Armagedon, 2nd Coming, Day of Lord, Scriptural Prophecy

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).

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)

"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"

"i will bring all nations into the valley of josephat and I will plead for my inheritance and for my servant, Israel." There is only one Valley connected with Josephat in Scripture, it is 2 Chronicles 20. All the nations gather against God's people and Josephat, with his small army, does not know what to do. He gives himself to prayer and calls for a fast. A prophet rises and says, "Do not fear, for the battle is not yours but God's." So Josephat takes courage and with his tiny army goes out to meet the foe. In the meantime the Ammonites begin fighting with the Moabites and the Moabites begin fighting with the inhabitants of Mt Seir. When Josephat arrives at the top of the mountain, he looks down and sees all the slain before him. He goes down and takes their spoils. And he calls it "The Valley of Blessing". GOD HAS A LIKE WORK IN THE LATTER DAYS: "Not with an army or by might but by My Spirit, says the Lord" (Zacharias 4:6); "you shall return and see the difference between the just and the unjust, between him who serves the Lord and him who serves him not...when they shall be ashes under your feet, it shall not leave them root nor branch...IN THE DAY WHEN 'I DO' SAYS THE LORD" (Malachias 3:18-4:6) God is warning all the world that nations are on the verge of destroying themselves. The remedy is change of heart and a return to the Lord "who alone has power to save" and will do so. God warns but does not force.; He calls but has given us free will. But how do I know for sure? I would hate to find out too late! The worse thing is for evil to have no end. God's word is never "woe!" except to those who refuse it. By God's love and faithfulness, there is a sure remedy: "I made the smith who brings forth his instrument to destroy. And I made the substance from which he forms his instruments to destroy. No weapon that is formed against you will prosper...This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord and my faithfulness, says the Lord" (Isaias 54)