“Most of them have a pessimistic view. . . . Constantly the words ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Apocalypse’ are used to describe events on the world scene.”
Why are the words “Armageddon” and “Apocalypse” often used to describe today’s situation? What is their significance?
Awake! June 22, 1995 p. 4
The Bible speaks of “the war of the great day of God the Almighty” and relates this war to the place “called in Hebrew Har–Magedon,” or Armageddon. (Revelation 16:14-16) Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines Armageddon as “a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil.”
Awake! June 22, 1995 p. 4
Importantly, the Bible does not provide a date for when this “short period of time” would end and when Christ would act as Executioner of God’s enemies at Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16; 19:11-21)
Awake! June 22, 1995 p. 8
The magazine gave this perceptive warning: “Until Jehovah does fight Armageddon, Nazism will continue to raise its ugly head.”
Awake! August 22, 1995 p. 12
Before that righteous rulership can be fully appreciated here on earth, a great cleanup must take place. Bible prophecies combine to indicate that this action to cleanse the world of Satan and his wicked forces will soon take place. (See Matthew, chapter 24; Luke, chapter 21; and Mark, chapter 13.) This final act of cleansing is called the battle of Armageddon, “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”—Revelation 16:14, 16.
Awake! September 8, 1995 p. 14
Section heading: Armageddon Views
Awake! November 22, 1995 p. 28
Religions in Japan were prompted to express their views on Armageddon after the Aum Shinrikyo religion came to public attention in connection with the fatal sarin gas attack in Tokyo’s subways in March. “For years, cult leader Shoko Asahara . . . has prophesied that the world would witness Armageddon,” reports The Daily Yomiuri. Although Aum is nominally Buddhist, two Buddhist organizations said that “the Armageddon concept was unknown to Buddhism,” reports Mainichi Daily News. “Both the mainstream Christian groups surveyed . . . dismissed AUM’s belief that Armageddon is imminent. The Catholic group said that the belief is not familiar to Catholics, while the Protestant organization said that the cult should not have used the word ‘Armageddon’ in that ‘a Biblical word was taken out of context.’
Awake! November 22, 1995 p. 28, 29
When my children arrived at the hospital and learned of my condition, one of them said that Armageddon will soon be here and that afterward they would have me back in the resurrection. What a wonderful and just arrangement the resurrection is!—John 5:28, 29; 11:17-44; Acts 24:15; Revelation 21:3, 4.
Awake! December 22, 1995 p. 26