When one looks at world affairs an obvious conclusion can be drawn. Our (mis)leaders have the world’s population in a financial stranglehold. The human race is slowly but surely being enslaved in a global oppression that the so-called New World Order promises is the path to a better future. And this is no accident. So, to see where all this is heading we should first understand where it all began.

     It all started with the first war: "And there was war in heaven..." Rev.12:4. That war, instigated by the rebel angel, Satan, was a war against GOD and laws He established to perpetuate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That war was carried to our world, and every human being on the planet has been involved from the dawn of its dominion. For us, the objective of Satan's war is plain and simple. The very foundation of war rests in the rebellion of angels and men against the Holy Law of Jehovah: the Ten Commandments, given by “the LORD” Jesus Himself on Mount Sinai as a testament to define sin (Jn.8:58; I Jn.3:4). All must agree that if the world kept the Ten Commandments there would be no wars or locks on doors. And this is the Law that will judge every man who has ever lived, as Jesus said (Matt.19:17; Jn.12:48), whether they were aware of it or not. Every injustice ever imposed on people has been the direct result of man's disobedience to GOD'S Law; and its final campaign is about to be unleashed world-wide. Its called Armageddon. It is a battle that is very simple to understand because it centers on man's rejection of the Ten Commandments as the moral standard. And in this final battle there will be no neutral ground.

     But what is this climactic battle of Earth’s history that the Holy Bible calls Armageddon? The word Armageddon is translated, Mount of Slaughter. This final battle of Earth’s long and violent history is the pinnacle of man’s struggle against life’s oppression, but it is also man’s foolish and spiteful solution to bring that struggle to an end. And every citizen of Earth will be called to take one of two sides before this battle takes place in the end of our world’s present history. Therefore, this event is global in its scope, and everlasting in its effect.

     The Holy Bible classifies these two groups as those with “the seal of God” and those with “the mark of the beast” (Rev.7:3, 14:6-11). The LORD of Heaven and Earth summed it up this way, “Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.” Mal.3:18.

     To ill define these two groups; to not understand the boundaries that distinguish their differences, this Bible illiteracy will lead to the extinction of all who misconstrue the great issue facing the human race in the end of time. And all will be called to take their stand, in obedience, or disobedience to the Word of GOD (Jn.12:48).

     Several opinions about Armageddon have been put forth, ranging from science fiction movies to today’s prophecy gurus campaigning from a variety of religions: each claiming that their religion is the one true religion, that they are GOD’S true servant and “the apple of His eye” (Zech.2:8). But how do these “prophets” stack up against the cosmic quarrel between Virtue and immorality: the Son of GOD, Jesus Christ and life’s adversary Satan? To answer this we need to know the basis of Satan’s war against GOD, for the Holy Bible says that he “deceiveth the whole world” to defy the very salvation of GOD: specifically, the globally accepted violation of the Ten Commandments, ushering billions of GOD’S children to eternal death, where life for them will, in the end, be terminated “in all points” as it is written: “they shall be as though they had never been” (Ob.16). [Other texts illustrating this fate of non-existence: Ps.36:10,20,36, 115:17; Eccl.5:16, 9:5,10; Mal.4:1-3; Acts 2:34; Rev.20:9.]

     To fathom the magnitude of this future event, as the threshold of global extinction dawns for the human race, the very source of sin/war must be understood—where it first began and where it is leading. The Holy Bible says, “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.” Rev.12:7,8. The very first hostility caused by sin took place where GOD dwells in Heaven, assaulting the essential tranquility of life that GOD established for the angelic hosts “In the beginning” (Eze.28:15).

     Satan's war was then brought to this world, and this explains every injustice, hardship and death. The cataclysmic battle of Armageddon ushering the conclusion of sin’s rule over the world is simply because man will not honor the Ten Commandments, The very Law that displays the supreme love of GOD for man, the Law Christ came and died to uphold its honor has been rejected by the world's religions including ruling Christianity. This apostasy lies at the heart of man’s and Satan’s allied revolution against GOD of which Armageddon is the climax of this rebellion.

     In the end of this world’s history, two classes of men will appear in their true light: one rejoices at GOD’S deliverance from the sin and violence of this world, while the other promotes the perpetuity of sin and violence, stopping at nothing to secure their rulership of the world, even as “they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh and put Him to an open shame” (Heb.6:6). The fact that the lawless church was prophesied nearly 2000 years ago to urge the civil authorities to do her bidding (Rev.13:15-18) illustrates keenly that the Spirit of GOD has no place in their hearts, for Christ’s explicit command forbidding religious tyranny exposes their true character (Lu.22:25,26): a character that they have determined to never repent from, even if given another thousand years of life (Isa.30:8-13; Rev.16:8-11).

     In closing, Armageddon is simply Satan’s last stand in his death-match against “His Maker” Jesus Christ (Jn.1:3; Col.1:16)], using his pawns among men to do his bidding, just as when he led men to crucify Him. But the outcome of Armageddon has already been decided, as it is written, “These [the slaves to sin] shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called chosen and faithful.” Rev.17:14.

     The 2nd Advent of Jesus Christ is the supreme rescue of human history: the Ultimate Cavalry to the Rescue. He comes at the very moment the Earth can no longer support life, as described by the seven last plagues of Revelation 16, whose “fury of the LORD” (Isa.51:20) will be seen against the inhumanity of all who are complicit to the religious leaders plot to murder GOD’S faithful children (Rev.13:15), those Spirit led souls who are to be found in “all nations, and kindred, and people, and tongues” (Rev.7:9), for they and they alone are “the apple of His eye.”