“Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.” Revelation 6:16
1. Read Daniel 7:7-28.
a. Who will the little horn defeat and for how long? At the end of that time what will the saints receive and for how long?
b. Who will pronounce judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High? Whose kingdom will never be destroyed?
c. What will happen to the fourth beast?
d. What will happen to the other beasts?
2. Read Daniel 9:27 and answer these questions. This is an important passage to review.
a. What marks the beginning of the last seven years?
b. What marks the beginning of the last 1,260 days, 42 months, time, times and half a time of the final seven years? (Matthew 24:15 Mark 13:17)
c. What happens at the end of the seven years?
3. A summary of the final battles is found in Daniel 11:36-45.
a. Who will the king speak against?
b. For how long will he be successful?
c. What god will he honor? Who will he attack? Who will help him?
d. Whom will he greatly honor? How will he honor them?
e. At the time of the end, who will fight against him (verse 40)?
f. Besides invading many countries, where will he also invade?
g. What countries will be delivered from his hand?
h. What will happen to this king?
4. Read Revelation 11:2. What is John told to measure and to count? Why? What will Gentiles trample? For how long?
5. Study Revelation 12:6-13:18 and answer these questions.
a. How long was the woman taken care of in the desert? Who took care of her?
b. Who is the dragon? Why is he filled with fury?
c. Who did the dragon give his power, throne and authority to? How long does he rule?
d. The beast has had a fatal wound by the sword that has been healed. This implies that he has been at war. Some think that he is the rider on the white horse (Revelation 6:2), although this could also be the spirit of conquering (the other riders seem to be spirits). Perhaps after having been wounded he “comes up from the Abyss” Revelation 11:7; 16:8 and is completely an embodiment of Satan. Who is this beast given power to conquer and for how long (Daniel 7:21, 25 Revelation 13:7, 10)?
6. Answer these questions on Revelation 9:13-19.
a. During which judgment does this battle occur?
b. Who controls this battle? What is the relationship between the angels and the horsemen?
c. Describe these horsemen. How many horsemen—write out the number.
7. Answer these questions on Revelation 14:6-20.
a. What does the second angel announce? When does this event occur? (Read Revelation 16:17-20)
b. What will happen to anyone who worships the beast and receives his mark?
c. What does this passage tell us about the saints?
d. Who is seated on the cloud? What is He there to do? Who will help?
e. 1,600 stadia is 180 miles or about 300 kilometers. What happens within that distance? Outside where?
8. Read Revelation 16:12-16.
a. When does this event occur? Who sets this event in motion? What does he do?
b. Who do the spirits of demon empower? What do they do?
9. Read Revelation 16:17-21.
a. What physical manifestations occur?
b. What happens to what cities?
c. How do men react? Also notice how they react to the destruction of Babylon in Revelation 18:9-24.
10. Read Revelation 19. What is the final outcome of the last battle?
11. Compare Revelation 9:13-20; Revelation 14:14-20 Revelation 16:12-21 and Revelation 19:1-21. Try to determine the time frame of these events. What is similar? What is different? Are the differences added facts or do they mean that these events could not occur at the same time? What is symbolic? Are any troops demonic (every evil force is controlled by demons)?
12. Read Isaiah 34. What happens to the nation’s armies? Edom is the land of Esau’s descendants. What happens in Edom?
13. Read Isaiah 63:1-6 and list what you learn about the One who comes from Edom. Compare with Revelation 14:19-20 and Revelation 19:11-21.
14. Could it be that when the Lord leaves heaven, He first goes to Bozrah in Edom, then from there to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and then to the Mount of Olives and Jerusalem. Look up the following references to help determine your answer.
a. Habakkuk 3:3-15–Some believe this is a prophecy that relates to the actual coming of the Lord. Notice where God comes from (Teman and Mount Paran are in Edom, and are located in the same mountain range as Mount Seir). Where does He come from? Notice what happens to the sun and moon.
b Could it be that the wilderness into which the woman flees for time, times and half a time (Revelation 12:6, 13-17 Matthew 24:15-20) is located in Edom? Read Jeremiah 49:13-22 and notice what those verses say about Edom. Notice the call that goes out to the nations. The distance from the Valley of Armageddon to Bozrah is about 200 miles.
c. If the wilderness where God would hide those who fled Jerusalem was in Moab, this could be why the beast (the king) couldn’t conquer Edom, Moab and Ammon (all present-day Jordan). Look up Daniel 11:41 and notice what this verse says.
d. Deborah, the prophetess, was pointing to the future in Judges 5:4-5 when she and Barak sang their victory song. Deborah’s and Barak’s battle with Sisera was at Megiddo, which is far north of Seir (Mount Seir) and Edom. Who came from where? What happened?
15. Could it be that the Lord moves from Edom to the valley of Jehoshaphat, just outside Jerusalem. Read Joel 2:30-3:21.
a. Who is gathered in the Valley of Jehoshaphat? Why?
b. Notice any parallels to Revelation. (Revelation 6:12-17; 14:14-21; 19:11-21; 21; 22)
c. Where is the wine press trampled according to Revelation 14:17-20?
16. Read Zechariah 12-14.
a. What will happen to the nations that the Lord fights against?
b. What will happen to Jerusalem? What will happen to Judah?
c. Who will mourn for the One they have pierced?
d. What will happen to false prophets?
e. What will happen to the one third that are left in the land?
f. What will happen at the Mount of Olives?
17. Where do you think the destruction of Babylon fits into these end time battles? (Jeremiah 50-51 Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17; 18)
18. Read Ezekiel 38-39.
a. Outline the major events.
b. When do these events occur (Read Revelation 20:8? Many times in Scripture there is a first and a second fulfilling of an event Sometimes events are not chronological or clearly laid out.
c. Who could Gog be?
One of the four versions of the Septuagint, an early translation of the Old Testament into Greek, renders Amos 7:1: “Thus the Lord showed me, and behold a swam of locusts were coming, and, behold, one of the young devastating locusts was Gog, the King.” Literal locust insects do not have a king (“locust have no king” Proverbs 30:27a), indicating Gog could be a demonic being leading a demon host. Gog could be the Antichrist and a being like him at the end of the Millennium. As we get closer to the end time, more will be revealed about the identity of Gog.
19. Read Revelation 20:1-10. What do you learn about the final test for those on earth?