Battle of Armageddon

The battle of Armageddon is the battle of the great day of the Lord, which comes as a thief upon an unsuspecting world and a sleeping church. It is representative of that time of struggle and fierce conflict which God's elect and the whole world must pass through, by which, this present evil world system is actually brought to an end and the new day is inaugurated in righteousness and glory. This day of the Lord is when "the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. It is the day of overturning, when the foremost shall be least, and least foremost; when the mighty shall become weak, and the meek and lowly become mighty. It is the day when the kingdoms of the world crumble and fall, and when God's kingdom is established never to fall. Armageddon is the beginning of the overturning when the Lord first comes in judgment upon the entire political, economic and ecclesiastical system of this present evil age.