Assembling at Armaged′don
- F M SHYANGUYA
- Jun 18, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: 24 minutes ago
When they are Assembled at Armaged′don, it Behooves them to Choose A Side Wisely [1]
"Vladimir Putin’s not on our team - President Obama [@POTUS44]
"The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, traveled to Switzerland alongside world government leaders to participate as an Observer in the High-level Summit on peace for Ukraine.
The Summit took place just one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out conditions for peace talks to begin—one of them demands the complete withdrawl of Ukrainian troops from four different territories, that make up about 15% of the overall territory of Ukraine.
In his statement on the Summit, Cardinal Pietro Parolin reiterated territorial integrity, saying:
"(The Holy See) wishes to reaffirm the validity of the fundamental principle of respect for the sovereignty of each country and for the integrity of its territory.
Parolin also emphasized concern for the non-compliance with the Geneva Conventions and renewed the Vatican's commitment to facilitating the return of Ukrainian children from Russia.
The final statement of the Summit called for dialogue between all parties, reaffirmed territorial integrity of Ukraine and said that any use of nuclear weapons in the ongoing war is inadmissable. It was signed by 80 of the 92 countries present. Following the diplomatic nature of the Holy See, the Vatican delegation did not sign the final statement."
[The] Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC when Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt lead his army to Carchemish (northern Syria) to join with his allies, the fading Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the surging Neo-Babylonian Empire. This required passing through territory controlled by the Kingdom of Judah. Judaean King Josiah refused to let the Egyptians pass, perhaps thinking that the Assyrians and Egyptians were weakened by the death of the pharaoh Psamtik I only a year earlier (610 BCE) and also attempting to help the Babylonians.[2 Kgs 23:29 (RSVCE)] The Judaean forces battled the Egyptians at Megiddo, resulting in Josiah’s death and his Kingdom becoming a vassal state of Egypt. The battle is recorded in the Bible, the Greek 1 Esdras, and the writings of Josephus. – Battle of Megiddo (609 BC) | Wikipedia
RSVCE Footnote Rv 16.16 Armageddon: i.e., Megiddo where Josiah was defeated by the king of Egypt, cf. 2 Kings 23.29.
Finally early in the seventh century Josias tried to bar near Mageddo the advance of the Pharao Nechao towards Mesopotamia and “was slain when he had seen him” (2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chronicles 35:22; Jos., “Ant.”, X, v, i; Max Müller, “Mittheil. d. Vorderas. Gesell.”, III, 1898, p. 56; but against cf. Zimmern and Winckler, “Die Keilin. und A. T.”, 105, who follow Herodotus, II, clix). The mourning for this calamity became proverbial (Zechariah 12:11). The warlike reputation of Mageddo is perhaps confirmed by Apocalypse 16:16. – Catholic Encyclopedia > M > Mageddo
Choose A Side Wisely
In the two battles of the end [second one in Rv 20] a side must be chosen wisely. The devout King Josiah, having disregarded God’s word through prophet Jeremiah and making his own interpretation on the word of God, chose wrongly and paid for it with his life. In the upcoming assembling at Armageddon the Babylonians and those with them are doomed and will finally be defeated definitively.
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