Is Armageddon Near? - Today's News & Biblical Views

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ys that the men of issachar understood the times and knew what Israel ought to do on this program we try to relate things that are happening in the news and then show you what the word of God says about them well recently we're hearing quite a lot in the news about Putin and the possibility of Armageddon is Armageddon near that's our topic for today is Armageddon near what do you think we're seeing so many things happening all around the world we see North Korea sending missiles over Japan we se

e the war in Syria we see what Putin is doing in Ukraine and now it's like his back is up against the wall because the Russian forces are losing the ukrainians are winning that war and now Putin is threatening to use nuclear weapons let's look at some of the things that have been said by some very well-known people about Armageddon first of all at the close of World War II on September 2nd 1945 general Douglas MacArthur stood on the deck of the Battleship Missouri and said we have had our last c

hance if we will not devise some greater and more Equitable system Armageddon will be at the door this was at the end of World War II when MacArthur said Armageddon will be at the door in 1961 President John F Kennedy said mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind Now we move forward to 1981. President Ronald Reagan was reflecting on the problems in Lebanon Syria Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union and Israel on June 7 1981 he wrote in his diary got word of Israeli bombing o

f Iraq nuclear reactor I swear I believe Armageddon is near that was President Reagan in 1981. on October 8 2022 the Associated Press reported from Washington President Joe Biden declared that the risk of nuclear Armageddon is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis as Russian officials speak of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine the President also said and I quote I don't think there is any such thing as

a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon they go on Administration officials said Biden's warning about the risk of nuclear Armageddon was designed to send an unvarnished message that no one should underestimate the extraordinary danger if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine and recently Russian President Vladimir Putin said I want to remind you that our country also has various means of Destruction and when the territorial Integrity of our country

is threatened to protect Russia and our people we will certainly use all the means at our disposal it's not a bluff President Putin is threatening nuclear war what do you think do you think he's bluffing we don't know but according to the word of God the Bible the battle of Armageddon will be the greatest battle that has ever been fought all the nations of the world will gather together in Israel and will fight this battle Revelation Chapter 14 verse 20 tells us that the blood from this battle

will be as deep as the horse's bridle which is approximately four and a half feet deep let's look at what the Bible says let's go to Revelation chapter 16 verses 13 to 16. John said then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs they came out of the mouth of the Dragon out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet they are demonic spirits that perform signs and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for the battle of the great day of almighty

God look I come like a thief blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed so as not to go naked and to be shamefully exposed then they gathered the Kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon here we see very clearly the Bible says there is coming a day I ask you do you believe the Bible there is coming a day when demon Spirits are going to go out and draw together the kings of the whole Earth and they're going to come to Israel to battle this is definitely going t

o be the greatest battle the world has ever known now there is another battle that is called the Battle of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel chapter 38. I encourage you read Ezekiel chapter 36 37 38. chapter 36 and 37 talks about the Jewish people coming back to Israel because they've been dispersed everywhere and then there's going to be a battle called The Battle of Gog and Magog when the enemy from the farthest north parts the King James version uses the expression from the far north which means the u

ttermost parts of the north if you are in Israel and you take a ruler and lay it on a map it'll take you right up to Moscow the uttermost parts are Russia and that enemy is going to come and Ezekiel chapter 38 verse 5 says he will come with a coalition there will be Persia which is Iran Ethiopia and Libya which are Ethiopia and cush and put Libya is going to come also with him and a coalition of other nations and they're going to come down and attack Israel we're going to take a quick break we'r

e looking at the subject is Armageddon near we'll be right back [Music] today's news and biblical views is produced and recorded in the studios of Lighthouse TV positively different [Music] thank you [Music] welcome back to today's news and biblical news today we're looking at the subject is Armageddon near what are you hearing in the news are you concerned about what you're hearing do you think it's very possible that we could have nuclear war we just looked at Revelation chapter 16. and in Rev

elation chapter 16 it talks about the demon Spirits going out and drawing the kings of the earth and their armies to come to Israel I mentioned that in Revelation 14 20 it talks about the wine press of God's Wrath and how the blood will be as deep as the horse's bridle and it also tells us how far and wide that's going to be it'll cover approximately 200 miles isn't it interesting that from north to south in Israel it's approximately 200 miles I have been to the area where the battle of Armagedd

on will be fought it's called Mount megiddo it's also called the valley of Jezreel or the valley of Jehoshaphat I'm going back to Israel next march for the eighth time and I take people with me maybe you're interested in going if the battle doesn't come before then you'll see where the Battle of megiddo is going to be fought it's approximately 55 miles north of the city of Jerusalem the word Armageddon in the Hebrew means that it means the Mount of megiddo and the word megiddo means Slaughter me

giddo and it means the mount where the slaughter will take place it's a vast plane it's incredible as far as you can see among all of the mountains there's this vast plain it's almost like God took his hand and just wiped across the land and there's this huge plane in 1799 Napoleon stood there looking over that Valley and he said all the armies of the earth could maneuver their troops on this vast plane he believed all the armies of the world could do that was Napoleon aware of what the Bible sa

ys I'm not sure why is the battle of Armageddon going to be fought there have always been Wars we've had Wars from the very beginning when Adam and Eve rebelled against God we had Wars that Abraham fought we had all kinds of violence going on during the days of Noah Jesus said in Matthew chapter 24 verse 6 and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars then right in the middle of that verse Jesus gave us words of encouragement to those of us who know him as Savior and Lord he said see that you be

not troubled for all these things must come to pass there's going to be War there's always been War but the battle of Armageddon will be the greatest War why is this war going to be fought well one of the reasons why God is going to have this battle come is that he's going to bring his wrath upon his people his own people the Jews the Jewish people rejected Jesus Christ as the Messiah we've had all kinds of difficulties because of that rejection and that all began with Abraham when Abraham didn'

t believe God when God told him he would give him a son an heir he had sexual relationship with Hagar she brought forth Ishmael who was not the son that God wanted him to have to carry on the Royal Line Abraham had a lapse of faith do you ever have a lapse of faith when you disbelieve God Abraham disbelieved God and he had Ishmael it took 25 years for God to answer that prayer to get Abraham and get his heart right so he would be ready to receive that son Isaac and from all those different years

we see the problems between the Jews and the Arabs and the Muslims all of this fighting that's going on all around the world and we see what's happening in North Korea and other places but isn't it interesting you read in the news how Russia is now becoming very close with China and Russia is becoming very close with Iran let me read to you from Revelation chapter 16. listen to this this is in verse 12. it says the sixth Angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and it's water drie

d up to prepare the way for the Kings from the East the Bible tells us that the Euphrates river which is now in that whole area of Iraq the Tigris and Euphrates River there's coming a day when that river is going to be dried up so that the Kings from the East can come that's no doubt China and the Oriental countries coming to the battle of Armageddon that Euphrates river is going to be dried up I read just a few years ago in the morning call here in Allentown area an article all about the Euphra

tes river and how it's drying up and things are happening to fulfill Bible prophecy but remember this my friends prophecy is not to scare us it's to prepare us and even if we're going to have nuclear war if you know Jesus Christ as your savior and Lord you should be at peace you should know that God is fulfilling these prophecies these promises are coming to pass why why the battle of Armageddon well one of the reasons is to discipline his own people the Jews we read in Deuteronomy chapter 31 ve

rse 17 when God's people were rejecting him forsaking him turning to idols and did not want to obey him they were breaking his Covenant God was sending disaster even to his own people Deuteronomy 31 17 says are not all these disasters come upon us because our God is not among us God uses disasters to get people's attention we just recently had hurricane Ian what a terrible hurricane and all of the destruction billions and billions and billions of dollars of Destruction and what about a hundred p

eople lives were destroyed that to me is an example of God's mercy why weren't there hundreds of thousands or millions of people who lost their lives during that hurricane God is merciful and sometimes God has to take everything away from us before we will realize how much we need him I had to be flat on my back in a hospital in Phillipsburg Pennsylvania at age 17 before I cried out to Jesus Christ to save me many of you have gone through all kinds of difficulties do you ever think that God is a

llowing things to happen in your life to get your attention that's often what he does to discipline us as Christians Jesus Christ took the wrath of God on the cross but as Christians when we walk away from the Lord he disciplines us Hebrews chapter 12 verse 6 says whom the Lord loves he disciplines and he chastens his children sometimes God disciplines us as Christians maybe you're going through a time of discipline cry out to the Lord and ask him what is happening we're looking at the subject o

f is Armageddon near we're going to take a quick break I'm going to come right back to this subject don't go away [Music] thank you welcome back to today's news and biblical views on the program today we're looking at the subject is Armageddon near you're reading lots of things in the newspapers you're hearing it on the news the President says we are as close to Armageddon now as we were back in 1962 when the Missile Crisis happened in Cuba I was only 14 years old at that time and I very well re

member all of those ships there in the ocean all around Cuba praise God that the Russians backed off we could have had a nuclear Holocaust right then and we're trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons do you know that if you read in Ezekiel chapter 14 that's another great place to read the Bible tells us that when Jesus Christ comes back his feet will touch down Ezekiel Chapter 14 verse 4 his feet will touch down on the Mount of Olives and the Mount of Olives will split the Mount o

f Olives right there right near the city of Jerusalem I've been there many times the amount of Olives are going to split it's my contention I can't prove it but I believe that's very possibly how God's going to remove all of the blood if the blood all over Israel is four feet deep something's got to happen to it and there's going to be a great earthquake and you go on and you read there in Ezekiel Chapter 14 verse 12 it tells us that people's flesh will consume away from them while they're stand

ing on their feet and their eyes will be consumed away while they stand on their feet that to me sounds like a nuclear Holocaust God promised us that he would never destroy the Earth again with water whenever you see the rainbow that's God's promise to the whole world that's God's rainbow that's not for the gays and the lesbians to celebrate that's God's rainbow that's his sign that he will never destroy the Earth with water again but do you know how he's going to destroy the Earth read again wr

ite down the scripture second Peter chapter 3 verse 10 the Bible tells us that the Earth will melt with fervent Heat and the elements and everything that is in the Earth is going to be burned up why is it going to be burned up to make way for the new Heaven and the new Earth Revelation chapter 20 and chapter 20 tells us 21 tells us there's going to be a new Heaven and a new Earth this Earth is going to be completely destroyed and when you read many of those Scriptures it certainly sounds like it

could be by a nuclear Holocaust these things could happen very soon we are going to see a war in Israel there's no doubt about it will Iran be involved if you believe the word of God believe what it says in Ezekiel chapter 38 verse 5 that Iran which in the scriptures is called Persia but since 1935 it's Iran the enemy from the uttermost part of the of the north will come down with Iran and with Ethiopia and Libya and a host of other nations and they will attack Israel will the Russians win will

the Iranians win in that war go on and read what's going to happen in Ezekiel chapter 38 and how God is going to intervene and then read in Revelation Chapter 19 Verse 11 when the Bible says that John in this Vision saw a great white horse in heaven and he who sat upon it whose name was faithful and true that is the Lord Jesus Christ he had a sword coming out of his mouth with which to judge the Nations and Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior King of kings and Lord of lords will come back to stop

the battle of Armageddon lest the entire universe would be totally destroyed and he's going to set up his kingdom in Israel in Jerusalem you say you're crazy you don't believe that I believe it with all my heart read the book I ask you my friends if we can't believe the Bible what book can we believe if we don't believe what Jesus Christ said who are we going to believe Jesus is going to set up his eternal Kingdom his Earthly Kingdom for a thousand years and then there will come down from heaven

the Eternal Kingdom the new heaven the new Earth Jesus Christ is coming again do you believe that we are seeing all these things happening we are seeing an increase in crime and violence we are seeing lawlessness we are seeing police officers shot and killed almost daily pray for my son Evan he's a police officer a deputy sheriff in Collier County in Naples Florida I pray for him every day pray that God will put angels around our police officers and our firemen look at what's happening in the s

chools complete chaos violence in our schools drugs and alcohol and immorality in Loudoun County Virginia a 15 year old boy came into school wearing a skirt and he went into the to the girls restrooms and he raped a 14 year old girl and they put him in another school and what did he do there he did the same thing he raped look at the books that are coming into our schools it's absolutely incredible we have pornographic laws in this country and they're not enforcing them you check out the library

where your children go to school go in and look at some of the books see if you can find some of those books on transgenderism and and the gays and all of these things Satan is on the war path Revelation chapter 12 tells us that he will deceive the nations of the world and he's deceiving people to me there is only one explanation for all the craziness that is happening in this country look at what's happening on the border all these illegal people coming into this country bringing drugs with th

em bringing gangs with them bringing violence with them and it's like Washington is just standing by nothing is being done it's unbelievable the things that are happening in this country are you concerned are you going to vote many Christians stay home they say the entire country is going to hell I'm staying home I'm not going to vote listen my friends Proverbs 29 2 says when the righteous are in Authority the people Rejoice but when the wicked bear rule the people mourn be informed know what th

e candidates stand for in Deuteronomy 30 19 the Lord said I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you this day I have set before you life and death blessing and cursing choose life that you may live choose life for yourself and your family and those beautiful little babies take a stand against abortion take a stand and make a difference pray for our country pray that you will be ready in Amos 4 12 the Bible says prepare to meet your God Jesus said in Matthew 24 44 therefore be ready for in su

ch an hour as you think not the son of man comes if you have not repented if you have not trusted in Jesus Christ on the cross for the Forgiveness of your sins and don't believe that he was raised from the dead you have no hope of eternal life turn to Jesus Christ so that no matter what happens even if Armageddon comes you will be ready God bless you and thank you for watching today's program [Music] [Music] thank you foreign [Music]