Season 4 Podcast 88 Pt A “The War in Heaven vs the Battle of Armageddon and Gog and Magog as Seen by John the Revelator.”
Season 4 Podcast 88 Pt A “The War in Heaven vs the Battle of Armageddon and Gog and Magog as Seen by John the Revelator.”
Of all places to look for clarity, one’s first thoughts do not incline toward the Book of Revelation by John. It is considered by some to be the most difficult book in the Bible, followed perhaps by Isaiah. John is unique among the other writers of the four gospels, indeed unique among all the other writers of the New Testament for his extraordinary visions and profound knowledge.
John appears to have one focus on the Old Testament, taking inspiration from Ezekiel, Daniel, and Isaiah, who were all visionaries; one focus in the New Testament, taking his inspiration from his life with Christ as one of his chosen apostles; and one focus in the future at the end of the World taking inspiration from Christ’s words as recorded in Matthew 24. The Book of Revelation, composed of 22 chapters is one epic poem that covers the history of the world, past, present, and future. Written on the Isle of Patmos, a prisoner of the Romans, John saw the entire history of mankind in their premortal state, in their mortal state, and in their resurrected state. He saw the end of the world and the coming down of the New Jerusalem.
We have the writings of the apostles and prophets and then we have John who stands apart, who brings it all together. We have the Gospel according to Saint John added to 1st John, 2nd John, and 3rd John, and finally added to that one of the most unique writings in the world, the Book of Revelation. The four gospels chronicle the life of Christ, but there is no book comparable to the Book of Revelation. To add to the mystery, we have this strange exchange between the resurrected Christ and Peter regarding the Apostle John:
John 21: 21-24
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Controversy has surrounded that statement for two thousand years I suppose. And, of course, we have no record of John’s death, only that he was banished to the Isle of Patmos. John is a man of mystery, and his role was to bring man’s history together, even beginning with the premortal existence until the final wrapping up scene, including the Second Coming of Christ, the Millennium, and the final battle at the end of the world when the earth shall be like a crystal where God and Christ shall dwell with all the resurrected Saints who live with them. We learn from John in the Book of Revelation that the resurrected earth will be the final inheritance of the followers of Christ who endured to the end. It will also be the final place of the New Jerusalem.
The purpose of this and the following companion podcast is to show the connection John made between the War in Heaven where Satan and his angels were cast out and the final battles of Armageddon and Gog and Magog that bring about the end of the world.
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