Weekly Devotion: Is this Armageddon?
I know a place. A lovely, terrible place.
Here are 7 quick facts about it:
- It sits on a hill formed by layers of ancient cities, called a “tell.”
- It began as a village around 7000 BCE and became a fortified Canaanite city by 3000 BCE.
- In 1479 BCE, Egypt conquered the Canaanite Kings in history’s first recorded military conflict.
- For centuries, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans all fought over this land, situated on a strategic trade route.
- The Bible mentions King Solomon fortifying it, and battles there involving Kings Ahab and Jeroboam II.
- In World War One, British general Allenby’s surprise attack there led to the fall of the Ottoman empire.
- The city? Its name is “Har Megiddo”.
You may know it by another name: Armageddon.