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This Newsletter Commentary #8, written July 2, 2008 by Edward McKinney.
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An Overview of Armageddon
The Why Part
Most people think of Armageddon without considering the why part.
The why part is that God needs to wipe away the civilization that had begun with Adam, Eve and Satan. God needs to wipe it away because it would prevent the creation of a new and better civilization. This new civilization will be the Millennial Sabbath that has been described as a time of peace and plenty.
God cannot build a utopian society with the present people that are in power. These people are the very reason the world is unsalvageable. Our world and national leaders are the problem and not the solution. These leaders are perpetuating corruption and ineptness in governments, religions and corporations.
Some nations are less corrupt than others are. Corruption determines the survivability of particular nations in Armageddon. It appears that Britain and Europe will not be as severely punished like the USA will be. Both Britain and the EU (European Union) have governments that serve and take care of their citizens. The situation is quite the opposite in the USA because the government has gone whoring with corporations through the lobby industry. In the USA, citizens are the struggling servants of "leaders" in the government-corporate complex. Citizens/taxpayers are pillaged at every turn.
For example, Brits and Europeans enjoy universal health coverage at no out-of-pocket expense. In the USA, citizens generally have terrible or no coverage despite astronomical prices charged by insurance corporations, drug manufacturers, hospitals, doctors and medical services. Presidents, congressmen, representatives, judges and Pentagon Brass are the only people to have good health coverage because they voted themselves extravagant perks and there is honor among thieves.
Where is this information from?
I have lately been looking closely at the events of Armageddon as described in the Bible. These events are described in Revelation, Daniel, Isaiah and other prophetic books of the Bible.
We know these prophecies are about the end-time because they did not describe past history. These end-time prophecies are so global and catastrophic in scope that there was nothing in past history to match them to.
I have not yet begun to collect Scripture that pertains to Armageddon and organize it into book form. That will be a huge undertaking. So far, I have read and reread books, chapters and verses in the Bible in order to get a panoramic view. I am sharing some of my panoramic view in this newsletter.
Who is on God’s side? Who is on Satan’s Side?
Generally speaking, democratic nations make up Jesus’ side of the upcoming battle. Nations that are dictatorial, tyrannical and expansionist are on Satan’s side.
The major players on Jesus’ side would include Britain, Europe and the USA. The major players on Satan’s side would include Red China, the Soviet Union, North Korea and their allies.
One would ask which side Muslim nations would be on. We read descriptions of Russia and her allies invading and occupying Middle Eastern nations. As a result, many Muslim nations will turn against Russia. But, Iran might support Russia because of its dependence on Russia for nuclear and missile technology.
Ironically, Russia will create its own enemies. Prophecy indicates that some Muslim nations will threaten Russia with its own nuclear weapons. This is likely because Muslim separatists inside the Russian sphere are fighting Russians in their struggles for independence. A confederacy of Middle Eastern nations might be sympathetic enough with Muslim separatists to threaten Russia with nuclear missiles.
This threat would cause the ferocious Russian Bear to rise from its sleep. It would invade and occupy the Middle East in order to disarm terrorist Muslim nations that have nuclear weapons.
Initially, the world would be happy to see an end to the nuclear threat posed by terrorist Muslim nations. But, the world would wake up to the reality that Russia gained control of almost all the oil in the world.
You can take it from there. The Western World would use the UN, NATO and the G-7 to put pressure on Russia to withdraw. The fearless Russian bear would retaliate with a preemptive nuclear strike on the USA. The USA would retaliate ("Michael, that great Commander and Chief, shall stand up and there will be a time that has never been and shall never be again.") The result would be Armageddon.
When Will Armageddon Happen?
You need to order the Forefather’s Prophecy Calendar if you have not already. Armageddon is actually a series of events. They began September 17, 2001 when President George Bush 2 signed official papers that began the War on Terrorism. (This is a famous date that Egyptologists were aware of for centuries.) History will use this date as the official beginning of Armageddon. By the way, this exact date was given in the Great Pyramid about 5000 years ago. Researchers have for decades anticipated this date. They did not known what event would occur on that ominous date. But, they speculated that it would be one of the most important dates in all history.
My interpretation of the Forefather’s Prophecy Calendar is that Armageddon will be shortly after the murder of the Two Witnesses in 2021. That could mean that your city would be vaporized a few days around Christmas that year. Do you recall from Revelation 11 that Christians will gleefully exchange Christmas presents after their leaders murder God's Two Witnesses?
According to Isaiah, this is a sin that God will not forgive because the Two Witnesses of Jesus do, in a real sense, a repetition of the ministry of Jesus Christ. To God’s way of thinking, the murder of His Two Witnesses is the second crucifixion of His son, Jesus Christ. In Hebrew 6:4-6 we read that we cannot crucify Jesus a second time. When end-time Christians murder Jesus a second time, they will have condemned themselves to Hell (the fires of nuclear Hell).
So, after Christians murder the Two Witnesses of Jesus, God will vaporize those Christians. Those Christians have absolutely no chance to be given eternal life. They are fertilizers, as described in Malachi and Isaiah.
You might ask yourself who the Two Witnesses of Jesus are. God's Two Witnesses have been around for almost 22 years. Just like Elijah and Jesus, they do their Father’s business for 21-22 years. You can count out the years of Elijah’s ministry in the Book of Kings to be 21-22 years. Jesus said He was about His Father’s ministry at age 12. He was crucified 21 years later at age 33. Likewise, the Two Witnesses have been doing a 21-22-year ministry. However, they would not yet be executed because both Jesus and Elijah would continue their work through the Two Witnesses until the Return of Jesus. That ministry would at Christmas in 2021.
Nobody recognized Jesus as the Christ, was so it only stands to reason that nobody would recognize the Two Witnesses of Jesus. It is more accurate to say that nobody wants to recognize or have anything to do with the Two Witnesses of Jesus.
After the religious establishment murdered Jesus in 30 AD, life went on until the whole nation was finally destroyed in 70 -135 AD. In our time, circumstances are more urgent because cities could be vaporized three days after the Two Witnesses of Jesus are murdered. God said that he would shorten time.
This is a sleepy and ignorant generation of Christians according to the description that Jesus gave of the end-time Church in His message to Laodiceans (Revelation 3:14-22). Remember the parable of the sleepy virgins? It looks like God will allow Christians to keep on sleeping if they want to. For most Christians, the last thing they will see is the blinding light of a thermal nuclear explosion overhead. We need not feel sorry for them because they will have murdered Jesus a second time and thereby demonstrated their unworthiness to be in the resurrection to eternal life.
People who are real Christians had better start looking for the real Two Witnesses and get behind their ministry. Christians have only a few more years to demonstrate to God that they are worthy to live through Armageddon and to receive eternal life.
The Calendar of Events
There is a way to calculate the time of Armageddon. In my opinion, Christian Forefathers calculated the year. Their calculation is not straightforward because God purposely altered the natural order of time.
God said that he would shorten time in the end-time. He would do this in order to save mankind from total extinction.
"For the sake of the elect, time will be shortened; otherwise there would not be any humans left." (Matthew 24:22)
Armageddon would normally happen many years ahead. But, on the Forefather’s Prophecy Calendar, years are reduced to only fractions of their normal lengths. This means that Armageddon is drawn right up next to us. A positive result of the shortening of time is that the time that nuclear bombs explode and the time of mass exterminations will be greatly reduced. This will allow for a few people to survive. Indications are that only a few people whom God specifically chooses will walk out of the rubble. I think it is safe to say that these people had supported the work of God's Two Witnesses. Certainly God would not allow Christians to survive who were happy to see the murders of His Two Witnesses.
Satan’s Covert Strategy to Win Armageddon
The Battle of Armageddon is like any other world war in that opposing sides use covert methods. These include spies, double agents and propaganda.
Jesus used covert tactics to overthrow the Soviet Union. Pope John Paul II traveled inside the Soviet Union and spoke of human rights to crowds of millions. These crowds turned against Marxist rulers and overthrew them in 1991. That was an excellent example of how Jesus used covert tactics to overthrow Satan’s governments inside the USSR.
Satan suffered a huge defeat with the loss of the Soviet Union. But, he still has Red China, which is now rivaling the US in economic, manufacturing and technological strength. It is soon to have weapons technology. Plus, there are still many Marxists in the old Soviet Union and they are constantly working to overthrow their democratic governments and reinstate communism.
Satan has an army of followers within the USA and other Western nations. Satan’s strategy is to move closet-Marxists into court positions so that they will reinterpret the US Constitution to be a Marxist and anti-Christ document. In order to get closet-Marxists appointed; Satan is using office holders in the left wing of the Democratic Party. For example, Hillary has publicly quoted Marx. Obama grew up among Marxists, and he has made comments that echo the Marxist goal of a separation of Christianity from government.
Satan is also pushing the anti-Christ agenda through atheists, evolutionists and people who hate Christianity because of their non-Christian lifestyles. For example, evolutionists have established their theory as an official and dictatorial belief in the public school system.
Satan’s Unlikely Followers
Satan has unlikely allies to help him defeat the USA in the Battle of Armageddon. These people are Protestant ministers who are preaching division among Christian allies. Satan is using ministers in the classic "divide and conquer" tactic.
Many ministers are spreading false prophecies that claim that Britain and Europe are end-time Babylon. These false prophecies are so prevalent in American thinking that they can have catastrophic results for the USA in the upcoming Battle of Armageddon.
This is where the prophetic vision of George Washington comes in. In this vision, American forces would eventually defeat an invading and occupying Red army. However, Britain and Europe would not immediately come to the rescue of American soldiers that are holding out to the last man. You have to ask yourself why Britain, France and Germany would not immediately come to the aid of a rag-tag army of desperate American soldiers, militiamen and volunteer citizens.
You need only look at the army of false prophets in America that is dividing American Christians from Christians in Britain and Europe. They are insulting and alienating Britain and Europe with the claim that they are end-time Babylon.
Babylon will invade and occupy the USA
It is not correct to say that BRITAIN & EUROPE ARE NATIONS OF BABYLON. This is a lie spread by false prophets. These false prophets are part of Satan’s army of domestic enemies. These false prophets are foolishly undermining America‘s chance to survive Armageddon. If you want to know the obvious, ask yourself what group of nations will invade and occupy the USA. The answer is BABYLON!
Eventually, God will bring Christian armies of Britain and Europe to the rescue Americans. Britain and Europe are America’s allies that will save the USA from Babylon! So, let us join in an effort to stop Satan’s army of false prophets from dividing America from Britain and Europe.
This points out the desperate need that Americans have to understand prophecy and to reject the army of false prophets that is undermining the Western alliance with their claim that Europe is Babylon. Europe IS NOT Babylon! Our featured book will make this obvious to all with its scholarly research into Bible prophecy and world history.
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-Edward McKinney
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