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Most readers approach Matthew 24 expecting a dramatic end-of-world scenario. But Scripture offers something deeper: not the destruction of creation, but the completion of faith—the telos, or goal, being the salvation of the soul (1 Pet 1:9).
🔥 Armageddon as Spiritual Discipline
The Battle of Armageddon is not a geopolitical war, but a spiritual conflict fought in the Valley of Decision (Joel 3:14), the Jezreel of the soul.
It is the moment when willfully sinful Christians, under Jesus’ supervision, are led into the prison of hellfire—not for condemnation, but for discipline.
There, they are taught to deny ungodliness (Titus 2:11–12), so that they may be restored and released, just as Jesus taught in Matthew 5:25–26.
🧠 Parables Concealing the Day of the Lord
This process is veiled in parables (Matt 13:11–12), hidden from casual readers but revealed to those who seek understanding.
It is the Day of the Lord—a time of correction, not annihilation.
Divine messengers carry the disobedient into fire for refinement, and the obedient into joy, peace, and righteousness (Rom 14:17).
📜 Revelation 20 and the Obedient Life
Revelation 20 deepens this theme.
The millennium symbolizes the obedient Christian life—when Satan is bound and cannot deceive.
When obedience ends (teleo), Satan is loosed again.
The “first resurrection” is not physical, but spiritual: believers living again in obedience (Col 3:1).
Those who fall into disobedience are called “the rest of the dead” (Rev 20:5), and only “live again” when they return to obedience.
This cycle is echoed in 1 Thess 4:13–16, where sleeping Christians rise again into the obedient life.
🌱 A Personal Invitation
If you’ve ever felt that your spiritual walk has stalled, or that obedience has faded, this message is for you.
The “end” is not the end of the world—it’s the end of disobedience, the end of deception, and the beginning of restoration.
The battle is not against others—it’s within.
And Jesus, ever faithful, leads even the fallen into fire with hope of renewal.
🙏 Call to Decision
Let this be your valley of decision. Not a place of fear, but of turning. Not the end of your story, but the beginning of your resurrection.