Where Mount Carmel juts out into the sea, making the only prominent offset on the smooth coast line, there empties the river Kishon into the sea. There is the door of entrance to the great plain of Esdraelon; and, up the river, to the south, on the skirts of the mountain, commanding the position, is Megiddo--a natural battlefield. It is just there, and nowhere else (except as it drags itself southward along the Jordan valley and to Jerusalem) that the battle of "Har-Mageddon" will be fought. The kings of the earth will be there set in array; their object, the extermination of Israel. (Ps. 83.) They will advance to the valley of Jehoshaphat, which is before Jerusalem (Joel 3:9-13), and take the city itself. It will be the very last of the wars, and will come to a sudden end by the interference of Jehovah Himself, the descent of the Son of God from heaven with all His armies in His train. (Joel 3:14-17; Zech. 14:1-8; Rev. 19:11-21.) Such, taking Old and New Testament together, will be the battle of the mountain of Megiddo, the last great battle of the great day of God. And its issue will be the deliverance of Jerusalem and the establishment of the glorious Reign.

R. H. BOLL, in Gospel Advocate.      

["Armageddon," Word and Work 7 (December 1914): 17.]

      The electronic version of R. H. Boll's "Armageddon" has been produced from microfilm of Word and Work for 1914.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 11 December 2001.
Updated 21 June 2003.