We overlook the valley of Armageddon from a mount outside Nazareth, Jesus’ home town. This valley is the main route from the ancient civilizations in the Tigris / Euphrates and Nile river regions. And so it has been a source of commerce, culture, and great battles for millennia. Peaceful and green and verdant now. And yet, experience of humanity over many generations inspires the apocalyptic imagery in the Bible and popular culture. More than fanciful “Game of Thrones” prophecy about a literal future place and time, the Bible tries to articulate and connect with realities people would have known, while using the poetry in geography and legendary memory to express the promises of God’s love in, greater than, and transforming all suffering and death to bring abundant life.