In recent days we've been horrified to see acts of terrorism inflicted on innocent people. We cringe and even cry when we witness

these gruesome acts of violence. But there's a day coming, the Bible teaches, when the ultimate

battle against evil will be fought and won.

It will be a bloodbath, the likes we've never seen before.

Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall is teaching from Revelation chapter 16, where this moment in Bible prophecy is described.

Chuck titled today's message, Shock and Aw revisited. visited.

Based on a search of the term, Armageddon,

a popular online bookstore returned these following results.

Books that have been published,

760 of them have the term Armageddon appearing in them.

And there are 173 pieces of music that either revolve around the theme or mention the term

Armageddon 173. Not surprisingly there are 111 movies that deal with the subject or at least mention the word and this

one is amazing some 50 editions of the Holman Garden magazine include Armageddon If the computer games and software having to do with Armageddon.

Well, needless to say, the word is out.

In fact, it's everywhere.

And with such intense ongoing exposure

to the perspective of popular media, how accurate

is our picture of the event when compared to the exacting way God reveals Armageddon in the scriptures.

Well, in my message today, we're going to revisit the final verses recorded in

Revelation, Chapter 16, in order to gain a better understanding of the word

Armageddon as well as its place in John's Apocalypse and the events that will lead

to Evil's last desperate attempt to prevent the

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