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Prophecy isn’t of private interpretation – all the more reason to use them all. When you dismiss Scriptures, you pick and choose according to your limited understanding and that is like telling the Holy Spirit He didn’t do a good enough job with the other verses to matter and be included. I’m just saying it’s “like” saying that. Understand we are putting together a puzzle the Holy Spirit made without knowing what the picture looks like. By leaving out the pieces, your altering the picture.

Here’s a perfect example of understanding scriptures with your brain.

Revelation 8:12 (KJV) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Now if you read this verse carefully, you’ll notice that the only way to have the sun, moon, stars, night and day shine a third less, would be if the earth’s rotation is increased by eight hours. Therefore, a day would no longer be 24 hours, but 18 hours long. So horrific will the last days be that Jesus Himself states:

Matthew 24:22 (KJV) And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Let’s go through what the Scriptures say:

Daniel 12:11-12 (KJV) 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.

We have a starting point. From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped and the abomination of desolation are 1290 days; but until what? Blessed is he that waits until the 1335th day! So we must apply other verses to interpret this verse.

Daniel 9:27 (KJV) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

So now we have seven years (one week). In the middle of the seven years, 3.5 years, he will stop the sacrifices and commit the abomination of desolation. Now we have a link of one event from two angles: one from the mid-point at 3.5 years and the other from the beginning 3.5 years earlier. Together they make up seven years and 30 days according to both verses. However one must notice that there are two events in both verses: one is the stopping of the sacrifices, and second, the abomination of desolation. Does 12:11 elude to there being a gap of 30 days between them, stopping the sacrifices and then 30 days later committing the abomination of desolation? Maybe.

Scripture implies that the calendar will revert back to a 360-day year again. Daniel prophesied that when the antichrist desolates the temple, 1290 days would pass before the end. Daniel 12:7 and John in Revelation 12:14 speak of time, times, and half a time. Revelation 11:2 and 13:5 speak about the passage of 42 months before the end. Revelation 11:3 says the two prophets will preach for 1260 days, and in Revelation 12:6 , the “woman”, i.e. Israel, would be carried away and protected for 1260 days in the wilderness. If a “time” is a year, then a “time, times and half a time” would be 3.5 years. 1260 days is exactly 3.5 years in a 360-day year, as is 42 months containing 30-day months! But Daniel says from the desolation to the end is 1290 days. I’ll explain this in a bit. Using a 360-day calendar, if you count from 1 Nisan 3.5 years you arrive at 1 Tishri, the day I believe Jesus will return to begin His reign on earth, at the Feast of Trumpets! From 14 Nisan (Passover) plus 3.5 years you get 14 Tishri, the day before the Feast of Tabernacles.

As you can see from reading these verses, the “time, times, and half a time”, 1260 days, and 42 months are synonymous with each other. Revelation 12:6 and 12:14 and 13:5 link the timings together. I believe the order of events are:

• the covenant signing,
• then the two witnesses will start off preaching 1260 days,
• at the end of those days they’ll be overcome by the Antichrist
• and then the Antichrist will declare himself god and the Jewish Messiah and Mahdi (Muslim’s messiah).
• It is at this time Jesus warned that everyone was to flee to Petra (for another 1260 days the woman in Revelation 12:6 is Israel, fleeing as Jesus instructed), completing 84 30-day months, or seven years.

This is the completion of the period of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks.

However, we must still visit the 2300 number:

Daniel 8:11-14 (KJV) Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

The “days” translated here is in error, but is in fact in the Hebrew “evening morning” – also implying that the sacrifices start in the evening after the temple is rebuilt (Revelation 11:1-2). In fact even today, the only sacrifice attempted on or near the Temple Mount by the Jews is the Passover lamb. So what do we do with this interpretation of scripture? I believe the answer is just as important as the prophecy of Jesus being in the heart of the earth for “three days and three nights” (Matt 12:40). Do you render it three parts of “days” or do you count three “days” and three “nights” as stated by the Holy Spirit? What’s the difference? Three parts of days can be between 26 hours to 72 hours – a huge swing value. So with the different rendering of day, do we count it as 2300 full days, or is the summation of the 1150 evenings and 1150 mornings sacrifices? So is this 76 months, 20 days (6 years, 4 months, 20 days), or is it 38 months and 10 days (3 years, 2 months, 10 days)? It seems logical to me that there are two timelines in play. One from the time the daily sacrifices cease, and another from when the desolation occurs. What does Scripture say?

Exodus 29:38-39 (KJV) Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

Anyone living during the temple days would understand the meaning of “2300 evening morning” as being the two daily sacrifices encompassing 1150 days. This fits perfectly into the 1260 days of the first half of the seven years. A covenant of [false] peace allowing the Jews to rebuild their temple (or tabernacle as in the days of Moses) within 80 days, start up the sacrifices and doing so for 1150 days. Then the Antichrist stops them – probably by blocking anyone from entering the temple area because of the Two Witnesses and their ability to consume anyone that comes against them. Finally after 30 days of stopping the daily sacrifices, the Antichrist prevails and kills the Two Witnesses. The Antichrist enters the temple and commits the abomination of desolation while their bodies lay there for 3.5 days. Jesus says when you see this, flee. Revelation says the woman (Israel) will be protected for 1260 days.

The Breakdown:

• Covenant signed starting the seven year period Daniel 9:27
• At the same time the Two Witnesses appear and preach for 1260 days Revelation 11:3
• 80 days to build the temple (1260 – 1150 days of sacrifices, Daniel 8:14, leaving 110 days left. He stops the sacrifices 30 days before the mid-point of the seven-year period, leaving 80 days to build the temple 110 – 30 = 80)
• From the stopping of the sacrifices there are 1290 days (1260 + 30 = 1290) until the end, Daniel 12:11
• 30 days after stopping the sacrifices the Two Witnesses are killed having preached for 1260 days, Revelation 11:3
• Israel flees to the wilderness for 1260 days – add up the days before and after the abomination of desolation and you have 2520 days or 84 30-day months (or 2 sets of 42 months), Revelation 12:6

70th Week of Daniel (Click image to enlarge)

The lines on the timeline (left) are proportional to the length of time indicated in the Scriptures. I love it! To see how the Holy Spirit puts all these clues into Scripture, allowing it to be discovered but not without doing some homework. Most people just deny the whole thing and miss the blessings. I look at all this like the back of a tapestry, if we pull on one thread, it may come unraveled. It’s just like creation; there isn’t a knife sharp enough to balance the precise measurements of creation on its edge.

Since all these number revolve around the stopping of the sacrifices and the abomination of desolation, they must all be included in any end-time scenario, otherwise you don’t have a complete picture. With all the numbers revolving around the abomination of desolation, the Antichrist has to be revealed when the covenant is signed “with many” as in the UN, PA and Israel – especially since he rules through a false peace understanding dark sentences. Everyone in the world is crying out for answers from someone. He is alive and rising to power, as I type, I believe. The timeline of the rapture is not known, nor tied to anything except for 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8 below: the Antichrist cannot be revealed until the One Who hinders is removed. Since this is clearly the Holy Spirit, and He being the down-payment of our salvation, we must go with Him. Also, we are not appointed to wrath. Therefore, the only conclusion is that we leave before he comes to power – enough to be able to broker a covenant with many where everyone until then failed. Therefore, in any study, you MUST include:

2 Thessalonians 2:3-8 (KJV) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 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, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

I’ve always believed that the Tribulation Period is the full seven years; many say it’s only the last 3.5 years. Let’s go over it shall we? 🙂

We know the Two Witnesses are killed midpoint – they preach for 1260 days and they’re killed, Revelation 11. Then the woman (Israel) is persecuted for 1260 days. The total comes to seven years of 360-day years. The seven years is one week. By the time the mid-week arrives, there are already passed four angels holding back the wind, the seven seals, the thunderings, two woes, and the six of the seven trumpets of Revelation. That’s pretty bad, so much so men will want to kill themselves but death shall flee from them! After the Two Witnesses are killed then comes the seven last plagues in seven golden vials. Daniel 7:25 says that the laws and times will be given to him for “a time and times and the dividing of time” which corresponds to “a time and times and half a time” for the woman (Israel) in the wilderness mentioned in Revelation 12. I suppose the idea that the actual tribulation period is only 3.5 years is from Daniel 12 were he asks – how long – the man replies “a time, times and an half” then says 1290 days from the stopping of the sacrifices. Adding up all these verses, it’s clear the tribulation period is seven years. But as you can see from Revelation, the evil begins right away in the first 1260 days.

Genesis 5:24  “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”

Jude 1:14-15  “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

Hebrews 11:5-6  “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

Moses?

Deuteronomy 34:5-6  “So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.”

Elijah

2 Kings 2:9-13  “And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;”

Jesus

Acts 1:7-9  “And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.”

Ephesians 4:8-10 “Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)”

Paul’s Friend (temp)

2 Corinthians 12:2-4  I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Philip (temp)

Acts 8:39  And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

John (temp)

Revelation 4:1  After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Rapture of the Faithful Church

1 Thessalonians 5:2-5 “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”

Matthew 23:33  “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”

Luke 21:36  “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

Two Witnesses

Revelation 11:3-12  “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.”

Gather of the Faithful –
those that were not counted worthy before but are now (Luke 21:36)

Matthew 24:29-31  “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

Mark 13:24-27  “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.”

When & Who

Hard to say, but we are not meant for wrath being under the Blood of Jesus. How can God’s punishment of the world fall on us? If we are the promised Bride of Christ and the body of Christ, then how is it we would be pummeled on the Earth, die, and then have the wedding feast in Heaven?

Ephesians 5:25-30  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

John 14:1-4  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

Isaiah 26:19-21  Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

1 John 3:1-3  Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Zephaniah 2:3  Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.

1 Thessalonians 5:9-10  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Psalms 27:5-6  For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

All of Ruth

Naomi is Israel, Ruth is the Church, Boaz is the Lord. Naomi returns to the Land of Israel, Ruth follows, and marries Ruth’s kindred, just like we will when Jesus returns.

Before war

Ambassador’s are recalled before war.

2 Corinthians 5:20-21  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”‎

2011 In his American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) speech last year, President Obama said that the US “believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine… The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states…” That very same day, over 40 tornadoes were reported in the United States as a major tornado outbreak continued. An EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri caused catastrophic damage. The devastation from the outbreak was so severe, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started off his AIPAC speech the next night by offering his condolences to those affected by the recent tornadoes and flooding.

President Obama is scheduled to address the AIPAC 2012 convention on Sunday morning, March 4. Tornado wipes out Indiana town of Marysville March 2 during a major tornado outbreak Across U.S.; 101 Tornadoes Breaks Single Day Record for March…

I urge you to pay attention to cause and effect, especially concerning the United States and Israel. Here is a perfect example:

• 8 Aug 2005: U.S. pressures Israel to pull out of Gaza
• 15 Aug 2005: Israel begins to pull out of Gaza forcing settlers out
• 23 Aug 2005: Hurricane Katrina forms
• 24 Aug 2005: Israel pullout completes Gaza withdrawal
• 24 Aug 2005: U.S. pressures Israel to resume roadmap plan
• 26 Aug 2005: Sharon faces the battle of his political life against Netanyahu
• 26 Aug 2005: Oil hits a record high at $68/barrel
• 29 Aug 2005: Katrina hits New Orleans – 28 levees fail (over 50 in the ensuing days)
• 4 Jan 2006: Ariel Sharon has massive stroke leaving him in a permanent vegetative state

The area devastated by hurricane Katrina totals 90,000 square miles encompassing parts of three states (164 square miles for every square mile of Gaza). By contrast, the whole of the British Island, comprising England, Wales and Scotland, is only 84,400 square miles. 1836 people die because of Katrina.

Here’s another example:

• 30 Mar 2010: Netanyahu snubbed at the White House while Obama goes to dinner
• 10 Apr 2010: Israel will not attend the Obama Nuclear Arms Summit in fears the US will force Israel
• 19 Apr 2010: Obama and Israel: Showdown at the UN (U.S. will not rubber-stamp a veto on non-Israeli friendly votes)
• 20 Apr 2010: Israel warns of a nuclear race in the Middle East is Iran is allowed to have the bomb
• 21 Apr 2010: US will not attack Iran on nuclear issue, leaves Israel to make a unilateral decision, which without US support will fail
• 21 Apr 2010: US to allow a nuclear Iran
• 21 Apr 2010: Oil Rig explodes off coast of Louisiana, 11 killed
• 29 Apr 2010: Obama warns Israel and PA to do nothing to stop peace process
• 29 Apr 2010: Gulf Oil slick: Businesses Brace for the worse
• 29 Apr 2010: Oil Slick makes landfall

Here is yet another example:

• 21 Jun 2010: US angry with the continued building in East Jerusalem
• 22 Jun 2010: Israel’s feeling of isolation is becoming more pronounced
• 24 Jun 2010: Obama calls Gaza situation ‘unsustainable’
• 24 Jun 2010: A 100-yard-wide tornado with winds of at least 100 mph rips through Bridgeport causing massive damage

John the Baptist said that he was a friend of the bridegroom and if a friend then not necessarily the bride. Was he not a follower of Christ? He was born with the Holy Spirit – even Jesus wasn’t; He received the Holy Spirit at His baptism (Matthew 3:16) – yet John did no recorded miracles, he simply preached repentance and baptism; something unheard of in those days and without scriptural merit, yet he fulfilled these verses:

Exodus 23:20 (KJV) Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

Malachi 3:1 (KJV) Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 40:3 (KJV) The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Note: “angel” and “messenger” in the verses above are the same word in Hebrew. Jesus quoted these verses in Matthew 11:10, yet when speaking of John Jesus said:

Matthew 11:11 (KJV) Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Why do I point this out? Because God deals with man over time differently. Some choose to use the inaccurate word dispensation: the ordering of life and events by God, but from Adam to Moses grace abounded. Because of the arrogance of Israel, the Law reigned from Moses to Jesus. Yet, David dared to challenge this arrogant teaching and lived by grace (not being killed for killing Uriah to steal his wife; unlawfully eating the showbread, etc.) My idea in all this is to point out that after the bride (the church) is removed, the preaching of the gospel will revert back to the Israel via the 144,000 male virgin Jews and the two witnesses supernaturally sent from heaven. The 144,000 having missed the rapture, understand what happened, accept the gospel they were obviously taught, become sealed by God to avert the wrath to come, and it is they that will continue the message of grace taught since the beginning of time. Another scenario would be they hear the two witnesses and accept the Gospel. God always leaves a way of escape and a remnant. These 144,000 male virgin Jews will be protected from God’s wrath on the earth, but the Antichrist will kill them. Persecution is not wrath.

The gentiles are not the only ones raptured, anyone who accepts the free gift of life, including ethnic Jews.

John 3:29 (KJV) He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

The preachers (144,000 male virgin Jews – Revelation 7 & 14) will be sealed to preach the gospel. The Antichrist will overcome those that turn to Christ and kill the saints (Revelation 7 & 13) as well as the 144,000 (Revelation 14). Thinking that no one can get saved during the tribulation? Of course people will be saved, who else will have the kids who will die as a child at 100 years of age in the Kingdom (Isaiah 65:20), or who will be left to rise up against the Lord at the end of 1000 years (Rev 20). If the believers are rapture and will be like the angels (Matthew 22:30), and when Jesus returns to set up His kingdom everything that is offensive will be gathered and thrown into the fire (Matthew 13:39-42), who will be left to have the children? Those that supported Israelis during this time of tribulation will be allowed to enter the earthly Kingdom (Matthew 25:40). Those Jews, in name only, who remained in the world and would not accept their heritage will be judge by Jesus in the wilderness (Ezekiel 20:33-38) and those who survive in Israel or Petra (Isaiah 16:1 & Daniel 11 & Matthew 24) will be accepted (Ezekiel 20:39-44 & Zechariah 12:10).

One of the greatest miracles in the world is when one accepts the free gift of salvation from the Lord Jesus. Although it’ll be much harder during the tribulation period, grace will still available for those who choose to accept the free gift of salvation from hell. Do so now, before it’s too late. Jesus died for YOU personally. I invite you to watch this video to set the record straight: http://youtu.be/4lnB38K-gmc

This is the most edited post I’ve ever done…Everything I say here I’ve had to wrestle with because I too have been taught many different theories and this is where “private interpretations” come from. Too many try to fit prophecy into a “current-events” model and until the events present themselves, it’s all speculation and private interpretation. If you read the Scriptures as they are written, without the lenses of preachers, theories, dogma and believe it is accurate when Scriptures say then the Antichrist is an Assyrian. It is man’s interpretation that the “north” is Russia. I’ll expand on this in a moment. Since there are a billion Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia, I don’t think 200 million fighting for their god is too much to believe that they’re Muslims, especially when a Caliphate is reinstated by Turkey. India could also produce that many, yet no one considers them, why not? Maybe it’s because they don’t have a beef with Israel. Yet, despite all the speculation, I do not believe that these are human men from some country, but those demonic insects loosed at the beginning of Revelation nine from the pit along with the four “angels” currently bound in the river Euphrates who were also loosed. Those loci are like horses whose tails where like scorpions. I don’t believe we humans could invent a “thing” that would prevent death for five months. Things in the end times won’t be like today in any way – a lot of supernatural “stuff” will occur which is the great deception and how the false prophet will be able to call down fire from heaven. No one is going to follow someone who can call missiles down from heaven, but the moment someone can call fire down like Elijah on CNN; half the world would become a follower overnight. Don’t forget the acts of the two witnesses either.

There’s no question where the Antichrist comes from – Assyria. “The Assyrian” is mentioned 13 times in 13 verses and never in a good light. Click the link to see a map of Assyria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Assyria.png

These compass directions of Daniel 11 and their meanings are no different than arguing the matter as to whether the Messiah would come from Bethlehem, Nazareth, or Egypt; they’re all correct when you’re given the whole story. Though Babylon is almost due east, any army would have to come from the north because no one wants to do what Laurence of Arabia did. Islam surrounds Israel so it can come from every direction except due east – Jordan – because the Antichrist doesn’t gain control of them for whatever reason and Jesus warns Israel to flee to the mountains. Isaiah 16 names Petra – aka Sela as the destination. If they’re in Petra, Jerusalem becomes west in relation to Israel trying to survive. East is where Assyria is as well as north if you look at the map. North could also mean someone from Turkey, the seat of the Caliphate, or even a Kurd, no? The fact that Assyria no long exists, could mean the Antichrist might actually be a Kurd and if three kingdoms surrender to him, could he not also call it Magog? Daniel’s statue contains all Islamic countries that have ruled over Israel. If anything Daniel 11 sounds like a battle between the Sunny and Shia’a legs of Islam. Verse 21 says that the Antichrist will rise up with peace and flattering (just as John said in Revelation).

Think of it this way – even though their beliefs are not all biblical, the Catholics still believe and state that Jesus is the Son of God and even if a Pope said that it was no longer true, would that be enough to turn Catholics to following him in a new religion? The more likely scenario is people will turn to Islam. Wow! That’s what’s happening right now around the world. There are a lot of specific things about the Antichrist that point to him being a Muslim (just from their own professed beliefs right now) that fit much more than trying to convert Catholics from believing Jesus is not the Son of God. Islam declares God has no Son that alone would lead me to believe the Scriptures that the Antichrist is a Muslim over being a Catholic. “…every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist …” This is why God warns about changing the book of Revelation but that’s just what the world has done. There’s almost a Pavlovian response by everyone to 666 but no one recognizes it’s really Arabic bismillah – In the name of Allah.

The ONLY reason the whole idea of the Catholics being the evil religion of the end times is because 400 years ago they ruled Europe and from a misunderstanding of Daniel nine verse 27 as to the identification of “who” the prince and “his” people are. When you study history, Titus didn’t have enough men, so he brought in the Alexandrian and Syrian legions and it was they who destroyed the Temple and literally gutted the Jews as they fled. Titus wanted the Temple for himself. So “his” people is referring to Arabs (thereby Muslims) and the prince who signs the “covenant” for seven years is the Assyrian, the Antichrist. Also, we use the word “anti” for the Antichrist, which means the opposite – if the Jews and Christians are on one side, who is then the “opposite”? Islam. Not to forget that every nation attacked by Jesus when He returns is an Islamic nation kind of puts the whole Catholic thing to rest. Also the Antichrist isn’t a homosexual because of what Daniel eleven verse 37 says, but that the Antichrist will not regard the God of his father (Abraham via Ishmael?), but also will not regard the desire of women. I can understand with the growth of homosexuality how one could come to this understanding, but when you study Islam you really see that the meaning is that women have no say in anything because they’re second class citizen. This is why when a woman is raped in Islamic nations, SHE is the one punished for being provocative.

Revelation 16 says the kings (plural) of the east will come and cross the Euphrates River. If you look at a map (http://g.co/maps/uuc9m) of the eastern part of the Middle East you can see the Muslim nations (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) would come to Babylon to march together to Har Meggedo. It’s not likely China would enter the Middle East via land due to the Himalayas. Why do people pick China? Because they mix the “army” number of 200 thousand thousand in Revelation 9 with “kings of the east” from chapter 16 and when you do that you figure only, incorrectly, that China could fit the bill with that many military members. India has a potential army of 319 million, why not choose them? China has a potential army of 385 million but currently has only 2.2 million on active duty. The FACT is that the two need not be mixed to understand. If the Caliphate calls for every able bodied Muslim to come and fight you could get that number from the Muslim countries I mentioned with only half their combined population of 385 million. My point is that all the end time events revolve around the age old battle between Isaac and Ishmael.

Finally, since so many use Paul’s words about the mystery of the Church, it’s applied to “mystery” Babylon and since Babylon hasn’t been around for thousands of year, it must mean some other “church”. The “evil” Catholics were in power so they were an easy target. Yet I say, that’s private interpretation, why can’t the “church” of Babylon be the religion of Babylon – Islam? What great lie than to have a pseudo-Jesus return to Jerusalem (a city of seven hills by the way – as recorded in The Book of Legends, edited by Bialik and Ravnitzky, p. 371, paragraph 111) and proclaim himself God? Also, what “wine” has the world become drunk? But if you look at this whole thing as being Islam, the “wine” is oil. Now we have something to hold onto in order to understand such a reference. Surely we all agree the world would do anything for that “black gold”.

I hope this helps shed some light or at least sparks the idea to re-evaluate the whole Catholic Antichrist idea. Re-examine all given prophecies with Islam in mind and you’ll see how easy it is to fit everything together.

God Bless 🙂