HIStory, Our Future: Pearls for the Bride Production
Last Updated:
07/04/2009 13:53
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Update January 11, 2009: It appears
now as we approach the timeframe that the timing presented is incorrect. I had based them on a
series of alignments in events related to Israel’s judgment history and came to
a conclusion from that. I will be leaving this as is and as I continue to watch
and research update any relevant points.The historical aspect was a collection of research from
several people who had done date studies that when put together connected
significant times in Israel’s history to judgments and ended on Rosh Hashanah
2005. There are also a series of exact-day prophecies related to the 70th
week of Daniel and the events that will occur within them. This provided the
framework for this week of years, or seven years.
The dates came from connecting
these two studies and while the historical alignments are still valid as are the
framework for the 70th week of Daniel, it is apparent my conclusions
connecting the two were not accurate regarding the midst of the week occurring
in February of 2009.
There have been other possibilities such as Herb Peters
conclusion regarding the start of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in
January of 2007 that may still be valid, but as always time will tell.
While there are things we know for sure, we see through a glass darkly. I still
believe we are in the end times as Israel has become a nation and that
generation will not pass until all the things prophesied by Yeshua are
fulfilled,
Matthew 24:32-42, we’re coming on the end of that 1947 generation now.
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Overview
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Part 5:
The Coming Times - What's
Next?
-
Seven Seals
- First Seal: The New ENP --
In
progress? (January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2013)
- Second Seal: Peace Taken from the
Earth
- Russia Invades Georgia
- Destruction of Damascus (why this
timing?)
- Magog Invasion (why this timing?)
- Temple Rebuilt/Israel returns to
Yahweh/Two Witnesses arrive
- Third Seal: Global Economic Crisis
- Temple Rebuilt next to Dome of the Rock
- Fourth Seal: Rise of the False
Prophet - 12th Mahdi (uniting Sunni & Shia)
- Fifth Seal: Time of Jacob's
Trouble
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Introduction
History and the future collide in
clarity right now to shine the light of God's Word on the path to
eternity with Yeshua.
For almost 2,000 years, since Yeshua's resurrection and ascension
into heaven, the
saints have speculated and wondered about the timing of His promised
return. The answers were written and foretold in the Bible through
the prophets, the
understanding of the prophecies sealed up until the time of the end. They were written
there for the bride of Christ living in the end times when the final
prophecies would be fulfilled and as a testimony that God is who He
says He is and He means what He says.
This is an examination of Biblical history
and current events in light of Bible prophecy for the edification of
the bride of Christ and all with ears to hear. The goal is to shine the light of God's Word on
the path of the coming times so that we are not in darkness
regarding
what is about to happen. Yeshua is coming for His bride soon to take
her to the marriage
of the Lamb and this is an adrenaline shot to the heart and mind to
awaken your spirit to the reality and relevance of Bible
prophecy today. It is also my prayer that it give you hope in the difficult times to come,
building your faith in the Truth of God's Word and for
His glory as we approach the coming times that He foretold.
It
is also a warning. The
wrath of Lucifer will come against those that refuse to enter
his global system of control and anyone who chooses the man of
sin over God will be eternally separated from God according to
their own choice. God is
love and separation from God is separation from love so my
desire is that everyone make an informed decision as it affects your
eternity. In addition, sudden destruction will be falling in earth-shaking ways, literally. Life
as we know
it is about to end and the only salvation is in Yeshua the
Christ who has saved us from the wrath to come. He is our
blessed hope and we need to be aware of the signs of the times
given us so we would not be in darkness just as promised.
This
is not a message of fear but of hope, building faith in the Word of
God showing it to be a True foretelling of the future coming to pass
today. Darkness and fear go hand-in-hand, but God's Word shines like
a light in the darkness revealing the unknown and showing God's love
for us. True love casts out all fear and this is meant to give strength and arm the bride of Christ
with the whole armor of God; the breastplate of righteousness,
shield of faith, helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit
which is the Word of God. The road ahead is not an easy one, but
eternity with God awaits those who love and obey Him.
What you are about to learn is just a small
part of the whole picture. The most important thing you can do is
build your personal relationship with Yeshua in prayer and reading
His Word for yourself. The things of this world will pass away and
often hinder our relationship with Him so I encourage you to come
out of the world and its message of self to focus on Yeshua to be
more like Him and less like the world. Ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in
understanding and in all your ways acknowledge Him, let Him direct
your path and keep your eyes fixed on Him.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings is to search out a
matter.
Revelation 1:5,6
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our
sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings
and priests unto God and his Father; to him
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
John
15:14,15
Ye are my friends,
if ye do
whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you
not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord
doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things
that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto
you.
Amos
3:7
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing,
but he revealeth
his secret unto his servants the prophets.
God wants His people to know what is
going to happen and He has provided that understanding in the Bible.
As we near the end and understanding is unsealed, clarity is growing
as world events unfold. I
pray that in this examination of history, Bible prophecy and current
events, that you find yourself in a stronger relationship with
Christ and have a stronger faith in His Word, the Bible.
Part 1: Biblical Foundations
Isaiah 46:9,10
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is
none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the
end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that
are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do
all my pleasure:
The only reliable understanding of what is coming in the future
comes from the One who exists outside of time and knows the end from
the beginning. Prophecy is a comfort for the bride of Christ because it
is revealing God's plans for our future. We are told that we
are not going to be left in darkness and the foundation we have to
understand what is coming is from the Word of God. This builds up
our faith in God's Word.
John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with
God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any
thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was
the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.
John 5:39
Search the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they
which testify of me.
Revelation 19:10b
worship God: for
the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy.
I am a watchman for Christ and I want to unite
those who trust in God's Word under the Bible's authority. This information is a collection of research by many
watchmen and my own study of Bible prophecy combined through
a careful examination of the plum line, the Bible. I do not
claim to have full knowledge and I am open to correction and welcome your
comments, criticisms and additions by sending an e-mail to:
watch@watchmanbiblestudy.com
What is the point of studying Bible prophecy? There are two kinds
of prophecy, fulfilled and unfulfilled. What can be learned of that
which is already fulfilled with great precision builds faith in what
is yet to come to pass. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the
Word of God and so the reading of the Bible is central to
understanding and shining the light of Truth in this dark world.
Psalm 119:104,105
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I
hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.
The Importance of Watching:
what are we watching for &
why?
We are told to watch and are blessed for doing so. The blessing
comes in the way that the Word of God shines a light on the path to
the future. While what it reveals in the darkness is not pleasant,
it also reveals events beyond this time that must come to pass and
speaks to our spirit an unexplainable peace that passes all
understanding.
Titus 3:11-15
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly,
in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and
rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Command & Blessing
There is much we do not know, which is why we are warned to watch.
And it doesn't do much good to watch if we don't know what we're
seeing, the signs of the times. This is where the Biblical
foundation is imperative to understanding the end times we are
living in today because God told us what would come to pass, sealed
in Bible prophecy for the time of the end.
Revelation
3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and
hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will
come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come
upon thee.
Mark 13:32-37
But of that day and that hour [coming of the Son
of man] knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven,
neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed,
watch and pray: for ye know not when
the time is. For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his
house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye
therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the
morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you
I say unto all, Watch.
Luke 12:16-40
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord,
when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they
may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord
when he cometh shall find watching:
verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down
to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the
second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those
servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what
hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered
his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also:
for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
1
Thessalonians 5:1-11
But of the times and the seasons, brethren,
ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves
know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as
travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape. But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the
day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others; but let us
watch and be sober. For they that
sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and
for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by
our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we
wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore
comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even
as also ye do.
Revelation 1:1-3
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to
shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he
sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of
Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the
time is at hand.
When we believe what cannot be seen but is proven in the Word,
the knowledge of eternity in God's presence far outweighs the
troubles and cares of this life. And moreover that faith acts as a
shield to the attacks of the enemy trying to deceive and break us
down. Thank God that what He builds up cannot be broken down when we
are in Him and trust in His Word.
Protection From Deception
This leads to another important Truth from scripture regarding
the future that speaks to the importance of watching, deceptions and lies
of the enemy of mankind. Knowing the Truth
prevents being mislead by deception.
Matthew 24:23-27
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is
Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great
signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you
before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is
in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret
chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of
the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be.
2 Thessalonians 2:11-14
And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all
might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure
in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks
alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of
the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that
in the
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies
in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of
them which believe and know the truth.
2 Timothy 4:1-5
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long
suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts
shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and
shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all
things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist,
make full proof of thy ministry.
There are many signs and lying wonders coming meant to deceive
the world and God is going to allow them to happen. He has given us
the warning in His Word and the foretelling of many things that must
come to pass in the future. The importance of understanding Bible
prophecy is key in this respect, to not be deceived as the majority
of the world will be. By and large, the world today does not have
faith in or respect for the Holy Bible. I pray this presentation of
facts and details will bring the Word of God to life for you as it
has for me and lead you to a closer relationship with Yeshua while
offering greater understanding as to why current events are
unfolding the way that they are and where it is leading.
Interpreting Bible
prophecy
Before going into detail from scripture, it is necessary to
address the source of interpretation and understanding as well as
the validity of focusing on Bible prophecy. As pointed out earlier,
the whole Word of God is focused on Yeshua and He is the spirit of
prophecy and so one cannot help but focus on Him in the study of His
Word.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-23
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give
thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you. Quench not the Spirit.
Despise not
prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify
you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
2 Timothy 3:12-17
Yea,
and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the
things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing
of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast
known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise
unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works.
Considering the history of declaring prophecies, many Christians
view the subject of Bible prophecy as something that should be shied away from.
However every word contained in scripture is there for a reason and
80% of scripture is prophetic. The question then becomes how we
understand the yet unfulfilled prophecies regarding our future. The Bible interprets itself and is authored by the Holy Spirit
speaking through the prophets as revealed in what they wrote in our Bible.
A good example of this comes from Revelation 12 and the
interpretation of the symbology used there.
Revelation 12:1,2
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Who is this woman and what does it mean that she is "clothed with
the sun, and the moon under her feet?" The answer is given in the
Old Testament, where Israel (Jacob) interprets Joseph's dream.
Genesis 37:9-11
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun
and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou
hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed
come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
In Joseph's dream, he is one of the 12 stars to which the other
11 (brothers) and the sun (father) and moon (mother) bow to. His
father is Jacob whom God named Israel and the brothers became the
twelve tribes of Israel through Rachel their mother. The woman in
Revelation 12 then can be seen as representing the nation of Israel
comprised of the 12 tribes from Rachel clothed with the name of
Israel.
These 66 books written by 40 authors over thousands of years shows
this integrated message to be beyond the ability of mortal man alone
to author.
2
Peter 1:19-21
We have also a more sure word
of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto
a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn,
and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by
the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost.
We must ask the Author to show us the Truth contained in
scripture as we daily study it. There are many amazing facts
contained in the Bible and I would recommend checking out some of Chuck Missler's
presentations such as his
Learn the Bible in 24 Hours series to learn of just some of
these amazing details showing God's
fingerprints all over and validating the supernatural nature of
scripture.
In addition the understanding of Bible prophecy is not based on
just single
scriptures, but on the whole council of God. All of scripture must
agree 100% with itself and many times doctrines are built not on the
collection and corroboration of all scripture, but by picking and
choosing small portions alone. This has lead to many false
interpretations of scripture in the past and should be in the
forefront of all Christians as they study Bible prophecy.
Isaiah 28:9-13
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he
make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from
the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept
must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon
line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he
speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest
wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is
the refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word
of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept
upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a
little, and there a little; that they might go, and
fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Failure to examine the whole context as working in
agreement will place
stumblingblocks in understanding the full meaning.
Israel's blindness is possible in the same way for
all who do not take God at His Word and build
understanding from the whole council of God.
Israel had prophecies of the coming Messiah, but by ignoring certain
aspects they were unable to see Him when He came. There were
prophecies of a conquering king, but also a suffering servant. If
one only examines the prophecies of His glorious return, it is much
easier not to see or believe the humble man who presents Himself as
the Messiah on a donkey as prophesied in
Zechariah 9:9.
Another important aspect in rightly dividing the Word is
examination of the context of surrounding scripture. As with
building doctrine on only one passage, it is very easy to build
doctrine on isolated words outside of the context they are given in.
In addition, it is always helpful to examine the Greek and Hebrew
meanings of words used. In the case of the English language, we are
at a disadvantage because of generalized definitions for terms we use. Greek
and Hebrew is much more precise and many times what we may be
thinking in our 21st century mindset is much better defined
and detailed in
the original Greek or Hebrew. E-Sword (www.e-sword.net)
is a useful and free software tool to study these more defined words
as well as the Blue Letter Bible web site (www.blueletterbible.org).
Upon accepting the sacrifice of Yeshua for the forgiveness of
sins and walking in the ways of God, we receive the free gift of the
Holy Spirit. Being filled with the same Holy Spirit who authored
the Bible through the prophets, we are taught all the
things and guided through God's Word for the answers,
all contained therein. So ask for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in your
search for Truth. Keep reading His Word and
searching the scriptures to see what is really True and what is
false teaching, including what you may learn here.
Biblical Astronomy
Psalm 19:1-3
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth
his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where
their voice is not heard.
Studying timing necessitates examining
the heavens because time is defined by the movements of the
celestial bodies in the
heavens.
Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs,
and for seasons, and for days, and
years: And let them be
for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to
rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And
the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Signs in the heavens
- Chuck Missler
Job 38:31
Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion? Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide
Arcturus with his sons? Do you know the ordinances of heaven? can you set the
dominion thereof in the earth?
The Hebrew Mazzeroth are the 12 constellations that make up what
modern man calls the Zodiac. Their original meaning has been
corrupted and used for such things as predicting the future. However
the original
meaning of these constellations is revealed in the study of the
Hebrew and Arabic names for the stars. These star names have
remained the same through history and they tell a story, the story of man's redemption written
in the meaning of the names of the stars. Each
constellation also has three decans associated with them that
further tell the story. The pictures associated with these
constellations were not based on how the stars looked, but rather
what the stars said.
For the
purpose of this presentation, I will only focus on two, Virgo and
Leo, the beginning and the end of the story of our redemption.
Virgo - Hebrew: Bethula
- "a virgin" (virgin birth of Christ)
Isaiah 7:11-14
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in
the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not
ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And he said, Hear ye now, O
house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but
will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall
give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6,7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government
and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment
and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the
LORD of hosts will perform this.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between
thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.
- Tsemech - "branch"
- Zavijaveh - "gloriously beautiful"
- Al Mureddin - "who shall have dominion"
Psalm 72:1-8
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto
the king's son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness,
and thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to
the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. He shall
judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the
needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear
thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all
generations. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:
as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous
flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river
unto the ends of the earth.
Deacans
- Coma, the Desired
- Centaurus, the Despised
Isaiah 53
- Bootes, Coming One
Leo - Hebrew: Arieh -
"lion" (Lion of
the tribe of Judah)
Revelation 5:1-5
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book
written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And
I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is
worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no
man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able
to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much,
because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book,
neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me,
Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root
of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the
seven seals thereof.
- Regulus - "treading under foot"
- Denebola - "the judge cometh"
- Deneb Aleced - "the judge shall reign"
Deacans
The other constellations, through the ancient meanings of the
star names, expound on the story speaking of
purchase, redemption, propitiation, the cross, victim slain, the
crown bestowed, the wounded heel, exalted and the ruler. What began
with the virgin birth of Yeshua at His first coming will end in the
future with His glorious return to rule the earth for 1,000 years,
all foretold by the names of the stars in the heavens placed there
as signs long forgotten until now in the end times. There is even more to
this story that connects it with modern events acting as signs of
the times in which we live as you will see.
Days & Years
When Yeshua spoke the heavens into existence, He placed the
lights in the heavens there to mark our days and years. Our calendars are based on
the orbits of celestial bodies, a year being how long it takes the
Earth to travel around the sun and a day how long it takes for one
full rotation of the Earth, but have these times always been the
same?
360-day Prophetic years
Ancient civilizations all used 360-day year calendars and "the foundation of 12 months of 30 days length
in the Egyptian calendar infers that a 360 days per
year calendar was in use in ancient history before
1000 BC." -
Prophetic Tech
Genesis
7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life,
on the
seventeenth day of the second month--on that day
all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and
the floodgates of the heavens were opened
Genesis 8:3
The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end
of the hundred and fifty days (150
days)
the water had gone down, and on the
seventeenth day of the seventh month (5
months later) the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat
"Based on the book of Genesis, the calendar at
the time of Noah consisted of 12 months of 30 days.
At the beginning of the flood, the water came forth
on the 17th of the month. Five months later on the
17th day of the month, the book of Genesis reveals
that 150 days had passed. Dividing 150 days by 5
months supports that the early calendar contained 12
months of 30 days length." -
Prophetic Tech
Guy Cramer has done some research in his article titled 360 vs. 365,
which can be found online at: (www.direct.ca/trinity/360vs365.html),
the scriptural reasoning is presented here. King Hezekiah was sick
and close to death when Isaiah came and told the king that he would
die. Upon the prayer of Isaiah for the kings sake, the Lord told him
that the king would be healed and live for 15 more years while
defending Jerusalem for His namesake and that of David. This was
before the Babylonian siege and destruction of Solomon's temple.
2
Kings 20:8-11
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign
that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the
house of the LORD the third day? And Isaiah said, This sign
shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing
that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or
go back ten degrees? And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing
for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow
return backward ten degrees. And Isaiah the prophet cried
unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward,
by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
Isaiah 38:7,8
And this
shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do
this thing that he hath spoken; Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial of
Ahaz ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten
degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
"360 degrees is a circle (on the sundial), divided
by 12 hours of sunlight (average day) is 30
degrees per hour. 1/3 of an hour is 20 minutes
and so 10 degrees would be 20 minutes."
What is termed "degrees" in the English translation is the Hebrew
word ma‛ălâh (mah-al-aw')
meaning stair or step. It is the feminine of ma‛ăleh
(mah-al-eh') meaning ascent, mounting up, stairs. "A modern sundial is round and would only
show a 180 degree change for 12 hours, but the
sundials from this time were not round but a set
of stairs that had two sides that stepped up
towards each other and met in the middle. We
don't know how many steps this particular
sundial of Ahaz had. If it had 360 steps then 20
minutes could be an accurate estimate. A sundial
positioned properly with 360 steps could tell
you not only what hour of the day it was but
also what day of the year it was if the year
had 360 days." As we see in the ancient
calendars and the reckoning of Noah in Genesis, this was the case.
"The earth is currently orbiting the sun at
29.79 km/s (kilometers per second) and has been
doing so for many thousands of years. This
constant speed of 29.79 km/s means that to make
one orbit of the sun (one complete circle or
year) will
take 365.2422 days. If we speed up the orbit of
the earth to 30.22379 km/s we would end up with
a year that is 360 days long.
"The difference in speed between
365.2422 days per year and 360 days per year
is equal to 20.9688 minutes per day. This is
not a difference in our 24-hour time period
but it would take the earth 20.9688 minutes
less time per day to travel that same
distance in the orbit around the sun.
365.2422 days -20.9688 minutes per day = 360
days.
"If the earth had a year of 360 days per
year (= earth's orbital speed of 30.22379
km/s) the moon would now automatically have
a 30 day lunar month without changing the
speed of the orbit of the moon!
"If we changed nothing else except
to increase the speed of the earth's
orbit to 30.22379 km/s to achieve a 360
day year, then the time it takes from
one full moon to the next full moon
would be 29.96785 days (30 days). The
moon would still be making one complete
orbit every 27.3 days but the moon would
now need to travel 2.6785 extra days
(added to the 27.3 days) to become full
again.
This change from 360-day years to 365.2422 days per year occurred
around 799 - 700 BC, the very timeframe
of Hezekiah's rule when this change happened according to the Bible! In the examination of Bible prophecy,
it becomes clear that God's timing has not changed with the changes
in speed of the Earth's orbit. Prophetically, three and one-half
years is forty-two months, which is 1260 days. So prophetic
calculations are converted to days as a common denominator in
determining prophetic timing. Recognizing this key, many amazing and
precise details are revealed as we walk
through history toward the future.
Part 2: Israel:
Prophetic Timepiece
Zechariah 2
I lifted
up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a
measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And
he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the
breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. And, behold,
the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went
out to meet him, And said unto him, Run, speak to this young
man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without
walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: For I, saith
the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will
be the glory in the midst of her. Ho, ho, come forth, and
flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have
spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the
LORD. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter
of Babylon. For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory
hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he
that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For,
behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a
spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of
hosts hath sent me. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for,
lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the
LORD. And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that
day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of
thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me
unto thee. And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the
holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Be silent, O
all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy
habitation.
Israel is the apple of God's eye and is therefore central to
understanding Bible prophecy and God's timing for the end. In
Hebrew, the word translated apple is actually the
pupil of the eye and so is the focus of the eye. If the solar
system is the watch that determines time, then Israel is the
prophetic watch God times everything by. Everything about the watch
is Hebrew and Rosh Hashanah is midnight, the New Year. What happens
to Israel is encoded on that watch and it is on that watch the
understanding of the end-times is encoded throughout the Bible as
written by the prophets revealing God's plan for humanity.
Dispensation:
Divine ordering of earthly affairs (Israel in Bible
prophecy/church in Bible prophecy)
Israel has never stopped being a part of God's plan. However
there was a time of judgment upon Israel that had to be completed
for the end to come. During the last almost 2,000 years since Yeshua
departed to prepare a place for His bride at the Father's house,
Israel has been scattered across the earth while the Gospel has been
spread with much opposition from our mutual spiritual enemy. Both of
these two groups have been used for His purposes and in God's timing
their appointed times will come. The timing of all things are in
God's control and beginning with the examination of Israel's
judgment history and the precision of God's Word, we are given
insight into that timing so we are not in darkness.
Previous predictions about the timing of the end prior to 1948
were missing the context of Israel's re-emergence as foretold in
Ezekiel 36-37,
Isaiah 11:11,12 and
elsewhere. Some good articles on Israel's prophesied reappearance
are available in the
March-April 2008 Lamplighter Magazine.
Zechariah 12:1-3
The
burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which
stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the
earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. Behold, I will
make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round
about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and
against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a
burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with
it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be
gathered together against it.
As we progress through history in examining the Biblical record,
it will become even more apparent that God is not done with Israel
and His plans for the end revolve around this tiny nation hated by
much of the world. However Yeshua's return in glory to take
the kingdoms of the earth at Armageddon is dependent upon Israel's
recognition of Yeshua as the Meshiach Nagid.
Matthew 23:37-39
O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house
is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall
not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Considering the central nature of Israel to Bible prophecy, this
is a look at the history of Israel from the Bible focusing on the
precision of certain fulfilled prophecy to build faith in God's Word
regarding yet unfulfilled prophecy and show precedent that God says
what He means and means what He says.
Jeremiah 31:35-37
Thus
saith the LORD,
which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances
of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which
divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of
hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me,
saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from
being a nation before me for ever. Thus saith the LORD;
If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the
earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the
seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Romans 11:1-5
I say
then,
Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I
also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of
Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.
Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh
intercession to God against Israel saying, Lord, they have
killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left
alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God
unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who
have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at
this present time also there is a remnant according to the
election of grace.
So let's examine some of Israel's history and the precision of
God's Word regarding these events. As scripture unfolds in line with
history revealing the future plans of God, let us give Him glory for
the promises our loving God has made and will keep!
Israel's History: Observing God's Timing
Israel
Is Born
God made a promise to a man called Abram that he would be the
father of many people. It is here that we see the promise leading to
the nation of Israel as well as some prophetic foreshadows to Christ
and Bible prophecy. As we know from scripture Abram begat Ishmael
with Hagar, who was given to him by Sarai because she was barren.
God then changed Abram's name to Abraham, meaning "father of a
multitude," and Sarai to Sarah, meaning "princess," making a new
covenant with him. Circumcision was the token of this covenant. It
was within a matter of days of the angels meeting Abraham that they
travelled to Sodom where Lot prepared a feast of unleavened bread
for them.
Genesis 19:3
Soon after, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. As we will see
later, this is paralleled in scripture to the coming day of the
Lord.
It was the promised seed of Sarah and Abraham that the lineage of
Israel would continue through, their son Isaac. There came a point
in Isaac's youth when God asked of Abraham to sacrifice his son
Isaac.
Genesis 22:1-18 There are some
interesting parallels and foreshadows we have the benefit of seeing
from our vantage point in history. The following points are
referenced from
Salvation History.
- A father sacrifices his only beloved son.
After Ishmael was banished to the wilderness (see
Genesis 21:9-14), Isaac was
Abraham's only hope of posterity - "your son Isaac, your only
one, whom you love" (see
Genesis 22:2). The Gospel of
John uses the same language to describe the offering of Jesus.
"God so loved the world that He gave His only Son" (see
John 3:16). The Book of Hebrews
says that Abraham was ready "to offer his only son" and that he
had faith that God would raise Isaac from the dead (Hebrews
11:17-19). And it is interesting that Isaac is, "on
the third day," rescued from death (see
Genesis 22:4).
- The victim carries the wood for his own sacrifice.
In addition to the parallel of a father offering his only son in
the hope of resurrection, there are other parallels to point
out. Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and laid it on his
son Isaac's shoulders (Genesis
22:6). Jesus also is depicted as "carrying the cross
himself" (see
John 19:17), although, weakened
by brutal beatings, he was unable to bear the weight of it the
whole way (see
Mark 15:21). The victim goes
willingly to his own sacrifice. Although in artwork, Isaac is
often portrayed as a young boy, Jewish and Christian
commentators pointed out that Isaac could not have been an
unwilling victim. He was a strong young man who could carry
enough wood for a large sacrifice, and Abraham was well over a
hundred years old. If Isaac had resisted at all, Abraham would
not have been able to overcome him. Like Christ, they believed,
Isaac made himself an offering to God, as Jesus freely laid down
his own life (see John 10:18) in obedience to His Father's will
(Mark
14:36).
- The sacrifice is in the mountains of Moriah.
God told Abraham to "go to the land of Moriah" and sacrifice
Isaac "on a height that I will point out to you" (Genesis
22:2). Ancient tradition held that Solomon built the
Temple on the spot where Abraham sacrificed Isaac (see
2 Chronicles 3:1). The place
where Abraham was willing to offer his own son became the place
where God's people made all their offerings. Golgotha, outside
of Jerusalem, is also associated with the mount of Moriah. And
there God himself offered His own Son.
- God himself provides the victim for the sacrifice.
When Isaac asked his father, "where is the sheep for the
holocaust?" Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the
sheep for the holocaust" (Genesis
22:7-8). He turned out to be right: when God's angel
had stopped him from sacrificing Isaac, Abraham found a ram
ready to be sacrificed instead (see
Genesis 22:10-13). For the
final sacrifice, God provided as the new Lamb - His only Son. As
Paul said: He "did not spare His own Son but handed Him over for
us all" (see
Romans 8:32).
It is Isaac's son Jacob who fathered the 12 sons that became the
12 tribes of Israel. And it is the story of Joseph, who is sold into
slavery by his brothers, that eventually brings the children of
Israel into Egypt. Joseph's brothers were jealous of their brother
and their father favored him, giving him the "coat of many colors."
There were also the dreams and visions he had which foretold how his
family would be subservient to him. One of these dreams in
particular, interpreted by Jacob (Israel), has prophetic
implications. This interpretation by Jacob later identifies a
prophetic figure in Revelation 12, the woman standing on the moon,
clothed in the sun with a crown of 12 stars. This is one example of
scripture interpreting scripture
Genesis 37:9-11
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun
and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou
hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed
come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Indeed this came to pass, when Joseph ruled with the Pharaoh of
Egypt and was guided by God, forewarned of a coming seven-year
famine which he prepared for as a result. It was because of this
preparation that Jacob sent his sons to request help from Pharaoh
and fulfilled the dreams that Joseph had of them bowing down before
him. Reconciled to his family, they all moved to Egypt and remained
there for many years as they multiplied in the land until jealousy
got the best of the Egyptians and their Pharaoh leading to the
persecution of the Hebrews generations later. It is from this
bondage that Moses was called out to lead his people to the Promised
Land and it is this exodus that began an amazing journey into the
detail of God's Word and the revelation of Bible prophecy to them
that believe.
Wilderness Wandering:
14,000 Days (Sinai
1470's BC [~ 3,500 years ago])
Around 1400 BC, Moses led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt
as God used His power to free His people. This time prior to 800 BC
was a 360-day year and using mathematics and diligent record-keeping
of the Hebrews during that Exodus from Egypt, the first example of
the precision of God's Word comes to light thanks to the research of
Charlie at
www.wonderful1.com --
study.
Numbers 10:11,12
And
it came to pass
on the twentieth day of the
second month, in the second year,
that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the
testimony. And the children of Israel took their journeys out
of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the
wilderness of Paran.
It was two years, two months and twenty days from the time the
Israelites left Egypt until they left Mt. Sinai. This was just prior
to the twelve spies entering the Promised Land. When the twelve
entered in, only two came back with a good report while the other
ten were afraid of the giants in the land. Because Israel grumbled
and did not have faith in God's provision to supply them the
victory, that generation was sent into the wilderness to die and the
next generation would then enter into the Promised Land. In the
fortieth year following the Exodus from Egypt, the next generation
entered into the Promised Land trusting in God to give them the
victory.
Deuteronomy 1:1-3
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel
on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over
against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and
Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (There are eleven days' journey from
Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) And it came
to pass
in the fortieth year, in the
eleventh month, on the first day of the month,
that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all
that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
Joshua 4:15-19
And the
LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Command the priests that bear
the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out
of Jordan. And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the
ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of
Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto
the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their
place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
And the people came up out of Jordan on the
tenth day of the
first month, and encamped
in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
It was the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year
after leaving Egypt when Moses addressed Israel prior to crossing
the Jordan River into the Promised Land. It was the tenth day of the
first month when Israel came up out of the Jordan River meaning that
from leaving Egypt to crossing the Jordan River there were forty one
years, one month and ten days.
41 years | 1 month | 10 days
- 2 years | 2 month | 20 days
38 years
| 10 month | 20 days
38 x 360 = 13,680
10 x 30 =
300
+ 20_________
=
14,000 days
The math from these scriptures
and the 360-day year of that time gives us a very precise number for
the generation of the men of war that passed away in the wilderness
wandering.
Deuteronomy 2:14,15
And
the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea
[Kadesh = holy | barnea = desert of
wandering], until we were come
over the brook Zered, was
thirty and eight years;
until all the generation of the men of war
were wasted out from among the host,
as the LORD sware unto them. For indeed the hand of the LORD was
against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they
were consumed.
This timeframe for a "warrior" generation of 14,000 days, from
ages twenty to sixty, is found in two other times in history related
to Israel at highly significant times in God's prophetic plan. But
historically, there were some other relevant prophetic events given
to the nation of Israel that hold great significance as well that
will be covered first.
For the next eight centuries, Israel dwelt in the Promised Land
conquered by Joshua through the times of the judges and King David
leading to the building of Solomon's temple on the Temple Mount. It
was this temple that would be destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar some three
hundred fifty years later because of Israel's disobedience.
Jeremiah 25:7-13
Yet
ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might
provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own
hurt. Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have
not heard my words, Behold, I will send and take all the
families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this
land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these
nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make
them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice
of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the
bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon
seventy years. And it shall come to pass, when seventy
years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon,
and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the
land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have
pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book,
which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
Ezekiel's 430 Days
(606/537 BC |
587/518 BC
[~2,500 years ago])
Chuck Missler's study
Fulfilling God's Word to Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar came against
the nation of Israel in the summer of 606 BC laying siege to
Jerusalem. There were actually three sieges by Nebuchadnezzar, the
first and third separated by nineteen years. At the first siege, the
servitude of the nation began as many were taken captive to
Babylon and a vassal king was set up in Judea to manage those not
taken back to Babylon. Also taken was much
spoil from Israel, excluding the Ark of the Covenant, which some
believe was hidden at the time of the siege in the immense cave
systems under Jerusalem. It was not listed in the spoil taken to
Babylon and has not been seen since and the possible significance of
this will come to light later on. Nine years after the first
siege of Jerusalem, the vassal king left in Judea rebelled against
Nebuchadnezzar, causing a second siege after which Zedekiah is
appointed to the throne. It was also at this time of the second
siege in 597 BC that Daniel and Ezekiel were taken captive into
Babylon.
Both Jeremiah and Ezekiel warned against the continued rebellions
against Nebuchadnezzar or the city of Jerusalem would be destroyed,
but king Zedekiah listened to the false prophets instead. This led
to the third siege of Jerusalem in 587 BC, nineteen years after the
first siege, and its destruction as warned of by the prophets of
God. And so in this final siege, the prophesied desolations of
Jerusalem came to pass. This brings up a good point, why was
Zedekiah's rebellion against God as well? God had already said
through the prophet Jeremiah what was to take place. He prophesied
seventy years under Babylon after which time God would take them out
of bondage. By rebelling against the king of Babylon, he was
rebelling against God's judgments and therefore trying to counter
God's Word and decrees. This highlights how God says what He means
and means what He says. There is a purpose behind what we might not
understand and God's Word will work to glorify Him. As we will see,
God did fulfill His Word with great accuracy.
While captive in Babylon, Ezekiel was given this prophecy
connected to the sieges regarding Israel's judgments decreed by God.
Ezekiel 4:1-8
Thou
also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and
pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege against
it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it;
set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it
round about. Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set
it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy
face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay
siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of
the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days
that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according
to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days:
so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And
when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of
Judah
forty days: I have appointed thee
each day for a year. Therefore thou shalt set thy
face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm
shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. And,
behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee
from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy
siege.
This iniquity laid on Ezekiel for Israel and Judah totals four
hundred thirty days and is explicitly given to be a day for a year
meaning four hundred thirty years. There are two distinct sieges
that stand out because the time that follows them is exactly seventy
years as prophesied by Jeremiah after which God would punish the
king of Babylon and restore Israel. These are the first siege that
began the servitude of the nation in 606 BC and the third siege
which began the desolations of Jerusalem in 587 BC.
Servitude of the Nation (Begins at the 1st
siege of Nebuchadnezzar)
While we don't know the exact day, we know the year of the first
siege that resulted in the captivity of many in Israel into Babylon
in the third year of the reign of Johoiakim king of Judah.
Daniel 1:1
According to scripture, the end of the 70 years would mark the
punishment of the king of Babylon and the release of the Jews back
to the Promised Land. The fall of the Babylonian Empire to
Medo-Persia as prophesied by Daniel was written on the wall and the
king of Babylon was brought down in his pride and his kingdom given
over to Cyrus, the king of Persia.
2 Chronicles 36:22,23
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit
of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout
all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith
Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the
LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him
an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you
of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go
up.
Ezra 1:1-4
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might
be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of
Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of
Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of
the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at
Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his
people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem,
which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of
Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. And whosoever
remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his
place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and
with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God
that is in Jerusalem.
On July 23, 537 BC Cyrus gave a decree releasing the Jews
following his defeat, seventy years from the summer of 606 BC when
Israel was first taken captive as God foretold. Keep in mind that
these were 360-day prophetic years so 70 years at 360 days (69
years) is a year less than 70 years at 365 days.
Desolations of Jerusalem (Begins at the 3rd
siege of Nebuchadnezzar)
Nineteen years following the first siege and the beginning of the
servitude of the nation came the third siege due to Zedekiah's
rebellion and on August 10, 587 BC, the 9th of Av, the temple of
Solomon was destroyed. This was just one of a series of Hebrew
tragedies that have occurred through history on this fateful date
that may have profound relevance to the near future as well.
Zechariah 7:1-5
And
it came to pass
in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of
the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth
month, even in Chisleu; When they had sent unto the house of God
Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the
LORD, And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of
the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in
the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many
years? Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests,
saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh
month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto
me, even to me?
An interesting parallel to the promised return of the Jews after
seventy years of captivity occurred on August 16, 518 BC. The Jews,
having been released by Cyrus nineteen years earlier, began to work
to rebuild the temple according to Cyrus's decree. However, the
antagonists around them didn't want this.
Ezra 5:1-5
Then the
prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the
name of the God of Israel, even unto them. Then rose up
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and
with them were the prophets of God helping them. At the same
time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and
Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who
hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this
wall? Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the
names of the men that make this building? But the eye of their
God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause
them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they
returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
Ezra 5:6-17 is that
letter sent to Darius I making sure he was aware the Jews were
rebuilding the temple. They wanted Darius to double-check the king's
treasure house and make sure the decree of Cyrus was really there.
They were trying to cut the support for rebuilding the temple and
justify stopping this work. Darius responded quite differently than
they hoped.
Ezra 5:13-6:12
But in
the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus
made a decree to build this house of God. And the vessels also
of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar
took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them
into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of
the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose
name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; And said unto
him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is
in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the
house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even
until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not
finished. Now therefore, if it seem good to the king,
let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is
there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of
Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let
the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. Then
Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house
of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus
written:
In the first year of Cyrus the
king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the
house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the
place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations
thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; With
three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let
the expenses be given out of the king's house: And also let
the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at
Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and
brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every
one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond
the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites,
which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: Let the
work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the
Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his
place. Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to
the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God:
that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river,
forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not
hindered. And that which they have need of, both young
bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the
God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the
appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be
given them day by day without fail: That they may offer
sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for
the life of the king, and of his sons. Also I have made a
decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be
pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged
thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And the
God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings
and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy
this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a
decree; let it be done with speed.
So with the decree of Darius, the Jews were given confirmation
and the antagonists were put down to allow the rebuilding of the
temple to continue.
Side note: The Ark of the Covenant:
2 Chronicles 35:3 is the last
reference to the
Ark of the Covenant and verse 19 places the time of its
mention around 621 BC. It was at this time of the siege of
Jerusalem, that the Babylonians built a siege wall around the
city not allowing anything in or out. In the detailed listing of
what was taken to Babylon from the temple, there is no mention
of the Ark of the Covenant, which means that during the siege
the Ark was most likely hidden within the extensive cave system
inside the siege area.
In light of the 430 years of judgment for Israel and Judah at
this point 70 years have been paid leaving 360 years yet to be
accomplished. There is more of this that applies to recent history
connecting the final week of another prophecy given to Daniel
regarding his people and his holy city Jerusalem given to him while
in Babylonian captivity.
69 Weeks of Daniel
(445 BC - 32 AD [~2,453 -
~1,976 years ago])
2 Chronicles 36:19-21
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and
destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. And them that had
escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they
were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom
of Persia: To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of
Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long
as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and
ten years.
Jeremiah 29:10
For
thus saith the LORD, That
after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will
visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you
to return to this place.
Seventy years of captivity were prophesied for Israel because
they did not keep the Sabbaths for the land. Daniel knew the
prophecy and the promised return to Israel and recognizing the 70
years were almost up. It's important to note that Daniel took the
prophet Jeremiah's prophecy literally and had faith in God's Word,
recognizing the need for repentance, and requested understanding of
God's plans for Israel.
Daniel 9:1-3; 20-23
In
the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of
the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the
number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to
Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in
the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the Lord
God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
And whiles I was speaking, and praying,
and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and
presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy
mountain of my God; Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the
evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and
said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and
understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the
commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art
greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider
the vision.
What God showed Daniel is one of the most fascinating prophecies
covering a vast period of time and pointing out with great precision
the day the Messiah would present Himself to Israel.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks
are determined upon thy people
[Daniel's people, national Israel]
and upon thy holy city
[Jerusalem], to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to
anoint the most Holy.
The Hebrew word for "weeks" is
H7620
meaning a week (specifically of
years). This is seven years and there are
seventy sevens in this prophecy, four hundred ninety years in total.
Within this time the things listed will be accomplished.
- Finish the transgression: Finish is H3607 meaning
to restrict or prohibit and transgression is H6588 meaning
a revolt (national, moral or religious). At Christ's
return in glory this is accomplished as He rules with a rod of
iron.
- make an end of sins: To make an end is H2856 meaning
to close up, seal and sins is H2403 meaning an offence
(sometimes habitual sinfulness); also an offender (sin offering).
This could have been accomplished when Yeshua died for the sins
of mankind taking away the need for a sin offering.
- make reconciliation for iniquity: To make
reconciliation is H3722 meaning to cover or to cancel and
iniquity is H5771 meaning perversity or evil. I believe
this also was accomplished at the cross.
- bring in everlasting righteousness: To bring in is
H935 meaning to bring to pass and everlasting is H5769
meaning eternity, always and righteousness is H6664
meaning right, equity. Until the cross there was no
eternal righteousness in man's future. It was made possible at
the cross.
- seal up the vision and prophecy: To seal up is H2856
meaning to close up, seal and the vision is H2377 meaning
a mental sight, dream or revelation and prophecy is H5030
meaning a prophet or inspired man. Almost all of
Revelation is contained within the 70 weeks timeframe. There are
explanations of what will happen after the 70 weeks, but mostly
descriptive of what it will be like. Not the kind of prophecy we
see describing, in great detail, the period of time prior to
Christ's return to earth to rule. I believe the sealing of the
vision and prophecy comes when Christ does.
- anoint the most Holy: To anoint is H4886 meaning
to rub with oil, by implication to consecrate and most Holy
is H6944 meaning a sacred place or thing, sanctuary. When
Christ returns in glory He will take the throne. The Muslims
sealed up the Golden Gate to the East of the Temple Mount
because of a prophecy that the Messiah will enter into the
temple through it.
The key that determines the scope of Bible
prophecy within this period of seventy weeks of years however is the
sealing up of the vision and prophecy, which can only be completed
when yet unfulfilled prophecy comes to pass. This will be
accomplished when Yeshua returns and sets up His eternal kingdom on
the earth.
Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy is focused on Israel specifically
and timing of the end is tied to that prophecy for Daniel's
people and Jerusalem. This speaks to the central nature of Israel in
the fulfillment of Bible prophecy and up until May 14, 1948 there
was no nation of Israel to fulfill it and so no solid foundation to
understand Bible prophecy. The words were in effect, sealed up until
the time of the end when Israel would exist as a nation once again.
Daniel 9:25
Know
therefore and understand, that from the going forth
of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem
unto the Messiah the Prince
[Meshiach Nagid]
shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks:
the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous
times.
This part of the prophecy focuses on the first sixty-nine weeks
of years, or four hundred eighty three years. It begins from the
commandment to restore and build Jerusalem, the streets and walls in
troubled times. This decree was fulfilled March 16, 445 BC, seventy
three years after the order to rebuild the temple by Darius in 518
BC.
Nehemiah 2:1-8
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in
the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before
him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I
had not been beforetime sad in his presence. Wherefore the king
said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not
sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very
sore afraid, And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever:
why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place
of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof
are consumed with fire? Then the king said unto me, For what
dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I
said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant
have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto
Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may
build it. And the king said unto me, (the queen also
sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when
wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set
him a time. Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the
king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river,
that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; And a
letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he
may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace
which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city,
and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king
granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Source: "The exact date of this event was given as being
in the month of Nisan in the 20th year of Artaxerxes' reign. When
the day of the month is not given in Jewish chronologies, then it
can be assumed that the first day is meant. The 1st of Nisan, in the
20th year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon corresponds to
March 16, 445 BC.
Sixty-nine weeks, or 483 years later, the
Messiah would come."
Again calculating time in the 360-day year, 483 years is 173,880
days. Thanks to the work of Sir Robert Anderson in The Coming
Prince and
Jonathan Zachary, the calculations from Artaxerxes decree in 445
BC have been made, correcting for leap years, arriving at April 6,
32 AD. This is the ending date where the Messiah the Prince would be
revealed.
Yeshua had an enthused crowd that would have called Him King,
John 6:14-15, but it was not
under the timing of the prophecy given to Daniel. There was a
particular time and way that Yeshua knew He had to present Himself
as the Messiah in order to fulfill the Word of God and it was at the
triumphal entry, what we call Palm Sunday, that He presented Himself
as the messiah on April 6, 32 AD.
Luke 19:29-40
And it
came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at
the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his
disciples, Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in
the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon
yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any
man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him,
Because the Lord hath need of him. And they that were sent went
their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they
were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why
loose ye the colt? And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon
the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And as he went, they
spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even
now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude
of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying,
Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace
in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the
Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke
thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you
that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would
immediately cry out.
The Pharisees knew that the disciples were presenting the Messiah
and this is why they wanted Yeshua to rebuke His disciples.
Furthermore, the prophesied presentation of the Messiah was
described by the prophet Zechariah
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold,
thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having
salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the
foal of an ass.
Yeshua fulfilled the timing of the presentation of the Messiah to
the day as given to Daniel while in captivity in Babylon over five
centuries earlier! More than just the timing aspect, He also
fulfilled the method as well among the hundreds of other prophecies
Christ fulfilled in His time on earth.
Israel's Blindness
Isaiah 29:9-14
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are
drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong
drink.
For
the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and
hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers
hath he covered. And
the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is
sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And
the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore
the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed
their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by
the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to
do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work
and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and
the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Luke 19:41-44
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in
this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now
they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come
upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And
shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within
thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
At the triumphal entry Christ announced the
blindness of Israel. They don't understand God's Word and rely on
the traditions of men. Having not connected Yeshua as the Messiah,
they have no solid foundation for understanding what is yet to come
from His Word either. Messianic Jews of course have accepted Yeshua
and so are the body of Christ as well as anyone who just
individually accepts Him. In fact Jews who are drawn to Yeshua and
accept Him as the Messiah have a much better understanding of the
meaning of all the customs God told them to do as shadows of things
to come that are fulfilled in Him. As Chuck Missler says,
"The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed and the Old
Testament is in the New Testament revealed."
Romans 11:22-26
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which
fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in
his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they
[Israel]
also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in:
for God is able to graft them in again. For if thou wert cut
out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted
contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall
these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own
olive tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all
Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of
Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
This blindness is regarding the understanding God's Word. It is a
blindness that is not present only with the Jews, we can be just as
blind to what God meant in His Word. However we have the benefit of
the example of the Jews and the new covenant relationship with
Yeshua.
Romans 11:11,12
I say then, Have they
[Israel]
stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but
rather through their fall salvation is come unto the
Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the
diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more
their fulness?
There is a part of Israel that will be reconciled once again to
God! What Jews do now as tradition has been a testimony of what
Christ fulfilled and more specifically the feasts of Israel, which
may have seemed peculiar at one time, are foreshadows of God's
redemptive plan. Once again the Word of God centers on Christ and
what He has done for us and revealing God's plan foretold in the
traditions He gave His chosen people.
Feasts of Israel
This brings up an important point relevant to understanding the
Hebrew connection to God's plans centered around Christ and the
salvation He offers. The sometimes peculiar things Israel was told
to do were foreshadows pointing to Christ. The feasts of Israel are
an example of that and the seven feasts all relate to God's timing
of events foretold. There are four spring feasts and three fall
feasts and since the spring feasts were fulfilled at Christ's first
coming, it seems appropriate to cover these foreshadows now. They
are Passover (Pesach), Unleavened Bread (Pesach Seder), First Fruits
(Wave Sheaf) and Pentecost (Shavuot).
Here is a chart from the
End Time
Pilgrim website that I found very useful.
Passover (Pesach) - Death of Christ as the Passover
Lamb [Thursday, April 10, 32 AD]
Leviticus 23:4-8
These
are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye
shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of
the first month at even is the LORD's Passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of
unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat
unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy
convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall
offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the
seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein.
The first Passover was in Egypt leading to the Exodus when the
Israelites killed a lamb and put its blood over the doorposts so the
angel of death would pass by and their firstborn sons would not be
killed.
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold the
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world."
Yeshua is the Son of God and the perfect Lamb sacrificed for the
sins of the world. When we have His blood covering the door to our
hearts, we are covered and saved from the second death, spiritual
death. God's only begotten Son died in our place so we would not
have to. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and
nobody will enter the kingdom of God without accepting the sacrifice
of His Son to cover us.
If you have not accepted this sacrifice and received the Spirit
and peace of God in your life, I encourage you to come before Him in
prayer and humility like Daniel repenting and asking forgiveness.
There is not one person that doesn't need Yeshua in their life and I
pray you allow Him into yours.
 The
Ark of the Covenant revisited: According to
Ron
Wyatt's account the Ark is waiting in the cave system under
Jerusalem for a particular time to be revealed. As covered
before, the Ark disappeared some time before the Babylonian
siege as it was not taken to Babylon with the other temple
artifacts. What is amazing is its possible attachment to the
events on Passover in 32 AD when Christ was crucified for our
sins. Before the Babylonian captivity, once a year on Yom
Kippur, the high priest would enter into the Holy of Holies and
sprinkle the blood of a sacrifice on the mercy seat of the Ark
of the Covenant where the shekinah glory of God dwelt. When Ron
Wyatt was excavating around Golgotha, he discovered a square
hole in the rock and upon further digging down discovered a cave
in which he says he discovered the Ark of the Covenant in a
case. What's amazing is that this Ark, placed there in the 6th
century BC, was under the place where Christ would be crucified
almost seven hundred years later. Furthermore, when Christ died
and there was an earthquake and the rocks were rent,
Matthew 27:50-54,
the blood of Christ travelled through those cracks in the rocks
and landed on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant so that
the blood of the blameless sacrifice, the Passover Lamb of God,
was sprinkled on the mercy seat for the sins of the world!
Unleavened Bread (Pesach Seder) - Burial of Christ
[Friday, April 11, 32 AD]
Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month
is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you
must eat unleavened bread.
Bread represents the body and leaven is a symbol of sin because
it puffs up the bread as Satan was 'puffed up' with pride. Christ
took the sins of the world on Him in death with humility and love.
Matthew 26:26-28
And
as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is
my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to
them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the
new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
John 6:35,54
35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread
of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst. 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at
the last day.
Firstfruits (Wave Sheaf) - Resurrection of Christ
[Sunday, April 13, 32 AD]
Leviticus 23:9-14
And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I
give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall
bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the
priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be
accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest
shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the
sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt
offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof shall be
two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made
by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering
thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye
shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until
the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God:
it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in
all your dwellings.
The Feast of Firstfruits was fulfilled by Jesus in His
resurrection. He was the "firstfruits from the dead."
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by
man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so
in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own
order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's
at His coming.
Pentecost (Shavuot) - Holy Spirit comes to the
church [Sunday, June 1, 32 AD]
Leviticus 23:15-22
And
you shall count to you from the morning after the Sabbath, from
the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven
Sabbaths shall be complete: Even to the morning after the
seventh Sabbath you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer
a new grain offering to the LORD. Ye shall bring out of your
habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of
fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the
firstfruits unto the LORD. And ye shall offer with the bread
seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young
bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto
the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings,
even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering,
and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace
offerings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the
firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two
lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye
shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy
convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it
shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout
your generations. And when ye reap the harvest of your land,
thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field
when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy
harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the
stranger: I am the LORD your God.
According to Jewish tradition Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks or
Pentecost marks the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai on tables of
stone. It also marked the giving of the Holy Spirit to the church to
write the law on flesh (in our hearts).
In Daniel 9:25, the
sixty nine years were divided up into seven weeks and then sixty two
weeks. The triumphal entry marked the end of the sixty nine weeks
and it was on Passover Thursday, April 10, 32
AD, that Yeshua was crucified fulfilling the timing that He
would be cut off
after the first 69 weeks were over, after the
triumphal entry.
Daniel 9:26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but
not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of
the war desolations are determined.
This verse covers the time after the sixty nine weeks and before
the seventieth week during which time Yeshua was crucified and
Jerusalem was again destroyed, once again on the 9th of Av. This
brings us to the second occurrence of the 14,000 day time period
connected to the destruction of Jerusalem.
14,000 Days (Triumphal entry "Palm
Sunday", April 6, 32 AD [~1,976 years
ago])
It was at the Triumphal entry that Yeshua prophesied both
Israel's blindness and coming destruction according to Daniel's
prophecy.
Luke 19:41-44
And when
he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying,
If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the
things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from
thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine
enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round,
and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with
the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not
leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou
knewest not the time of thy visitation.
The triumphal entry marked the blinding of the Jews. It also
marked the moment Christ prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem
and the Temple. And most amazing of all, He said it would happen in
a generation! "...shall lay thee even with the
ground, and thy children within thee..." Christ lays
out a timeframe in which both the current parents and their children
within them would be killed. If it were 60 years later or so, the
parents would be dead and it would only be the children left.
Therefore the prophecy wouldn't be accurate. It could be anytime
after the children are born, but we see from history that it was
much more precise a prophecy than that, it was 14,000 days from the
triumphal entry when Christ made this prophecy [April
6, 32 AD] to when the Romans destroyed the
Temple by fire on
August 5, 70 AD. We
have the wholly Biblical first account of a generation when Israel
wandered the wilderness for 14,000 days exactly.
This was the consequence of not taking God at His Word. He
foretold the very day that the Messiah would present Himself,
but because Israel as a nation did not heed the prophesies given,
they were blinded and scattered among the nations. How much more of
the details of Bible prophecy do we know today having the whole
council of God in the Old and New Testaments as well as history?
Ezekiel's 430 Days Part 2
Israel's history showed a stiff-necked nation that continually
turned to other gods and disobeyed the Law given to them. We will be
looking at this modern generation of humanity and even Christians
and see just how much we are alike if not worse in respect to
obeying God's ways. While we are not under the Law, we are expected
to obey God's Word teaching of selfless love for Him and each other.
That's what the 10 Commandments were all about,
shadows of love. In regards to Israel, there was a declared
punishment for continued disobedience to what they were told to do
that continued from the end of the Babylonian captivity paralleling
and overshadowing the first 69 weeks of Daniel.
Leviticus 26:14-18
But
if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your
soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my
commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do
this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption,
and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your
enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye
shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall
reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then
I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Looking at the history of the Diaspora, this seems to be yet
another fulfilled prophecy, but the detail is even more amazing
because when the remaining 360 years from Ezekiel's 430 days
prophecy is multiplied by seven, there is 2,520 years that spans
over the 69 weeks of Daniel and through the Diaspora to very
significant dates in modern history.
Servitude of the Nation (Israeli Captivity to
restoration)
It is from the decree of Cyrus releasing the Jews on July 23, 537
BC plus 2,520 years that leads to May 14, 1948 when Israel became a
sovereign nation in one day. No longer were they forced to remain
scattered among the nations or under the rule of the Romans or
Greeks or Persians or Babylonians, but a single nation under the
banner of the children of Israel.
Chart by Daniel W. Matson
Desolations of Jerusalem (City's Destruction to
Israeli Reoccupation)
Israel is meant to dwell in the Promised Land and have the city
of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount according to scripture. What is
amazing is that from the decree of Darius I on August 16, 518 BC
plus 2,520 years leads to June 7, 1967 toward the end of the
Six-Day-War when Israel once again controlled Jerusalem and the
Temple mount.
Chart by
Daniel W. Matson
And if you recall that there were 19 years from the decree of
Cyrus to the decree of Darius I as there is 19 years from the
restoring of Israel's sovereignty in 1948 to the recapture of the
Temple Mount and Jerusalem in 1967!
Chart by
Daniel W. Matson
Part
3: Prophetic Terminology
If these signposts of history point to the beginning of the final
seven years of God dealing with Israel before the millennium, then
what can we expect of the future? In part four we will examine the
news pointing to this coming to pass
today. It is important, however, not to get caught up in timing
without a strong foundation of understanding events according to the
Bible. And while I believe it is important to understand the signs
of the times, it is more important to have a personal relationship
with Yeshua and share the hope that is in you with those who have
ears to hear.
As we near "the end," prophetic events will begin happening
more frequently and with greater intensity like birth pangs. Since we are looking
into the prophetic future, we want to be sure to understand the
puzzle piece and all its edges before trying to fit it into the rest
of the puzzle. Understanding each piece often requires combining
separate but related prophecies from different prophets and times.
This further validates a single message from a single source outside
our space and time influencing the Biblical prophets to deliver the
same message, but oftentimes different aspects or views that come
together and complement each other for a view of the whole picture.
I will be presenting them in sequence and
later show how the exact-day framework of Bible prophecy snaps
events into the timeline of human history and connects the history
covered to the near future. There are many perspectives on how the
future will unfold.
As we journey past history and fulfilled
prophecy, please note that I don't claim full knowledge regarding
the future. I have tried to read God's Word and accept it as written
followed by a uniting of the pieces as they fit with each other.
Anything that may turn out to be in error regarding sequences of
events is solely my fault in misinterpreting and the Bible will
still be proven true in the end. I encourage you to check and do
your own studies of scripture as well.
The
Seven-Sealed Scroll
Revelation 5:1-10
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne
a scroll written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to
open the scroll, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor
in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the scroll, neither to
look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and
to read the scroll, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith
unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root
of David, hath prevailed to open the scroll, and to loose the
seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the
throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb
as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the
scroll out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he
had taken the scroll, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down
before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of
odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art worthy to take the scroll, and to open the seals thereof: for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred,
and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and
priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
There are seven seals whose breaking mark a sequence of events
that transpire on the earth. The significance of these seals are
evident in that only Yeshua can break them and the progression of
end-time events cannot come to pass without the seals being broken.
It also shows that God is in control of the timing of these events
as they occur only after He breaks the seals. The seals are not part
of what is on the scroll, they prevent the opening of the scroll
like wax seals on an envelope, a precursor to the reading of the
scroll. There is an interesting possible
correlation between the seals and what Yeshua foretold at the Olivet
Discourse that would lead to "the end," the abomination of
desolation. The following are the events John describes coinciding
with the breaking of the seals by Yeshua and what Yeshua revealed
about the future to His disciples.
Seal 1: Rider of the White
Horse
Revelation 6:1-2
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the
seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he
that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went
forth conquering, and to conquer.
This rider has a bow and because he goes forth conquering, this
bow is often viewed as a weapon with no mention of ammunition. If we look back
to the first mention of a bow in scripture however, there is another
possible meaning.
Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me and the earth.
When God set His rainbow in the clouds, it was a token of a
covenant. In light of what Daniel 9:27
says about the confirming of a covenant with many for one week by
the future prince of the Romans, could the first seal represent the
beginning of this confirmed covenant?
This rider is also given a crown, which in the Greek is
stephanos, or a chaplet as a badge of royalty or a symbol of
honor. It is given to him and in light of Daniel's prophecy of the
little horn rising among the ten horns and John's prophecy of the 10
horns giving their power to the beast, it would seem to symbolize
him being chosen to lead the final kingdom.
Daniel 7:7,8
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a
fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and
it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and
stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from
all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them
another little horn, before whom there were three of the
first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn
were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
things.
Revelation 17:12-14
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one
hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give
their power and strength unto the beast. 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.
The Greek word for conquer is nikao, which means to subdue
or overcome. In light of Daniel's prophecy of the little horn
subduing and the ten horns giving this man their power this
conquering doesn't have to be in the sense of waging a war, but
rather consolidating power through political means such as covenants
or agreements.
Daniel 7:23-27
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth
kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms,
and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and
break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are
ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;
and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue
three kings. And he shall speak great words against the
most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But
the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion,
to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and
dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions
shall serve and obey him.
The rider of the white horse is commonly associated with the man
of sin, also known as the beast and the antichrist. This term
antichrist actually means "in place of" Christ, which is what the
man of sin will do in declaring himself to be God when he sits in
the temple of God shewing himself to be God. He doesn't initially
show himself in this way, rather he first works his way to the head
of the prophesied fourth kingdom and is the prince who confirms a
covenant with many for one week. In the end he will be given power
by Satan and will come with signs and lying wonders.
Matthew 24:4-5
And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Seal 2: Peace Taken From
The Earth
Revelation 6:3-4
And when he had opened the
second
seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to
him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should
kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Matthew 24:6-7a
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not
yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
The rider of the second horse that follows the confirmed covenant
with many isn't said to kill people in the earth, rather he takes
peace from the earth and the people kill each other. This brings to
mind also the prophecy that in the end, the love of many will grow
cold and rather than expressing selfless love to others, will be
self-focused and full of conflict.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers,
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are
good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away.
Seal 3: Famine
Revelation 6:5-6
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast
say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat
on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three
measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the
wine.
Matthew 24:7b-8
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Sorrows in the Greek is odin, meaning birth pangs. These
start out with low intensity and spaced apart and build until just
before birth they are very intense and close together. This is how
the end is described coming and as the seals progress into the
trumpets and vials, this will become apparent even to those not
watching.
Seal 4: 1/4 of Earth Under
Death's Power
Revelation 6:7-8
And when he had opened the fourth
seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and
with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
We are told the identity of the rider of the pale horse, that is
Death with hell following him. He is given power over 1/4 of the
earth, using them to kill with the sword, hunger and beasts of the
earth. In the Greek beasts is therion, a venomous, wild
beast.
Matthew 24:9-14
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and
ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many
be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because
iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that
shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of
the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come.
Seal 5: Arrival of "the
End"
Revelation 6:9-11
And when he had opened the
fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain
for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they
cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto
them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they
were, should be fulfilled.
Here we see those slain for Christ asking when God's judgment
would come upon them that dwell on the earth. The coming judgment
begins the day of the Lord and it is just after the
seven seals are broken that the trumpets begin to sound and God's
wrath begins to be poured out on the earth. However, they are told
to wait because it is not time yet and there are still more who will
be killed for Yeshua's name by the wicked people in the earth. This
tells us that as of the fifth seal, God's wrath has not yet begun. There
is coming a time of great tribulation triggered by the man of sin
declaring himself to be God in the rebuilt temple. According to
Yeshua's prophecy, "the end" begins with an event called the
abomination of desolation.
Abomination of desolation
Matthew 24:15-22
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso
readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into
the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take
any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return
back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to
them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not
in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days
should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's
sake those days shall be shortened.
The abomination of desolation is a Hebrew term referring to the
desolation of the Holy of Holies.
Remember in Daniel 9:27
that this comes in "the midst of the week."
God hates idolatry, which is worshipping something as God besides
the One True God, and part of this was sacrificing to idols in
worship. In 167 BC,
Antiochus IV Epiphanes ordered worship of Zeus and sent an army to
Judea to enforce this decree. The soldiers set up an altar to Zeus
over the altar of burnt offerings and sacrificed a pig to Zeus on
the altar,
prompting the Maccabean revolt. This led to the defeat of the armies
and after 2,300 days the temple was cleansed, which is celebrated today as
Chanukkah - the festival of lights. This was prophesied in Daniel 8. There is a future key event in Bible prophecy where the idol
that is set up in the temple is a man, the man of sin, declaring
himself to be God and demanding worship from the whole world, this
is the abomination of desolation referred to by Yeshua regarding
"the end."
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be
not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is
at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall
not come, except there come a falling away first, and that
man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
It is at this time that the dragon, Lucifer gives the man of sin
his power, which God allows for 42 months - 1260 days. The last days generation
will be crying out for anyone but the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob - and so that is what He will
give them. We are warned not to be deceived about the Christ being
on the earth because that is not how Yeshua will come.
Matthew 24:23-28
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great
signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before.
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and
shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son
of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles
be gathered together.
So do not be deceived by any man from the earth rising to power,
even if there are signs and wonders! When the True Christ comes, it
will be from outside earth in heaven and He will call us to meet Him
there after the man of sin is revealed. The revealing
of the man of sin is being held
in check by a restrainer showing that God is in control yet again. It is
at the abomination of desolation that the man of sin is allowed to be revealed.
Restrainer of 2 Thessalonians
2
2 Thessalonians 2:6-12
And now ye know what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of
iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
And then
shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all
power and signs and lying wonders, And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that
perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause
God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie: That they all might be damned
who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
The mystery of iniquity is working, and has
been for millennia, to bring about the global control that the man
of sin will implement once the restrainer is removed. This passage
speaks of that restrainer who is specifically holding back the
revealing of the man of sin so that he will be revealed in God's
timing. This revealing that God will allow will come with signs and
lying wonders along with a strong delusion to those who do not put
their trust in God. Heed His warnings and do not be deceived!
Great tribulation:
Satan's wrath on God's people
Time of Jacob's trouble
But who is this restrainer? There is a key timing conjunction in
scripture that reveals the identity of the restrainer.
Matthew 24:15-22 speaks
of the abomination of desolation and warns those in Judea to run to
the mountains when they see it. It is described as, "great
tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to
this time, no, nor ever shall be." This is not the only
passage in scripture that lays claim to an unparalleled time of
trouble.
Daniel 12:1
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a
time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even
to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be
delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
It is when Michael the archangel stands up that this
time of great tribulation begins. It is elsewhere in scripture that
we discover why Michael stops restraining the man of sin and which
highlights another aspect of timing from scripture.
Revelation 12:7-13
And
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And
prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the
Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast
out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I
heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his
Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which
accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore
rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come
down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was
cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth
the man child.
This passage is very telling because it lays out what
Matthew 24:15-22 and
Daniel 12:1 speak of
beginning the time of unparalleled trouble, the time of great
tribulation. It is when the dragon is
cast out of heaven that he realizes his time is short and at which
time he uses the man of sin to go after the children of Israel
represented by the woman. Her identity is defined earlier in this
chapter and interpreted by Israel (Jacob) himself in interpreting one of
Joseph's dreams.
Revelation 12:1-5
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;
a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her
head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child
cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon
his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of
heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour
her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man
child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her
child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Genesis 37:9-11
And he
[Joseph]
dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and
the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told it to his father [Jacob aka.
Israel], and to his brethren: and
his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream
that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy
brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
So Jacob interpreted his son's dream so that he, Israel, was the
sun, Rachel was the moon and the 12 brothers were the 12 stars, the
12 tribes of Israel. In
addition, it was through the nation of Israel that the Messiah came
who will rule all the nations with a rod of iron. It is this woman
who the dragon goes after upon being cast out of heaven. This
highlights the reason why Yeshua warned those in Judea to flee to
the mountains when they saw the abomination of desolation, the time
of Jacob's trouble is going to begin at that time and anyone who
does not flee to the mountains will be killed in the streets of
Jerusalem and Judea by those who obey the man of sin.
There is actually one
other scripture that lays claim to this time unparalleled in history,
which also solidifies the context of this particular time in Bible
prophecy and to whom it is referring.
Jeremiah 30:4-7
And these are the words that the LORD spake
concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith
the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not
of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with
child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins,
as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out
of it.
These unparalleled commonalities reveal a connection to the same
time at the abomination of desolation directed at Israel when the
antichrist goes after those in Judea. The following description of
the beast from the sea speaks of the seven heads through history of
the Gentile kingdoms: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greek,
Rome and the fourth Kingdom, which we will get into later. It is this final head with ten horns
representing kings from whom the little horn arises to power. This
little horn is the man of sin who will be given power over the world
for three and one half years, 42 months, beginning at the
abomination of desolation.
Revelation 13:1-10
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast
rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and
upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of
blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his
seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it
were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all
the world wondered after the beast. 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? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 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.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names
are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him
hear. He that leadeth into captivity
shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be
killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the
saints.
The dragon gives the beast his power and that this happens when
the man of sin is revealed. The timing of Lucifer being cast out of
heaven by Michael the archangel is just after Michael stops
restraining the revealing of the man of sin. At the time of the
writing of Revelation, five of the seven kings had fallen and the
sixth still was, the Roman Empire. That leaves one head in the
future who will rule over the fourth kingdom. This head
will be wounded to death and the deadly wound healed. I posit the
following scenario that fits with this sequence of events.
As soon as the man of sin declares himself God, he attempts the
genocide of the Jews. He is not interested in
deceiving them, just destroying them. I
believe we can look in history to see how the Jews reacted to the
worship of other gods in their temple to see how the seventh king of
the fourth kingdom may receive his mortal wound. Recalling the
reaction of the Jews at the Maccabean revolt, it is possible that
zealous Jews could be behind the assassination of the man of sin.
This could also prompt the attempted genocide of the Jews by the
revived antichrist at that time, the time of Jacob's trouble. I
realize at this time Israel is not in the same spiritual state as at
the time of the Maccabean revolt, but I also believe there are some
big changes coming as a result of prophesied events in
Ezekiel 38,39 that we will cover
later.
Jeremiah 30:4-7,
Daniel 12:1,
and Matthew 24:15-22 all
have unparalleled commonalities when they lay claim to this
unparalleled time of trouble. There are three aspects to the three
passages that tie them together in defining the focus of this time.
There cannot be three different times that are greater than any
other so they must be speaking of the same time in history, giving
different angles of the same time. What this does is define the
context of the time immediately after the abomination of desolation
for us.
Jeremiah 30:4-7
And these are the words that the LORD spake
concerning Israel
and concerning Judah.
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man
doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with
his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces
are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of
Jacob's
trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Daniel 12:1
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great
prince which standeth for the children of thy people:
and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never
was since there was a nation even to that same time:
and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one
that shall be found written in the book.
Matthew 24:15-22
When ye therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the
holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let
them which be in Judaea
flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop
not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither
let him which is in the field return back to take his
clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them
that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight
be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not
since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be. And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the
elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Israel is the focus of all three passages, including what Yeshua
warned of regarding the abomination of desolation.
Matthew 24:22, viewed in
this context, is referring to the flesh being saved as Israel in
Judea at this time. In Isaiah 45:4,
speaking to Cyrus who released Israel from Babylonian captivity, God
calls Israel His elect and there will be a remnant from modern
Israel who are that elect. In addition we are told...
Zechariah 13:8,9
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith
the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the
third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third
part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is
refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on
my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and
they shall say, The LORD is my God.
The question of timing now arises as to when this 1/3 remnant of
Israel will be saved when the days of Jacob's trouble are shortened.
How long after the abomination of desolation will Israel be going
through this unparalleled time?
Revelation 12:13-16
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And
to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face
of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth
water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be
carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth.
The above passage clarifies the timing of the deliverance
promised from this time for Israel. This will not be the first time
Israel has been borne on eagles wings to the wilderness.
Exodus 19:1-4
In the third month, when the children of Israel were
gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into
the wilderness of Sinai. For they were departed from Rephidim,
and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the
wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. And Moses
went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and
tell the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the
Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought
you unto myself.
While this passage refers to the exodus from Egypt over 3,500
years ago, Israel will once again escape to the wilderness after
being pursued by the flood from the dragon's mouth, the army of the
man of sin. This is the time just after
Lucifer is cast to earth and gives his power to the man of sin who
had the mortal wound. It is at the abomination of desolation that
the revived man of sin goes after those in Judea and sends his flood
of soldiers after those that heeded Christ's warning to flee to the
mountains. The earth swallows this flood, much like the Red Sea
swallowed the Pharaoh's army, and the remnant of Israel
is taken to a place in the wilderness where she is protected for 3½ years, 1260 days. This man of sin becomes the eighth head
empowered for 3½ years - 1260 days to rule over the earth. This
time, including the time of Jacob's trouble, is referred to as the
time of great tribulation.
The topic of the time of great tribulation is a little more
complex however because while it is 1260 days of the wrath of Satan
on God's people, Satan's wrath is divided into two focuses. First he
goes after Israel in Judea immediately following the abomination of
desolation. But as shown in scripture, Israel is protected from the
dragon for that same period of time, 1260 days, in the wilderness.
The answer lies in the exact-day prophecies laid out in Daniel and
Revelation. The following scriptures lay out that framework for the
timing of the time of great tribulation.
The first is Revelation 13,
one of the defining scriptures of the time when Lucifer rules the
earth, the man of sin is given power by him for forty two months and
they overcome the saints. Forty-two 30-day months is 1260 days, a
consistent time period regarding the length of the reign of the man
of sin in scripture. As we have seen, this time begins at the
abomination of desolation and it is important to note that the end
of the beast's reign is when Christ returns in glory. Since we know
how long the man of sin is given his power for and we know when he
no longer has influence on the earth, we know Yeshua's return in
glory within the 1260 days following the abomination of desolation.
Revelation 19:20
And
the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his
image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning
with brimstone.
Let me be clear that this is not knowing the day or hour of
Christ's coming. It is important to recognize that the day and hour
we don't know is Christ's coming with sudden destruction beginning
the day of the Lord. This is also the time of our catching away to
meet Him, which I don't claim to know the day or hour of, although
we're not in darkness regarding its general timeframe. Another
passage also focuses on this time-frame from the abomination of
desolation to Har Megiddo.
Daniel 7:20-27
And of
the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came
up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes,
and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more
stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war
with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient
of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most
High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and
shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break
it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten
kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and
he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three
kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand
until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the
judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and
dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions
shall serve and obey him.
Again the kingdom of ten horns from which a little horn rises is
mentioned. The term "a time and times and the
dividing of time" is another way to say 3½ years, which in
the 360-day prophetic calendar is 1260 days.
Revelation 11:1,2
And
there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and
them that worship therein. But the court which is without the
temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the
Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty
and two months.
This passage points out the holy city, Jerusalem, will be tread
under foot for forty two months. This again is 1260 days and is
significant given what the Bible says will be happening from the
abomination of desolation for 1260 days. At that time, those in
Judea who don't flee will be killed leaving only the man of sin and
his followers to trample the city until Christ returns to take the
kingdoms of the earth. It is also important to note that according
to scripture, the temple is a physical building that can be measured
and unlike any other temple in history or to come has no outer court
because it is given to the Gentiles. The current situation on the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with the Dome of the Rock, fits this
prophecy. You can read more on the Temple Mount's history and place
in Bible prophecy
here.
Revelation 12:13-16
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to
the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face
of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth
water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be
carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth.
This passage marks a time when the dragon is cast to the earth
beginning the time of great tribulation that is first focused on
Israel in Judea, the time of Jacob's trouble. The key to recognize
is that the dragon is able to get the woman at first.
He does this giving his power and authority to the man of sin at the
abomination of desolation, who then goes after the woman. The flood
is his army that is at first killing those in Judea who didn't heed
Christ's warning to run to the mountains. The 1260-day period of
time is how long the woman is protected from the dragon, which means
that while the dragon is able to get the woman initially, she
escapes from this time and is protected therefore offsetting from
the other 1260-day periods referring to the reign of the man of sin
by some unknown time no greater than 30 days.
The key to understanding the framework from Bible prophecy is in
the following passage, which marks a period of 1290 days
beginning at the abomination of desolation, lasting 30 days
beyond the reign of the man of sin. It also speaks of that 3½ year
reign of the man of sin who goes after the saints.
Daniel 12:5-11
Then I
Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on
this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side
of the bank of the river. And one said to the man clothed in
linen, which was upon the waters of the river,
How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? And
I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of
the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto
heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it
shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have
accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all
these things shall be finished. And I heard, but I
understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of
these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are
closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be
purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do
wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise
shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice
shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate
set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
The common point in all but Israel's protection from the dragon,
with both the 1260 and 1290 days, is the abomination of desolation.
This means that the 1290-day time period extends 30 days beyond
Christ's return in glory at Har Megiddo. Since Israel's protection
began after the start of the reign of the man of sin
and extends for 1260 days, Israel will remain in the wilderness for
a short time after Christ has defeated the armies at His return.
Since the 70th week of Daniel revolves around God dealing with
Israel, it cannot be over until the decreed times are completed
meaning that the 1290 days that begins at the abomination of
desolation ends marking the end of the 70th week of Daniel and the
completion of God's redemption as Israel is brought out of the
wilderness.
We don't know the exact day that the time of Jacob's trouble will
be cut short by, Matthew 24:22,
and therefore we don't know any precision outside of the 30 days
between the abomination of desolation and Israel's escape into the
wilderness. We do know that it is after Israel's protection that the
wrath of God begins. This means that at some unknown day and hour
between the abomination of desolation and the day of the Lord,
Israel will escape to the place prepared for them. The use of the 30
days doesn't represent any precision to the day, but a maximum range
of time between events. We are told that this time will be cut short
so the escape of Israel to the wilderness will happen some time
before the 30 days is up.
Tribulation of the
Remnant
The time from the abomination of desolation to Christ's return in
glory marks the entire 3½ years of great tribulation, Satan's
reign through the man of sin. As we've discussed, the focus of Satan immediately upon
being cast down to earth is on Israel in Judea, the time of Jacob's
trouble. However that focus
shifts once Israel is protected from the beast in the wilderness. His
focus on Judea lasts for only a short time before Israel's 1260 days of protection begins. Once Israel is
protected, Satan's focus turns on the rest of the world that rejects
his claim to be God and holds to the Truth written in the Bible.
Revelation
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.
Global governance under the New Age Christ (antichrist) is
implemented around this time. The time of the abomination of
desolation will engage the emergency powers of the New World Order
underway today. Part four will detail the mystery of iniquity
at work today and how it will lead to the fulfillment of Bible
prophecy. The point to be made now is a warning not to be deceived
into worshipping the man of sin, there are immediate and eternal
consequences.
Revelation
11:9-12
And the third angel followed them, saying with a
loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image,
and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest
day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the
patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
The mark of the beast is another important warning to point out.
Once implemented, you can't buy or sell without it. However the
consequence for relying on Satan's system over God's provision is eternal
separation from God for taking the mark. This will also
begin the war on the saints globally, elimination for non-compliance.
The technology is already here through things link Somark's RFID
tattoo ink, currently in use to track cattle. With this ink it is
possible to imprint a permanent mark, both visually and
technologically, to track those who pledge allegiance to the New
World Order and its New Age Christ. In fact, the infrastructure is
already being put in place through systems like Pay Pass, which uses
RFID readers for credit card transactions now. So keep in mind as we
continue through the following sequence of events, that global
control is being implemented through emergency powers being put in
place today.
Seal
6: Heralding the day of the Lord and the
wrath of God
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the
sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken:
The "tribulation of those days" referred to in this passage
is the time of Jacob's
trouble in the preceding verses of Matthew 24:15-28. It is immediately after this time,
when Israel is taken to the wilderness, that the signs of the sixth
seal take place heralding the day of the Lord and the wrath of God,
the powers of heaven being shaken.
Revelation 6:12-17
And
I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a
great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of
hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell
unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely
figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven
departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the
kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every
free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the
mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and
hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and
from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his
wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Can we trust the statements of those in fear of God's wrath and
caught by surprise that this is truly the beginning of God's wrath?
It is actually scripture that defines this time of wrath and shaking
as the time of God's wrath.
Isaiah 2:12-21
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one
that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted
up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of
Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks
of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the
hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and
upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish,
and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man
shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be
made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go
into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his
majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his
idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to
worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the
clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks,
for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
For those who do not have a relationship with Yeshua there is
truly reason to be afraid. It is only through the protection of the
Son of God, who died so that we could live, that we will be spared His
wrath that is coming upon the earth.
Ephesians 5:1-8
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for
a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all
uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish
talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather
giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger,
nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is
an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God. Let
no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon
the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore
partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but
now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
The Catching Away of the Bride of Christ (Pre-Wrath
Harpazo)
John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I
am, there ye may be also.
This whole presentation of Bible prophecy is focused on
showing how God is in control, knows the end from the
beginning and has not left us in darkness regarding what is going to
come to pass. So too is He in control of
the timing of the harpazo, commonly known from its Latin
derivative as the rapture, which we do not know the day or
hour of. This is the time of catching away of the bride of
Christ from the earth before God's wrath is poured out. This is one
reason why the Christian should not be deceived by those claiming
Christ is on the earth. It should also be noted that in all of scripture, we are
only told we won't know the day or hour, but leaving out our
knowing the
month, year or century. This is not a prediction of the
day or hour of the harpazo, just a study of where
Bible scriptures place the harpazo in relation to
other events and let the examination of the exact-day framework
snap things into place. As for defining what it is, the Bible does
that best.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort
one another with these words.
1 Corinthians 15:50-54
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So
when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.
The Bride of Christ
How is the harpazo associated with the bride and what exactly
does this symbology mean? Marriage is the ultimate fulfillment of
the covenants and God desires the kind of spiritually intimate
relationship of two who have become one. Yeshua is the bridegroom
and those who desire a relationship with Him are the bride. The
escape of the bride is not the only purpose for our removal from the
earth, it is necessary in order to attend the marriage of the Lamb
in heaven. The following research defining the bride in greater
detail comes from a book by John Klein and Adam Spears
titled
Lost In Translation: Rediscovering the Hebrew Roots of our Faith.
This once again highlights the Hebraic roots of the Christian faith
and open our understanding even more to our relationship with
Yeshua.
Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if
any man hear my
voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with me.
W8N4HIM: "Once the prospective
bridegroom made his first official move, he brought his father to
the intended bride’s house. They carried a betrothal cup, wine and
the anticipated price in a pouch. When they got there, they knocked.
The prospective brides’ father would be on the other side of the
door, but before he opened, he would peek through a little window,
identify the visitors, then look to his daughter to confirm what, in
most cases, she had long since settled in her own mind. Should he
open the door? If she said yes, for all practical purposes the
commitment to work through the betrothal process and arrive at a
fully functioning marriage was made at that moment. Therefore hers
was not a lightly made decision, for the issue was not, “Can we have
a wedding?” Once the door was opened the only remaining question
was, “We can have a marriage if we can work out the terms, so what
will they be?”
In other words, opening the door was the
first major step toward making a marriage, which is precisely what
Yeshua is saying in the verse. You open the door, He comes in, and
the restoration process begins. At that point, you have salvation.
But beyond that, He is asking you if you will enter into the
covenant of betrothal with Him. Will you walk in a loving
relationship with your bridegroom? But that’s not the only
significant parallel here. The choice is “ours” exactly as the
choice was always that of the ancient Hebrew bride. If she refused
to open the door the groom would make a u-turn and head for home.
And even after the bride opened the door, she could end the whole
process at any stage. In fact, once the initial agreement to be
married was formalized in a written contract, the
bride was the only one who could still back out, right up to the very
instant of marriage consummation. She could stop the whole process
at any moment, and she didn’t even need any special reason.
The
Betrothal
The betrothal was binding and could only be undone by a divorce with
proper grounds, such as the bride being found not to be a virgin. The young man prepared a Ketubah, or
marriage contract (or covenant) which he presented to the intended bride
and her father. Included in this was the "Bride Price," which was
appropriate in that society to compensate the young woman's parents for
the cost of raising her, as well as being an expression of his love for
her.
To see if the proposal was accepted, the young man would pour a cup of
wine for his beloved and wait to see if she drank it. This cup
represents a blood covenant. If she drank the cup she would have
accepted the proposal and they would be betrothed. The young man would
then give gifts to his beloved, and then take his leave. The young woman
would have to wait for him to return and collect her. This was played
out at the last supper and our remembrance of it at communion.
The Wedding Chamber and the Chuppah
Before leaving the young man would announce, "I am going to prepare a
place for you" and "I will return for you when it is ready." The usual
practice was for the young man to return to his father's house and build
a honeymoon room there. This is what is symbolized by the Chuppah or
canopy which is characteristic of Jewish weddings. He was not allowed to
skimp on the work and had to get his father's approval before he could
consider it ready for his bride. If asked the date of his wedding he
would have to reply, "Only my father knows." Meanwhile the bride would
be making herself ready so that she would be pure and beautiful for her
bridegroom. During this time she would wear a veil when she went, out to
show she was spoken for (she has been bought with a price)."
YeshuatyIsrael: "The bride lived with her
parents until the actual marriage ceremony, which would take place
in a room or tent that the groom had set up for her. At this new
ceremony, the chuppah, or the portable marriage canopy, was included
as a symbol of the chamber within which marriages originally took
place. The groom enters the chuppah first to represent that it is
like his home or garment. When the bride then enters the chuppah it
is as though the groom is providing her with shelter or clothing,
and he thus publicly demonstrates his new responsibilities toward
her.”
Yeshua's arrival, according to the
marriage tradition, means that the preparations of the chuppah are
completed and He is calling out the bride to come and meet Him. I
find the traditional name’s meaning of lifting up or carrying
interesting given the nature of the harpazo in catching away the
bride from
the earth and our journey to the Father’s house with many mansions,
New Jerusalem.
Matthew 25:1-13
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were
foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no
oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their
lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and
slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the
bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those
virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said
unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone
out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not
enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and
buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the
bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to
the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward
came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But
he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
This parable is representative of the rapture of the bride of
Christ to the marriage of the Lamb. We can see upon examining Hebrew
wedding traditions how these were physical foreshadows from earthly
marriage to the future marriage of the church to Christ. The church
is the body of Christ and He is the head of the church. The head
gives direction to the body as God has done in His Word. We are
promised to Christ now for a future time when we will be together in
more than just spirit.
This passage is also a warning to be ready for this time. All ten
virgins called Yeshua Lord, which tells us that the group
represented in this kingdom parable are those who call themselves by
His name, Christians. What should also catch out attention is that
half of them are shut out of the marriage.
Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast
out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then
will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye
that work iniquity.
In the kingdom parable meant to
associate the coming of Christ and marriage tradition, 50% of those
who call Christ Lord and desire to attend the marriage are shut out
of it. Since the bride must attend the marriage to be the wife, it
follows that those not caught up to the marriage will not be the bride of Christ.
This shows how Bible prophecy, telling of events within earth’s
timeline of history, further defines who the bride of Christ is. I’m
not trying to be divisive, although many have taken this subject as
offensive. I’m pointing out the scriptural reasoning for my
conclusions on this matter in hopes of clarifying the
importance of obedience to Christians now
before
the wrath comes suddenly.
Romans
2:1-9
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou
art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou
condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth
against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou
this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest
the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent
heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath
and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render
to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient
continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and
immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are
contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish,
upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and
also of the Gentile;
This points out the importance of
obedience and not judging. Nobody's perfect, but there is a
difference between those who strive to follow God's ways and those
who will do what they will regardless of God's ways. What I find
interesting also is that those who refuse to obey God treasure up
wrath, to the Jew first, then the Gentile. This is the very order of
tribulation, to the Jews first after the abomination of desolation
and then to the Gentiles who hold the testimony of Christ once the
remnant of Israel is protected from the dragon.
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also
will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Once again we see that those who keep
the Word of God are kept from the hour of temptation. This is
peirasmos in Greek, meaning "a putting to proof (by experiment
[of good], experience [of evil]." It is therefore implied that those
who do not keep His Word will not be kept from this time. It is
during the majority of the time of great tribulation that not only
is the dragon going after those who put their trust in Yeshua, but
God's wrath is being poured out on the whole earth.
Revelation 2:21-23
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and
she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them
that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except
they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with
death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which
searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one
of you according to your works.
Here again we see a promise, this time
to those who refuse to repent of their adultery against God through
idolatry to the world. Both this passage and that of
Revelation 3:10 are
written to the churches of Thyatira and Philadelphia respectively.
Those who are ready when the time of
escape comes will pass through the door to the marriage that also
shuts some out from the marriage. Those shut out aren’t spoken of in
the weeping and gnashing of teeth sense, so I don’t think this
escape is a determination of eternal salvation that is through
Christ alone. However, it is a defining moment for those who would
be the bride of Christ since the marriage follows it and those who
don’t pass through the door do not attend the marriage, but through
their rejection of God's ways written in His Word will be going
through the remainder of the great tribulation. Scripture
makes it clear that there are those who die for Christ’s name during
the time following the catching away of the bride of Christ. And in
addition we see that there is a resurrection of the just after
Armageddon and the binding of Lucifer for 1,000 years.
Revelation 20:4,5
So I don’t view being left behind at the harpazo as an eternal
spiritual death sentence, but given what those left behind will be
going through, physical death is very likely a part of being left
behind. Why is it that those who have accepted Yeshua would be shut
out of the marriage?
W8N4HIM: "There
are several covenant relationships involved in our growth in our
relationship with Yeshua that were also shadowed in Hebrew wedding
tradition. The blood covenant, entering into a relationship of
servitude, wherein we must learn obedience. Next is the salt
covenant, that explains the perpetual covenant of friendship that
cannot be broken. Then the sandal covenant, also called the covenant
of inheritance leading to the final betrothal covenant. As we enter
into each new or "renewed" covenant with God we do not leave behind
the responsibilities or the benefits of the preceding ones, we grow
in our relationship through to the betrothal. All these covenants
point to the progressive nature of our purification, relationship,
and partnership with God. We do not acquire our salvation through
any “works” connected with each covenant. Only Yeshua’s death on the
cross and our acceptance of His forgiveness, provide for that.
The four cups of wine
The servant, friendship and
inheritance covenants are woven into covenant number four. Each one
helps to establish, support and reinforce the ancient Hebrew
betrothal contact. In turn, the progression of commitments about to
take place during the betrothal process, beginning on the evening
when the groom comes and knocks, mirrors the sequence of commitments
in the four covenants.
In His capacity as the Ultimate Master of Symbolism, God established
four cups of wine as milestones, or "markers," to signify exactly where
the betrothal parties were in their negotiations. Each cup
corresponded to a covenant, but it also represented something that
all the participants had to physically grasp, to physically consume
and make part of themselves. It goes without saying that each person
would also have to participate mentally and spiritually at each step
of the way, or the process would break down. Now, refer back to the
reference to "sup with him" from
Revelation 3:20, for it has to
do with what traditionally happened next. Once the prospective groom
and his father were inside the prospective brides home, as they
worked out all the details of the wedding they would eat dinner
together with the prospective bride's family. In this instance, the
visiting father and son represented their entire family. Members of
the two families would also drink three of the four betrothal cups
of wine, one cup each at certain well-established points throughout
the negotiating process.
Cup number 1
The first cup was the cup of Sanctification, (Barry and Steffi
Rubin, The Messianic Passover Haggadah - Baltimore: Messianic Jewish
Publishers, 1989, page 7), which equated to a servant (blood)
covenant between the two families. this cup was consumed almost as
soon as the door closed. the groom, his father, and every member of
the bride's family above the age of accountability participated, for
each member of each family was agreeing to serve the other family.
Sanctification embodies the idea of setting
ourselves apart for God. Just as God sanctified the Nation of
Israel, these two families were doing the same with respect to each
other. In effect they were making a sacred commitment to become one
giant family, each person to unilaterally serve all the new members.
that's partly why the support structure underlying ancient Jewish
marriages was so strong.
Cup number 2
The second cup was the Cup of Betrothal, Cup of Plagues (Ibid.) Cup
of Bargaining, or the Cup of Dedication (Marvin R. Wilson, Our
Father Abraham), which presented a salt covenant between the
families. This cup was consumed by the bride and groom and their two
fathers only. The two families, represented here by the fathers,
were covenanting to become eternal friends with their joint son and
daughter, and with each other. As they ate, the members of both
families haggled over the details of the marriage contract. this is
usually where the negotiations would break down if they were ever
going to. But if they managed to surmount all the difficulties, the
families entered into a friendship covenant even as they established
the terms of the upcoming marriage. In similar fashion, we are
admonished to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling"
Philippians 2:12)
when we accept the Lord's offer of servant hood, which then matures
into friendship.
The issues the families established were straightforward and direct,
just as the ancient Hebrews themselves were. How much would the
groom's family contribute to the wedding feast? Were would they hold
it? What skills would the bride need to acquire to become a
Proverbs 31
wife? What possessions would she bring with her? Did she fully
understand her responsibility to remain pure? The bride's family
would also want to know how the groom intended to support her. Just
as it was the bride's primary responsibility purify and prepare
herself, the groom's chief responsibility was to go away and prepare
a place for her to live. Many times her new quarters would be no
more than a room, built on the side of his father's house. This
would hardly equal what Yeshua promises us in
John 14:2,
yet the whole process certainly corresponds to the reference in that
verse.
Cup number 3
The third cup was the Cup of Redemption. (Wilson). Or the Cup of
Inheritance. Which represented a sandal covenant and signified the
shared inheritance of the marriage partners. This cup was drunk at
the end of the meal, by the bride and groom only, to symbolize their
exclusive commitment to each other, along with their increasing
level of intimacy. It also officially “sealed” the marriage
agreement between them. Once the bargaining was over, the families
brought in a scribe who wrote out all the terms of the marriage
covenant in a formal agreement, called a ketubah. At that point the
young men of the family would hit the streets and blow their rams
horn trumpets (shofars), announcing to all the world that the
marriage contract had been signed. For all intents and purposes the
bride and groom were now officially married, even though neither the
ceremony nor the consummation had yet occurred. Nevertheless, from
that moment onward, if either one died, the survivor would fully
inherit the deceased partner’s possessions.
The third cup also corresponded to the cup
Yeshua shared with His disciples during the Passover feast, or the
Last supper, when he washed their feet and thus transferred His
inheritance to them (sandal covenant). He also made further
reference to His coming marriage to His kalah, His “called
out ones,” knowing that it was customary for the groom not to drink
wine again until the wedding ceremony. That explains why He said he
would not touch the fruit of the vine again until He could do so
with them in the Kingdom of Heaven. He even maintained his vow as He
hung on the cross when He refused the pain numbing wine that the
Roman soldiers offered.
The meaning of communion......
None of this can be modified by our opinion
or interpretation. We don't get a list of options, except for
choosing whether we'll participate in the first place. Once we're in
a covenant with Yeshua we don't get the option of restructuring that
relationship to suit ourselves. Yet sadly, the modern Church has
altered the very fabric of the Hebraic relationship that God began
with Adam and Eve. We have literally thrown away our understanding
in favor of doing it our own way. Yet God has shown us very clearly
how He wants to be approached. It's not our option to say that we,
on the contrary, have a better idea. God says, This is how you go
about mending and restoring your relationship with Me."
Given that dynamic, it's totally
presumptuous and futile of us to try to alter our relationship and
our approach to God. From God's perspective, neither is the meaning
and import of any of the four covenant types up for discussion. God
offered mankind a betrothal contract starting 6,000 years ago, and
sealed the terms 2,000 years ago. It's also not accidental that the
cups of wine of the betrothal covenant overlay - and thus reinforce
- the individual covenants in the sequence. All this happens on
purpose, for God was building a seamless mosaic of concepts that
has, at its foundation, a commitment to establish and maintain a
relationship leading to marriage. and this is the ultimate
responsibility. Hence it requires the ultimate covenant.
Cup number 4
The fourth cup of wine was the Cup of Praise (Rubin). Shared between
the bride and groom only during the wedding ceremony itself. This
fourth cup also awaits all those who are chosen to be the bride by
Yeshua. It will be taken on the wedding day and will forever seal
Yeshua’s union with His beloved. We become eligible for the fourth
covenant only after we’ve met all the previous requirements by
entering into the first three. The decisions to do so are ours
alone. However, Yeshua chooses His own bride, to whom He promised
the crown of life in Revelation
2:10."
Yeshua desires a bride who loves Him and is committed to Him. How
do we show our love for God? According to
John 14-15 by our
obedience we remain in God’s love.
John 14:21-26
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that
loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my
Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus
answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth
not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the
Father's which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you,
being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach
you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.
Even now the bride is not left without the Spirit of God and the
guidance of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God gives us a
strong foundation upon which to stand and against which deceit
cannot penetrate. So ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and commit
yourself to Yeshua.
The Escape of Israel and the Bride
Understanding the reason and purpose of the harpazo, when does
this event take place? In line with the sequence of the seals in the book of Revelation,
a big clue as to the timing of the harpazo is given in the placement
of descriptions of two groups of people. This chapter is another
example of God's divine ordering of earthly affairs and the
dispensation according to His plan for both Israel and His bride.
Following the sixth seal, Israel and the bride are described in
sequence with the events just before the trumpets send the beginning
of God's wrath.
Revelation 7:1-4
And after these things
I saw four angels standing on
the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the
earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the
sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from
the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried
with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither
the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of
our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of
them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and
forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of
Israel.
The passage goes on to list the 12 tribes of Israel of which
12,000 of each are sealed totaling 144,000 of Israel. The four
angels given to hurt the earth and sea are holding back the
destruction from coming until the 144,000 are sealed with the seal
of God. This highlights their presence on the earth before God's
wrath and being prepared to go through God's wrath. Israel is
protected in the wilderness on the earth while God's wrath is
poured out. Later on, it is only those with the seal of God who are
protected from some of what is coming during that time. The bride is
defined by where she is seen at this time.
Revelation 7:9-17
After this I beheld, and, lo,
a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and
people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God
which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the
angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and
the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and
worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom,
and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our
God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered,
saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes?
and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest.
And he said to me, These are they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of
God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that
sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger
no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living
fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.
Countless multitudes are seen in same heavenly throne room from
Revelation 4. They are
from every nation, tribe and tongue, Jew and Gentile alike whereas
those in the first half of the chapter were Jews specifically. These
have come out of great tribulation and indeed the escape of the
bride to the marriage of the Lamb comes only after the revealing of
the man of sin and the beginning of the time of great tribulation.
However, notice that this too is before God's wrath begins in the
trumpets and vials of Revelation chapters eight through sixteen.
This is the day of the Lord, beginning with the sounding of the
trumpets and the pouring out of the vials. Regarding that time...
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have
no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly
that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the
night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction
[wrath of God] cometh upon
them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape. But ye,
brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should
overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children
of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the
night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others; but let us watch and
be sober. For they that
sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken
in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the
hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for
us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with
him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one
another, even as also ye do.
For those watching and praying, the day of the Lord will not come
like a thief upon them as it will those caught up in the cares of
this life. It is this sudden destruction that we are escaping
because we have walked by faith, accepting the sacrifice offered by
Yeshua for the remission of our sins and
living by the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:34-36
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the
face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore,
and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and
to stand before the Son of man.
Matthew 24:36-39
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of
heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before
the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.
It is at Christ's coming when we are called up to meet Him in the
air. In order for us to meet Him, He must come again and this
alignment of Christ's coming with sudden destruction and our escape
from that destruction place the harpazo of the bride of Christ at
about the time of the day of the Lord, both times we are not in
darkness about yet still don't know the day or hour of.
Some are offended by the promise of escape given to those that
accept Yeshua, they would use this teaching to bring guilt to
Christians who believe it. The nature of this world today is to be offended at
claims of a sole source of Truth, the Bible in this case. Everyone
wants to be right in their own eyes, but I would like to point out that the promise of escape
from God's wrath is available to everyone that loves and obeys God. The choice
is always our own to make to either accept or reject the Truth.
Regardless of our response however, the end will come as foretold.
One cannot replace reality with vain imagination. The only one who
can exclude you from escape and eternity in heaven is yourself. It is my
desire to repent of those things that cause me to separate myself
from the God of True Love and my prayer is that you too will
believe, repent and follow in deed the path leading to Yeshua. Time
is short.
Revelation 8:1-6
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven
angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having
a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that
he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the
incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up
before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the
censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into
the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and
lightnings, and an earthquake. And the seven angels which had
the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Day of the Lord: Beginning God's wrath
on Satan's people
John never reveals what is written on the scroll, but after
the breaking of the final seal, God's Judgment is unleashed upon
the earth. Remember that only Yeshua, the Son of God is worthy
to break the seals.
John 5:22-27
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the
Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not
the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is
coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of
the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the
Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself; And hath given him authority to
execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Matthew 24:36-44
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of
the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all
away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the
field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding
at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch
therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house
had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would
not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also
ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Luke 17:26-33
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be
also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they
drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood
came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the
days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they
sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot
went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven,
and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day
when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall
be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him
not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field,
let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and
whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Once again we see this sudden destruction tied to a time where
the world is living like there is a future, unaware of what is
coming. In both cases, Noah and Lot, the righteous were warned and
escaped this time just as the bride will be removed from the earth
as promised. What is also interesting is that the day the Son of man
is revealed is tied to a time when people are warned not to come
down from the rooftop or in from the field.
Mathew 24:15-22
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso
readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea
flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not
come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him
which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time,
no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's
sake those days shall be shortened.
Timing of God's Wrath
The time of Jacob's trouble ends with the sealing of the 144,000
of Israel and the remnants' protection in the wilderness and at some
unknown time between the abomination of desolation and the beginning
of God's wrath, the bride is called out to meet the Bridegroom in
the air to go the the Father's house being prepared for her now. But
what is the sequence of events leading to the wrath of God
beginning?
Joel 2:30-32
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood,
and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and
terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to
pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be
delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the
LORD shall call.
This passage tells us that the day of the Lord is after the signs
of the sixth seal, which herald the day of the Lord. There are some
important scriptural precepts that must be addressed to put the
pieces together.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Now we beseech you, brethren,
by the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto
him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or
be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by
letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at
hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son
of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that
he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God.
Yeshua is the Christ and is Lord, the term day of Christ is
equivalent to the day of the Lord. We can see this in the passage
above where the first century church was concerned they had missed
the harpazo. Paul is telling them that concerning the coming of the
Lord and our gathering to Him that the day of the Lord had come and
they had missed the promised escape. They are told that there are
two preceding events, the falling away, or apostasy, and the
revealing of the man of sin at the abomination of desolation where
he sits in the temple of God to be worshipped.
This is opposed to His coming in glory when He
actually steps foot on the Mount of Olives and destroys
the gathered armies at Har Megiddo. The armies aren't
gathered to Armageddon until the 6th vial, toward the end of the
wrath of God. However the day of the Lord, when Christ comes to meet
His bride in the air and take her to the marriage, He brings with
Him sudden destruction but does not come to the earth.
Seven Trumpets
Revelation 8:7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and
fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and
the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was
burnt up.
Revelation 8:8,9
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third
part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the
creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the
third part of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8:10,11
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star
from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And
the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of
the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,
because they were made bitter.
Revelation 8:12,13
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of
the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the
day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of
heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the
trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Woe One: 5th Trumpet
Revelation 9:1-12
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven
unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless
pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke
out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and
the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And
there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto
them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of
the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only
those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And
to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that
they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as
the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those
days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall
desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of
the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on
their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces
were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of
women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had
breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of
their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running
to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there
were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five
months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the
bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but
in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. One woe is past;
and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Woe Two: 6th Trumpet
Revelation 9:13-21
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four
horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the
sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which
are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were
loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month,
and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of
the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and
I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the
vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire,
and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were
as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and
smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men
killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone,
which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their
mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto
serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the
rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not
worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and
stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,
nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
The Seven Thunders
There is also a series of seven thunders that take place after
the sixth angel sounds which we are not told the details of.
Revelation 10:1-7
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven,
clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his
face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right
foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried
with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had
cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven
thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I
heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things
which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. And the
angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and
ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and
the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the
things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he
shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as
he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
The seventh trumpet is the third woe and this passage hints at it
lasting for a period of time longer than one day. At the end of this
time the mystery of God will be finished, what is prophesied to come
will have come to pass in its fullness. This statement holds some
significance regarding the seventh trumpet.
The Two Witnesses
There is another point of timing that needs to be addressed here
and that is the end of the 1260-day testimony of the two witnesses.
Revelation 11:3-14
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any
man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must
in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that
it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over
waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all
plagues, as often as they will. 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. And their dead bodies shall lie in the
street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and
Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people
and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies
three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies
to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to
another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on
the earth. And after three days and an half the spirit of life
from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and
great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great
voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they
ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth
part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men
seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory
to the God of heaven. The second woe is past; and, behold,
the third woe cometh quickly.
Since their testimony is the same amount of time that the dragon
gives the beast his power and the beast is still in power after they
are killed, their testimony must have started at some point prior to
the abomination of desolation, perhaps around the time the third
temple is built.
Woe Three: 7th Trumpet
Revelation 11:15-19
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for
ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before
God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and
wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy
wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be
judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants
the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name,
small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the
earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was
seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and
great hail.
The seventh trumpet sounds over a period of time after which the
mystery of God is finished. It isn't until the trumpet is no longer
sounding that it is finished. Combining this with the scriptural
evidence that there is more yet to come that is also part of God's
wrath, it is evident that part of the third woe are the seven vials.
Revelation 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven
angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled
up the wrath of God.
These seven plagues are the "seven last plagues" and since the
mystery of God is completed at the seventh trumpet and it sounds
over a period of time, I posit that while it is sounding God's final
judgments are being poured out upon the earth.
Seven Vials
All seven vials are contained within one chapter of Revelation
and the way they are presented gives the feeling of serious
judgments in quick succession much like birth pangs are described.
Revelation 16:1,2
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to
the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the
wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out
his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous
sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them
which worshipped his image.
Revelation 16:3
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul
died in the sea.
Revelation 16:4-7
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers
and fountains of waters; and they became blood. And I heard the
angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art,
and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given
them blood to drink; for they are worthy. And I heard another
out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and
righteous are thy judgments.
Revelation 16:8,9
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun;
and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men
were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to
give him glory.
Revelation 16:10,11
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of
the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed
their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because
of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Revelation 16:12-16
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the
way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,
and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the
whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of
God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that
watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they
see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called
in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation 16:17-21
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air;
and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven,
from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were
voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great
earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so
mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was
divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell:
and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto
her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And
every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And
there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone
about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of
the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding
great.
Just before Yeshua's return,
Babylon is destroyed in one day.
Revelation 18:1-10
And after these things I saw another angel come down
from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened
with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice,
saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become
the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and
a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have
drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings
of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of
her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have
reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double
according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to
her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith
in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no
sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and
mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire:
for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the
earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with
her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see
the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her
torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty
city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Yeshua Returns with
His Wife
The return of Yeshua is described to fight those armies gathered
in the sixth vial to Har Megiddo. It is at this time that the
1260-day reign of the beast and false prophet is ended and He takes
the kingdoms of the earth to rule for 1,000 years in righteousness.
Revelation 19:6-8; 11-21
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as
the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings,
saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us
be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of
the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to
her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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. His eyes were as a flame of fire,
and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written,
that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his
mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the
nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he
treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty
God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in
the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls
that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of
mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on
them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small
and great. 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. And the beast was taken, and
with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him,
with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the
beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast
alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the
remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls
were filled with their flesh.
Yeshua returns with His wife as heaven literally invades the
earth. Those armies gathered at the sixth seal are defeated by the
Word of God from Christ's mouth and He alone destroys them. The
destruction of the armies and of the beast and false prophet mark
the end of the 1260-day reign of the man of sin at Christ's return
in glory.
Marriage Supper
of the Lamb
The final exact-day prophecy is tied into the 1290 days, but
extends another forty-five days after the end of it.
Daniel 12:11-13
And
from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a
thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that
waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and
thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt
rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
What is at the end of the 1,335th day? In Hebrew wedding customs
the marriage itself was followed later by the marriage supper, much
like our receptions take place after our weddings, but in their case
it was days after the actual marriage ceremony in the chuppah at the
father's house. There is another blessing, like the one for those
that wait until the 1,335th day that fits with this timeframe.
Revelation 19:9
And he
saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These
are the true sayings of God.
The time following the defeat of the armies gathered at Har
Megiddo will see the chaining of Lucifer in the bottomless pit for
1,000 years and the completion of the resurrection of the just, the
first resurrection.
Revelation 20:1-6
And
I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the
bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold
on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless
pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should
deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. And
I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for
the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received
his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived
and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of
the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy
is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the
second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and
of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Some view the "first resurrection" as being the first time a
resurrection takes place and therefore the time of the harpazo.
Scripture has more to define this term however and clarify just what
it means.
Acts 25:14-16
But this
I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy,
so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which
are written in the law and in the prophets: And have hope toward
God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be
a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience
void to offence toward God, and toward men.
Combining the fact that there are two resurrections and that the
dead who are not in Christ are resurrected only after the 1,000 ears
are completed, tells us that the resurrection of the just comes
first, the first resurrection. This is confirmed for us elsewhere as
well.
1 Corinthians 15:17-26
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet
in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ
are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we
are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from
the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For
since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of
the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all
be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom
to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule
and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath
put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be
destroyed is death.
We know there are but two resurrection types, the just and
unjust. We know the unjust are resurrected last and the just first.
This passage further clarifies that Christ is the firstfruits of the
resurrection of the Just and that there is an order to the
resurrection of the just. Christ is first and indeed He is risen and
at the Father's house preparing a place for His bride before coming
to get her in accordance with Hebrew wedding tradition. When He
comes, the dead in Christ will be resurrected before His wrath and
ascend with the living to meet the Lord in the air. This too is part
of the first resurrection. Then after God's wrath is finished He
will return with His wife to defeat the armies gathered at Har
Megiddo and destroy the beast and false prophet, then chaining
Lucifer in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years. It is at this point
that the just who died during the time of great tribulation after
the harpazo are resurrected to attend the marriage supper of the
Lamb.
As with all things covered here and elsewhere, each individual
should approach their own study of God's Word in prayer asking for
guidance and proving what is and is not so.
ConclusionThe conclusions
point to fulfilled prophecy in progress, but are there actual
real-world happenings that support the conclusions covered from
Bible prophecy? This part is
going to affect you personally as you are the end-time
generation. What is a finely crafted veil is to be lifted from
the eyes revealing the real-world facts confirming Bible
prophecy and pointing to the
conclusion that Yeshua is coming soon and the
world as a whole is completely blinded to it all, a blindness
that God has allowed because the world does not believe His Word
and follows their own ways instead of His.
The situation
is grave and the eternal souls of mankind are at stake. That is
the bitterness to the joy of Christ's soon return. And for the
Truth, we who profess it will be increasingly persecuted.
Remember vengeance is the Lord's and being
a Christian is never promised to be easy or lead to wealth and
prosperity. These are ideas of the world, not what God said would
be the case. Where our treasure is, there our heart is also. We
are not of this world, but have been chosen out of it. I don't want to sugar-coat the Truth because it is
what it is and those who desire it will cling to it, that
decision has always been and will always be your own to make.
I
just want you to make an informed decision because your friends
and loved ones eternal
destination is in the balance as well as possibly your own if
you haven't accepted Yeshua yet. I want you to have that peace
that passes understanding from the God who created and loves
you. Do not be afraid if you are in Him. If you are not
following God's ways as described by His Word, then you should fear losing a God
who is love and therefore separation from love, joy, kindness, gentleness
and peace for eternity.
God wants all to come to repentance and that none should
perish. Hell was made for the fallen angels and He doesn't want
to send us there, but that choice is not His, it is yours. He
has provided the escape through His Son Yeshua who died so we
could live and was raised again so that we too could be raised
with Him when He comes again. Accept this gift of love,
obey God's way of
selfless love and join Him for eternity!
Part 4: The
Coming Times - Merging Bible
Prophecy and Modern Reality
Having examined a little of Israel's history and what God's Word
has to say about the future, does it all tie together in any way?
Before moving on to look at Bible prophecy's outcome we examined
Israel's history and Bible prophecy fulfilled, yet there was a
primary end left open that is tied to the completion of a prophecy
given to Daniel by the angel Gabriel regarding the nation of Israel
and Jerusalem, the 70th week of Daniel.
70th Week of Daniel
It should be noted that there is
no scripture outlining a seven-year tribulation. The
seventieth week of Daniel only speaks of a time of great tribulation
when taken into account with Yeshua's warning in
Matthew 24:15-22, but that starts
in the midst of the seven years,
not at the beginning of them.
The 70th
week of Daniel's
prophecy is the last seven years of the 490 prophesied for Israel
and Jerusalem. As we examined, the previous 483 years were fulfilled with great
precision and so it is my belief that we should expect the same from the final seven
years as well. These are also on the same 360-day calendar as the
first 69 weeks, 2,520 days.
Daniel 9:26, 27
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but
not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
[70 A.D.] and
the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the
war desolations are determined.
~2,000 years
And he [the prince that shall come]
shall
confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the
midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation
to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall
make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that
determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Is this week-long confirmed covenant "the 70th week of
Daniel?" As we know from Daniel 9,
this 70 weeks prophecy is from God for His people Israel, it is
God's week for Israel. Because
"the end" begins in the midst of the seven years, the
70th week of
Daniel therefore cannot begin until the time of the end. This
explains the time span of almost 2,000 years since the triumphal
entry, when the first 69 weeks ended, until today. Because the
70th week is
God's dealing with Israel as a nation at the end of man's 6,000-year
reign on the earth, it follows that all previous judgments for
Israel must be completed before the end can come because God always
keeps His Word and His judgments always stand. Christ's return in
glory will end that seven years and the reign of the man of sin and
so this final week of years has been reserved for the end when God
brings His remnant of Israel back to Him and to recognize their
Messiah and ours, Yeshua. And it is for this reason I posit that the
beginning of the 70th
week of Daniel is based on the
fulfillment and completion of Israel's judgments we examined from
Ezekiel's prophecies and one more we will examine in a moment.
In looking at Daniel 9:27,
the first mention of a week is actually Satan's week for Israel,
made apparent in that it is this "future prince" of the people (Romans)
from verse 26 that destroyed Jerusalem in 70 A.D., and it is he who
confirms the covenant with many for one week. This political
agreement would operate on the
calendar of the day, currently a 365-day year. It is in the midst of
this week and God's week that the man of sin will declare
himself god in the rebuilt temple and demand worship from the world.
This event begins the 42-month time of great tribulation and it is
Christ's return in glory at Har Megiddo (Armageddon) that puts an
end to this time and brings about the millennial reign of Christ. So
while I posit that this week is not "the 70th week of Daniel,"
I do believe that the seven-year confirmed covenant begins within the first half of Daniel's
70th week. I just view it as distinct from what the 70th week was
prophesied to be, God's timing in dealing with Israel as a nation
and Jerusalem.
There are some who point out that a large portion of the armies
that destroyed Jerusalem were of the Eastern Roman Empire and while
there may be merit to that, I also believe that it is the Western
world is closer to realizing global governance in the manner
depicted in Bible prophecy than is the Middle Eastern world.
Ultimately I believe that the East and the West will join under the
same banner which will be covered later on. Moreover it is the
Western world, primarily Europe as we will see, that has taken the
helm to bring the world together politically and spiritually. For
these and other reasons yet to be covered, I do believe Europe will
be the revived Roman Empire and from these peoples the beast will
rise from the sea. Revelation 13
14,000 Days
(Six-Day-War)
The final instance of the 14,000 day timeframe came into play on
June 7, 1967 because while Israel re-captured the Temple Mount, they
almost immediately give control over to the wakf, the Muslim
authority granted de facto control of the Temple Mount by the
Israeli government. If you recall the first time the 14,000 days
appeared it was a punishment for that generation that did not have
faith in God's provision to defeat the giants in the Promised Land.
The children of Israel listened to the ten scouts that expressed no
faith and not the two who did. In this same fashion, the leadership
of Israel lacked faith in God's provision and out of fear, because
they were weak compared to the surrounding nations out to destroy
them, they gave up control to try and keep the peace.
As we can see in the time since then, this has worked against
them greatly and probably caused more issues than they hoped to
resolve. And so a one-generation period just like that time 3,500
years ago extended from the time of capture and release to the
Jewish "head of the year."
Rosh Hashanah
means the "head of the year" and refers to several New Years in the
Hebrew calendar, one of which is the first of the fall feasts and is also called the Feast of
Trumpets.
Leviticus 23:23-25
And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the
month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of
trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work
therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the
LORD.
The Feast of Trumpets is referred to in the Torah as YOM TERUAH,
the Day of the Sounding of the shofar (or the day of the
awakening blast). On Yom Teruah, it is imperative for every person to hear the shofar. The mitzvah (biblical commandment) of the shofar
is to HEAR the shofar being blown, not actually to blow it yourself,
hence the blessing for the shofar, "to hear the sound of the
shofar". Teruah means "an awakening blast".
A theme associated with Rosh Hashanah is the theme "to awake".
Teruah is also translated as "shout". I believe this is call
to awaken Israel to the 70th week of Daniel.
On October 5, 2005, the New Moon viewed from Jerusalem marking
the start of the Feast of Trumpets. It just so happens that this was
exactly 14,000 days after the Israeli government gave up control of
the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967. Moreover at this time there were signs in the heavens that happen
once every two to three years, but just so happened to coincide with
the end of this 14,000 day period.
Revelation 12:1,2
And
there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with
the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown
of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in
birth, and pained to be delivered.
Recalling the significance of Virgo the virgin, there is another
place in the Old Testament where the woman that gives birth to the
child that will rule with a rod of iron points to the nation of
Israel.
Genesis 37:9-11
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun
and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou
hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed
come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his
brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
In Joseph's dream, Rachel was the moon, Jacob (Israel) was the
sun and the 12 stars represented the 12 tribes of Israel from the
twelve brothers. The signs in the heavens depicted in Revelation 12
coincide with Jacob's own interpretation of them representing the
nation of Israel and all this coincided with the end of a 14,000 day
period of time on the prophetic New Year. Could it be that these
coinciding events point to the completion of Israel's judgments and an awakening blast for the children of
Israel as they enter the final seven years, the 70th week of Daniel?
I posit that God's week for Israel, the 70th week
of Daniel, begins according to the celestial signs spoken of in
Revelation 12 and set in motion from the creation of
the universe. Since the midst of this week is
the beginning of the end it is necessary for Israel's previous
judgments, laid out in Ezekiel's 430-day prophecy and the 14,000
days, to be completed before this final seven years can begin. In
this way, Israel is God's prophetic timepiece and the study of her
history in relation to Bible prophecy reveals a clock very close to
striking midnight.
Perhaps you are still skeptical, I hope so. I want you to pick
this apart and search the Bible yourself to see if this is so. In
Acts 17:11, the Berean's
who did this were called noble for their searching for Truth in this
way. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Romans 10:12-18 You build faith in
seeing the Truth of God's Word revealed. But before getting into the
details of the future, I need to be sure all who hear are grounded
not in dates or predictions, but in the Bible. This is the uniting
Word for all those that trust God. There is much more detail to be
understood, but to show the framework as given in the Bible, I want
to walk you through it so you can see what the Bible says for
yourself and not just take this watchman's word for it. I pray that
as you continue to see what God is warning those who will listen
(read His Word, watch and pray), that your faith will be increased
and you too will stop and take time to get to know the One who
created you even more. Call to Yeshua and He will answer, that's why
He came - for you.
The World In
Bible Prophecy
Having seen how the history of Israel and Bible prophecy tie
together to show God's plans for the nation of Israel in the
timeline of Earth's history, how does the
rest of the world fit into the picture? What of the dragon's plans
is God allowing to come to pass that will fulfill what we've
examined of Bible prophecy? How advanced are those plans of the
enemy and how does that relate to what the Bible foretold? These
answers and more are put together in the following studies to remove
the veil that has been put over our eyes by the things of this world
to blind us to the reality of what God's Word has been warning us
over the past millennia, which is now coming to pass.
Some believe we take the earth for Christ before He returns.
Bible prophecy shows a 180° opposite picture of the increased
persecution in an increasingly wicked world of apostasy. Lucifer
must control the world in order to give that control to the man of
sin and that is what is foretold to happen at the end during the
great tribulation.
This section reveals the hidden history we aren't taught in
school through many quotes and writings of these people through
history influenced by the mystery of iniquity speaking dark
sentences in dark places and the fruits of their labor lining up
with God's foretelling of these events in the Bible.
“The age of Nations must end... The
Government of nations has decided to order their separate
sovereignties into one government to which they surrender
their arms.”
| United Nation's World Constitution
The Fourth
Kingdom
This topic was touched upon in
the examination of prophetic terminology before, but as with much of
what was covered there, this will expound upon it and point to
current events that are lining up with the fulfillment of these
prophecies from thousands of years ago. This fourth kingdom is the
last kingdom run by men before Christ comes to take the throne and
this final kingdom is the dragon's instrument of control over the
earth through what is sometimes called the New World Order.
Daniel 2:40-44
And the
fourth kingdom shall be strong as
iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break
in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes,
part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be
divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as
the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas
thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one
to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days
of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
A common number associated with this kingdom is ten. In this
passage there are ten toes comprised of iron and clay. The previous
section of the statue interpreted by Daniel from Nebuchadnezzar's
dream were the two legs of iron symbolizing the Eastern and Western
legs of the Roman Empire. The iron
representing Rome is part of the final kingdom of ten toes
and the miry clay mixture. Considering that each previous section
from the head to the legs was a different type of metal from gold to
silver to bronze to iron, it is significant that this final section
is comprised of the same metal as that of signifying the Roman
Empire. For this and other reasons I view the fourth kingdom as a
reviving of the Roman Empire in a weaker fashion. The number ten
relating to this kingdom appears elsewhere in prophecy as well but
rather than the number of toes, it is represented by the number of
horns. Prophetically, horns typically represent kings or heads of
kingdoms.
Daniel
7:19-27
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast,
which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose
teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured,
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of
the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came
up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes,
and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more
stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war
with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient
of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most
High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and
shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break
it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten
kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and
he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three
kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and
shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change
times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a
time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall
sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to
destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given
to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey
him.
Notice that again this fourth beast has similarities to the
fourth kingdom in the iron teeth and the number of horns and indeed
they are directly connected in verse 23. The fourth kingdom is iron
and clay and it is the iron teeth that seem to give this fourth
beast its power. This also mentions a little horn that comes up and
before whom three of the ten horns fall, whom the little horn
subdues. It is this little horn that blasphemes against God and to
whom is given power over the earth and who persecutes the saints for
3½ years beginning at the abomination of desolation.
Daniel
9:26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut
off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince
that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of
the war desolations are determined. And he
shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in
the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until
the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.
The people that destroyed Jerusalem were the Romans in 70 AD and so
future prince will be ruling the fourth kingdom as the
little horn that came up from three to speak great things
against the Most High. It is this future prince who confirms the
covenant with many in verse 27.
Revelation 17:1-5;18
And there came one of the seven angels which had the
seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I
will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth
upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have
been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried
me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in
purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious
stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of
abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her
forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH... And the woman
which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the
kings of the earth.
- Woman riding the beast is great city that rules over the
kings of the earth (religion controlled kings and kingdoms
through the Vatican and the "vicar of Christ".)
- Not bashing Catholics, just pointing to Bible prophecy
and history
- Church killed many Christians through history and
appointed kings
- Vatican - black pope - banking
- 7 heads of kingdoms through history dealing with Israel
- 10 horns on one of the seven heads (7th)
- Revelation 13 beast chart
Post WWII Europe:
Building a Union through Harmonizing Trade & Laws
- May 9, 1950:
Schuman Declaration -
A public appeal
by Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, to place
France's and West Germany's coal and steel industries
under joint management. Inspired by Jean Monnet, the
declaration's goal was for France, West Germany, and the
Benelux countries to share strategic resources in order
to eliminate sources of mutual friction and build a
lasting peace in Europe.
- "Treaties of Rome"
- April 18, 1951: The
Treaty of Paris established the
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
- first of the European Communities
and predecessor of the European Union. During its
existence, the ECSC had succeeded in creating a
common market but could not prevent the decline of
the coal and steel industries. It did however
set the ground for the future European Union.
- 1969:
All its institutions were merged
with that of the
European Economic Community (EEC,
which
later became part of the European Union),
but it retained its own independent identity.
However in 2002 the Treaty of Paris expired, and
with no desire to renew the treaty, all the ECSC
activities and resources were absorbed by the
European Community.
- March 25,
1957: The Treaty of Rome establishes the
European Economic Community (EEC), an
independent supranational economic organization that
came into force on January 1,
1958.
- March 25,
1957: The Treaty establishing the
European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), also
coming into force on January
1, 1958.
Click picture for source with links
- European Union
- February 7, 1992 -
Maastricht Treaty - entered into force on
November 1, 1993 during the Delors Commission. It led to the
creation of the European Union and was the result of
separate negotiations on monetary union and on political
union. [It also renamed the Treaty
establishing the European Economic Community to
Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC).]
- the European Community Treaty is still the legal
basis for most decisions taken by the institutions of the
European Union and it remains the main source of communitary
legislation.
-
Treaty of Lisbon
- On the European summit of June 22
and 23, 2007, it was agreed that both the Treaty on
European Union and the Treaty establishing the European
Community will be amended by a new Treaty of Lisbon to have
most provisions of the European Constitution included. The
Treaty establishing the European Community will be renamed
once again in this process, this time to Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union.
-
It's the end of Britain as we know it
Christian Science Monitor
(March
24, 2008) - The Lisbon Treaty spells the end of a
sovereign Britain. ...if ratified, it will become the
decisive act in this creation of a federal European
superstate with its capital in Brussels... The
Eurocrat elite in Brussels might not admit it, but the
Treaty of Lisbon is essentially a constitution for a
"country" called Europe. More bluntly, it's a cynical
repackaging of the EU Constitution rejected by French and
Dutch voters in 2005... If all 27 nations ratify the
treaty this year, it will begin to come into effect on Jan.
1, 2009... With its flag, anthem, currency,
institutions, regulations, and directives, the EU has long
been indistinguishable from a nation-state-in-waiting.
Now the Lisbon Treaty gives it those requisites of
nationhood it's always lacked: a president, a foreign
minister (and diplomatic corps), a powerful new interior
department, a public prosecutor and full treaty-making
powers... Most alarmingly, though, is that the Lisbon
Treaty can be extended indefinitely without recourse to
further treaties or referendums... When British Prime
Minister Edward Heath took Britain into the Common Market in
1973, the country thought it was entering a free-trade
agreement. Like Europe's fervent integrationists,
whose plans for political union had always been disguised as
increasingly beneficial economic integration, Heath
maintained the fiction that he had simply joined a trading
bloc... Thus when the British were asked to decide on
continued membership in the Common Market in a 1975
referendum, almost 70 percent voted to stay in. The "Yes"
campaign swept to victory on a platform of jobs, prosperity,
and peace. But the implications for the weakening of
national sovereignty went unheeded. Few recalled that
in 1961 the Anti-Common Market League had warned that
signing the Treaty of Rome (which created the Common Market)
"would mean a permanent, irrevocable loss of sovereignty and
independence" and that Britain's affairs "would increasingly
be administered by supranational bodies … instead of by our
own elected representatives."
- Article 9e page 9
-
2. The High
Representative shall conduct the Union's common
foreign and security policy. He or she shall
contribute by his or her proposals to the
development of that policy, which he or she
shall carry out as mandated by the Council. The
same shall apply to the common security and
defence policy.
-
3. The High
Representative shall preside over the Foreign
Affairs Council.
- Article 13 page 9
- 3. The common foreign
and security policy shall be put into effect by the High
Representative and by the Member States, using national
and Union resources.
- Article 9e page 12
- 2. Furthermore, the Conference
recalls that, as regards the High Representative of the Union for
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy whose term of office
will start in November 2009 at the same time and for the same
duration as the next Commission, he or she will be appointed in
accordance with the provision of Articles 9d and 9e of the Treaty on
European Union.
- If
the Lisbon Treaty is not ratified by all 27 EU member states in
2008, the High Representative seems to stand to gain additional powers (other
than possibly Rec. 666) if the treaty is not ratified by
January 1, 2009:
- 8. Declaration on practical measures to be taken upon the
entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon as regards the
Presidency of the European Council and of the Foreign
Affairs Council
In the event that the Treaty of Lisbon enters into force
later than 1 January 2009, the Conference requests the
competent authorities of the Member State holding the
six-monthly Presidency of the Council at that time, on the
one hand, and the person elected
President of the
European Council [the largely
ceremonial "figurehead"] and the person
appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy [likely
Dr. Javier Solana], on the other hand, to take the
necessary specific measures, in consultation with the
following six-monthly Presidency, to allow an efficient
handover of the material and organisational aspects of the
Presidency of the European Council [6-mo. rotating, i.e., Czech Republic on 1/1/09]
and of the Foreign Affairs Council.
- Emergency powers change everything. Current time
scales could be shifted following an emergency such
as, say an assassination mentioned at the
abomination of desolation triggering the time of
Jacob's trouble and the great tribulation.
- Western European Union (WEU) 10 member states with
voting powers with rotating presidencies where different
individuals rule for a short time.
- Secretary-General is the center for all these rulers.
-
Javier Solana, born: July
14, 1942
- Education & Clubs
- Undergraduate in
Chemistry, 1963 Spain
- Masters Degree, Great
Britain
- Doctorate in Physics,
1968 University of Virginia under a Fulbright
Scholarship in the United States
- Solana left the USA in
1971 to return to Spain with one of his teaching
mentors. There he became employed by Complutense
University of Madrid, Spain. Again, he was
banished for political reasons, i.e. opposition
to the Franco government. In 1975 his political
nemesis, Generalissimo Francisco Franco died.
Thereupon Solana, expelled in his youth for
anti-Franco rebellion, gained a Complutense
University professorship. That year, also, he
involved himself in Spanish political life. As a
representative of a teacher's union, he ran and
won election as the Socialist candidate for the
parliamentary seat he was to begin occupying in
July 1977.
- Member of the Spanish
chapter of the Club of Rome
- Member of the Spanish
Socialist Party PSOE since 1964
- Bilderberger
- Involved with the
Trilateral Commission
- Career
- Secretary-General of
NATO |
November 30, 1995 - October 1999
- "Rhodes scholars Bill
Clinton, Strobe Talbott and Richard Gardner were largely
responsible for Javier Solana's appointment as head of
NATO in 1995." |
Björn (farmer), regarding revelations
in the new book,
Comrad J
- Euro-Med Partnership
for Peace | November
27-28, 1995
- WEU
Becomes 10 member-states 1995
- President of the
Council of the European Union |
Spain; July-December 1995
- Presides over Europe's
Political Security Committee (PSC)
- High Representative &
Secretary-General of the Council of the
European Union | October 1999 - Present
- Secretary-General of
the WEU | November 20, 1999 - Present
- High Representative
for the Common Foreign and Security
Policy (CFSP) | October 1999 - Present
- High Representative
(Solana) made the 10-nation Western European
Union (WEU) alliance the official military wing
of the EU | 2000
- Javier Solana's Brookings Institution speech of
March 21, 2007 said that
global disarmament and non-proliferation were "imperative" to him.
He also said it was "imperative" that the
new global governance machinery be ready by 2009.
- The number of his name (authority)
Revelation 13:16-18
- Recommendation #666
| June 2000, 1998
- "The foreign policy that
we now see the EU pursuing had it's beginning in
1998 when the Office of High Representative was
created with a document that, out of over eleven
hundred documents, was numbered 666."
- Herb L. Peters
- "He also provided his
Office of High Representative emergency powers."
- Herb L. Peters
- June 6,
2006 (06/06/06)
- Javier Solana to Iran:
First American coverage (top 2 stories for the day
involved him)
- Interesting coincidences
- July 14, 2006 Gold closed at
666.30
- July 14, 2007 Gold remained at
666.00
- The Sir Francis Bacon connection
- Who is he?
- Solana's mother's defense of him
- Beyond Europe: European Foreign Policy & the Middle East
- “Relations
between the EU and Israel are also part of the Union's
wider efforts to contribute to a resolution of the
Middle East conflict. The achievement of lasting peace
in the Middle East is a central aim of the EU, whose
main objective is a two-state solution leading to a
final and comprehensive settlement of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the implementation
of the road map, with Israel and a democratic, viable,
peaceful and soveriegn Palestinian State living
side-by-side in peace within secure and recognized
borders and enjoying normal relations with their
neighbours.”
| Javier Solana
- Barcelona Conference (EUROMED
[E.U. "ROMED"] Agreement) Agenda:
- See documentation online:
- Security and stability in the
Mediterranean
- Agreeing on shared values and
initializing a long-term process for cooperation in the
Mediterranean
- Promoting democracy, good
governance and human rights
- Achieving mutually
satisfactory trading terms for the region's partners,
the "region" consisting of the countries that
participated
- Establishing a complementary
policy to the United States' presence in the
Mediterranean
- Javier Solana opened the
conference saying that they were brought together to
straighten out the "clash of civilizations" and
misunderstandings that there had been between them, and
that it "was auspicious" that they had convened on the
900th anniversary of the First Crusade. He described the
conference as a process to foster cultural and economic
unity in the Mediterranean region. The Barcelona Treaty
was drawn up by the 27 countries in attendance, and
Javier Solana, who represented Spain as their foreign
minister during their turn at the Presidency of the
Council of the European Union, was credited with the
diplomatic accomplishment.
- Roadmap for Peace
-
Javier Solana & the
First Seal
- Revelation 6:2
And
I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had
a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth
conquering, and to conquer.
- "Solana's bow"
New ENP &
Daniel 9:27
- “As
I've tried to point out, the European Neighbourhood
Policy does not replace the process launched years ago
in Barcelona. It renews it, clarifies it and breathes
fresh life into it.” | Margot
Wallstrom regarding the ENP and fears
that it was replacing the 1995 EURO-MED [E.U. "ROMED"]
Agreement
- “[The
European] neighbourhood policy
[ENP]
is not a substitute for the Barcelona process; it rather
underpins and deepens it.” |
Javier Solana December 17,
2006
- This confirmation of the Barcelona Process offers
money for peace and is seven years in length. It began
January 1, 2007 and goes
until December 31, 2013,
with a mid-term review in 2010!
- Further reasoning that the confirmed covenant for
one week does not mark the beginning of Daniel's 70th week is that the first 69 weeks were fulfilled precisely
in 360-day years. However, the 7-year ENP is on our
current 365-day year calendar and is 2556 days instead
of 2520 days.
- Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the
cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between
me and the earth.
- "Solana's crown"
- “We have
finally decided that Europe will speak with one voice,
that of Mr. Solana.”
| Jacques Chirac Regarding
Solana's visit to Damascus for the Hariri inquiry
Solana to Restore EU Ties
with Syria (March 9, 2007)
-
“Solana
has the power and has had it since January 30, 1999. We
are speaking with one voice through Javier Solana.”
| Madeline Albright USA Secretary
of State Regarding Solana being given sole power to make
all further military decisions over NATO Balkan
operations.
-
“I agree with Javier
Solana's decision to do this.”
| Bill Clinton March 21, 1999 in
regards to the forthcoming bombings from the above
quote.
- Council Conclusion No.
66/06
| August 2, 2006
link
- "All 25 EU member states
have tasked their High Representative in his efforts
to bring a final and lasting peace to the current
Middle East crisis. In other words, once a
cease-fire is achieved, Solana has the green light
to send his forces to maintain the peace."
- Herb L. Peters
- "The Council asked the
High Representative to remain engaged and to remain
in contact with all the relevant parties and to be
ready to contribute to a political solution and to
the peace process."
- 66/06
- Conqueror? Past examples
of the spirit antichrist
-
Daniel 8:25
...by peace shall
destroy many.
-
Daniel 11:21
...he shall come in
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
-
Daniel 7:25
And he shall speak
great words against the most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they
shall be given into his hand until a time and
times and the dividing of time.
-
1 John 4:3
And every spirit that
confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh is not of God: and this is that
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye
have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world.
- Those of this world will be
enamored with the bringer of peace. Initially they will
have an all-inclusive ideology that rejects any
claims to sole ownership to the Truth. They will
be brainwashed to believe all religious
fundamentalists are the cause of all the
problems in the world, so elimination of them is
a natural need to bring peace and so will
support the man bringing forth the policies of
elimination to bring
peace and security.
- Significant Dates?
- November 27, 1095,
Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the
Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in
Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land,
with a cry of "Deus volt!" or "God wills it!"
- November 29, 1947
- "It seems to be more than just coincidence is that Annapolis is being
held almost 60 years to the day -- by the Jewish calendar -- after the nations
first voted to divide the land into Israeli and
Palestinian states, on November 29, 1947, with
U.N. Resolution 181. The Annapolis date was likely chosen for this
reason." -FulfilledProphecy
- November 27-28, 1995:
Barcelona Conference referenced before
- November 27-28, 2006 - There was a meeting in Tampere,
Finland which talked about, and confirmed the New ENP going into
effect January 1, 2007.
- November 27-28, 2007 - Annapolis, Maryland meeting
is planned to discuss how to bring about peace in the Middle East and a
push to agreed terms with which to divide Israel. The US
State Department confirmed the invitations had been sent out for next
week's conference, though no agenda has been set and no schedule has
been released for the meetings, which the United States hope will
kick-start negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
- NATO Cooperation
Official Journal of the European Union:
- RECALLING that the common security and
defence policy is an integral part of the common
foreign and security policy; that it provides
the Union with operational capacity drawing on
civil and military assets; that the Union
may use such assets in the tasks referred to in
Article III‑309 of the Constitution
outside the Union for peace‑keeping,
conflict prevention and strengthening
international security in accordance with the
principles of the United Nations Charter;
that the performance of these tasks is to be
undertaken using capabilities provided by the
Member States in accordance with the principle
of a single set of forces;
- RECALLING that the common security and defence policy of the
Union respects the obligations under the North
Atlantic Treaty of those Member States, which
see their common defence realised in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation,
which remains the foundation of the collective
defence of its members, and is
compatible with the common security and defence
policy established within that framework;
- DETERMINED to ensure that the Union is
capable of fully assuming its responsibilities
within the international community;
- RECOGNISING that the United Nations
Organisation may request the Union’s assistance
for the urgent implementation of missions
undertaken under Chapters VI and VII of the
United Nations Charter;
- RECOGNISING that the strengthening of the
security and defence policy will require efforts
by Member States in the area of capabilities;
- RECALLING the importance of the
Minister
for Foreign Affairs being fully
involved in proceedings relating to permanent
structured cooperation,
- On November 29, 2006,
NATO announced that it backs Turkey's Alliance of
Civilizations Initiative
- Alliance of Civilizations advocate through NATO (what
happens in an "emergency" when the "emergency powers" are
activated?)
- Global trade
-
Gordon Brown New World Order Video
clip
-
SEPA goes live
European Central Bank (January 28,
2008) - Single European Payments Area (SEPA) is a brand
new way to conduct cashless transactions throughout the EU.
Not only is this another step in the integration of the EU
but it is a huge step towards a single market.
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Member of
the Executive Board of the ECB Launch event said, "It
is a natural consequence of the single currency and a major
step in the creation of the Single Market. That is why the
ECB has supported the project closely over the past six
years. Today’s launch is the first visible result. A single
currency – with a single set of payment instruments – in a
single euro payments area."
-
2010 Changes
-
America
(How do we fit into the New World Order plans?)
- Origins (Freemasonry)
- America's Secret
Beginnings DVDs
- Occult system I won't get
into, but goal is destruction of sovereignty for New
World Order headed by the New Age Christ (NOT
Yeshua, but the prophesied man of sin).
- Albert Pike's stated goal is
that "the multitude, disillusioned
with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that
moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an
ideal, but without knowing where to render its
adoration, will receive the true light through the
universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer,
brought finally out in the public view. This
manifestation will result from the general reactionary
movement which will follow the destruction of
Christianity and atheism, both conquered and
exterminated at the same time." - 1871 letter to
Mazini
- Brigadier-General in the
Confederate Army
- 33rd degree Mason
- Gen. Albert Pike is the
only Confederate general with a statue on federal
property in Washington, DC. He was honored as
Southern regional leader of the Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
- “The
Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the highest degree,
maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine.”
| General Albert Pike, 33rd degree Mason "Instructions" July
14, 1889
- Ceding Power to Europe
- “The
United Nations is the greatest fraud in all History! Its
purpose is to destroy the United States.”
| John
Rankin , U.S. Congressman
- “It is
the SACRED principals enshrined in the UN Charter to
which we will henceforth pledge our Allegiance.”
| President George H.W. Bush
- UN building, Feb. 1, 1992
-
Sovereignty is ability to make laws and money (both of which we are
losing now)
-
New World Order clips:
George H.W. Bush 9/11/1991 & other speech
-
Bush backs EU
plan on global financial reform
EU Observer
(October 20, 2008) - US President George W. Bush
has backed the European idea of a series of global talks on reform of
the world's financial system, with the first summit set to be held
shortly after the US presidential elections in November.
The outgoing American leader agreed there needs to be further co-ordinated
effort to tackle the "challenges facing the global economy" after a
three-hour meeting at Camp David on Saturday (18 October) with French
President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country currently chairs the 27-strong
EU, and with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. The
three politicians said they would approach other world powers - both
from the richest nations and the newly emerging economies such as China
and India - and try to reach "agreement on principles of reform needed
to avoid a repetition and assure global prosperity in the future."
-
7-year plan aligns U.S. with Europe's economy
WorldNet Daily (January 16, 2008) -
Six U.S. senators and 49 House members are advisers for a
group working toward a Transatlantic Common Market between the U.S. and
the European Union by 2015. The
Transatlantic Policy Network – a non-governmental organization
headquartered in
Washington and Brussels – is advised by the
bi-partisan congressional TPN policy group, chaired by Sen. Robert
Bennett, R-Utah. The plan – currently being implemented by the Bush
administration with the formation of the Transatlantic Economic Council
in April 2007 – appears to be following a plan written in 1939 by a
world-government advocate who sought to create a Transatlantic Union as
an international governing body. An economist from the World Bank has
argued in print that the formation of the Transatlantic Common Market is
designed to follow the blueprint of Jean Monnet, a key intellectual
architect of the European Union, recognizing that economic
integration must inevitably lead to political integration.
-
Is America's Sovereignty Obsolete?
Human Events (October
22, 2007)
- Part
of the distrust of government arises from a failure -- now
six years after 9-11 -- to secure our borders from incursion
by illegal aliens. McCain’s realization is not shared by
President Bush whose press secretaries -- first Tony Snow
and now Dana Perino -- have said that he is still convinced
he was right in the failed “comprehensive” approach to
illegal immigration which translated into amnesty for
illegal aliens and would not have secured our borders. It is
no exaggeration to say that a nation which does not secure
its borders cannot claim sovereignty. Sovereignty -- the
supremacy of political power a nation has over its own
actions -- seems to mean a great deal less to free world
leaders than to their Chinese, Russian and Islamist
counterparts.
-
Outrage Erupts Over Bush Demands in Murder Case
WorldNet Daily
(October 10, 2007) -
What the U.S. government
wants in the Medellin murder case, now being heard before
the U.S. Supreme Court, is "bizarrely grotesque," according
to the chief counsel for the
Alliance Defense Fund. And
the warning from ADF Chief Counsel
Benjamin Bull notes that the case, being pursued by President Bush
through the Department of Justice, could result in U.S. laws being
subjugated to U.N. resolutions and rules to the point that local police
officers will have to spend more time studying international law than
catching criminals.
-
Euro Could Replace U.S. Dollar As Favored Reserve Currency
Associated
Press (September 17, 2007) -
Former U.S.
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said it is possible
that the euro could replace the U.S. dollar as the reserve
currency of choice.
-
U.S. under U.N. law in health emergency World
Net Daily (August
28, 2007)
- The Security
and Prosperity Partnership of North America summit in Canada
released a plan that establishes U.N. law along with
regulations by the
World Trade Organization and
World Health
Organization as supreme over U.S. law during a pandemic and sets the
stage for militarizing the management of continental health
emergencies. The "North
American Plan for Avian & Pandemic Influenza" was finalized at
the SPP summit last week in Montebello, Quebec.
-
Will Presidential
Decision Directive #25 be Declassified?
Daniel
New
(August
2007) - US soldier refuses to wear UN uniform instead of US
uniform and is court-martialled
-
National ID? How about a global ID?
Info World
(August
10, 2007) - A little-known
federation quietly lays the infrastructure for a universal identity
system that could eventually be implemented nationally or
internationally. The Federation for Identity and
Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs)
-- a little-known group of non-profits, government
contractors, commercial entities, and government agencies --
has just unveiled a first-of-its-kind global infrastructure
to support distributed, integrated identity management and
cross-credentialing across organizations. The implementation
combines several existing security technologies along with a
set of trusted models, policies, and operating rules to
insure the accurate identity of personnel accessing physical
sites or logical systems.
-
Javier Solana & The Larger Plan
News With Views: Dennis L. Cuddy (July
23, 2007) - one of the primary power elitists was Cecil
Rhodes, whose secret Society of the Elect was “to take the
government of the whole world.” Canadian P.E. Corbett was a
member of this group, and in his Post-War
Worlds (1942) described their plan to form a world government by
linking regional arrangements which would involve trade,
investment, distribution of food and raw materials,
migration, etc. Solana’s “BIG plans” involving “mutually
advantageous trading terms over the area’s resources leading
to a Mediterranean Free Trade Zone by 2010.” To accomplish
this, the larger plan was to get rid of Yugoslavia’s Serbian
leader Slobodan Milosevic, who was standing in the way of
linking the European Union’s trade corridor to the power
elite’s desired Mediterranean regional arrangement because
of his conflict with Croatia and Kosovo. In early June 1995,
Secretary of State Warren Christopher announced regarding
the Transatlantic Free Trade Area: “We intend to give it the
serious study it deserves, with its considerable potential
to form an element of our overall strategy. . . . The
long-term objective is the integration of the economies of
North America and Europe, consistent with the World Trade
Organization.”
-
Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty
World
Net Daily (May
13, 2007)
- Critics say it would put 70% of Earth under control
of global bureaucracy. In a move that
has already angered some of his most ardent supporters, President
Bush has asked the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate to
revive a proposal for ratification of the
United Nation's Law of the Sea Treaty, an international
agreement defeated two years ago by Republican leadership in
the upper house.
-
Bush OKs 'integration' with European Union WorldNetDaily
(May 8, 2007) - President Bush signed an
agreement creating a "permanent body" that commits the U.S.
to "deeper transatlantic economic integration," without
ratification by the Senate as a treaty or passage by
Congress as a law.
-
A report on President Clinton's Executive Order 13107: "The
Implementation of Human Rights Treaties"
Crossroad.to
(signed on December 10, 1998) - The creation of a massive
government bureaucracy to promote, monitor, and enforce
compliance with human rights regulations mandated by the
United Nations. This governing body shows only contempt for
Biblical values, American sovereignty, and the U.S.
Constitution.
- Future (Part of the New World
Order)
-
Circles of Power (NATO Chart)
- "North American Union:" NAFTA,
CAFTA, & SPP
-
Jerome Corsi
video clip
- There are many talking heads that
scoff at the idea of a North American Union. One only needs to
examine the history of Europe after WWII to see how the steel and
coal industries were used to lead to integrated government policies
that have become the European Union. And international trade is used such that sovereign nations lose that
sovereignty in the name of international cooperation. This is just a
similar step in the Americas that will lead to international control
centered in Europe as we will see.
-
NAFTA Cementing a North American Union News
With Views (December 29, 2007)
-
North American Union 'a couple years away'
WorldNet Daily
(November 19, 2007)
-
'Declaration of North American Integration' unearthed World Net
Daily (July
25, 2007)
-
North American Army created without OK by Congress
WorldNet Daily
(February
24, 2008) - In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in
the American media, the United States and Canada signed
a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces
from one nation to support the armed forces of the other
nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that
does not involve a cross-border crisis.
- Borders (diluting nationality
borders/language/culture)
- Being a melting-pot, we've always been diverse.
- Socialist policies of free money help draw people.
- Voting issues?
- Collapse of the economy?
Third Seal (chart)
-
America: Freedom to
Fascism
-
ICA McAlvany Report
- Help to bring about cashless
society secured by RFID tattoo ink?
- “The
most powerful clique in these elitist groups have one
objective in common – they want to bring about the
surrender of the sovereignty of the national
independence of the United States. A second clique of
international members in the CFR comprises the Wall
Street international bankers and their key agents.
Primarily, they want the world-banking monopoly from
whatever power ends up in the control of global
government.”
| Chester Ward
16-year member of the CFR
- “Give
me control of a Nation's money and I care not who makes
the laws.” |
Mayer Amschel Bauer (Rothschild)
- “No
one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will
make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the
New Age unless he takes a Luciferian initiation.” |
David Spangler Director of
Planetary Initiative,
Interconnections
Must-read link
- Revelation 13:16,17
- “Today,
America would be outraged if UN troops entered Los
Angeles to restore order.
[Referring to the 1991 L.A. riots]
Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true
if they were told that there was an outside threat from
beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our
very existence. It is then that all people of the world
will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one thing
every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this
scenario, individual rights will be willingly
relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being
granted to them by the world government.” |
Henry Kissinger (Bilderberg Conference 1991 Evians, France)
-
Islam
- Islam and the West:
- Islam and Israel:
-
Destruction of Damascus
- Ezekiel 38 & 39 Coming?
I Will Turn
Thee Back: Turkey at a Crossroads From the video:
- Step 1: Israel is the "trigger" for something
happening in the Middle East (go after Iran?)
Remember Damascus -
Isaiah 17
- Step 2: Iran shuts the Straights of Hormoose
- 85% of America's oil comes from the Western hemisphere,
only 15% from the Gulf of Hormoose.
- Europe however is totally dependent on the Gulf and has
no oil within two weeks of shut-down. India - 1 billion
people - also dependent as well as Japan - the 2nd GDP
in the world
- Step 3: The Europeans, Japanese and Indian
governments come to America, who is now bankrupt, and are
told its time for them to shoulder burdens. Told to do UN
resolution and America will back it.
- Avi believes if the Gulf of Oman were shut down, Europe
would act quickly to restore the oil.
- Pakistanis have nuclear weapons and the nation is
sliding downhill. (Perhaps sale to Syria triggers Damascus?)
- Sunnis (Saudis & friends) feel threatened by the Shiite
Iranians (Iran, Syria, etc.) Both hate the Jews and
Christians.
- "Believers (Muslims) take neither the Jews nor the
Christians for your friends. The Jews and the Christians are
friends with one another. Whoever befriends them will become
one of them and Allah does not guide the wrongdoer." |
Arabic Quoran 5:51
- The difference between the Shiite and Sunni is that the
Shiites will deny you the oil and the Sunni will sell you
the oil, take your money and use the money to spread Islam.
- Immediately after the signing of the peace agreement on
the White House lawn in 1999 with Clinton, Arafat and ...,
Arafat spoke at a mosque in Johannesburg and was almost
lynched when they found out he signed a peace deal. He
claimed to be no different than the Prophet Mohammed who
also signed a peace agreement with the tribe of Kurish, a
pagan Arabian tribe that was in control of Mecca and Medina.
Mohammed and his followers were too weak and so they made a
peace agreement for ten years and broke it after two years,
wiping out the tribe. Arafat said, this is exactly the
treaty I signed with the Jews.
- I believe the New World
Order centered in Europe may take the opportunity in the
Middle East when the Magog war happens to gain control
somewhat. This combined with the rise of the Mahdi from the
well will unite Islam eventually under the West once the man
of sin declares himself God at the abomination of
desolation.
- 12th Mahdi (False
Prophet) & The Fourth Seal (chart)
- Chuck Missler has put forth a possible interpretation of
biological weapons.
- Spiritual
-
Mystery of iniquity at work
- 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in
his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the
way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming:
- Our spiritual enemy is at work in the world trying to bring
about his plans God foretold for us in His Word. The ultimate
end of these plans is the rise of one man to control of global
governance as the head of the New World Order. The question is,
can small and/or powerful groups affect global changes to bring
about desired effects and the ultimate end, the New World Order?
- World War I - 1914 to 1918
-
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
Connections of
the Black Hand, a secret society founded in Serbia in 1911,
is believed to have connection to assassination considered to
have been the main catalyst to the start of World War I.
-
RMS Lusitania, America's entry into war -
May 7, 1915 This
British luxury ocean liner was torpedoed by the German
submarine, U-20. The ship sailed regardless of the German
forewarning February 4, 1915 that
any ship passing through would be sunk. Effective as of February
18, Allied ships in the area would be sunk without warning. This
was not wholly unrestricted submarine warfare, since efforts
would be taken to avoid sinking neutral ships. A group of
German–Americans, hoping to avoid controversy if Lusitania were
attacked by a U-boat, discussed their concerns with a
representative of the German embassy. The embassy decided to
warn passengers not to sail aboard Lusitania before her next
crossing. The Imperial German embassy placed this warning ad in
50 East Coast newspapers, including those in New York. This ad
was prepaid and requested to be put on the paper's travel page a
full week before the sailing date. However, even though the ads
were sent to newspapers in time for the requested deadline, the
State Department of the United States intervened by raising the
specter of possible libel suits. The ads, intended by the German
government to save American lives, were to appear in only one
newspaper, the Des Moines Register. It has been argued the
actions taken by the U.S. government were taken to ensure the
U.S. would become embroiled in WWI as the killing of innocent
women and children by Germany would stir popular opinion against
the Central Powers. While carrying many American passengers, the
great ship sank in just 18 minutes, eight miles (15 km) off of
the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 of the 1,959
people aboard. The sinking turned public opinion in many
countries against Germany.
- General Albert Pike in 1871 : "The First World War must be brought about in
order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia
and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The
divergences caused by the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the
British and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of
the war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other
governments and in order to weaken the religions."
- The political alliances of England on one side and
Germany on the other, forged between 1871 and 1898 by
Otto von Bismarck, co-conspirator of Albert Pike, were
instrumental in bringing about the First World War.
- “We
have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled
and dominated Governments in the world - no longer a Government of free opinion,
no longer a Government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a Government
by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men.”
|
Woodrow Wilson [U.S. President during World War I]
- World War II - 1939 to 1945
- Hitler's Reichstag fire:
February 27, 1933 - A Berlin fire station
received an alarm call that the Reichstag building, the assembly
location of the German Parliament, was ablaze. The fire started
in the Session Chamber, and by the time the police and firemen
arrived, the main Chamber of Deputies was in flames. Inside the
building, the police quickly found a shirtless Marinus van der
Lubbe. Van der Lubbe was a Dutch insurrectionist council
communist and unemployed bricklayer who had recently arrived in
Germany, ostensibly to carry out his political activities. The
fire was used as evidence that the Communists were beginning a
plot against the German government. Van der Lubbe and four
Communist leaders were arrested. Then-chancellor Adolf Hitler
urged President Hindenburg to pass an emergency decree in order
to counter the "ruthless confrontation of the KPD". Meanwhile,
investigation of the Reichstag Fire continued, with the Nazis
eager to uncover Comintern complicity. In early March 1933,
three men were arrested who were to play pivotal roles during
the Leipzig Trial, known also as "Reichstag Fire Trial," namely
three Bulgarians: Georgi Dimitrov, Vasil Tanev and Blagoi Popov.
The Bulgarians were known to the Prussian police as senior
Comintern operatives, but the police had no idea how senior they
were: Dimitrov was head of all Comintern operations in Western
Europe. Recent research has confirmed the widely-held belief
at the time, that the Nazis organised the arson attempt in order
to seize power.
- Pearl Harbor, America's entry into war:
December 7, 1941 -
aircraft and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy
began a surprise attack on the U.S. under the command of Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto. Despite long-standing assertions that this
attack could have been predicted and prevented by the United
States Military, the U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor appeared to be
utterly unprepared, and the attack effectively drew the United
States into World War II.
- General Albert Pike in 1871: "The Second World War must be fomented by
taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political
Zionists. This war must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and
that the political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state
of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International Communism
must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom, which would be
then restrained and held in check until the time when we would need it for
the final social cataclysm."
- After this Second World War, Communism was made strong
enough to begin taking over weaker governments. In 1945, at the
Potsdam Conference between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin, a
large portion of Europe was simply handed over to Russia, and on
the other side of the world, the aftermath of the war with Japan
helped to sweep the tide of Communism into China.
- World War III - 2001 to Present:
Islam & the West
- “We are
on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the
right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World
Order.” | David
Rockefeller
- September 11, 2001
- General Albert Pike in 1871:
"The
Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage
of the differences caused by the "agentur" of the
"Illuminati" between the political Zionists and the
leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in
such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World)
and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually
destroy each other. Meanwhile the other
nations, once more divided on this issue will be
constrained to fight to the point of complete physical,
moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion…We shall
unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall
provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its
horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of
absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most
bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged
to defend themselves against the world minority of
revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of
civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with
Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that
moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an
ideal, but without knowing where to render its
adoration, will receive the true light through the
universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer,
brought finally out in the public view. This
manifestation will result from the general reactionary
movement which will follow the destruction of
Christianity and atheism, both conquered and
exterminated at the same time."
- Since the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, world
events, and in particular in the Middle East, show a
growing unrest and instability between Modern Zionism
and the Arabic World. This is completely in line with
the call for a Third World War to be fought between the
two, and their allies on both sides.
- New Age Movement
- Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow by Constance Cumbey
-
Constance Cumbey video clip
- The War on the Terror -- Leading to
the War on the Saints
- September 12, 2001 War on
Terror/NWO video clip
-
Alliance of Civilizations
- In addition to its usual goal of combating exclusivist
ideology, the report contains some interesting elements:
-
Exclusivist ideology is
defined as “those who feed on exclusion
and claim sole ownership of the truth.
As you consider this statement...
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
2) The core issue identified
to be the bridge between the West and Islam is
resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
3) The global and problematic players in this
conflict have been identified as the adherents
of the three monotheistic faiths.
4) Failure to resolve this conflict will result
in a failed Alliance of Civilizations.
- Media Does Matter
- “Those
who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society
constitute an invisible government which is the true
ruling power of our country. Our minds are molded, our
tastes are formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men
we have never heard of.”
| Edward L. Bernays, Propaganda - 1928
- Hiding facts, choice of coverage
easily determined: “We are grateful to the
Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and
other publications whose directors have attended our
meetings and respected the promises of discretion for
almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us
to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject
to the bright lights of publicity during those years.
But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to
march towards a world-government. The supranational
sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers
is surely preferable to the National auto-determination
practiced in past centuries”
| David
Rockefeller in an address to Trilateral
Commission meeting, 1991
- “We
must strengthen the United Nations as a first step
toward a World Government, patterned after our Own
Government with a legislature, executive and judiciary
and police.” |
Walter Cronkite
- “Join me, I'm glad
to sit here at the right hand of Satan.” | Walter Cronkite,
Acceptance speech for the World Federalist Association's
Global Governance Award - October 19, 1999
-
Walter Cronkite/World
Federalist Association/Hillary Clinton/Time Magazine
video clip
-
America Abroad
Time Magazine:
Strobe Talbott (July
20, 1992) - The human drama, whether played out
in history books or headlines, is often not just a
confusing spectacle but a spectacle about confusion. The
big question these days is, Which political forces will
prevail, those stitching nations together or those
tearing them apart? Here is one optimist's reason for
believing unity will prevail over disunity, integration
over disintegration. In fact, I'll bet that within the
next hundred years (I'm giving the world time for
setbacks and myself time to be out of the betting game,
just in case I lose this one), nationhood as we know it
will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single,
global authority.
- “The
CFR, dedicated to one-world government, financed by a
number of the largest tax-exempt foundations, and
wielding such power and influence over our lives in the
areas of finance, business, labor, military,
education and mass communication media, should be
familiar to every American concerned with good
government and with preserving and defending the U.S.
Constitution and our free-enterprise system.
Yet, the nation's right to know machinery – the news
media – usually so aggressive in exposures to inform our
people, remain conspicuously silent when it comes to the
CFR, its members and their activities. The CFR is the
establishment. Not only does it have influence and power
in key decision-making positions at the highest levels
of government to apply pressure from above, but it also
finances and uses individuals and groups to bring
pressure from below, to justify the high-level decisions
for converting the United States from a sovereign
constitutional republic into a servile member of a
one-world dictatorship.”
| Former Congressman John R. Rarick
-
The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America - A Chronological Paper Trail
by
Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt - Much of this book contains quotes from
government documents detailing the real purpose of
American education:
- to use the schools to change
America from a free, individual nation to a
socialist, global "state," just one of many
socialist states which will be subservient to the
United Nations Charter, not the
United States Constitution
- to brainwash our children,
starting at birth, to reject individualism in favor
of collectivism
- to reject high academic standards
in favor of OBE/ISO 1400/9000 egalitarianism
- to reject truth and absolutes in
favor of tolerance, situational ethics and consensus
- to reject American values in
favor of internationalist values (globalism)
- to reject freedom to choose one's
career in favor of the totalitarian K-12
school-to-work/OBE process, aptly named "limited
learning for lifelong labor," coordinated through
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization.
Only when all children in public,
private and home schools are robotized -- and believe as
one -- will World Government be acceptable to citizens
and able to be implemented without firing a shot. The
attractive-sounding "choice" proposals will enable the
globalist elite to achieve their goal: the robotization
(brainwashing) of all Americans in order to gain their
acceptance of lifelong education and workforce training
-- part of the world management system to achieve a new
global feudalism. -
excerpt from the preface
- “...The
outcome in Iraq will depend on something that a German
philosopher, Immanuel Kant said... someday there will be
universal peace. The only question is whether it comes about
through human insight, or whether it comes about... through
a series of catastrophes of such a magnitude that people are
so exhausted that they have no other choice.”
| Henry Kissinger speaking in Istanbul,
Turkey May 31, 2007
- “The
interests behind the Bush Administration, such as the CFR,
the Trilateral Commission – founded by Brzezinski for David
Rockefeller – and the Bilderberg Group have prepared for and
are now moving to implement open world dictatorship within
the next five years.” | Dr. Johannes Koeppl,
Ph.D., former official of the German Ministry for
Defense and adviser to NATO Secretary General Manfred Werne.
- “For more
than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the
political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized
incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the
inordinate influence they claim we wield over American
political and economic institutions. Some even believe we
are part of a secret cabal working against the best
interests of the United States, characterizing my family and
me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others
around the world to build a more integrated global political
and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that's
the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." |
David Rockefeller, Memoirs , 2002
(Random House, New York, 2002) Chapter 27, page 405
- “Democracy
tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because
it loathes doing what is needed to counter them, it awakens
only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, and evident.
By then, either there is too little time left for it to save
itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high.”
| Jean Francois Revel
- To be clear, I do not believe
there is anything that we can do. What was first presented
is the Biblical account of the future timing of events
according to the judgment history of Israel and what is
happening now to take away freedoms in the name of peace and
security is prophecy fulfilled. As Christians we need to
focus not on fixing or changing the system because that will
only eliminate our ability to reach the lost with the
Gospel, that is our mission. Vengeance is the Lord's and it
will come as I will get to, but our focus needs to be Christ
and the lost.
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Other supporting evidence
Exact-Day Prophecies: Significant Tie-Ins
Having examined the terminology as defined by scripture, it is
now possible to connect the pieces of the puzzle together into the
timeline that began the 70th week of Daniel through a series of
exact-day prophecies given to Daniel and John. If God really means
what He says and says what He means, the precision we've seen in the
historical fulfillment should be sufficient enough for us to examine
that same precision in light of what is not yet fulfilled. When we
do, some amazing details and times come into the light of scripture
regarding our near future. We are truly not in darkness concerning
what is coming!
With this overview of the sequence of events beginning the end at
the abomination of desolation, how does this tie into the 70th week
of Daniel from part two? It wasn't until after putting the framework
together from these prophecies that it occurred to me to merge the
coincidental date related to Israel's history and the framework of
exact-day prophecies. The following are some resulting dates of
significance given this joining from Rosh Hashanah 2005 start date.
I don't claim this as fact, but I think you will see the potential
significance.
First we must recognize that seven prophetic years of 360 days is
2,520 days in total. The 1,290 days marking the time from the
abomination of desolation to the end of the 70th week of Daniel
leaves 1,230 days from the start of the 70th week to the abomination
of desolation. With a starting date of October 5, 2005 - Rosh
Hashanah - this places this event on February 16, 2009.
Purim, 2009
The story of Purim originates in the book of Esther telling the
story of Israel being saved from a plot to destroy them by Haman in
the days of the Persian Empire. Esther, the daughter of Mordecai's
uncle, had previously come to be loved by the king and held in high
esteem both by him and all those in the courts. It was her head that
the king placed the royal crown replacing the previous queen with
Esther. As instructed by Mordecai, Esther did not disclose that she
was a Jew to anyone and gained favor with the king when Mordecai
warned the king through her of a plot against him.
Esther 3:1-6
After
these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above
all the princes that were with him. And all the king's servants,
that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for
the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed
not, nor did him reverence. Then the king's servants, which were
in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou
the king's commandment? Now it came to pass, when they spake
daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told
Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had
told them that he was a Jew. And when Haman saw that Mordecai
bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they
had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to
destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
In his pride Haman and those that were with him plotted against
Mordecai and his people, the Jews. They told the king of a people
with their own laws that don't keep those of the king and requested
that they be destroyed. When Mordecai discovered what had happened,
he dispatched a message after much grieving to Esther to ask that
she petition the king on behalf of her people. Esther went before
the king and requested a banquet for Haman the next day. At this
banquet, Esther told the king of the plot against her people and the
king had Haman hung on gallows that Haman had prepared for Mordecai.
The king then placed Mordecai over the house of Haman and decreed
that the Jews join together to protect themselves at this future
time decreed by the king.
Esther 9:1-5
Now in
the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew
near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the
Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the
contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) The
Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as
sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear
of them fell upon all people. And all the rulers of the
provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers
of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell
upon them. For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his
fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man
Mordecai waxed greater and greater. Thus the Jews smote all
their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and
destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
And so Purim is celebrated today as the time when Israel was
saved from extermination. How does this potentially fit into this
combination of the framework and the beginning of the 70th week of
Daniel? The abomination of desolation starts the time of Jacob's
trouble and according to the exact-day framework would begin
February 16, 2009. That same year Purim is celebrated March 10-11, a
time of 22 days after the abomination of desolation.
Matthew 24:22
And
except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Is the 30 days cut short at day 22 as mentioned in verse 22 of
Matthew 24 marking the end of the time of Jacob's trouble as Israel
is saved from extermination by the man of sin and his army like a
flood? I don't know, but an interesting "coincidence" that I can't
ignore.
Joshua's Seventieth Jubilee by
John P. Pratt
The date of the crossing of the
Jordan River into the Promised Land following the 14,000-day
wilderness wandering is precisely given in scripture using their
calendar at that time. It was the 10th day of the first month (later
called Nisan), forty years after the Exodus from Egypt.
Joshua 4:19; 5:6
And the people came up out
of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in
Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho... For the children of
Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people
that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed,
because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the
LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD
sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that
floweth with milk and honey.
On that very day, the Lord
commanded them to circumcise all of their males who had been born in
the wilderness.
Joshua 5:2
At that time the LORD said unto
Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the
children of Israel the second time.
On the Hebrew calendar, that day
10 Nisan (Consecration) is one of two days each year which is
especially appropriate for making a covenant with God, the other
being the Day of Atonement. Correlating that day to our calendar
implies that Joshua passed over Jordan on Mon 12 Apr 1422 BC.
An extremely impressive
anniversary of that date is approaching.
Mon 6 Apr 2009
will mark exactly seventy jubilees on the (Perpetual) Hebrew
Calendar since that date.
The year of the jubilee has been lost to modern Hebrews, but the
results of John Pratt's research indicate that the jubilee year
occurred in that very year of entering the Promised Land. The Lord
told Moses to begin counting Sabbath years and the jubilee cycle
when they entered the promised land,
Leviticus 25,
which suggests beginning the count immediately at that time.
The jubilee is the fiftieth year
after the cycle begins, but the cycle only has seven sets of seven
years, or 49 years. Thus, the 50th year of the cycle is the same as
the first year of the cycle. That and several other events indicate
that they indeed entered the promised land in a jubilee year. The
year 2009 marks 70 sets of 49-year jubilee cycles since 1422 BC.
What is the possible significance of this date? It isn't
precisely on any significant events, but it does occur very soon
after the harpazo of the bride of Christ, a spiritual crossing into
our promise to be with the Lord in heaven.
9th of Av, 2012
Before saying we cannot know the day or hour of Christ's coming,
keep in mind what was previously described, two comings of Christ -
one with wrath and sudden destruction from which He removes His
bride and the second time He returns with His wife to defeat the
armies gathered to Har Megiddo at the sixth bowl near the end of His
wrath. The day and hour we don't know is tied to the day of the Lord
beginning that comes like a thief in the night.
Remember also that the exact-day prophecies say that the man of
sin will rule for 42 months beginning at the abomination of
desolation. This is 1260 days, meaning that we will know the day of
Yeshua's return in glory because
Revelation 19:20 states that the
reign of the man of sin will end at Armageddon when Christ casts him
and the false prophet into the lake of fire.
So having previously arrived at the date of February 16, 2009 for
the abomination of desolation, counting forward 1260 days brings us
to July 30, 2012, just two days before the 9th of Av on the Hebrew
calendar. The significance of this date is evident in the history of
the Hebrew people.
- Av 9, 1312 BC - The ten spies brought the bad report
leading to the wilderness wandering.
See also:
14,000 Days
- Av 9, 586 BC - Babylonians destroy Solomon's temple.
See also:
Ezekiel's 430 Days
- Av 9, 70 AD - Romans destroy 2nd temple.
See also:
Daniel's 70 Weeks
- Av 9, 135 AD - The Bar Kochba revolt was crushed by
Roman Emperor Hadrian. The city of Betar -- the Jews' last stand
against the Romans -- was captured and liquidated. Over 100,000
Jews were slaughtered.
- Av 9, 1290 AD - Jews forced out of England.
- Av 9, 1492 AD - Jews forced out of Spain.
- Av 9, 1914 AD - World War I Began (The immediate
cause of the war was the June 28, 1914
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the
Austro-Hungarian throne, by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb
citizen of Austria-Hungary and member of the Black Hand.
Wikipedia On August 1, 1914
Germany declared war on Russia)
- Av 9, 1942 AD - July 23, 1942
- Treblinka extermination camp opened in occupied Poland, east
of Warsaw. The camp is fitted with two buildings containing 10
gas chambers, each holding 200 persons. Carbon monoxide gas is
piped in from engines placed outside the chamber, but Zyklon-B
will later be substituted. Bodies are burned in open pits.
HistoryPlace
- Av 9, 2005 AD - Starting at midnight on
August 14, 2005, the entry and
presence of Israeli citizens in the areas to be evacuated was
prohibited under paragraph 22A of the Implementation of the
Disengagement Plan Law 2005. Disengagement from the Gaza Strip
was completed on August 22, and from northern Samaria on August
23, 2005. Related news articles
here.
Picture what is happening at this time. Israel is protected in
the wilderness as the armies are marching on Jerusalem, being
gathered from around the world to the battle of Armageddon. Will
Israel come to the 9th of Av and finally call upon Yeshua as their
Messiah? Why is this significant if they do?
Matthew 23:37-39
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house
is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not
see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord.
Remember at the triumphal entry that Yeshua pronounced Israel's
blindness and said they would not see Him until they said blessed is
he that comes in the name of the Lord. This is an announcement of
accepting Him as the Messiah and is what the disciples were saying
at the triumphal entry when Yeshua presented Himself as the Messiah.
The Final Two Fall Feasts
Recall that there are seven main prophetic feast days, four of
which Christ fulfilled at His first coming during the spring leaving
three fall feasts to be fulfilled. Rosh Hashanah, the awakening
blast and the head of the year, marks the resumption of God's
dealing with Israel in the final seven years, the 70th
week of Daniel, which leaves the final two fall feasts to be
fulfilled. This is how I see them fitting to date.
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
The ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are called the Days
of Awe, or the Days of Repentance. This time is used to reflect on
the sins of the year and repent before Yom Kippur. It is on Yom
Kippur that the books are sealed. The time frame for this holiday in
respect to the framework could fit with the sheep & goat separation
following Christ's return in glory July 30, 2012. Yom Kippur is
observed September 26, 2012.
Matthew 25:31-46
When
the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an
hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye
clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and
ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and
gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?
or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in
prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto
me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and
in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye
did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Feast of Tabernacles
(Sukkot)
Scripture states that this will be celebrated throughout the
millennial reign of Christ.
Zechariah 14:9;16-19
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall
there be one LORD, and his name one... And it shall come to
pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which
came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to
worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of
all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the
King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if
the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain;
there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the
heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This
shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all
nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- Apostasy from Truth=God's
Word=Bible (written and spoken)
-
History of the Mystery of Iniquity The attack on
God's Word
- Evolution attacking
God's Word and being taught as science and not theory.
Watch:
Kent Hovind series
- “Everyone
who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science
becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the
laws of the Universe - a spirit vastly superior to
that of man.” | Albert Einstein
- "Do what you want" mentality
- Attack on family as defined by God
- The Church
- Ecumenism, "we all worship the same God" lie.
- Belief defined by holy book (Torah, Bible, Koran)
Fruits are apparent
- Kingdom now/preparing for Christ (Yes we are to
spread the Gospel, God has a plan for the end that does
not involve Christians taking over the world for Him, it
involves the world overcoming the true believers.)
- Earth Changes (aka: Global
Warming)
- Global Warming like terrorism
a tool to manipulate mass consciousness to raise funds &
bring further international integration
- Plants breathe CO2 and produce oxygen
from it.
- Volcanic eruption produces large amounts of CO2
greater than our pollution
- Changes are solar system-wide,
why?
- Carbon pollution or spiritual
corruption?
-
Global warming and the day of the Lord
- Sixth seal heralds the day of
the Lord and the sudden destruction of God's wrath
- "Planet-X" (Binary
brown-dwarf star)
- Planet-X part 2 of 5
video
- According to NASA, over 80% of all solar
systems have multiple suns.
- Note that estimated 3,600-year orbit places
previous pass around the time of the Exodus when
similar plagues fell on the earth.
- The historical accounts contained in
The Kolbrin Bible, suggest it could be
Sol's unborn twin. A destructive brown dwarf
larger than the planet Jupiter, known to the
ancients as the Destroyer.
- The Kolbrin Bible is a 2-part, 11-book
secular anthology. The first six books are
called the "Egyptian texts" and were penned by
Egyptian academicians following the Hebrew
Exodus.
-
Genetic engineering
- Unidentified Flying Objects
- As going over these scriptures, (show
video
from NASA and others of these balls of light travelling
in straight lines, etc.) Are these angels in "chariots?"
- Ezekiel 1:12-21
And they went every one straight forward: whither
the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when
they went. As for the likeness of the living creatures,
their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like
the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the
living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the
fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and
returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. Now as I
beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth
by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance
of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a
beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance
and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a
wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides: and
they turned not when they went. As for their rings, they
were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were
full of eyes round about them four. And when the living
creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living
creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were
lifted up. Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went,
thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted
up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature
was in the wheels. When those went, these went; and when
those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from
the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for
the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight;
and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims,
that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the
covenant of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 2:11,12a
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and
talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire,
and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah
went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and
he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel,
and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more:
- Genesis 6:1-8
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on
the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto
them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that
they were fair; and they took them wives of all which
they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not
always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet
his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after
that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of
men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw
that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he
had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast,
and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it
repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace
in the eyes of the LORD.
- Daniel 2:40-45
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it
break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron,
the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it
of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest
the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the
feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom
shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas
thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with
clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but
it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest
that the stone was cut out of the mountain without
hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass,
the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath
made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure.
- "They" mingling with the "seed of men" implies
"they" are not the seed of men. Rather "they" are the
seed of the serpent.
- Lucifer prince of the power of the air.
Ephesians 2:2
- Technology explosion since
1950s
- Book of Enoch speaks of fallen angels teaching
mankind war and giving technology
- WWII Foo fighters
- Roswell, 1947
- Abductions/encounters/pregnancies?
- Return of the Nephilim?
- “The battle with UFOs is
not for the planet of man but for the soul of man.”
| Trevor James Constable-Military
Aviation Historian
- Useful tools for global cooperation?
- “Some one remarked that the best way to unite
all the nations on this globe would be an attack from some other planet. In
the face of such an alien enemy, people would respond with a sense of their
unity of interest and purpose.” | John Dewey, New
York 1917
- “Cannot
swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In
our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much
unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal
threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how
quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien
threat from outside this world.”
| Ronald Reagan, Address to United Nations General Assembly
September 21, 1987
- There are angels (benevolent) and fallen angels
(malevolent). The fallen angels can carry out their
desires and foster fear of the unknown that could lead
to the world uniting against Yeshua at His return,
portrayed as an alien invasion possibly.
- Reagan/Star Wars video clip
Part 5:
The Coming Times - What's Next?
Up until now the focus has been mainly on history and Bible
prophecy. The following is my estimation of the coming times from study of Bible prophecy and
current news. You can subscribe to the
Watchman Newsletter by
visiting the website. I do not claim that this is exactly how things
will unfold because I do not have full knowledge, I see through a
glass darkly as do we all and unlike God I am prone to error. Any
error here is not from God's Word, but my misinterpretation of it.
The Coming Times: 2008 & Beyond
- In progress:
First seal
(could last through the breaking of following seals)
-
Revelation 6:1,2
- Dividing Israel
for peace
to pieces
- Preparing for the war on the saints - the push for peace
& security against religious fundamentalism
-
Second Seal - Peace taken from the earth
-
- Isaiah
17: Destruction of Damascus
- The Magog Invasion
-
Third Seal - Economic Crisis & Famine
- Israel rebuilds the temple
-
Fourth Seal - Rise of the
12th Mahdi, the
False Prophet
-
Fifth Seal
Part 6:
What Do We Do?
Matthew 6:5-15
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites
are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in
the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of
men. Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward. But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door,
pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye
pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much
speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for
your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye
ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
[our intimate/subservient
relationship to our Creator]
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven. [recognition of
authority and future]
Give us this day our daily bread.
[and source of provision]
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
[recognition of our need to
act in His ways] And
lead us not into temptation,
[we need His guidance = read/trust His Word]
but deliver us from evil:
[He is able]
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever. Amen. [our
eternity with Him]
For if ye forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But
if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Request the guidance of the Holy Spirit through, and a
greater hunger for, God's Word.
- Make real the Word of God in your daily life as you
see prophecy fulfilled in these end-times.
- Gain that peace that passes all understanding in knowing
He is in control and you are His.
- Get to know Christ, conform to be more like Him. That's
how your relationship with the Creator and Savior of mankind
grows as you walk towards Him, not away into the things of
this world. Luke 21:34
"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."
- As we near the end of days, let us come together under
the Word of God, of one mind regarding its Truth, and
searching it daily with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
- I believe trusting His Word as self-interpreting is
the most supreme uniting principle because we all agree
on one Truth not dependent on anyone's private
interpretation.
- I don't claim to have all the answers or be correct
on everything, but we should all be able to unite in
examining all and keeping the right according to His
Word.
- That means everyone needs to seriously study God's
Word personally with prayer. How plum are we spiritually
to God's ways? It's between you and God.
- Watch!
- Mark 13:32-37
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the
angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time
is. For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who
left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to
every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch
ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or
in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
- Some Watchmen on the
walls
- Can we change the direction
the world is headed?
- No, what God foretold
will unfold by our choices exactly how He knew it would
because God is outside of time.
- Scripture says nothing
about getting involved in politics to affect change, rather
it says to preach the Gospel in order to change the hearts
of men and women with ears to hear. Politics are a
distraction from our true mission.
- We can reach individuals
searching for Truth so Christ can change
them.
- Be a witness for Christ to
those around you, share the hope that is in
you!
- Faith isn't blind, it's
based on hearing and accepting the Word of God.
- Share the reason for
your faith!
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