We return once again to the sacred halls of the heavenly council chambers where, in eternity past, God the Father conversed with His dear Son regarding the future of mankind.
As we saw two days ago, the Lord has a “Grand Plan” He is unfolding for mankind. The last days are a time when God will bring all things under the subjection of the Messiah. As we saw yesterday, this will not happen without fierce resistance on the part of Satan and those who serve him.
Armageddon will be the climax of man’s 6,000 years of rebellion. Satan will muster all his forces—every demon from hell and every impenitent sinner—to come against the Messiah and the new kingdom He will usher in. A thousand years after David was allowed this glimpse into the eternal councils of heaven, the apostle John was given a vision of this prophecy unfolding:
“From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty... And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh." (Revelation 19:15-21)
What an amazing thing it is that, after thousands of years of God’s purposes being unfolded for mankind, we will apparently live to see it culminate right before our eyes.