THIRD DOOM.
"THE BEAST" AND "FALSE
PROPHET."
Revelation 19:20.
"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 a 'Lake of Fire' burning with brimstone." |
The issue of the "Battle of
Armageddon" will never be in doubt. The previous summoning
of the birds and beasts of prey, prove this'. Before the
destruction of the army of Antichrist, he and the False
Prophet will be cast "alive" into the "Lake of Fire." This
shows that they are not "Systems" but "Persons," and as
Enoch and Elijah were taken to Heaven without dying, so
Antichrist and the False Prophet will be cast into the "Lake
of Fire" without dying, and will be still there and alive
when Satan is cast in a 1000 years later.
Before Antichrist is seized
and cast into the "Lake of Fire," Satan will make his exit
from his person, and after the battle is over, Satan will be
bound and cast into the "Bottomless Pit," where he will be
"sealed up" for 1000 years'. This is the culminating act of
the "Tribulation Period."
FOURTH DOOM.
THE ANTICHRISTIAN NATIONS.
Revelation 19:21.
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." |
So great will be the
destruction of human life in the Battle of Armageddon, that
God will prepare for it in advance less the stench of the
unburied dead should breed pestilence.
"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 (Buzzards,
Vultures, Eagles, etc.), Come and gather yourselves together
unto the
SUPPER OF THE GREAT GOD,
that ye may eat the flesh of
Kings . . . Captains . . Mighty Men, and the flesh of horses
and of them that sit on them (common soldiers), and the
flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."
Rev. 19:17, 18.
This "Feast" is described in
the Old Testament.
"And, thou son of man, thus
saith the Lord God, Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to
every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come,
gather yourselves on every side to My Sacrifice, that I do
sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the Mountains
of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall
eat the flesh of the Mighty, and drink the blood of the
Princes of the Earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of
bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And ye shall eat
fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken. . .
. Thus ye shall be filled 'at My Table,' with horses and
chariots (their occupants), with Mighty Men, and with all
Men of War, said the Lord God." Ez. 39:1-22.
And in the same chapter we
are told that the "House of Israel," the occupants of
Palestine in that day, shall be seven months burying the
bones of the dead, the flesh having been eaten by the birds
and beasts of prey, and the wood from the weapons of
warfare, army wagons, spears, etc., shall last the
inhabitants of the land for fuel seven years, so that they
will not have to take wood out of the field, nor cut down
any out of the forests.
The words in Rev. 19:21, "and
all the fowls were filled with their flesh," declare that
those "Fowl Guests" will be GORGED WITH CARRION.
Then will be fulfilled the
words of Jesus--"For wheresoever the carcase is, there will
the Eagles (birds of prey) be gathered together." Matt.
24:27, 28. The eagle feeds mainly on fresh meat. The Hebrews
classed the eagle among the birds of prey, such as the
vulture.
The destruction of this great
army will be brought about by supernatural means, and as
there is to be a "GREAT HAIL" to fall from heaven upon the
enemies of God when the "Seventh Vial" is poured out, which
includes this period, that may be the means God will use,
for it was in that way that the enemies of Israel were
destroyed on the same battlefield in the "Battle of
Beth-Horon" in the days of Joshua. Josh. 10:1-11.
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