49 Armageddon, the Final Battle, 3: Participants

The Final Battle, Part 3
Text: Revelation 19:11-21; Revelation 20:7-10

Summary: This passage presents the fulfillment of a final, eschatalogical battle between God and Satan that was prophesied in the Old Testament and its fulfillment described multiple times in the New Testament.

I. The Anticipation of the Battle.
II. The Timing of the Battle. Foretold from the beginning; Alluded to in many passages from the Old Testament and New; Part of an important end-times sequence indicated in Scripture.
III. The Participants in the Battle.
A. Christ.

1. His Personal description.
2. His Acoutrements.
3. His Mission.

B. The Armies.

1. The armies of heaven.
2. The armies of antichrist.

C. The Beleaguered City.

1. Final battle.
2. Gog and Magog.
3. Literal or symbolic?