Megiddo. Megiddo is now in ruins, but it was once a great city on the crossroads of history. Nations from the two ends of the known world 3000 years ago, Babylon in the East and Egypt in the West clashed in battle for possession of Megiddo. You can still walk through the great gates of Megiddo from Canaanite days. King David and Solomon walked through these gates. Ahab kept his war chariots and horses here and Jehu, his successor, chased Amazia, the king of Judah to these gates and had him killed here. The grain silo and the water tunnel kept the city fully equipped to face long sieges. Who can visit Megiddo and not be shocked at mankind’s desire to make war? Look over the fertile Jezreel valley from the top of Megiddo! And tell me if you think a farmer in his wheat field wanted to go to war. How could it be that these farmers were enticed to leave their peaceful lands and go to war? In the Bible man keeps saying that it’s God who made him go to war. They said that the enemies who ...