What is it about?
The mere mention of the word conjures for both religious and secular audiences the notion of some kind of world cataclysm or final battle between good and evil.
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Why is it important?
Although the cryptic word Armageddon appears only in Revelation 16:16, one wonders how it has claimed as much attention as it has in both religious writings and in the secular media.
Perspectives
John’s violent language in The Apocalypse continues his use of counterintuitive imagery with the creation of a special word to communicate this message. For this great battle that he describes, he strategically creates the word “Armageddon” (“mountain of Megiddo”). In short, John does not picture God calling his people into a physical end-time battle against evil nations or against evil people in the world. God leaves evil to do as evil is destined to do—self-destruct.
Robert Canoy
Gardner Webb University
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This page is a summary of: Armageddon: Revisiting Megiddo, Review & Expositor, May 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0034637317752383.
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