Jehoshaphat: for
there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."

There is one name given to this time and battle that is very significant
and striking. Have you ever noticed it? If not, let me call your
attention to it. It is called "That great day of God Almighty," by John
in the chapter of the text. The day of the Lord of hosts by Isaiah.
Ezek. xxx. 3: "Howl ye! Woe worth the day! For the day of the Lord is
near: it shall be the time of the heathen." And Joel says, "Multitudes,
multitudes, in the valley of decision; for the day of the Lord is near in
the valley of decision." By the prophets Amos, Obadiah, Zephaniah,
Zechariah, Malachi, and apostles Paul and Peter, it is called the day of
the Lord.

You ask if this battle may not have taken place. We answer, No. Of such
a battle we have no record. Again, it will be the end of the war--the
final overthrow of Paganism, the beast, and Anti-Christ. Malachi says,
"Behold I will send you the prophet Elijah before the coming of that
great and dreadful day of the Lord." Elijah has not yet been a witness.
At the time of this great battle nature is to take a wonderful part. As
when Christ was on the cross, the sun darkened, the rocks rent, the
mountains shook, so in connection with this battle there shall be some
strange wonders--earthquakes, thundering, lightning, hail and fire. The
Mount of Olives will divide; the valley of the Dead Sea will fill with
water and join to the Mediterranean; Jerusalem will become a seaport; an
appointed centre from which, being central to all the world, will go
forth the ships of the Lord. The city of Jerusalem, between this time
and that, will be considerably enlarged, then it will divide into three
parts. At the time of this dividing John says, "That the cities of the
nations are to fall"--London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, St. Petersburg, and
many others--that all may turn to Jerusalem, the capital appointed of
Heaven.

If you wish to know more of the particulars of this day, read the
prophets, study what John the Revelator says under the sixth vial and
sixth seal. With awful grandeur and with terrible majesty have the
sacred writers set forth this day and time.

That this day will come, who will deny? Look at the world ripening for
this day. Here, in our own land, as well as others, the forces are
maturing, the agents are at work. Many of the events of the past year we
were permitted to forecast by looking into the