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UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION    

                                                         Part 24

 

We are going to look, a little bit, at the Battle of Armageddon. Let me say right off the bat, The Battle of Armageddon is a spiritual battle. And it is taking place between the ears!! It is all in our mind. It is the battle of the mind of I AM and the natural mind. THE RENEWING OF THE MIND is what brought this battle to the point of our AWAKENING to the truth of our True Identity. It is NOT a battle that is going to take place in the natural; and an Anti-Christ is NOT going to appear from somewhere in the Middle East; and all of mankind will be slaughtered (in the way we THINK of "being slaughtered". We have been going through the Battle of Armageddon for a while, and NOW we have the battle won; (as we keep our focus on our Identity). This battle HAS BEEN WON from the foundation of the world. And now, we are tired of "fighting" and we are resting from the battle.

 

I want to go over a little of what we have been taught, regarding this battle, and then show you in scriptures what has really taken place. So let us look at some scripture about what John saw, regarding the Battle of Armageddon.

 

We will be looking at quite a few scriptures, and then we will see them in light of PRESENT TRUTH.

 

Revelation 14:18-20, "And another angel came out from under the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."

 

Revelation 16:16, "And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."

 

Revelation 19:11-21, "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; and his name is called THE WORD OF GOD. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thight a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth; and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."

 

Revelation 20:1-3, "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key og the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

 

Many teachers (futurists and dispensationalists) have tried to show that Revelation 14:18-20, is the climatic and ultimate destruction of all mankind. This is supposedly to take place in a future world wide holocaust of human slaughter, called The Battle of Armageddon. They believe that this battle is is to be fought in the valley of Megiddo, a valley located about 70 miles from Jerusalem, north of Jerusalem. It IS the scene of many battles in past history. Now for some really "FAR OUT IMAGINING": many teachers teach that the armies of the EARTH will gather there and that they will be under the leadership of tow or three mortal men referred to as; the anti-christ, the beast and the false prophet. They teach that they will engage the in habitants of the earth in a battle to the death against the Lord and his armies of heaven.

 

Blood is suppose to flow in this valley ( here they refer to Rev. 14:20) about 200 miles and about 6 feet deep. To literally do this, the total distance of 200 miles, it would have to include the whole valley of Megiddo from Mount Carmel on the Mediterranean Sea, along the Kishon river through the valley of Megiddo and the valley of Jazreel to the river Jordan, then through the plain of the river Jordan to and through the Dead Sea and onward through the valley of the wilderness of Zin and past Kadesh-barnea into the wilderness of Parna, into the Sinai Peninsula. WHEW!!!!! Saying all that, it is easy to see that to take the Revelation 14:20, and Revelatioin 16:16 literally, it is impossible. Because of the blood coagulation, in battle, very little blood flows at the time of death.

 

IF it were possible to get all of the people on the earth into the valley of Megiddo and then have someone cut their throats, hang them by their heels and drain all of their blood from their bodies, THERE STILL WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH BLOOD TO FILL THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO AND THEN FLOW FOR 200 MILES, AT THE DEPTH OF SIX FEET!!!!! I don't know HOW these people come up with all this crap!! Of course, it is the carnal mind, but even with the carnal mind doing the figuring, I don't think the carnal mind is that stupid. (Excuse me, I do get a little carried away with some of this "scholarly thinking". lol.

 

This whole thing about the Battle of Armageddon is SYMBOLIC!! I know you can see what some of the symbolism is, because of some of the things we have already talked about. Horses=strength or power, remember? But let's go on.

The symbolisn of "horses" are used to help reveal to us, how that before the seventh church age is completed, the total ruling STRENGTH of all carnal and fleshly systems of mankind is DESTROYED by those knowing their True Identity, "that one like unto...". Look back in this study to the Opening of the first seal of the first church age (Rev 6:1). In the unveiling of this part of John's vision, here again is the declaration of how complete the final victory of this last day's "ministry" really is. It confirms the total destruction and overcoming of all of the fleshly realm and what it has done to the mind of mindkind.

 

Zephaniah 3:8, "Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, UNTIL the day that I RISE UP (in us, UNTIL HIS IDENTITY IS SEEN IN US AND AS US) to the prey; for my determination is th gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my firerce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy."

 

When I AM rises up, it is nota fight with human armament. The battle is not a war of earthly proportions; it is not a battle with guns, planes, bombs, ships and weapons of mankink. This is not a war of nation against nation, or kingdom against kingdom. This is not the war in the Middle East, as some are saying is here now. It is not a war in Jerusalem. THIS IS A SPIRITUAL BATTLE; IT IS THE BATTLE OF MIND AGAINST MIND; THE MIND OF I AM AND THE CARNAL RELIGEOUS MIND!! It is the battle of SEEING HIM IN ALL THINGS; the things that we look at, as the good, the bad and the ugly. And the battle is actuallly OVER!! We just have to walk into this truth and see it manifested in this realm.

 

In Revelation 19, " And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, bot free and bond, both small and great. "

 

An angel, standing in LIGHT, UNDERSTANDING talked to the "fowls that fly in the midst of heaven.....where is "heaven"? BETWEEN OUR EARS! "Gather YOURSELVES TOGETHER" Come into agreement in HIS WORD, TOGETHER, SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY; THIS is the true coming together!! These three ARE together IF we would see this as I AM sees it. HE sees it FINISHED! COMPLETED!! PERFECTED!! HE said, "it is good, it is very good". This coming together is SEEING AS HE SEES. The fowls of the heaven (air) IS THOUGHTS. His thoughts eat up the flesh, (Light appears and HE is seen in darkness, or what we have called darkness.)

 

Revelation 14:20, "Blood came out of the winepress..." This is the final and total destruction of the carnal, fleshly realm, and what christians refer to as the satanic realm. WE know that the devil has ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED (Heb 2:14-15); but most christians are still fighting him. How? Why? Because of the fowls of the air, in their heavens. Hebrews 12 tells us "Everything that can be shaken will be shaken". My precious loved one, WE are the fulfillment of this verse!! When it speaks of "slaughter", it is not men, it is WHAT IS IN MEN, BEING REMOVED. Oh how the carnal mind fights against this. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS TRUE. We are STILL finding things of the system, trying to work itself up in us, from time to time. BUT WE ARE SEALED. HIS FINISHED WORK IS APPEARING IN< THROUGH < AND AS US AND US AS HIM!!! Hallelujah!!

 

WE are the sharp two edged sword. We are the Word of God, coming out of HIS MOUTH. We are the fire that makes others uncomfortable, and we are also, the COMPASSION OF I AM.

 

Joel 3:16 tells us that HE shall roar OUT OF ZION, US, and every thing that is not of Him shall go down. HE overcomes mankind by the power of His Spirit. How many Spirits are there? ONE. Are we Spirit Beings? oh yes, HIS SPIRIT. The battle for the minds and wills of mankind IS won by HIM.

Romans 8:9, 11, "If that same Spirit that dwells in Christ (I AM'S LIFE) dwelleth in you, IT SHALL QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODY." You see, the body follows either the Spirit or the soul that left her husband, which ever is the strongest. Up until now, the wayward soul has led us, but she is back together with her husband, the Spirit, and THE BODY HAS BEEN QUICKENED!! IF WE BELIEVE IT AND WALK IT IN BELIEF!!! Like ALL of HIS FINISHED WORK, we must walk into it, manifest it. This is the battle, what our mind believes!! Christiandom is WAITING for a literal battle to take place. As long as they believe this, they will see physical death. They will be those spoken of in Hebrews 11:40.

 

Philipians 2:5, "LET (allow, permit) THIS MIND be in you which was also in Christ Jesus..."

 

Zechariah 14:12, "Their flesh (carnality) shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, (we must REST in HIS TRUTH), and their (fleshly) eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their (fleshly) tongues shall consume away in their mouth (ONLY HE SPEAKS)." This is the end of all fleshly ways of MANkind. Mankind's day is over. HUMANITY is consumed with the brightness of His coming, His appearing, HIS FINISHED WORK IS MANIFESTED!! Hallelujah!! Are you seeing as HE SEES? WE MUST. We are given the opportunity, and that is what it is, an honor and great opportunity, to allow HIM to manifest. Those who won't will be broken, just as we have been.

 

Hebrews 12:25-29, "See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. Whose voice shook the earth: but now He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also HEAVEN. AND THIS WORD, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that ARE shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain, (OUR TURE IDENTITY) . Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved (His Kingdom is our Kingdom) let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE." In this last verse, we are serving AS GOD and Him AS US, for we are ONE IN HIM.

 

The battle of Armageddon is finished. When our focus is on Who we ARE, and Who is us, there is no more battle!!

 

I went an intirely different route than I had planned on taking in the explaining of the Battle of Armageddon, but it is I AM saying what HE wants said.

In the next part, we will finish up the church ages, the seventh church age. A lot of what was said in this part does and is telling of the seventh church age. But, so be it, amen.

 

to be continued......
 

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