War in the Book of Revelation

It's common for people to claim the Book of Revelation speaks of a literal world war

Let's see if this holds up under scrutiny....




The verses that speak of " war "

Rev 11:7 " And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them "

Rev 12:7 " And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels "
Rev 12:17 " And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ "

Rev 13:4 " And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? "
Rev 13:7 " And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations "
Rev 17:14 " These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful "
Rev 19:11 " And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war "


Rev 19:19 " And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army "


The Greek word " war " as it's defined in the concordance:

This word might actually sound familiar to you, the reason being, it's the root of the word " polemic "

A polemic (/pəˈlɛmɪk/) is contentious rhetoric that is intended to support a specific position by forthright claims and undermining of the opposing position. Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about controversial topics. The practice of such argumentation is called " polemics "


Polemics often concern issues in religion or politics. A polemic style of writing was common in Ancient Greece, as in the writings of the historian Polybius. Polemic again became common in medieval and early modern times. Since then, famous polemicists have included the satirist Jonathan Swift, French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher Voltaire, Christian anarchist Leo Tolstoy, the socialist philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the novelist George Orwell, the playwright George Bernard Shaw, the psycholinguist Noam Chomsky, the social critic Christopher Hitchens, the existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, and Friedrich Nietzsche

Let's look at the etymology of the word" war "


war (n.)

late Old English wyrre, werre "large-scale military conflict," from Old North French werre "war" (Old French guerre "difficulty, dispute; hostility; fight, combat, war;" Modern French guerre), from Frankish *werra, from Proto-Germanic *werz-a- (source also of Old Saxon werran, Old High German werran, German verwirren "to confuse, perplex"), from PIE *wers- "to confuse, mix up". Cognates suggest the original sense was "to bring into confusion."


To undermine beliefs ( Polemics ) is exactly what this is, to bring confusion into the arena

To poison the well, as it were, and cause arguments

This may also sound familiar to some people, the reason ?