc.20:12) and judgment was given. And I beheld because of the great words which that horn spoke: and I saw that the beast was slain, and the body thereof was destroyed, and given to the fire to be burnt. And lo, One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and He came even to the Ancient of days....And He gave Him power, and glory, and a kingdom...His power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away (Dan. 7:9-14).
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ARMAGEDON: "And I saw from the mouth of the dragon, and the mouth of the beast and the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits... the spirits of devils working signs, and they go forth to the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle against the great day of the Almighty God. And He shall gather them together into a place which in Hebrew is called ARMAGEDON (see Zach. 12:11 - death of Lord's witnesses)....And there was a great earthquake, such as one as never had been since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great. And the great city was divided into three parts; and the cities of the Gentiles fell. " (Apoc. 16:16-19)
The world shall be divided into three camps: One camp shall be protected by the Lord's Covenant, and the other two camps comprising the rest of the world who freely and knowingly chose to refuse the Lord's warning, shall perish in the defenses they themselves have made: "If Satan is divided against Satan, his kingdom cannot stand but has an end" (Mark 3:26).
ARMAGADON is a symbolism not a
place: "In that day there shall be a great lamentation in
Jerusalem, like the lamentation

of Adadremmon in the plain of ARMAGEDON" (Zach. 12:11).
This is symbolic for the weeping that happened when good King
Josias was slain. The death of a very great and holy person will bring
on the world catastrophy. See the two witnesses of Apocalypse.
If anyone
shall hurt them, out of the mouth of prophecy their enemies themselves shall
perish. However by God's mercy, repentance can reverse the greatest
impending disasters. Remember Jonah. God
desires to forgive!
"AWAKE, O SWORD, AGAINST MY SHEPHERD and against the man, my companion (Zach.4; 7:7; Apoc. 11). And there shall be in all the earth, says the Lord, two parts in it shall perish: but the third part shall be left. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My Name, and I will hear them. I will say: You are My people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God"
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PROPHECIES of St. Padre Pio (directions for the "remnant")
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