Formation at Megiddo
Rev 16: Formation at Megiddo
13 Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet.
DLim: Barb Bedford dreamed of frogs everywhere.
Walk prayerfully and in holiness.
14 For they are spirits of demons performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.
DLim: There are magical spiritual signs from the unclean spirits. The evil signs, such as Global Warming, Climate Change, Global Village, BLM, travel to the kings(leaders and governors, PM and presidents). They are assembled for the battle. We are in this great day of Almighty God.
We hear battle drums in the media daily.
Today this prophesy is fulfilled before us.
15 “Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed[Or and guards his clothes] so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.”
DLim: Be alarmingly careful! Achtung Spitfire! Guard your clothes from contamination, such as getting involved with the false ideas and evil campaign. Be Truthers and not liars.
The Lord will come suddenly and bring everything to light.
Scoffers keep on calling God out. But God is handling things according to His Plan. Everything will be made known at its proper time in the day of the Lord.
DLim: The Lord speaking. Attention is focusing on the Lord God and not on Israel. Traditionally people teach that the great war is about nations forming strategies and formation against the State of Israel and probably at Israel or Judea as well.
16 So they assembled them at the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon.[n][o]
- Revelation 16:16 Other mss read Armageddon; other mss read Harmegedon; other mss read Mageddon; other mss read Magedon
- Revelation 16:16 Traditionally the hill of Megiddo, a great city that guarded the pass between the coast and the valley of Jezreel or Esdraelon; Jdg 5:19; 2Kg 9:27
DLim: The name seems to be unfamiliar to a lot of people, having different spelling. This also suggest that people might pay more attention to spoken record than written record.
Having 1 d or 2 d is possible to be a scribal error in copying the text.
The difference between Ma and Me is likely to be a Hebrew tradition in pronunciation.
DLim: The nations taking formation against the Lord God at the place which is not stated to be in Israel and is only called in Hebrew. The writer and the copiers are trying to give a Hebrew overtone in this word(Hebrew name of a place).
The Seventh Bowl
17 Then the seventh[p] poured out his bowl into the air,[ Or on the air] and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary[Other mss add of heaven] from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
DLim: “Then” tells us we are at another time and place, after the previous situation or scenario.
This pouring out of the 7th bowl is accompanied with a proclamation. The proclamation is (gegonen γ?γονεν - It is done. ) that it is done instead of the proclamation of Jesus on the cross that it is finished.
The Lord God speaks from heaven, far above. The Lord sees action down below. He is both near and far.
18 There were flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since man has been on the earth—so great was the quake.
DLim: There is display of energy. What is done caused a severe earthquake.
19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations[Or the Gentile cities] fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; He gave her the cup filled with the wine of His fierce anger.
DLim: The mount of Olives splits to 2 when Jesus touched down on it. But here, we have a 3 way split. Note also that the Mount of Olives is not a city. Here we are told that “the great city”(Mystery Babylon? America?) is split into 3 parts(another formation). New York City reminds us of a city split up by waters into parts or districts.
This is a time a situation when the cup filled with the wine of God’s fierce anger(resonance with fierce earthquake) is given to the great city(Mystery Babylon). This speaks of the wrath of God, His punishment and verdict. But lots of liars, soothsayers, nowadays are telling people that there will be peace and great prosperity.
People there involved have to take the cup and drink of the fierce anger(wrath) from of it. They are the recipients. They experience the wrath.
Instead of punishing the frogs and the dragon, beast, and false prophet, we are told of the significance in this revelation is the punishment of the people of the great city.
Which side to you take? Better repent and embrace Jesus all days of your remaining lives. Do not get split up and rounded up as evil groups.
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On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.
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Signs of the End of the Age
While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
DLim: Before the crucifixion of Jesus, the disciples recognized that Jesus the Son of God (acknowledging the understanding of Peter and the confirmation of Jesus to what Peter said about Him) will come back at the end of the age.