Armageddon is the Spot

God has mapped out in the Scriptures that the Holy Land is the stage upon which two crucial events take place. One was on a mountain, and one will be on a plain. The mountain is Mount Calvary. The plain is the Plain of Megiddo. Taken together these may be described as the two altars of sacrifice that dominate the history of the world. We saw last week that the Holy Spirit of God inspired five capable authors to describe for us in clear and chilling language that most famous of all battles -- Armageddon!

What happens at Armageddon is the result of a world's headlong abandonment of God. On Mount Calvary God declared His gracious plan to redeem the world by the sacrifice of His Son; on the plains of Megiddo God's vengeance is poured out on the armies of the world in a sacrifice of doom.

Both are blood baths and each is the descent of God's holy wrath upon sin.