The Rapture Puzzle - Putting The Scriptural Pieces Together
The Rapture Puzzle - Putting The Scriptural Pieces Together
The Rapture Puzzle - Putting The Scriptural Pieces Together
JUDGEMENT DAY
THIRD EDITION
RENEE N. MOSES
RENEE N. MOSES
Joshua M. Musau
Joshua M. Musau
Joshua M. Musau
renee@rapturepuzzle.com
joshua@rapturepuzzle.com
joshua@rapturepuzzle.com
joshua@rapturepuzzle.com
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Table of Contents
Chapter Page
Foreword
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Introduction
1. Puzzle Pieces 1 & 2 (7,000-year Plan of God for Mankind & 7th Day Rest)
2. Puzzle Pieces 3, 4, 5 & 6 (Year of Jubilee, 360-day Prophetic Year, Jewish Bridegroom
3. Puzzle Pieces 7, 8 & 9 (70th Week of Daniel, Final 7 Years, 7th Day of Tabernacles)
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4. Puzzle Pieces 10 & 11 (Abomination That Causes Desolation, 1,290 Day Count Begins)
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7. Puzzle Pieces 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21 (7th Day of Unleavened Bread,
1,260 and 1,335 Day Counts, 40 Days, Second Delay, Blood Moons, Joel 2)
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8. Puzzle Pieces 22 & 23 (Day of The Lord, About That Day or Hour)
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12. Puzzle Pieces 28, 29 & 30 (12 Hours of Daylight/ Fall Equinox/ Resurrection of The Dead) 88
13. Puzzle Pieces 31, 32 & 33 (The Two Witnesses, the 144,000 and The New Jerusalem)
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Foreword
I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and that Jehovah, the Almighty God of
heaven, raised Him from the dead and that whosoever believes in Him
shall not perish but have eternal life. I was born into a Christian family and
have been raised in the Christian faith all my life. I am not perfect by any
standards, as I have made many mistakes and sins in my life. I am no prophet
either. I, however, made a conscious decision to earnestly seek the face of
Jehovah and live according to Gods will in mid-2012. I decided to renew
my walk with Christ and got baptized in September 2012, and I have been
walking in faith with Jesus ever since. However, my study and fascination
with Biblical prophecies and the end times spans a much longer period.
Im sure a lot of you who will be reading this book after the rapture
takes place on September 23, 2015, will probably be wondering how its
possible for any human being to have known the actual date of the rapture
beforehand, since Jesus said in Matthew 24:36: But about that day or hour
no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Well
you need to also realise that Jesus also says these words concerning the
rapture in Matthew 24:43: But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had
known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert
and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Paul also talks about this
day in 1 Thessalonians 5:4: But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the
day would overtake you like a thief. Reading these separate passages can get a
bit confusing; on one hand, we are told that `nobody knows the day nor
the hour` and on the other, we are told to `watch so that this day doesnt
overtake us like a thief`. In Revelation 3, we also read, If you do not wake up, I
will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
So what is the meaning of all this? We all know that the Bible never
contradicts itself. Jesus almost always taught in parables, symbols and idioms.
In fact a whole lot of what He taught was hidden in meaning and thats why
he regularly made statements such as He who has ears to hear, let him hear.. Mark 4:9 & Revelation 2:29.
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We should therefore look for deeper meaning behind the words of Jesus and
Paul in order to understand what they are actually saying. To get better and
deeper meaning behind these teachings it is important to understand Jewish
idioms, customs and practices, such as the Jewish wedding, as well as the
Hebrew calendar.
The book of Revelation is filled with symbols too and I believe that the entire
Bible, including the Old Testament, is riddled with such clues and symbols.
A case in point is the Feasts of the Lord, which God ordered Moses and the
Israelites to observe in Leviticus 23. At the time the Lord instructed them to
celebrate the Passover feast, they had no idea that this was a foreshadowing
of the coming of Christ who would be sacrificed in a similar manner as the
Passover lamb. The Lord knew well in advance that He would send His Son
to die for mans sins. The seven Feasts of the Lord (Passover, Unleavened
Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement & Tabernacles) are ALL
centered around Jesus Christ and He shall fulfill them at the appointed times
that His Father ordained them.
If you are not familiar with the Lords Feasts, I strongly urge you to get
familiar with them as well as the Hebrew calendar; otherwise, a lot of what
will be said in this book will not make sense to you. Its as though God left
all these bits and pieces for us like a puzzle so that we may be able to make
out the whole picture in this particular time in history. Daniel, the Prophet
of Jehovah, went to his grave without fully understanding a lot of the
prophecies he was given and which are recorded for us in the Bible. Daniel
12:8 says, As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, My lord, what
will be the outcome of these events? He said, Go your way, Daniel, for these words are
concealed and sealed up until the end time. It is a great honour to live in this day
and age and in hindsight, be able to finally make sense of the essence of the
Bible and Jehovahs plan for the salvation of mankind, Jesus Christ.
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Jesus first coming had been prophesied by many prophets in the Old
Testament; the most referred to prophecy is Daniels 70-week prophecy
where Daniel prophesied a period of 69 weeks, beginning with a decree to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah the Prince (Daniel 9:24).
The Jews were well aware of this prophecy and knew the timing of Jesus
birth. The evil king Herod also was aware of this and he sought to kill Him
by having all the male children under 2 years of age killed. So it is clear that
God wanted the Jews to know the time Jesus, the prophesied Messiah, was to
come, as it fell exactly on the date that Daniel had prophesied. I wont go into
the details of that prophecy here, but the gist of what Im saying is that just
as God had expected the Jews to know the exact time of Jesus first coming,
in the same way He expects us to know the exact timing of Jesus return for
His church. If it was not so I dont think He would ever have left us all these
clues in the Bible such as the 1,260 & 1,335 day counts, or the Feast days
which He called `His appointed times` and were meant to be practiced every
year as a rehearsal for a future event. We see that Jesus fulfilled the first 4
Feasts (also called the Spring Feasts) right at their appointed time without
fail. I believe, without a doubt, that He will fulfill the remaining 3 Feasts (also
called the Autumn/Fall Feasts) also at their appointed times without fail.
The Bible says Surely the Lord GOD does nothing unless He reveals His secret
counsel to His servants the prophets - Amos 3:7. God, through His grace, gave
many prophets in the Bible a glimpse of many future events, some of which
have come to pass and others are yet to come to pass. The reason He gives
prophecy to His people is so that when the prophecy gets fulfilled, His
people can be reassured that God is fully in control and give glory to Him.
He also gives prophecies as a warning in the event of calamities.
What Renee and I seek to do in this book is to take the end-time prophecies
and piece them together so as to try make sense of Gods plan for the end
days just as one would put together a puzzle piece; hence the name of the
book. If you are reading this book after the rapture and have been left
behind, please take heart and know God is in control and has a plan for you
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still; only that getting to heaven will mean you will most likely lose your life,
just as the early saints did. It is an honor to lay down your life and become
a martyr for Christ; many of His own disciples defended their faith, even
unto the pain of death. The pain you will suffer at the hands of the enemy is
nothing in comparison to the eternal life that awaits you in heaven. Jesus said
in Matthew 16:25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his
life for My sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and
forfeits his soul? Your soul is very precious; the devil will try everything he can
to test your faith, including torture and deception. His sole aim is to get you
to doubt your faith, accept his mark and hence be damned for eternity. Please
do not take the mark of the beast, because once you accept it, therell be no
redemption for you.
Despite how things may look right now, always know that in the end good
will always overcome evil; what the devil is doing right now is not without
permission from the Almighty God Jehovah. Hes even more furious as
his time has been shortened (as you will find out in the book). Please keep
your faith and defend it to the end, if you do so successfully, Jehovah will
wipe away every tear from your eye and you shall mourn no more. Jehovahs
reward that awaits you is unfathomable - out of this world, quite literally!
John 16:20
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will
grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain
because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because
of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief,
but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
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Introduction
This book is being written for those who have been left behind after the
Rapture takes place on September 23, 2015. It is my intention to show
you from the Scriptures that this event was scheduled, and always has
been scheduled, for this exact date according to the Scriptures.
I know what some of you are already thinking... I thought NO ONE knew, or
could ever know, the day or hour that the Rapture would take place. I will
address this in chapter 8 of this book, and if you try to skip to chapter 8 for
answers, you may not understand it very well. This book is being built word
by word, line by line, chapter by chapter, to help you understand what the
Scriptures are saying in regards to the day and hour a.k.a. the Day of the
Lord.
The Lord hid prophecies throughout the Old and New Testaments, like gems,
waiting for us to find them and put them all together to see the whole picture
of His plan for mankind. When we take just one piece, or one Scripture, we
cannot see the whole picture that the Lord has painted for us so masterfully
in His Word. Scripture interprets Scripture. We must put all of the Scriptures
together, all of the pieces of the puzzle together, before we can see the whole
picture. To take only one or two pieces of the puzzle and say that we can see
the whole picture, is just not true. We need ALL of the pieces in order to see
the whole picture.
I will attempt to make this book as simple to read and as easy to follow as
possible, in case you are not familiar at all with the prophecies of the Bible.
For those of you who have been left behind and who are well-read in Biblical
prophecy, the main struggle you will probably have with what I have written will
be how the days of Tribulation can just be shortened from 3 12 years to only
one year. This has been my own struggle as well. You will most likely think...
how then can the prophecies be fulfilled that clearly say that the Antichrist
is given 42 months to rule, and you are saying that this will be shortened to
just over one year? Please remember that Scripture interprets Scripture. The
Lord put this together like a puzzle, putting some of the pieces in Revelation,
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some in Daniel, some in Matthew and other pieces just hidden throughout
other books of the Bible. The Antichrist being given 42 months is just one
piece of the puzzle. You must put that piece together with Revelation 10:6,
and Matthew 24:22 and 25:5, and Revelation 8:12, where we are told that
the days will be shortened, the Bridegroom will be delayed, and only 1/3 of
the days and nights will be darkened. The Antichrist was to have been given
42 months and the Great Tribulation was to have lasted for 3 12 years, but if
the Lord had allowed that to happen, no flesh would have survived, as Jesus
warned us in Matthew 24:22, And except those days should be shortened, there should
no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened. Even after just one
year of Tribulation, there will be few people left who will have survived what
is coming on the great and dreadful day of the Lord (see Joel 2:31; Malachi
4:5; Zephaniah 1:14).
Isaiah 13:6-13
Wail, for the day of the LORD is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.
Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman
in labor.
They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
See, the day of the LORD is coming
a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger
to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the
ruthless.
I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the LORD Almighty.
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Joel 2: 31-32
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance,
as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
This Day of the Lord is spoken of all throughout the Old and New
Testaments. The Day of the Lord is the Sabbath day, or the 7th day of the
week. It is the time for Gods people to enter their rest. It is the 7th day of
Daniels 70th week (last year of the final 7 years before Christ returns to the
earth). It is also the 1,000-year New Millennium, the final 1,000 years in Gods
7,000-year plan for mankind.
I intend to show you from the Scriptures how that the Day of the Lord
will begin on September 23, 2015, the Day of Atonement. Most of you
reading this book will be reading it after this date and you will have been left
behind. I write this for you, so that you can know for certain that what took
place was actually the Rapture, or Great Escape* mentioned in the Bible
and that it was not something else, such as an alien invasion or intervention of
planet earth by extra-terrestrials. The Bible warns us that there will be a great
deception** that will happen at this time to try to deceive you into believing a
lie about what has happened and is now happening on earth.
Jesus wants you to be a witness to others so that they too can come into His
Kingdom and be spared from eternal wrath and suffering. You are now living
in the final year before Jesus returns to the earth with His people to rule and
reign for 1,000 years. Make the most of your time and use it to warn everyone
you can of what is actually taking place and snatch others from the fire (see
Jude 1:23).
God bless you and well see you soon on the other side!
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* Luke 21:36
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about
to happen,
and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.
** 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the
lie. Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness
will be condemned.
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Chapter 1
Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Hebrews 4:9-11
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters
Gods rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore,
make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their
example of disobedience.
Id like to start building the framework for this puzzle by talking about the
7,000-year plan of God for mankind.
a)
b)
c)
d)
God sets a pattern in Genesis of 7 days - 6 days for creation and 1 day
of rest.
The Millennium is referred to many times as the rest.
A day is like a 1,000 years. Psalm 90:4 says, For a thousand years in your
sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. 2 Peter 3:8
says, But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Another clue is that Hosea 6:1-2 predicts that the restoration of the
Jews would occur after 2 days, which is poised to occur now after
2,000 years from Christs first coming. Come, let us return to the LORD.
He has torn us to pieces but He will heal us; He has injured us but He will bind
up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will restore
us, that we may live in His presence.
The 7,000 year plan of God has been consistent with Jewish thought for
thousands of years. The apostle Barnabus was a partner in ministry to the
Apostle Paul (Acts 13:2, Acts 14:14). The Epistle of Barnabus written in the
1st Century explicitly tied the 7 days of creation to Psalm 90:4 and the 7,000
year plan of God. From the Epistle of Barnabas chapter 15, verses 3-5:
He speaks of the Sabbath at the beginning of the Creation, And God made in
six days the works of His hands and on the seventh day He made an end, and rested in it
and sanctified it. Notice, children, what is the meaning of He made an end in six days?
He means this: that the Lord will make an end of everything in six thousand years, for a
day with Him means a thousand years. And He Himself is my witness when He says, Lo,
the day of the Lord shall be as a thousand years. So then, children, in six days, that is in
six thousand years, everything will be completed. And He rested on the seventh day. This
means, when His Son comes He will destroy the time of the wicked one, and will judge the
godless, and will change the sun and the moon and the stars, and then He will truly rest on
the seventh day.
The Bible teaches that Christ will return to the earth for a second time at the
end of 6,000 years, counting from the Creation. It also teaches that Christ will
return at the beginning of the third day, or third Millennium, counting from
the time of Christ. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight. Hosea 6:2
So, where are we? When does the 6,000 years end? When does the 2,000 years
end? Do we count from the birth of Christ or the death and resurrection of
Christ? Well, the 2,000-year count could be from either the birth or death/
resurrection of Jesus, so the count could end anytime between 1995-2034 A.D.
Jesus should return to earth at some point during this time period. But what
about the 6,000-year count? When does that end?
I believe that we can count the years from Adam until the present day and be
fairly accurate in our conclusions about when the 6,000 years end. The Lord
has laid everything out for us in the Scriptures. Have you ever wondered why
the Bible records the ages of people all the way back to Adam? Or why it
records the number of years the Kings of Israel ruled? The Lord was giving us
the numbers so that we could COUNT the years from Creation and KNOW
the approximate time of when the 6,000 years would end.
We must keep in mind that when the Bible says that Adam was 130 years old
when Seth was born, or that Lamech was 182 years old when Noah was born,
that it doesnt mean that they turned that age on the day of their sons birth.
In many cultures, including Jewish culture, when someone turns 30, they are
considered to be in their 31st year, therefore they consider them to be 31, as
opposed to our own culture where we would say they are only 30. In Jewish
culture and most ancient cultures, when a baby is born, they were already
considered to be ONE; therefore, on what we would call their first birthday,
they would say the child is turning TWO. The same can be surmised when it
says a king reigned 45 years, that it is mostly likely saying his term ended in the
45th year, not that he completed 45 full years.
It is crucial that we understand this in order to correctly count the years as laid
out in the Bible. If we only count 130 + 105 + 90, etc., we will reach the end of
6,000 years somewhere in the 1990s. Obviously, we are past that time and Jesus
has not yet returned to earth, so we must understand how the Jewish culture
counts years in order to correctly count the years as laid out to us in the Bible.
So, when the Bible says that Adam was 130 years when Seth was born, we must
understand that he was in his 130th year, therefore he could have completed
between 129 years to 129 years and 364 days. Since we do not know exactly his
age, we should count that on average, he had completed 129.5 years of living.
The one number you may have a problem understanding is that Terah was in
his 130th year when Abraham was born. Genesis 11 mentions that Terah lived
70 years and then gave birth to 3 sons, listing Abraham as the first. However,
Abraham was not the eldest of these three sons. Stephen tells us in the book
of Acts that Abraham did not leave Haran until after Terah died. Genesis 12
tells us that Abraham was 75 when he left Haran and that his father was 205
years old when he died. We simply need to subtract 75 from 205 to understand
that Terah was in his 130th year when Abraham was born. The New Testament
helps us to properly understand the Old Testament, and together the Old and
New Testaments make up what we call the written Word of God.
Bible Verse
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 5
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11
Genesis 11:26, Genesis 11:32,
Genesis 12:4, Acts 7:4
Years
Bible Verse
74.50
430.00
479.00
36.00
Genesis 12:4
Exodus 12:40, Galatians 3:16
1 Kings 6:1
1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 11:42
Years
Bible Verse
Rehoboams rule
16.50
Abijahs rule
2.50
Asas rule
40.50
Jehosaphats rule
24.50
Jehorams rule
7.50
Ahazias rule
1.00
Athaliahs rule
6.00
Joashs rule
39.50
Amaziahs rule
28.50
Azariahs rule
51.50
Jothams rule
15.50
Ahazs rule
15.50
Hezekiahs rule
28.50
Manassehs rule
54.50
Amons rule
1.50
Josiahs rule
30.50
Jehoahaz
0.25
Jehoiakim
10.50
Jehoiachin
0.25
Zedekiah
8.50
Babylonian invasion until 1 BC
585.00
1AD until 2015
2,014.00
Total: 6,001.00
1 Kings 14:21
1 Kings 15:2
1 Kings 15:10
1 Kings 22:42
2 Kings 8:17
2 Kings 8:26
2 Kings 11:3
2 Kings 12:1
2 Kings 14:2
2 Kings 15:2
2 Kings 15:33
2 Kings 16:2
2 Kings 18:2
2 Kings 21:1
2 Kings 21:19
2 Kings 22:1
2 Kings 23:31
2 Kings 23:36
2 Kings 24:8
2 Kings 25:1
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I encourage you to go through these numbers in the Bible and verify them
for yourselves. If you add them up, you will see that from Creation until the
Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem in 586 BC, there were right around 3,400
years. Adding 585 to that reaches 1 BC. Then adding 2,015 years to that
number, and you will see that we are right at the end of the 6,000 year mark,
give or take a few years. We are right there. This is the outer framework of
this puzzle. From here, lets start with some of the major pieces. These pieces
include Year of Jubilee and the 70 weeks of Daniel.
Well also see how important the 7th day is when we look at the 7th day of
Tabernacles, 7th day of Hanukkah, 7th day of Unleavened Bread, and the 7th day
of Daniels 70th week, a.k.a. the Day of the Lord.
Chapter 2
Perhaps the biggest and most important piece of this puzzle is found in Leviticus
25: 1, 8-13 - The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai, Speak to the Israelites and say
to them: When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a
sabbath to the LORD... Count off seven sabbath years seven times seven years so that
the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. Then have the trumpet sounded
everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet
throughout your land. Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to
all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property
and to your own clan. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap
what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you;
eat only what is taken directly from the fields. In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to
their own property.
What is this Year of Jubilee all about? It was and still is about FREEDOM!
Perhaps we should call it the, Year of Freedom! Slaves were to be set free,
property returned to its rightful owner. It was a Sabbath year of rest for Gods
people and for the land. And when was it to start? Counting 49 years from the
day when the Jewish people entered the land that God was going to give to them,
the trumpet was to sound on the Day of Atonement (10th day of the Jewish
New Year). The Year of Jubilee was to start on the Day of Atonement.
There are 3 ways to count years. The most obvious one that we use today is called
the solar year approximately 365.25 days. The second way to count years is
by using the lunar cycle, which is what the Jewish people use for their calendar
354.37 days. The third way to count off years according to the Scriptures is
what we call a prophetic year of 360 days each. We find this numerous times in
Scripture, where a time, times and half a time is equal to 1,260 days. The first
69 weeks of Daniel were fulfilled using prophetic years of 360 days.
Solar Year
Lunar Year
Prophetic Year
365.25
354.37
360.00
DAYS
DAYS
DAYS
Terminus ad quo
Commandment to
restore Jerusalem
Terminus ad quem
The Messiah
the King
Temple Restored
Decree of
Artaxerxes
Longimanus
March 14, 445 BC
445BC - 32 AD:
March 14 - April 6:
Leap Years:
173,740
24
116
173,880
Jesus
Triumphal Entry
April 6, 32 AD
end of this 70 weeks leads us to the Day of Atonement. We know that right
in the middle of this final 7-year countdown, that this person who strengthens
his covenant with many will stand in the holy place where he does not belong.
We also know that this holy place will be a fortress-like structure that has been
desecrated by armed forces, according to Daniel 11:31.
Before we go further into this, lets go back to the Year of Jubilee and one
more important clue about the 70 weeks in Daniel. The first 69 weeks are
actually divided into two numbers for us. 7 weeks and 62 weeks. I believe the
Lord intentionally did this so that it would read like this: So you are to know and
discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah, the
Prince, there will be seven weeks... It then goes onto mention the 62 weeks. But if
we just stop reading right there, we have this 7 weeks, or 49-year period, from
when Jerusalem starts to be rebuilt. Jerusalem was recaptured on June 7, 1967.
This was the last time the land that rightfully belonged to Israel was given back
to her. If we count off 49 prophetic years of 360 days from this time, we come
to September 23, 2015, the Day of Atonement.
Decree to restore
and build Jerusalem
Temple
Restored
Messiah
the Prince
I believe the Lord is telling us that from the day when God gives Israel back the
land that rightfully belonged to her (see Leviticus 25:1) and when the decree
goes out to rebuild and restore Jerusalem (see Daniel 9:25a), from that day we
are to count off 49 prophetic years, which end right on the Day of Atonement
in 2015 (September 23, 2015). This will begin the Year of Jubilee for the
raptured saints, and will also start the great and dreadful Day of the Lord for
those who are left behind.
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The Year of Jubilee was to last for ONE YEAR not 7 or 3 12 years as most
Christians believe because of not putting ALL of the pieces together to see
the whole picture of how God will fulfill His prophecies. There was another
event that was to last for ONE YEAR as well. For the first year of a Jewish
marriage, the Bridegroom was not to fight in any war or engage in business,
but only to stay with His new Bride to bring her happiness. Deuteronomy
24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be
charged with any business; but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife
whom he hath taken.
The Bible refers to Gods people as the Bride of Christ (see Revelation
19:7-9, Revelation 21:2,9, Ephesians 5:25-27, John 3:29, 2 Corinthians
11:2). When a man marries a woman, everything that belongs to him is now
hers as well; they are co-heirs together. We will rule and reign with Christ;
we, as His people, are like the Queen and He is our King. For one year,
we will be together with Christ in the heavenlies, and Jesus, the restrainer
(see 2 Thessalonians 2), will be with His Bride, no longer fighting Satan or
restraining him. Satan will have one final year to do as he pleases. This is why
Jesus said, About that DAY or HOUR, no man knows NOT EVEN THE SON,
but ONLY THE FATHER. Jesus does not know what will happen on that
DAY, the final day of Daniels 70th week, because Jesus will not be here. He
will be with His Bride, cheering her up, resting together during the Year of
Jubilee. The Year of Jubilee starts on the Day of Atonement, 49 prophetic
years after the Jewish people were given back the land that rightfully belonged
to her and from the day when the decree went out to rebuild and restore
Jerusalem. If we count off 17,640 days from June 7, 1967, we end right on
September 23, 2015, the Day of Atonement.
360 X 49 = 17,640
From and including: Wednesday, 7 June 1967
To, but not including Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Result: 17,640 days / 2,520 weeks
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Its as if the Lord is telling us in Leviticus 25 that from the day when you see
Israel given back the land that rightfully belongs to her (June 7, 1967), from
that day, count off 49 prophetic years and you will end up on the Day of
Atonement. This is the day that the trumpet is to sound and the slaves are set
free, all debts are cancelled and liberty is proclaimed to those who are taken in
the Rapture. The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai, Speak to the Israelites
and say to them: When you enter the land I am going to give you, ...count off seven sabbath
yearsseven times seven years so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of
forty-nine years. Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh
month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. Consecrate
the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be
a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan. Leviticus 25:1, 2a, 8-10.
Or likewise, in Daniel 9, the Lord is telling us that from the day when the
decree goes out to rebuild Jerusalem, we are to count off seven sevens (49
prophetic years). Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore
and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven sevens...
(Daniel 9:25a).
There are many who make up the Bride of Christ whose robes are not clean, or
white. In Revelation, they are referred to as being lukewarm Christians (see
Revelation 3:15-17). They are not totally sold out to Christ and are worldly
(see 1 John 2:15). These believers in Christ will be left behind to endure the
Day of the Lord. The Lord does not want His Bride to be ashamed before
Him on the wedding day. It is His grace that is allowing them to be left behind
so that they can repent of their sin and perhaps even be given the honor of
martyrdom for Christ. You may be one of those people reading this book
right now. Please know that it was not because God is angry with you that you
were left behind. Jesus wants His Bride to be pure and triumphant, unashamed
before Him, on the wedding day. What bridegroom wants his bride to walk
down the wedding aisle naked, wretched and pitiful (see Revelation 3:17 and
Revelation 16:15), bringing shame to herself and to the bridegroom? No, the
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wedding day is to showcase the beauty and honor of the bride; it is to be a day
of victory and celebration. Those who have overcome and brought glory to
God through their lives will be chosen to participate in the wedding day after
the Rapture takes place. For those left behind, there will be a second chance a
second rapture event after the year of judgment during the Day of the Lord,
the 7th day of Daniels 70th week. I personally believe this event will take place
once again on the Day of Atonement in 2016, and the Year of Jubilee will
be extended for 1,000 years for those saints who were left behind or came to
faith in Christ during the Day of the Lord.
It is also my belief that the wedding event in heaven will take place during the
Feast of Tabernacles, which starts 5 days after the Day of Atonement. The
Feast of Tabernacles is a 7-day Feast. A traditional Jewish wedding would last
for 7 days. The most important day of the Jewish wedding was the 7th day of
the Feast. Likewise, the most important day of the Feast of Tabernacles is the
7th day. This will be explained more in the next chapter.
Before going on to chapter 3, I would like to look quickly at the Day of
Atonement and compare how the Jewish celebration and beliefs about this day
also compare to the Jewish wedding and symbolize the Rapture event taking
place on this day. The Day of Atonement is considered the most holy day of
the year to the Jewish people. It was on this day that the high priest would
go into the holy of holies to make atonement for the whole year of sins for
the entire Jewish nation. It was called the face-to-face day, because the high
priest would be consumed by Gods presence and face-to-face with God. This
was a most solemn moment, and the people were gripped with anxiety as the
high priest was in there, waiting to see if God would accept the sacrifice. A
bright cloud was over the mercy seat, at Gods presence in there. When the
high priest emerged from the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement, they
knew that they were absolutely sinless and blameless before the Lord, and
could set out upon yet another year of sin, until the next year.
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There are numerous similarities between a Jewish wedding and the Day of
Atonement. One is that the Bride and Bridegroom fast on the day of their
wedding, until the wedding feast at the end of the day. The Jewish people also
fast on the Day of Atonement. The same white garments are worn by the
men on the Day of Atonement as the day of their wedding. The same prayers
are recited on the Day of Atonement as in a Jewish wedding. On the Day of
Atonement, the Jewish people consider that their sins have been forgiven and
on the day of a Jewish wedding, it is believed also that the sins of the Bride and
Bridegroom have been forgiven. At a Jewish wedding, this is recited, Open
a new gate for us as the old gate is closed. It was believed that the gates of
heaven were opened until the end of the Day of Atonement and then the gates
of Heaven would close at the end of the day. Joel 2 is all about the Day of the
Lord. It says, Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather
the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that
suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
It was on the Day of Atonement that the Jewish people would blow a trumpet,
sanctify a fast and call a solemn assembly. There is little question that this verse
is pointing us to the Day of Atonement as the beginning of the Day of the
Lord and start of His wrath. All other Jewish festivals include feasting and
joy, while this day is one to fast, blow a trumpet and call a solemn assembly. It
is considered the holiest day of the year by the Jewish people and even most
non-religious Jews observe this day. It was considered to be a Sabbath.
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Jesus said in Mark 2:20, But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from
them, and on that day they will fast. Could Jesus have been giving us yet another clue
about when the bridegroom was coming and when He would be taken away from
those left behind? Could He be telling us that on that DAY, there will be fasting,
when the Bridegroom is taken away with the Bride and the DAY OF THE
LORD begins. This is when the restrainer is removed. 2 Thessalonians 2:7
says, For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back
will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
When Jesus leaves with His Bride to start the Year of Jubilee with the Raptured
Saints in Heaven, this is when all hell breaks loose on planet earth as the One
who has been restraining the power of lawlessness is taken out of the way. Jesus
said that only the Father knows ABOUT this day and hour - the Day of the Lord.
Zechariah 14 calls it a day known only to the Lord. Even Jesus told us that He
was unaware of what exactly will happen during this year of total darkness, when
Satan is allowed to have his way on earth without restraint. Zechariah 14 also tells
us that on that day there will be no light. This is because Jesus, the light of the
world, will no longer be there. He is with us until the end of the age and the age
of grace will be finished and the day of wrath will have begun. Could it be that it
is so dreadful and terrible, that the Father has hidden this from the Son in order
to spare Him the pain of knowing what will take place? But about that day or hour
no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. - Matthew
24:36. Might it also be that the darkness will not only be spiritual darkness, but
literal, such as if a solar flare hit the US power grid and knocked out all electrical
power in the US? The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its
kingdom was plunged into darkness. - Revelation 16:10
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Chapter 3
Lets take a quick look at the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles. This was
perhaps the most festive day of the year in Israel. It was on this day that the
Jewish people would walk around the altar 7 times in remembrance of the walls
of Jericho falling. On the 7th time around, the people would throw the palm
branches they were carrying into the fire of the altar and cry out, Hosanna,
save us now! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! There was
a great deal of dancing and rejoicing that took place on this day. It was the
one day of the year when the Jewish people looked for and anticipated their
Messiah showing up. While I am not completely certain, it seems to me that
our wedding celebration in heaven will most likely last for 7 days during the
Feast of Tabernacles, and the most festive day of the wedding will be on the
7th day, just as it was with the traditional Jewish wedding.
Daniel 9:27 teaches us that the final 7 years before Jesus returns to earth will
begin with the strengthening of a covenant or agreement with many. October
9, 2009, was the day when the final 7 years (or Daniels 70th week) began. This
was the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles. It was on this day that Mr. Obama
was chosen as the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Mr. Obama was chosen as the
worlds peacemaker on the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, the one day
of the year when the Jewish people looked for and anticipated their Messiah
to come. This event was the strengthening of the covenant or agreement with
many that Daniel mentioned. Mr. Obama would then go on to receive the
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award just a few hours before the start of Kislev 24 on the Jewish calendar
(Hanukkah Eve). There are 2 dates mentioned in Haggai 2 regarding the Lord
shaking the heavens and the earth and bringing the desired of all nations to
Himself at the time of the Rapture. These 2 dates are the 21st day of the 7th
month (7th day of Tabernacles) and the 24th day of the 9th month (Kislev 24).
These 2 days started a final 7-year countdown leading to the fall of 2016 as the
time for the final wedding day of the saints on the 7th day of Tabernacles in
2016 and then to Hanukkah 2016 as the Second Coming of Christ to earth to
rule and reign for 1,000 years.
Daniel 9:27 - That leader will make firm an agreement with many people
for seven years. He will stop the offerings and sacrifices after three and one-half
years. A destroyer will do blasphemous things until the ordered end comes to the
destroyed city.
To be certain that this was in fact the strengthening of the agreement with
many that Daniel is referring to, we needed to see something take place in
the middle of this 7-year period that would fulfill the prophecies concerning
the daily sacrifice and offering being stopped. This event is referred to in the
Bible as the Abomination of Desolation or the Abomination that causes
Desolation. In the next chapter, we will look at the prophecies concerning
this event and see how Mr. Obama fulfilled them exactly 1260 days after he was
chosen as the Nobel Peace Prize winner on October 9, 2009.
I know that many of you have been told that the final 7 years will begin with the
signing of a peace treaty and that the temple in Israel will be rebuilt and in the
middle of this 7-year period, the antichrist will stop the animal sacrifices taking
place in this temple and declare that he is god. And this could be one possible
interpretation of how the Scriptures could be fulfilled. The problem is that the
Lord never seems to fulfill His prophecies in a way that everyone is expecting.
When Christ first came to earth, all of the Jewish people were expecting their
Messiah at that time. They were looking for Him. They knew the 69 weeks of
Daniel were about to end and they were anticipating their Messiah to show up
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any day. Yet, almost all of them missed Him when He came especially the
religious leaders. They had too many preconceived ideas of what the Messiah
was supposed to be that they missed Him. And today also, most Christians are
unaware of the times in which we live because they are so certain that a temple
must first be built in Israel and a 7-year peace treaty signed. Most believers also
think the rapture takes place before all of these events, so there is little need to
watch for the prophecies to be fulfilled before the Rapture occurs.
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Chapter 4
Lets take a look now at the Abomination that causes Desolation and see how
the prophecies about this event were fulfilled on March 22, 2013.
That leader will make firm an agreement with many people for seven years. He
will stop the offerings and sacrifices after three and one-half years. A destroyer
will do blasphemous things until the ordered end comes to the destroyed city. Daniel 9:27
His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish
the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
- Daniel 11:31
From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes
desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. - Daniel 12:11
So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes
desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand...
- Matthew 24:15
When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it does not
belong let the reader understandthen let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. - Mark 13:14
OK, so lets put all of these verses together to get a picture of what this
abomination will actually be. It will take place at 3 12 years into the final 7
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years. It will involve daily sacrifice and offering being stopped. It will happen
in a temple fortress that was desecrated by armed forces. It will involve this
person who strengthened his promise or covenant standing in the holy place
where he does not belong. And it will be 1,290 days before a significant date.
I believe this prophecy has been fulfilled in TWO stages. The first part was
fulfilled in April/May 2002, when Palestinian armed forces rose up and
desecrated the temple fortress and abolished the daily sacrifice (daily
communion took place in the Church of the Nativity until the Palestinians
took over the building - so what was taking place daily was stopped on that
day). Now, 11 years later, the abomination that causes desolation has taken
place. We know that this is the HOLY PLACE that Jesus was talking about,
because it is a temple fortress that was desecrated and is referred to as the
HOLY PLACE.
Here are some quotes from different articles on the internet from 2002:
In Christian tradition, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem marks the place
where Mary gave birth to Jesus. It is one of the oldest continuously operating
churches in the world. First-time visitors are sometimes startled, even disappointed,
by its fortress-like appearance which results from a 12th century AD Crusader
reconstruction to make it more defensible.
Defying its status as one of Christendoms holiest shrines, it seems dilapidated and
battered, not at all beautiful. Still, for a building that has survived destruction by the
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Persians (614), a mad caliph (1009), earthquake (1834) fire (1869) and a Israeli army
siege (2002) against suspected Palestinian militants who had taken refuge there, its
dignity remains intact.
The forbidding, fortress-like church in the center of the modern city of Bethlehem,
facing Manger Square, is one of the oldest churches in the world.
Entering the church that marks the site of Christs birthplace means having to
stoop low. The only doorway in the fortress-like front wall is just 1.2 metres high.
Needless to say, the seizure of the 1,677-year-old church by 250 guerrillas affiliated
with Islamist terror factions has hardly roused the armies of Christendom.
Crusades, Christian-soldiering and all that went out in the last millennium.
Still, its a shock to realize that this desecration of the ancient church built over
whats believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ has brought down neither
Christian wrath nor international pressure on the desecrators to lay down their
arms and leave.
Palestinians celebrate Church of Nativity win, Israel notes they desecrated the site.
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While Muslims have responded with deadly outrage to the now-retracted report
by Newsweek of alleged Quran desecration by U.S. interrogators, there was
little outcry three years ago when Islamic terrorists holed up in Bethlehems
Church of the Nativity reportedly used the Bible as toilet paper.
The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said at the time, The world needs to
remember that the Church of the Nativity, which is sacred to Christianity, has
been desecrated in the past by Palestinian terrorists.
The Church of the Nativity in the heart of Bethlehem marks one of
Christianitys most sacred sites - the birthplace of Christ.
Situated on Manger Square 8 kilometres (5 miles) from Jerusalem, the church
is built over a grotto where the Virgin Mary is said to have given birth to Jesus.
The churchs large fortress-like exterior stands as a testament to its turbulent
history.
For centuries, it was one of the most fought over holy places. It was seized and
defended by a succession of armies - including Muslim and Crusader forces.
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is a major Christian holy site, as
it marks the traditional place of Christs birth. It is also one of the oldest
surviving Christian churches.
The holy site, known as the Grotto, that the Church of the Nativity sits atop,
is today associated with the cave in which the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth
occurred. No wonder Mr. Sharon told the Israeli Parliament he would expect
the international community to demand that they the terrorists lay down their
arms and leave the holy place.
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One of Christianitys most holy places, the sites focal point is the Grotto of
the Nativity, a rectangular cavern beneath the church that has been considered
the site of Christs birth since at least the 2nd century. A 14-pointed silver star
set into the marble floor marks the precise spot where Jesus is said to have
been born.
So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes
desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand Matthew 24:15
When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing where it does
not belong--let the reader understand--then let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. - Mark 13:14
We have just witnessed a prophecy from 2,500 years ago fulfilled: Daniel 11:31
- His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily
sacrifice. THEN they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
Definition of `THEN`:
a : soon after that: next in order of time
b : following next after in order of position, narration, or enumeration
Amid high security, Obama toured the church with Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas. They stopped at the Grotto of the Nativity, which
is said to stand where Jesus Christ was born. About 20 children waving U.S.
and Palestinian flags greeted Obama in a courtyard outside the sanctuary.
Notice that Jesus says, When you see STANDING in the holy place... Obama did
not kneel down at the grotto. Matthew 2:11 - On coming to the house, they saw the
child with his mother Mary, and they BOWED DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM.
Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and
myrrh. This is the appropriate response - kneeling before the King.
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Obama did not kneel, he just stood there, as Jesus prophesied that he would.
One day, he will bow his knee. This ABOMINATION that we have all just
witnessed will cause the desolation to take place. The abomination causes the
desolation. Obama is an abomination to the Lord.
DESOLATION = A STATE OF COMPLETE DESTRUCTION,
DEVASTATION, AND RUIN.
While he was in Israel, the President said in Hebrew, So long as there is a United
States, you are not alone. So, if there is no United States, Israel stands alone. In
chess, you need to knock out the Queen to get to the King. Revelation 18:7-8:
In her heart she boasts, I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be
consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
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During his speech, US President Barack Obama said Israel is the most powerful
country in the region, and has the unshakable support of the strongest nation in the world.
After studying each word in the original language, this is a possible interpretation
for this verse:
And he shall strengthen the covenant/pledge/agreement with many for one week:
and in the middle of the week he shall cause the thank offering and the tribute to stop
or be held back from, and at the wing of the detestable abomination he shall cause
horror and desolation, even until the end or completion, and that determined shall be
poured or melted upon the desolated.
Obama made a covenant on January 20/21, 2009, with the American people,
on the 7th day of the Gentile Feast of Tabernacles (21st day of the Gentile
New Year), as well as with the world - to be the leader of the greatest and most
powerful nation on earth. On October 9, 2009, that covenant was strengthened,
when Obama was chosen to be the Nobel Peace Prize winner on the 7th day of
the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. This is the ONLY day of the year when the
Israelites would cry out Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
and look for their Messiah and wave palm branches. On this day, Obama was
chosen as the PEACEMAKER of the world. 1,260 days later, Obama STOOD
in the HOLY PLACE, the same place that armed forces had DESECRATED
on April 2, 2002, the temple FORTRESS.
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are part of the third temple, His body.
He no longer dwells in a tabernacle built by human hands. This is why the
Church of the Nativity is the holy place and not the temple mount. The third
temple made His first appearance on earth in Bethlehem where the Church was
built. Obama went there to make a statement - that he was declaring himself
to be god. This is why 322 is such an important number to the illuminati.
They knew that on March 22, the Antichrist would go to the holy place to
declare himself as god before the Most High. He was making a statement to
God and to the world, but the world did not notice. The Satanic illuminati
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and elite did though. March 22, 2013, was also supposed to be the date when
Obamacare went into effect, which has provisions within it for the mark of
the beast chip to be inserted into Americans. It was delayed in fulfillment of
the prophecies, which we will discuss in the next few chapters of this book.
Illuminati
Daniel 12:11 says that from the time the daily sacrifice is stopped or put aside,
there will be 1,290 days. This word daily is tamiyd and it simply means
daily or continual - something that happens everyday (daily). Daniel 9:27
tells us that the sacrifice and offering will be stopped. Everyday, people line
up at the Church of the Nativity to bow down at the grotto and offer thanks
to the Lord Jesus Christ for coming to the earth to be a sacrifice for their
sins and to give them eternal life. This is a sacrifice of praise and offering of
thanksgiving being offered to the Lord. On March 22, 2013, this daily sacrifice
of praise and offering of thanksgiving was stopped when Mr. Obama came
to the grotto and did not offer thanks to Jesus for what he has done. Rather,
Mr. Obama went there to proclaim to God that the world is now looking
to him as the peacemaker and to defy the Lord Jesus Christ. On March 22,
2013, no offering of thanksgiving or sacrifice of praise was made to the Lord
from this spot. This happened exactly 1,260 days after Mr. Obama was chosen
as the Nobel Peace Prize winner on the 7th day of Tabernacles. Since Mr.
Obama had not done anything up to that point to usher in peace, it must be
assumed that the award was being given in the hope that he would become the
peacemaker for the world.
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I am fully aware of the traditional teaching of how the end-times will play out,
and also aware that probably over 90% of Christians believe a scenario that
goes something like this: The Rapture will happen. Christians will be taken
from the earth. Right after the Rapture, a 7-year peace treaty will be signed by
the Antichrist and Israel, allowing Israel to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
Animal sacrifices will start daily when this temple is built. In the middle of the
7 years of Tribulation, the Antichrist will ride into Jerusalem (probably on a
white horse) and sit in this Temple and tell the world that he is God and stop
these animal sacrifices. When this happens, the Jewish people need to flee to
the mountains because this is the abomination and desolation will take place.
Three and a half years later, Jesus will return to earth on a white horse with all
the Raptured saints who have been partying in heaven for 7 years. We will then
rule and reign with Christ for 1,000 years.
You know, when Jesus came the first time, people also had pre-conceived ideas
of how everything would play out. John 7: Among the crowds there was widespread
whispering about him. Some said, He is a good man. Others replied, No, he deceives
the people. But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders... At
that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, Isnt this the man they are trying
to kill? Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the
authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? But we know where this man is from;
when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.
You see, the Jewish people were expecting a King, like David, who would save
them from the Romans and establish Israel as the most powerful nation in
the world. After all, their God was the One and Only true God, and He had
chosen Israel to represent Himself to the nations. This Jesus, He wasnt doing
anything the way they had expected, so they were so confused. And very few
believed.
Prophecies are rarely, if ever, fulfilled in the way we expect them to be. The
Lord gets all the glory when He fulfills prophecies in a way that no one is
expecting. The disciples eyes were only opened AFTER Jesus had risen from
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the dead, even though Jesus had told them many times that he would be
killed in Jerusalem and raise from the dead on the third day. Jesus is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. Do we really expect that He will do it differently
this time? Do we think it will be so obvious that everyone can see it? No, He
will choose to open the eyes of those whom He chooses, those who are not so
set in their preconceived interpretations of the prophecies that they are willing
to listen and hear what the Spirit is saying.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Dont let anyone deceive you in any way, for that
DAY will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed,
the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything
that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in Gods temple,
proclaiming himself to be God.
I think we can all agree that there has been a falling away in America and
that Mr. Obama is a man of lawlessness, who thinks he is above the law. He
opposes God and what God stands for. What about this part of the verse: HE
SETS HIMSELF UP IN GODS TEMPLE, PROCLAIMING HIMSELF TO
BE GOD?
So, that means that he will ride into Jerusalem and stand in a newly built 3rd
temple and tell the world that he is god. Right? Well, that would be one
possibility, but seems a little too obvious to me. Jesus didnt ride into Jerusalem
and go to the Temple and start screaming out, I am the Messiah, worship Me! Im
the One who was to come! Here I am! No, He came in on a donkey, humbly, as the
Prince of Peace to the world. The world rejected Him. Israel rejected Him.
He was not the great Messiah they wanted. Jesus stood up and cried out in a
loud voice on the 7th day of Tabernacles, Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from
within them. He was telling them right on the 7th day of Tabernacles that He
was their Messiah. But they rejected Him. The world has rejected Him. Instead,
they have chosen a mere man, one of lawlessness, to be their peacemaker.
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I would like to suggest to you that Mr. Obama is trying to imitate Jesus. He was
chosen as the PEACEMAKER of the world on the 7th day of Tabernacles in
2009. This was the only day of the year when the Jewish people would cry out,
Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! This was the day that they looked
for their Messiah, the Prince of Peace. Then they cried out to Jesus on the
10th of Nisan these same words, when He rode into Jerusalem. Those that did
this recognized that Jesus was their Messiah.
Now, we have a man named Barak, whose name means blessed, who rode
into Jerusalem on a borrowed beast on the 10th of Nisan (on the Jewish
calendar), exactly 1,260 days after he was chosen as the winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize on the 7th day of Tabernacles. The two dates that are associated
with Psalm 118:6 Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord are the 7th day
of Tabernacles and the 10th of Nisan. Barak means blessed. He is trying to
imitate Christ, the Prince of Peace. He won the Peace Prize on the 7th day of
Tabernacles and then he came into Jerusalem as a peacemaker on the 10th
of Nisan. Who is he that comes in the name of the Lord? Blessed. Barak. He
comes in the Lords name, a false Christ, trying to be Christ. Children greeted
him, waving flags, singing and dancing. This was exactly what happened when
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the 10th of Nisan.
Matthew 21: But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of
David! they were indignant, and they said to him, Do you hear what these are
saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of
infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise?
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Just as Jesus had young children waving palm branches to Him and worshiping
Him, so Obama has children waving flags. Obama wept on the 7th day of
Hanukkah on December 14, 2012. The main headline on CNN that day read,
Obama weeps. This was very likely the same day that Jesus wept when
Lazarus was dead (see John 11). The 7th day of Hanukkah is another important
piece of this puzzle that we will look at later on in chapter 11.
Jesus spoke to His disciples about the abomination that causes desolation on
the 11th day of Nisan, the day after He rode into Jerusalem. The abomination
actually took place on the 11th of Nisan on the Jewish calendar.
WORSHIP ME
WORSHIP ME
WORSHIP ME
So, what does all of this have to do with: HE SETS HIMSELF UP IN GODS
TEMPLE, PROCLAIMING HIMSELF TO BE GOD? First of all, what Im
trying to show is that he is trying to imitate Christ and BE THE MESSIAH.
He doesnt have to come right out and scream to the world, Here I am! Im
the one! Im the long awaited Messiah! I am GOD! No, just by imitating Jesus,
he is declaring that HE IS THE CHRIST. We know that he is not the Christ,
but the Anti-Christ. He is not the PEACEMAKER. He is the DESTROYER,
the one who causes the DESOLATION.
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. (NIV)
John 1:14 - And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we
beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.
(Youngs Literal Translation)
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Jesus was the Tabernacle, or the Temple. He was God in the flesh. He is now
building us, His body, to be the Temple, or Tabernacle, in which His Spirit lives.
Where was the first place that God chose to have His Son, His Tabernacle,
born? In Bethlehem. The Lord was building a new Tabernacle, starting a New
Covenant, with the people of the world. The place where Jesus was born is a
Holy Place. Its the very first place where HIS TABERNACLE, Jesus, started
on earth.
Mr. Obama visited this Temple, this Holy Place. He did not bow his knee to
the King. He did not go there to worship the Lord. Do you really think Mr.
Obama was praying to Jesus while he was there, worshiping the true God and
thanking Him for sending His Son to be a ransom and pay the penalty for his
sin so that he might have eternal life? Does anyone here think thats what he
did when he went to the Church of the Nativity?
No, he went there as a statement to God and to the world I am your new
Messiah. I am your Prince of Peace. He went there to defy God and proclaim
to God that HE WOULD NOT BOW HIS KNEE. He went there to challenge
God to tell God that the world is now worshiping him and that he is the
Messiah of the world.
But just as when Jesus rode into Jerusalem, only those with eyes to see and ears
to hear really understand what is happening. Most do not have the spiritual
discernment to understand how the Scriptures are being fulfilled because of
too many preconceived ideas that have become set doctrines in their minds.
Obama knows exactly what he is doing and who he is trying to imitate. Its
unfortunate that Christians cannot see this.
From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes
desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. - Daniel 12:11
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Question: Did what took place involve this one who strengthened his
covenant with many going to a holy place and standing where he did
not belong? (When you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes
desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel... - Matthew 24:15)
Answer: Yes, Mr. Obama stood at the grotto, the place where Christ was
born. Here are some quotes from various news articles about the Church
of the Nativity:
a.
For centuries, it was one of the most fought over holy places.
b. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is a major Christian holy
site, as it marks the traditional place of Christs birth.
c. The holy site, known as the Grotto, that the Church of the Nativity
sits atop, is today associated with the cave in which the birthplace of
Jesus of Nazareth occurred.
d. No wonder Mr. Sharon told the Israeli Parliament he would expect
the international community to demand that they the terrorists lay
down their arms and leave the holy place.
e. One of Christianitys most holy places, the sites focal point is the
Grotto of the Nativity, a rectangular cavern beneath the church that
has been considered the site of Christs birth since at least the 2nd
century.
Question: Was this holy place ever desecrated by armed forces? (His armed
forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then
they will set up the abomination that causes desolation... - Daniel 11:31)
Answer: Yes, the Church of the Nativity was taken over by armed forces
on April 2, 2002, and they desecrated the place. Here are some quotes from
news agencies about this event:
a.
Still, its a shock to realize that this desecration of the ancient church
built over whats believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ has
brought down neither Christian wrath nor international pressure on
the desecrators to lay down their arms and leave.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
Question: Was there a daily sacrifice of some sort that was stopped on
the day when this abomination took place? (That leader will make firm an
agreement with many people for seven years. He will stop the offerings and sacrifices
after three and one-half years...- Daniel 9:27. From the time the daily sacrifices
are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass...
- Daniel 12:11)
Answer: Yes, everyday there are visitors who come to the Church of
the Nativity from around the world to visit the grotto and bow down
to worship Jesus, thanking Him for coming to the earth to pay the
sacrifice for their sins. This worship is a sacrifice of praise and offering
of thanksgiving. This could not take place on the day when Mr. Obama
visited because all daily activities at the church were rearranged in order
to accommodate his visit. Mr. Obama and his entourage did not go
there to worship Jesus or bow their hearts or their knees before the
Lord. Mr. Obama stood in the holy place where he did not belong and
did not worship Jesus. He stopped the daily sacrifice and offering.
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OK, so I can already hear the wheels turning in your heads. If the abomination
that causes desolation occurred on March 22, 2013, then why did the desolation
event not occur immediately or shortly after March 22, 2013? Jesus very clearly
warned those living in Judea to flee to the mountains when they saw this event,
indicating that the desolation would take place very shortly after this happened.
And here we are, several years later, and no desolation has taken place.
This is where we have to start putting pieces of the puzzle together to see the
whole picture. Right after Jesus spoke about the abomination event and fleeing
to the mountains, he said this in Matthew 24:22: And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened.
He then goes on to say in Matthew 25:5, When the bridegroom was delayed, they all
became drowsy and fell asleep. Then we also read in Revelation 10:5-7 - Then the
angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. And he
swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the
earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, There will be no more
delay! But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of
God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
These 3 verses tell us that there will be a delay in the coming of the Bridegroom
for His Bride and that the days of Tribulation will be shortened in order that
some flesh might be saved. So, how do we know how long the delay will last for?
The Bible tells us! There are actually TWO delays given to us in the Scripture.
Lets look at the first delay in chapter 6.
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Unless those days were shortened, NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE! (Mat 24:22)
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be saying that only 1/3 of the days appointed for tribulation will be darkened?
In other words, is the Scripture pointing us to the Great Tribulation only being
1/3 of the appointed time?
March 22, 2013, to December 25, 2016 = 1,374 days
1,374 X 1/3 = 458 days
September 24, 2015, to December 25, 2016 = 458 days
Has the Great Tribulation been shortened to 1/3 of the days in fulfillment of
Revelation 8? Have the days of darkness that will come upon the earth been
shortened to 1/3 in fulfillment of the 4th trumpet judgment?
In 2 Samuel 8, Ezekiel 5, and Zechariah 13, we are given 3 illustrations of how
2/3 are cut off and 1/3 remain. The number 1/3 is mentioned at least 14 times
in the book of Revelation. The Lord has hidden these gems throughout the
Old and New Testaments pointing us to the 1/3 judgment that He will bring
on the earth and how 2/3 of what could have been the Great Tribulation
period was cut off and only 1/3 remain.
The fourth trumpet judgment in Revelation 8 tells us that 1/3 of the days (or
time) and nights are without light. The Greek word used in the original text for
day is hemera and night is nyx. These words are used as both singular
and plural. For example, the same word hemera is used in these verses of the
Bible as a plural noun:
Matthew 3:1 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness
of Judaea...
Matthew 9:15 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will
come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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The word hemera is translated over 130 times in the New Testament as
days. Likewise, the word night, or nyx, can also be translated as nights.
Matthew 4:2 - And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was
afterward an hungered.
Matthew 12:40 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whales belly;
so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
This establishes the fact that hemera can be translated as days and nyx
can be translated as nights.
So this verse could read like this:
Revelation 8:12 - The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun
was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them
turned dark. A third of the days were without light, and also a third of the nights.
Jesus is the light of the world. I believe that this prophecy is telling us that
Jesus, the light of the world, will be gone with His Bride for 1/3 of the time (or
days and nights) that the Great Tribulation could have lasted for. These days
of darkness will begin on September 24, 2015. The restrainer (Jesus) will no
longer restrain Satan. A Jewish Bridegroom was not to go to war or do any
business for the first year of his marriage he was only to stay with his wife to
bring her pleasure. This is exactly the reason why Jesus told us that He did not
know about that day or hour. He was referring to the Day of the Lord, the
final day of Daniels 70th week, when He would take His Bride and He would
no longer be fighting Satan or the forces of evil and they would be allowed
to have their way on the earth without any restraint. Only the Father Himself
knows about what will take place on that day (year). Jesus also told us in John
9:4 that the night is coming when no man can work. Once again, He is pointing
us to the days of darkness on the Sabbath when no one can work, the final
day of Daniels 70th week, or the final year before Christ returns to earth.
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In the next chapter, we will look at how the 1,335 days of Daniel ends on the
first day of Hanukkah in 2016, when Christ returns to the earth on Christmas
Day, and this will be further discussed in chapter 9 of this book. In Haggai 2,
we read about the Lord shaking the heavens and the earth and how He will
bring the desired of all nations to Himself. There are two dates mentioned in
Haggai 2. The first date is the 21st day of the 7th month, which on the Jewish
calendar is the 7th day of Tabernacles. The second date mentioned is the 24th
day of the 9th month, which is Hanukkah Eve on the Jewish calendar. Mr.
Obama was chosen on the 7th day of Tabernacles in 2009 as the Nobel Peace
Prize winner and was given the award just a few hours before the start of
Hanukkah Eve in 2009.
This 24th day of the 9th month is really a key date in this puzzle, which is
why the Lord mentions the date three times in Haggai 2. Not only was Mr.
Obama given the Nobel Peace Prize just a few hours before the start of the
24th day of the 9th month on the Jewish calendar, but this will also be the final
day of darkness in 2016 before Christ returns to the earth on the first day of
Hanukkah, which is Christmas Day in 2016. But there is yet another fulfillment
to this date a third fulfillment, which I believe is why the Lord mentions this
date 3 times in Haggai 2.
By the time you finish reading this book, you will understand how the Lord is
using the Jewish calendar and also the Gentile calendar. He is the God of the
Jews and the Gentiles and He is using both calendars in His 7,000-year plan
of redemption for mankind. So, what is the 24th day of the 9th month on the
Gentile solar calendar? September 24th. The days of darkness begin on the
24th day of the 9th month on the Gentile solar calendar and they end on the
24th day of the 9th month on the Jewish lunar calendar. Lets read these verses
in Haggai 2 to see what the Lord says about the 24th day of the 9th month:
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SEPTEMBER
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GENTILES
Haggai 2 - From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,
give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORDs temple was laid.
Give careful thought: Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and
the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.
From this day on I will bless you.
The word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of
the month: Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens
and the earth. I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign
kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall,
each by the sword of his brother.
Daniel tells us that the blessed day is the end of the 1,335 days, which is
Hanukkah in 2016. The prophet Haggai confirms this by telling us that from
the 24th day of the 9th month, or Hanukkah Eve, the Lord will bless us. But
the Lord is also speaking to His predominantly Gentile Bride in these verses,
and He is telling us that from the 24th day of the 9th month on the Gentile
solar calendar that we will be blessed and He will shake the heavens and the
earth and overthrow the kingdoms of this world. The raptured Bride of Christ
will be with Jesus in heaven by the 24th day of the 9th month and the Lord will
shake the heavens and the earth. The days of darkness begin on the 24th day
of the 9th month on the Gentile calendar and they end 458 days later on the
24th day of the 9th month on the Jewish calendar.
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Hebrews 12: But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful
assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have
come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus
the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word
than the blood of Abel. See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did
not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if
we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? At that time his voice shook the
earth, but now he has promised, Once more I will shake not only the earth but also
the heavens. The words once more indicate the removing of what can be shaken
that is, created thingsso that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since
we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship
God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
Revelation 14: Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing
on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Fathers name
written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing
waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists
playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four
living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who
had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who did not defile themselves with
women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were
purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. No
lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
Haggai 2: From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,
give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORDs temple was laid.
Give careful thought: From this day on I will bless you.... I am going to shake
the heavens and the earth. I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the
foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders
will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE (STRENGTHENING AGREEMENT WITH MANY): Mr. Obama fulfills prophecy when he was chosen on the 7th day of Tabenacles in 2009 as
the Nobel Peace Prize Winner. He was then given the award just a few hours before the start of Hannukah Eve in 2009. This marks the beginning of Daniels
70th Week and the start of the 1,260-day count until the Abomination of Desolation event, in which he stood in the holy place where he did not belong
at the birthplace of Christ (at the grotto in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem) and causes the daily sacrifices to cease. Daniel 9:27, Daniel 12:11
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December 25, 2016, the first day of Hanukkah, there are 1,335 days.
The Jewish calendar was off by one month in the years of 2012 and 2013.
The Jewish people start their Biblical year in the month of Aviv. The meaning
of the word aviv is the stage in the growth of grain when the seeds have
reached full size and are filling with starch, but have not dried yet. The Jewish
people are supposed to wait until the grain is aviv before they start their
Biblical New Year. However, in modern times, the Jews have a preset calendar
that has nothing to do with when the grain ripens in the land of Israel. In the
Spring of 2012, the grain was not yet ripe in Israel when the Jewish people
started their calendar, so they should have added a 13th month in the Spring
of 2012 before starting their Biblical New Year. This would have also pushed
back the calendar in the Spring of 2013. There was a 13th month added to the
calendar in the Spring of 2014, which should not have been added in 2014, but
rather in 2012, when the grain was not aviv.
What this means is that May 1, 2013, should have been the true 7th day of
Unleavened Bread. The Jewish people celebrate 3 festivals every year that
last for 7 or 8 days. These are Unleavened Bread, Tabernacles and Hanukkah
(which was a second Tabernacles festival added in 165 BC). The 7th day of
each of these festivals is a Sabbath and is actually the most important day
of the festival. It was on the 7th day of Unleavened Bread that the Israelites
crossed the Red Sea, the walls of Jericho fell and when Peter escaped from
prison when he was rescued by an angel. All three of these events from the
Scriptures foreshadow the rapture taking place on the 7th day of Unleavened
Bread.
The Israelites crossed over from Egypt (representing the world) into the
Promised Land (representing Heaven). The Lord tells us in Exodus 19:4 that
He brought the Israelites out on eagles wings. You yourselves have seen what I did
to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles wings and brought you to myself. This is a clear
reference to Revelation 12:14, where the Bride of Christ is given wings of an
eagle to go to a place prepared for her by God to be taken care of for 1,260
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days. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place
prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and
half a time, out of the serpents reach. Jesus told us that He was going to prepare a
place for us. John 14:2-3 My Fathers house has many rooms; if that were not so, would
I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
The walls of Jericho falling is another foreshadow of the rapture taking place
on the 7th day of Unleavened Bread. The people ascended at the sound of the
last trumpet and Jericho was delivered into their hands. Joshua 6:5, And it
shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the rams horn, and when ye hear
the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city
shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. This is
what takes place at the rapture event. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 - Listen, I tell you
a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- in a flash, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and
we will be changed. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 - For the Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and
the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
It was also on the day when the walls of Jericho fell that the silver and gold were
first put into the treasury to build the Lords temple. Joshua 6:19 says, All the
silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go
into his treasury. We are the silver and gold that the Lord is using to build us up
into His temple. Haggai 2:7-8 says: I will shake all nations, and what is desired by
all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD Almighty. The
silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the LORD Almighty. The glory of this present
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house will be greater than the glory of the former house, says the LORD Almighty. And
in this place I will grant peace, declares the LORD Almighty.
Peter escaping from prison on the 7th day of Unleavened Bread when an angel
rescued him was another foreshadow in the Scriptures of the rapture taking
place on this day. Peter was about to be killed for his faith in Christ, but on the
last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, an angel came to rescue him from
his prison. This world is like a prison for the Bride of Christ and we all long for
the day when we can be with Jesus and be free from this world. The 7th day of
Unleavened Bread is the day when the Rapture was to have taken place, 1,260
days before the Day of Atonement in 2016, and 1,335 days before the Second
Coming of Christ on Hanukkah in 2016, as was foreshadowed in the Scripture
by these 3 important events.
There were other events that actually did take place on May 1, 2013, that were
signs to those who were watching that this was the date that was supposed to
have started the Great Tribulation. May 1, 2013, was a demonic festival called
Beltane. It is during this festival that a mockery of the wedding of the Bride of
Christ takes place. May 1, 2013, was also the day when the Catholics crowned
the virgin Mary, another mockery by Satan of the crowning of the virgin Bride
of Christ. May 1, 2013, was also Mayday, a term used in an emergency as a
distress signal when something is about to crash or sink. May 2, 2013, was the
day when the New World Trade Center was crowned, yet another mockery
of the crowning of the Bride of Christ.
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So, if the Scriptures so clearly pointed to May 1, 2013, as the day when the
Great Tribulation was to start and the rapture was to have occurred, why did it
not happen on that date?
Well, to understand the answer to this question, we need to look at Jonah 4
and Joel 2. Jonah was told to tell Ninevah that in 40 days, their city would be
destroyed. The Lord gave Ninevah 40 days and he gave the world 40 days also
from the Abomination event on March 22, 2013. The 40 days came and went
and Ninevah was not destroyed. The 40 days came and went and the Great
Tribulation did not start and the rapture did not happen. So, did God lie? Was
He untrue to His Word? Did He not clearly tell Jonah to warn the Ninevites
that their city would be destroyed in 40 days? Did He not clearly give us 1,260
and 1,335-day counts and tell us that the Great Tribulation would last for 42
months?
This is where we must understand that Scripture interprets Scripture. We
cannot take one prophecy out of the Bible and think that we have the entire
picture. The prophecies all come together to make a puzzle, and only when
we have all of the pieces in place can we see the whole picture. Lets look at
what Jonah had to say in chapter 4 as to why the Lord did not bring judgment
against Ninevah after the 40 days. Jonah 4:2, I knew that you are a gracious and
compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending
calamity. Jonah is quoting a verse from Joel 2:13, Return to the LORD your God,
for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents
from sending calamity. The Lord wants us to put these 2 verses together and look
at the context of Joel 2 to see what He is trying to say.
Joel 2 is a description of the Day of the Lord. It is the most clear chapter in
the Bible about what is coming on this DAY. Please remember that Daniels
70th week is equal to 7 years and that each day represents a one-year time
period; therefore, the Day of the Lord is one year, not one day in length. The
final day of this week would be the Sabbath for the Bride of Christ, when
Jesus takes His Bride and no longer restrains Satan and darkness comes on the
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earth as Jesus, the light of the world, is gone with His Bride for that year, no
longer fighting the war against Satan and the forces of darkness.
Lets look at what Joel 2 says about the Day of the Lord:
Joel 2:1-2, Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who
live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand a
day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness.
Joel 2:11, The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
Joel 2:31, The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the
coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
Lets look at the first 11 verses in Joel 2 and see what other Scriptures say about
this event as well:
Joel 2: 1-11: Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all
who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand-a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading
across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor
ever will be in ages to come. Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste-- nothing
escapes them. They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry.
With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling
fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle. At the sight of them,
nations are in anguish; every face turns pale. They charge like warriors; they scale
walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course. They do not
jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without
breaking ranks. They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into
the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows. Before them the earth shakes,
the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The
LORD thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty
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are those who obey his command. The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who
can endure it?
Revelation 9: When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen
to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. It
opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke
from a large furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the
shaft. Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like
that of earthly scorpions...The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their
heads were victors crowns that looked like gold, and their faces were like human faces.
They had hair like womens hair and teeth like lions teeth. They had breastplates
like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses
rushing into battle. They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power
to hurt people with their tails for five months. They had the angel of the bottomless
pit ruling over them as king. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is
called Apollyon.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. Ive come that they
may have life, and have it abundantly.
Matthew 24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at
what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not
have let his house be broken into.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will
disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and
everything done in it will be laid bare.
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Passover
15th Apr 14
Sukkot
8th Oct 14
Adar 29 / Nisan 1
20th Mar 15
Passover
4th Apr 15
Sukkot
28th Sept 15
Notice that Joel 2 mentions the sun will be darkened and the moon turned
to blood before the coming of this dreadful Day of the Lord. Peter quotes
from this verse in Acts 2:20, but calls it the glorious Day of the Lord. For
the New Testament saints who are walking with Christ, it will be a glorious day.
For those left behind, it will be a dreadful day. Joel 2:10 mentions the sun and
moon are darkened at this time.
On the Feast of Trumpets in 2015, we have a solar eclipse and the first day of
the Feast of Tabernacles, we have a total lunar eclipse, which will be a super
blood moon seen by all of Jerusalem. Right in between those 2 dates, we have
the Day of Atonement on September 23, 2015. So, we have the sun and moon
being darkened on the fall feast days. Not only that, but we also had lunar
eclipses on the first day of Tabernacles and first day of Unleavened Bread in
2013, 2014 and 2015. The Jewish calendar was off by a month in 2013, so if
you move the calendar to where it should have been, you will see that there was
actually a lunar eclipse on the first day of Unleavened Bread and Tabernacles
that year, as well as in 2014 and 2015. We also had a solar eclipse right on Aviv
1 in 2015 at the start of the Biblical New Year. Jesus told us to watch for the
signs in the sun, moon and stars.
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GRAPH 8A
Days
1/4/11
6/1/11
7/1/11
11/22/11
Days
1,416
1,416
1,314
1,314
1,284
1,284
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90
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Blood Moon
Super Moon
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Jerusalem only one
4/15/14
Centre Bulls Eye
BLOOD MOON
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10/8/14
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12/10/11
1,299
6/15/11 (Pentecost)
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12/21/10
4/4/15
1,122
1,299
1,477
9/28/15
1/31/18
7/27/18
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(His Story)
No other TETRAD in history from 3,000 BC to 2013,14,15 AD displays this PERFECT SYMMETRY
In this verse, we see the trumpet sounding, a holy fast being declared and a
sacred assembly called. All three of these take place on the Day of Atonement.
Numbers 29:7, Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month, you must
call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go
without food and must do no ordinary work.
Leviticus 25:9, Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day
of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout
your land.
The Bridegroom is to leave his room to get His Bride from her chamber.
15 Apr 2014
Jewish
Passover
08 Oct 2014
Feast of
Tabernacles
20 Mar 2015
Jewish
New Year
04 Apr 2015
Jewish
Passover
13 Sep 2015
Feast of
Trumpets
28 Sep 2015
Feast of
Tabernacles
Joel 2:31-32, The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the
coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And everyone who calls on the
name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be
deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
Luke 21:36, 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.
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 by a mighty wind. And the heaven
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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 they 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?
Psalm 24:3-4, Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand
in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust
in an idol or swear by a false god.
So, to answer the question as to why the Lord is shortening the days of the
Great Tribulation, it is because of His incredible grace and compassion towards
humanity. He is a gracious and compassionate God, abounding in love, and He
relents from sending calamity (see Jonah 4 and Joel 2). He does not want to
send His wrath. If He had allowed the Great Tribulation to begin in May 2013,
no flesh would have survived for 3 12 years not one person would be alive
to witness the Second Coming of Christ to the earth. Satan would have killed
the entire human race in less than 3 12 years if Jesus was not restraining him.
And for those who have been left behind, He is still calling out to you from
Joel 2:12-13, EVEN NOW, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return
to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding
in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
It is important to know also that the book of Jonah is read by the Jewish
people on the Day of Atonement. Why in the world do the Jewish people read
the book of Jonah on this day? Because the Lord is trying to point all of us to
the connection between Jonah and Joel 2 how the Lord was to have brought
His judgment on May 1, 2013, 40 days after the abomination was set up and the
start of the 1,260 and 1,335-day counts. But because of His compassion and
mercy, just as He delayed His judgment against Ninevah after a 40-day period,
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so also He has delayed His judgment on the world until the Day of Atonement
in 2015, at the end of the 6th day of Daniels 70th week.
Joel 2 makes clear reference to the Day of Atonement in chapter 2, verses 15
and 16: Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Gather the
people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at
the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber. The Lord wants
us to connect the story of Jonah to Joel chapter 2, which is a description of
the Day of the Lord starting on the Day of Atonement during the fall feasts
when the sun is darkened on the Feast of Trumpets and moon turns to blood
on the Feast of Tabernacles.
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We see how that Ninevah repented before the Lord and He spared them
from the judgment He had told Jonah to tell them was coming. So, was
there anything that took place at the end of this 40-day period that would
represent a nationwide repentance that would have caused the Lord to
delay His judgment? Actually, April 30, 2013, was the US National Day of
Repentance and May 2, 2013, was the national day of prayer in America. A
world-wide call to pray and fast for the United States went out from Australia
and New Zealand on the 25th of April in 2013 from the team at Australias
National Day of Prayer and Fasting.
The Australian team felt led by God to bridge the US National Day of
Repentance on April 30th and the US National Day of Prayer on May 2nd
with a worldwide call for 72 hours of prayer and fasting for the United
States. This was humbly and gratefully received by American prayer leaders
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These 2 stories, Esther and Jonah, were foreshadows from the Old Testament
of how God was going to show mercy to the world. Jonah tells us that the
Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love and
he relents from sending calamity. It was always in His plan to do this, which is
why we have so many verses throughout the Old and New Testaments pointing
us to the Day of Atonement in 2015 as the start of the Day of the Lord on
the 7th and final day of Daniels 70th week, which begins the Sabbath rest for
the Bride of Christ and the year of recompense for the cause of Zion. Its the
Year of Jubilee after the 49 prophetic years from when Israel was given back
her land, and the opening of the 6th seal of Revelation that begins after the
sun is darkened and moon turns to blood. The Lord has delayed His judgment
on the world and shortened the days of the Great Tribulation from 3 12 years
to just over a year in length.
On April 24th 2013, a 3-day fast was called by the leaders of the church around
the world and at least 28 nations participated in this fast. This 3 days of fasting
and prayer started on April 30th, and lasted until May 2nd, 2013. Millions of
prayers were offered up to God during these 3 days, begging for mercy on
America and asking that He withhold His judgment. When Ninevah repented,
the entire nation, from the king on down, put on sackcloth and asked the
Lord for mercy. In America, the congress kneeled down before the Lord on
the National Day of Prayer and asked God for forgiveness. Even President
Obama issued a statement calling on all Americans to pray for America on this
day.
Here are just two of the millions of prayers offered to God around the world
that were prayed on May 2, 2013, at the National Day of Prayer:
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On this National Day of Prayer in 2013, may we continue to offer this prayer
and hope that it becomes Americas Prayer of Repentance.
O God, we know that your Word says,
Woe to those who call evil good, but thats exactly what weve done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.
We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word and called it moral
pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism and New Age
spirituality.
We have committed adultery and called it an affair.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have neglected the needy and called it frugality.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn children and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We have failed to execute justice speedily, as your Word commands, and called it due
process.
We have failed to love our neighbor who has a different color of skin and called it
maintaining racial purity.
We have abused power and called it political savvy.
We have coveted our neighbors possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of
expression.
We have made the Lords Day the biggest shopping and entertainment day of the
week and called it free enterprise.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our parents and called it enlightenment.
Search us, O God, and know our hearts today. Try us and see if there be some
wicked way in us;
cleanse us of every sin and set us free. Though our sins be as scarlet, may they become
white as snow. Though they be as crimson, may they be as wool.
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I have already established in previous chapters that the Day of the Lord
is referring to the final day of Daniels 70th week. The last day of a week
is considered to be a Sabbath, when no one should work. Jesus told us in
Matthew 24:20 to pray that our flight would not take place on the Sabbath.
Earlier in the chapter, He tells us to flee to the mountains. I believe that Jesus
is referring to 2 types of fleeing, or escaping. The first is fleeing to Mount
Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, at the time of the Rapture. This takes place
immediately before the Sabbath (or 7th day of Daniels 70th week) begins. The
other type of fleeing is for those left behind those who have to literally flee
into the mountains to escape the cities in order to try to survive.
What Jesus is telling us in Matthew 24:20 is that if you are still here during the
Sabbath (or 7th day of Daniels 70th week), that your flight will have to take
place on the Sabbath, which means you were left behind. This is why Jesus told
us to pray that our flight would not take place on the Sabbath. Jesus also told
us in Luke 21:36, Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all
that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man. Psalm
24:3-4 tells us, Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in his
holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or
swear by a false god. Those who are able ascend to Mt. Zion and to stand before
the Son of Man are those with pure hearts. The Bride of Christ will enter her
rest and our Bridegroom Jesus will no longer restrain Satan during this final
year. I would like to look at some of the Scriptures that talk about the Day of
the Lord, which is also referred to as an hour in some passages.
1.
Isaiah 13:6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand! It will come as
destruction from the Almighty.
2.
Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the Lord comes, Cruel, with both wrath and
fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.
3.
Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day of the Lords vengeance, The year of recompense
for the cause of Zion.
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4.
Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of
vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall
devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord
God of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.
5.
Ezekiel 30:3 For the day is near, Even the day of the Lord is near; It will
be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
6.
Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand; It shall come
as destruction from the Almighty.
7.
Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy
mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the
Lord is coming, For it is at hand:
8.
Joel 2:11 The Lord gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great;
For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the Lord is great
and very terrible; Who can endure it?
9.
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
10. Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the
Lord is near in the valley of decision.
11. Amos 5:18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! For what good is
the day of the Lord to you? It will be darkness, and not light.
12. Amos 5:20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? Is it not
very dark, with no brightness in it?
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13. Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near; As
you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own
head.
14. Zephaniah 1:7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord God; For the day of
the Lord is at hand, For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His
guests.
15. Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of the Lord is near; It is near and hastens
quickly. The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter; There the mighty men shall
cry out.
16. Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver
them in the day of the Lords wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by
the fire of His jealousy, for He will make speedy riddance of all those who
dwell in the land.
17. Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, who have
upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will
be hidden in the day of the Lords anger.
18. Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before
the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
19. 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in
which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt
with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned
up.
20. Revelation 17:12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not
yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for
one hour.
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21. Revelation 18:10 Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in
one hour your judgment has come.
22. Matthew 24:36 Mark 13:32 But about that day or hour no one knows,
not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
23. Luke 12:39 But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known
at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be
broken into.
24. Revelation 14:7 And he said with a loud voice, Fear God, and give Him
glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the
heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.
25. Zechariah 14: Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, and your spoil will
be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations to battle against
Jerusalem; The city shall be taken,the houses rifled, and the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity, but the remnant of the people shall
not be cut off from the city.
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So here we have half that are taken and half that are left as in the parable of the ten
virgins (see Matthew 25). Zechariah then goes on to say, IIt shall come to pass in that
day that there will be no light; The lights will diminish. It shall be one day which is known to the
Lord neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen that it will be light.
So, we see that it lasts for one day, or one year. It becomes total darkness, with
no light, but at the evening, or end of the day, which is the end of the year,
there will be light again.
When Jesus told us that no one knows about that day or hour, not the angels
and not even Himself, but only the Father, He was NOT referring to the
timing of the rapture event. He was telling us that He does not know about
what will take place on that day because He will not be present. He has been
at war with Satan and his evil forces since the beginning, but during that final
year before He returns to earth, He will not be there fighting Satan any longer.
Satan will no longer be restrained and only the Father Himself is aware of
what will take place during that day (year). Jesus, our Bridegroom, will be with
us for one year, as the Scriptures teach that a bridegroom should not fight in
any war or engage in business for the first year of the marriage.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-5, Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do
not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like
a thief in the night. While people are saying, Peace and safety, destruction will come
on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But
you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a
thief. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the
night or to the darkness.
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Paul is telling the church that this day of the Lord should not surprise us like
a thief because we do not belong to the darkness, but to the light. Jesus warns
us in Matthew 24 to watch the signs so that the thief does not break into our
house unexpectedly. He says that if the owner of the house had known at what
time the thief was coming, he would not have let the thief break into his house.
Matthew 24: 42-43, Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what
day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known
at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not
have let his house be broken into.
What I believe Jesus is warning us in this passage is this: we do not know when
He is coming it is not something that we intrinsically know. Only through
watching the signs and studying the prophecies and through revelation given
by God can we know when Jesus will come. If we will watch the signs and
study the prophecies, then we can know when the thief is coming so that we
are not caught unaware and end up being left behind because we are worldly
and self-centered, not living wholeheartedly for Jesus. The obvious implication
of Matthew 24 is that if we are not watching, the thief will come at a time
when we are not expecting and we will be caught off-guard and our house
will be broken into. And if we are not watching, Jesus Himself will come at a
time when we do not expect Him and we could be left behind.
Matthew 24:49-50 - But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, My
master is staying away a long time, and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and
to eat and drink with drunkards. The master of THAT servant will come on a day
when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
Revelation 3:3 - Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard;
hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and
you will not know at what time I will come to you.
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This verse is very clear that Jesus is only coming like a thief to those who are
asleep and do not repent. If we are awake spiritually and have repented of our
sins, we can know at what time He will come to us.
I also would like to add one more thought to what Jesus said in Matthew
24:36, But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,
nor the Son, but the Father only. Most people are unaware of this, but the Jewish
people fast on the Day of Atonement for 25 hours. It is the only Feast in
Israel that lasts for one day and one hour. When Jesus said the words, about
that day and hour, He was not only referring to the Day of the Lord, which
is also referred to as an hour in numerous Biblical passages, but He was also
specifically pointing us to the Day of Atonement, the only Jewish Feast that
lasts for a day and an hour.
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Hannukah 2016
Christmas 2016
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the King, the LORD Almighty, they will have no rain. If the Egyptian people do not
go up and take part, they will have no rain. The LORD will bring on them the plague
he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do
not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. (Zechariah 14:16-19)
From
This Day
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Will Bless
You.
Haggai 2:19
May 1, 2013, was 1,260 days before the Day of Atonement in 2016 and 1,335
days before the start of Hanukkah in 2016. Haggai 2 tells us that the blessed
day is from the end of the 24th of Kislev and Daniel 12 tells us that those who
reach the end of the 1,335 days are blessed. The blessed day is December 25,
2016, the end of the 1,335- day count and the 25th day of Kislev. May 1, 2013,
was also 40 days after the abomination was set up. Just as Ninevah was given
a 40-day warning before judgment, so the desolation event was scheduled to
take place on May 1, 2013, according to the prophecies. However, the Lord is
gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. He does not
enjoy sending calamity or judgment and just as He delayed the judgment against
Ninevah, so this was a foreshadow to us in the Scriptures of His delaying His
judgment on the world and holding it back for as long as possible in order that
more souls will be brought into His Kingdom.
Santa Claus coming on Christmas Eve with his sleigh of good gifts for the
children of the world is a poor imitation of what will really take place on that
day. Jesus Christ will come in all of His glory and splendor with His radiant
Bride to reclaim the earth. All these years, we have been singing, Oh come, oh
come, Immanuel at Christmas time. And that is exactly when Jesus is coming.
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Puzzle Piece 26
In the book of Esther, we see how the beautiful Queen Vashti rejected the
King on the 7th day of a feast and 4 years later, the chosen virgin Esther was
crowned as Queen in her place on the first of Tivet, which would later become
the 7th day of Hanukkah. America, the beautiful, the Queen of Revelation
18, rejected Jesus on election day in 2012, which was the true 7th day of the
Feast of Tabernacles because the Jewish calendar was a month off in 2012 and
2013. I believe that 4 years later, the Bride of Christ will be crowned as Queen
of the Earth on the 7th day of Hanukkah and will begin to reign with Jesus
for 1,000 years on Sunday, January 1, 2017, the 8th day of Hanukkah, the first
day of the week, of the month, of the year, and of the New Millennium.
The Feast of Tabernacles is then celebrated every year at the proper time by all
nations (see Zechariah 14), because the temple (that is the body of Christ)
is no longer defiled.
In Haggai 2, we read how that the Lord was going to institute a second Feast of
Tabernacles for those who were defiled, just as He instituted a second Passover
for those who were defiled and could not celebrate Passover at the proper time.
He tells us in Haggai 2 that it would start from the 24th day of Kislev. Over
200 years later, this second Feast of Tabernacles began, when Judas Maccabees
rode into Jerusalem on the 25th day of Kislev and rededicated the temple to
the Lord and they celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles at that time for 8 days
because they had been unable to celebrate it for several years. They decided to
continue this second Feast of Tabernacles every year and call it Hanukkah. The
seventh day of Hanukkah falls on Tivet 1 or 2 every year, the same day that the
chosen virgin Esther was crowned as Queen four years after Queen Vashti had
rejected King Xerxes on the 7th day of a Feast.
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Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women,
and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So
he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. Esther 2:17
Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion,
and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Fathers name written on
their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing
waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of
harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and
before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song
except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those
who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They
follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind
and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. No lie was found in their
mouths; they are blameless.- Revelation 14:1-5
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and
went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For
when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took
flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became
drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, Here is the bridegroom! Come
out to meet him. Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the
foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
But the wise answered, saying, Since there will not be enough for us and for you,
go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves. And while they were going to buy,
the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage
feast, and the door was shut. - Matthew 25:1-10
In Revelation 18, we read about a queen who is very boastful. Revelation
18:7-8, 10, 23 - In her heart she boasts, I sit as queen; I am not a widow, and I will
never mourn. Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and
famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her...Terrified
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at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city
of power! In one hour your doom has come!... The light of a lamp will never shine in you
again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again.
Here we see how the judgment comes in one day, or one hour. This is the Day
of the Lord, which is also referred to as an hour in the Scriptures. It is the
day and hour that Jesus said He does not know about. The reason that the
light will not shine there again is because Jesus is the light of the world and He
will be leaving. The reason the voice of the Bridegroom and Bride will not be
heard is because Jesus, our Bridegroom, will be taking His Bride and leaving
with her.
America represents this queen in Revelation 18. She will be judged for
rejecting her King on the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, in 2009, when
Mr. Obama was chosen as the Nobel Peace Prize winner and again in 2012,
when America chose Mr. Obama again to be their leader instead of a man
who represented morals and character. America will no longer be the leader
among the nations of the world. There is a new queen that will be crowned on
December 31, 2016, on the 7th day of Hanukkah, the first day of the month
of Tivet. The New Millennium will begin on Sunday, January 1, 2017, the first
day of the week, first week of the year, and first year of the New Millennium.
Esther 2:12 - Before a young womans turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had
to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months
with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics.
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Before Esther was allowed to go into the kings presence, she first had to go
through 12 months of beauty treatments. I believe this is symbolic of the 12
months between the first and second rapture events, where those left-behind
are given a 12-month period to repent and to purify their hearts so that they
are ready to meet the King. They will then be taken to be with the Lord during
the fall feasts in 2016, and together with all the saints will return to earth
on Hanukkah 2016 and be crowned on the 7th day of Hanukkah, which is
December 31, 2016.
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Puzzle Piece 27
266 Days
THE
DAY OF
THE LORD
September 23rd is the 266th day of the year. The human gestation period
from conception to birth is 266 days. The Day of the Lord comes as a
woman going into labor. September 23rd is the 266th day on the Gentile
solar calendar. The 7th day of Hanukkah is the 266th day on the Jewish lunar
calendar. The Lord is going to turn His attention from the Gentiles, back
to the Jews. The times of the Gentiles are nearly finished. On September
23, 2015, the 266th day of the Gentile year, the birthing begins as the Day
of the Lord starts. The 7th day of Hanukkah in 2016 is when the Bride of
Christ is crowned as Queen of the Earth with King Jesus, just as the chosen
virgin Queen Esther was crowned on what would later become the 7th day
of Hanukkah.
This is when the Lord brings the Gentiles together with the Jews and crowns
His Bride as Queen of the Earth. When the Jewish people finally recognize
Jesus as their Messiah and say, Blessed is He who comes in the Name of
the Lord! on the start of Hanukkah in 2016, Jesus will return to earth on
Christmas Day and then crown the Bride of Christ, Jewish and Gentile, on the
7th day of Hanukkah and the birthing of His new nation that will reign for
1,000 years is complete.
Lets read some Scripture passages that compare the Day of the Lord to a
woman going into labor and giving birth:
Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,
for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
While people are saying, Peace and safety, destruction will come on them suddenly,
as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers and
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sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are
all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to
the darkness. - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will
grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain
because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because
of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief,
but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In
that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give
you whatever you ask in my name. - John 16:20-23
As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, O LORD. We were with child, we writhed in pain, but
we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given
birth to people of the world. But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who
dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead. Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the
doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See,
the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their
sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no
longer. - Isaiah 26:17-21
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon
under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried
out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an
enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads.
Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The
dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might
devour her child the moment he was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who
will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God
and to his throne. The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by
God... - Revelation 12
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Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of
the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve. Before she goes into labor, she gives
birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. Who has ever heard of such
a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation
be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth
to her children. Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery? says the
LORD. Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery? says your God. Rejoice
with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all
you who mourn over her. For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts;
you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance. For this is what
the LORD says: I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations
like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her
knees. As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted
over Jerusalem. When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like
grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will
be shown to his foes. See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a
whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
For with fire and with his sword the LORD will execute judgment upon all men, and
many will be those slain by the LORD. Those who consecrate and purify themselves
to go into the gardens, following the one in the midst of those who eat the flesh of pigs
and rats and other abominable things--they will meet their end together, declares the
LORD. And I, because of their actions and their imaginations, am about to come
and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory. I will set
a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations... and
to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will
proclaim my glory among the nations. - Isaiah 66:6-19
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Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the
Almighty. Because of this, all hands will go limp, every mans heart will melt. Terror
will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in
labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. See, the day of the
LORD is coming --a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger-- to make the land
desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give
its light. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an
end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. I will
make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. Therefore I will
make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the
LORD Almighty, in the day of his burning anger. - Isaiah 13:6-13
It is also interesting to note that the 266th pope will be meeting with Mr.
Obama at the White House on the 266th day of the year. Is it possible that
the Pope is coming to the United States at this time to help usher in the great
deception and announce to the world that they have made contact with an
alien race, which will then be used as a cover-up, or to try to explain away the
rapture event?
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Once again, the Lord is leaving behind a big clue for us when He said this at
the time when he raised the dead. There are 2 times every year when there are
12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness all over the world. This is on
the Spring and Fall Equinox. September 23, 2015, the Day of Atonement, is
the Fall Equinox, when there are 12 hours of day and night all over the world.
After mentioning the 12 hours of daylight, Jesus then goes on to say the words
no light. I believe He is connecting the 12 hours of daylight to the time when
the world will then have no light. I looked up the word night in this verse in
Strongs Concordance and here is what I found. The word used for night there
is nyx and it means night, the time when work ceases, the time of death, the
time for deeds of sin and shame, the time of moral stupidity and darkness, the
time when the weary and also the drunken give themselves up to slumber.
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It is also interesting that in many of the diagrams of the earths rotation around
the sun, the earth appears to be in the midnight position on the fall equinox.
There are 2 passages in the New Testament that seem to indicate the midnight
hour being related to the rapture event:
Matthew 25:6 - At midnight the cry rang out: Heres the bridegroom! Come out
to meet him!
Acts 16:25-26 - About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns
to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a
violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the
prison doors flew open, and everyones chains came loose.
Mr. Obama rode into Jerusalem in 2013 right on the Spring Equinox. Two
days later, he went to the Church of the Nativity and stood in the holy place
where he did not belong. Counting from that day until the Second Coming of
Christ on December 25, 2016, there are 1,374 days. If we divide 1,374 by 3,
the total number of days is 458. Why would we divide the days by 3? Because
the fourth trumpet judgement in Revelation tells us that 1/3 of the time (or
the days and nights) will be without light. This is the time when Jesus, the light
of the world, will leave with His Bride and total darkness will come upon the
earth. This 458-day period begins on September 24, 2015, the day after the Day
of Atonement, and ends on December 25, 2016, when Jesus comes back to the
earth with His Bride at the start of Hanukkah, on Christmas Day. The gates of
heaven will close at the end of the Day of Atonement in 2015 and the days of
darkness will then begin.
December 21, 2016, is the winter solstice, and will be the darkest day of the
year for 2016. When Jesus died, the day turned dark as the Son of God was
crucified, and a time of great mourning for the disciples and followers of
Jesus began. But 3 days later, hope came to life as Jesus rose from the grave
and defeated death, hell and the power of the grave. So also, just as December
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21, 2016, will be the darkest day of the year in the natural realm, three days
later, on the 24th day of Kislev, Christmas Eve, hope will come to life as Jesus
returns to the earth with His Bride to rule and reign and defeat Satan and the
forces of evil. Haggai 2 tells us that from this day on, we will be blessed. This is
when the Jewish people will finally recognize Jesus as their Messiah and will cry
out, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Just as Judas Macabees rode
into Jerusalem on the 25th day of Kislev and the people cried out, Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord! and Hanukkah began when the temple was
rededicated to the Lord, so also, on the 25th day of Kislev in 2016, Jesus will
ride into Jerusalem with His Bride and reclaim the earth. It will not be Santa
Claus riding in on Christmas Eve with his sleigh of gifts for the good children
of the world, but it will be Jesus Christ coming with His Bride.
Mr. Obama said that he will win the war on Christmas in his second term.
Satan still believes that somehow he is going to defeat Jesus at this battle, or
else he is lying and claiming to believe it. Either way, he is going to lose and
the days of darkness will end on Christmas in 2016, when Jesus, the light of
the world returns and defeats Satan at the final battle. The Bride of Christ,
Jewish and Gentile, will then be crowned as Queen of the earth on the 7th day
of Hanukkah, as was foreshadowed by the chosen virgin Queen Esther being
crowned on what would become the 7th day of Hanukkah, 4 years after the
beautiful Queen Vashti rejected her king on the 7th day of a feast.
So, I just wanted to point out the connection between the 12 hours of daylight
mentioned in John 11:9, which points us to the fall equinox on September 23,
2015, and Jesus then mentioning in verse 10 about the night, or the time when
no one can work, and then He mentions no light.
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Blessed is He who
comes in the name of
the LORD
Zechariah 14:6 tells us that it will be a day with no light. This is the final day
of Daniels 70th week that starts in the fall of 2015, when the Sabbath rest for
the Bride of Christ starts and the days of darkness for those left behind begin.
Martha tells Jesus in verse 24 that she knows her brother will rise on the last
day. This is the last day of Daniels 70th week, when the dead in Christ rise and
the Bride of Christ escapes the wrath of God at the time of the rapture. This
is a day known only to the Father because the Son will not be here for that final
day and hour, or that final year.
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Chapter 13
From Genesis
His Story
To Revelation
The book of Revelation is full of symbolism. We see dragons and beasts with
10 heads and 7 horns, a woman who is given eagles wings, we see a sword
coming out of Jesus mouth, 2 witnesses breathing fire out of their mouths,
144,000 virgins standing with a lamb on Mt. Zion. Most people who have read
the book of Revelation understand that these things are symbolic, and that
they represent something other than the literal interpretation of what is being
read. Most people understand that there will not actually be a beast come out
of the sea with 10 heads and 7 horns. But, for some reason, when it comes
to the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11 or the 144,000 mentioned in Revelation 7
and 14, many believers cannot see or understand that these are also symbolic.
Many believers are very confused when they read the book of Revelation. For
example, in Revelation 21, we see the New Jerusalem coming down out of
heaven and the New Jerusalem is referred to as the wife of the Lamb. Many
believers know that the Bride of Christ is the Church, but are confused by this
passage that says the Bride is a city.
I would like to look at some of these difficult passages and do my best to
explain them from my own understanding. I do not claim to understand
everything written in the book of Revelation and will admit right now that my
interpretation may not be correct; only the Lord has full knowledge of what all
of the symbolism represents.
We must allow Scripture to interpret Scripture and try to understand these
difficult passages. We need to stop trying to fit God into our little box,
continually insisting that everything we read in the book of Revelation is literal
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and not symbolic and that to think otherwise is heresy. This is the same attitude
that the Pharisees had and was why they were unable to see the Messiah for
who He was when He first came to the earth. Their legalistic narrow-minded
interpretation of the Scriptures did not fit with what Jesus was doing and who
He was claiming to be, and they could not see that He was the fulfillment of
the prophecies.
The entire Bible is full of symbolism, especially in the prophecies. Jesus loved
to speak to people in parables. These parables were stories that had deeper
meaning and the people and things in His parables represented something.
Jesus, the Word of God, is an incredible story-teller. And the written Word
of God is His story to us, and its full of symbolism and parables. God is the
most amazing story- teller of all time and this book that He wrote is the worlds
greatest story its His Story.
OK, so lets first take a look at these 2 witnesses in Revelation and allow the
Scripture to interpret itself.
Revelation 11 says, I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, Go
and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the
outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will
trample on the holy city for 42 months. And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they
will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. They are the two olive trees and
the two lampstands, and they stand before the Lord of the earth.
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And in Romans 11, we read: If some of the branches have been broken off, and
you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share
in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not consider yourself to be superior to
those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root
supports you. You will say then, Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted
in. Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith.
Do not be arrogant, but tremble. For if God did not spare the natural branches,
he will not spare you either. Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God:
sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his
kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. And if they do not persist in unbelief,
they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. After all, if you were
cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted
into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be
grafted into their own olive tree!
So, Jesus Himself tells us that the lampstand represents the church and Paul
tells us that the olive tree represents those who believe in Christ, both Jewish
and Gentile. Paul tells us that the Lord cut off those in Israel who did not
accept the Messiah and He has grafted in those Gentiles who do believe.
Therefore, the olive tree also represents the Church, both Jewish and Gentile
believers. So, why are there 2 olive trees and 2 lampstands? My thought on this
is that one lampstand represents the Jewish believers in the Messiah and the
other represents the Gentile believers in the Messiah. Likewise, one olive tree
represents the Jewish believers in the Messiah and the other represents the
Gentile believers in the Messiah. Jesus is the Head of the Church and we are
His body. But every body has 2 arms and 2 legs, 2 hands and 2 feet. The 2 olive
trees and the 2 lampstands represent the whole body of Christ, both Jewish
and Gentile.
Revelation 11 tells us that these 2 witnesses will be clothed in sackcloth. In
the Scriptures, sackcloth represents repentance. Someone wanting to show his
repentant heart would often wear sackcloth, sit in ashes, and put ashes on top
of his head. Esther 4:1, for instance, describes Mordecai tearing his clothes,
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putting on sackcloth and ashes, and walking out into the city wailing loudly
and bitterly. This was Mordecais reaction to King Xerxes declaration giving
the wicked Haman authority to destroy the Jews. Mordecai was not the only
one who grieved. Esther 4:3 tells us that, In every province to which the edict and
order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and
wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes. The Jews responded to the devastating
news concerning their race with sackcloth and ashes, showing their intense
grief and distress.
Sackcloth and ashes were also used as a public sign of repentance and humility
before God. When Jonah declared to the people of Nineveh that God was
going to destroy them for their wickedness, everyone from the king on down
responded with repentance, fasting, and sackcloth and ashes (Jonah 3:5-7).
They even put sackcloth on their animals (verse 8). Their reasoning was, Who
knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we
will not perish (verse 9). This is interesting because the Bible never says that
Jonahs message included any mention of Gods mercy; but mercy is what they
received. Its clear that the Ninevites donning of sackcloth and ashes was not
a meaningless show. God saw genuine changea humble change of heart
represented by the sackcloth and ashesand it caused Him to relent and not
bring about His plan to destroy them (Jonah 3:10).
Sackcloth
Many
Members
One
Body.
Ashes
-Jeremiah 23:29
Revelation 11: I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, Go and
measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer
court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample
on the holy city for 42 months. And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will
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prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. They are the two olive trees and the
two lampstands, and they stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to harm
them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who
wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not
rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into
blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
The 1,260 days of repentance, symbolized by the sackcloth worn by the 2
witnesses, have been shortened to just over a year. The judgment has been
delayed against America and against the world because of the world-wide 3-day
prayer and fasting that took place between April 30th and May 2nd in 2013,
at the end of the 40-day period of probation that started on March 22, 2013,
when the abomination was set up. Just as the Lord delayed His judgment against
Ninevah after a 40-day wait because they repented, so also He has delayed His
judgment again because of the nationwide and worldwide repentance that took
place between April 30th and May 2nd 2013.
They STAND before the Lord of the earth. This is another big clue to us of who
these 2 witnesses are. Psalm 24:3-4 says, Who may ascend to the mountain of the
Lord, who may STAND in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart. At
the opening of the 6th seal, the leaders of the world cry out, The day of his wrath
has come and who can STAND? Jesus said to pray that you be found worthy to
escape all these things and to STAND before the Son of Man. The Bride of
Christ, the church, the pure in heart are those who STAND before the Lord.
These are those who STAND before the Lord of the earth.
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.
This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
The fire that comes from the mouth of the 2 witnesses is the Word of God that
they proclaim. Jeremiah 23:29 says, Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD,
and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
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The Word of God destroys the enemies of the Church. Nothing, not even the
gates of hell, can overpower or prevail against the Church of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Matthew 16:18 says, And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Even though Satan will have total freedom to do as he pleases during the Day
of the Lord as Jesus is no longer restraining him, the Church of Jesus Christ
will never be overcome or defeated.
They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they
are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the
earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
The Lord is encouraging His left-behind church that after they repent and
return to the Lord that they still carry His authority and the Lord will do
amazing miracles through them.
James 5:16-18 - The prayer of a righteous
person is powerful and effective. Elijah was
a human being, even as we are. He prayed
earnestly that it would not rain, and it did
not rain on the land for three and a half
years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave
rain, and the earth produced its crops.
The prayer of a
righteous person
is powerful and
effective
-James 5:16
The Lord wants His people who are alive on earth during the Day of the Lord,
the foolish virgins who were left behind, to know that once they repent and get
their hearts pure before Him, He intends to use them to do great things and
bring many souls into His Kingdom.
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Sackcloth was one way in the Old Testament of showing repentance. Another
sign of repentance in the Bible was when people would tear their clothes or
rend their garments. We see this happen when Elijah is taken to heaven in a
chariot and Elisha is left behind to witness this event.
In 2 Kings: 2 we read, As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly
a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and
Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, My father!
My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel! And Elisha saw him no more.
Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.
This is symbolic of the repentance that will take place for those who are left
behind after the rapture happens. I believe that the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11
are the left behind church, both Jewish and Gentile, those believers who need
to repent and those who come to faith in Christ during the great and dreadful
day of the Lord. They were to have worn sackcloth for 1,260 days, but this has
been shortened to just over a year. We see how that Elisha was given a double
anointing from the Lord after Elijah was taken to heaven. The left-behind
church will be anointed by God to do incredible things and see great miracles
take place through their ministry during the final day of the Lord before Satan
is bound for 1,000 years and the New Millennium begins.
Revelation 11: Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes
up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will
lie in the public square of the great citywhich is figuratively called Sodom and
Egyptwhere also their Lord was crucified. For three and a half days some from
every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them
burial. The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending
each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they
stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice
from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they went up to heaven in a cloud,
while their enemies looked on. At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a
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tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and
the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe has
passed; the third woe is coming soon.
Day of Atonement
Tishrei, 10
7 years
The final part of this passage concerns a 3 12 day period in which the 2
witnesses lay dead but are refused burial. At the end of this 3 12 day period, they
are brought back to life and told to come up to heaven. My own interpretation
of this part of the passage is that the 3 12 days represent the final 3 12 days of
Daniels 70th week. Its the same 1,260 days mentioned earlier in the passage.
These 3 12 days have been shortened to just over one day in length, or 1/3 of
the time in fulfillment of the 4th trumpet judgment of Revelation. The end of
the 1,260 days is October 12, 2016, which is the Day of Atonement in 2016.
I believe there will be a second rapture event that takes place on this day for
those who were left behind or came to faith in Christ during the Day of the
Lord, or the final day of Daniels 70th week. This is when they will be told to
Come up here! and will raise back to life. When each believer has finished
their testimony, they will be killed during the day of the Lord. But just as the
Lord came back to life after 3 days and His body was not buried, but rather
was laid in a tomb, so also His body, the Church, will not be buried but will
rise again after these days of darkness. Those who have been left behind, will
suffer horribly and most believers will die for their faith in Christ. But He will
raise His body after 3 12 days. Again, this 3 12 days equals 3 12 years and has
been shortened to just over a year in fulfillment of many other passages of
Scripture.
In the book of Revelation, we read that there are 3 woes. We are told that right
after these 2 witnesses go up to heaven, that the second woe has passed. If we
look back in Revelation 9, we see the first woe takes place at the time of an
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alien invasion. I believe the first woe happens in the fall of 2015, during the
first rapture event. The second woe happens in the fall of 2016, at the second
rapture event. Revelation does not mention to us when the third woe takes
place, but I believe that it will take place at the Second Coming of Christ to the
earth during Hanukkah in 2016.
144,000
the
bride of
Yahushua
JEWS
GENTILES
Revelation 7: After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the
earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on
the land or on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel coming up from the
east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels
who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: Do not harm the land or
the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.
Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes
of Israel. From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben
12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the
tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, from the tribe of
Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of
Benjamin 12,000. After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that
no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the
throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm
branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
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Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.
All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four
living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
saying:
Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and
strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!
Then one of the elders asked me, These in white robeswho are they, and where did
they come from? I answered, Sir, you know. And he said, These are they who
have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and
serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them
with his presence. Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun
will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of
the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were
purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. No
lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
Revelation 21: One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven
last plagues came and said to me, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the
Lamb. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and
showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone
with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like
a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve
angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on
the west. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names
of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The angel who talked with me had a measuring
rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a
square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be
12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. The angel measured the
wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. The wall was made of
jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls
were decorated with every kind of precious stone.
The New Jerusalem is the Bride of Christ, the Church. Its wall is 144 cubits,
a representation of the 144,000 pureheart virgins that are redeemed from the
earth. The Gentile believers have been grafted into the olive tree and we are
part of the 12 tribes of Israel. The unbelieving Jews who have rejected their
Messiah have been cut off from the olive tree and are no longer a part of the
true tribes of Israel, the household of faith.
Matthew 19:28 says, Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, at the renewal
of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have
followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Revelation 12:14 says, The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them
were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
The foundation of the city, or the Bride of Christ, the wife of the Lamb, are
the 12 apostles. They were the first believers who went out and proclaimed
the gospel to the nations and the Church was built upon their teachings and
leadership, which was modeled to them by Jesus. The 12 apostles are the
rulers or head of the 12 tribes of Israel, which includes all Jewish and Gentile
believers in Christ.
Did the apostles understand this concept and did they teach this through their
writings? Absolutely! Look at who James addresses his letter to: (James 1)
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among
the nations: Greetings.
In Galatians 4, we read: These things are being taken figuratively: The women
represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to
be slaves: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds
to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem
that is above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written:
Be glad, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband.
Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time the son
born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same
now. But what does Scripture say? Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave
womans son will never share in the inheritance with the free womans son. Therefore,
brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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12,000 X 12 = 144,000
It symbolizes completion. In the very next verse after we read about the 12,000
from each tribe it says, After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that
no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne
and before the Lamb. The 12,000 is not an actual number of people; John tells
us that the real number of people can not be counted. It is a symbolic number
representing the totality of the Bride of Christ, all of those who have been
grafted into the olive tree, both Jews and Gentiles that are now a part of the 12
tribes of Israel.
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Chapter 14
Puzzle Piece 34
The 3 Woes
Revelation 8:13 - As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in
a loud voice: Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts
about to be sounded by the other three angels!
Trumpet #5
Trumpet #6
Trumpet #7
First Woe
Second Woe
Third Woe
fifth angel
Rev 9:1-12
sixth angel
Rev 9:13-21;
11: 7-13
seventh angel
Rev 10:7; 11: 14-19;
15:1,4-8; 16:1-12,
16-21
Rev. 8:13 And I beheld, an angel flying through the midst of heaven,
saying witha 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!
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2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 - They perish because they refused to love the truth
and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will
believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but
have delighted in wickedness.
Matthew 24: At that time if anyone says to you, Look, here is the Messiah! or,
There he is! do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and
perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
In his speech to the UN on the
Day of Atonement in 2012, the
Iranian president Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said, God Almighty
has promised us a man of kindness, a
man who loves people and loves absolute
justice, a man who is a perfect human
being and is named Imam Al- Mahdi,
a man who will come in the company of
Jesus Christ, peace be upon Him, and
the righteous, he said. Calling the Mahdi the Ultimate Savior, Ahmadinejad said
his arrival on earth will mark a new beginning, a rebirth and a resurrection. It will be
the beginning of peace, lasting security and genuine life.
Ahmadinejad said the coming reign of the Twelfth Imam on earth will bring
about an eternally bright future for mankind, not by force or waging wars but through
thought awakening and developing kindness in everyone. The Iranian leader did not
offer a specific timetable, but he did say the sweet scent of the Mahdis global
reign will soon reach all the territories in Asia, Europe, Africa and the U.S.
What is about to take place starting in the fall of 2015 is what many believers
refer to as the Great Deception. It will involve some sort of alien race of fallen
angels and demonic entities coming to the earth and this will be used as a
cover-up for the rapture event, wherein millions of believers around the world
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them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of
a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not
find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. The locusts looked like
horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of
gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like womens hair,
and their teeth were like lions teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of
iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and
chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in
their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king
over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in
Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). The first woe is past; two other woes are
yet to come.
Isaiah 6:5-6 - Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean
lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the
LORD Almighty. Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said,
See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.
We see here how that Isaiah cries out WOE when he sees the Lord and then his
sin is atoned for. I believe this is a foreshadow to us from the Old Testament
of how the woe events happen when see the Lord on the Day of Atonement.
I believe that these first 2 woes will both take place on the Day of Atonement.
I believe the first woe will take place on the Day of Atonement in 2015 and the
second woe will take place on the Day of Atonement in 2016. Both involve
rapture events of the purehearted virgin Bride of Christ and an `alien invasion`
of the earth. Those foolish virgins who have not kept oil in their lamps and
who are lukewarm and worldly, will be left behind during the Day of the Lord
from the fall of 2015 to the fall of 2016. They will repent and the Lord will use
them to do amazing things during this terrible day of darkness on the earth.
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Joel 2 is a description of the Day of the Lord that begins right after the sun is
darkened and the moon turns to blood. Revelation 6 tells us that the 6th seal
opens when the sun is darkened and moon turns to blood at the start of the
day of the Lord. There will be a solar eclipse on the Feast of Trumpets in 2015
and the final blood moon on the start of the Feast of Tabernacles in 2015.
These are the signs in the sun and moon that we are told to watch for. The fall
of 2015 will begin the 7th day of Daniels 70th week, the Sabbath rest for the
Bride of Christ, and the Year of Jubilee for those taken in the rapture. Lets
look at a few of the verses from Joel 2 and compare them with this first woe
event in Revelation 9, when the Abyss is opened and some sort of evil creature
comes down to the earth to torture people for 5 months.
Joel 2: Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who
live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand a
day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading
across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient
times nor ever will be in ages to come. Before them fire devours, behind them a flame
blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert
wastenothing escapes them.
This is describing locusts before them the land is like the garden of Eden and
behind them a desert waste, nothing escapes them.
Now lets read from Revelation 9 again: The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and
I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the
shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a
gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out
of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of
the earth.
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OK, going back now to Joel 2: They have the appearance of horses; they gallop
along like cavalry. With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
So, Joel tells us that they have the appearance of horses. And going back to
Revelation 9 again: The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads
they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair
was like womens hair, and their teeth were like lions teeth. They had breastplates like
breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses
and chariots rushing into battle.
Joel is describing the first `alien invasion` of earth that happens at the first
woe, or first rapture event. Lets see what else Joel tells us about this day: At the
sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale. They charge like warriors; they
scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their course. They do not
jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking
ranks. They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like
thieves they enter through the windows. Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the
sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The LORD thunders at the head
of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?
Joel tells us that they are like thieves entering houses through the windows.
Jesus told us the same thing in Matthew 24: Therefore keep watch, because you do
not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house
had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would
not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man
will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
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So, how do we know that this second woe will also happen on the Day of
Atonement? Revelation 11: 3-4 says, And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they
will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. They are the two olive trees and the
two lampstands, and they stand before the Lord of the earth.
Then in Revelation 11:11-14 we read - But after the three and a half days the breath
of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw
them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they
went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.At that very hour there was a
severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the
earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second
woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
The 3 12 days represents the final 3 12 days of Daniels 70th week. It was
to have started on May 2, 2013, and end on the Day of Atonement in 2016,
when the 2 witnesses are told to, Come up here! and the second woe takes
place. When we count from May 2, 2013, to October 12, 2016, there are 1,260
days. October 12, 2016 is the Day of Atonement. These 3 12 years have been
shortened to one year from the Day of Atonement in 2015 to the Day of
Atonement in 2016. This is the Day of the Lord, the final day of Daniels 70th
week. This second alien invasion, or second woe that happens at the second
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9:13-21; 11:7-13
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woe
Revelations
11:14-19; 15:1,6-8;
16:1-21
#7
rapture event, is far worse than the first alien invasion as it kills 1/3 of the
people left on the earth.
The third woe happens when the 7th angel sounds his trumpet.
Revelation 11:15-19 - The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were
loud voices in heaven, which said: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.And the
twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and
worshiped God, saying:
We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
the One who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign.
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become the 7th day of Hanukkah. In 2016, this is December 31st, when the
Bride of Christ is crowned as Queen of the Earth with King Jesus and begins
to rule and reign with Him for 1,000 years on the earth.
So, to recap. I believe that;
the first woe takes place in the fall of 2015, on the Day of Atonement,
when the rapture and first `alien invasion` takes place. I believe that
the second woe takes place in the fall of 2016, on the Day of
Atonement, when the second rapture and second `alien invasion` takes
place. I believe that
the third woe takes place on Christmas Day in 2016, when Immanuel
comes and ransoms captive Israel and the Jewish people finally
recognize their Messiah and cry out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the Lord!
The New Millennium will start 7 days later when the Bride of Christ
is crowned as Queen of the Earth to rule and reign with King Jesus for
1,000 years.
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Chapter 15
Puzzle Piece 35
Ezekiel 38 & 39
Midpoint of Tribulation
Abomination of Desolations
Return of Jesus
at Armageddon
Gog &Magog:
Mountains all
Fall Down
(Ezekiel 38:18-20)
Great Earthquake
(Revelation 16:16-20)
(Isaiah 29:5-8)
(Zechariah 14:2-5)
Most end-time Bible prophecy teachers believe that the war described in
Ezekiel 38 and 39 will take place right at the very beginning of the final 7 years
before Christ returns to earth. The reason they believe this is this verse found
in Ezekiel 39:9 - Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the
weapons for fuel and burn them up--the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war
clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. They teach that until this
event takes place, we have not entered the final 7 years before Christs return
because the fuel has to be burned for 7 years and this cannot take place after
Christ returns to earth.
However, we must always remember that Scripture interprets Scripture, so we
need to look at these verses in Ezekiel 38 and 39 and see where else the Scripture
talks about these events and what is the timing that these other Scriptures place
these events at. Amazingly, the events described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 will take
place at four times, according to the book of Revelation at the first rapture
event on the Day of Atonement in the fall of 2015, which is the first woe of
Revelation 9 when the 6th seal opens at the end of the 6th day of Daniels
70th week, then at the second rapture event on the Day of Atonement in 2016,
or second woe of Revelation 9 and 11 at the end of the 7th day of Daniels
70th week, then at the Second Coming of Christ to earth on Christmas Day in
2016, or the third woe of Revelation 9 and 11, and then finally at the end of
the 7,000-year plan of God for mankind, when Satan is once again released for
a short time. The prophecies mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39 will have a fourfold fulfillment a partial fulfillment at the first 2 rapture events, then another
partial fulfillment at the Second Coming of Christ to the earth and then a final
fulfillment after the 7,000 years. So, lets take a look at these verses together:
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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?
Ezekiel 38:19 - In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall
be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
Revelation 6:12 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake.
Ezekiel 38:20 - all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence.
The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to
the ground.
Revelation 6:14-15 - 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.
This portion of Ezekiel 38 will be partially fulfilled at the first rapture event
that takes place in the fall of 2015, at the opening of the 6th seal of Revelation.
Now, lets look at how Ezekiel 38 will have a second fulfillment at the second
rapture event, or second woe, that takes place on the Day of Atonement in
2016.
Ezekiel 38:19-22 - In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there
shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish in the sea, the birds in the
sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the
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people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be
overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. I will summon
a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD. Every
mans sword will be against his brother. I will execute judgment on him with plague
and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on
him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
Revelation 16:17-21 - The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and
out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, It is done! Then there
came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No
earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous
was the quake. The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations
collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the
wine of the fury of his wrath. Every island fled away and the mountains could not
be found. From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds fell
on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague
was so terrible.
The prophecies in Ezekiel 38 will be fulfilled during the 2 rapture events on the
Day of Atonement in 2015 and 2016. At the time of both rapture events, there
will be a huge earthquake and all of the mountains and islands will be removed
and at the second rapture event, there will also be a huge hailstorm. Both of
these events will involve an asteroid or large meteor hitting the earth and causing
the entire earth to shake, along with an alien invasion of earth. The prophecies
found in Ezekiel 39 will be fulfilled at the Second Coming of Christ to the earth
after the Day of the Lord, or year of recompense.
Ezekiel 39: 17-22 -Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call out
to every kind of bird and all the wild animals: Assemble and come together from all
around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of
Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. You will eat the flesh of mighty men
and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats
and bullsall of them fattened animals from Bashan. At the sacrifice I am preparing
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for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. At my
table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,
declares the Sovereign LORD. I will display my glory among the nations, and all the
nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them. From that day
forward the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
Revelation 19:11-21 - I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white
horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written
on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and
his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on
white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a
sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron
scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his
robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD
OF LORDS. And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all
the birds flying in midair, Come, gather together for the great supper of God, so that
you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and
the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small. Then I saw the beast and the
kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the
horse and his army. But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had
performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received
the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive
into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. The rest were killed with the sword coming out of
the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Again, please look at Ezekiel 39:18-20 - There you will eat flesh and drink
blood. You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the
earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bullsall of them fattened animals
from Bashan.At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted
and drink blood till you are drunk. At my table you will eat your fill of horses and
riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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This day of slaughter, or year of retribution, will begin on September 24, 2015,
which interestingly is also the day of a very important Muslim festival called
Eid-al-ahda, or Feast of Sacrifice. Those who have not accepted Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior, will either be sacrificed on that day, or have to endure
the coming year of the Lords vengeance. Those who have accepted Christ and
have the fruit of the Spirit flowing through them, will be spared and enter into
their rest, also known as the Year of Jubilee.
GOG vs. YAHWEH
The final fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39 will happen at the end of the 1,000-year
New Millennium.
Revelation 20: 7-10 - When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released
from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the
earthGog and Magogand to gather them for battle. In number they are like the
sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded
the camp of Gods people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and
devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of
burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be
tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Ezekiel 38:1-2 reads, The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, set your face
against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against
him. Ezekiel 38-39 are often referred to as the Battle of Gog and Magog.
John is pointing us back to these 2 chapters in Ezekiel as the final fulfillment
of this battle between Satan and God.
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because the Bible says that we have all sinned and fallen short of Gods glory.
Jesus came to earth, lived a perfect life, and then died in your place on the
cross, taking your punishment on Himself. You no longer have to stand before
God with sin and shame or have to pay for your sins because the payment has
already been made. You must simply believe in Jesus Christ and accept what
He has done for you on the cross. Ask God to forgive you for your sins and to
change you and make you into a new creature, replacing your old sinful nature
with His divine nature. Allow Him to cleanse you and come into your life. He
wants to have a relationship with you that will last for all eternity. Salvation is a
free gift and it cannot be earned by doing good works.
For 6,000 years, God has been
gracious and forgiving toward
The
man and has not allowed Satan
to have full control of earth.
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When Jesus died on the cross,
He dealt Satan a fatal blow and
defeated death, Hell and the power of the grave once and for all. Just as Jesus
rose up from the dead, so also, we will rise and be given new bodies, just as
Jesus received 3 days after He was crucified. The Bible tells us that Satan would
bruise the heal of Jesus, but that Jesus would crush Satans head.
Double
However, for this final year before Christ returns to earth, the age of grace is
finished, and the day of Gods wrath has begun. Satans fatal head wound has
temporarily been healed and he now has the freedom to do as he pleases on
earth without Jesus stopping Him. Please know that God is a God of perfect
love and order and the chaos you see all around you happening right now is
from Satan and his evil forces. God is simply giving mankind what they have
deserved all along because of their sin, in hope that more people will turn to
faith in Him before their fate is eternally sealed. God is still giving you the
opportunity to come to Him and repent of your sin. Do it today before you
run out of time and end up separated from Gods love for all eternity.
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The Hell that you are now experiencing is nothing compared to eternity of
total darkness and separation from God that awaits all who do not accept
His free gift of salvation before they die.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever
believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the
judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than
the light because their works were evil. John 3:16-19
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have
life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you
may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:11-13
If you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
Repentance
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This is the day following the first day of unleavened bread and
is also called beginning of the harvest where a sheaf (omer)
of ripened barley (the first grain crop to ripen) is waved by the
priest (North, South, East, then West) before the Lord, a
year-old male lamb without blemish is sacrificed along with a
minchah (unleavened bread mixed with oil) and wine to mark
the start of the counting of the omer thereby initiating the
49-day countdown to the harvest festival of Pentecost
(Shavuot). Only after the wave offering is performed, can the
crop begin to be used. These first fruits are symbolic of Jesus as
He fulfilled this feast when He was raised from the dead by God
and became the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Jesus resurrection was like a "wave offering" presented before
the Father as the "firstfruits" of the harvest to come!
Lev. 23:9-12, Lev. 23:13, Lev. 23:14, 1 Cor. 15:20-23
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3. FIRST FRUITS
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MAY
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4. PENTECOST / SHAVUOT
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This is the day that God gave Moses the Torah at Mt. Sinai. It is
exactly 7 weeks (49 days) counting from the day after the Feast of
First Fruits. This period of 49 days (between 17th Nisan and 5th
Sivan) called counting of the omer culminates with the feast
being observed on the 50th day, hence the name Pentecost (also
referred to as the Feast of Weeks). It is a Sabbath and no ordinary
work is permitted. Just as a sample of the first crop of ripened
barley is waved before the Lord on the Feast of First Fruits, so on
Pentecost a sample of the first crop of ripened wheat is brought to
the priest, baked in 2 loaves of leavened bread and waved before
the altar. This is the only time leavened bread is used by the
priests in such a manner. It is on this day that the Holy Spirit
(Ruach HaKodesh) descended from heaven onto the disciples and
it is considered to be the day the Church was born. Lev. 2:11, Lev.
23: 15-20, Ex. 19:1
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JUNE
The Spring Feasts are celebrated beginning in the Hebrew month of Nisan (1st month) and ending in the month of Sivan (3th month).
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Although this feast was not given to the Israelites by God in the
book of Leviticus, it came to be in 165 BC when Judas Maccabees
defeated the evil Greek king Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) on 25
Kislev (9th Month) and the people cried out blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord!. Judas Maccabees re-dedicated
the defiled Temple on this same day; hence its name, the feast of
re-dedication. It is said that the only oil that had not been defiled
by the Greeks that was needed to light the menorah continuously
in the Temple was not enough and was expected to last only 1 day.
Miraculously it lasted 8 days. The Israelites took this as a sign from
God and decided to observe an 8-day feast in commemoration of
this event. This feast is widely considered to be the 2nd Feast of
Tabernacles and it is a foreshadow of Jesus returning to to reclaim
the earth at His second coming after it has been defiled. Hannukah
eve is considered to be the blessed day. Haggai 2:19, Matthew
23:39, John 10:22-24, Zechariah 14:16-19
8. HANNUKAH / RE-DEDICATION
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IYAR
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7. TABERNACLES / SUKKOT
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TISHREI
10th Tishrei
This is an 8-day feast in which the 1st and 8th (Shmini Atzeret)
days are Sabbaths where no ordinary work is permitted. A holy
convocation / solemn assembly is held and food offerings are
presented to the Lord. During this feast, Israelites dwell in
hastily built huts (sukkot) for 7 days as a remembrance of how
God made them dwell in them when He brought them out of
Egypt. Since it follows the days of awe and repentance, Sukkot
represents the time of restored fellowship with the Lord. In fact,
the Mishkan (and later, the Temple) represents Gods dwelling
among His redeemed people. Sukkot is the 7th and last feast
that God ordered the Israelites to observe as His Appointed
Times and from a spiritual perspective corresponds to the joy
of knowing that your sins have been forgiven (during Yom
Kippur) and also recalls Gods miraculous provision and care
after the deliverance from bondage in Egypt. Lev. 23:34-39,
Deut. 16:13, Numbers 29:35, Exodus 29:44-45
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SEPTEMBER
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NISAN
The Fall Feasts are celebrated beginning in the Hebrew month of Tishrei (7th month) and ending in the month of Kislev (9th month).
These months correspond with Sep/Oct and Nov/Dec on the Gregorian calendar. Please note that a Jewish day starts at sundown.
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