Revelation 19:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

Bible Comments

Come

Armageddon (the ancient hill and valley of Megiddo, west of Jordan in the plain of Jezreel) is the appointed place for the beginning of the great battle in which the Lord, at His coming in glory, will deliver the Jewish remnant besieged by the Gentile world-powers under the Beast and False Prophet. (Revelation 16:13-16); (Zechariah 12:1-9).

Apparently, the besieging hosts, whose approach to Jerusalem is described in (Isaiah 10:28-32) alarmed by the signs which precede the Lord's coming (Matthew 24:29); (Matthew 24:30) have fallen back to Megiddo, after the events of (Zechariah 14:2) where their destruction begins; a destruction consummated in Moab and the plains of Idumea. (Isaiah 63:1-6). This battle is the first event in "the day of Jehovah" (Isaiah 2:12) and is the fulfilment of the smiting-stone prophecy of (Daniel 2:35).

Revelation 19:17

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;