“Come, see Yahweh’s works,
What desolations he has made in the earth.”
Psa 46:8
That is a subject of many passages in Scripture. You could take the verses of the seven trumpets of Revelation 8. Seven trumpets are given to seven angels. These trumpets seem to be in response to the prayers of the saints for help.
“The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.”
Rev 8:4
Special judgments are ordained for the earth within time, at a special point in time in the future. The trumpets begin to sound.
“The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up,a and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.”
Rev 8:7
Oh what a blow, but that is only the start, six other trumpets follow. In my book Revealing the Christian Age I call them “Trumpets of Warning.” You could take this verse also of the seven last plagues, of which it says,
“One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.” ”
Rev 21:9
Seven bowls of wrath are in Revelation 16. If you are reading along in Revelation a certain passage and you say to yourself, “Well that sounds like the end of the world,” then you are probably reading the end of a vision of the Christian Age.
“He makes wars cease to the end of the earth.”
Psa 46:9a
At the last huge conflicts rage all over the globe. God’s people have been living at rest, not in fortifications, or bunkers, but in “camps.” Satan is released and deceives the nations, represented by Gog and Magog. Then in a sudden sweep Gog and Magog rise in war against Christians, both Jew and Gentile.
“8 … Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; … 9 They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. …”
Rev 20:8-9
Our Lord obviously wanted us to compare the two different invasions described in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. The final invasion is described in more detail in Ezekiel chapter 38. Troops from “many peoples” are led by Gog and Magog, Ezek 38:8. This is when,
“… the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.”
Ezek 38:20
That is obviously the end of this earth.
“Fire came down out of heaven from God,
and devoured them”.
Rev 20:9b
Thus is summarized Jesus Second Coming, and the literal “last battle” of Revelation chapter 19,
“… when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,”
2Thes 1:7
Then will wars cease. Only those willing to live in peace will be in that exalted final kingdom in heaven.
Scriptures are from the World English Bible (WEB), a copyright free revision of the original ASV American Standard Version 1901