The Battle of Armageddon comes as judgment against the government of the beast. 

Joel 3:2-3

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
Click for a description of the image of the beast.

“I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land. They have cast lots for My people, have given a boy as payment for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.” Joel 3:2-3

“I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat…”. The gathering of the nations was fulfilled after WW2, when the United Nations was established in 1945, as described in Daniel 8. The Jewish people were also gathered to Israel, which became a state in 1948. These events set the stage for bringing them to the “Valley of Jehoshaphat”, which is the Battle of Armageddon. The global government of the beast will attack Israel, triggering the final war of Armageddon.

“And I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people…”. The word “them” in that verse means the United Nations, which is the global government of the beast. They are God’s means of judgment against the State of Israel, but they are also God’s enemies. His judgment will fall on this world’s system. Today, God’s people are the followers of Jesus Christ because the Jewish people rejected Him, “He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name…” John 1:11-12 The global culture faces God’s wrath for how they treat His people, as stated, “For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.” Zechariah 2:8

Who does God judge? He judges the United Nations and its global culture, which rely on the entity that gives them their feelings, thoughts, actions, and words. This entity allows the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world, replacing the human conscience. People conform to the anti-Christian global culture and are groomed to the mark of the beast by their words and deeds.

The global culture is influenced by a force that makes people feel and think in ways that promote traits of psychopathy. This force replaces the human conscience and makes people feel empowered to exalt their will above the authority of God the Creator. They hate God’s heritage, which includes Israel and Christianity. They do not feel remorse or guilt and refuse to acknowledge they are sinners in need of Jesus Christ to forgive their sins. They mock and oppress the Holy Spirit and despise the life of Holiness. As a result, the cities around the world are full of lawlessness and anti-social behavior, and people lack empathy for each other.

“My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations…” God calls Israel His heritage, even though the Israelis of today do not honor their heritage in God. The Israelis have a history of profaning God’s name, especially when they rejected Jesus Christ, their own Messiah, as their Lord and Savior. When God gathered the Jewish people to the State of Israel in 1948, He did it for His heritage’s sake, not for the Israelis’, as is written, “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.” Ezekiel 36:22 

The phrase “They have also divided up My land” is easily applied to the current situation of the State of Israel. The “two state solution” proposes to split the land between Israel and the Palestinians. The land is already partitioned into the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and West and East Jerusalem. The division of the land also applies to the global territory beyond the borders of Israel. These divisions are not just barriers to keep Christianity away, but also sources of conflict, tension, suffering, chaos, and tribulation of various kinds.

The goal of the United Nations is to create a one world government by eliminating political and religious boundaries. But first, divisions and conflict are created along political and religious boundaries to create a need for a world constitution to govern all nations. That means conforming every state and religion to the global constitution and beliefs of the United Nations. That conformity means serving the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 We are the temple of God, and “he” sits within the body by giving people what to think, feel, do, and say. Click here for post on the “man of sin”.

“They have cast lots for My people, have given a boy as payment for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.” Treating people as commodities and trading them for selfish purposes is a sign of psychopathy. The global culture reduces human beings to objects. Human trafficking will persist under the beast’s global rule until this world’s system falls apart, as the verse says, “…cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.” A clear way to dehumanize people is to treat them like objects and control their thoughts, actions, words, and emotions. This is the foundation and source of the global government’s power and authority.

Revelation 18 speaks of the collapse of the global economy and of human beings being in the same category as merchandise, “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.” Revelation 18:11-13

God desires to take away our stony heart, which makes us view people as objects, and help us recognize human beings as His Creation. He wants to renew our spirit and grant us a heart of flesh. “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 God desires that our human nature and spirit unite with His Spirit through Jesus Christ. He wishes us to experience a new birth in our humanity and His Spirit. “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” John 3:6 “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. “But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me.” Hosea 6:6-7

---

“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1