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Armageddon' is the symbolic name given to this event based on scripture references regarding divine obliteration of God's enemies. The hermeneutical method supports this position by referencing Judges 4 and 5 where God miraculously destroys the enemy of their elect, Israel, at Megiddo.
HAR-MAGEDON. har-ma-ged'-on (Harmagedon from Hebrew har meghiddo, "Mount of Megiddo"; the King James Version Armageddon): This name is found only in Revelation 16:16.It is described as the rallying-place of the kings of the whole world who, led by the unclean spirits issuing from the mouth of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet, assemble here for "the war of the great day of God, the ...
Armageddon, (probably Hebrew: “Hill of Megiddo”), in the New Testament, place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of God at the end of history. Armageddon is mentioned in the Bible only once, in the Revelation to John , or the Apocalypse of St. John (16:16).
- Robert E. Lerner
Tel Megiddo (from Hebrew: תל מגידו), called in Arabic Tell el-Mutesellim, 'Mound of the Governor', is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (Greek: Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell (archaeological mound), situated in northern Israel near Kibbutz Megiddo, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Haifa, at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley.
- Tell el-Mutesellim
- Near Kibbutz Megiddo, Israel
- Settlement
- Levant
Armageddon comes from Greek ‘ Armagedwvn and is most likely derived from the Hebrew “Har Megiddon,” meaning “the Mount of Megiddo.” The name refers to an imposing 70-foot mound overlooking Israel’s fertile Jezreel Valley, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem and 25 miles from the Mediterranean coast.
Megiddo, also known as Armageddon (mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible), is a Unesco World Heritage site situated in Northern Israel’s Jezreel Valley and is extensively regarded as the Holy Land’s most significant Biblical period site.
Megiddo, important town of ancient Palestine, overlooking the Plain of Esdraelon (Valley of Jezreel). It lies about 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Haifa in northern Israel.
