Thurs.'s Devo - The Battle of Armeggedon

Read Isa. 34:1-17
It is the end and it is time to judge the nations.  It will be a bloody battle here on earth and in heaven.  Verse 5 says that God's sword will come down upon Idumea or Edom.  Remember Edom is Esau, Jacob's older brother who despised his birthright and sold his inheritance for a bowl of soup.  His appetite was fleshly and totally selfish and unwise.  He had no appetite for the things of God.  He stands for all who have rejected the gift of God and his inheritance promised them, choosing the fleeting pleasures of the world.  They are going to get to see the the price they paid for their soup.  He mentions Bozrah in verse 6 which is a city of palaces in Edom.  It must have been a spiritual stronghold for the enemy because God says it will become a desolation.  The animal kingdom shall join in the battle and the land will respond to the move of God on the earth.  Streams will be turned into asphalt which will mix with the sulfur of the air and combust into fire on the land.   The only thing that will be able to live on the earth will be the scavenger birds and the wild animals.  They will possess the earth and feast on the spoils of the battle. 
Lord, I thank you that your ways are just and right and once again, I am honored and thankful to be on your side.