The 8 Stages of Armageddon

1. The world’s armies gather at Armageddon.
Psalm 2:1–6
Joel 3:9–11
Revelation 16:12–16

2. God destroys Babylon, the Antichrist’s capital.
Isaiah 13—14
Jeremiah 50—51
Zechariah 5:4–11
Revelation 17—18

3. Jerusalem is attacked; half the city falls.
Micah 4:11—5:1
Zechariah 12—14

4. The Antichrist’s armies attack the Jewish people hidden in Petra/Bozrah.
Jeremiah 49:13–14
Micah 2:12

5. Israel is regenerated and accepts Jesus as Messiah.
Psalm 79:1–13; 80:1–19
Isaiah 64:1–12
Hosea 6:1–11
Joel 2:28–32
Zechariah 12:10; 13:7–9
Romans 11:25–27

6. Jesus rescues redeemed Israel hidden in Petra/Bozrah. (Not the Mount of Olives, Acts 1:10–11)
Isaiah 34:1–7; 63:1–60
Habakkuk 3:3
Micah 2:12–13

7. The world’s armies are destroyed from Petra/Bozrah to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Isaiah 14:3–11, 16–21
Jeremiah 49:20
Joel 3:12–13
Zechariah 14:12–15
2 Thessalonians 2:8

8. Jesus victoriously ascends the Mount of Olives.
Joel 3:14–17
Zechariah 14:3–5
Matthew 24:29–31
Revelation 16:17–21; 19:11–21

Adapted from Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of the Messiah: A Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events (San Antonio, TX: Ariel Ministries, 2004).