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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Greek]] ''Armageddōn'', ''Harmagedōn'', scene of the [[battle]] foretold in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_16 Revelation 16:14–16]

[[Greek]] ''Armageddōn'', ''Harmagedōn'', scene of the [[battle]] foretold in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_16 Revelation 16:14–16]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : the site or time of a final and conclusive [[battle]] between the [[forces]] of [[good]] and [[evil]]  

*1a : the site or time of a final and conclusive [[battle]] between the [[forces]] of [[good]] and [[evil]]  

*2: a usually vast decisive [[conflict]] or confrontation  

*2: a usually vast decisive [[conflict]] or confrontation  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Armageddon''' (from [[Hebrew]]: הַר מְגִדּוֹ‎, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo Har Megiddo]'', lit. ''Mount Megiddo''; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών ''Harmagedōn'', Late Latin: ''Armagedōn'') is, according to the [[Bible]], the site of a [[battle]] during the end times, variously [[interpreted]] as either a [[literal]] or [[symbolic]] location. The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end-of-the-world scenario.

'''Armageddon''' (from [[Hebrew]]: הַר מְגִדּוֹ‎, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo Har Megiddo]'', lit. ''Mount Megiddo''; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών ''Harmagedōn'', Late Latin: ''Armagedōn'') is, according to the [[Bible]], the site of a [[battle]] during the end times, variously [[interpreted]] as either a [[literal]] or [[symbolic]] location. The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end-of-the-world scenario.

According to some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premillennialism premillennial] Christian interpretations, the [[Messiah]] will return to [[earth]] and defeat the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist Antichrist] (the "beast"), [[Satan]] the Devil, in the battle of ''Armageddon''. Then [[Satan]] will be put into the "bottomless pit" or [[abyss]] for 1,000 years, known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennial_Age Millennial Age]. After being released from the abyss, [[Satan]] will gather [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog Gog and Magog] (peoples of two specific nations) from the four corners of the [[earth]]. They will encamp [[surrounding]] the "holy ones" and the "beloved city" (this refers to [[Jerusalem]]). [[Fire]] will come down from [[God]], out of [[heaven]] and devour Gog and Magog after the Millennium. The [[Devil]], [[death]], [[hell]], and those not found written in the 'book of life' are then thrown into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna Gehenna] (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Fire Lake of Fire] burning with brimstone).

According to some [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premillennialism premillennial] Christian interpretations, the [[Messiah]] will return to [[earth]] and defeat the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist Antichrist] (the "beast"), [[Satan]] the Devil, in the battle of ''Armageddon''. Then [[Satan]] will be put into the "bottomless pit" or [[abyss]] for 1,000 years, known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennial_Age Millennial Age]. After being released from the abyss, [[Satan]] will gather [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog Gog and Magog] (peoples of two specific nations) from the four corners of the [[earth]]. They will encamp [[surrounding]] the "holy ones" and the "beloved city" (this refers to [[Jerusalem]]). [[Fire]] will come down from [[God]], out of [[heaven]] and devour Gog and Magog after the Millennium. The [[Devil]], [[death]], [[hell]], and those not found written in the 'book of life' are then thrown into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna Gehenna] (the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_Fire Lake of Fire] burning with brimstone).

The [[word]] ''Armageddon'' appears only once in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece Greek New Testament] at [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_16 Revelation 16:16]. The [[word]] may come from [[Hebrew]] ''har məgiddô'' (הר מגידו), [[meaning]] "Mountain of Megiddo". "Mount" Megiddo is a Tell on which ancient [[forts]] were built to guard the main highway, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Maris Via Maris], which connected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egypt] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Megiddo was the location of various ancient battles, including one in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(15th_century_BC) 15th century BC] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(609_BC) one in 609 BC]. Modern Megiddo is a town approximately 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee] in the Kishon River area.

The [[word]] ''Armageddon'' appears only once in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece Greek New Testament] at [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_16 Revelation 16:16]. The [[word]] may come from [[Hebrew]] ''har məgiddô'' (הר מגידו), [[meaning]] "Mountain of Megiddo". "Mount" Megiddo is a Tell on which ancient [[forts]] were built to guard the main highway, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Maris Via Maris], which connected [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Ancient Egypt] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Megiddo was the location of various ancient battles, including one in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(15th_century_BC) 15th century BC] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(609_BC) one in 609 BC]. Modern Megiddo is a town approximately 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of the southern tip of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee] in the Kishon River area.

==Ahmadiyya==

==Ahmadiyya==

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya], Armageddon is viewed as a [[spiritual]] [[battle]] or [[struggle]] in the present [[age]] between the forces of [[good]], i.e. [[righteousness]], [[purity]] and [[virtue]], and the forces of [[evil]]. The final struggle between the two comes as [[satanic]] [[influence]] is let loose with the [[emergence]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog#In_Ahmadiyya Gog and Magog]. [[Satan]] gathers all his powers, and uses all his [[methods]] to mislead people, introducing an age where [[iniquity]], [[promiscuity]], [[atheism]], and [[materialism]] abound.

In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya], Armageddon is viewed as a [[spiritual]] [[battle]] or [[struggle]] in the present [[age]] between the forces of [[good]], i.e. [[righteousness]], [[purity]] and [[virtue]], and the forces of [[evil]]. The final struggle between the two comes as [[satanic]] [[influence]] is let loose with the [[emergence]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog#In_Ahmadiyya Gog and Magog]. [[Satan]] gathers all his powers, and uses all his [[methods]] to mislead people, introducing an age where [[iniquity]], [[promiscuity]], [[atheism]], and [[materialism]] abound.

Ahmadiyya Muslims believe that God's appointed Promised [[Messiah]] and [[Mahdi]] for the spiritual reformation and [[moral]] [[direction]] of [[mankind]]. This age continues for approximately one thousand years as per Judeo-Christian and Islamic [[prophecies]] of the [[Apocalypse]]; it is characterised by the assembling of [[mankind]] under one faith, Islam in Ahmadiyya [[belief]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon]

Ahmadiyya Muslims believe that God's appointed Promised [[Messiah]] and [[Mahdi]] for the spiritual reformation and [[moral]] [[direction]] of [[mankind]]. This age continues for approximately one thousand years as per Judeo-Christian and Islamic [[prophecies]] of the [[Apocalypse]]; it is characterised by the assembling of [[mankind]] under one faith, Islam in Ahmadiyya [[belief]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon]

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