Fulfilled Prophecy : The Beginning Of Sorrows : Part 5

FULFILLED PROPHECY : THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS - 5

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Earthquakes In Old And New Testaments, The Lord's Mount Of
Olives Return, Valley Of Jehoshaphat - Valley Of Decision,
Defining Brook Of Kidron, Gethsemane And Mount Of Olives,
Similarities Between Valley Of Decision And Armageddon

Columbia Earthquake -- Jan. 25, 1999 Beginning of Sorrows

Taiwan Earthquake -- Sept 21, 1999 Beginning of Sorrows

Let us begin part five of our series by taking a look at
some other verses found in the Old Testament which deal with
earthquakes. Afterwards, I will offer some thoughts for your
consideration:

"Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of
the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. The lofty looks
of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be
bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one
that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted
up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of
Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks
of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the
hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and
upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man
shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be
made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go
into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his
majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In
that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols
of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to
the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the
rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of
the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth
to shake terribly the earth." Isaiah 2:10-21, KJV

"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath
and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall
destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of
heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the
moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish
the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity;
and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and
will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a
man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the
earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the
LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger."
Isaiah 13:9-13, KJV

"Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O
inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he
who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the
pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall
be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are
open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. The earth
is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro
like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and
the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it
shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall come to pass in
that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high
ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are
gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and
after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall
be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts
shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his
ancients gloriously." Isaiah 24:17-23, KJV

"Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye
year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Yet I will distress
Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall
be unto me as Ariel. And I will camp against thee round
about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I
will raise forts against thee. And thou shalt be brought
down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech
shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of
one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy
speech shall whisper out of the dust. Moreover the multitude
of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude
of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away:
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. Thou shalt be
visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with
earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the
flame of devouring fire. And the multitude of all the
nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight
against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall
be as a dream of a night vision. It shall even be as when an
hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh,
and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth,
and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is
faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of
all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion."
Isaiah 29:1-8, KJV

"And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall
come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my
fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the
fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there
shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the
fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon
the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the
earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall
be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every
wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword
against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD:
every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will
plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will
rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people
that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great
hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself,
and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many
nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 38:18-23, KJV

"Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up
the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them
come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your
pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather
yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty
ones to come down, O LORD. Let the heathen be wakened, and
come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit
to judge all the heathen round about. Put ye in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press
is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the
day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun
and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw
their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and
utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the
earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his
people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall
ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my
holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall
no strangers pass through her any more." Joel 3:9-17, KJV

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the
sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the
desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house
with glory, saith the LORD of hosts." Haggai 2:6-7, KJV

While it is quite possible that some of the previous verses
from the Old Testament may be referring to a future great
earthquake at the time of the Lord's Return, there is also
Scriptural proof which points to the fact that some of the
Prophets were writing of an actual physical earthquake which
occurred in the days of Jewish King Uzziah, also known as
Azariah. This earthquake may have occurred around 800-750
B.C.. We find clear proof of this in the following verses,
where both Amos and Zechariah, two of the minor Prophets,
speak of a great earthquake which occurred in Jerusalem:

"The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa,
which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of
Israel, two years before the earthquake." Amos 1:1, KJV

"And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the
valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and
all the saints with thee." Zechariah 14:5, KJV

Turning our attention to the New Testament, in the Gospel of
Matthew and the Book of Acts, we likewise see that the Lord
sometimes used physical, literal earthquakes in order to
accomplish His purposes; such as when Jesus and some of the
Saints rose from the dead, and also when the Lord delivered
Paul and Silas from prison in the town of Philippi. Consider
these verses:

"And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the
rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of
the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves
after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and
appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that
were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those
things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly
this was the Son of God." Matthew 27:51-54, KJV

"And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of
the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the
stone from the door, and sat upon it." Matthew 28:2, KJV

"And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all
the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed."
Acts 16:26, KJV

At the same time, in addition to Jesus' own prophecy in the
twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew concerning temblors which
will occur during the Endtime, there are other verses in the
New Testament which point to earthquakes which will occur in
the future. Some of these quakes appear to be very literal
in nature, while others may possibly be symbolic of the
casting down, that is, of the defeat, of spiritual powers
and Earthly leaders and government authorities at the time
of Christ's Return. Consider the following verses:

"See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they
escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more
shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh
from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he
hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth
only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more,
signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as
of things that are made, that those things which cannot be
shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God
acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a
consuming fire." Hebrews 12:25-29, KJV

"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo,
there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the
stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty
wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together; and every mountain and island were moved out of
their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men,
and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty
men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves
in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to
the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the
face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath
of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who
shall be able to stand?" Revelation 6:12-17, KJV

"And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were
slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven...And the
temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in
his temple the ark of his testament: and there were
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake,
and great hail." Revelation 11:13, 19, KJV

"And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that
the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I
saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth
of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of
devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of
the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the
battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as
a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his
garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he
gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial
into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple
of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there
were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the
earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great
city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the
nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before
God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness
of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains
were not found." Revelation 16:12-20, KJV

In examining the previous verses, one point which becomes
clear, is that it appears that Isaiah, Joel, Jesus and John
all spoke about the very same events which will occur during
the Endtime. Similar to our Lord's own words found in the
twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew concerning
His Second Coming, Isaiah, Joel and John all mention that
the final great earthquake which will herald the Lord's
Arrival, will be tied in directly with the Sun, Moon and
stars being darkened in some way. While we know that this
earthquake is going to occur at Christ's Return, a close
examination of the Scriptures reveals even more regarding
this temblor. As I explain in the article 'The Triumphant
Touchdown Of Jesus Christ!', Zechariah tells us that the
Lord will descend upon the Mount of Olives, just as He
returned to Heaven from the Mount of Olives almost two
thousand years ago. Compare the following verses:

"When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,
saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you
to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put
in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken
these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked
stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come
in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Then
returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet,
which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey."
Acts 1:6-12, KJV

"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be
divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations
against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken,
and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of
the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of
the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall
the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when
he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in
that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem
on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the
midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there
shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall
remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the
valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and
all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass in that
day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it
shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day,
nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time
it shall be light." Zechariah 14:1-7, KJV

Thus we see that when the Lord returns upon the Mount of
Olives, a great earthquake is going to occur which will
result in a great valley forming as the fissure widens from
east to west; that is, the crack will begin in the east in
the direction of the Dead Sea, and it will open westward
towards the Mediterranean Sea. In the verses I shared
earlier from the Book of Joel, it appears that the Prophet
may have made mention of this very same valley when he said:

"Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of
Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen
round about. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe:
come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats
overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes,
multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the
LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon
shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their
shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his
voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall
shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the
strength of the children of Israel." Joel 3:12-16, KJV

It is interesting to note that the name Jehoshaphat actually
means 'Jehovah has judged' in Hebrew. Some Bible scholars
have speculated that this Valley of Jehoshaphat, or Valley
of Decision, may possibly be a reference to the deep ravine
situated below Jerusalem's East Wall, which separates the
city from the Mount of Olives. It is through this valley
that the Brook of Kidron flowed. Jesus and His Disciples
were quite familiar with this area, as they often passed
over the torrential brook in order to go to the Garden of
Gethsemane, which was located at the base of the Mount of
Olives; as we see in the following verses:

"When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his
disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into
the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also,
which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes
resorted thither with his disciples." John 18:1-2, KJV

My Greek lexicon defines the Brook of Kidron and the Garden
of Gethsemane as follows:

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Kedron:

of Hebrew origin

Cedron or Kidron = "turbid"

1) the name of a winter torrent, rising near Jerusalem and
flowing down through a valley of Kidron, having the Mount of
Olives on the east, into the Dead Sea.

. . .

Gethsemane:

of Aramaic origin

Gethsemane = "an oil press"

1) the name of a place at the foot of the Mount of Olives,
beyond the torrent Kidron.

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Easton's Bible dictionary also provides the following data
regarding the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane and
Kedron, or Kidron:

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Mount Of Olives:

So called from the olive trees with which its sides are
clothed, is a mountain ridge on the east of Jerusalem from
which it is separated by the valley of Kidron. It is first
mentioned in connection with David's flight from Jerusalem
through the rebellion of Absalom and is only once again
mentioned in the Old Testament. It is, however, frequently
alluded to. It is frequently mentioned in the New Testament
. It now bears the name of Jebel et-Tur, i.e., "Mount of the
Summit;" also sometimes called Jebel ez-Zeitun, i.e., "Mount
of Olives." It is about 200 feet above the level of the
city. The road from Jerusalem to Bethany runs as of old over
this mount. It was on this mount that Jesus stood when he
wept over Jerusalem.

"No name in Scripture," says Dr. Porter, "calls up
associations at once so sacred and so pleasing as that of
Olivet. The 'mount' is so intimately connected with the
private, the devotional life of the Saviour, that we read of
it and look at it with feelings of deepest interest and
affection. Here he often sat with his disciples, telling
them of wondrous events yet to come, of the destruction of
the Holy City; of the sufferings, the persecution, and the
final triumph of his followers. Here he gave them the
beautiful parables of the ten virgins and the five talents;
here he was wont to retire on each evening for meditation,
and prayer, and rest of body, when weary and harassed by the
labours and trials of the day; and here he came on the night
of his betrayal to utter that wonderful prayer, 'O my
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:
nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt'. And when the
cup of God's wrath had been drunk, and death and the grave
conquered, he led his disciples out again over Olivet as far
as to Bethany, and after a parting blessing ascended to
heaven.

This mount, or rather mountain range, has four summits or
peaks:

1. the "Galilee" peak, so called from a tradition that the
angels stood here when they spoke to the disciples.

2. the "Mount of Ascension," the supposed site of that
event, which was, however, somewhere probably nearer
Bethany.

3. the "Prophets," from the catacombs on its side, called
"the prophets' tombs;" and

4. the "Mount of Corruption," so called because of the "high
places" erected there by Solomon for the idolatrous worship
of his foreign wives. Vulg., "Mount of Offence".

. . .

Gethsemane:

Oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the
Mount of Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire with his
disciples, and which is specially memorable as being the
scene of his agony. The plot of ground pointed out as
Gethsemane is now surrounded by a wall, and is laid out as a
modern European flower-garden. It contains eight venerable
olive-trees, the age of which cannot, however, be
determined. The exact site of Gethsemane is still in
question. Dr. Thomson (The Land and the Book) says: "When I
first came to Jerusalem, and for many years afterward, this
plot of ground was open to all whenever they chose to come
and meditate beneath its very old olive trees. The Latins,
however, have within the last few years succeeded in gaining
sole possession, and have built a high wall around it. The
Greeks have invented another site a little to the north of
it. My own impression is that both are wrong. The position
is too near the city, and so close to what must have always
been the great thoroughfare eastward, that our Lord would
scarcely have selected it for retirement on that dangerous
and dismal night. I am inclined to place the garden in the
secluded vale several hundred yards to the north-east of the
present Gethsemane."

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Kedron:

The valley, now quite narrow, between the Mount of Olives
and Mount Moriah. The upper part of it is called the Valley
of Jehoshaphat. The word means "black," and may refer to the
colour of the water or the gloom of the ravine, or the black
green of the cedars which grew there.

Kidron:

Kedron Cedron, turbid, the winter torrent which flows
through the Valley of Jehoshaphat, on the eastern side of
Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives. This
valley is known in Scripture only by the name "the brook
Kidron." David crossed this brook bare-foot and weeping,
when fleeing from Absalom, and it was frequently crossed by
our Lord in his journeyings to and fro. Here Asa burned the
obscene idols of his mother, and here Athaliah was executed.
It afterwards became the receptacle for all manner of
impurities, and in the time of Josiah this valley was the
common cemetery of the city. Through this mountain ravine no
water runs, except after heavy rains in the mountains round
about Jerusalem. Its length from its head to en-Rogel is 2
3/4 miles. Its precipitous, rocky banks are filled with
ancient tombs, especially the left bank opposite the temple
area. The greatest desire of the Jews is to be buried there,
from the idea that the Kidron is the "valley of Jehoshaphat"
mentioned in #Joe 3:2| Below en-Rogel the Kidron has no
historical or sacred interest. It runs in a winding course
through the wilderness of Judea to the north-western shore
of the Dead Sea. Its whole length, in a straight line, is
only some 20 miles, but in this space its descent is about
3,912 feet. Recent excavations have brought to light the
fact that the old bed of the Kidron is about 40 feet lower
than its present bed, and about 70 feet nearer the sanctuary
wall.

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A few points which are not mentioned in the previous quotes
is that the Mount of Olives runs north to south, and is
about two miles long. Its highest point is three thousand
feet. The wilderness of Judea is located to the south of the
ridges, while to the east is the Jordan River Valley and the
Dead Sea, beyond which lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
It is about fifty miles from Jerusalem to Amman, Jordan. At
any rate, it is possible that the Valley of Kidron and the
Valley of Jehoshaphat, also known as the Valley of Decision,
may be one and the same. However, we should not limit our
thinking to this possibility alone; as it may very well be
that this valley does not even exist yet. In other words,
perhaps the Valley of Jehoshaphat is actually the valley
which will be formed when the Mount of Olives splits in half
when the Lord stands upon it at His Return.

One final possibility, is that the Valley of Jehoshaphat may
not be either one of the aforementioned valleys. If we
consider the fact that Jehoshaphat actually means 'Jehovah
has judged', and that the final battle in which the ungodly
forces will attempt to defeat the Lord, will be fought in
the Valley of Megiddo, perhaps that may be the real Valley
of Decision. It was in the Valley of Megiddo, located on the
southern edge of the Plain of Esdraelon in northern Israel,
that foolish King Josiah lost his life during an unprovoked
battle against Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt. Megiddo is also
known as Megiddon, Har Megiddo, or Armageddon. It is also
interesting to note that when the Prophet Zechariah was
describing how Jerusalem would become a burdensome stone to
the nations of the Endtime, and how the Lord would finally
come to Jerusalem's aid, after He had severely chastised the
Jews through invasion and military defeat, thus finally
bringing a small remnant of them to repentance, the Prophet
made a direct link to the Valley of Megiddo, or Armageddon,
and King Josiah's fall there. Consider the following verses:

"After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho
king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by
Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. But he sent
ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee,
thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but
against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me
to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is
with me, that he destroy thee not. Nevertheless Josiah would
not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he
might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of
Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley
of Megiddo. And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the
king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore
wounded. His servants therefore took him out of that
chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and
they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried
in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and
Jerusalem mourned for Josiah."
2 Chronicles 35:20-24, KJV

"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all
the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both
against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I
make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that
burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all
the people of the earth be gathered together against it. In
that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with
astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open
mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every
horse of the people with blindness...And it shall come to
pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the
nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon
the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall
look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn
for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in
bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his
firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in
Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of
Megiddon." Zechariah 12:2-4, 9-11, KJV

"And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that
the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I
saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth
of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of
devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of
the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the
battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as
a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his
garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he
gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon." Revelation 16:12-16, KJV

As we continue this discussion in part six, I will offer
some final evidence which may point to a link between the
Valley of Jehoshaphat, or the Valley of Decision, and the
Valley of Megiddo. In addition, I will mention the signs
which will precede the Jerusalem earthquake, and stress the
importance of the Southern Europe/Middle Eastern earthquake
region. I will also be presenting some information which
will explain the geological structure of Israel and the
surrounding area, which will further prove that a mighty
earthquake in the vicinity of Jerusalem and the Mount of
Olives at the time of the Lord's Return is very feasible.
This will include facts concerning the Dead Sea Rift. In
addition, I will be exposing the distortions of the U.S.
Geological Survey, by sharing some of their earthquake
tables with you. I will conclude part six by mentioning the
1999 destructive earthquakes in Turkey, as well as begin to
discuss other tremors which have rocked the planet since the
beginning of 1999. I trust that you will join me.

Go To Part Six . . .