Date of Award

1-2020

Document Type

Post Doctoral Fellowship Project

Degree Name

Post Doctoral Fellowship

Department

New Testament

Abstract

This book deals with the battle of Armageddon in connection with the fall of Babylon in the literary context of Revelation 16:12-16. Its main focus is about when starts the crucial moment of the last battle between Christ and Satan with the involvement of all the powers on earth. The discussion begins from the assumption that since the 1950s a new understanding has been developed that retakes the Adventist pioneers’ view according which Armageddon is essentially a spiritual or religious battle. The point in discussion is whether Armageddon will start after or before the sixth plague and when the preparations for it will take place.

This main topic requires to consider many others correlated like literary arrangements of the vision of Armageddon, the meaning of the last plagues, the nature of the battle, who is involved in the confrontation, and so on. The issue of the time of Armageddon is essential to understand the specific meaning of the sixth and seventh plagues and the moment of the fall of Babylon as well as its consequence on the wicked persecuting coalition.

In terms of structure and sequence, the report of Armageddon in Revelation 16:13-16 seems confuse. This makes the task of interpreting this complex text a great challenge. In dealing with Armageddon periscope, the present author proposes that Revelation 16:13-16 may be seen as a parenthetic vision that depicts events which happen before the plagues, as John makes between the sixth and seventh elements in the seals and trumpets’ visions. This kind of interlude would be a pattern in these sets of visions. The understanding of this literary arrangement make room for new perspectives to discuss the nature of the battle and the warriors involved in it as well as its moment in history.

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