Armageddon and the Judgment of God

Breaking the Code
Armageddon and the Judgment of God

I. Introduction

A. Revelation 15:1 (NLT) Then I saw in heaven another marvelous event of great significance. Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion.

B. Revelation 16:1-7 (NLT)

1. “The of God is coming.”

C. Revelation 16:3 (NLT) Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died.

1. “In the same way, judgment is also going to come to !”

II. Who Will Judge?

A. will judge!

B. II Timothy 4:1 (NLT) I solemnly urge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who will someday judge the living and the dead when he appears to set up his Kingdom.

C. Revelation 16:5-7 (NLT)

1. We will say, “That is right!”

2. There is no apart from God.

D. Romans 12:19 (NAS) Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

1. “The judgment of God” means there will be accountability one day for every single that’s ever been done in the universe!

2. God’s intent in judgment is to lead people to !

E. Revelation 16:8-9 (NLT)

III. How Comprehensive Will “Judgment” Be?

A. Ecclesiastes 12:14 (NAS) For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

1. Sometimes it looks like “Rome” is going to get away with wrong they’ve done!

IV. Will Christians Go Through Judgment?

A. II Corinthians 5:10 (NAS) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

B. Revelation 20:11-15 (NLT)

1. One of the things judgment will do is the “playing field”!

2. The Book of

C. Romans 8:1 (NAS) Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

1. of us are writing a book. Our life is a book.

2. It’s not hard to write a book. It’s hard to write a “” book.

V. What About This Armageddon Business?

A. Revelation 16:16 (NLT) And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon.

1. Gog and Magog – – the general enemies to God.

B. Matthew 5:9 (NAS) “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”

C. Micah 6:8 (NAS) He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

1. When highly speculative treatments of end-times scenarios cause Christians to very clear teachings of Scripture about peace and justice, then something is really wrong!

2. There is a battle going on between God and evil. And one day, there will be a final round. And one day, evil will be fully and finally .

D. Amos 5:24 (NAS) “But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

1. God wants us to for justice and for justice!

VI. Conclusion