Armageddon in the Bible
Hebrew for “Mount of Megiddo”
Kings to be gathered together in place called Armageddon
[edit]"Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon."
Notes
[edit]- “The word occurs only in Revelations 16:16 as a Greek translation of the term claimed to be Hebrew. It represents the location of the final cosmic battle of the forces of good and of evil, according to the apocalyptic view of the writer. However, no such term appears elsewhere in Hebrew, and there is no mountain known to ancient or modern geographers by that name. Megiddo (the city) is situated at the north end of the major pass through the Mount Carmel range.” (Harper’s Bible Dictionary, p. 64) “...the Plain of Megiddo, stretching along the northern slopes of Mt Carmel to the Plain of Acco...” (Op Cit p. 227)
- Map 3 of the Oxford Companion to the Bible, p. 880, shows the dominant mountain nearest the city of Megiddo to be Mt Carmel overlooking the pass to the sea where great battles were fought in ancient times.
- “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills; and people shall flow unto it, and many nations shall come, and say: ‘come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.” (Micah 4:1-4) [Note: “The New Testament continues this imagery using the term ‘heavenly Jerusalem’ or ‘Zion’ metaphorically in reference to ... the place of God’s dwelling.” (Revelation 14:1) (Harper’s Bible Dictionary, p 1166).]
- “In this Dispensation, these laws are destined to flow from His Holy Mountain (Mt Carmel) even as in the Mosaic Dispensation the law of God was promulgated from Zion.” (Establishment of The Universal House of Justice, no. 43).
- “Render thanks unto thy Lord O Carmel ... Rejoice, for God hath in this Day established upon thee His throne, hath made thee the dawning-place of His signs, and the dayspring of the evidences of His revelation ... Call out to Zion, O Carmel, and announce the joyful tidings ... ere long will God sail His Ark upon thee...” (Gleanings, p. 15-16)
- Summation: The cosmic forces of evil will encounter the Word of God or Rule of God coming from Mt Carmel and be defeated, ushering in God’s Kingdom on earth. The Universal House of Justice governs from the new home of the Ark of the Covenant on Mt Carmel, God’s Holy Mountain, Zion, the New Jerusalem, and will ultimately triumph over the evil forces of the world and establish the Golden Age of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, God’s Kingdom on Earth.