Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Interesting Thought

One of the things that kept waking me up last night was the thought of Armageddon. When you think of Armageddon what do you think of? Many may think of the end of the world as we know it. Few questions that popped in my mind concerning Armageddon. Why would Armageddon need to take place if we all die and go to Heaven anyway? If we all die and go to Heaven anyway, why did Jesus need to come in the first place? If it is the end of the world as we know it then why did God create the world in the first place? Why did God not take care of this in the days of Noah? What is he waiting for?

What happens after Armageddon?

Many have tried to predict when it will happen but truth is the scriptures tell us that no man knows when it will happen. Matthew 24 verse 36 through 39 tells us " Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be "

So truth is, we don't know. Who ever has tried to predict the end were wrong. Note that even the angels don't even know. Not even Jesus knows. Notice the scripture that says only the father thus also proving that Jesus is the son of God not God himself because again if they were one in the same the son would also know. So again, nobody knows when it end will come. It's also possible that back then there was not a clear understanding of the scriptures since it was not the proper time to learn such things. Matthew chapter 24:45 tells us that we are given food at the proper time that means spiritual insight at the proper time.

The point for the post is this - Every single religion or most I should say mentions that the end is coming. My religion is no different. My question is what happens after the end? Do we remain on earth? Are we all killed and off to Heaven we go? Do some go to hell? What happens? In the previous post I showed that the Earth not created for nothing. I also showed in scripture that the meek will inherit the Earth. I showed that the wicked will be cut off. Is God's original purpose about to take place and also is Satan destroyed at Armageddon?

Revelation chapter 20 starting at verse 1 through 3 tells us "  And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he hurled him into the abyss and shut [it] and sealed [it] over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while"

So based on this scripture it gives us insight into what?

Satan is seized for how long? 1000 years and after these things he must be let loose. Who is Satan going to mislead if we all died and went to Heaven? What is the second death as mentioned in Revelation chapter 20 verse 6. What is the first resurrection? Most of this information is very deep and hard to understand but note a few things that I hope that I answered " What will happen after Armageddon "

Satan will be locked up. The earth will be transformed into a global paradise as it was originally intended. After it is the dead will come back to life as mentioned in Revelation chapter 20 verse 5. Satan will be let loose again to see how many more people he can take before he is destroyed. This information as mentioned is deep but it clearly shows what will happen after Armageddon. It shows that people will be here. It shows the dead will come back to life. Hard to believe huh? Is it that far fetched to believe? I mean many think we die and our soul goes to heaven to be with God or if we are bad burn forever. Well, that's all for today folks.

I'm not sure what day but I will post what the bible teaches starting sometime this week. I encourage all to read with open minds and look up scriptures.

Have a great day!

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