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Armageddon (, from ''Harmagedōn'',〔(Bibletranslation.ws )〕〔(Scripturetext.com )〕 Late Latin: ラテン語:''Armagedōn''〔''Collins English Dictionary'', HarperCollins, 3rd ed., p. 81〕) will be, according to the Book of Revelation, the site of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location. The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end of the world scenario. The word "Armageddon" appears only once in the Greek New Testament, in . The word is translated to Greek from Hebrew ''har məgiddô'' (), ''har'' - Strong H2022 - meaning "a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively): - hill (country), mount (-ain), X promotion." This is a shortened form of ''Harar'' - Strong H2042 - "to loom up; a mountain; -hill, mount". ''Megiddo'' - Strong מְגִדּוֹן H4023 /meg-id-do'/ "Megiddon or Megiddo, a place of crowds.")〔()〕 "Mount" Tel Megiddo is not actually a mountain, but a tell (a hill created by many generations of people living and rebuilding on the same spot)〔("Amateur Archaeologists Get the Dirt on the Past" ), ''New York Times''〕 on which ancient forts were built to guard the Via Maris, an ancient trade route linking Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia. Megiddo was the location of various ancient battles, including one in the 15th century BC and one in 609 BC. Modern Megiddo is a town approximately west-southwest of the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee in the Kishon River area.〔(Maps and pictures of Megiddo mountain and the surrounding plain (in Spanish) )〕 According to one premillennial Christian interpretation, Jesus will return to earth and defeat the Antichrist (the "beast"), the False Prophet and Satan the Devil in the Battle of Armageddon. Then Satan will be put into the "bottomless pit" or abyss for 1,000 years, known as the Millennium. After being released from the abyss, Satan will gather Gog and Magog from the four corners of the earth. They will encamp surrounding the "holy ones" and the "beloved city" (this refers to Jerusalem). Fire will come down from God, out of heaven and devour Gog and Magog. The Devil, death, hell, and those not found written in the Book of Life are then thrown into Gehenna (the lake of fire burning with brimstone).〔Book of Revelation in the New Testament, Rev. 19: 11-20, Rev. 20: 1-3, 7-15.〕 == Christianity == Megiddo is mentioned twelve times in the Old Testament, ten times in reference to the ancient city of Megiddo, and twice with reference to "the plain of Megiddo", most probably simply meaning "the plain next to the city".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=megiddo&version1=9&searchtype=all&limit=none&wholewordsonly=no ) Listing of the 12 Biblical Old Testament passages containing the word "Megiddo". 〕 None of these Old Testament passages describes the city of Megiddo as being associated with any particular prophetic beliefs. The one New Testament reference to the city of Armageddon found in Revelation 16:16 in fact also makes no specific mention of any armies being predicted to one day gather in this city, but instead seems to predict only that "they (will gather) the kings together to .... Armageddon".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+16&version=NIV ) New Testament excerpt describing various apparent calamities of nature with respect to Armageddon.〕 The text does however seem to imply, based on the text from the earlier passage of Revelation 16:14, that the purpose of this gathering of kings in the "place called Armageddon" is "for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty". Because of the seemingly highly symbolic and even cryptic language of this one New Testament passage, some Christian scholars conclude that Mount Armageddon must be an idealized location.〔James B. Jordan, (Biblical Horizons, No. 85 )〕 Rushdoony says, "There are no mountains of Megiddo, only the Plains of Megiddo. This is a deliberate destruction of the vision of any literal reference to the place."〔Rousas John Rushdoony, ''Thy Kingdom Come: Studies in Daniel and Revelation'', 190.〕 Other scholars, including C. C. Torrey, Kline and Jordan argue that the word is derived from the Hebrew ''moed'' (), meaning "assembly". Thus, "Armageddon" would mean "Mountain of Assembly," which Jordan says is "a reference to the assembly at Mount Sinai, and to its replacement, Mount Zion."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armageddon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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