5.4. Sequence of Events

⁴ “Since the main purpose of the Campaign of Armageddon is the annihilation of the Jews, the armies of the world will move southward from Jerusalem to Bozrah, as Jeremiah Jer. 49:13-14 makes clear.”—Ibid., 336.

⁵ “It must be noted that the angels did not prophesy that Jesus would return to the same place [Acts Acts 1:9-11], but rather in the same manner in which He had left. Jesus left in the clouds of Heaven and according to Matthew Mat. 24:30, He will return in the clouds of Heaven.”—Ibid., 349.

⁶ “Zechariah Zec. 14:12-15 describes the manner in which these massive hordes of Antichrist’s armies will be destroyed . . . the fight continues all the way back to Jerusalem, coming to an end in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel Joel 3:12-13). The nations that have gathered against the Jews (Joel Joel 3:9-11) will now find themselves being trodden by the King of the Jews. It is of this treading in the Valley of Jehoshaphat that Revelation Rev. 14:19-20+ speaks . . . The city spoken of in these verses is Jerusalem, and the winepress is just outside the city, meaning it is in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. From here the armies of Antichrist will leave for Bozrah, and they will return here as the conflict comes to an end.”—Ibid., 359.

⁷ Pentecost, Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology, 343-358.

⁸ The ultimate destruction of Babylon would appear to involve forces from the north (Isa. Isa. 13:17; Jer. Jer. 50:3, Jer. 50:9; Jer. 51:11, Jer. 51:27-28, Jer. 51:48). Although Babylon was captured “from the north” (by the Medes, Jer. Jer. 51:28) in 539 B.C. (Dan. Dan. 5:31), her fall did not involve physical destruction as these passages indicate.