The sermon on Revelation 16 this week touched on the word Armageddon.  I did not have time to go into detail this week about that (it might be in the next sermon).  But the word Armageddon comes from two Hebrew words Har and Megiddo, which means the hill of Megiddo or place of slaughter.  In the Bible it is also called the Plain of Esdraelon and the Valley of Jezreel.  It is a 14 miles wide and 20 miles long plain in northern Israel that has been the sight of numerous battles both in Biblical and modern times.  In fact, Napoleon called it “the most natural battlefield of the whole earth”.  And it appears this might be the place where the final battle in human history will take place (unless it is symbolic which I do not think it is).  Jesus has gathered the armies of heaven (the saints and his angels) in chapter 15 and now in 16 the earthly kingdoms (led by these demonic “frogs”) are gathering.  The showdown will take place in chapter 19 where we will see Jesus defeat the beast with the sword from his mouth.  As Martin Luther says in one of his famous hymns, “One little word shall fell him”.  Praise the Lord!