The Battle of Armageddon

Armageddon

Armageddon is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location...

 is a futuristic conflict portrayed in the Left Behind

Left Behind (series)

Left Behind is a series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the Tribulation...

series by Tim LaHaye

Tim LaHaye

Timothy F. LaHaye is an American evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker. He is best known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. He has written over 50 books, both fiction and non-fiction.-Early life:LaHaye was born in Detroit,...

 and Jerry B. Jenkins

Jerry B. Jenkins

Jerry Bruce Jenkins is an American novelist and biographer. He is best known as co-author of the Left Behind series of books with Tim LaHaye, Jenkins has written over 150 books, including romance novels, mysteries, and children's adventures, as well as non-fiction...

 in the 11th book Armageddon. It is based on the evangelical

Evangelism

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 interpretation of the Bible

Bible

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's Book of Revelation

Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...

 and occurs in Har

Har

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 Megiddo

Megiddo (place)

Megiddo is a tell in modern Israel near Megiddo Kibbutz, known for its historical, geographical, and theological importance especially under its Greek name Armageddon. In ancient times Megiddo was an important city-state. Excavations have unearthed 26 layers of ruins, indicated a long period of...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

.

The battle

Battle

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 begins when Global Community

Global Community

The Global Community is a the fictional world government/state described in the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The Global Community was established as the successor of the United Nations by Nicolae Carpathia, the series' main antagonist.At its territorial peak, the GC...

 Supreme Potentate

Potentate

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 and Antichrist

Antichrist

The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...

 Nicolae Carpathia sends out for all the military

Military

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 hardware and armed forces

Armed forces

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 of Earth

Earth

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 and umbrella

Umbrella organization

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s them into the G.C. One World Unity Army

Army

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. As prophesied, a global earthquake

Earthquake

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 levels all island

Island

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s and mountain

Mountain

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s, talent

Talent (weight)

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-sized hail

Hail

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 falls, and the Cross of Christ

Christian cross

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 appears in the sky. Jesus

Jesus

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 himself returns

Glorious Appearing

Glorious Appearing: The End of Days is the 12th book in the Left Behind series. Released on March 30, 2004, this book sees the surviving believers awaiting the return of Jesus Christ as the war of Armageddon and the seven-year Tribulation period draws to its climax...

, annihilates the Unity Army, and establishes his thousand-year kingdom

Monarchy

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.

The battle

Nicolae Carpathia assembles the armies of the world to fight against the people of Israel. This comes at about the same time as the Euphrates river dries up, an event that is the sixth Bowl Judgment. As prophesied in the Bible, God destroys New Babylon with fire from heaven. All the believers are spared. The GC Unity Army attacks Jerusalem, breaking the peace treaty between the Antichrist and Israel. Many believers are involved in these attacks, including Tsion Ben-Judah

Tsion Ben-Judah

Tsion Ben-Judah, pronounced "[z'ai-an]" or "Zion", who is a character in the Left Behind series, is a Jew, a rabbinical scholar, and former student of Chaim Rosenzweig. Ben-Judah was commissioned by the Israeli government three years before the Rapture to undertake a study as to how the Jews would...

 and Cameron "Buck" Williams

Cameron "Buck" Williams

Cameron "Buck" Williams is a fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Buck is a celebrated news reporter who, after being left behind following the Rapture, becomes one of the founding members of the Tribulation Force.-Pre-Rapture:Buck was born 30...

. In the meantime, Rayford faces possible death when the Unity Army surrounds Petra

Petra

Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited...

 and is ready to kill all remaining believers. Tsion and Buck are killed by the Global Community forces when the Holy City is overrun. Rayford Dawkins is critically wounded, and may soon face death.

The final Bowl Judgment comes, when God sends 50 lb (23 kg) hailstones hurtling toward the earth. The believers are near death as the Unity Army faces possible victory. Rayford Steele, severely wounded, lives to see the sign of the Son of Man, a cross of lightning in the sky. The Unity Army still charges towards Petra, determined to annihilate all rebels to the Global Community. When all hope seems lost and all the believers are nearly killed, Jesus Christ appears in power and glory, followed by the believers he raptured seven years ago, slaying all the Global Community forces with the Word of God

Word of God

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. After the Global Community is destroyed, he sets his foot on the Mount of Olives

Mount of Olives

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, and he sets up his 1000 year kingdom. There he sentences Antichrist, and False Prophet

Leon Fortunato

Leonardo "Leon" Fortunato is a fictional character in the Left Behind series of Christian novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. He is in fact the False Prophet, and he is a key member of the inner circle of Nicolae Carpathia, businessman, financier, politician and Antichrist.-Character...

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to the Lake of Fire

Lake of Fire

A lake of fire appears, in both ancient Egyptian and Christian religion, as a place of after-death punishment of the wicked. The phrase is used in four verses of the Book of Revelation. The image was also used by the Early Christian Hippolytus of Rome in about the year 200 and has continued to be...

 prepared for Satan

Satan

Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...

 and his demons.

The last attack in the battle of Armageddon

Armageddon

Armageddon is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location...

 occurs 1000 years later when the Other Light assembles their armies, a force including billions and billions of people. The people of the Other Light gather their weapons so they can fight against God, surrounding the city of Jerusalem. Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

, however, stops them by saying, "I Am who I Am, Word Life!" where they and their weapons are devoured by fire. Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 then personally speaks to Lucifer

Lucifer

Traditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"...

, shaming him for his acts of evil against God. Lucifer is then cast into the lake of fire.

The Global Community One World Unity Army is composed of the remaining military units from the 10 regions of the Global Community. Armed with the entire world arsenal of conventional weapons, and led by Nicolae himself, the Unity army's mission is to eradicate the last opposition to the GC. They are to destroy the Remnant stronghold at Petra and take Jerusalem as the new capital of the GC.