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Read the book of Revelation - the climax of the New Testament. Yes, the Day of the Lord (Armageddon) will occur, and when that happens the evil in the world will be destroyed in a series of 21 judgments. Once God's wrath has finished - Christ returns to reign over the world. As to when this awesome day will happen, no one knows.

My summary was pretty bone dry and too basic. Read the Revelation yourself and you'll know the answer to your question.

God promised that He would not destroy mankind and all flesh upon the earth by way of a flood.

Genesis 9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

There are scriptures that support that the earth and everything left upon the earth will be destroyed w/ fire and God will make a new earth. I'm not exactly sure when this will take place, but I think it's after Christ and His army defeats Satan.

Here is a bit of information about the Battle of Armageddon that I think you may find interesting.
razz
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"THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON"

The following verses deal with the coming Battle of Armageddon. This battle gets its name from Revelation 16:16. A study of this is in order because of the widespread ignorance about the battle. Some thought World War I might be Armageddon; still others thought World War II might be it; others were concerned about the Korean War. Let us note several things concerning this battle:

It is a literal battle. It is not a battle between nations. It cannot be fought as long as we Christians are here. It will happen after the rapture. It is between Jesus and the Antichrist and his forces. It closes the seven years of tribulation. It ushers in the millennium.

Verse 13:
The word "CLOUD " means "a special, prepared cloud. " Acts 1:11 says Jesus will come again as He went away. He went away in the clouds. He will come again in the clouds.

The Son of Man spoken of in this verse is undoubtedly Jesus.

You will notice that He has a golden crown upon His head.

He left this world with a crown of thorns as the suffering Saviour...He will return with a golden crown as the conquering King!

Verse 15:
The word "THRUST " means "to throw. "

Notice that this sickle is to be thrust in the earth in order to reap the harvest. The only harvest one can reap is the product of that which has been sown. Galatians 6:7 certainly proves this; hence, the earth will reap what she has sown. For two thousand years she has sown sin and rebellion against God; therefore, she will reap the wrath of God.

"RIPE " means "rotten. " That will be the condition of the world. Once again we find that this world is not going to get better; rather, at the time of reaping it will be rotten.

Verse 16:
This is a climactic verse. It is the thrusting in of God’s sickle of judgment. The word "ON " means "against. " God’s judgment is going to be against this earth.

Verses 17-18:
Here we find another sickle and another thrusting. This one is not the harvest of the earth, but the harvest of the vine of the earth. Just as Christ is the True Vine, the Antichrist is the vine of the earth. Just as we Christians are on the True Vine, even so, unbelievers will be on the false vine (Antichrist). In verse 18 it says that her grapes are fully rotten.

Verse 19:
The grapes on the vine will be cast into the great winepress. A winepress is a big trough or vat for the treading and smashing of grapes in order for the juice to be made into wine. The wicked shall be put in God’s winepress and trampled upon.

Verse 20:
When the wicked have been trampled upon in God’s winepress, this verse says the blood will come out and form a river two hundred miles long, that will come up to the horses’ bridles. Men scoff at such a prophesy. Let us be reminded that when Titus destroyed Jerusalem, Josephus tells us that the blood ran along the streets and into the houses, even putting out some of the fires!

When Cylla destroyed Athens, the blood was in the streets and yards and ran through the gates like a river. Let us thank God that through the shedding of the blood of His Son, we will avoid this terrible shedding of man’s blood.

INTRODUCTION: In order that we might understand better the preparation for the Battle of Armageddon, we need to understand the par Russia is going to play in the end-time. To understand this, turn to Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. Some say this has already been fulfilled; however, since chapter 37 deals with the final millennium, chapters 38 and 39 must take place between two preceding events. The only period between these two events is the seven years tribulation. That these chapters could be fulfilled soon is proved by the recent recognition of Israel as a State and their acceptance into the United Nations. Let us look at these two chapters:

EZEKIEL 38:1-2:

"GOG " means the "chief prince of Rosh. " The word "Rosh " is the root word for Russia.

"MAGOG " means the "land of the prince " (the word "Gog " meaning "prince, " and the word "Ma " meaning "land "). Historians say that this land is located around the Black Sea. All of us know that this is the location of Russia.

The words "MESHECH " and "TUBAL " represent tribes which settled in the vicinity of Magog. They settled in the places now known as the Russian cities of Moscow and Tobolsk.

EZEKIEL 38:9:

This verse teaches that when Russia does attack Palestine she will come (1) Like a storm (Russia is now planning a standing army of sixty million men), and (2) Like a cloud. Perhaps this refers to Russia’s tremendous emphasis on paratroopers. On September 16, 1935, the Russian papers told of a Russian paratrooper experiment that "obscured the sky like a cloud. " Little did they know that they were quoting Scripture.

EZEKIEL 38:11:

Contrary to the past, the new villages in Palestine are all unwalled as the Scripture predicts.

EZEKIEL 38:12-13:

These verses show why Russia will come into Palestine-to get riches. There is more wealth in the bottom of the Dead Sea than in all of the United States of America. There are chemicals worth one and one fourth trillion dollars in the Dead Sea. Russia wants that wealth.

EZEKIEL 38:15:

You will notice that one of the main arms of Russia’s army will be a cavalry. Many people say this proves the fallacy of this Scripture. Notice two things:

Russia has been buying up the world’s horses for years, and now owns almost three-fourths of all the horses in the world.
For years Russia has been breeding a new super-horse.
EZEKIEL 38: 5, 6:

Notice the allies who will come with Russia:

PERSIA-In 1936 Russia and Persia signed a treaty strengthening their friendship. Persia is now called Iran, and is now antagonistic toward the British and the Americans. Several years ago Iran asked the American troops to leave the country. The reason that Russia will ally with Iran is that one-fourth of the world’s oil is in this little country.
ETHIOPIA-Some say this is ancient Ethiopia and perhaps this is true. However, it is interesting to notice that the little country of Ethiopia is extremely friendly with Russia and has been since the Italian-Ethiopian War in the late 1930’s.
LIBYA-This is located in the general vicinity of Egypt that has been a hotbed of international strife for the last decade.
GOMER-Gomer was the originator of a tribe named after Japheth’s son, which migrated into what became Eastern Germany and Poland. Russia has both today. So you can see the division of Germany was not news to God.
TOGARMAH-This was a tribe which settled in Armenia. Armenia is now Turkey. Russia has always wanted Turkey and will have her some day.
From Turkey to Haifa to Megiddo (the valley of the Battle of Armageddon) is a straight run.

EZEKIEL 38:18:

As Russia comes on Palestine the fury of God will be aroused.

EZEKIEL 38:19:

He will send an earthquake.

EZEKIEL 38:23:

He will defeat Russia.

EZEKIEL 39:2:

Five-sixths of Russia will be destroyed.

EZEKIEL 39:12:

It will take seven months for Israel to bury all the Russians.

CONCLUSION: Jesus wins the victory at Armageddon. The nations of this earth are overturned. The Battle of Armageddon is over, and the Millennium is begun. Praise God, He will be the Victor.

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razz