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Primarily designed for video projection to congregations or study
groups, this Daniel & Revelation Teaching Outline/Study Guide
explains a view of Bible prophecy unavailable to the Church prior to
the new nation of Israel being established in 1948 and Jerusalem
being freed of Gentile control in 1967. It is the most complete work
on Bible prophecy Ellis Skolfield has done to date, however it is still
just an outline so some doctrinal concepts may need amplification by
the teacher.
I NTRODUCTI ON
Throughout time, there have been only two significant
forces in the entire universe: Sovereign God who created
all things and Satan whos been trying to seize control of
everything ever since, man included. Every departure
from the will of God, every false doctrine, every lie, every
theft, every homicide or war or terrorist act is just an
earthly manifestation of a heavenly conflict. Though we
cant see it, that ongoing battle in the spiritual world is
real and its one of the Bibles central themes.
Most of Scripture is history, recorded in prose and
poetry, but about one third is predictive prophecy God
telling His people about events future to when the
prophecy was given. Ever since then, theologians without
number have been trying to decipher those prophecies,
theorizing a zillion or so views of exactly how this . . .
Christian era should end: Preterism, Historicism and the
ever-so-popular Dispensational view (seven-year-trib, pre-
trib rapture or whatever), each view with its own intrepid
battalion of fire-breathing defenders. But the mere
existence of so many end-time views shows that the
theologians themselves arent sure anyones got it right.
So where can we find the truth? Well, on our way to the
Seven-Year Tribulation or one of the other problematic
scenarios, two events took place that should have changed
the way we looked at Bible prophecy.
In 1948, the few precious Jews who survived the Nazi
Holocaust fled Europe and established the new nation of
Israel. In 1967, Jerusalem was freed of Gentile control for
the first time in 2573 years. Those two events fulfilled
more Bible prophecy than anything else thats happened
since the Cross! They also open two verses in Daniel that
are key to understanding the rest of Bible prophecy.
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end.
Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the
words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
The freeing of Jerusalem from Gentile control in 1967
ended the time of the Gentiles, Luke 21:24, and began
Daniels time of the end! Since Daniel was sealed until
the time of the end, all prophetic views devised out of
Daniel prior to 1967 are at best incomplete, or at worst,
false doctrine! For instance . . .
It can now be proven that the beasts in Revelation, the
Two Witnesses, the Seven Seals, and the Seven Trumpets
are not events in our future! In fact, all have been fulfilled
during the Christian era and we are just moments away
from King Jesus appearing in the sky! Difficult realities to
accept, perhaps, but true just the same.
There isnt enough prophetic time left for the temple to
be rebuilt in Jerusalem and theres no waiting for a final
Antichrist, either. Just ever increasing natural disasters
and unrest among nations, particularly around Israel and
the rest of the Middle East, until the last trumpet sounds
and were in the eternal kingdom of God.
Every concept in this Teaching Outline might not be
fully explained and being just a herdsman and gatherer
of sycamore fruit, some details might not be explained
correctly. But despite this studys possible shortcomings,
please set your end-time traditions aside for a while and
open your Bibles, because . . . If any man wills to do His
will, he will know of the doctrine, whether it is of God or
whether I speak of myself.
EHS
How old was Jesus
when He went to the Cross
and why do we believe it?
Most theologians teach that Jesus was 33
when he went to the cross, and most of us believe it,
but what do we know from the Bible?
1. Qurinius was pro-Counsel in Syria when
Jesus was born. (Luke 2:2)
2. A census sent Mary and Joseph to
Bethlehem. (Luke 2:3)
3. Herod ordered babies killed two years old
and under. (Mat 2:16)
What We Know from Recorded History.
1
1. Herod died in June of 4 B.C. (GAD)
2
2. Quirinius was pro-council in Syria, 7-8 B.C. (GAD)
(Stone inscription indicates Quirinius was twice in Syria)
3. The Romans took a census every 14 years.
4. Archeological support for the Roman census
of 6A.D., however, all authorities agree, 6 A.D.
is too late for birth of Jesus.
5. Archeological support for the Roman
census of 8 B.C.!
6. No archeological support for a Roman census
in between those two dates.
1
Documentation: Packer-Tenny-White, Zondervans Pictorial Bible Encyclopedia, Halleys Bible
Handbook, the Internet, etc. There is never-ending scholarly argument about 1st century dating,
available data was correlated and conclusions drawn from that picture.
2
GAD = Generally Accepted Date
Biblical Forties, Why so Many?
1. Rained 40 days and 40 nights during the flood, Gen 7:4
2. Noah remained in the ark 40 days after dry land appears, Gen 8:6
3. Moses was in the wilderness 40 years, Act 7:30
4. Moses was on the Mountain 40 days, Exo 24:18, DEU 9:18
5 Malefactors were scourged with 40 stripes, Deu 25:3
6. Israelites were fed manna in the wilderness 40 years, Exo 16:35
7. Tabernacle had 40 silver sockets, Exo 26:19
8. There were 40 year periods of peace, Judges 3:11, 5:31, 8:28
9 Eli (a high priest) judged Israel 40 years, 1Sam 4:18
10. Elijah was on the mountain 40 days, 1Ki 19:8
11. David ruled Israel 40 years, 1Ki 2:11
12. Solomon ruled Israel 40 years, 1Ki 11:42
13. Temple nave 40 cubits, 1Ki 7:35
14. Jesus was in the wilderness 40 days, Mat 4:2
15. Jesus appeared to the disciples for 40 days, Act 1:3
GAD of the Cross
32-34AD
Quirinius
Pro-council
in Syria, 7BC
*
Census * Census Census
8BC * 6AD 20-24AD *
** * * *
** 14 years * 14 years * *
*(((((((((((((((((((((((*((((((((((((((((((((((((* *
* * * * *
* Herod the Great *
* Dies, June, 4BC (GAD) *
* *
* The 69 Weeks of DAN 9:24-26 were fulfilled in 32AD-34AD *
((((((*((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*
*
If Jesus was born in 7-8BC, He was 40 at the Cross!
*
*((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*
* *
. . . this would explain the numerous biblical 40's
as types in the life of Christ!
Incidentally, our calendar year of 2012 A.D. is actually the year 2019-20. Zero year (or lack
thereof) ignored because of the 1-3 year ambiguity in dating accepted by most authorities.
Copyright 2005, Ellis Skolfield
Two Reasons This is Important.
1. Knowing the correct length of Jesus earthly life is key
to understanding two prophecies in Ezekiel.
2. Proves a traditional view long taught in the Church
to be incorrect, making other traditions suspect.
Incidentally, according to Jewish tradition, a man had to be 40 years
old to become a ruling member in the Sanhedran. Until Jesus was 40,
He was thought to be just another rebel in Israel. But when Jesus
entered Jerusalem that final time, He was greeted by the people (in an
apantesis) as a king. If He was 40, He could have seized control and the
Pharisees knew it. Thats why they said such things as . . .
John 11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and
the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
At 40, Rabbi Jesus could have become their ruler,
so the Pharisees believed they had to kill Him to stay in power.
Whenanauthorwishesto
portraycharactersorevents
inahiddenorsymbolicway
heusesfigurativelanguage.
1.Literalorfigurativelanguageisdetermined
bytheAuthor,notthereader.
2.Interpretingliterallanguagefiguratively
resultsinfalsedoctrine.
3.Interpretingfigurativelanguageliterally
alsoresultsinfalsedoctrine.
4.Figurativesignposts
arekeytorecognizingapassage
asliteralorfigurative.
ExamplesofFigurativeSignposts
LIKEorLIKEUNTO
Mat13:44Thekingdomofheavenislikeunto
treasurehidinafield.
Mat20:1Forthekingdomofheavenislikeunto
amanthatisanhouseholder
Mat23:27Woeuntoyou,scribesandPharisees,
hypocrites!foryearelikeunto
whitedsepulchres.
AS
Mat13:43Thenshalltherighteousshineforthasthesun.
Luke10:3Behold,Isendyouforthaslambsamongwolves.
Luke17:6Ifyehadfaithasagrainofmustardseed.
InTheSpirit
Afigurativesignpostshowingtheprophetis
havingavision.
Rev1:10IwasinthespiritontheLord'sday.
Rev4:2AndimmediatelyIwasinthespirit.
Rev17:3Sohecarriedmeawayinthespirit.
Rev21:10Andhecarriedmeawayinthespirit.
Allshowthattheprophetishavingavision
andallpropheticvisionsarefigurative!
Example:JosephsSecondVision
Genesis37:910Andhe(Joseph)dreamedyetanotherdream
(hehadavision),andtoldithisbrethren,andsaid,Behold,I
havedreamedadreammore;and,behold,the sunandthe
moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he
toldittohisfather,andtohisbrethren:andhisfather(who
understood the vision as figurative) rebuked him, and said
untohim,Whatisthisdreamthatthouhastdreamed?Shall
Iandthymotherandthybrethrenindeedcometobowdown
ourselvestotheetotheearth?
JosephsdreamisobviouslyaboutJacob
andthechildrenofIsrael.
SoarethereanypropheticvisionsintheBible
thatarenotfigurative?
TheSameFigurativeLanguageinRevelation.
Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in
heaven;awomanclothedwiththesun,andthe
moonunderherfeet,anduponherheadacrown
oftwelvestars.
TheBiblehasonlyoneAuthor!
SincethefigurativelanguageinRevelation
isidenticaltothefigurativelanguageinGenesis,
whodoyousupposeRevelation12:1
isactuallyidentifying?
Whyits...
ISRAEL
ofcourse!
FigurativelanguageappearsalloverRevelation!
Rev 4:6Andbeforethethronetherewasaseaofglasslike
untocrystal.
Rev9:10Andtheyhadtailslikeuntoscorpions.
Rev11:1Andtherewasgivenmeareedlikeuntoarod.
Rev13:11AndIbeheldanotherbeastcomingupoutofthe
earth;andhehadtwohornslikealamb,andhespakeas
adragon.
Rev16:13AndIsawthreeuncleanspiritslikefrogscomeout
ofthemouthofthedragon.
Rev16:3Andthesecondangelpouredouthisvialuponthe
sea(ofpeople,Rev17:15);anditbecameasthebloodof
adeadman;andeverylivingsouldied(spiritually)in
thesea.
Revelationhasover70figurativesignposts
soRevelationisprimarilyfigurative!
SomeofRevelationsfigurativelanguage
isdefinedforusinthebookitself...
Revelation1:20Themysteryofthesevenstarswhichthousawestinmyright
hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels
(Greek,,angelose,amessenger**)ofthesevenchurches:andthe
sevencandlestickswhichthousawestarethesevenchurches.
Revelation 11:34 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they
shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth.Thesearethetwoolivetrees,andthetwocandlesticksstanding
beforetheGodoftheearth.
Revelation17:18Andthewomanwhichthousawestisthatgreatcity,which
reignethoverthekingsoftheearth.
** There are several kinds of messengers in Scripture: Jesus is the messenger of the
covenant,theHolySpiritisamessenger,holyangelsandhumansaremessengersandso
isSatan.InRevelation,contextrevealstheidentityofthevariousangels.
AboutAngelsinRevelation
IntheNewTestament,theGreekwordtranslatedangelis:,
pronouncedangelose,bydefinitionamessenger.
1.Jesusisthemessengerofthecovenant,Malachi3:1
2.HolyAngelscanbemessengers,Luke1:19
3.TheHolySpiritisamessenger,John16:13
4.Peoplecanbemessengers,Galatians 4:14
5.Satanandhisangelscanbemessengers,2Corinthians12:7
InRevelation,angeloseappears68times.Allaremessengersof
somekind,someverygood,othersverywicked.
TheidentityofthevariousangelsinRevelation
mustbedeterminedbycontext!
SevenImportantRulesofInterpretation
1.TheCulturalSettingoftheProphet.
Allprophecymustbeviewedfromtheprophetsownknowledgebase,notfrom
ours. We must place ourselves in the sandals of the prophet and render his
prophecyfromhishistoricandculturalposition.Interpretingaprophecyfrom
our21
st
centuryknowledgebasecanleadtofalsedoctrine...
Hosea 7:8Ephraim,hehathmixedhimselfamongthepeople;
Ephraimisacakenotturned.
InHoseastime,aflatbreadwascookedonesideatatime,justlikewedopancakes
today.ThisHoseaprophecy(writtenjustbeforethefallofthenorthernkingdomof
Israel)tellstheIsraelitesthatonlyhalfthestoryofthesocalledtenlosttribestook
place before they were dispersed by the Assyrians into the Caucuses Mountains
regionin725722B.C..StillpartofGodschosenpeople,Israelwasstilltobecomea
multitudeofnations,Genesis48:19,buttheirfuturewouldbeinamongtheGentile
nations,Amos9:89.
2.IdiomsMustBeRecognizedAsNonliteral.
1Kings 21:21 Behold,Iwillbringeviluponthee,andwilltake
awaythyposterity,andwillcutofffromAhabhimthatpisseth
againstthewall.
SoisGodisgoingtoperformsurgeryonthoseofAhabsrelativeswhocant
findabathroom?Iftakenliterally,thatiswhatwehavetobelieve,because
thatiswhattheScripturesays.
But when understood idiomatically, the prophet Elijah is informing
KingAhabofIsrael,thatGodisgoingtojudgeAhabshousebecauseofhis
wickeddeeds,allowingallofhismaledescendantstobekilledoffsothat
hisfamilywoulddisappearfromtheearth.
3.ScripturalAdjacency.
Revelation11:4These(twowitnesses)arethe
twoolivetrees,andthetwocandlesticks
standingbeforetheGodoftheearth.
Forthedefinitionofscripturalfigures,firstlookwithinthesurrounding
verses,thenthechapter,thenthebook,thenthetestament,thenthewhole
Bible.ItisfaultyexegesistouseOldTestamentdefinitionsforolivetrees
andcandlesticksifthereareNewTestamentdefinitionsthatfitthese
NewTestamentfiguresperfectly!
Romans11:2432andRevelation1:20
Rules4through7,HavingtheRightHeartAttitude
4.RecognizetheBibleasthetrueLivingWordofGod.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick (Greek: , dzaho, living), and
powerful,andsharperthananytwoedgedsword,piercing eventothedividing
asunderofsoulandspirit,andofthejointsandmarrow,andisadiscernerofthe
thoughtsandintentsoftheheart.
5.TheLordwillnotopenHisWordtous
ifwerewillingtocompromiseit.
6.TheLordcanteachusnothing
ifweholdourdoctrinesaboveHisWord.
7.Welearnthedoctrinesofmenfrombooksbymen,
welearntoknowGodfromHisWord.

THE LAST TRUMPET


GettingOurChronologyRight
1 Thessalonians 4:1617 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heavenwithashout,withthevoiceofthearchangel,andwiththe
trumpofGod:andthedeadinChristshallrisefirst.Thenwewhich
arealiveandremainshallbecaughtuptogetherwiththeminthe
clouds,tomeettheLordintheair:andsoshallweeverbewiththe
Lord.
1Corinthians15:5152Behold,Ishewyouamystery;Weshall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the
twinklingofaneye,atthelast(Greek:,eschatos,meaningfinal
oruttermost)trump:forthetrumpetshallsound,andthedeadshall
beraisedincorruptible,andweshallbechanged.
Sameevent,wethewholeChurch,aretaken
tobewiththeLordatthelasttrumpet.
So can there be
any trumpets after
the last trumpet?
Of course not,
or the last trumpet
wouldnt be the last!
Important because some endtime positions exclude the seven trumpets in
Revelation, claiming them to be trumpets of judgment that sound after the
raptureoftheChurch,duringaSevenYearGreatTribulationthatisthought
tobecomingattheendoftheChristianera.Ifthatviewiscorrect,thenGodmade
aterribleerrorwhenHeinspired1Corinthians15:5152.
TheLastTrumpet
N O
Since our trumpet is the LAST Trumpet,
All other trumpets must come before it! M O R E

T R U M P E T S


Church Taken Up
TheLastTrumpetdrawsalineintime!EveryeventintheBibletakesplace
eithertotherightortheLeftofthatline!OtherreferencestothatTrumpet...
1.TheLastTrumpet, 1Co15:5152
2.TheTrumpofGod, 1Th4:16
3.TheGreatTrumpet, Mat24:31
4.TheGreatTrumpet, Isa27:13
5.Warrior'sTrumpet, Zec9:14
6.TheSeventhAngel Rev10:67
7.TheSeventhTrumpet Rev11:15
Copyright2005,EllisSkolfield
THELASTTRUMPETSDESCRIBED
Revelation10:67thereshouldbetime(Greek,k,khronos,
time) no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel,whenheshallbegintosound(Greek,,salpid
zo,i.e.,thesoundofatrumpet)themysteryofGodshouldbe
finished(Greek,g,teleho,ISfinished,broughttoafinaland
completeend),ashehathdeclaredtohisservantstheprophets.
THELASTTRUMPETSOUNDS
Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded;** and there
weregreatvoicesinheaven,saying,Thekingdomsofthisworld
arebecomethekingdomsofourLord,andofhisChrist;andhe
shallreignforeverandever.(i.e.,theeternalkingdomofGod)
**Therearenotrumpetsfollowingthe7thtrumpetofRev11:15,sothisisindeed
thelasttrumpetofalltime!WhytheLastTrumpetsoundshereratherthanlater
inRevelationisthesubjectofChapter09,Bifids&Chiasms.
RemembertheoldHymn?
WhenthetrumpetoftheLordshallsoundandtimeshallbenomore.
ThathymnwriterknewsomethingtheChurchhasforgotten!
Revelation10:6KJV,...thereshouldbeTIMEnolonger
TheGreekwordtranslatedtimeinthisverseisk(khronos),by
definition...aspaceoftime.
TheGreekwordk(chronidzo),fromthesameroot,isbydefinition
...tolinger,todelay,totarry.

Moderntranslatorsincorrectlytranslatechronosdelay,butwhy?IfGodhadintended
Rev10:6toread,nomoredelay,ratherthannomoretime,thenGodusedthewrong
Greekwordtoexpressit!Theverseplainlystatesthattime,asanaturalphenomenon,
endsforbelieversattheLastTrumpet!Atthatfinaltrumpet,believersgoimmediately
intotheeternalkingdomofGod,nopretribrapture,nomillennium.Whenchronosis
correctlytranslated,thosemistakenendtimedoctrinescannotbebiblicallysupported!

TheLastTrumpet

No More Trumpets! 1CO 15:52

Trumpets 1 through 6 No More Time! (Gr. chronos)
of Rev 8:2-11:15 Rev 10:6 (KJV)

All Prophecy Fulfilled Mystery of God Finished! Rev 10:7
<<<< back this way including
Isa Jer Eze
Dan Hos Joe
Amo Oba Jon
Mic Nah Hab Eternal Kingdom of God!
Zep Hag Zec Rev 11:15
Mal Revelation All prophecy fulfilled!



ChurchTakenUp
1Co15:52,Rev10:67,andRev11:15drawalineintime!AttheLastTrumpet,timeaswe
nowunderstanditcomestoacompleteend.AllthingsprophesiedinScripture(referringto
thispresentage)musttakeplacebeforetheendoftime.
Copyright2005,EllisSkolfield
SomeEndTimePositionsRewriteScripture
Matthew24:21Forthenshallbegreattribulation,suchaswas
notsincethebeginningoftheworldtothistime,no,norever
shallbe.
Matthew24:29Immediatelyafterthetribulationofthosedays
shallthesunbedarkened(Mal4:2)andthemoonshallnotgive
herlight,andthestars(Rev1:20)shallfallfromheaven,andthe
powersoftheheavensshallbeshaken.
Matthew24:31Andheshallsendhisangelswithagreatsound
ofatrumpet,andtheyshallgathertogetherhiselectfromthe
fourwinds,fromoneendofheaventotheother.
Thepretribulationrapturegoesagainstscripture
becauseMat24:21isbeforeMat24:31.
GraphoftheChristianEra
THE
GREAT
TRUMPET
MAT 24:31

5
5
1948-1967 5
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*((((((((((((( TRIBULATION (((((((((((((*((( AFTER TRIBULATION (((5
Rev 1:9, MAT 24:21 MAT 24:29
Thatthetribulationstartedinthe1stCenturyisprovablebyRev1:9,IJohn,
whoalsoamyourbrotherandcompanioninthe(Greek,,thedefinatearticle)
tribulationandinthe()kingdomandpatienceofJesusChrist...
Thedefinitearticle,,appearsintheGreektextsinbothplaces.
Copyright2005,EllisSkolfield
Furthermore,Mat.24:29isFigurative.
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light,andthestarsshallfallfromheaven,andthepowersofthe
heavensshallbeshaken:
SUN:Malachi4:2ButuntoyouthatfearmynameshalltheSun(Hebrew:vmv
shehmesh,i.e.,thesuninthesky)ofrighteousnessarisewithhealinginhiswings;
andyeshallgoforth,andgrowupascalvesofthestall.
STARS:Revelation1:20Themysteryofthesevenstarswhichthousawestinmy
right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels
(Greek:g,angelos,amessengers)ofthesevenchurches:andtheseven
candlestickswhichthousawestarethesevenchurches.
MOON:Themoonhasnolightonitsown;allitcandoisreflectthelightofthe
sun.Sowhatisthemoon?
Tribulation is promised for the saints, John 16:33 and 2 Timothy 3:12 being
examples. For Christians, tribulation has continued unabated throughout the
ChristianEra.Thewordfortribulation,,thlipsis,appears37timesinthe
GreekNewTestamentmanuscripts.Ineveryinstancebutone,thlipsisistoand
forGodschildren.
Intheworldyeshallhavetribulation(thlipsis)
butbeofgoodcheer;Ihaveovercometheworld.
John16:33
Yea,andallthatwilllivegodly
inChristJesusshallsufferpersecution.
2Timothy3:12
IfweChristiansarentsufferingpersecution,itsbecause
wevedonenothingtodeserveit!
NOTE:Thelostarentpersecuted,theyareappointeduntowrath.
(Greek:k,orgayor,thoomos.)
Rev 1:10-11 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind
me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, saying, Write in a book
what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to
Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to
Philadelphia and to Laodicea. (NAS)
1. These seven churches actually existed in Johns
time and were just as John described them.
2. Throughout the Christian Era there have been
churches spiritually like each of those churches.
3. Those were not the only churches in Asia Minor,
they were chosen by the Lord in a specific order for
a reason.
What was that reason?
The Post Road
Though there were three other cities nearby to whom Paul had
written epistles (Thessalonica, Philippi and Colosse), they were not
included because they were not on a Post Road beginning in Ephesus.
As a result, they could not give us a timed picture of conditions in
the Church during the Christian era.
The Post Road began in Ephesus and continued on to the
various cities in the order given in Revelation 2-3.
From Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to
Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
And that exactly matches the spiritual condition of
Church during the Christian era.
32-95AD Ephesus..........Lost your first love...
Rev 2:4, Heresy enters church: Marcionites, Gnostics,
Nicolaitans, Balaamites, etc.
95-321AD Smyrna...........Persecuted 10 days... Rev 2:10
Ten major persecutions under ten Roman Emperors:
(1) Domitian (2) Trajan (3) Hadrian (4) Antonius
Pius (5) Marcus Arelius (6) Septimus Severus (7)
Maximin (8) Decius (9) Valerian (10)Diocletian
321-450AD Pergamum......Where Satan's throne is... Rev 2:13
Constantine makes Christianity state religion. Church hierarchy begins.
450-950AD Thyatira.........That Woman Jezebel... Rev 2:20
Beginning of Mary worship. Idols brought into the churches.
Bishops rise to power.
950-1450AD Sardis............But you are dead... Rev 3:1
Dead Catholic formalism. Bible taken from the people.
Persecution of the brethren intensifies.
1450-1948AD Philadelphia...You have kept My Word... Rev 3:8
The Reformation, Protestant churches rise, the Puritan movement,
foreign missions founded.
1948AD-???? Laodicea........ You are neither hot nor cold... Rev 3:15
Lukewarm church of today. Great so-called works,
but spiritually cool.
Less than 3% of Europeans still claim the faith. Their great
cathedrals have been turned into tourist attractions.
30,000 people a week are leaving mainline churches.
(1995 statistic)
In Britain today, more people worship in mosques
than in the Church of England.
In Scotland, its difficult to find
a church open.
THE CHURCH OF TODAY
Revelation 3:14-22 And unto the angel of the church of the
Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful
and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I
know thy works, that thou art neither (spiritually) cold nor
hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art
(spiritually) lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue
thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am (spiritually)
rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing
(huge organizations, popular pastors and world-renowned TV
evangelists); and knowest not that thou art (spiritually)
wretched, and (spiritually) miserable, and poor, and blind,
and (spiritually) naked: I counsel thee to buy of me
(spiritual) gold tried in the fire (of My cross), that thou
mayest be (spiritually) rich; and white raiment (of My
imputed righteousness), that thou mayest be clothed, and
that the shame of thy (spiritual) nakedness do not appear;
and anoint thine eyes with (spiritual) eyesalve, that thou
mayest see (marvelous things out of my law). As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man (in the
other six churches, the Lord was dealing with the church in
general, but in this Laodicean age, He is addressing each of us
as individuals) hear my voice, and open the door, I will come
into him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that
overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as
I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his
throne.
He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
Hebrew::. rehgel,regal... :,hadome,footstool
GodsFootstoolForever
1Chronicles28:2ThenDavidthekingstoodupuponhis
feet,andsaid,Hearme,mybrethren,andmypeople:
Asforme,Ihadinminehearttobuildanhouseofrest
for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the
footstool of our God, and had made ready for the
building.
2Chronicles7:16FornowhaveIchosenandsanctified
this house, that my name may be there forever: and
mineeyesandmineheartshallbethereperpetually.
RevelationisGodtheFathersaccount
ofthe6000yearbattle
forHisfootstool
andforthesoulsofHispeople.
TheChurchmayhaveforgotten
MountMoriahasthefootstool
ofGodsfeetforever,butGodhasnt.
Asyouwillsoonsee,muchofRevelation
isabouttheHolyLandand
thattemplemount!
WhattheChurchhasForgotten
BiblescholarsoftheMiddleAgesdidnthavetheluxuryofalibraryfullofcommentaries.As
aresult,theydidextensivestudyintheBibleitself.Someoftheirwritings,likethoseofCalvin
and Luther, achieved immense success. Though not so widely known, other Reformation
writersalsofoundsignificantdoctrinalinsightsfromScripture.ThielemanvanBraght(the
greatAnabaptisttheologian)andMatthewHenry(aReformedtheologian)arequotedbelow.
FROMAdamtoNoah,fromNoahtoAbraham,fromAbraham
toMoses,fromMosestoChrist,fromChristtotheendofthe
world, God ordained, for each of these periods, different
customs, as regards to the external divine service of this
church;alsodifferentsigns,seals,andappurtenances;though
itis,was,andshallbe,thesamechurch,thesamepeople,and
also the same God whom they served, still serve, and shall
serveuntotheend.
Sowhatistheimportantdifferencebetweentheseages?
ThielemanJ.vanBraght,1659AD...
And that thus the Son of God died, and tasted death and
shed his precious blood for all men; and that he thereby
bruisedtheserpent'shead,destroyedtheworksofthedevil,
annulledthehandwritingandobtainedforgivenessofsinsfor
allmankind;thusbecomingthecauseofeternalsalvationfor
allwho,fromAdamuntotheendoftheworld,eachinhistime,
believeinandobeyHim,(Gen3:15,1Jo3:8,Col2:14,Rom5:18).
After the Ascension of Christ, the very numerous church
whichwasatJerusalemdispersed,onaccountofpersecution,
throughthelandofJudeaandSamaria,excepttheapostles;so
thatthisdistinguishedchurch,which,itappears,wasthechief
oneonthefaceoftheearth,hadtosojournsecretlyinastrange
land,(Act8:1).
ThielemanJ.vanBraght,1659AD...
AfterwardswhentheemperorDomitianhadbanished
John,theholyapostleandevangelist,fortheGospel'ssake,
ontheislandofPatmos,theHolyGhostrevealeduntohim
thefuturestateoftheChurchofChrist,namely,thatshe
wouldhavetofleeintothewilderness,onaccountofthe
persecution of Antichrist, and there be fed by God, a
thousand two hundred and threescore days, which,
reckonedaccordingtopropheticlanguage,meansasmany
years,(Revelation12:611).
ThielemanJ.vanBraght,1659AD...
Whetherwebegintoreckontheseyearsfromthedeathof
the apostles; or with the year 300, when the socalled
patriarchs had their origin; or with the year 600; or a little
later,whenMohammedroseintheeastamongtheGreeks,and
the pope in the west among the Latins, and raised no small
persecutionagainstthedefenselessandinnocentlittleflockof
the church of Christ, so that all who did not wish to be
devoured,eitherinsoulorinbody,hadtohidethemselvesin
desertsandwildernesses;letitbereckonedasitmay,saywe,
a very long period is to be understood by it, which has
extendedtothis,oraboutthistime...
ThielemanJ.vanBraght
July31,1659AD,frompp21,25,and40ofMartyrsMirror.
AndThielemanJ.vanBraghtwasnotalone!
MatthewHenryinhis18
th
CenturyCommentaryontheWholeBiblecametothe
sameconclusions.ThefollowingexcerptsarequotedfromVolVI,p1157,col1,
parI&II:
Par1:Somethinkthese(Two)witnessesare...thechurchofthe
believingJewsandthatoftheGentiles...
Par2:...thetimeoftheirprophesying,orbearingwitnessforChrist.
Athousandtwohundredandthreescoredays...andifthebeginning
ofthatintervalcouldbeascertained,thisnumberofpropheticdays,
taking a day for a year, would give us a prospect of when the end
shouldbe.
Theaboveprincipleswerewellunderstoodbymany
Biblescholarspriortothe20thcentury.
Unfortunately,theChurchhasallowedthesemajorinsights
intopropheticScripturestobeforgotten.
WhoelsewroteaboutDayYears?
Afewnotabletheologians;therearemanymore...
Tichonius,380A.D.
BenjaminNahawendi,c.850A.D.
SolomonbarJeroham,c.950A.D.
AbrahambarHiyya,1136A.D.
ArnoldofVillanova,1292A.D.
JoachimofFloris,1202A.D.
JohnWycliffe,c.1379A.D.
NicholasofCusa,c.1452A.D.
MartinLuther,1522A.D.
PhilipMelanchthon,1543A.D.
JohanFunck,1558A.D.
KingJamesI,1609A.D.
MatthewHenry,16621714A.D.
SirIsaacNewton,1727A.D.
AppolosHale,1840A.D.
WilliamMiller,17891849A.D.
JosiahLitch,18091886A.D.
UriahSmith,18271915A.D.
ButWhereDidtheDayYearIdeaComeFrom?
ItsfromtheBible,ofcourse!
Numbers14:34Afterthenumberofthedaysinwhichyesearchedthe
land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your
iniquities,evenfortyyears,andyeshallknowmybreachofpromise.
Ezekiel 4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity,
accordingtothenumberofthedays,threehundredandninetydays:
soshaltthoubeartheiniquityofthehouseofIsrael.
Itwas390Hebrewyearsfromtheclose
oftheOldTestamenttothebirthofJesus.
Ezekiel4:6Andwhenthouhastaccomplishedthem,lieagainonthy
rightside,andthoushaltbeartheiniquityofthehouseofJudahforty
days:Ihaveappointedtheeeachdayforayear.
Itwas40yearsfromthebirthofJesustotheCross.
Herestheprinciple!
*
A DAY*(( IS EQUAL TO >>>>>>>>>>>>>
* *
A YEAR*(((((((((((((((((( HEBREW YEAR, 360 DAYS (((((((((((((((((((*
* * *
*(((((((((((((((((((((( ROMAN YEAR, 365.24 DAYS (((((((((((((((*
* *
WhenScriptureusesdaysinapropheticsense,theyshouldbeviewed
asHebreworSolaryearsdependingwheretheyappearintheBible.
HebrewYear=ForOldTestamentprophecyonly!Danielused
aHebrewpropheticcalendarof360daysor.9857ofaSolaryear.

FromTorah,theIsraelitesunderstoodayeartobe360days,
seeGenesis7:11,7:24and8:4.
SolarYear=ForNewTestamentprophecy!Johnwasraised
underRomanruleandusedthesolarcalendar)365.24days.
EndTimeProphecyBeginsWithDaniel inBabylon
The Cross
32-34AD
Babylonian
Moses Judges David Captivity
* * * Judah * *
*(((((((((*((((((((((*((((((((((((((((((((((((*((((((((*((((((((((((((
* * * * * * * * *
1446BC 1406BC 1006BC* *Kingdom 606BC * 536BC *
* *Divided * Darius *
* * * *
* * Israel * * *
* *(((((((((((* 10 Tribes Dispersed - - - >>>>>>
* * * * *
*933BC 722BC * *
* * *
966BC 586BC 516BC 70AD
* * * *
* Solomon's Temple * * 2nd Temple *
*------------------------* *-------------*
NOTE:Thisgraphpresentstheconservativehistoricposition.Thedatingmaybeverifiedinanyconservative
referenceworksuchasHalley'sBibleHandbookorZondervan'sPictorialBibleEncyclopedia.
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DanielsSeventyWeeksProvetheDayYears
ProphecygiventoDanielinthefirstyearofDarius,536B.C.
Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks (:s:: shiveem, :s ::, shavuim, or
seventysevens)aredetermineduponthypeople(theJews)andupon
thyholycity(Jerusalem),tofinishthetransgression,andtomakean
end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
everlastingrighteousness,andtosealupthevisionandprophecy,and
toanointthemostHoly.
ThisprophecyisinHebrewandintheOldTestament!
Theaddresseesarestated:ThisistotheJewsofDanielstime
andabouttheirholycity,Jerusalem.
ItisnottotheChurchorabouttheendoftheChristianera!
Daniel9:2527Knowthereforeandunderstand,thatfromthe
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build
JerusalemuntotheMessiahthePrinceshallbesevenweeks,
andthreescoreandtwoweeks:thestreetshallbebuiltagain,
andthewall,evenintroubloustimes...
FourdecreesabouttheJewishpeople
wereissuedbyMedoPersiankings.Theonlyone
thatfulfillstheaboveprophecyisthedecreeof
Artaxerxes1(444445B.C.)recordedinNehemiah2:8.
Sothisisthebeginningtimeforthisprophecy.
AndafterthreescoreandtwoweeksshallMessiahbecutoff,
(killed)butnotforhimself:andthepeopleoftheprincethat
shallcomeshalldestroythecityandthesanctuary;andthe
endthereofshallbewithaflood(offoreignpeople),andunto
theendofthe(spiritual)wardesolationsaredetermined.
ThereisnowordinHebrewthatjustmeansaweek.
Instead,theJewscallaweekaseven.
TheHebrewwordforseven
usedeverywhereintheOldTestament
is:r::,shavua,meaningaseven.
ButthewordforsevenusedinDaniel9:2526
isnot:r::,shavua,itis:r::,shavuim,
themalepluralformofshavua!

Shavuim,apluralofseven,requiresamultiplier
sothese69weeksarenot
weeksofordinary24hourdays!
Ezekiel4:56states,a(prophetic)dayforayear.
*<)) Neo-Babylonian Empire, 606BC-536BC )->*<)) Medo-Persian Empire ))>
* *
Daniel *
Taken Captive *
606BC 562BC 555BC 536BC 444BC
* * * * *
*(( NEBUCHADNEZZAR ((* *((( NABONIDUS ((((*( DARIUS (((((( ARTAXERXES I
* * * * *
* Belshazzar * *
586BC! Made Regent * Decree
552BC To Rebuild
The Wall
*
*
Jerusalem * *
Sacked * *
Vision of 70 Weeks *
V
69 Weeks Begin Here,
The 69 Weeks tell us when
Messiah will be Killed
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LetsLookAtThatVerseAgain
Daniel9:2526...andafter(69weeksfromthedecreeof
Artaxerxes I) shall Messiah be cut off (killed), but not for
himself.
Ourhistoryiswritteninsolaryearsof365.24days.
Hebrewpropheticyearshave360days
sowemustconvertpropheticyears
tosolaryearstofitourhistoricrecord.
(Theconversionfactoris360/365.24=.9857)
69x7=483propheticyears,
483x.9857=476.068ofouryears.
SoGabrieltellsDanieltherewillbe476years
fromthedecreeofArtaxerxesItotheCross.
The69WeeksProveDayYears
536BC
Daniels *Decree of Artaxerxes I, 444-445BC
Vision *(Neh 2:8)
*
Both ends of * Total Time = 476.068 Solar Years
this prophecy * *
were in Daniels * * *
future! * 48.3 years * 427.7 years *
*(((( SEVEN WEEKS (((*((((((((((( 62 WEEKS (((((((((((*
* * *
444BC 396BC 32-34AD
* O.T. Canon Closed *
69x483Hebrewyearswhenconvertedis476solaryears.
476444=3234AD,theCrucifixionrighttotheyear!
444BC48.3solaryears=396BC.CloseoftheO.T.
396BC427.7solaryears=3234A.D.TheCross.
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Since we can prove
Daniels 69 weeks
were actually 483
Hebrew years . . .

Shouldnt we be consistent
and view the rest of the
prophetic days in
Daniel as Hebrew years?
Daniels Final Vision
Daniel 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus
king of Persia a thing was revealed
unto Daniel, whose name was
called Belteshazzar; and the thing
was true, but the time appointed
was long: and he understood the
thing, and had understanding of
the vision.
Historic pin: the third year of Cyrus
control of Babylon . . . 533 B.C. !
/)))))))))) Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, 606BC - 536BC )))))))))1
* * Daniels
Daniel T H E C A P T I V I T Y * Final
Taken Captive * Vision
* 562BC 555BC * 533BC**
* * * * *
*(((((( NEBUCHADNEZZAR ((((((((((* *((((( NABONIDUS ((((((*( DARIUS (*
* * * * (Cyrus 1)*
606BC * Belshazzar * *
586BC! Made Regent 536BC *
552BC * *
*
*
*
JERUSALEM *
FALLS * *
* Decree *
* of Darius *
*)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))*
Prophecy of 1290 days given here, *
50 years after sacrifices were abolished.
** Cyruss reign over the Medo-Persian Empire actually began in 559B.C., however his control of Babylon didnt begin
until the city fell to Darius in 536B.C., so from Daniels viewpoint, 533 B.C. was the third year of Cyrus.
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The 1290 Days of Daniel 12:11
Daniel 12:11, NAS
"And from the time
that the regular sacrifice
is abolished, and the
abomination of desolation
is set up, there will be
1,290 days.
But is this abomination a thing or a person?
Mark 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing where IT** ought not, (let him that
readeth understand,) then let them that be in
Judaea flee to the mountains.
** In Greek: , dei, a neuter pronoun.

According to Mark,
the abomination is not a person, but an it,
so the abomination is not the Antichrist.
The abomination is a thing!
But Were Sacrifices Abolished When Jerusalem Fell?
The Bible Shows otherwise!
Jeremiah 41:5 There came certain from Shechem, from
Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having
their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having
cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their
hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 41:5 was written 6 to 10 months
after the temple was destroyed,
so sacrifices were still being offered
at the temple site!
The Final Captivity
Jeremiah 52:30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and
five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Battle of Carshemish (pin date)
Nebuchadnezzars 1 Year
st
Jerusalem Falls Temple Destroyed Priests Taken
606BC
586BC 583BC
*(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*(((((((((((*
T W E N T Y T H R E E Y E A R S
So Sacrifices were actually abolished in 583BC!
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Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be
taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up,
there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Regular sacrifices Dome of the Rock
Abolished Constructed 685-705AD


* T
*((((((( 1290 HEBREW DAYS ((((((( 1271.49 SOLAR YEARS ((((((((*
* *
* *
583BC 688AD!
According to Mark 13:14, the abomination is an "IT" not a him,
and so it has turned out to be!
Now remember 688AD, you are going to run into it again!
Copyright 2005, Ellis Skolfield
Declaration of the Bishop of Jerusalem
When Khalifah Omar entered Jerusalem in 639AD, he was met at
the gates by Bishop Sophronius who ushered him through the city.
Seeing the temple mount (then in ruins), Omar declared that he
was going to build a memorial to Muhammad on the original site
of the temple of God. Sophronius exclaimed in horror, Verily, this
is the Abomination of Desolation as spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, and it now stands in the holy place. Though Sophronius
was an old man of 80 years, Khalifah Omar put him in prison and
forced labor, the rigors of which killed him.
Paraphrased from Jerry Landays, The Dome of the Rock,
Newsweek, New York, NY, 1972, p. 18
Somehow, we have managed to forget the truth for which
Sophronius gave his life. The Dome of the Rock being the
Abomination that maketh Desolate is not new theology.
This knowledge has been in the Church for over 1300 years!
Daniel said he understood the vision, but how?


Sacrifices Abolished Vision of 70 Sevens Vision of 1290 Days
583BC 536BC 533BC
* * 5
* *Dan 9:24-26 5
* (1)*((((((((((( 5
* *If Literal 483 Days 5
* *(still unfulfilled) 5
* * 5
* ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) * ))))))))))))))))))))) 5
* 47 Years * 3 Years 5
(2)*Dan 12:11 * 5
*(((( * (3)
*If Literal 1290 Days
*(still unfulfilled)
*
(4)* So Daniel understood the 1290 "Days" and the 69 Weeks as Years
beginning in his lifetime, but fulfilled in the far future
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Isaiah 28:9-10 Whom shall he teach knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine? them that are weaned from the
milk, and drawn from the breasts. For
precept must be upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a
little, and there a little.

And thats the way it is!
Understanding Bible prophecy is cumulative,
one concept built upon another until we
can dimly see a little of Gods glorious plan
for the Jewish people, the Church
and the rest of His creation.
What Does Revelation Mean?
Etymology: Middle English: revelacioun, from Latin: revelatio.
Definition: The disclosure or communication of divine purpose.
Revealing knowledge that was previously unknown. The uncovering of
obscure or hidden truth.
Revelation is, by its very name, a revelation!!! In other
words, it will reveal doctrinal truths to us that we dont
already know. If we go to that book with doctrinal filters in
place, we can learn nothing from Revelation.
If we look at the rest of the Bible through Revelations
prophecies, a different picture of the Christian era might
appear: A pictures of the kingdom of the Lord Jesus that was
previously not apparent to us.
Chapter One is Key to Revelation
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
gave unto him . . .
So Revelation is actually God the Fathers revelation about His Son
to shew unto his servants . . .
So Jesus is to show Revelation to His servants. The Greek word translated
servants in this verse is doulos, which actually means slave.
NOTE: In Greek, the original language of the New Testament, the Lord named many
different kinds of servants: the pais, the presbuteros the diakonos, the episkopos, the
leitourgikos, the huperetes, the therapon, etc., but Revelation wasnt written to any of
them. It was written to Jesus doulos, His slaves! One may indeed be Jesus servant, even
a church leader, a presbuteros or episkopos, but to understand Revelation, that person
must also be Jesus slave!
Revelation 1:1 continued . . .
things which must shortly come to pass (i.e., not 2000
years in the future); and he sent and signified it by his angel
(Greek: , aggelos, a messenger. In this verse Jesus is
the messenger) unto his servant John.
POSITION OF THE CHURCH DURING THE CHRISTIAN ERA
Revelation 1:6 And hath made (past tense) us kings and
priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 1:9 (LITV) I, even your brother John, and co-
sharer in THE (the Greek definite article ) affliction
(thlipsis, usually translated tribulation), and in THE
kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1 continued . . .
Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day (all
prophetic visions are figurative), and heard behind me a
great voice, as of a trumpet (as, a figurative signpost).
Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down
to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle (the
high-girding of authority, compare with Daniel 10:5).

Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou
sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the angels (so stars are messengers) of
the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou
sawest are the seven churches (and candlesticks are
churches).
Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the
things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.
95-105 AD
Note the tense of the verbs! The book of Revelation is partly about
events that took place before Johns time, partly about events that happen
during Johns time and partly about events future to Johns time!
Mark 13:1-2 And as he (Jesus) went out of the temple,
one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what
manner of stones and what buildings are here! And
Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great
buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown down.
Just 38 years later, in 70A.D., the Roman General Titus
sacked Jerusalem and tore the Temple of Herod down to bedrock,
fulfilling Jesus prophecy of the event to the letter.
As a result, the exact location of the
Temple was lost . . . .
Until an Israeli archeologist found it again in April, 1983!
Provable history, not guesswork theology.
So Where Was the Temple?
1 Chronicles 21:22-26 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place
of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the
LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may
be stayed from the people. And Ornan said unto David, Take it to
thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I
give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing
instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it
all. And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the
full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor
offer burnt offerings without cost. So David gave to Ornan for the
place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. And David built there
an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from
heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
Threshing Millet in Nepal
2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build
the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in
mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared
unto David his father, in the place that David
had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan
the Jebusite.
So the Temple of Solomon was built on
the threshingfloor of Ornan!
Philippine Threshing Floor
Winnowing Wheat on a Threshingfloor.
The chaff which the wind driveth away, Psalm 1:4
Dome of the Rock from the Northwest
As Sakra, the exposed
bedrock under the
Dome of the Rock.
Would any farmer in his
right mind try to thresh
or winnow grain on this
craggy old stone when
there is a perfectly flat rock
only 300 feet away?
Present Archeological
evidence indicates that
the Temple of Solomon
stood just beyond the
Eastern Gate, that the
Holy of Holies was
located under the little
cupola known as the
Dome of the Tablets.
(See arrow)
!------------------------------------------------------- al Aqsa Mosque (705AD)

!----------------- The Wailing Wall
!----------------------------- Dome of the Rock (688AD)

!----------------------------------

Court of the Gentiles
!----- Dome of the Tablets
Note the dark areas in the temple walls
(at arrows). At these locations, Dr. Asher
F. Kaufman, an Israeli archeologist,
found holes and cuts in the bedrock
based on the sacred cubit. The
standard cubit is 18 inches. The 21-5/8
inch sacred cubit was only used in
temple construction. Since exact temple
dimensions are given in Scripture, Dr.
Kaufman was able to locate the precise
position of the original Temple of
Solomon (shown in white).
Birds Eye View
of the
Temple Mount
Seen from the East
Illustration by
Biblical Archeology
Review
Vol. IX No. 2, April, 1983
(Shown by permission)
Dome
of the
Tablets
Viewed from the West


The Holy of Holies was here.
The Ark of the Covenant

!----------------------------- rested here.
Guess what,
the Moslems built
The Dome of the Rock
on the . . .
Wrong Rock!
Given to the Gentiles
The Dome of the Rock
being on the Wrong Rock is a
direct fulfillment of Bible prophecy!
Revelation 11:2 But the court which is without
the temple leave out, and measure it not; for
it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city
shall they tread under foot forty and two
months.
Revelation 11:2 addresses two different events:
1: The temples court will be given over to Gentiles.
2: Jerusalem will be under Gentile control for 42 months.
(Gentile control was over on June 6th, 1967)

Dividing 365.24 days by 12


gives us a month of 30.437 days.
42 months x 30.437 days = 1278.34 days.
I give you a day for a year, Ezekiel 4:5-6

X Gate Beautiful
Holy of Holy Place
Holies

Outer Court


Court of the Gentiles


DOME
OF
THE
ROCK
(X) Location of flat bedrock in
the Holy of Holies.
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Forty Two Months is 1278.34 Day-Years

Dome of the Rock Jerusalem Freed
Construction 685-705AD June 6, 1967AD


T T
* *
*((((((((((((( 42 MONTHS (((((((( 1278.34 YEARS ((((((((((*
* *
* *
688AD 1967AD
Construction of the Dome of the Rock began in 688AD.
Exactly 1278.34 years after 688 A.D.,
Jerusalem was freed of Gentile control!
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Revelation 12:1-6 And there appeared a great wonder in
heaven; a woman (Israel) clothed with the sun, and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth,
and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another
wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon (Satan),
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon
his heads (Satans control of world empires ). And his tail
drew the third part of the stars (angels) of heaven, and did
cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the
woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her
child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man
child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron (Jesus):
and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
And the woman (Israel) fled into the wilderness, where
she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her
there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Cross-referencing Explains the Passage
1. Woman with 12 stars = Israel, Gen 37:9-10
2. Dragon = Satan, Rev 20:2
3. Heads & Horns = Kingdoms of this Earth, Dan 7:1-24
4. Stars = Fallen messengers or angels, Rev 1:20
5. Child = Jesus, Rev 19:15
6. Child Caught Up = Ascension in 32-34AD, Acts 1:9-11
Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she
hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred and threescore days.
We are in the New Testament era so there is
no Hebrew conversion factor.
John used a Solar calendar just like ours.
New Nation of Israel established 1948 A. D.
-1260 Day-Years
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688 A.D.
Dome of the Rock!
The 1260 Days

Revelation 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she
hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Ascension of Jesus Dome of the Rock New Nation Of Israel
32-34AD, Rev.12:5 Constructed 685-705AD May 15,1948

*
* * Revelation 12:6 *
*((( PROPHETIC SILENCE
**
(((*((((((( 1260 DAYS (YEARS) (((((((((*
* * *
R R R
32-34AD 688AD 1948AD
** Prophetic silence here because prior to the Moslems building the Dome of the Rock, both
Jews and Gentiles could worship on the old temple site.
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Where Do Prophetic Times Appear?
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most
High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High...and they
shall be given into his hand until a time (Chaldee, r, id-dawn,
a set time) and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 12:7 and it shall be for a time (Hebrew, :r:, mo-aw-
daw', time, an appointment at a place of meeting), times, and an
half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power
of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place,
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent.
But How Long is a Time ?
The Hebrew word for day is :, yom
The Chaldee word for time is r, iddan,
a Hebrew word for time is :r:, moadah.
In Ezekiel 4:5-6, God gave us
a prophetic day, a : yom, for a year.
God did NOT give us a prophetic time,
an r iddan, or a :r:, moadah for a year.
Therefore prophetic times are not years,
but a different length of time!
Understanding Idiomatic Language
2Kings 6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the
man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself
there, not once nor twice.
Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth
it not.
Job 40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea,
twice; but I will proceed no further.
Psalms 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this;
that power belongeth unto God.
ONCE is one and TWICE is only one more!
1 + 1 = 2
Time, Times and a Half is also an Idiom
Hebrew Scholars tell me their language
does not support three and a half, so . . .
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall wear out
the saints of the most High . . and they shall
be given into his hand until a time (one) and
times (only one more) and the dividing of
time (or half a time).
For a total of two and a half times.
When do Prophetic Times start?
1
ST
Year of Belshazzar, 552BC: Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak
great words against the most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the most High . . . and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
3
RD
Year of Cyrus 533BC: Daniel 12:7 and it shall be for a time,
times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to
scatter (or shatter, NAS) the power of the holy people, all
these things shall be finished.
The scattering or shattering of the power of the holy people
was over on June 6
th
, 1967. Thats when the Jews again controlled
Jerusalem for the first time in 2573 years. As a result, Daniel 12:7
was fulfilled in 1967!!!

/)))))))))) Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, 606BC - 536BC )))))))))1
Daniel *
Taken Captive * Dan 12:7
* 562BC 555BC * 533BC
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*(((((( NEBUCHADNEZZAR ((((((((((* *((((( NABONIDUS ((((((*( DARIUS (
* * * *(Cyrus 1)
606BC * Belshazzar *
583BC! Made Regent 536BC
552BC *
Dan 7:25

Sacrifices
Abolished
Decree
of Darius





First Times Second Times
Prophecy Prophecy
Given Here Given Here
552BC 533BC
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But How Long is a Time?
Hay-mer`-ah . . . is an ambiguous word!
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day (Greek: , hay-mer`-ah) is with the Lord as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
The Greek word rendered day in this verse is hay-mer`-ah (),
variously translated: day, year, age, while and time depending upon
context. The NAS translated hay-mer`-ah time in 12 different verses:
Luke 1:39, 6:12, 23:7, Acts 1:15, 5:36, 6:1, 7:41, 9:37, 11:27, 21:38 and
Hebrews 12:10. Since 2Peter 3:8 has nothing in context to indicate a
specific rendering, time is a plausible translation.
The principle being:
any length of time is as nothing to the Lord,
a moment, a day, a month, a thousand or even a million years.
Thus a prophetic time could be
a 1000 years!
If Time is 1000 years
and Times is only one more,
plus half a 1000 . . .
Then its possible that
time, times and half a time represents
2500 Years!
1
ST
Year of Belshazzar, 552BC: Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the
most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High . . . and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
3
RD
Year of Cyrus, 533BC: Daniel 12:7 It shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when
he shall have accomplished to scatter (or shatter) the power of the holy people, all these
things shall be finished.
1st year Belshazzar New Israel
552BC 1948AD
* E X A C T L Y 2 5 0 0 Y E A R S *
*((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*
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3rd year Cyrus 32-33AD 688AD Jerusalem Free
533BC * * 1967AD
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*((((((((((((((((*(((((((((((((*(((((((((((((((((((((((((((*
E X A C T L Y 2 5 0 0 Y E A R S
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Two prophecies
(andthereareactuallyfourtimeprophecies)
fulfilled right to the year,
over two and a half thousand years,
is statistically impossible!
As a result, we now have
a provable doctrine.
All four prophetic time prophecies fit history to the year
when time is understood to be 1000 years!
The Importance of Daniel 12:7
Dan 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the
waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand
unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for
a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to
scatter (Hebrew: #Pg, naphats, to scatter
or shatter) the power of the
holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Hebrew: #Pg, pronounced naw-fats, A primitive root; to dash
in pieces, or scatter: to beat asunder, to break (in pieces), broken,
cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread or scatter.
The power of the Holy People, i.e., the Jews control of Jeru-
salem, was not scattered or shattered after June 6, 1967!!!
So All these things must include every prophecy
from Daniel 10:1 to 12:12!
Daniel was positioned
at the beginning of Gentile control
of the Holy Land (606 B.C.)
to tell its Gentile rulers and Gods people
what would happen in the land during
the Time of the Gentiles.
(So named by the Lord Jesus in Luke 21:24)
The purpose of Daniels ministry
was fulfilled by June 6, 1967,
so it is possible that
all Daniels prophecies
were fulfilled by that date!
Summary of Prophetic Days & Times
Dome of the Rock
Construction 685AD-705AD


THE DAY YEARS

444BC 32-33AD 5
Dan 9:24-26 *(( 69 WEEKS ((* 5
5
536BC 5 1948AD
Dan 9:27 *(((((((((((((((((((((( THE 70th WEEK ((((((((((((((((((((((*
5
583BC 5
Dan 12:11 *((((( 1290 HEBREW YEARS ((((((5 Abomination of Desolation!
* 5
Dan 12:12 *((((( 1335 HEBREW YEARS ((((((((( 732AD, Battle of Tours
* 5
5 1967AD
Rev 11:2 Gentiles Control Jerusalem 5(((( 42 MONTHS = 1278 YEARS ((((*
5 *
Rev 13:5 Leopard-Bear-Lion in the City 5(((( 42 MONTHS = 1278 YEARS ((((*
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Rev 11:8-11 Witnesses lie in Streets 5((((((((( 3 & 1/2 DAYS (((((((((*
5
5 1948AD
Rev 11:3-4 Two Witnesses 5((((((((( 1260 DAYS (((((((((*
5 *
Rev 12:6 Woman in the Wilderness 5((((((((( 1260 DAYS (((((((((*
5 *
A SEASON AND A TIME 5 *
5 *
Dan 7:12 The rest of the Beasts 5(( 1000 + 250 = 1250 YEARS ((*
5 *
THE TIME, TIMES, & 1/2 TIMES *
*
552BC *
Dan 7:25 *((((((((((((((( BELSHAZZAR UNTIL NEW ISRAEL ((((((((((((((*
533BC 1967AD
Dan 12:7 *((((((((( 3RD YEAR OF CYRUS UNTIL JERUSALEM FREE ((((((((((*
724BC 1776AD
Rev 12:14 *((((((( FALL OF ISRAEL UNTIL THE UNITED STATES ((((((((*
A dozen exact fits are too many to discount. This historic data is virtually unassailable.
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Miracle of the Day-Years
536BC
5
5 Daniel prophesied both ends of the 69 Weeks in 536BC!
5
5
5
5
5 Prophecy Start Date
5 444BC 32-33AD
5 *((((((((((((( 69 WEEKS (((((((((((((*

NOTE: When the Lord gave the vision of the Seventy Weeks to Daniel, the Decree of Artaxerxes of Dan 9:24 was
still 92 years in his future. Both ends of the Seventy Weeks were still in Daniel's future. The same is true for the
prophetic Day-Years of Revelation.
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1290 days prophesied
533BC
*
*
* John is here, 100AD
583BC * * 688AD
*(((((( 1290 DAYS of DAN 12:11 ((((((*
* *
*Dome of the Rock
*Construction
*
* 1967AD
Jerusalem Freed, Rev 11:2 *((((((((( 42 MONTHS ((((((((((((*
* *
Witnesses Dead in the City, Rev 11:9 *((((((((( 3 & 1/2 DAYS (((((((((*
* *
Leopard-Bear-Lion Beast, Rev 13:5 *((((((((( 42 MONTHS ((((((((((((*
*
* 1948AD
Two Witnesses, Rev 11:3 *((((((((( 1260 DAYS (((((((((*
* *
Woman in the Wilderness, Rev 12:6 *((((((((( 1260 DAYS (((((((((*
* *
NOTE: When John saw these days, the Dome of the Rock was still about 573 years in his future
and new Israel and a freed Jerusalem were still about 1850 years away.
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Son of man,
What is that proverb that ye have,
saying the days are prolonged,
and every vision faileth?

Tell them therefore,


Thus saith the Lord GOD;
I will make this proverb to cease,
and they shall no more use it as a proverb;
but say unto them, The days are at hand,
and the fulfillment of every vision.
Excerpts from Ezekiel 12:22-23
The Day-Years and Times are about only Three Events!
1. An Islamic abomination that made the footstool
of Gods feet spiritually desolate for 1350 years.
2. The restoration of the Nation of Israel to the
Holy Land in 1948.
3. The freeing of Jerusalem from Gentile control in
1967.
So after Jesus was crucified, did God forget the everlasting
covenant He gave to the physical seed of Israel?
The Jewish View Questioned
Jesus setting the stage for the Christian era.
Luke 5:30-35 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured
against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with
publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them,
They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are
sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repen-
tance. And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John
fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of
the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? And he said unto
them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber (the
coming Church) fast, while the bridegroom (Jesus) is with
them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be
taken away from them (at the ascension), and then shall
they fast in those days.
Old Wine and New Wineskins
The following parable appears in all three synoptic Gospels,
(Mat 9, Mark 2 and Luke 5). There Jesus tells us plainly
what the future holds for His covenant people.
Luke 5:36-39 And he spake also a parable unto them; No
man putteth a piece of a new garment (the New Testament
Gospel) upon an old (The Levitical code); if otherwise, then
both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken
out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth
new wine (of the Gospel) into old bottles (of Moses law); else
the new wine (of the Gospel) will burst the bottles, and be
spilled, and the (Old Testament) bottles shall perish. But
new wine (of the Gospel) must be put into new bottles; and
both (The Jewish People and the Church) are preserved.
So the New Wine of the Gospel
is preferable to the Old Wine of the
Levitical code, but how can
the Jewish people be preserved
if they dont recognize Yeshua
as their Messiah?
The Two Witnesses
2Corinthians 13:1 In the mouth of two or three
witnesses shall every word be established.
True in the Levitical era, true in the Christian era.
Revelation 11:3-4 And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two
hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
These are the two olive trees, and the two candle-
sticks standing before the God of the earth.
Its Figurative Language, Folks!
Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars
which thou sawest in my right hand, and the
seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are
the angels of the seven churches: and the seven
candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven
churches.
If Seven Candlesticks in Revelation 1
are seven churches,
then the Two Candlesticks
in Revelation 11 are two churches!
The Two Olive Trees
Romans 11:24-25 For if thou (Gentile believers) wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and
wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree
(the Jewish people): how much more shall these
natural branches, be graffed into their own olive
tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in
your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened
to Israel (the Jewish people), until the fulness of the
Gentiles be come in (the Gentile Church).
The cultivated olive tree is the Jewish people;
The wild olive tree is the Gentile believers;
so the Two Witnesses
of the Christian Era are . . .
The Jewish People and
The Gentile Church
They Shall Prophesy 1260 Days!
1. Two Witnesses witness in the Gentile world for 1260 days
2. Identified by the Bible as two candlesticks and two olive trees.
3. Rev.1:20 identifies candlesticks as churches!
4. Rom.11:24-25 identifies olive trees as Jew and Gentile believers.
Construction of the New nation of
Dome of the Israel
* *
*((((((((((((((((((( 1260 DAYS (YEARS) ((((((((((((((((((((*
* *
688AD 1948AD
The 1260 days started AFTER 688AD. Why? Because prior to the construction of the Islamic
Dome of the Rock, both Jews and Gentiles could freely worship on the Temple Mount. In fact,
Jerusalem was the home of the great Coptic Church. Only after the Islamic Jihad of the 7th
Century were Christians and Jews prevented from worshiping on the site.
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So is One of the Two Witnesses Lost?
The following passage is to the physical Jews of Jeremiahs day
and about their descendants. It is not to or about
the Gentile Church that has been grafted in.
Jeremiah 31:35-37 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun
for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the
stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the
waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: If those
ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the
seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me
for ever.
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will
also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,
saith the LORD.
Gods Covenant with Physical Israel
Leviticus 26:33-45 (excerpts) I will scatter you among
the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you . . .
and they that are left of you shall pine away in their
iniquity in your enemies lands . . . And yet for all that,
when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not
cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy
them utterly, and to break my covenant with them:
for I am the LORD their God . . . But I will for their
sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors,
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the
sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am
the LORD.
Romans 11:8 According as it is written, God hath
given them (the Jewish People) the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see (the Gospel), and ears
that they should not hear; unto this day.
So the question is this:
Would God be just if He sends a people to Hell
after He sovereignly blinded them to the Gospel?
Not according to this verse!
Romans 4:15 For where no law is,
there is no transgression.
Verses Most Churches Refuse to Believe
Romans 11:11 I say then, Have they (the Jews)
stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but
rather through their fall salvation is come unto the
Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Romans 11:28-29 As concerning the gospel, they (the
Jews) are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the
election (Greek: i, eklog e, by definition: divine
choice) , they are beloved for the fathers sakes. For
the gifts and calling of God are without repentance
(Greek: g, ametamel etos, by definition:
irrevocable or cannot be set aside).
The Born Again Principle
Before Jesus went to the Cross, He said the following to Nicodemus . . .
John 3:3-10 (excerpts) Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again. Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not
these things?
Since Jesus expected Nicodemus to understand
being born again before the Cross,
Old Testament believers were born again
before the Cross!
So did those Old Testament Jews
spread throughout the whole world
(who never even heard of Jesus)
become un-born again
immediately after the Cross?
Isnt salvation based on faith and heart condition rather than
doctrinal knowledge? Psalm 24:3-6, 51:17, Isaiah 57:15, 66:2,
Micah 6:8, Romans 4:15, 11:8, 11:11, 11:28-29, Hebrews 11:4-
38 all declare it to be so.
The point being: If a blinded Jew can be saved for one micro-
second into the Christian era without recognizing Jesus as his
Messiah, then Jews in that same spiritual condition can be born
again right now without recognizing Jesus as his Messiah . . .
Salvation has never been based on doctrinal knowledge,
it has always depended on heart condition!
Declaration of the Jews at the Pavement
Matthew 27:24-25 When Pilate saw that he could prevail
nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water,
and washed His hands before the multitude, saying, I am
innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then
answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and
on our children.
The Jews thought they were uttering a curse,
but Im not sure the Lord saw it that way.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified.
Matthew 12:37
We are saved today because Jesus blood is upon us!
Doesnt that also hold true for the Jews?
The Dry Bones of Ezekiel are New Israel in 1948
Ezekiel 37:4-6, 12 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these
bones, (these bones are a figurative picture of the children of
Israel, so the passage is figurative) and say unto them, O ye dry
bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD
unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you,
and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring
up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in
you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause
you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land
of Israel.
Ezekiel 37 was fulfilled in 1948.
The Same Dry Bones in Daniel
Daniel 12:1-2 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the
great prince which standeth for the children of thy
people: and there shall be a time of trouble (Nazi death
camps of Jeremiah 30:1-6), such as never was since there
was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy
people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found
written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting contempt (Romans
2:28-29).
Daniel 12: 1-2 were also fulfilled in 1948.
Abraham Meets Melchizedek
Hebrews 7:1-3 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest
of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from
the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom
also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by
interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also
King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father,
without mother, without descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the
Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Gods Covenant Relationship with Israel
Hebrews 7:9-10 And as I may so say, Levi also, who
receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet
in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
1. Abraham paid tithes for Levi.
2. Levi received tithes from the rest of Israel
3. Therefore: through Abraham, Levi paid tithes
to Melchisedec for all Israel.
The First Communion
Genesis 14:18-20 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most
high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the
most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy
hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
So as all future Israel gave tithes through Abraham,
in like manner, Melchizedek had communion
with all future Israel.
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and
his ways past finding out!
A Few Scriptures on Israel
Gen 17:7 speaks of an unconditional
everlasting covenant with the seed
of Abraham.
Lev 26:44-45 Shows Israel's restora-
tion would not be conditional.
Isa 11:11 speaks of a second restora-
tion of the Jews.
Isa 26:20-27:1 speaks of a final hiding of
the children of Israel followed by
Satan's complete judgment.
Isa 27:12-13 in context with the above,
speaks of a final regathering of
Israel.
Jer 30:4-8 speaks of the time of Jacob's
trouble and future restoration.
Jer 30:18-24 states that a restoration for
the tents of Jacob will take place in
the latter days. (Not in 536 B.C.)
Jer 31:35-37 speaks of the permanent
nation of Israel.
Jer 33:24-26 is a definitive uncon-
ditional covenant with Jacob's
descendants.
Eze 16:60-63 speaks of an uncon-
ditional everlasting covenant with
the Jews.
Eze 37:1-28 speaks of an unconditional
restoration of Israel, followed by a
major conflict in Eze 38-39.
Hos 11:9-10 speaks of a restoration of
Israel from the West.
Joe 3:1-3 predicts the restoration of
Judah, followed by war.
Amo 9:11-15 speaks of Israel restored
to the land.
Zec 8:7-8 speaks of a post-exilic uncon-
ditional restoration of the Jews to
Jerusalem and to the land.
Zec 10 & 12 contain more prophecies of
a future restoration of the Jews.
Zec 14 speaks of final battle with the
Jews in Jerusalem.
Luk 21:24 speaks of a dispersion, the
time of the Gentiles, and a
restoration following.
Rom 11:11 states that the Jews have not
fallen.
Rom 11:17 states that only SOME of the
branches were broken off.
Rom 11:17 further states that the
church was grafted in AMONG the
Jews.
Rom 11:28 states that the gospel age
Jews are still elect.
Rom 11:29 states that God's calling of
the Jews is irrevocable.
Rev 7:4-9 speaks of the 12 tribes of
Israel during the Christian Era.
Rev 12:1-6 speaks of Israel during the
Christian Era.
Rev 15:3 there are two songs, one for
the Jewish people, one for the
Gentile Church.
If the Jews cannot trust the promises God gave them,
then the Church has no basis for trusting
the promises God Gave us!
Jeremiahs Picture of Jewish Restoration
THE NEW NATION OF ISRAEL IN 1948
Jeremiah 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will bring again the captivity of my people
Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause
them to return to the land that I gave to their
fathers, and they shall possess it.
The Jews were restored to the land in 536 B.C.,
but the land remained under some form of Gentile control.
Israel did not really possess the land as
a sovereign nation until 1948 A.D.
THE HOLOCAUST
Jeremiah 30:4-8 And these are the words that the LORD spake
concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith the
LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of
peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with
child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins,
as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the
time of Jacob's trouble; ?
Have we not seen many pictures of naked Jewish men,
covering their nakedness with their hands while
stumbling blindly forward into Nazi gas chambers?
Jeremiah 30:4-8 continued . . .
but he shall be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his (Satans) yoke
from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall
no more serve themselves of him. (Hebrew: rn[, aw-bad, by
definition: enslave or keep in bondage)
THE COMING MESSIAH
Jeremiah 30:9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and
David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. (at the
Return of Jesus)
JESUS FORETELLS THE END OF GENTILES CONTROL OF JERUSALEM
Luke 21:24 And they (the Jews) shall fall by the edge of the
sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and
Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times
of the Gentiles be fulfilled. (fulfilled in 1967)
The Time of the Gentiles?
5606BC June 6, 1967AD5
5Beginning Jerusalem5
5of the Freed of5
5Babylonian Gentile5
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A Closer Look at Luke 21:24
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Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Gentile dominion of Jerusalem ended June 6, 1967!
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Israel is the Fig Tree
Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilder-
ness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree
at her first time.
So the children of Israel are figuratively the fig tree.
Also see Jeremiah 24:1-7
Jesus at the Fig Tree
Mark 11:13-14 And seeing a fig tree afar off having
leaves, he (Jesus) came, if haply he might find any
thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found
nothing but leaves. And Jesus answered and said unto
it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And
his disciples heard it.
Mark 11:20-22 And in the morning, as they passed by,
they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And
Peter . . . saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree
which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus
answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
The Fig Tree during the Christian Era
Babylonian
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Parable of the Fig Tree
Matthew 24:32-33 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth
leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye,
when ye shall see all these things, know that it is
near, even at the doors.
Luke 21:31-32 So likewise ye, when ye see these things
come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is
nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation
(of the fig tree putting forth leaves, i.e., the new nation
of Israel being established in 1948) shall not pass
away, till all be fulfilled.
New Israel is the Fig Tree Generation
Luke 21:29-33 And he spake to them a parable; Behold
the fig tree (Israel), and all the trees (the surrounding
nations); When they now shoot forth (leaves not
spiritual fruit), ye see and know of your own selves
that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye,
when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that
the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto
you, This generation (of the people who were alive
and helped Israel become a nation in 1948) shall not
pass away (shall still be alive), till all be fulfilled (at
the return of Jesus). Heaven and earth shall pass
away: but my words shall not pass away.
Jesus Warns Todays Church!
Luke 21:34-36 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day
come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come
on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall
come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Revelation is a book of Repeats
Revelation 12:1-6 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a
woman (Israel) clothed with the sun (the imputed righteousness
of Jesus Christ, Mal 4:2), and the moon (the church) under her feet,
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars (the 12 tribes of
Israel): And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in
heaven; and behold a great red dragon (Satan! Another figurative
picture of him is the Scarlet Beast of Rev 17), having seven heads
and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (world empires)
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven (fallen
angels, Rev 1:20) , and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon
stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to
devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a
man child (Jesus), who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron:
and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne . . .
Revelation 12:1-6 continued . . .
(Jesus ascends into heaven, 32-34AD). And the woman fled into the
wilderness (dispersed into the Gentile nations), where she hath a
place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand
two hundred and threescore days (It was 1260 years from the
construction of the Dome of the Rock in 688, to the establishment
of the new nation of Israel in 1948).
Revelation 12:6 was fulfilled in 1948 and now we go
back to the time of the Cross!
Rvelation 12:7-13 And there was war in heaven: Michael and
his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought
and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast
out (Luke 10:18), that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out
into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
The Christian Era
Luk 10:18 And he (Jesus) said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
Then just before He went to the Cross . . .
John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of
this world be cast out (of Heaven).
As a result, Satan can no longer enter Heaven to accuse the brethren.

Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne (between
God the Father and the saints) stood a Lamb as it had been slain . . . and
the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb.
After the Cross, the Lord Jesus stands between us and
the throne of God the Father.
Revelation 12:7-13 continued . . .
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the
power of his Christ:
The Bible clearly states that the kingdom
of Jesus exists right now . . .
1Peter 2:9 But ye are (the verb is present tense) a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, an holy nation:

Revelation 1:6 And hath made (the verb is past tense) us kings and
priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10 And hast made (the verb is again past tense)
us unto our God kings and priests:
and we shall reign on the earth.
Jesus Made Us the Spiritual Kings and Priests
of the Christian Era!
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever
thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
When the Coptic church in the Middle East fell into idolatry,
Islam appeared!
Mat 16:19 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Only 3% of Europeans still cling to the faith so now
60,000,000 Muslims are there!
Mat 16:19 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Only an estimated 5% of Americans are truly born again
so six to nine million Muslims are now here!
But the Church has forgotten how to bind the enemy
by the Gospel and through prayer so Islam is our fault!
Revelation 12:7-13 continued . . .
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down (Luke 10:18), which
accused them before our God day and night And they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death (Read John Foxes
Book of Martyrs). Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell
in them. Woe to the inhabitors of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath because he
knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw
that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which
brought forth the man child. (Jews and Christians have been
persecuted throughout the Christian era).
Revelation 12:14-17 And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle (Jesus is the eagle), that she might fly into the
wilderness (of the Gentile nations, Ezekiel 20:15), into her place,
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of the serpent (Satan) . . . .
Revelation 12:14-17 continued . . .
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood (of people,
Revelation 17:15) after the woman, that he might cause her to be
carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which
the dragon cast out of his mouth (the physical and spiritual seed
of Abraham were geographically separated from Satans servants
by immigrating to the Western Hemisphere). And the dragon was
wroth with the woman (Israel), and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, (both Jew and Gentile) which keep the
commandments of God (Jews during the Christian era), and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ (New Testament Church).
The numberless saints (both Jew and Gentile)
who were burned at the stake during the Middle Ages,
werent martyred because they kept their mouths shut.
Time, Times & Ephraim
The ten northern tribes are: Reuben, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher,
Naphtali, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Levi was not counted among the tribes
because the Lord separated that tribe out as His tithe, to be His priests. (Levi is
counted in Revelation, and Dan is left out). During the 200 years of its existence,
the northern kingdom grew to have a strong economy and powerful army, but it
never became a multitude of nations. So what happened to them?
Genesis 48:19 . . . (Manassah) shall become a people, and he also
shall be great: but . . . (Ephraim) shall be greater than he, and his
seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the
sand of the sea . . . in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are
not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of
the living God.
Historic Position of the Daniel & Hosea
Daniel prophesied to the southern kingdom of Judah. His
ministry began at the start of the Babylonian captivity,
606-536BC.
Why? To tell the Jewish people what their future would be while
Gentiles ruled the Holy Land.
Hosea, the prophet to Israel, prophesied just before the fall of
the northern kingdom of Israel, 725-722BC.
Why? To tell the ten tribes of Israel what their future would be
after they were dispersed into the Caucasus Mountain region,
and later into the kingdom of the Khazars.
Graph of Divided Israel
In 933 B.C., Jeroboam rebels against Solomon's son, Rehoboam. This
divides Israel into two separate countries: Israel in the North with 10
tribes, and Judah with Benjamin in the South.
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Connecting The Dots
1. The 10 tribes of Israel were taken captive by Shalmaneser the Assyrian
in 725-722 B. C. and dispersed into the Caucasus Mountains region.
Deuteronomy 4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations,
and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the
LORD shall lead you.
Amos 9:8-9 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful
kingdom (Israel), and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth;
saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall
upon the earth.
2. Late analyzed evidence from the former USSR indicates that in the
following centuries, a large unidentified body of light-skinned blue-eyed
people migrated from South of the Caucuses into Kingdom of Khazaria.
3. During the Islamic expansion of the 8
th
century, a Moslem army under
Abdel Rahman tried to invade Europe through a pass in the Caucasus, but
Khazarian armies defeated them. Were it not for the bulwark of Khazaria,
Christian Europe could have fallen to Islam from the East.
4. Not wanting religious wars to divide his country, the King of the Khazars
ordered three missionaries to appear before his court: a Christian monk,
a Jewish priest and a Moslem Imam.
5. After carefully listening to the arguments of each, the King of the
Khazars chose Judaism to be the state religion!
6. Later, the people in Khazaria clinging to Judaism emigrated to Europe,
where they became known as Ashkenizi Jews.
Deuteronomy 4:30-31 When thou art in tribulation, and all these
things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the
LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the LORD thy
God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee,
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
7. Then came Hitler and the Holocaust of WW2, during which Nazi
Germany tried but failed to exterminate the Ashkenizi Jews.
Leviticus 26:33 And I will . . . draw out a sword after you.
8. After the Holocaust, what was left of Ashkenizi Jews fled Europe and
immigrated to the holy land.
Jeremiah 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will
turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations,
and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and
I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried
away captive.
9. In 1948 A.D., the new sovereign nation of Israel was established by what
were primarily Ashkenizi Jews. Then in 1967, by those same ten lost
tribes, Jerusalem was finally freed of Gentile control for the first time in
2573 years!
But Theres More to the Story
Hosea 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that
thou shalt call me Ishi (Hebrew: vya, husband); and shalt
call me no more Baali (Hebrew: yl[B, master).
Hosea 7:8 Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake unturned.
Hosea 8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among
the Gentiles . . .
Hosea 11:10 They [Ephraim] shall walk after the LORD
. . . . then the children shall tremble from the West.
Circa 95-105 A. D.
Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were
given two wings of a great eagle, that
she might fly into the wilderness, into
her place, where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of the serpent.
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Daniel is an O.T. prophet. He was to the Jews and to the nations that would
control the Holy Land during the time of the Gentiles. Revelation 12:14 is to the
church, it was penned by the Apostle John, the prophet to the Church. But from
context, Rev 12:14 is to the dispersed tribes of Israel during the Christian Era
(Rev 7:1-9, 14:1-5). The language of Rev 12:14, "might fly into the wilderness,"
pins us to the major deportation of the Northern Kingdom rather than the fall of
Samaria 722BC. That major deportation took place in 724BC, two years before
the city fell.
Additional verses for Study: Hos 1:10-11; Hos 2:14-16, Hos 2:19-20, Hos 2:23; Hos 3:5; Hos 7:8,
Hos 9:13-17, Hos 11:8-10
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Websters Dictionary says:
Bifid: An object or document
separated into two equal
or almost equal parts or lobes.
Why the concept is important.
Major prophesies in the Bible
are Bifidic.
Bifidic books are repetitive in nature. Isaiah is not 14 different
subjects, but seven subjects repeated.
BIFID IN ISAIAH **
1ST HALF 2ND HALF
CHAPTERS CONTENTS CHAPTERS
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1-5 Ruin and Restoration 34-35
6-8 Biographical Information 36-40
9-12 Blessings and Judgments 41-45
13-23 About Gentile Nations 46-48
24-27 Redemption and Deliverance 49-55
28-31 Ethics and Sermons 56-59
32-33 Restoration of Israel 60-66
If Daniel & Revelation are bifidic, they are repetitive!
** Packer Tenny Whites Bible Dictionary
PROVING DANIELS BIFID
Daniels prophecies were written in two languages.
Daniel 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack,
O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream
Daniel 2:4 through 7:28 was written in Chaldee,
the court language of the Babylonians.
Daniel 8 through 12 were written in Hebrew,
the language of the Jews.
Why?
Daniel is in two languages
because it has two audiences.
Chaldee
Chapters 2-7
In a Gentile language because those
chapters are to and about the Gentile
empires and their descendants who
would rule in Holy Land during The
time of the Gentiles.
Hebrew
Chapters 8-12
Daniel 8-12 are in Hebrew because
they are to and about the future of
Gods chosen people during the time
their land was under Gentile control
during The time of the Gentiles.
Both Daniel 2-7 and 8-12 are about a time of Gentile rule
of the Holy Land so Daniel is bifidic and repetitive!
Luke 21:24 And they (the Jews) shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall
be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down
of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
And the time of the Gentiles was over on June 6, 1967.
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So When Are We Prophetically?
The time of Gentile control
of Jerusalem ended on June 6
th
, 1967 so
The time of the Gentiles is over!
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the
book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro
(through the book), and knowledge shall be increased.
The only epochal time in Scripture following
The Time of the Gentiles
is Daniels Time of the End, so we are in
the time of the end, right now!
But theres another Hebrew poetic form employed
in the prophetic books.
THE CHIASM
The chiasm is a poetic stepladder.
The chiasm is repetitive in nature.
The concepts in the first two or three steps
are repeated in the remaining
two or three steps.
EXAMPLE OF A TWO STEP CHIASM
Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.


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B = B
A = A
My
Thoughts
Are not
thoughts Your
Neither are
ways Your
My ways
Sayeth the Lord.
EXAMPLES OF CHIASMS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
Mark 5:3-5 A Who had his dwelling among the tombs;
B and no man could bind him,
C no, not with chains:
C he had been bound with chains,
B neither could any man tame him.
A And always he was in the tombs...
Acts 17:24-25 A God that made the world and all things therein,
B He is Lord of heaven and earth,
C Dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
C Neither is worshipped with men's hands,
B He giveth to all life, and breath,
A And all things.
If Daniel and Revelation are chiasmic,
they will contain prophecies that are
fulfilled at the SAME time!
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Daniel Sealed Until the End of the Christian Era
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal
the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and
fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
That is a command, so Daniel had to do something
to seal the book.
Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words
are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
By sovereign decree, the book of Daniel was sealed.
He couldnt modify what the Lord had inspired him to write,
so what did Daniel do to seal it?
Daniels Chronology is Important
(605BC) Dan 2:1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchad-
nezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams.(Conservative dating,
liberal scholars claim 604BC)
(592BC) Dan 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold.
(No direct archeological evidence (GAD)
(558BC) Dan 4:1-37 Nebuchadnezzar goes insane. (We have a little
archeological evidence for this event)
(536BC) Dan 5:30-31 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom. (Fall of
the Babylonian Empire, conservative date, liberal scholars claim 539)
(535BC) Dan 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole
kingdom.
Daniel Is Out of Chronological Order!
(605BC) Dan 2:1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams.
(592BC) Dan 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold.
(558BC) Dan 4:1-37 Nebuchadnezzar goes insane.
Chs. 7 & 8 were written here . . .
(536BC) Dan 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans
slain.
Ch. 9 was written here . . .
(535BC) Dan 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes.
Ch. 7 (552BC) Dan 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had
a dream and visions of his head upon his bed.
Ch. 8 (549BC) Dan 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared unto me.
Ch. 9 (536BC) Dan 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the
seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans.
DANIEL BEING OUT OF CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FORMS A CHIASM!
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch.2 The Great Image 4 Gentile Empires
B ch.3 The Fiery Furnace God's People in Tribulation
C ch.4 Nebuchadnezzar Insane Gentile Rulers Judged
C *ch.5 Belshazzar Killed Gentile Rulers Judged
B *ch.6 The Lions Den God's People in Tribulation
A ch.7 The Four Beasts 4 Gentile Empires
ch.8
* ch.5 was actually written here.
ch.9
* ch.6 was actually written here.
ch.10-12
So the prophecies in this chiasm are not sequential.
They are parallel and concurrent!
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CHIASMS REVEAL HIDDEN TRUTHS
A-A Dan 2 and 7 Are about the Gentile empires that would have
dominion over the Holy Land during the time of the Gentiles.
B-B Dan 3 and 6 Are about God's people in tribulation during the
time of the Gentiles.
C-C Dan 4 and 5 Are about judgment on the Gentile rulers at the
end of the time of the Gentiles.
Central message of 1st chiasm: During the time of the
Gentiles there will be four major Gentile empires (Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome and their descendants) ruling in
the Holy Land into the far future. Also, during that time, Gods
people (the Jews) will suffer great persecution, at the end of
which, God will judge the nations that made His land a
desolation and made slaves of His people, Jer 30:10-11.
DANIEL'S 2ND CHIASM
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch.8 Ram and He Goat 2 Gentile Empires
B ch.9:24-26 69 Sevens Messiah in Gentile Times
B ch.9:26-27 70th Seven The Time of the Gentiles
A ch.10-12 North & South 2 Gentile Empires
Central message of 2nd Chiasm: After the Jews return from captivity
there will only be two major Gentile empires (Medo-Persia, Greece and
their descendants) who will have dominion over the Holy Land into
the distant future. During that time, Messiah will be born, will be
killed, the temple will be desolated and an abomination set up. But in
the end, the enemy will be destroyed.
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Daniels bifid and chiasms prove
his prophecies to be parallel in time.

If Revelation is patterned like Daniel,
(and the same God inspired them both)
then Revelation will not be about
dubious events in an imagined
Seven-Year Great Tribulation,
but a series of parallel prophecies
primarily about the Christian era!
SO HOW DO WE PROVE IT?
Can the Seven Churches, the Seven Seals,
the Seven Trumpets and the Two Witnesses
be repetitive prophecies primarily about
the Christian Era?
We know the Seven Churches existed during
the Apostle Johns lifetime, but are the
the Seals, Trumpets and Two Witnesses
already fulfilled?
Revelation is Bifidic
Chapters 2-11
Revelation 5:7 And he (Jesus) came
and took the book out of the right
hand of him that sat upon the
throne.
God the Father gives the little
book of Revelation to Jesus, who
then reads about the Seven seals, the
Seven Trumpets the 144 Thousand,
and the Two Witnesses.

Chapters 12-20
Revelation 10:10-11 And I (John) took
the little book out of the angel's
(Jesus) hand, and ate it up; And he
said unto me, thou must prophesy
again. (Note the again!)
Jesus gives Revelation to John who
then reads about the woman with 12
stars, the three great beasts, the Holy
City and Babylon the Great.
Like Daniel, Revelation is bifidic,
so the twelve prophecies in Revelation are parallel and
concurrent, being fulfilled during the Christian era!
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After the Seven Churches, a Little Book
Revelation 5:1-4 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on
the throne a book written within and on the backside (Because
there will be two readers), sealed with seven seals. And I saw a
strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to
open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in
heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open
the book, neither to look thereon.. And I wept much, because no
man (including Jesus) was found worthy to open and to read the
book, neither to look thereon. (before the Cross).
The above is hast seen, i.e., before Johns time.
Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the
things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.
. . . then are, i.e., during Johns time.
Revelation 5:-7 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not:
behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David (Jesus),
hath prevailed (so when did Jesus prevail?) to open the book, and
to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst
of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,
stood a Lamb (Jesus, Greek: k, arnion, a defenseless little
lambkin) as it had been slain (on the Cross), having seven horns
and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God (Isaiah 11:1-3)
sent forth into all the earth. And he (Jesus) came and took the
book out of the right hand of him (God the Father) that sat upon
the throne.
. . . and now shall be, i.e., future to Johns time.
Revelation 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts
saying, Come and see (the Christian era).
Revelation 1:19 is the key!
Revelation is a synopsis of the 6000 years
God has been dealing with man.
It is about events
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
from the time of John.
the Seven Seals were opened by the Lord
immediately after He was glorified.
The little book of Revelation is index
to the rest of the Bible.
Its 12 visions are God the Fathers repeated pictures
of major events that will take place
before, during and after the Christian era.
The Seals are opened, but what about the Trumpets?
Look at what Jesus said about His coming Crucifixion.
Luke 12:49-50 I came to send fire on the earth, and
how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a
baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am
till it is accomplished! (NKJV)
Figurative language: Jesus is referring to the fire on the
brazen altar that burned the sacrificial lamb (a type of Christ)
and this baptism is His coming crucifixion.
God the Father now Reveals When
the Seven Trumpets Began to Sound.
Revelation 8:2-6 And I saw the seven angels which stood before
God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel
(Jesus) came and stood at the altar (the Cross), having a golden
censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should
offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was
before the throne (Isa 53:12, Rom 8:34, Heb 7:25). And the smoke of
the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up
before God out of the angels hand. And the angel took the censer, and
filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there
were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound.
By comparing Lukes I came to send fire on the earth
with quote above, we again find ourselves at the
time of the Cross, so Revelations trumpets start to sound
at the beginning of the Christian era.
Revelation is also Chiasmic
THE 1ST CHIASM
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch. 2-3 The Seven Churches The Church
B ch. 6 The Seven Seals Christian era trials
C ch. 7:4-8 The 144,000 12 Tribes of Israel
C ch. 7:9-14 A Great Multitude The Gentile Church
B ch. 8-9 The Seven Trumpets Christian Era trials
A ch. 11 The Two Witnesses The Church
Central message of 1st Chiasm: During the Christian Era there will be Two
Witnesses, seven different church periods, and seven different kinds of churches.
The Jewish people and the Gentile Church are those two witnesses. Trials,
plagues, famines, tribulation and wars will take place. But those who die in Christ,
both Jew and Gentile, will be with the Lord. At the end of this era, God will set up
a kingdom that will remain forever.
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REVELATIONS 2ND CHIASM
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch.12 Woman with 12 Stars Jews during this Era
B ch.13 Leopard, Lion, Bear Beast Satanic Kingdom
ba ch.14 144,000 & The Gospel All the Redeemed
C ch.15 Song of Moses and Lamb Jew & Gentile Redeemed
C ch.16 Bowls of Wrath Wrath for the Wicked
B ch.17 Seven Headed Beast Satanic Kingdoms
ba ch.18 Babylon All the Lost
A ch.20 The Thousand Years Gentile Church Era
Central message of the 2nd Chiasm: There will be only seven major Gentile
empires (and their descendants) who will control the Holy Land during the
Christian Era. They will be ruled by Satan. Concurrent with those visible
kingdoms will be a spiritual kingdom in which the saints (both Jew and Gentile)
will be spiritually ruling on Earth. At the end of this age, Jesus will return to
reward the saints, judge the wicked, and begin the everlasting Kingdom of God.
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Beware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy
and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Christ. Col 2:8
Enter the Jesuits
We need to understand the ORIGIN and REASON
some views of Bible prophecy exist today.
In the 16
th
and 17
th
centuries, Reformation leaders were
calling the Roman Catholic hierarchy the Whore of Babylon
of Rev 17. To stop it, the Roman Catholic Church began a
counter-reformation, during which two Jesuit priests were
commissioned to develop doctrines that would derail the
reformation, and they almost succeeded.
FIRST, IN 1591 A.D.: THE FUTURIST VIEW
Developed and popularized by Fr. Ribera, a Jesuit. His view
claimed that Revelation would not be fulfilled until the end of
the Christian Era. Ribera taught a rebuilt Babylon, a rebuilt
temple in Jerusalem, the restoration of animal sacrifices and
a future Antichrist.
Sound familiar? It should, Ribera is the father of
futurist (i.e., dispensational) eschatology.
A new temple in Jerusalem? Thats mans plan,
but its not going to happen.
THEN IN 1614 A.D.: THE PRETERIST VIEW
Created for the same reason by Alcazar, another Jesuit,
who claimed the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation
were fulfilled by the fall of Jerusalem in 70AD!
Preterism, as this view is called, supports Replacement
Theology (the idea that God broke covenant with the physical
Seed of Abraham after the Cross and the Church is the only
Israel of this era). Despite the evidence of their own eyes (the
new nation of Israel chock full of returned Jews), this dubious
view is still accepted by many evangelical churches.
Both of the above views
were initiated by Jesuits to derail the Reformation,
nevertheless, both views are now considered
acceptable doctrine by most Protestant churches.
Problem is, both go directly against
Scripture and history!
The Poisonous Mushroom Grows
1745AD, MANUEL DE LACUNZA Y DIAZ
Born in Chile, but sails to Spain to become Jesuit priest. In
1765, all Jesuits including Lacunza, are expelled from Spain
because of their cruelty. Though not implicated, de Lacunza
immigrates to Imola, Italy where he then claims to be a
converted Jew named Rabbi Juan Josafat Ben Ezra.
Based on the earlier views of Ribera, in 1785 de Lacunza
writes The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty. From
Daniel 12:11 and 12:12, de Lacunza then theorizes a 45-day
mini-tribulation to take place at the end of the Christian Era.
Manuel de Lacunza y Diazs book is
published in Spain in 1821.
Enter the Irvingites
1827AD, EDWARD IRVING
Founder of the Irvingite cult.
Translates Lacunzas book
into English.
Publishes Lacunzas view
in his Irvingite periodical,
The Morning Watch
Next Comes the Plymouth Brethren
1870AD, JOHN N. DARBY
Darby, the founder of Plymouth Brethren, goes to Irvingite meetings
where he hears Lacunzas views. Darby then falls off his horse and
lands on his head. While recovering, Darby decides that Lacunzas,
mini ) 45-day ) tribulation is wrong so he modifies it by adding
Daniels 70
th
Week!!!
1. And thus Darby invents a Seven-Year-Great-Tribulation to take
place at the end of the Christian era.
2. To make his new concept fit reality, he then theorizes a 2000 year
gap between the 69
th
and 70
th
weeks.

Both concepts were unsupportable creative theology!
But knowing Irvingites to be cultish, the Plymouth Brethren now hide
the origin of the view, claiming it to be their own. Darby then travels
to the United States where he meets the distinguished Dr. C. I. Scofield
(of Scofield Bible fame).
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1830AD, MARGARET MACDONALD
A sickly, 15 year old Scottish girl, Christian for only a
year, claims to have asecret rapture vision. Also said
to have been in the occult, including a documented
levitation!
1831AD, ROBERT NORTON
Robert Norton, an Irvingite evangelist, meets Margaret
Macdonald. Norton is captivated by her secret rapture
vision so he spreads it all over England.
And thats how all the doctrinal pieces came together,
but how is the enemy going to spread this
fabrication throughout the Western Church?
Through the Scofield Bible
1909AD, C.I. SCOFIELD
Scofield accepts Darbys Seven Year Tribulation invention.
Three members of his revision committee resign because it
could not be supported by the Bible, nevertheless, Scofield
includes the Ribera-Lacunza-Macdonald-Darby creation in
the 1909 and future editions of the Scofield Bible.
The Scofield group knows true origin of the seven-year
and pre-tribulation rapture views, but since Irvingites were
known to be cultish, hides the knowledge from the public.
The view supported anyway because of its great fund-raising
capability and because it increased the sales of the Scofield
annotated Bible.
Copy of Lacunzas original work is in Oxford University Library, Oxford, UK. Documentation for
the above is voluminous, but three readily accessible sources are: Dave McPhersons The Rapture
Plot or The Great Coverup, and Michael de Semlyens All Roads Lead to Rome?
God Declares, I change not!
721BC - Hosea began prophesying at the fall of the Northern
Kingdom to tell the soon to be captive Israelites what their
long-term future would be. Israel would disappear into the
Gentile nations, but the Lord would not forget them and
would save them. Through Hosea, God also tells Israels Ten
Tribes what would happen to them during the Christian Era.
606BC - Daniel began prophesying at the fall of the kingdom
of Judah to tell the Jews in captivity (and the Gentile nations
who held them) what both their futures would be while
Gentiles controlled the Holy Land. Through Daniel, God also
tells the Jews what will happen to their people during the
Christian Era.
So how about Revelation? Was the culminating book in
the Bible positioned at the beginning of the Christian
Era to tell the Church about only the first few years of
this era (as Preterists believe) or about the last few years
of this era (as Dispensationalists believe)?
If either are right, then God changed
from foretelling the whole future of an era
to foretelling just tiny bits of this one.
Since God changes not, Thats unlikely!
It appears that Revelation was penned
at the beginning of this era to tell Gods Two Witness
(the Jewish people and the Gentile Church)
what both their futures would be during this era
and warn the unsaved world
of its impending judgment.
When Were Daniels Visions Daniel Given?
/)))))))))) Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, 606BC - 536BC )))))))))1
* Jews in Captivity in BABYLON * 5.Daniels
Daniel * Final
Taken Captive * Vision
* 562BC 555BC * 533BC
* * * * *
*(((((( NEBUCHADNEZZAR ((((((((((* *((((( NABONIDUS ((((((*( DARIUS (*
* * * * Cyrus 1 *
* * * *
606BC * Belshazzar *
605BC Made Regent 536BC
Nebuchadnezzars 552BC *
1. Vision of 2. Daniels *
The Great Image Vision of *
The Four Beasts *
Daniels
Visions of
3. The 70 Weeks
4. The Ram & He Goat
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Nebuchadnezzars Vision
In 605 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar has a dream, but forgets what it was.
Daniel 2:27-34 (excerpts) Daniel answered in the presence of the
king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot
the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers,
shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth
secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what
shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy
head upon thy bed, are these: Thou, O king, sawest, and behold
a great image . . . This image's head was of fine gold, his breast
and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs
of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay, Thou sawest till
that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image
upon his feet and brake them to pieces.
The Chaldean magicians cant interpret this, but Daniel can.
Daniel 2:36-44 This is the dream; and we will tell the
interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a
king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever
the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the
fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath
made thee ruler over them all. (1) Thou art this head of
gold.
And after thee shall arise (2) another kingdom inferior to
thee, and another (3) third kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule over all the earth.
And the (4) fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in
pieces and bruise.
Daniel 2:36-44 continued . . .
And whereas thou sawest (5) the feet and toes, part of
potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;
but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch
as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the
toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And
whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not
cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set
up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break
in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
for ever.
(1) "Thou art this head of gold...."
v. 38,
(2) "And after thee shall arise another
kingdom inferior to thee... " v. 39,
(3) "and another kingdom of brass shall
rule over all the earth..." v. 39,
(4) "And the fourth kingdom shall be
strong as iron: forasmuch... and as
iron that breaketh all these, shall it
break in pieces..." v. 40,
(5) The 10 toes are the countries that
came out of the Eastern and Western
Roman Empires, v 42.
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Graph of Nebuchadnezzars Image

1. 2. 3. 4. 4a.
T HEAD T CHEST T THIGHS T LEGS T FEET & 10 TOES
* (gold) * (silver) * (brass) * (iron) * (mixed iron & clay)
* * * * *
* Babylon * Medo- * Greece * Rome * Many Nations
* * Persia * * *
* * * * *
606BC 536BC 332BC 65BC 476AD
The Great Image vision was given to a Gentile king at the beginning of
the time of the Gentiles to show the Gentiles there would be only four
major world empires (and their descendants) who would rule over the
Holy Land into the far future. So it has turned out to be.
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Chiasms are Key to Interpretation
PROPHECY SUBJECT
---------------- -----------------
A ch.2 The Great Image 4 Gentile Empires
B ch.3 The Fiery Furnace God's People in Tribulation
C ch.4 Nebuchadnezzar Insane Gentile Rulers Judged
C ch.5 Belshazzar Killed Gentile Rulers Judged
B ch.6 The Lions Den God's People in Tribulation
A ch.7 The Four Beasts 4 Gentile Empires
These prophecies are fulfilled during the time of the Gentiles. They are about
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome (and their descendants) who would rule
over the holy land from 606 B.C. to 1948 A.D. The important point being: they are
parallel and concurrent!
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Daniels Vision of the Four Beasts
Daniel 7:3-24 (excerpts) And four great beasts came up from
the sea, diverse one from another. The first was like a lion
. . . And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear . . .
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard . . . After
this . . . behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and
strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured
and brake in pieces . . . and it was diverse from all the beasts
that were before it; and it had ten horns . . . there came up
among them another little horn, before whom there were
three of the first horns plucked up by the roots. I beheld
then because of the voice of the great words which the horn
spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body
destroyed . . . As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had
their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged
for a season and time.
Daniel 7:3-24 Continued . . .
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall
arise out of the earth . . . The fourth beast shall be the fourth
kingdom** upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms,
and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and
break it in pieces.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. (KJV)
Since the fourth beast is identified as a fourth kingdom,
then the other three kingsare also kingdoms.**
** Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece were each ruled by sovereign monarchs. Rome had a
different form of government, a Caesar with a Senate. The Lord addresses this difference by
calling the first three world empires kings and the Rome empire a kingdom.
Graph of Daniels Four Beasts


1. 2. 3. 4. 4a.
T T T T T
* LION * BEAR * LEOPARD * STRONG & * TEN HORNS
* Babylon * Medo- * Greece * TERRIBLE * Many Nations
* * Persia * * Rome *
* * * * *
* * * * * LITTLE HORN *
* * * * * Adolf Hitler * End Times
* * * * * *
606BC 536BC 332BC 65BC 476AD 1948AD
The 10 horns of the Strong and Terrible beast come out of the Roman Empire. After
the Nazi regime was destroyed there has been NO dominant European or Middle-
Eastern power, just a loose alliance of the 10 horns! The rest of the beasts, the Lion,
Bear, Leopard had their world domination taken away, but the Islamic states of the
Middle East have controlled the holy land and influenced world events ever since. Their
lives were prolonged for a season and time, Daniel 7:12.
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So Beasts in Prophetic Visions Are Empires!
Remember it, youre going to run into them again!
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece
Lion Bear Leopard
Beast Strong & Terrible = Rome
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A Season and a Time
These verses in Daniel prove from the Old Testament
that prophetic time is 1000 years.
Daniel 7:11-12 (KJV) Then I kept looking because of the sound of
the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking
until the beast (Rome) was slain, and its body was destroyed
and given to the burning fire. As concerning the rest of the
beasts, (the Lion, Bear, Leopard) they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season (Chaldee: !znz,
z
e
man, a season) and time (Chaldee: !R[, id-dawn, a time).**
** Some versions translate season and time as a period of time, but this prophecy
cannot be correctly interpreted unless season and time are accurately translated.
When prophetic time is understood to be a 1000 years, this prophecy fits (to the year)
events that will take place in the Holy Land, in Daniels future, over a prophetic time
and a 1/4 of a time.
Prophetic time is 1000 years so a season is a quarter of a time. It
was a season and a time, i.e., 1260 years, from the construction of
the Dome of the Rock (688AD) until the new nation of Israel was
established. (1948AD)!
The rest of the beasts, (Lion, Bear, Leopard) had no world dominion
during the Christian Era, but they continued to have dominion over
the Holy Land . . . for a season and time.
Bible prophecy is ethnographic: The visions in Daniel foretell events
that would take place forward from his time . . . in the Holy Land and
the surrounding countries. Here is how that can be proven . . .
Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith
is spoken of throughout the whole world.
In Pauls time, the Church was only in the Roman Empire
so Bible prophecy is not about the whole planet!
It is only about the world known to the prophet!



Dome of the Rock New Israel
* *
* *
*LION * BEAR * LEOPARD * STRONG & * "A season and Time" *
*Babylon * Medo- * Greece * TERRIBLE * *
* * Persia * * Rome, * *
* * * * then 10 horns * ^ *
* * * * * ^ *
606BC 536BC 332BC 65BC 688AD * 1948AD
* * *
* "The Rest of the Beasts" * *
.)))))))))))))))))))))))))))2))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))-
A Time = 1000 Years
A Season is approximately of a time or 260 Years
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Total = 1260 Years
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Daniel 8, the Ram and He Goat
Daniel 8:20-21 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings
(kingdom) of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king (kingdom) of
Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Prophetic beasts are kingdoms and horns are kings!
Daniel 8:4-23 (excerpts) Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw (in a vision, and
prophetic visions are figurative), and, behold, there stood before the river a
ram which had two horns (the Medo-Persaian empire), and the two horns
were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last
(the Persians conquered the Medes and became one empire). I saw the ram
pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts (other
empires) might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver
out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great (became
the largest empire of the ancient world).
Daniel 8:1-27 continued
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the
face of the whole earth (Greece), and touched not the ground: and the goat
had a notable horn between his eyes (Alexander the Great). And he came to
the ram that had two horns (Medo-Persia), which I had seen standing before
the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And (Greece) smote the
ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand
before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and
there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand (the Battles of
Issus and Gaugamela , 332B.C., ends the Medo-Persian empire). Therefore the
he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was
broken (Alexander dies in Babylon, 323 B.C.); and for it came up four notable
ones toward the four winds of heaven . . . (the Greek empire is divided among
his four generals, Ptolomy took Egypt, Selucid took Syria, Lycimicus took
Babylon, and Antigonus took Greece).
Daniel 8:1-23, continued
And out of one of them (Selucid Syria) came forth a little horn (king), which
waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward
the pleasant land (Israel). And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven;
and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and
stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the
host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away (in circa 168 B.C.,
Antiochus Epiphenes of Syria offered a pig on the brazen altar at the temple
in Jerusalem).
O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision (end of the Old
Testament Levitical era) . . . for at the time appointed the end shall be. And
in the latter time of their (Selucid) kingdom, when the transgressors are
come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark
sentences, shall stand up (the Selicid king Antiochus of Syria). And his power
shall be mighty, but not by his own power (Antiochus was Satanic): and he
shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people.
2300 Evenings and Mornings
Daniel 8:12-15, LITV And a host was given with the regular sacrifice
because of transgression. Then I heard a certain holy one speaking, and
another holy one said to that one who spoke, Until when is the vision,
the regular sacrifice and the desolating transgression, to give both the
sanctuary and the host to be trampled? And he said to me, For two
thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings*, then the sanctuary
will be put right.
* In Ezekiel 4:5-6, God gave a prophetic day, a yom, for a year. God did not give us an
eh`-reb, (evening) or a bo`-ker (morning) for a year. So these 2300 evenings and
mornings are not years, but literal days.
Evening and morning sacrifices were offered daily at the temple, so these verses are
about the abolition of those Levitical sacrifices. In 168 B.C., Antiochus epiphanies,
(the little horn) offered a pig on the altar of offering at the 2nd Temple; sparking the
Maccabean revolt.
It is generally accepted by evangelical scholars that it took 2300 days for the
Levitical priests to cleanse the Temple and reinstate the daily sacrifices.
The First Bible Prophecy about Islam
Isaiah prophesied the following 700 years before Jesus was born and
1400 years before Muhmmad.
Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son
of the morning (Satan is called the angel of light, 2Cor 11:14)!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend (in
Hebrew: , alah, pronounced ahla by Jews and Allah by
Muslims) into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation (the
Temple mount in Jerusalem where Islam built the Dome of the
Rock in 688 A.D.), in the sides of the north (sides, in Hebrew:
, yer-ay-kaw', actually defined flank. The Dome of the Rock
is on a flank of the North, actually 300 feet South of the
Temple): I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be
like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell . . .
Revelations First Beast
THE 2ND CHIASM
PROPHECY SUBJECT
------------ -----------
A ch.12 Woman with 12 Stars Jews during this Era
B ch.13 Leopard, Lion, Bear Beast Satans Throne
ba ch.14 144,000 & The Gospel All the Redeemed
C ch.15 Song of Moses and Lamb Jew & Gentile Redeemed
C ch.16 Bowls of Wrath Wrath for the Wicked
B ch.17 Seven Headed Beast Satans Kingdoms
ba ch.18 Babylon All the Lost
A ch.20 The Thousand Years Gentile Church Era
The Leopard-Bear-Lion Beast identifies
the geographic center of Satans empire
during the Christian Era.
Satans Empire
Revelation 13:1-5 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a
beast (an empire) rise up out of the sea (of people, Rev 17:15),
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy (a satanic
empire). And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and
his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of
a lion (this is one beast so it is one empire): and the dragon (Satan)
gave him his power, and his seat (throne), and great authority.
Havent we just seen Leopard, Bear and Lion beasts
in Daniel? Werent they identified as the
the ancient Middle Eastern world empires of
Greece, Medo-Persia and Babylon?
Revelation 13:1-5 continued . . .
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast. And they worshipped the dragon . . .
So those in the Leopard-Bear-Lion worship Satan!
which gave power unto the beast (remember beasts are empires):
and they worshipped the (Leopard, Bear, Lion) beast, saying, Who
is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And
there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty
and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle (the temple
mount), and them that dwell in heaven.
Revelation 13:6-10 And it was given unto him (LBL) to make war
with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him
over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell
upon the earth shall worship him . . .
This prophecy is only about the world as known to John.
Primarily about Israel and the surrounding nations
of the Middle East .
whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear,
let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity:
he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here
is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 13:5 And there was given to him (LBL) a mouth
speaking arrogant words and blasphemies; and authority to act
(in the holy land) for forty-two months was given to him.
The Forty Two Months
Dome of the Rock Jerusalem Freed
Construction 685-705AD June 6, 1967AD


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688AD, Construction begins on the Dome of the Rock
Moslems then control Jerusalem for 1278.34 years!
In 1967AD, Jerusalem is freed of Gentile control,
so these 42 months were over on June 6
th
of that year.
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Though pictured seperately here, the empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia and
Greece controlled the whole known world while each was in power.
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Though they sometimes fight each other,
todays nations in the Middle East
are bound together against everyone else
by a common religion,
ISLAM
So Revelations Leopard-Bear-Lion Beast
is the religious empire that controls
the same geographic area
as their ancient counterparts!


Dome of the Rock Jerusalem Free
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The Leopard-Bear-Lion is one beast . . .
THE ISLAMIC WORLD!
The original 10 horns in the Holy Land were 10 Canaanite nations of Abraham's time: . . .
the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and
the Rephaim and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.
Gen 15:19-21. Their descendants are probably the Palestinians of today.
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Inside the Dome of the Rock
is an inscription in Arabic that reads:
God forbid that He should have a Son.
The Bible says:
He that hath not the Son
hath not the Father.
The Sword, says Muhammad is the key of
heaven and hell; a drop of blood shed in the
cause of Allah, a night spent in arms, is of
more avail than two months of fasting and
prayer; whoever falls in battle, his sins are
forgiven, and at the day of judgment his
limbs shall be supplied by the wings of
angels and cherubim.
Philip Schaff, in writing on the history of the Christian church.
The God of the Bible and the god of Islam have totally different attitudes, totally
different goals and a totally different morality, as servants of each show . . .
The Koran states: "O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers" (Sura 9:123).
The God of the Bible says: "Love your enemies."
The Koran states: "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay
the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them and lie in wait
[ambush] for them in every stratagem (of war)" (Sura 9:5).
The God of the Bible says: "Bless them that curse you."
The Koran states: "Fight those who believe not in God [Allah] and his apostle
[Muhammad], nor acknowledge the religion of truth [even if they are] of the people
of the book [i.e. Jews and Christians], until they pay jizya [humiliating tax] with
willing submission, and feel them-selves subdued [enslaved]" (Sura 9:29).
The God of the Bible says: "Do good to them that hate you."
The Koran states: "Therefore when ye meet the unbelievers [in fight] smite at their
necks; at length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly [on
them]" (Sura 47:4).
The God of the Bible says: "Pray for them which despitefully use
you, and persecute you."
The God of the Bible goes on to say: "Be ye kind to one another,
tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you."
Those Bible precepts are the exact opposite of what
the Koran teaches, therefore . . .
The God of the Bible and the god of Islam are
not the same being!
One teaches man to do good and the other teaches
man to do evil. One teaches love and peace, the
other commands war and hatred. One is the
Creator of the Universe and the other is not.
So which is the true God and which should we
worship, the One who teaches man to do good or
the other who teaches man to do evil?
The Koran states: "God forbid that he should have a son."
Jesus Himself said: "For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him, should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent
not His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might
be saved."
"Not by works of righteousness that we have
done, but according to His mercy He saved
us."
Is Jesus the Son of God?
Moslems believe Jesus was a prophet,
but they do not believe Jesus ever claimed to be Gods Son.
To prove that Jesus is Gods Son, use Jesus own words.
Matthew 11:27-28 "All things are delivered unto me of
my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the
Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest."
Luke 10:22 "All things are delivered to me of my Father:
and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father;
and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom
the Son will reveal him."
John 3:17-18 "For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God."
John 9:36-38 "Jesus . . . said unto him, Dost thou believe
on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he,
Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto
him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh
with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he
worshipped him."
John 14:8-9 "Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the
Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have
I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not
known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the
Father."
The prophet John also declared Jesus to be "the only
begotten of the Father," so there are no other direct
Sons of God, only Jesus.
Moslems believe Christians are polytheistic because we believe
Jesus to be the Son of God, but Jesus said . . .
"I and My Father are One."
One is neuter in Greek: (g , pronouned hice),
meaning of one essence.
In other words, Jesus is stating that
He and God the Father are one Being.
There is only one God!
Ayatollah Khomeini taught a five point agenda:
Stage 1: Iran must become a theocratic, fundamentalist Islamic
State.
Stage 2: Iraq must become a theocratic, fundamentalist Islamic State.
Stage 3: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, have to become
fundamentalist, theocratic Islamic States.
Stage 4: Jerusalem must be retaken and the Jewish people
destroyed.
Stage 5: Conquest of the nations.
In 1984, Ayatollah Khomeini declared the following to the entire world
and it is still the creed of todays Iranian theocracy . . .
In order to achieve the victory of Islam in the world, we need to
provoke repeated crises, restored value to the idea of death and
martyrdom. If Iran has to vanish, that is not important. The
important thing is to engulf the world in crises.
Important Dates in Islamic Conquest:
632AD Islamic Jihadists conquered Yemen.
632AD Invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) but the invading Islamic army was
repelled by the orthodox church backed by the Portugese. This was a
particularly disgraceful event, because just seventeen years earlier, the
Negus of Abyssinia had helped the persecuted Moslems.
633AD All desert tribes of Arabia were thoroughly subdued through
military campaigns.
635AD The attacking Islamic army conquered Damascus.
637AD The Persians (Iranians) were defeated at the battle of
Qadisiyya.
637AD The fall of Iraq
638AD Islamic fighters occupy Jerusalem.
639AD All of Syria falls into Islamic hands.
The Declaration of Bishop Sophronius
When Khalifah Omar entered Jerusalem in 639AD, he was met by
Sophronius, Bishop of the Jerusalem Church, who showed him around
the city. Seeing the temple mount (then in rubble), Omar declared that
he was going to build a memorial to Muhammad on the original site of
the temple of God. Sophronius exclaimed in horror, Verily, this is the
Abomination of Desolation as spoken of by Daniel the prophet, and it
now stands in the holy place. Though Sophronius was a very old man
of about 80, Khalifah Omar put him in prison and to forced labor, the
severities of which killed him.
From Jerry Landays, The Dome of the Rock (Newsweek, New York, NY, 1972) p. 18
The Dome of the Rock being the Abomination that makes Desolate
is not new theology! That knowledge has been
in the Church for over 1300 years!
Somehow we have forgotten the prophetic words
for which Sophronius gave his life.
642AD All of Egypt falls to Moslems after some resistance in Alexandria.
The great Coptic church was destroyed, never gain to strength again.
670AD Khalif Muawiya ordered an unsuccessful sea assault against
Byzantium.
688AD The fall of Carthage.
702AD The Berber tribes of North Africa were conquered.
705 - 708AD Occupation of North Africa.
711-713AD Moslems capture all of Spain and Portugal. The place the
Islamic Commander pitched his headquarters still bears his name,
Gibralter (in English), or Jebel Tariq (in Arabic), meaning mountain
of Tariq.
715-717AD Arabian armies subdue Afghanistan, central Asia, northern
limit of the Caspian sea, much of northern India.
718AD Islamic forces attack France.
725AD The invading Islamic armies besiege Toulouse, raid Burgundy
and the Rhone valley.
732AD Islamic armies under Adbel Rahman defeated by Charles Martel.
Battle of Tours
CHRONICLE OF ST. DENIS: The Moslems planned to go to Tours to
destroy the Church of St. Martin, the city, and the whole country.
Then came against them the glorious Prince Charles, at the head
of his whole force. He drew up his host, and he fought as fiercely
as the hungry wolf falls upon the stag. By the grace of Our Lord,
he wrought a great slaughter upon the enemies of Christian faith,
so that-as history bears witness-he slew in that battle 300,000
men, likewise their king by name Abderrahman. Then was he
[Charles] first called Martel, for as a hammer of iron, of steel, and
of every other metal, even so he dashed: and smote in the battle
all his enemies. And what was the greatest marvel of all, he only
lost in that battle 1500 men.
FROM: William Stearns Davis, ed., Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from
the Sources, 2 Volumes. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1912-13), Vol. II: Rome and the West,
pp. 362-364
How Blessed Indeed
Daniel 12:11-12 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two
hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand
three hundred and five and thirty days.


Sacrifices Abolished Dome of the Rock Battle of Tours
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There had been three branches to the Church, Roman, Greek and Coptic prior to the 1
st
Jihad. Islam enslaved the Coptic Church, the one third of mankind killed of Rev 8:8-12,
9:15. How Blessed that God through the Battle of Tours saved Christendom and
destroyed the army that put an abomination on the footstool of His feet.
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Importance of the Almost-Forgotten Khazars
8
th
Century AD another Islamic army, under Abdel Rahman attempted to conquer
Europe from the East by attacking Khazaria through the pass in the Caucasus
Mountains. Moslems decisively defeated by the Khazars.
11th Century AD Moslems penetrate Africa south of the Sahara.
12th - 14th Century AD Moslems occupy northern India.
13th Century AD Moslem states link Dakar (Senegal) to the Red Sea
across the sub-Sahara prairies.
14th-16th Century AD Moslem fighters conquer Indonesia.
15th Century AD Constantinople falls. That city (renamed Istanbul) had
been the eastern bastion of the whole Christian world. The great
Christian church of Santa Sofia (built by Christian emperor Justinian)
was turned into a mosque.
1683AD Battle of Vienna. Third decisive loss for the Moslems. Ends
Islamic attempts to take Europe until this century. Today, the
Christian culture of Europe is seriously threatened by the
60,000,000 +/- Moslems who have immigrated there.
We are next! There are now approximately 9, 000,000 Moslems
in the United States.
Battle of Vienna
The third decisive battle fought by the Christian West against
Islamic forces took place at the gates of Vienna, September 12,
1683. Like the earlier battles of Khazaria and Tours, this
impossible victory also saved Europe from falling to Islam.
The city was besieged by a large Islamic force of about
275,000-300,000 Turks and Tartars, led by Grand Vizier Kara
Mustafa. Christian forces were losing the battle until Jan
Sobieski, King of Poland, entered the field with about 30,000
knights. Jan Sobieskis stated purpose for going to Vienna was
"to proceed to the Holy War, and with God's help to give back
the old freedom to besieged Vienna, and thereby help
wavering Christendom."
The Turks left 15,000 dead on the field. Christian losses are
believed to have been about 3500, both dead and wounded.
If Christendom had not won against Islam at the Battles of Tours and Vienna and
if it hadnt been for the forgotten Israelites in Khazaria, YOU and your family would
be speaking Arabic and marching around the Kaaba Stone!
1948-1967
Islam begins its New Jihad!
. . . this so-called holy war being waged right now.
For Christians this is not just a war
of guns and bullets.
Its a spiritual war, God against Satan,
The deadly wound of the Leopard- Bear- Lion
was healed years ago,
but the Church is still standing on the sidelines!
With basic concepts in place, we can now understand
almost every word in Revelation 13.
Satanic Control of Gods Footstool
Revelation 13:1-10 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and
saw a beast (empire) rise up out of the sea (of people, Rev
17:15), having seven heads and ten horns (The Holy Land is
central in Bible prophecy so this beast is the various nations
that have controlled the Holy Land during the Christian era),
and upon his horns ten crowns (various Islamic rulers), and
upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which
I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet
of a bear , and his mouth as the mouth of a lion (Greece,
Medo-Persia, Babylon or todays Syria, Iran, Iraq, i.e., the
Islamic hegemony): and the dragon (Satan) gave him his
power, and his seat (throne), and great authority. And I saw
one of his heads as it were . . .
Revelation 13:1-10 continued . . .
wounded unto death (at the Battles of Tours and Vienna);
and his deadly wound was healed (after 1948-1967 the new
Jihad begins): and all the world (the nations surrounding
Israel) wondered after the (LBL) beast. And they worship-
ped the dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the (Islamic)
beast: and they worshipped the (Islamic ) beast, saying, Who
is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies (against the God who created the
Universe); and power was given unto him to continue
(controlling the Holy Land) forty and two months (of day-
years, from 688 to 1967). And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name (saying God
has no Son), and his tabernacle (the temple mount), and
them that dwell in heaven. (All believers are now spiritually
seated in the heavens with Christ, Ephesians 1:3)
Revelation 13:1-10 continued . . .

Revelation 13:6-10 And it was given unto him to make war
with the saints (the 1
st
Jihad), and to overcome them (from
India to Spain): and power was given him over all kindreds,
and tongues, and nations (about the world as known to John,
i.e., Israel and the surrounding Middle Eastern nations). And
all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (LBL), whose
names are not written in the book of life (Islam is not
another road to heaven) of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world*. If any man have an ear, let him
hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he
that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
* Revelation 13:8 is the only verse in Scripture stating that Jesus crucifixion is
eternal, His blood covering mans sin both ways in time. In the mind of God the
Father, Jesus was sacrificed before the foundation of the world.
Leopard-Bear-Lion controls Jerusalem 42 Months
Revelation 13:5 And there was given unto him (the Leopard-Bear-Lion) a mouth
speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months.
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Revelation Thirteen is primarily about
the 1278.34 years
Islam controlled Jerusalem.
But within that account
is a little prophecy
about a Two-horned Beast
who would be in Islams presence
during that time.
But This Lamb Does!
Revelation 13:11-14 And I beheld another beast coming up out
of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb (Greek: k,
arnion, a little lambkin), and he spake as a dragon. And he
exerciseth all the power of the first beast (Leopard-Bear-Lion)
before him (Greek, g, enopion, in the sight of or in the
presence of), and causeth the earth and them which dwell
therein to worship the first beast (LBL), whose deadly wound
was healed (the present Islamic Jihad). And he (Two Horns) doeth
great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men,** And (Two Horns) deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
(modern science) which he had power to do in the sight of the
(LBL) beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image (a likeness) to the (Islamic) beast, which
had the wound by a sword, and did live.
** The Gulf Wars bombing campaigns exactly fulfill this prophecy.
Time of Leopard-Bear-Lion Beast
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5 speaks like the dragon. In other words it is militarily aggressive! 5
5 When the Christian nations militarily conquered the Holy Land, 5
5 they did not destroy the Dome of the Rock nor drive the Moslems 5
5 out. Two Horns ruled "in the presence" of the Leopard-Bear-Lion 5
5 Beast. Today, the Islamic states are using Two Horns money to 5
5 buy modern weaponry; so it is western nations, the Beast with Two 5
5 Horns, that is empowering the New Jihad, and bringing the 5
5 "image of the Leopard-Bear-Lion beast back to life. 5
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And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain,
and his fatal wound was healed.
The new Jihad is an image or likeness of the first Jihad.
The Leopard-Bear-Lions wound is healed and Islam once again
threatens the Western World!
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The Number of the Beast
Revelation 13:15-18 And he [Two-Horns] had power to give
life unto the image of the [Leopard-Bear-Lion] beast, that the
image of the beast [todays revitalized Islamic] should both
speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the
image of the [revitalized] beast should be killed [which is
indeed the fate of those who turn to Jesus in Islamic lands].
And he [the Leopard-Bear-Lion] causeth all, both small and
great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads [showing allegiance]: And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or
the name of the [Islamic] beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the
number of the [Islamic] beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
So what man has the number 666?
Direct quote from an Islamic Site
There are over 300 Islamic sites on the internet declaring that 666 is
the number of the Koran and Muhammad!
One of those sites, www.quran66619.org is quoted below . . .
In the Name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
666
( The QURAN )
At the very beginning of the Last Millennium in Human history, by
GOD`s will, I did count the Letter Qaf which is
the first letter of the Quran.
After research, I witnessed the number 666 (Sura 11:17) and witnessed
the awesome Message; ALLAH, Lailaheillallah , (66, 165) , GOD,
There is no other God beside GOD
Quote from www.quran66619.org, Continued . . .
The number 666 is highly publicized all over the world and it is
associated with evil and danger.
However, it is not what it seems. It was a Satanic trick.
The trick was to prevent the people approaching the 666.
Satan knew that the 666 is the book of GOD and the people
should be kept away from it.
According to his plan, he placed a bad image
to the number 666.
Dont believe it? Just type Koran 666" into your browsers
address line and look at the numerous sites.
. . . and the Church says nothing?
What man has led
over two billion people away from
way from the Savior of the world?
The false prophet of Revelation
in not someone in our future.
Hes been here for over 1300 years!
Seven times in Revelation**
we read about an hour of trial coming upon the earth.
An hour in day-years is 15.44 days,
so there will be a two week time of great trouble
coming upon the world at the end of the Christian era.
The epicenter of this final Holocaust
will again be Israel.
Right now it looks like Islam is winning,
but in this generation,
you with your own eyes,
will see Islam fall!
** Rev 3:10; Rev 9:15; Rev 14:7; Rev 17:12; Rev 18:10, 17, 19
1. The Leopard-Bear-Lion of Revelation 13 is Islam.
2. The Two Horn Beast, of vs. 11-13 is
the western Christian nations
who twice controlled the Holy Land during our era.
3. The image of the beast of vs.13-14 is the
worldwide Islamic Jihad of today.
4. Vs.16-18 are still about Islam and about the true
conditions for Christians and Jews in Islamic countries.
5. Therefore: the man of v.18 is none other than
Muhammad.

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Can neither buy nor sell without his mark... 5
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It contextually follows that the beast of Rev 14 is still
the Leopard-Bear-Lion,
The Islamic Empire in the Middle East!
Revelation 14: 9-12 And the third angel followed them, saying
with a loud voice, If any man worship the (Islamic) beast and
his image (The new Jihad or possibly the Kaaba Stone), and
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,** The same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of
the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the
smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and
his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
** In our minds we think evil thoughts
and with our hands we do them.
Revelation 16:13 And I saw coming out of the mouth
of the dragon (Satan), and out of the mouth of the
(Leopard-Bear-Lion) beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet (Muhammad), three unclean spirits (The
spirits of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece, i.e., the
Islamic nations, two of which are mentioned in Daniel
10:13, 20), as it were frogs: for they are spirits of
demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings
of the whole world, to gather them together unto the
(spiritual) war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
Revelation 19:20 And I saw the (Scarlet) beast, and
the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered
together to make war against him that sat upon the
horse, and against his army. And the (Leopard-Bear-
Lion) beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
(Muhammad) that wrought the signs in his sight,
wherewith he deceived them that had received the
mark of the beast and them that worshipped his
image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire
that burneth with brimstone.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil
(the red dragon and the scarlet beast)
that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where are also the beast
(the Islamic empire)
and the false prophet;
(Muhammad)
and they shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever.
Isaiah Predicted the Fall of Satans Empire
Isaiah prophesied the following 700 years before Jesus was born
and 1400 years before it was fulfilled.
Isaiah 14:12-15 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer (the only
Scripture where Satan is called by his given name), son of the morning
(Satan is the angel of light, 2Cor 11:14)! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the
nations! For thou hast said in thine
heart, I will ascend (in Hebrew: , alah, pronounced al-la by Jews,
pronounced Allah by Muslims) into heaven, I will exalt my throne above
the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congre-gation (the
Temple mount in Jerusalem where Islam built the Dome of the Rock in
688 A.D.), in the sides of the north (sides, in Hebrew: , yer-ay-kaw',
actually defined flank. The Dome of the Rock is on a flank of the North,
actually 300 feet South of the Temple): I will ascend above the heights of
the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down
to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Revelation 13:2 states that Satans throne is in Islam,
so when Islam falls, Satan falls!
Murderous Behavior of the Leopard-Bear-Lion
Suicide bombings are the Palestinians' weapon of
choice, and they've staged well over 100 of them since
the Intifada began in September 2000 (over 1300 in
Israel now and over 11,000 worldwide). The scene is
almost always the same after some pathetic Palestinian
kid is cajoled into blowing himself up in the biggest
crowd of Israelis he can find.
"The first thing that hits you is the strong smell. It's
the smell of burning hair," said Achy Sheffer, 42, a
volunteer medic with the First responder corps, a unit
of Magen David Adom, Israel's answer to the Red Cross.
"There's always lots of blood everywhere," he said.
"Hands, legs, and arms, and sometimes heads, are
scattered on the ground. I try not to see what I don't
have to see."
"And there are always nails," Achy said. "One woman I
treated had over 40 nails in her legs and armsyou
don't see them, they just go inside."
"If the attack was a bad one, it's eerily quiet. Like at
the Passover Seder massacre in Netanya [where 29
people were killed and 140 were injured]," he said. "It
was very bad and it was very quiet. No one was
screaming." Often the silence is broken by the ringing of
the victims' mobile phones scattered on the ground.
Desperate parents trying to find their kids, or kids
trying to find their parents.
"The worst for me was the Dolphinarium," said Achy,
who responds to an average of 43 emergencies each
month. "I arrived on the scene early. The first thing I
saw was a pile of dead, pretty teenage girls 10 to 12
bodies, literally packed one on top of the other."
The massacre at the discotheque in the seaside
Dolphinarium happened just a year ago. Twenty-one
young people, mostly teenage girls, were killed and
another 83 injured. There's a little memorial on the site;
it is always covered with fresh flowers. "One girl I
cannot forget lost an eye. She had fractured legs and one
arm was crushed," said Achy. "I don't know if they saved
her arm, because it was very bad. The explosion threw
her about 60 feet."
"I didn't sleep for two weeks after the Dolphin-
arium," he said. "I just sat at home writing poems and
crying."
Shiran Cohen is only 11 years old but she already
knows how to spot a suicide bomber. Shiran was at a
shopping mall in Petach Tikvah, seven miles east of Tel
Aviv, when the latest suicide bomber detonated a device
that spewed nails and bolts across a veranda filled with
toddlers in their strollers. It was carnage.
"I saw him drive his motorbike between the tables,"
Shiran said from her hospital bed." I just knew what he
was and I told Mama to look. She didn't understand and
started scolding him for driving on the pedestrian mall.
Then he exploded. It happened so fast." Shiran is among
the 50 injured. In a room nearby, a two-year-old with
serious head wounds is fighting for her life.
The baby's mother coos at her to move her fingers
and the tiny little hands tremble.
So far, there are two dead, including 18-month-old
Sinai Kenaan, who was sitting in her stroller at the
terrorist's well-chosen targetan ice cream parlor. Ice
cream parlor? How low can you go? Supermarkets,
cafes, pool halls, and hotel dining rooms give suicide
bombers a wide array of ages to maim and kill. But an
ice cream parlor on a warm evening is sure to be packed
with little kids.
Personally, I hate terrorists, particularly the ones
who target toddlers. But then, I'm a New Yorker and I've
always prided myself on being politically incorrect.
Shiran's father, Samir, is doing a lot of hospital
hopping. His wife, Dalia, is in a different hospital with
wounds to her face and total hearing loss. "She can't
close her mouth and just cries and cries," said Samir, a
taxi driver. "She keeps talking about seeing a baby's
skull come off and her brains pouring out."
Shiran's older sister Berta is in yet another hospital.
The blast sent her flying and she smashed to the ground
on her stomach. "She is eight months pregnant," said
Samir. "The doctors aren't sure about the babythey
can't find a heartbeat."
"And people talk about an overuse of force by Israel,"
scoffed Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Rafowicz, a
spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces. "When you
attach 15 kilos of explosives to a man with a brain it
becomes an extraordinarily lethal weapon, much more
lethal that anything we use. That man can wait around
for 20 to 30 minutes just to choose the right moment to
kill as many people as possible."
Sylvana Foa - The Village Voice, June 2002,
Quoted from christianactionforisrael.org
Present Muslim Persecution of Infidels
Worldwide, there have been over 18,500 Islamic terrorist attacks since 9/11.
Impossible to keep current, here are the reported attacks during one week.
CAIR completely ignored the burning of a dozen churches and the
massacre of over 130 Christians by Islamists in Nigeria - and instead
spent the week trying to pretend that a gathering of praying
Christians in Detroit is a security threat to Muslims.
2011.11.13 (Kadhimiya, Iraq) - A Shiite pilgrim bleeds to death
following a bomb attack on his bus by Sunni radicals.
2011.11.13 (Spah Darri, Pakistan) - Four children and two women
are crushed to death by a mortar attack on their home by Islamic
Religion of Peace militants.
2011.11.13 (Mastak, Pakistan) - Six people are sent to Allah when
terrorists detonate a bomb at a marketplace.
2011.11.12 (Mitram, Afghanistan) - A woman and child are among
eight civilians torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb.
2011.11.12 (Taraz, Kazakhstan) - An orthodox Muslim kills seven
people before blowing himself up.
2011.11.11 (Hillah, Iraq) - A 6-year-old boy is among the casualties
of a series of Jihad bombings.
ENGLAND, mostly in London, there have been approximately 3000 so-
called honor killings perpetrated by Muslims.
NEW DELHI, November 10 (CDN) Police in Indias Kashmir Valley
detained and beat converts from Islam and were expected to arrest
Christian workers after Muslim leaders alleged that Muslim youth
were being lured to Christianity. Police in the Muslim-majority
Kashmir Valley picked up seven converts who were recently baptized
in All Saints Church in Srinagar, a local Christian who spoke to the
converts after their release on Nov. 2. Srinagar is the summer capital
of the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir and the main city of the
Kashmir Valley.
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An especially busy month in the persecution of Christians in the Muslim world,
September also witnessed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton release the Annual
Report on International Religious Freedom. Ironically, aside from Iran and Sudan,
none of the countries that habitually appear in this series were designated as
"countries of particular concern," that are "engaged in or tolerated particularly
severe violations of religious freedom."
Egypt, for instancewhich this year alone has seen nearly 80 Christians killed,
their many churches burned or bombed, and their daughters kidnapped and
forcibly convertedwas not listed as a "country of particular concern," this
despite the fact that the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom, an
independent, bipartisan federal government commission, had recommended that
the State Department designate it so.
Neither was Pakistan cited as a "country of particular concern." According to CNS
news, "Clinton did not designate Pakistan even though the State Department's
own report stated that Pakistani law calls for the death penalty for people who
commit 'blasphemy' against Islam or who convert from Islam to another
religionand even though the report listed multiple instances of the Pakistani
government using the law to persecute Christians."
Blasphemy
September alone saw the following in Pakistan: A Christian student was expelled
from school because she misspelled an Urdu word that, instead of praising,
insulted Muhammad, leading to accusations of "blasphemy," which carries the
death penalty. After the teacher beat her, the principal was notified and Muslims
staged demonstrations "demanding registration of a criminal case against the
eighth-grader and her eviction from the area." As riots and violence were about
to erupt, the military intervened: "They bundled the family in an ambulance and
took them away..."
"A Christian high school teacher has suffered false accusations of blasphemy by
a student and some Muslim professors, because of dislike, revenge and hatred
towards Christians. He was forced to leave his job and hide, he appealed to Court,
but the laconic sentence of the judge of first instance invited him to 'leave the
country'. Married and a father of three, he has been uprooted and is in hiding."
A 30-year-old Christian man accused of blasphemy and imprisoned, died in his
cell from a treatable disease, "after officials denied him proper medical care."
While in prison, he and others "accused of blasphemy, were kept in solitary
confinement without access to a toilet, water or electricity."
Abuse of Christian Women
A Christian mother of five was raped by two Muslim men, who "tend to assume
they will not be prosecuted if their victims are Christians"; she and her family are
being threatened with violence unless they drop the charges.
A Christian nurse was raped by a Muslim colleague who filmed the act in an
attempt to blackmail her into renouncing Christianity and marrying him: "[he]
raped me while his friend filmed the entire incident. They ruined my life
completely."
Accordingly, a new report estimates that some 700 Christian girls annually are
abducted, forced to convert to Islam and marry their Muslim abductors.
Categorized by theme, the rest of September's batch of Muslim persecution of
Christians around the world includes (but is hardly limited to) the following
accounts, listed according to theme and in alphabetical order by country, not
necessarily severity.
Attacks on Churches
Egypt: Muslims threatened Christians near Aswan for fixing a dilapidated church,
even though it was authorized, demanding that the church not have a cross, dome,
bells, or even be called a "church"; weeks later, after Friday prayers, thousands of
Muslims attacked the church, burning it to the ground, and demolishing its domes,
even as Egyptian security watched. (Copts protesting this church attack led to the
recent military massacre.)
Indonesia: A Muslim suicide bomber attacked a packed church killing himself and
wounding at least 27 worshippers, some critically; security received advance
warning but, as often happens in Muslim majority countries, left their post at the
time of the attack.
Tunisia: Around 20 Muslims attempted to transform a Christian church into a
mosque "in an ominous sign of the growing threat to the country's small Church
in the wake of the revolution." The police dispersed them, but "they have been
invited to make an official request to the faith ministry" to transform the church
into a mosque.
Apostasy
Indonesia: Under accusations of encouraging Muslims to apostatize to
Christianity, an American family (husband and wife, two sons) were attacked by
a Muslim throng that set fire to their property and vehicle. "Only the intervention
of police saved the[ir] lives" from "an enraged mob spurred by a local religious
leader."
Iran: A Christian pastor remains incarcerated awaiting execution for refusing to
recant Christianity; the government of Iran, under international criticism, now
claims that he is getting the death penalty, not because of religion, but because he
is a "Zionist," a "rapist," and other new charges, even though its own court
documents clearly assert his crime is apostasy.
Somalia: A Muslim convert to Christianity was abducted and decapitated, his
body dumped in the road, by Muslims from al-Shabaab, "a militant group with ties
to al Qaeda" that has "vowed to rid Somalia of Christianity." According to a leader
of the underground church: "It is usual for the al-Shabaab to decapitate those they
suspect to have embraced the Christian faith, or sympathizers of western ideals."
Sudan: 129 people in southern Sudan were arrested and charged with apostasy,
which "carries a maximum sentence of death." The plaintiff maintains that while
the defendants may be familiar with the Quran, they are not upholding the "Sunna
of Muhammad": "Given the track record of the Government of Sudan, it is possible
that Article 126 [which criminalizes apostates] is being used to suppress ethnic
minorities and those who the state perceives as potential sources of opposition."
"Dhimmitude" (Abuse, Debasement, and Suppression of Christians)
Egypt: A 14-year-old Christian girl was prevented from entering school because
she refused to wear a veil: "The school management described her as 'flaunt' for
not covering her hair". Coptic students were forced to obey for fear of the school
management's threats" except the girl and her parents, who "refused this decision
because it is inconsistent with religious freedom and a blatant Islamization of
education."
Iraq: Three Christians were kidnapped; according to police sources, "Gunmen in
a modern vehicle blocked the Christians' way, set their white Landrover [car] on
fire, killed their hunting dogs and led them to an unknown destination." This
abduction comes "after several other anti-Christian attacks in recent weeks,
including a car bomb that exploded in August near a church in central Kirkuk..."
Iran: Along with the aforementioned Christian pastor awaiting execution, five
Christians, including a "heavily pregnant woman," were ordered to "report to
prison immediately to serve a one year prison sentence," being convicted of
"crimes against the Islamic Order." Also, an adopted child was confiscated from
its Christian parents, as a way to pressure them to testify against fellow
Christians: "If you want your child back, you must file a complaint against your
fellow Christians in prison."
Kazakhstan: "Lawmakers in Kazakhstan have voted for 'controversial legislation'
that Christians and rights activists say will further limit religious freedom in the
mainly Muslim Central Asian state." Among other things, the new law "makes[s]
it more difficult for churches to worship freely" and bans "house churches."
Philippines: In Mindanao, "the Christian minority is suffering harassment and
pressure from the Muslim population. Government officials are forcing Christians
to sell their land to make room for Chinese industries. According to sources, the
climate of impunity, the abductions, the continuing clashes between the army and
extremist Islamic groups and the economic crisis have created an unbearable
atmosphere for the Christian population, who are afraid to express their faith in
public."
Sudan: A Catholic priest was beaten for allegedly "preaching against Islamic
government and opposing its teaching and rules." Likewise, Muslims sent text
messages to at least 10 church leaders in Khartoum saying they are planning to
target Christian leaders, buildings, and institutions: "We want this country to be
purely an Islamic state, so we must kill the infidels and destroy their churches all
over Sudan," said one recent text message circulating in Khartoum.
Incitement against and Killings of Christians
Egypt: In a circulated video, the grand mufti of Al Azhar, Ali Goma'a, referred to
Christians as "infidels"; Wagdi Ghoneim, a popular cleric and former U.S. imam,
called Copts "Crusaders" on Al Jazeera, insisting that they do not deserve equal
rights with Muslims in Egypt; Abu Shadi, a representative of the Salafis, told
Tahrir News that the Copts must either convert to Islam, pay jizya and assume
inferior status, or die.
Nigeria: Over 100 Christians have been killed by Muslim militants, many hacked
to death, and aided by the military; "among them was a pregnant woman who
died with a child in her womb." Similarly, Muslim militants "went to shops owned
by Christians at a market at about 8 p.m., ordering them to recite verses from the
Quran." If they were unable to recite, the gunmen shot and killed them.
Syria: An anti-Assad Muslim preacher urged Muslims through sermons televised
in Syria to "tear apart, chop up and feed" the meat of Christians and others who
support the regime "to the dogs."
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Londons Moslems march in a Religion for Peacerally.
Any god whose holy book
directs people to commit
unspeakable butchery and acts of cruelty
is not the Creator of the Universe,
but Satan in disguise.
Dont be fooled by their lies!
Islam has not changed its behavior or goals
just because it crossed the Atlantic!
Ellis Skolfield, 1991
The Scarlet Beast identifies which
earthly empires would control
the Holy Land from the
time of David to the present.
The Second Chiasm, Key to the Beasts
PROPHECY SUBJECT
------------ -----------
A ch.12 Woman with 12 Stars Jews during this Era
B ch.13 Leopard-Bear-Lion Beast Satanic Kingdom
ba ch.14 144,000 & The Gospel All the Redeemed
C ch.15 Song of Moses and Lamb Jew & Gentile Redeemed
C ch.16 Bowls of Wrath Wrath for the Wicked
B ch. 17 Seven Headed Beast Satanic Kingdoms
ba ch.18 Babylon All the Lost
A ch.20 The Thousand Years Gentile Church Era
The 2
nd
chiasm is fulfilled during the Christian era.
Leopard-Bear-Lion and the Scarlet Beast are the B-B of this chiasm.
So they are parallel and concurrent, fulfilled at the same time.
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The Scarlet Beast
Revelation 17:1-6 And there came one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come
hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (In
the Old Testament, apostasy is always described as harlotry, so this
whore is the apostate Church) that sitteth upon many waters
(many people, Rev 17:15): With whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been
made drunk with the wine of her fornication (with the unsaved
world). So he carried me away in the spirit (figurative signpost)
into the wilderness (of the Gentile nations): and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet coloured beast (compare with red dragon of
Rev:12:3, so this beast is Satan himself), full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads (empires) and ten horns (kings or kingdoms).
And the woman was arrayed in purple . . .
Revelation 17:1-6 Continued . . .
and scarlet colour and decked with gold and precious stones and
pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication (materially rich church, but spiritually
apostate): And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF
THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the
saints (read Foxes Book of Martyrs, The Pilgrim Church or Martyrs
Mirror), and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus (historic
records document the myriads of faithful Christians killed during
this era by Roman church holy wars and inquisitions): and when
I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Revelation 17:7-13 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou
marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast
that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. The
beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out . . .
Revelation 17:7-13 Continued . . .
of the bottomless pit (Satan was cast into the bottomless pit, so this is
a different picture of Satans empire), and go into perdition And they
that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written
in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold
the beast that was (in control of the world before Johns time), and is not
(in control of the world during Johns time), and yet is (continues to
attack mankind). And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven
heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth (Rome is
known as the city on seven hills). And there are seven kings: five are
fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,
he must continue a short space (i.e., longer than the other six kings or
kingdoms). And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
and is of (from, out of or composed of) the seven, and goeth into
perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour
(15.44 days) with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their
power and strength unto the beast.
To correctly understand this prophecy,
we must stand in the 1
st
century
sandals of the prophet.

Revelation was given to John
in 95 to105AD, so in Johns time,
Rome was the kingdom that is.
The five fallen are kingdoms that had
dominion over the Holy Land before John.
Kingdoms seven and eight have dominion
over the Holy Land after John.
Kingdoms That Controlled the Holy Land
95AD
John is
Here
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1 2 3 4 5 * 6 * 7 8
* * * * * * * *
*Israel* Assyria * Babylon * Medo-Persia * Greece * Rome * The 1st * Eighth
* * * * * * * Jihad * has
* * * L * B * L * * *10 Horns
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* * * *
* Five Are Fallen *ONE IS*One is *
* *Not Yet *
* *Come... *
* *Remains *
X X * *A Little * XX
5 The Beast which was ruled back here 5 * *While * 55
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5 5 55
5 9444444444444444444444444444444444444444444485
5 He is not at Johns Time and will come. 5
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Beast 1 = Israel
Beast 2 = Assyria
Beast 3 = Lion = Babylon, now Iraq
Beast 4 = Bear = Medo-Persia, now Iran
Beast 5 = Leopard = Greece, now Syria
Since Rome is the 6
th
Beast,
the 7
th
Beast must be the Islamic powers
who controlled the Holy Land
from 688AD to 1948AD!
. . . just as we can prove from history!
The Beast That Was and Is Not
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest
was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition . . . and
they shall wonder when they behold the
(LBL) beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
The Muslim terrorists of today
are actually the military arm of Islam.
They are not, the usual geographic kingdom,
but yet they are.
The beast which was
((((((((((((((((((((((
OLD TESTAMENT ERA
Mat 4:8-9 Again, the devil
taketh him (Jesus) up into an
exceeding high mountain, and
showeth him all the kingdoms
of the world, and the glory of
them; And saith unto him, All
these things will I give thee, if
thou wilt fall down and
worship me.
Luke 4:5-6 And the devil,
taking him (Jesus) up into an
high mountain, showed unto
him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time.
And the devil said unto him, All
this power will I give thee, and
the glory of them; for that is
delivered unto me (by Adams
sin); and to whomsoever I will I
give it.
. . . and is not
((((((((((((((((((((((
THE CHRISTIAN ERA
Luke 10:18 And he said unto
them, I beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
John 12:31 Now is the judgment
of this world: now shall the
prince of this world be cast out.
Rev 20:1-3 And I saw an angel
come down from heaven, having
the key of the bottomless pit and
a great chain in his hand. And he
laid hold on the dragon, that old
serpent, which is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him . . . (during
the Christian era), And cast him
into the bottomless pit, and shut
him up, and set a seal upon him,
that he should deceive the
(Christian) nations no more, till
the thousand years should be
fulfilled.
. . . and will come.

((((((((((((((((((((((
THE END TIMES
Revelation 20:3 till the thousand
years (the Christian era) should be
fulfilled: and after that he [Satan]
must be loosed a little season.
Revelation 20:7-9 And when the
thousand years are expired, Satan
shall be loosed out of his prison,
And shall go out to deceive the
nations which are in the four
quarters of the earth, Gog and
Magog, to gather them together to
battle: the number of whom is as
the sand of the sea. And they went
up on the breadth of the earth, and
compassed the camp (Israel) of the
saints about, and the beloved city
(Jerusalem): and fire came down
from God out of heaven, and
devoured them.
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Matthew 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven.
As the Church in the West falls into apostasy,
it no longer binds Satan through prayer.
Less than 3% of Europeans still cling to the faith.
Only 5% of Americans are truly born again.
As a result, Satan is once again loosed to control
the kingdoms of the world.
The scourge of Islam is the result of our apostasy!
Revelation 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb
shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and
they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
The 10 Horns of the Scarlet Beast
Revelation 17:11-13 And the (satanic) beast that was (before John),
and is not, (in control of the kingdoms of the world during the
Christian era) even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth
into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as
kings (no crowns, so these are not ordinary rulers of nations or
kingdoms) one hour (15.44 days) with the (satanic) beast. These
have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the
beast.
So what kind of world authorities are not heads of states?
They have power as kings, but dont actually
control their governments?
The Leaders of the Worlds
Financial Systems!
These systems control the
economic well-being of every people
and nation on earth!
Map of the regionalization of the worlds economic systems as proposed by the Club of Rome.
This same map appears in many multi-national publications. However, Region 1 has now been
modified to include Mexico. That is what NAFTA is all about.
Copyright 2005, Ellis Skolfield
Beast With Two Horns is the Western Nations
Revelation 13:13-18 And he (the Two-Horned-Beast) doeth
great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And he (Two-
Horns) deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles (modern science) which he had
power to do in the sight of the (Leopard-Bear-Lion) beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the (LBL) beast, which had the wound by
a sword, and did live. And he (Two-Horns) had power to
give life unto the image of the (LBL) beast, that the image
of the (LBL) beast should both speak, and cause that as
many as would not . . .
Revelation 13:13-18, Continued. . . .
worship the image of the (LBL) beast should be killed. And
he (LBL) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he
that had the mark, or the name of the (LBL) beast, or the
number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the (Leopard-Bear-
Lion) beast: for it is the number of a man (Muhammad);
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

* Leopard-Bear-Lion Beast *
* Islamic domination of Jerusalem * New JIHAD
*((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*(((((((((((((((
* 5 5 *
688AD 5 5 1967AD
Crusades British 5
5 Mandate 5
5 5 5
5 Two Horned Beast 5 5
(Western Christian Nations) 5
5 5 5
5 and he... the Two-horned Beast 5
5 In the presence of the (LBL) Beast 5
5 Did great signs in the presence of LBL 5
5
Two Horns makes a likeness of (LBL) Beast 448

and he... the Leopard-Bear-Lion
Puts a mark in the forehead or hand of Moslems...
Christians and Jews cannot buy or sell
Islamic beasts number is 666.

Copyright 2010, Ellis Skolfield
Revelation was written 500 years before
Muhammad was born and Muslims are
telling us the Koran is 666!
Revelation 13 figuratively describes
a great evil coming upon the Earth
and a he whose number will be 666.
From context and history we now know that
great evil to be Islam and the
he to be the false prophet, Muhammad.
What is the Mark of the Beast?
Revelation 13:14-17 And (The Beast with Two Horns) deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
(Greek word: g, say-mi-on, significant works perceived as
miracles) which he had power to do in the sight of the (Leopard-
Bear-Lion) beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image (or likeness) to the (LBL) beast, which had
the wound by a sword (at the Battles of Tours & Vienna), and did
live (the new Jihad). And he (Two Horns) had power to give life
unto the image of the (LBL) beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should be killed.
And he (the LBL) causeth all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that
had the mark, or the name of the (LBL) beast, or the number of
his name.
So if you dont have the Leopard-Bear-Lions mark,
(in other words, if you are not in Islam),
you will suffer economic bondage!
Below is how the Koran says Moslems should treat
people of other faiths . . .
Sura 9:29 "Fight those who believe not in God [Allah] and his
apostle [Muhammad], nor acknowledge the religion of truth [i.e.,
Islam, even if they are] of the people of the book [i.e. Jews and
Christians], until they pay jizya [a humiliating tax] with willing
submission, and feel themselves subdued [enslaved]."
Sura 9:29 exactly fulfills Rev 13:17.
Isnt that what Christians and Jews
in Islamic lands have always suffered?
Both Quotes below Are about the Fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.
One writer sees a mark while the other doesnt.
THE WRITER OF CHRONICLES SEES THIS . . .
2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the
Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their
sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man,
or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
EZEKIEL SEES THIS . . .
Ezekiel 9:4 & 6 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the
city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of
the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the
midst thereof . . . Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children,
and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and
begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were
before the house (of the Lord).
Why the difference?
The author of Chronicles
was a historian
who saw and wrote about
visible events in the material world.
Ezekiel was a prophet who
in a vision
saw into the spiritual world!
The author of Chronicles
did not see the mark because
it was a spiritual mark,
seen only in the spiritual world!
hwhy Hebrew (Jhvh), Lord ~yhla Hebrew (Elohiym) God

Mark on Israel During the Christian Era
Revelation 7:1-3 And after these things I saw four angels
standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds
of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on
the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending
from the east (Jesus), having the seal of the living God: and he
cried with a loud voice to the four angels (of Rev 6:1-8 & 9:14-
16), to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying,
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. (Christian era
believers, both Jew and Gentile)
IDENTIFYING THE MARK ON ISRAEL
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the
mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand,
having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Mark on Christians During the Christian Era
All Christians are sealed (i.e., marked) by the Holy Spirit,
but that mark is only visible in the spiritual world!
2 Corinthians 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the
earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Ephesians 1:13 In whom also after that ye believed, ye were
sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
The above is the Christians spiritual condition
as seen by angels in the spiritual world.
Since Gods spiritual mark on the saints
is invisible in the material world,
wouldnt Satans mark on the lost
be invisible in the material world?
Of course, but how about the mark being a
Credit Card or a Computer Chip?
Think it through . . .
People do not go to Hell
because of something that
happens in the flesh,
but because of something
that did not happen
in the heart!
NOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND . . .
Revelation 14:9-11 And the third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the (Leopard-
Bear-Lion, i.e., the Islamic) beast and his image (the new
Jihad), and receive his (spiritual) mark in his forehead, or
in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup
of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day
nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
The Lord knows those who are His,
and seals them accordingly.
In like manner
Satan knows those who belong to him
and seals them with his satanic mark.
These marks are visible in the spiritual world
to both holy and fallen angels
Though Satan marks servants all over the world,
the Mark of the Beast of Rev 13 is religion specific!
Its the mark of the Leopard-Bear-Lion, so it is on the
lost souls in Islam!
So who is Antichrist?
Well, what was the purpose of Johns gospel and three epistles? Why was
he inspired to write them at the very end of his life, circa 95 to 105 A.D.?
What had happened to the Church during his lifetime?
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves
enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Had the Apostle Pauls prophecy of the churchs future already come to
pass while John was alive? A few 1st and 2
nd
century heresies . . ..
Dualism (two gods), Gnosticism (Jesus was not flesh),
Montanism (continuing revelation), Judaism (legalism),
Asceticism (monasticism), Nocolaitanism (false apostles),
Balaamism (merchandising the Gospel).
Seeds of all appeared in the First Century.
So it appears that John wrote when he did
to expose false leaders and false doctrines
that were already in the church.
Confirmed by John 1:1-14, 2 Ti 3:6-8, Rev 2:2, 2:14-15, 2:20
So who is Antichrist?
Did you know there are ONLY 4 VERSES in Scripture
that mention antichrist" by name?
1John 2:18, Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard
that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen;
from this we know that it is the last time. (NAS)
1John 2:22, Who is a liar but the one that denies that Jesus is the
Christ. He is THE (Gr. definite article te) antichrist, the one who
denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not
have the Father. (NAS)
1John 4:3, And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from
God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard
that it is coming; and now it is already in the world. (NAS)
2 John 7, For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those
who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This
is THE deceiver and THE antichrist. (NAS)
SO DO THOSE VERSES SAY THERES GOING TO BE A FUTURE ANTICHRIST,
OR IS JOHN JUST EXPOSING ANOTHER HERESY?
LOOK AT WHATS TAUGHT IN THE CHURCHES TODAY.
1. Antichrist will appear during the last 7 years of this era.
2. Rule as good leader 3 years.
3. Rule as bad leader 3 years.
4. Help the Jews rebuild the temple.
5. Reinstate animal sacrifices.
6. Build a talking image on the temple mount.
7. Stop sacrifices.
8. Destroy the temple during his last 3 years.
9. Turn against the Jews.
10. Persecute Christians during a seven year tribulation.
11. Start Armageddon.
12. Be Satan in human form.
Guess what?
Not a single one of those
popular end-time doctrines
can be directly
supported by the Bible.
All are guesswork theology!
Dating Thessalonians
Most biblical historians believe the Thessalonians books
were written by 52 A.D., but a couple of verses in 1Thessalonians 2
make that view questionable.

1Thessalonians 2:14-16 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches
of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like
things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both
killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and
they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to
the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the
wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
So to what wrath do you suppose Paul was referring?
The utmost calamity that happened to the Jews in the 1
st
century
was the destruction of their Temple in 70 A.D..
So both Thessalonian books may have been written later than 70 A.D..
But why is that important?
Because
during the Christian era,
Gods Temple
is not a physical building
on Mount Moriah!
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE OF GOD DURING THE CHRISTIAN ERA
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of
God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God;
as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
Ephesians 2:22 In whom all the building fitly framed
together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In
whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of
God through the Spirit.
Satan Invades the Temple of God
2 Thessalonians 2:2-4 That ye be not soon shaken in
mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at
hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a falling away
first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition (Satan is called a man in Isaiah 14:16 and
elsewhere in Scripture); Who opposeth and exalteth
himself above all that is called god (Satan and fallen
angels do that), or that is worshipped; so that he as
God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself
that he is God.
So where is the temple of God
during the Christian era?
In the believers heart!
So this he cannot be a human!
It has to be Satan or a demon.
A Command We Have Forgotten
1John 4:1-3 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try
(Greek, i, dok-im-ad-zo: to test, try, discern or
examine. This is a command, not just a suggestion.) the
spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of
God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is
that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it
should come; and even now already is it in the
world.
NOW THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE . . .
2 Thessalonians 2:5-8 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet
with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what
withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the
mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
letteth will let (i.e., restrains will restrain, NAS), until he be
taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked (spirit) be
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always
strive with man.
FALSE CHURCH DURING THE END-TIMES
1 Timothy 4:1-2 . . . in the latter times some shall depart from
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience
seared with a hot iron . . .
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears
tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in
accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their
ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.
For a more detailed explanation of antichrist, please refer to the files on the
subject on the www.fishhouseministries.com site.
:r::i shab-uim :r::\ shib-eem
With the 70 Year captivity over, Gabriel tells Daniel . . .
Daniel 9:24-26 Seventy weeks (:r: : :r::, actually seventy
sevens) are determined upon THY PEOPLE and upon THY HOLY CITY,
The addressees are stated! This prophecy was written while
the Jews were captive in Babylon. It is in the Old Testament,
in Hebrew, so who do you suppose it is about?
Its about the Jews and their Holy City,
It is not to or about the Church.
. . . to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to
make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to
anoint the most Holy. (All but one fulfilled by the Cross)
Daniel 9:24-26 Continued . . .
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of
the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (Artaxerxes
decree, 444-445 B.C.) unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven
weeks (:r::, shavuim, the male plural form of seven so these
weeks or sevens are not ordinary 24 hour days.), and threescore
and two weeks (:r::, shavuim): the street shall be built again,
and the wall, even in troublous times (fulfilled in Neh 2:8). And
after threescore and two weeks (:r::, shavuim) shall Messiah
be cut off (i.e., killed), but not for himself: and the people of the
(satanic) prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood (of foreign
people, Rev 17:15), and unto the end of the war (between God and
Satan) desolations are determined.
Note: Shavuim is used only four times in the Old Testament, all in Daniel. Three in the 70
Weeks and once in Daniel 10.
69 Weeks Point to the Cross
536BC
Daniels *Decree of Artaxerxes I, 444-445BC
Vision *(Neh 2:8)
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Both ends of * Total Time = 476.068 Solar Years
this prophecy * *
were in Daniels * * *
future! * 48.3 years * 427.7 years *
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444BC 396BC 32-34AD
* O.T. Canon Closed *
69 x 483 Hebrew years when converted is 476 solar years.
476 - 444 = 32-34AD, the Crucifixion right to the year!
444BC - 48.3 solar years = 396BC. Close of the O.T.
396BC - 427.7 solar years = 32-34 A.D. The Cross.
Copyright 2005, Ellis Skolfield
The 70
th
Week Is Different
John H. Darby of the Plymouth Brethren
invented the Seven-Year-Great-Tribulation from this verse!
And he (the above satanic prince, possibly Satan) shall
confirm the covenant with many (Jewish people) for one
week (r:: shavua, a different word, the singular form of
seven, so this week is not the same as the prior 69): and in
the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the
oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate (make what
desolate?), even until the consummation, and that
determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Daniel 9:27
A Different Seven
The Hebrew word for seven used for the 69 weeks is
(:r: :, shavuim) which is different than the word used for
the 70
th
week (r::\, shavua) so the 70
th
week is . . .
different in kind than the 69!
If the same word had been used, then each day of the 70
th
week would also be a year, but since the word is different,
the 70
th
week must be viewed in a different way. The 70
th
week must be describing a time other than seven years!
But how long can this week be?
Lets look at a literal translation of Daniel 9:27
Daniel 9:26-27 (Greens Interlinear) And its end with the flood
(of foreign people, Rev 17:15) and until end war are deter-
mined desolations and he shall confirm a covenant with
the many week (r::, shavua**) one and in the half of the
week he shall make cease sacrifice and offering and upon
a wing abominations (:s:i, shiqquts) a desolator (::::
shaw-mam) even until end and that which was decreed
shall pour out on the desolator.
** The Hebrew word for seven used in this verse, r::, shavua, is different than the
:r::, shavuim of the prior 69 weeks (and 69 carrots are not the same as one
onion). In like manner, the 70
th
week is different in kind! Since each day of the 69
weeks represented a year, then each day of 70
th
week cannot be a year, but must be
either seven literal 24 hour days or symbolize a much longer period of time.
Now Here is a Believe It or Not!
THE TRANSLATORS OF THE NIV GOT IT RIGHT
Daniel 9:26-27 (NIV) . . . and its end will come with a
flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations
are determined. But he will confirm a covenant with
many for one seven, but in the middle of that seven,
he will put an end to sacrifice and offering, and one
who causes desolations will place abominations on a
wing of the temple, until the end that is decreed is
poured out on him.
In the middle of that
seven, he will put an end
to sacrifice and offering,
and one who causes
desolations will place
abominations on
a wing of the temple.
Daniel 9:27, NIV
Look where the Dome of the
Rock is: on a wing of the
temple in the Court of the
Gentiles!
Illustration from Biblical Archeology Review, Vol. IX,
No.2, March-April 1983, shown by permission.
Here is Daniel 12:11 Again
Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken
away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be
a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
We already know this abomination to be the Dome of the Rock!
Regular sacrifices Dome of the Rock
Abolished Constructed 685-705AD


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583BC 688AD!
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SHIQQOTS HA SHAMEN
1. The Hebrew word translated abomination is :s:
shiqquts (Strongs No. 8251).

2. The Hebrew word translated desolation is ::::,
shaw-mam (Strongs No. 8074).

3. In Dan 12:11 we find the Abomination that maketh
Desolate is Shiqquts ha Shaw-mam.

4. Since shiqquts and shaw-mam in Dan 12:11 is
the Dome of the Rock, then shiqquts and shaw-mam
in Dan 9:27 should also be the Dome of the Rock!
So it appears the 70th Week stretches into the past and future
from the construction of the Dome in 688AD.
Once we recognize that Daniels 70th week is actually
about the Dome of the Rock, all support for a future Seven-
Year Tribulation goes up in smoke, because Daniel 9:27 is
the ONLY verse in the whole Bible from which that idea
could have been concocted. The identification of the Dome
of the Rock as the Abomination that maketh Desolate is
confirmed by the day-years of Rev 11:2-3, 12:6, and 13:5.
The historic date of its construction is accepted by all, and
the mathematics is irrefutable.
Since the 70
th
Week doesnt appear to be about
John Darbys Seven-Year -Great-Tribulation invention,
what can it really be about?
We need to stand in Daniels shoes and
view this prophecy from his Jewish perspective!
Daniel, a godly Jew, was immersed in the Law of Moses.
He fully understood the Levitical Code!
THE LEVITICAL CODE
1st: One seven of years.
2nd: Followed by six more sevens of years.
3rd: A final unique Jubilee year with 360 Sabbaths.
DANIELS 70 WEEKS
1st: Seven sevens of weeks, 7 Shavuim.
2nd: Followed by 62 more sevens of weeks, 62 Shavuim.
3rd: A final unique week, a Shavua.
The numerical progression in the Levitical Code
and the Seventy Weeks is the same.
One seven, a multiple of sevens, with a unique
time at the end.
1. The Levitical Code, had a 50 year cycle, which ended
with a year of the Jubilee with 360 Sabbaths.
2. The 70 Weeks also ends with a unique seven,
each year of which should also have 360 Sabbaths!
So should this last unique shavua
be multiplied by 360?
Daniels 70
th
Week
Since contextual weeks require multipliers and a Jubilee year has 360 Sabbaths,
could the multiplier for the 70
th
Week be 360? If so, 360 x 7 = 2520 prophetic
years or 2484 Solar years.
Construction of the
Dome of the Rock & the al Aqsa Mosque
685AD-705AD
Decree of New Nation
Cyrus of Israel
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536BC 706AD 1948AD
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The mathematical probability
of this prophecy predicting
right to the year
an event that was
2484 years in the future
(with the Dome of the Rock in the middle)
is ZERO unless it is
the correct interpretation.
The to-the-year accuracy of the time-lines in both Daniel and Revelation
are beyond comprehension, were it not that the Spirit of God inspired them.
So Lets Read that Verse Again
This final Seven was Fulfilled in 1948 by the new nation of Israel,
Which seals up this vision and prophecy.
Daniel 9:27 (NIV) But he (a satanic prince) will confirm a
covenant with many (Jewish people) for one seven (2520
prophetic, i.e., 2484 solar years), but in the middle of that
seven, he will put an end to sacrifice and offering (by
making the temple mount spiritually desolate), and one
who causes desolations (the satanic spirit behind Islam)
will place abominations (the Dome of the Rock) on a wing
of the temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out
on him.
Now doesnt that fit Scripture
and recorded history a whole lot better?
Introduction to the Seals, Trumpets and Bowls
The book of Revelation is the two-sided scroll given to Jesus in Rev
5:1-7. The 1st chiasm (chs 2-11 read by Jesus) contains four parallel
prophecies and two parenthetics: They are God the Fathers view of
the spiritual conditions on Earth during the Christian era.
The little book of Revelation is handed to John in Rev 10:9. John
then reads the 2nd chiasm (chs 12-20), The leopard-bear-lion beast,
the scarlet beast, the bowls of wrath and the thousand years. The
2nd chiasm is primarily about the material world, i.e., the holy land
and the surrounding nations, during the Christian era.
The seals, trumpets and bowls are not explained earlier because
their messages are difficult to understand unless the day-years and
chiasmic structure of Revelation are covered first. Though various
interpretations of these parallel prophecies are possible, all three
are figurative and all are fulfilled during this era.
Greek: % (hepta) seven Greek: (sphragis) seals
The Seals are in the 1st Chiasm
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch. 2-3 The Seven Churches The Church
B ch. 6 The Seven Seals Christian era trials
C ch. 7:4-8 The 144,000 12 Tribes of Israel
C ch. 7:9-14 A Great Multitude Gentile Church
B ch. 8-9 The Seven Trumpets Christian Era trials
A ch. 11 The Two Witnesses The Church
Revelations prophecies are concurrent.
All are fulfilled during the Christian era.
The four horsemen are God the Fathers figurative view
of the spiritual conditions on Earth during the Christian era.
THE FIRST HORSEMAN
Revelation 6:1-2 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I
heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come
and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had
a bow (Jesus weapon is the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, so this is not
Jesus); and a crown was given unto him (ungodly governmental leaders that
people gladly followed throughout the Christian era): and he went forth
conquering, and to conquer.
THE SECOND HORSEMAN

Revelation 6:3-4 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that
was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from
the earth (enmity between peoples throughout the Christian era), and that
they should kill one another (murders, genocide, etc. during the Christian
Era.): and there was given unto him a great sword.
THE THIRD HORSEMAN
Revelation 6:5-6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third
beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat
on him had a pair of balances in his hand (for counting money or goods, i.e.,
the materialistic system). And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a
penny (Greek, , a denarion, actually a days wage for the working
man. Food will be expensive for the poor throughout the Christian era); and
see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. (Only the rich could afford oil and
wine. So the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, aint we got fun?)
THE FOURTH HORSEMAN
Revelation 6:7-8 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice
of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale
(green) horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed
with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,
to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of
the earth. (Includes all the deadly diseases. Only 1/4 part killed by this angel
because the other three angels killed the other 3/4's of the people).
THE DEAD IN CHRIST DURING THE CHRISTIAN ERA
Revelation 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the
altar (figurative of the Cross) the souls of them that were slain for the word
of God, and for the testimony which they held (both Jew and Gentile
believers): And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy
and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on
the earth? And white robes (the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ) were
given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should
rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
THE END TIMES
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 (The brilliant righteousness of the Lord Jesus is hidden by the gross sin
on Earth), and the moon became as blood (the moon has no light of its own,
all it can do is reflect the light of the sun, so this is the church); And the stars
of heaven (fallen angels or apostate church leaders) fell unto the earth, even
as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a . . .
Revelation 6:12-17 continued . . .
mighty wind (figs are Israel, both physical and spiritual, Jer 24:1-10, so
church leaders not teaching sound doctrine). And the heaven (in Gr: oranous,
actually the sky) departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places (even strong Bible
churches fall away because of false doctrine). 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; (all figurative; people refuse to face the
reality of Gods soon-coming judgment on the world) And said to the
mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that
sitteth on the throne (people totally reject any knowledge of God), and from
the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come (the return
of Jesus, Rev 19:11-16); and who shall be able to stand?
The Seventh seal does not open next.
A full count of Christian era believers,
both Jew and the Gentile, must be taken first.
Chapter 7, the First Parenthetic
THE 144,000
Revelation 7:1-10 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the
four corners of the earth (The same four horseman in Rev 6), holding the
four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on
the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east
(Jesus), having the seal of the living God (beginning of the Christian era):
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor
the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads (an
invisible spiritual seal, seen only in the spiritual world). And I heard the
number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and
forty and four thousand (a figurative number) of all the tribes of the
children of Israel. (Redeemed of physical Israel during the Christian era)
Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses
were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed . . .
Revelation 7:1-10 continued . . .
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand (the tribe
of Levi is included because during the Christian era, all believers are kings
and priests and the Levitical priesthood was done away with in Christ, 2Cor
3:14, Rev 1:6, 5:10. The tribe of Dan is not included in this list. Dan was the
first tribe to fall into idolatry so there may be no godly Danites left).
THE GENTILE CHURCH
Revelation 7:11-17 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no
man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues
(the Church), stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with
white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying,
Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and
the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped
God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 7:11-17 continued . . .
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which
are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him,
Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of
great tribulation (the Christian era), and have washed their robes, and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb (i.e., the Gentile Church).
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night
in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
The Seventh Seal Isnt Opened until after the Account
Of the 144,000 and Gentile Church. Why?
Because all of the redeemed need to be counted
before the Lord closes the Christian era.
THE CLOSE OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA
And when he had
opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven
about the space
of half an hour.
Revelation 8:1
Half an hour is about a week in day-years.
And how long did it take the Lord
to make the first heaven and Earth?
About a week.
So shouldnt it take the Lord about a week
to make the new heaven and new Earth?
Important Note: Revelation 7 and Revelation 10 are parenthetics. Both tell of events
that must be fulfilled just before the end of Creation as we know it. They appear right
before the 7
th
Seal and 7
th
trumpet because both events signal the end of the Christian
era and all believers of this age are included in the eternal kingdom of God.
REVELATIONS TRUMPETS ARE IN THE FIRST CHIASM
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch. 2-3 The Seven Churches The Church
B ch. 6 The Seven Seals Christian era trials
C ch. 7:4-8 The 144,000 12 Tribes of Israel
C ch. 7:9-14 A Great Multitude Gentile Church
B ch. 8-9 The Seven Trumpets Christian era trials
A ch. 11 The Two Witnesses The Church
Understanding typology in the Levitical code
is key to understanding the Trumpets!
Revelations trumpets are also concurrent,
six have already been fulfilled during the Christian era.
Introduction to the Seven Trumpets
Revelation 8:2-6 And I saw the seven angels which stood
before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And
another angel (Jesus) came and stood at the altar, (the Cross)
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much
incense (Incense is a Levitical figure for prayer, and Jesus
continually prays for the saints, Heb 7:25), that he should offer
it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which
was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which
came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God
out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the censer, and
filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth (a
figure of the Crucifixion (Luke 12:49), so this places the
sounding of the First Trumpet at the beginning of the Christian
era!): and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings,
and an earthquake. And the seven angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The Fall of the Coptic Church
There used to be three major branches
to the Christian Church:
1. The Coptic, founded by James, headquartered in Jerusalem,
spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
2. The Eastern Orthodox, once centered in Constantinople,
now centered in Athens. In Greece, the Balkans and Russia.
3. The Roman or Western Church spread throughout
the rest of the World by various denominations.
Though a few small isolated pockets remain,
Islam virtually destroyed the great Coptic Church.
The first four Trumpets are repetitive pictures
of how God the Father sees the Christian era.
The First Four Trumpets
Revelation 8:7-11: Repeated pictures of spiritual conditions
in the Johns world during the time of the Gentiles.
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled
with blood, and they were cast upon the earth (same type of figurative
language used by Peter in Acts 2:19-20 to describe the crucifixion, so this
is a figurative picture of the Cross): and the third part of trees was
burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. (Shortly after the Cross,
the church in the Middle East falls into false doctrine).
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain
burning with fire was cast into the sea (of people, Rev 17:15): and the
third part of the sea became blood (of false doctrine); And the third
part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died
(spiritually); and the third part of the ships (churches) were
destroyed. (There were three branches to the church: the Roman, the
Byzantine and the Coptic. The Coptic Church centered in Jerusalem
becomes idolatrous.)
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star (stars are
messengers, Rev 1:20) from heaven (as foretold by Jesus in, Luke 10:18,
this is Satan), burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part
of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters (the true Gospel); And
the name of the star is called Wormwood (a poisonous tree): and the
third part of the waters (of the Gospel) became wormwood (false
doctrine of Islam taught); and many men died (spiritually) of the
waters, because they were made bitter (the false doctrines being
taught could not save souls).
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten (The error of Islam was so gross that the brilliant light of the
Lord Jesus could no longer be seen in the Middle East), and the third
part of the moon (the Churches destroyed by Islam), and the third part
of the stars (the messengers, i.e., the pastors, priests and preachers are
replaced by Islamic imams); so as the third part of them was darkened,
and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard
an angel flying through the midst of
heaven, saying with a loud voice,
Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of the other
voices of the trumpet of the three
angels, which are yet to sound!
The First Woe
Revelation 9:1-12 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall
from heaven unto the earth (Jesus did not fall, He ascended and
descended, so this falling angel is Satan, Luke 10:18): and to him
was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the
bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke (false religions) out of
the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun (this Sun is
Jesus, Mal 4:2) and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke
of the pit (The brilliant light of the Gospel could no longer be heard
in the Middle East because of the smoke of the false doctrine of
Islam). And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth
(the Islamic Jihadists): and unto them was given power, as the
scorpions of the earth have power (to spiritually poison unto
death). And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the
grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree;
(Islam was not able to convert the true saints)
Revelation 9:1-12 Continued . . .
but only those men which have not the seal of God in their
foreheads (those who would remain unsaved even if they heard the
Gospel). And to them it was given that they should not kill
(spiritually destroy) them (the Church), but that they should be
tormented five months (Five months is 152 years. It was 152 years
from the beginning of the First Jihad until the Islamic Khalifah,
Haroon as Rashid, made peace with the western nations): and their
torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a
man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it
(men who did not convert to Islam were made slaves while their
women were put in harems); and shall desire to die, and death
shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto
horses prepared unto battle (the Jihadists were primarily a cavalry
army); and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold (they
wore golden turbans), and their faces were as the faces of men.
Revelation 9:1-12 Continued . .
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as
the teeth of lions (extremely fierce warriors). And they had
breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of
their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses (Islamic
armies were composed primarily of horsemen) running to battle.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in
their tails (a spiritual death as they converted people to Islam): and
their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king
over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name
in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon (Destroyer, i.e., a Satanic angel
or Satan himself), but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more
hereafter.
The Second Woe
Revelation 9:13-15, KJV And the sixth angel sounded, and I
heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar
which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had
the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the
great river Euphrates (This gives us a geographic location:
the Middle East. The Euphrates begins in Syria and runs
between Iraq and Iran). And the four angels were loosed,
which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month,
and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
But these four angelic messengers are
not identified right away . . .
A Parenthetic Comes First
Revelation 10 now foretells the close of the Christian era. John is handed the
little book of Revelation, but does not start to read the other side of the two-
sided scroll (the second Chiasm) until the total of the redeemed are counted in
the Two Witnesses, Ch.11. The redeemed are then taken to be with the Lord
at the last trumpet, Rev 11:15 (which ends time as we know it).
Revelation 10:1-11, And I saw another strong angel coming down
out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his
head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire
(matches the description of Jesus in Rev 1 so this angel is Jesus);
and he had in his hand a little book open (the little two-sided book
of Revelation, given to Jesus by God the Father at the beginning of the
Christian era, Rev. 5:1-7): and he set his right foot upon the sea (of
people Rev 17:15), and his left upon the earth (physical creation,
showing Jesus has total authority over both); and he cried . . .
Revelation 10:1-11 Continued . . .
with a great voice, as a lion (of Judah) roareth: and when he cried, the
seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders
uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from
heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered,
and write them not (sealed because Rev 10:1 is foretelling the return of
Jesus and God does not want to prematurely reveal events that are going
to take place in His eternal kingdom).
And the angel (Jesus) that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the
earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth
for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are
therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and
the things that are therein, that there shall be time (Greek: k,
chron-os: defined time. A Greek word for delay from the same root is
k, chron-id-zo. If God intended this verse to be about delay, He
used the wrong Greek word to express it.)
Revelation 10:1-11 Continued . . .
no longer (in other words: at the second coming, time as a natural
phenomenon will be nonexistent for the redeemed and we will instantly
be in timeless eternity): but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,
when he is about to sound (Greek: , sal-pid-zo, the sound of a
trumpet), then is finished (Greek: g, tel-eh-o, brought to a final and
complete end) the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which
he declared to his servants the prophets (no prophets excluded, so all
prophecy relating to this age will be fulfilled at the last trumpet).
And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking
with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the
angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. (So Jesus who has
opened the seven seals, hands the book of Revelation to John) And I went
unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book.
And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up . . .
Revelation 10:1-11 Continued . . .
(figurative, i.e., study it carefully); and it shall make thy belly bitter, but
in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey (understanding the word of God
is sweet to believers, but the trials and troubles these scriptures foretell
bring sadness to the soul).
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it
was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was
made bitter. And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again (Greek:
, pal-in, defined: go back or repeat once more, i.e., turn over the
scroll and read the other side) over many peoples and nations and
tongues and kings. (So John is commanded to read the other side of this
two-sided scroll the second chiasm beginning in Rev 12 and it will be
about peoples, nations, languages and rulers of the world as known to the
prophet, i.e., the Middle East.)
Now Back to Those Four Angels
Revelation 9:13-15, KJV And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a
voice from the four horns (Rev 4:6-7) of the golden altar which is
before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose
the four angels which are bound (through prayer, the Church bound
the works of Satan, Mat 16:19) in the great river Euphrates (This
gives the geographic location, the Middle East. The Euphrates begins
in Syria and runs between Iraq and Iran. But when the Coptic Church
went into apostasy and no longer spiritually bound Satan, he and his
angels were loosed to attack the holy land). And the four angels
were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a
month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
The second woe is fulfilled by those four angels,
but what did they do?
Time ends
when the Last Trumpet blows in Rev 11:15,
so these four angels must be released between
Rev 9:14 and Rev 11:15!
But if they were released during the Christian era,
when did it happen?
Searching Rev 9:13 through Rev 11:15.
Do you see those angels anywhere?
Take a look . . . Yes? No?
Oops, no four angels,
but there is another clue
to their identity . . .
Time!
The hour, day, month and year.
Revelation 9:14 . . . Release the four angels who are bound
at the great river Euphrates.
The Euphrates river runs through the Middle East
so these angels are released from within Islam!
Revelation 11:2 . . . Gentiles tread under foot the holy city
for forty-two months.
Revelation 11:3 . . . Witnesses prophesy in the Gentile world
for twelve hundred and sixty days.
Revelation 11:13 . . . in that hour there was a great
(spiritual) earthquake.
These three messengers relate to Islam in the Holy Land,
but where is the Year?
Spiritual Results of the Angels Loosed
Revelation 9:17-19 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and
them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth,
and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of
lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and
brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed (before
the first Jihad, there were three major branches to the Church, the
Coptic centered in Jerusalem, the Eastern Orthodox centered in
Constantinople and the Roman Church headquartered in Rome.
Islamic armies virtually destroyed the Coptic Church, and thus was
a third part of men killed) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by
the brimstone, (all figures of the false religion of Islam) which
issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and
in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads,
and with them they do hurt.
Army of the Enemy
Revelation 9:16 And the number of the army of the horse-
men were two hundred thousand thousand (in Greek:
k k, doo-o moo-ree-as moo-ree-as, defined as:
two times innumerably many) and I heard the number of
them.
So who are these Horsemen?
The almost 2,000,000,000 Muslims who have been
a plague on the rest of the world ever since
the days of Muhammad.
Islam is Gods Judgment on the Church
Revelation 9:20-21 And the rest of the men which were not killed
(the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Churches) by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not
worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone,
and of wood (we have different idols today, TV, a new car, a bigger
home, a power boat, a better job . . . different material things but
they are idols just the same): which neither can see, nor hear, nor
walk: Neither repented they of their murders (the Roman church
killed millions during the Middle Ages), nor of their sorceries (in
Greek: nkig, pharmakea, defined medication, i.e., drug abuse,
be it alcohol or any other mind-altering substance), nor of their
fornication (divorce, remarriage and casual sex), nor of their thefts.
But the Year, where is it?
Hidden in hemera (), an ambiguous koine` Greek word that
can be translated moment, day, time or YEAR, depending on the
context. In the NAS, (Strongs 2250g) is translated year in
twelve verses.
If 3 hay-me`-ra are 3 years,
then 3.5 x 365.24 = 1278.34 day-years.
From Dome of the Rock to a free Jerusalem
is exactly 1278.34 years.
Viewed in that way, we can now understand
the rest of Revelation 11.
The Three & a Half Years
Revelation 11:8-11, NAS (Excerpts) And their dead bodies (Greek:
, pto-ma, by definition: a fall, a ruin, the carcass, the bones,
i.e., the empty churches.) will lie in the street of the great city which
mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was
crucified (Jerusalem). And those from the peoples and tribes and
tongues and nations (the Moslems in the surrounding lands) will
look at their dead bodies (the empty churches) for three and a half
days (Years of day-years, i.e., from 688AD to 1967AD) and will not
permit their dead bodies (the empty churches) to be laid in a tomb
(to be torn down). And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice
over them and make merry; and they will send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets (the Christians and Jews) tormented
those who dwell on the earth (it is torment for the lost when the
gospel is preached and they refuse to repent).
Spiritual Death of the Witnesses
Revelation 11:7 And when they (The Two Witnesses) shall have
finished their testimony (among the Gentile nations, 1948-1967),
the beast (Satan) that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall
make (spiritual) war against them, and shall overcome them
(spiritually with materialism, false doctrine and the cares of this
world), and kill them (spiritually).
Isnt that verse an accurate picture of the spiritual condition
of the Church in the West today?
Luke 18:7-8 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day
and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that
he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man
cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
In every age, God has given the Church its most effective
message for that particular times.
John Huss: The Bible should be the only source for doctrine.
The Bohemian revival
Martin Luther: The just shall live by faith.
The Reformation in Germany
John Calvin: The kingdom of God.
The Reformation in Switzerland
The Puritans: Christians should live a righteous life.
The Reformation in England
John Knox: Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel
Beginning of foreign Missions
All great revivals began with a new opening of Gods Word.
The same is true today, but most churches are
bound by lethargy or tradition.
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ or you are going to spend
eternity in a Lake of Fire doesnt work very well in this
hedonistic, materialistic, TV oriented society because most
people dont believe the Bible anymore.
However, when people see how the Bible predicted major
events during the Christian era and that the end of all
things is at hand, you dont need to beat them over the head
with the Gospel. They ask exactly what Pauls prison guard
asked, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Revelation is Gods end-time evangelistic tool for the
Church . . . its the greatest opening of Gods Word since the
New Testament was written!
We need to reach these lost people for the Lord
and Bible prophecy can do that.
The Third Woe
Revelation 11:11-15 And after the three and a half days
(after Jerusalem was freed of Gentile control in 1967)
the breath of life from God came into them, and they
stood on their feet; ([In new Israel, God's people are
again welcome in all of Jerusalem's synagogues and
churches) and great fear fell upon those (Moslems)
who were beholding them. And they heard a loud
voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here.
(Saints, both Jew and Gentile, taken to be with the
Lord, still future. Compare with the Come up here of
Rev 4:1) . . .
Revelation 11:11-15 continued . . .
. . . and they went up into heaven in the cloud, and
their enemies beheld them. And the rest were ter-
rified and gave glory to the God of heaven. And the
seventh angel sounded; (the Last Trumpet) and there
arose loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms
of the world are become the kingdom of our Lord,
and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and
ever. (Scripturally, there will be no Seven Year Great
Tribulation or 1000 year Millennium following the
Last Trumpet! Instead, we are instantly translated
into the eternal Kingdom of God, just as Revelation
11:15 plainly declares.)
Gr., thumos, fierceness, indignation, wrath
THE BOWLS OF WRATH ARE IN REVELATIONS 2ND CHIASM
PROPHECY SUBJECT
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A ch.12 Woman with 12 Stars Jews during this Era
B ch.13 Leopard, Lion, Bear Beast Satanic Kingdom
ba ch.14 144,000 & The Gospel All the Redeemed
C ch.15 Song of Moses and Lamb Jew & Gentile Redeemed
C ch.16 Bowls of Wrath Wrath for the Wicked
B ch.17 Seven Headed Beast Satanic Kingdoms
ba ch.18 Babylon All the Lost
A ch.20 The Thousand Years Gentile Church Era
The Song of Moses and the Lamb show the salvation
of all the redeemed, both Jew and Gentile.
The Bowls of wrath tell of Gods judgment on those in Islam.
In context with the Leopard-Bear-Lion, these
bowls are fulfilled in the Middle East.
Revelation 15:1, NAS Then I saw another sign in heaven, great
and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which
are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
These plagues are the last so they take place
after the Leopard-Bear-Lion is in Israel.
The Seven Bowls are of the same nature
as the Seven Trumpets,
but they are an intensification thereof.
In other words, spiritual conditions worsen
as the Christian era nears its end.
FIGURATIVE PICTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA
Revelation 15:2-8 And I saw something like a sea of glass
mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the
beast (Satans Leopard-Bear-Lion beast, whose throne is in the
Middle East, probably at the Kaaba Stone in Mecca) and his
image (the second Jihad) and the number of his name (666) ,
standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God. And they
sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God (Jews during
the Christian era still under the Levitical code), and the song of
the Lamb (New Testament Christians), saying, Great and
marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! Who
will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone
are holy; For all the nations will come and worship before
you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.
Revelation 16:1-21 continued . . .
After these things I looked, and the temple of the taber-
nacle of testimony in heaven was opened, and the seven
angels (messengers) who had the seven (last) plagues came
out of the temple, clothed in linen, clean and bright, and
girded around their chests (high girding of authority) with
golden sashes. Then one of the four living creatures gave to
the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God,
who lives forever and ever. And the temple was filled with
smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one
was able to enter the temple (the new Jerusalem, because it
remains uninhabited until the return of Jesus) until the seven
plagues of the seven angels were finished.
The Seven Bowls
Revelation 16:1-21 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple,
saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out on the earth the
seven bowls of the wrath of God.
BOWL NUMBER ONE
So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth;
and it became a loathsome and malignant (spiritual) sore on the
people who had the mark of the (Leopard-Bear-Lion) beast and
who worshiped his image (the second Jihad).
BOWL NUMBER TWO
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea (of people,
Rev 17:15), and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every
living thing (soul) in the sea died (no saved people in Islam).
BOWL NUMBER THREE
Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the
springs of waters (the Word of God); and they became blood (the
Gospel corrupted with the false doctrine of Islam). And I heard the
angel (messenger) of the waters (Gospel) saying, Righteous are You,
who are and who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things;
for they poured out the blood of saints (Christians) and prophets
(Jews), and You have given them blood (of false doctrine) to drink.
They deserve it. And I heard the altar (a figure for the Crucifixion so
this is Jesus at the Cross) saying, Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true
and righteous are Your judgments.
BOWL NUMBER FOUR
The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun (Jesus, Malachi
4:2), and it was given to it to scorch men with fire (the word of His
mouth, Is not my word like a fire?). Men were scorched with fierce
heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over
these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.
BOWL NUMBER FIVE
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast
(in the Middle East, perhaps at the Kaaba stone), and his kingdom
became (spiritually) darkened; and they gnawed their tongues
because of (their spiritual) pain, and they blasphemed the God of
heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent
of their deeds.
BOWL NUMBER SIX
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the
Euphrates, (between Iraq, Iran and Syria so this is in the Middle East);
and its water was dried up (Spiritually, the whole Middle East is in
Islam), so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east
(The major Islamic countries are East of Israel so this is still about
them).
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon (Satan) and out
of the mouth of the beast (Islam) and out of the mouth of the false
prophet (Muhammad), three unclean spirits like frogs (the Leopard-
Bear-Lion, a.k.a. Islam); for they are spirits of demons . . .
Bowl Number Six continued . . .
performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, (Islam
is no longer a Middle Eastern religion. It is spreading into the rest of the
world) to gather them together for the (spiritual) war of the great day
of God, the Almighty (The last trumpet and the Great White Throne,
could both happen at any time).
(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays
awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and
men will not see his shame.)
And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is
called Har-Magedon. (Understood to be a place of war and judgment).
BOWL NUMBER SEVEN
Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud
voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, It is done. (The
Last Trumpet now Sounds) And there were flashes of lightning and
sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake . . .
Bowl Number Seven continued . .
such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so
great an earthquake was it, and so mighty.
The great city was split into three parts (Christians, Jews and
Muslims), and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great (the lost
of all time) was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the
wine of His fierce wrath. And every island (of isolated people) fled
away, and the mountains (the so-called great churches) were not
found. And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each (the
warheads on Katusha rockets weigh about 100 pounds), came down
from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.
Mystery Babylon
1. Babylon in Rev 17 is a figurative picture of the apostate church.
2. Rev 20 is a figurative picture of all the redeemed.
3. Babylon in Rev 18 is a figurative picture of the worlds
ungodly systems and of the lost who glory in and support them.
Revelation 18:1-3 And after these things I saw (so this is a later vision and a
totally different Babylon than the previous chapter) another angel come down
from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory
(this is no ordinary angel, this is Jesus). And he cried mightily with a strong
voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the
abundance of her delicacies (the materialistic systems of this world).
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of
her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not
of her plagues.
Like the parallel verse appearing below, both are about believers,
Jew and Gentile, during the Christian era . . .
2Corinthians 6:16 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the
Lord Almighty.
COLLAPSE OF THE WORLDS MONETARY SYSTEMS
Revelation 18:5-14 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath
remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and
double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath
filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart,
I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her
plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be
utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived
deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see
the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,
saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour
(15.44 days in prophetic time) is thy judgment come.
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no
man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and
silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk,
and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all
manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments . . .
Revelation 18:5-14 continued . . .
and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts,
and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And the
fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which
were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no
more at all.
Revelation 18:15-20 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by
her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And
saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple,
and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in
one hour so great riches is come to nought.
And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as
many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of
her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust
on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great
city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her
costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. Rejoice over her, thou
heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the
sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down,
and shall be found no more at all.
ALL BELIEVERS TAKEN OUT OF THIS PRESENT WORLD
Revelation 18:21-24 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a
millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle . . .
(Greek: , lookh-nos, literally a lamp) . . .
Psalms 119:105-106 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous
judgments.
shall shine no more at all in thee (so Gods Word will no longer be seen in
Babylon); and the voice of the bridegroom (Jesus) and of the bride (believers,
both Jew and Gentile) shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants
were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (Greek: nki,
pharmakeia, literally pharmacy or medications, by implication, magic or
science) were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of
prophets (physical Israel), and of saints (the Gentile Church), and of all that
were slain upon the earth.
The blood of All of Gods people,
Old Testament and New, is found in this Babylon.
This is a figurative city
composed of the multitudes of people
who throughout time
have hated God or wilfully turned away
from His Son, the Savior of the World!
This Babylon is also the worlds satanic system
and those within it who love wickedness,
beginning with Cain who slew his brother Abel,
on down through time to the last suffering saint
standing for Jesus in some foul-smelling hole,
and giving his life for our beloved Lord.
chilias,onethousand,chilioi,apluralformofchilias.
ThesocalledThousandYears
Revelation20isone"A"ofthesecondchiasm.Both"A's"arefulfilled
duringtheChristianEra.
A ch.12 Womanwith12Stars: Israel
B ch.13 LeopardBearLionBeast: SatanicReligion
ba ch.14 144,000&TheGospel: Jesus'Followers

C ch.15 SongofMosesandLamb: RedeemedGlorified


C ch.16 BowlsofWrath: WrathontheWicked
B ch.17 SevenHeadedBeast: SatanicKingdoms
ba ch.18 Babylon: Satan'sFollowers
A ch.20 TheThousandYears: AllIsrael(Jew&Gentile)
OncewerecognizeRev20'spositioninthe2
nd
chiasmasparallelintimeandsubjecttoRev12,
wecanthenrealizethatRevelation20mustbeafigurativepictureoftheChristianEra.Rev
20willbequotedinitsentirety.Supportingversesandcommentsareinsertedinred.
TheContextofRevelation20isFigurative
THEFINISHEDWORKOFCHRIST
Revelation20:12AndIsawanangelcomedownfromheaven...
ThisangelisJesus."Whohathascendedintoheavenanddescended?"andRev
10:1"AndIsawanothermightyangelcomedownfromheaven,clothedwitha
cloud:andarainbowwasuponhishead,andhisfacewasasitwerethesun,and
hisfeetaspillarsoffire..."
havingthekeyofthebottomlesspit...
JesushasbeengiventhekeysofHades,Rev1:18
andagreatchaininhishand...
ThischainisGodsWordintheChurchcombinedwiththeprayersofthesaints.
Mat 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoeverthoushaltbindonearthshallbeboundinheaven:andwhatsoever
thoushaltlooseonearthshallbeloosedinheaven.
Andhelaidholdonthedragon,thatoldserpent,whichistheDevil.
"Nowtherulerofthisworldshallbecastout,"Joh12:31,spokenbeforetheCross.
andSatan,andboundhim...
Howcananyoneenterastrongman'shouseandcarryoffhispropertyunless
hefirstbindthestrongman?"Mat12:29.Whenwewerelostinourtrespasses
andsinswewereSatan'sproperty,andinhiskingdom.Jesusisnowplundering
Satan'shousethroughthechurch.
THECHRISTIANERA
athousandyears...
TheGreekwordtranslatedthousand,hereandthroughtherestofRevelation20,
is,chilioi,anindefinitepluralofchilias,onethousand.Chilioican
mean one thousand, but it also can mean many thousands. Premillennial
theologiansmakeadefinitedoctrineoutofadefinitelyindefiniteplural.
Revelation20:3Andcasthimintothebottomlesspit,andshuthimup,andseta
sealuponhim,thatheshoulddeceivethenationsnomore...
Thisbindingisscripturallylimitedtodeceivingthenations.Throughthewhole
Christian Era, the western nations have been nominally Christian. Kings have
beencrownedanddeposedinJesusnameandwarshavebeenfoughtinJesus'
name.ThusthenationswerenotdeceivedthatJesusisLord.
tillthethousandyearsshouldbefulfilled:andafterthathemustbelooseda
littleseason.
SeeRev12:12foranothermentionofthis"littleseason."Fromcontextwecan
pin the beginning of this "little season" to 19481967. Since 19481967 the
westernnationshaveturnedawayfromtheLord.Satanhasnowbeenloosedand
thechurchallowedit.Asaresult,theChurchisinastateofapostasyunequaled
duringtheChristianEra.
Revelation20:4AndIsawthrones,andtheysatuponthem,andjudgmentwas
givenuntothem...
1Peter2:5,9andRevelation1:6&5:10alldeclarethatwereignwithChristright
now,todayinHisspiritualkingdom,Ephesians1:1923.


Great White Throne
Rev 20:10-15
Satan Loosed 5
1948-1967 5
* 5
* Rev 20:2-6 * Rev 20:7-9 5
* The Kingdom of Jesus * Nations again Deceived 5
*(((((((((((( THOUSAND YEARS (((((((((((*(( GATHERED TO BATTLE ((5
ThatJesuskingdombeganinthe1stCenturyisprovablebyRev1:6and5:10He
hathmade(pasttense)uskings,andRev1:9,IJohn,whoalsoamyourbrother,
andcompanionin...thekingdomandpatienceofJesusChrist...
Thedefinitearticle,appearsintheGreektextinRev1:9and5:10.
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Revelation20:4,continued...
andIsawthesoulsofthemthatwerebeheadedforthewitnessofJesus...,
ThousandsofsaintswerebeheadedearlyintheChristianEraandmanybelieversare
sufferingthatsamefatetoday,seeFox'sBookofMartyrs.
andforthewordofGod,andwhichhadnotworshippedthebeast,neitherhisimage,
neitherhadreceivedhismarkupontheirforeheads,orintheirhands..
Satan is the beast, and he has struck his mark on the foreheads of his servants
throughouttime.]
andtheylivedandreignedwithChristathousandyears.
DowenotreignwithChristrightnow,1Pe2:59,Rev1:6,5:10?
Revelation20:5Buttherestofthedead[theunsaved]livednotagainuntilthe
thousandyears[theChristianEra]werefinished.Thisisthefirstresurrection.
Howmanyresurrectionsarethere?Jesussaid,"Iamtheresurrectionandthe
Life."Jesusisthefirstbornofthedead,andthereisnotanotherresurrectionin
Scripture.
Revelation20:6Blessedandholyishethathathpartinthefirstresurrection:on
suchtheseconddeathhathnopower...
BlessedindeedarethosewhohavepartintheresurrectionofJesusourLord!
They are the born again, and over them the second death has absolutely no
power.
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a
thousandyears.
Rev1:6and5:10bothstatethatwehavebeenmadepriestsandreignwithJesus,
rightnow!
Revelation20:7Andwhenthethousandyears...
Asanindefiniteplural,this"thousand"canrefertotheChristianEraregardless
ofhowmanymillenniaitmaytake.
areexpired,Satanshallbeloosedoutofhisprison...

THEENDTIMES
Revelation20:8Andshallgoouttodeceivethenations...
Since1948and1967thereisageneralfallingawayofthechurchunprecedented
intheChristianEra.WehavethesecondriseoftheIslamicstates.Parallelthe
followingversewithotherdescriptionsofArmageddoninRev6,9,12,14&19.
which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog to gather them
togethertobattle...
HowmanyArmageddonsandfulfillmentsofEze3839arewegoingtohave?
NotethedetailsofthisbattlehereparallelotherdescriptionsofArmageddonin
theBible.WhenweunderstandtherepetitivechiasmicstructureofRev,these
repeatsareunderstandable.
thenumberofwhomisasthesandofthesea.
Rev9:16statestwicemyriadsmyriadsprobablytheMoslemswhohavebeen
fightingtheGospelandmurderingGodspeopleforover1300years.
Revelation20:9Andtheywentuponthebreadthoftheearth,andcompassedthe
campofthesaintsabout,andthebelovedcity...
IsthisnotparalleltoJoel23,thatallconsidertobeadescriptionofafinalbattle,
probablyaspiritualbattleandfigurative.
andfirecamedownfromGodoutofheaven,anddevouredthem.
THEETERNALKINGDOMOFGOD
Revelation20:10Andthedevilthatdeceiveththemwascastintothelakeoffire
andbrimstone,wherethebeastandthefalseprophetare,andshallbetormented
dayandnightforeverandever.
Revelation20:1112AndIsawagreatwhitethrone,andhimthatsatonit,from
whosefacetheearthandtheheavenfledaway;andtherewasfoundnoplacefor
them.AndIsawthedead,smallandgreat,standbeforeGod;andthebookswere
opened:andanotherbookwasopened,whichisthebookoflife...
TherearetwosetsofbooksinRevelation20:1112.Thebookofdeeds,andthe
book of life. When the Lord blotted out our transgressions, that wasnt just
rhetorical,whatdoyousupposeHeblottedthemoutof?Thebookofthedeeds,
ofcourse!Sinceallofourrighteousnessisasfilthyrags,ifevenoneofourdeeds
(nomatterhow"good"or"sanctified"wemaythinkittobe)remainsinthatbook
wearegoingtothelakeoffire.Toeatofthetreeoflife,ournamesmustfirstbe
writtenintheBookofLife...Blottingoutthehandwritingofordinancesthat
wasagainstus,whichwascontrarytous,andtookitoutofthewaynailingitto
HisCross.Colossians2:14.
andthe(spiritually)deadwerejudgedoutofthosethingswhichwerewritten
inthebooks,accordingtotheirworks.
Revelation20:1315Andtheseagaveupthedeadwhichwereinit;anddeathand
helldeliveredupthedeadwhichwereinthem:andtheywerejudgedeveryman
accordingtotheirworks.Anddeathandhellwerecastintothelakeoffire.This
istheseconddeath.Andwhosoeverwasnotfoundwritteninthebookoflifewas
castintothelakeoffire.
Colossians1:1317"Whohathdeliveredusfromthepowerofdarkness,andhath
translatedusintothekingdomofHisdearSon:Inwhomwehaveredemption
throughhisblood,eventheforgivenessofsins:Whoistheimageoftheinvisible
God,thefirstbornofeverycreature:ForbyHimwereallthingscreated,thatare
inheaven,andthatareinearth,visibleandinvisible,whethertheybethrones,
ordominions,orprincipalities,powers:allthingswerecreatedbyHim,andfor
Him:AndHeisbeforeallthings,andbyHimallthingsconsist."
ADDITIONALNOTESONTHEMILLENNIUM
Besidesthelasttrumpet,therearemanyversesthatcallthepremillennialview
intoquestion.Accordingtothatview,whenJesusreturnsforHis1000yearreign,
HewillrulefromJerusaleminallHispowerandglory.Duringthe1000years,we
(allbelievers)arepresumedtoberulingwithHiminournewglorifiedandsinless
bodies.Attheendofthe1000years,Satanissomehowsupposedtodeceivethese
rulers(nowsinlessus)forashortseason.Ifthathappens,thenwewouldagain
beinsin,whichwouldresultinouragainbeingseparatedfromtheLord...a
suppositionthatiscontraryto1Thessalonians4:17whichstates...
1Thessalonians 4:17 "Then we who are alive and remain shall becaught
up...tomeettheLordintheair,andthusweshalleverbewiththeLord."
SaintswillneverbeseparatedfromtheLord(Mat28:20)!Second:"How
cananyoneenterthestrongman'shouseandcarryoffhisproperty,unless
Hefirstbindsthestrongman,"Mat12:29?WhenJesusaskedthatquestion,
Hewasintheactofcastingoutdemons.TheLordwasplunderingSatan's
housethen,andHeisstilldoingsotodaythroughtheChurch.
Colossians 1:13, "For He delivered us from the domain [kingdom, KJV] of
darkness,andtransferredustothekingdomofHisbelovedSon."
JesuspermittedHimselftobeboundonce,attheCross,butitwillnever
happenagain.WhenJesusreturnstoJerusalem,HewillberulinginallHis
powerandglory.ItwillbeJesuskingdom.Hewillbethestrongman!
Releasedornot,SatancouldonlyplunderJesus'kingdomifhecouldagain
bindJesus.Whatablasphemousconcept!Jesusisnowseatedattheright
hand of God the Father. He is King of kings and Lord of lords and will
remainsoforever!
Ephsians 1:2021"...whenHeraisedHimfromthe dead,andseatedHimatHis
right hand in the heavenly places, far above all authority and power and
dominion,andeverynamethatisnamed,notonlyinthisage,butalsointheone
tocome."
ThatagetocomewouldhavetoincludeanyfuturetimethatJesusisonEarth,
andbeyond.WhentheLordreturnsattheendofthisage,Hewillruleabsolutely.
..andHewillruleforever!
ALiteralInterpretationGoesAwry
Isaiah11:15AndthereshallcomefortharodoutofthestemofJesse,
andaBranchshallgrowoutofhisroots:(figurativeandallconservative
theologiansunderstoodthistobeaprophecyabouttheearthlyministryof
Jesus,thecomingMessiah)AndthespiritoftheLORDshallrestuponhim,
thespiritofwisdomandunderstanding,thespiritofcounselandmight,the
spiritofknowledgeandofthefearoftheLORD;(thesevenspiritsofGodof
Rev1:4,3:1,4:5and5:6)Andshallmakehimofquickunderstandinginthe
fearoftheLORD:andheshallnotjudgeafterthesightofhiseyesneither
reproveafterthehearingofhisears:(Hebrewpoeticparallelism)Butwith
righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the
meekoftheearth:andheshallsmitetheearthwiththerodofhismouth
(figurativefortheWordofGod),andwiththebreathofhislips(figurative)
shallheslaythewicked.Andrighteousnessshallbethegirdleofhisloins
(figurativeagain),andfaithfulnessthegirdleofhisreins(againaHebrew
poeticparallelism).
SoIsaiah11:15predictsthecomingofJesustheMessiah.
Thepassageisfigurativeandeveryoneknowsit!
ThenIsaiah11:11tellusabouttheestablishment
ofthenewnationofIsraelin1948AD.
Isaiah11:11Anditshallcometopassinthatday,thattheLordshallset
hishandagainthesecondtimetorecovertheremnantofhispeople(the
first restoration came at the end of the Babylonian captivity in 536BC as
recordedinthebookofEzra),whichshallbeleft,fromAssyria,andfrom
Egypt,andfromPathros,andfromCush,andfromElam,andfromShinar,
andfromHamath,andfromtheislandsofthesea.
Verses15areafigurativeprophecyofJesusin30AD.
Verses610comenext
Followedbyverse11,whichisabout1948A.D.
Sowhenshouldverses610beabout?
ContextDeterminesInterpretation
Isaiah11:11Anditshallcometopassinthatday,thattheLordshallsethis
handagainthesecondtimetorecovertheremnantofhispeople,whichshallbe
left.
Israel takes First First Second Second
Holy Land Diaspora Restoration Diaspora Restoration
1406BC 606BC 536BC 70AD 1948AD
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*(((((((((((((((*(((((((((((*(((((((((((((*((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((*
* * * * * *
Davidic Babylonian Post-exile * The Christian era *
Kingdom Captivity Time * Jews among the Gentiles *
* Islam has the Temple Site *
* *
Isa 11:1-5 Isa 11:11
So when should Isa 11:6-10 be about?
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Verses610canonlybeaboutthetime
inbetweenthe30A.D.and1948A.D.
SoitmustbeafigurativepictureoftheChristianera!

Isaiah11:610Thewolfalsoshalldwellwiththelamb(therobberwilllive
inthesametownasthesaint),andtheleopardshallliedownwiththekid
(thewarriorliveswiththeshopkeeper);andthecalfandtheyounglionand
thefatlingtogether;andalittlechild(Jesus)shallleadthem.Andthecowand
thebearshallfeed;theiryoungonesshallliedowntogether:andthelion
shalleatstrawliketheox(Hebrewpoeticparallelism).Andthesuckingchild
shall play on the hole of the asp (the innocent believer will witness to the
murderer),andtheweanedchild(Jesus)shallputhishandonthecockatrice'
den (shall despoil Satans kingdom, Mat 12:29). They shall not hurt nor
destroyinallmyholymountain:fortheearthshallbefulloftheknowledge
oftheLORD,asthewaterscoverthesea.Andinthatdaythereshallbearoot
ofJesse(Jesus),whichshallstandforanensignofthepeople;toitshallthe
Gentilesseek(theGentileChurch):andhisrestshallbeglorious.
InterpretivePrinciple:
IstheContextLiteralorFigurative?
TheChristianEra
THEJEWISHPEOPLEDURINGTHISERA
Revelation14:15AndIlooked,and,lo,aLambstoodonthemount
Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand (all the
redeemed Jews of the Christian Era), having his Father's name
writtenintheirforeheads(ThismarkisonJewsoftheChristianEra,
butGodsmarkisalsoontheredeemedofeveryage).AndIhearda
voicefromheaven,asthevoiceofmanywaters(manypeople,Rev
17:15),andasthevoiceofagreatthunder:andIheardthevoiceof
harpersharpingwiththeirharps:Andtheysungasitwereanew
songbeforethethrone,andbeforethefourbeasts,andtheelders:
andnomancouldlearnthatsongbutthehundredandfortyand
four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are
they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins
(figurative: not defiled by the whore of Babylon). These are they
which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were
redeemedfromamongmenbeingthefirstfruits(Israelandthe
Revelation14:121continued...
Jewishpeoplearethefirstfruits,theChurchisadoptedintoIsrael,
Eph2:1213)untoGodandtotheLamb.Andintheirmouthwas
foundnoguile:fortheyarewithoutfaultbeforethethroneofGod
(not because they are perfected in the flesh, but because they are
coveredwiththeimputedrighteousnessofJesusChrist,Rom4:24).
THEFIRSTANGEL,ALLBELIEVERS
Revelation14:67AndIsawanotherangelflyinthemidstofheaven,
havingtheeverlastinggospeltopreachuntothemthatdwellon
theearth,andtoeverynation,andkindred,andtongue,andpeople
(theGentilebelieversduringtheChristianera),Sayingwithaloud
voice,FearGod,andgiveglorytohim;forthehourofhisjudgment
iscome:andworshiphimthatmadeheaven,andearth,andthe
sea,andthefountainsofwaters.
Revelation14:121continued...
THESECONDANGEL,THEUNSAVEDOFALLTIME
Revelation14:813Andtherefollowedanotherangel,saying,Babylon
(Babylon: the sum total of the unsaved, from the time of Cain on
downtothelastwickedpersononearth.Rev18:24Andinherwas
found the blood of prophets [Old Testament saints], and of saints
[New Testament Church], and of ALL that were slain upon the
earth.) is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all
nationsdrinkofthewineofthewrathofherfornication.
THETHIRDANGEL,ISLAM
Andthethirdangelfollowedthem,sayingwithaloudvoice,Ifany
man worship the (LeopardBearLion) beast and his image (new
JihadorpossiblytheKaabaStone),andreceivehis(spiritual)mark
inhisforehead,orinhishand,Thesameshalldrinkofthewineof
thewrathofGod,whichispouredoutwithoutmixtureintothecup
ofhisindignation;andheshallbetormentedwithfireand...
Revelation14:121continued...
brimstoneinthepresenceoftheholyangels,andinthepresence
oftheLamb:Andthesmokeoftheirtormentascendethupforever
andevername(Notetheforeverandeversotormentforthosein
Islamwillcontinueonintoeternity):andtheyhavenorestdaynor
night,whoworshipthebeast(contextually,theLeopardBearLion,
i.e.,theIslamicstates)andhisimage,andwhosoeverreceiveththe
markofhis.Hereisthepatienceofthesaints:herearetheythat
keep the commandments of God (Jews during the Christian era),
andthefaithofJesus(theGentileChurch).AndIheardavoicefrom
heavensayinguntome,Write,Blessedarethedeadwhichdiein
theLordfromhenceforth(probablyreferstotimeaftertheIslamic
takeover of the Holy Land, from 639 to 1967 A.D.): Yea, saith the
Spirit,thattheymayrestfromtheirlabours;andtheirworksdo
followthem.
Revelation14:121continued...
THECHRISTIANERA
Revelation 14:1420 AndIlooked,andbeholdawhitecloud,and
uponthecloudonesatlikeuntotheSonofman,havingonhishead
agoldencrown,andinhishandasharpsickle.Andanotherangel
cameoutofthetemple,cryingwithaloudvoicetohimthatsaton
thecloud,Thrustinthysickle,andreap(thebelieversofthisage,
bothJewandGentile):forthetimeiscomefortheetoreap;forthe
harvest of the earth is ripe (Fullness of the Gentiles is coming in,
Rom11:25).Andhethatsatonthecloudthrustinhissickleonthe
earth;andtheearthwasreaped.
Andanotherangelcameoutofthetemplewhichisinheaven,
healsohavingasharpsickle.Andanotherangelcameoutfromthe
altar(thealtarisatypeoftheCrosssothisangelisagainJesus),
whichhadpoweroverfire;andcriedwithaloudcrytohimthat
Revelation14:121continued...
hadthesharpsickle,saying,Thrustinthysharpsickle,andgatherthe
clustersofthevineoftheearth(theunsaved);forhergrapesarefully
ripe.Andtheangelthrustinhissickleintotheearth,andgatheredthe
vineoftheearth,andcastitintothegreatwinepressofthewrathofGod
(judgmentofthewicked).Andthewinepresswastroddenwithoutthe
city,andbloodcameoutofthewinepress,evenuntothehorsebridles,
by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs (Gr. Stadia,
probablyfigurativefortimeratherthandistance,addressingthephysical
wars and great spiritual trials taking place in the Holy Land and the
surroundingcountriesduringtheChristianera).
ASRECORDEDBYPAUL
1Thessalonians 4:1617 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heavenwithashout,withthevoiceofthearchangel,andwiththe
trumpofGod:andthedeadinChristshallrisefirst:Thenwewhich
arealiveandremainshallbecaughtuptogetherwiththeminthe
clouds,tomeettheLordintheair:andsoshallweeverbewiththe
Lord.
ASSEENBYGODTHEFATHER
Revelation19:1021AndafterthesethingsIheardagreatvoiceof
muchpeopleinheaven,saying,Alleluia;Salvation,andglory,and
honour,andpower,untotheLordourGod:Fortrueandrighteous
arehisjudgments:forhehathjudgedthegreatwhore(theapostate
church),whichdidcorrupttheearthwithherfornication(withthe
unsavedworld),andhathavengedthebloodofhisservantsather
Revelation19:121continued...
hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for
ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders (Elders of the 12
tribesofIsraelandthe12Apostles)andthefourbeastsfelldown
andworshippedGodthatsatonthethrone,saying,Amen;Alleluia.
Andavoicecameoutofthethrone,saying,PraiseourGod,allye
hisservants,andyethatfearhim,bothsmallandgreat.
AndIheardasitwerethevoiceofagreatmultitude,andasthe
voiceofmanywaters(alltheredeemed,bothJewandGentile),and
asthevoiceofmightythunderings,saying,Alleluia:fortheLord
God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honourtohim:forthemarriageoftheLambiscome,andhiswife
(alltheredeemed,bothJewandGentile)hathmadeherselfready.
Andtoherwasgrantedthatsheshouldbearrayedinfinelinen,
clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints
(whichactuallyistheimputedrighteousnessofJesusbecauseallour
righteousnessisasfilthyrags,Isa64:6andRom4:24).
Revelation19:121continued...
AndHesaithuntome,Write,Blessedaretheywhicharecalled
untothemarriagesupperoftheLamb.Andhesaithuntome,These
arethetruesayingsofGod.AndIfellathisfeettoworshiphim.
Andhesaiduntome,Seethoudoitnot:Iamthyfellowservant,and
ofthybrethrenthathavethetestimonyofJesus:worshipGod:for
thetestimonyofJesusisthespiritofprophecy.
AndIsawheavenopened,andbeholdawhitehorse(figurative
forJesuspowerandauthority);andhethatsatuponhimwascalled
FaithfulandTrue,andinrighteousnesshedothjudgeandmake
war.Hiseyeswereasaflameoffire,andonhisheadweremany
crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he
himself.Andhewasclothedwithavesturedippedinblood:andhis
nameiscalledTheWordofGod(John1:1).Andthearmieswhich
wereinheavenfollowedhimuponwhitehorses,clothedinfine
linen, white and clean (all the redeemed). And out of his mouth
goethasharpsword(theWordofGodisJesusonlyweapon),that
Revelation19:121continued...
...withitheshouldsmitethenations:andheshallrulethem
witharodofiron:andhetreadeththewinepressofthefierceness
andwrathofAlmightyGod.Andhehathonhisvestureandonhis
thighanamewritten,KINGOFKINGSANDLORDOFLORDS.
AndIsawanangelstandinginthesun(Jesus,Mal4:2);andhe
criedwithaloudvoice,sayingtoallthefowlsthatflyinthemidst
ofheaven(alltheredeemedwhomeettheLordintheair,1Th4:17),
Comeandgatheryourselvestogetheruntothesupperofthegreat
God;Thatyemayeattheflesh(theriches)ofkings,andtheflesh
(theriches)ofcaptains,andtheflesh(theriches)ofmightymen,
and the flesh of horses (The horse was a weapon of war so this
probablyreferstoweaponsofwar),andofthemthatsitonthem,
andtheflesh(theriches)ofallmen,bothfreeandbond,bothsmall
andgreat.AndIsawthebeast(LBL),andthekingsoftheearth,
andtheirarmies(Satansservants),gatheredtogethertomakewar
againsthimthatsatonthehorse,andagainsthisarmy.
Revelation19:121continued...
Andthebeast(inthiscontext,theScarletbeast,whichfromRev
12:3isSatanhimself)wastaken,andwithhimthefalseprophet
(Muhammad) that wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceivedthemthathadreceivedthemarkofthe(Islamic)beast,
andthemthatworshippedhisimage(ThereawakenedIslamwesee
todayorpossiblytheKaabastone).Thesebothwerecastaliveinto
alakeoffireburningwithbrimstone.Andtheremnantwereslain
withthesword(theWordofGod)ofhimthatsatuponthehorse,
whichswordproceededoutofhismouth:andallthefowls(Gods
belovedchildrenofalltime,bothJewandGentile,forwhomHegave
HisonlySon)werefilledwiththeirflesh(riches).
The Restoration
2 Peter 3:3-4 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days
scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of
his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the creation.
Is this not the worlds condition today?
2 Peter 3:5-6 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God
the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the
water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water,
perished:
So the antediluvian world was destroyed by flood.

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word
are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men.
This Present Era is Reserved for Fire.
2 Peter 3:10-12 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the
which the heavens (Greek, k, oo-ran-os', the sky, the air; only heaven by
implication) shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements (Gr.
stoy-khi'-on, only appears four times in Scripture, referring here to the elementary
principles of this world) shall melt with fervent heat, the earth (Greek: ghay, the
Earths dirt, the soil, the ground, but not necessarily the whole planet) also and the
works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall
be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and
godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat?
So just as God destroyed the first world by water,
it appears that this present world,
i.e., the surface of the Earth will be destroyed by fire,
but the planet itself may remain.
Acts 3:21 Jesus, whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of His
holy prophets that have been from of old.
God is the Creator of all things, Satan the destroyer.
It appears that God wills to
restore His creation to what it was
before sin caused the fall.
Revelation 21:1-21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven (Gr., oranous, sky, only heaven by implication) and the first earth (Gr.,
ge, the soil. It is unlikely that God intends to destroy His creation, only the sin
within it) were passed away; and there was no more sea (of the various
nations). And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride (the bride herself, not the dwelling
place for the bride) adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out
of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle (dwelling place) of God is with men,
Revelation 21:1-21 continued . . .
and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
Revelation 8:1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a
silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Why is the final Seal a half-hour and how long is
this half-hour in day-years?
Revelation 21:1-21 continued . . . And he said unto me, Write: for these words
are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain
of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I
will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and . . .
Revelation 21:1-21 continued . . .
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
And there came unto me one of the seven angels (this is not Jesus, but
indeed a messenger) which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues,
and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride (Not the
dwelling place of the bride, but the bride herself), the Lamb's wife. And he
carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain (figurative), and
shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem . . .
So the New Jerusalem is not a physical city,
but the sum total of Gods elect, Old Testament and New.
Weve been looking at this holy city
from a humanistic standpoint.
Sovereign God is not making a city where man may dwell,
but a city where He will dwell, made up of
all the souls His Son has redeemed!
Revelation 21:1-21 continued . . .
descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light
was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal
(the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ);
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel (So to enter this city through one of
these gates you need to be either a physical or spiritual descendant of Israel):
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates;
and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (representing all
of the Gentile believers who are in Israel by adoption, Gal 4:5).
And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the
gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the
length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed (a
spiritual measure, first appears in Ezekiel and always used figuratively),
twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are
equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four
Revelation 21:1-21 continued . . .
cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel (figurative
number, actually the total of the redeemed, both Old Testament and New). And
the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like
unto clear glass.
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all
manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald, the fifth, sardonyx;
the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a
topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an
amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was
of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass. (The beauty of the Lord Jesus in which Gods servants are clothed).
The Two Books
Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them. And I saw the dead (spiritually dead, those who
belong to the Lord are alive in Christ), small and great, stand before
God; and the books (of the deeds) were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the (spiritually) dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books, according to their
works. And the sea (Rev 17:15, all the lost people who have ever lived)
gave up the (spiritually) dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the (spiritually) dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works (There is therefore now no
condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus . . . so we are not included
in that group). And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is
the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.
His Mansions
John 14:2-3 In my Father's house ARE many mansions (The Lord Jesus isnt
up in heaven building castles for us, Gods mansions are already there!): if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you (So where
did Jesus have to go to prepare a place for us? To the Cross, because if Jesus had
not gone to the cross we could never spend eternity with so holy a God). And
if I go (to the Cross) and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
So where are Gods heavenly mansions?
Did the Lord made this vast Universe
with trillions of stars and billions of galaxies
to no purpose?
EPI LOGUE
Im now 84 years old, a WW II vet who during his lifetime
has pretty much seen it all. Its been a pretty good life
despite my many failings, but now, as I watch our country
fall, Im overcome by an oppressive sense of foreboding
that Im unable to shake and Im not alone! Many fellow
Christians feel the same way. The final hour of trial is
upon us, beginning probably with the total collapse of the
worlds economic systems, followed by anarchy . . .
Ezekiel 14:13-14 "Son of man, if a country sins against Me
by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand
against it, destroy its supply of bread, send famine
against it and cut off from it both man and beast, even
though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its
midst, by their own righteousness they could only
deliver themselves,' declares the Lord GOD."
Isnt the above also true today, as we see natural disasters
increasing everywhere? Not only in our land, but around
the world? We were once the richest country on Earth, but
not anymore. Are not the next few verses also about us,
and are not these days here as well?
James 5:1-6 (NASB) Come now, you rich, weep and howl
for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your
riches have rotted and your garments have become
moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver have rusted; and
their rust will be a witness against you and will consume
your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have
stored up your treasure! Behold, the pay of the laborers
who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by
you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who
did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of
Sabaoth. You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led
a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts
in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and put to
death the righteous man; he does not resist you.
For many years I lived just like the above, caring little
about anyone but myself. Now I anguish over the wimpy
social clubs our churches have become. I weep as I see our
children led astray by an immoral media, godless teachers
and false religions. I agonize over how spiritually blind we
as a people have become. America was once the Christian
lighthouse of the world, but thats all over. In 535 B.C., a
Bible prophet saw the following . . .
Zechariah 11:16 "For behold, I am going to raise up a
shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing,
seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one
standing (godless leadership), but will devour the flesh of
the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs . . .
Because the spiritual hoofs have been torn off our
people by self-serving church leaders who know not God,
we no longer know how to walk the Christian walk.
It wasnt always that way. Many Christian brethren died
at Bunker Hill. Two thousand more, freezing, ill clothed
and starving, died at Valley Forge. Untold numbers died in
the Civil war, the Spanish-American war, in both World
Wars, in Korea, in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan . . . and
for what? They died for what we used to be, not for what
we have become. We are not worthy of their deaths.
Instead of repenting, we worry about how to protect
our assets when the dollar goes belly up or the stock
market crashes, as they surely will. Just before the fall of
Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the godly sighed and groaned over
the abominations committed in their midst, but do we?
Ezekiel 9:4 The LORD said to him, Go through the midst
of the city. . . and put a mark on the foreheads of the men
who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are
being committed in its midst. And to the others (angels)
he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city,
and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little
children, and women: but come not near any man upon
whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they
began at the ancient men (the church leaders) which
were before the house (of the Lord, i.e., the Church).
Do you believe sovereign God, Creator of the Universe, is
going to act differently now, just because you go to your
spiritually dying church on Sunday, know the four spiritual
laws, and say the sinners prayer?
As He did in Israel so long ago, the Lord is once again
putting His mark on His remnant. If you have that mark,
you know it, because you recognize the lateness of the
hour. How late? Its almost time to obey . . .
Isaiah 26:20-27:1 (NAS) Come, my people, enter into your
rooms and close your doors behind you; Hide for a little
while until indignation runs its course. For behold, the
LORD is about to come out from His place to punish the
inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth
will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer cover her
slain. In that day the LORD will punish Leviathan the
fleeing serpent, with His fierce and great and mighty
sword (the word of God), Even Leviathan the twisted
serpent; and He will kill the dragon (Satan) who lives in
the sea (of people).
Several years ago, a godly old pastor told me with a sigh, I dont see
the Holy Spirit working in the hearts of the unsaved like I used to.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always
strive with man. Genesis 6:3
Its not going to be easy for us from here on out . . .
Amos 5:18-20 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what
end is it for you? the day of the LORD (comes during a time of
spiritual) darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and
a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the
wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the LORD (come
during a time of spiritual) darkness, and not light? even very dark,
and no brightness in it?
Night no longer cometh when no man can work, it is here.
John 9:4
If youre not crying inside, you should be. I certainly am.
All of Revelation that needed to be fulfilled
before the Lords return has already been fulfilled.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus
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