Weekly Devotion: Is this Armageddon?

I know a place. A lovely, terrible place.

Here are 7 quick facts about it:

  1. It sits on a hill formed by layers of ancient cities, called a “tell.”
  2. It began as a village around 7000 BCE and became a fortified Canaanite city by 3000 BCE.
  3. In 1479 BCE, Egypt conquered the Canaanite Kings in history’s first recorded military conflict.
  4. For centuries, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans all fought over this land, situated on a strategic trade route.
  5. The Bible mentions King Solomon fortifying it, and battles there involving Kings Ahab and Jeroboam II.
  6. In World War One, British general Allenby’s surprise attack there led to the fall of the Ottoman empire.
  7. The city? Its name is “Har Megiddo”.

You may know it by another name: Armageddon.

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