Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-21
ARMNGEnDoN.

when Theodore Roosevelt added to-
his already brigh, reputation M al
phrase maker by his recent remark
about standing at Armnseddon' itI
is safe to say that comparatively few
people knew exactly what he meant
Ana. as the word has been repeated
again and again since Roosevelt first
used It IN Chicago. thousands Of pco-
pie have been asking themselves or.
othcrs what h Armagcddon with
more or less unsatisfactory results.
ArmaEcddon is the place mentI, Gcd
in the Book of Revelation as the scene
of the great battle between the forces
of good and evil that will preccdc the
milleniol reign Of christ ON earth.
Driven 10 desperation by their SUI
forings. We are told, al the evil IN
habitants ot the earth viii gather
there for @ last fight Their leaders.
the dragon tSHtanl, the beast
aud the false prophet VIII cast
forth from their mouths three I'M
clean spirits which. by working mira
cles. viii deceive the kings ~ the
earth and make them gather with
their subjects ON the side of evil The
result OF this war of Great God the
Almighty" will bo the complete tri-
umph Of good The beast and the
false prophet taken prisoners. will be
cast into the lake ct lire. ana the
dragon chained 10 the abyss for a
thousand years
Tho scriptgrJl writer who cuosc
Armagcddou as the scene OF this ter.
rife final struggle was not drawing
ON his Imagination except as regards
the battle itself The spot where IL
is supposed TO take place acmall,
exists, " tho researches 81 eminent
scholars are 90 Dee believed. ~ h.
none other than the great plain OF
Esdraclon the creek form OF the He
brew word that Is rendered as Jczrccl
100 the English Bible meaning God
has soVu.' The form .Armagoddou
BIS supposed 60 hc derived from the
Creek for the Hebrew word meaning
iill Of Megiddo. Mcgiddo h. the name
ot village on the plain that has
been ,ariously icnuficd as Lcdyum.
called by the Romans Lcgio. and FL
Mujcdda 90 ruined site ~ ,ho foot OF
the hills OF Beisan.
Esdraclon is the greatest plain In
Palestine - b. trDycrscd by the
river kishon. and separates the
mountain ranges of Gailee and Sa.
maria o. Is O. triangle having for It's
base the hills forming the watershed
between the Jordan and the Kishon
extending north und south from Naz-
ur"th Geo J,ulu, @ distance of fifteen
mites The hills of Galloc form. the
northern boundary while ON the
southwest Be- the Carmel range, ,x-
tending from distance OF about
twenty miles from th, sea 10 Jcnlu
Lying as BE- does boo un exceedingly
stptcgic location. directly iu the lug-
Ioul path that must ur taken by arm
irs aud caravans on their marches.
the plain has from time mmcmorial
played 400 important part lu the his
tory uf Palestine Ou account of hes
I,,,l character DO has ag1iu and again
been the seen, of decisive BATTLES. aud
the memories th1t cluster abou, %
are exceedingly martial
From the earliest days Of srrlptural
history down almost 'p ouT own day
there has been war ON 40. plain of
Armugcddpu COO EsdrH,lou Besides
th, contests mentioned in th, Bihlc
% has witnessed repeated lights bee
tween Assyrians and Egyptians. and
centuries later th' troops of the uoi,
uuitous Napoleon Hunupurto fought
ou t when their ghicuam was in th,
east