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2Peter
1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts
What's Your Story?
Are you living in an old man's rubble
Are you listenin' to the father of lies
If you are then you better be careful
If you listen too long you will eventually die
Are you walking' with unnecessary burdens
Are you trying to take them upon yourself
If you are then you're living in bondage
And you know that's bad for your spiritual health
Are you trying to live by your emotions
Are you puttin' your faith in what you feel and see
Then you're living just to satisfy your passions
And you better be careful, 'cause you're being deceived
Are you living in an old man's rubble
Are you listenin' to the father of lies
If you are then you're headed for trouble
If you listen too long, you'll eventually die
Are you puzzled by the way that you're behaving
Do you wonder why you do the things you do
Are you troubled by your lack of resistance
Do you fell that something's got a hold on you
Well deep within' you there's a spiritual battle
There's a voice of the darkness and a voice of the light
And just by listening you've made a decision
Cause the voice you hear is gonna' win the fight
But if you're living as a new creation
If you're listening to the Father of light
Then you're living in a mighty fortress
And you're gonna' be clothed in power and might
Discoveries
Discover the grand sweep of the biblical prophecies with each passage forming a perfect matrix and unique contribution with details of the Lord's visitation which is soon to come
Place them all out on the table from the O.T. to the N.T. and see how they retro fit together in perfect harmony as the Author of the same reveals His plan and schedule for His creation .... this same Jesus Christ is an awesome God who has inspired His prophets to convey His truth
Out great God and Savior is going to break in soon and professing christianity must be ready for His sudden intervention [Matthew 25:1-13; Revelation 3:10; 3:15-19] .... some will be ready, and some will not
Discover the unique literary structure of the visions and how they roll back and repeat as the narrative moves forward across the Lord's timing, within each passage, and in relationship to one another
Discover that many of them are compressed and a single passage may cover a vast period of time on the earth and then the next will roll back and repeat the same with more details given
This adventure through the prophetic scriptures is well worth the trip and the study, and it is essential for those who are called to interpret His intents related the past, present, and future
.... and to know who this unmatched incredible being composed of both God and human who is the creator of all things, who has no limitations, and who has no boundaries
Israel, Islam, and the Middle East
The mixing of the Middle East populations of the adherents of Islam round about the returned remnant part of Israel today are the focus of the visions of the Bible prophets reserved for the time of the end of this present age [Daniel 2:40-43; 8:23-25]
A must read for the serious student of Bible prophecy:
http://www.askelm.com/people/peo016.htm
The scriptures of the Lord's Word totally refute the claims of these other off spring of Abraham who embrace the Islamic folly of "god" granted rights to the land of Israel
The only solution for the current stand off is the return of Israel's Messiah and King, Jesus Christ, who will bring the time of "Jacob's trouble" pressuring His people Israel
His visitation will result in the restoration of the kingdom to a believing remnant part during this 70th week decreed for the nation
The scriptures point to the Middle East as the setting for the time of the end .... to Israel and to the nations round about .... the surrounding enemies of Israel and the Lord
These modern day Islamic states are referenced in the prophetic scriptures here:[Psalms 83; Ezekiel 36; 38; Daniel 2:40-43; 7:7-25; 8:23-25; Joel 2:20; 3; Obadiah 1:1-21; Micah 5:5-6; Zechariah 12; 14; Luke 21:20-24]
Mapping references for the ancient core lands of the post flood era with modern names and current borders:
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/syria.htm
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iraq.htm
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iran.htm
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/turkey.htm
The ancient post flood "land" of Magog [northern Iraq today] is the same core region that produced the next rulers of the Middle East .... the ancient Assyrian Empire [the northern Baban intransigent unbelieving world which will last for 2550 days [1260 days + 1260 days + 30 days] [Psalms 2, Daniel 9, 12; Revelation 6:12-17]
Satan, his beast, false prophet, and angelic and human followers will be in the open on the earth at the beginning of this time frame [Jude 1:6;Revelation 9:1-11; 9:13-19; 11:7; 12:3-4; 12:7-12; 13:1-4; 13:11-18]
These will proceed to cause great stress and destruction upon the earth, destroy the great city part of MBG [of western origin], fend off opposition from nations outside of the Middle East, and invade and occupy Israel at the middle of the 70th week decreed [Revelation 12:12; 8:6-12; 14:8; 17:16-18; 18:1-21; Ezekiel 38; Daniel 9:26-27; 11:41; [the other prince and his followers]; Zechariah 12, 13, 14; Matthew 24:15-16; Luke 21:20-24;]
The coming battle of Armageddon will begin with the Lord on the ground in the Jordanian wilderness [Bozrah/Petra] where a believing remnant of Israel will flee for His protection when invaded by Satan's beast in the little horn of Daniel's visions at the Middle of the 70th week decreed for the nation [Isaiah 63:1-4; Ezekiel 38; 39; Daniel 11:41; Zechariah 14:3-5; Matthew 24:15-16; Revelation 12:6; 12:14]
He will destroy the beast's garrisons surrounding the remnant and then proceed to Israel where He will rout the beast and his fola of the unfulfilled portions of the Bible prophets’ visions will play out
Satan is addressed by the Lord as “gog” in Ezekiel 38 [Ezekiel 38:17] and 39; and the human little horn viewed in Daniel’s visions, and in Micah 5:5-6, as the “Assyrian” will rise out of the same region to do satan’s bidding on the earth at the end of this present age
Notice the map setting with north eastern Turigrations out of the Middle East
This same setting will be the region at the time of the end of this present age when Satan will cause a human rebellion against the Lord and will lead the Muslim populations against Israel [Daniel 2:40-43; 8:23-25]
These inhabitants are of the same original stock of the post flood settlements, mixed together, and confederated by the religion of Islam
Genesis
10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth [northern Iran]; Gomer [northern Iran], and Magog [northern Iraq], and Madai [northern Iran], and Javan [eastern Turkey], and Tubal [eastern Turkey], and Meshech [eastern Turkey], and Tiras [eastern Turkey].
10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush [Nimrod], and Mizraim [Egypt], and Put [Syria], and Canaan [Syria].
10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [southern Iraq].
10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh [Mosul Iraq area], and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great e against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I hgn by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Joel
2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles [of the Middle East]; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves togethe
Revelation
9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star [Satan] fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon [Satan's beast in the little horn of Daniel's visions, a human king of the northern Middle East] [Daniel 7:7-25; 8:9-12; 8:23-25; 9:26-27 [the other prince that shall come]; 11:36-45; 12:7]
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads [his 7 kingdoms of the Middle East …. 5 past and 2 future] and ten horns [10 confederated kings of his 7th kingdom], and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. [the satanically empowered ruler of the ancient and future Middle East]
17:8 The beast that thou sawest was [was ruling], and is not [now is not ruling]; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition [will come out of the abyss to rule again and subsequently destroyed by the Lord]: 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, and is not, and yet is
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sittethers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
8:5 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.
The destruction of the “great city” part of Mystery Babylon the Great [the core of western civilization] at the beginning of the Lord’s hour [time] of trial and judgment
Revelation
8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up [Revelation 17:16].
8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain [kingdom] burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood [polluted];
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed [the surrounding coastal waters of the “great city”].
8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star [Satan’s arrival] from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood [poison]: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 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 [caused by the massive burning and destruction filling the earth’s atmosphere].
14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth [by the 144000 Israelites who are sealed], and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people [Revelation 7:1-4],
14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication [this devastating judgment will have far reaching effects across the entire earth turning the planet into a blade runner society].f for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more
The Lord will revisit the land mass where the "great city" once stood and break it into 3rd's during the battle of Armageddon at the end of the coming tribulation period [Ezekiel 38:18-20]
Revelation
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Satan’s Ploy
When Satan saw that the Lord created humans of our kind in His image he immediately came to the earth for the purpose of disrupting and ultimately destroying the Lord’s plan for human destiny
There is a particular geographical area on the earth where this confrontation between the Lord and Satan over the human being has been and will be fought, and it located in the Middle East in the Mesopotamian region of the Euphrates and Tigris River basin
The modern map shows this early post flood settlement region where the Middle Eastern states of Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran converge today
The Lord uses ancient post flood land identifiers for describing this same region where the end time drama of the unfulfilled portions of the Bible prophets’ visions will play out
Satan is addressed by the Lord as “gog” in Ezekiel 38 [Ezekiel 38:17] and 39; and the human little horn viewed in Daniel’s visions, and in Micah 5:5-6, as the “Assyrian” will rise out of the same region to do satan’s bidding on the earth at the end of this present age
Map Reference
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iran.htm
Notice the map setting with north eastern Turkey being in the region of Mount Ararat, Syria containing the Upper Euphrates River, northern Iraq including the upper Tigris River, and the northern portion of Iran all in convergence
Genesis
2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
2:11 The name of the first is Pison [Uizun River]: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon [Aras River]: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel [Tigris River]: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Satan appears in the Garden of Eden at the onset of human creation for the purpose of mocking the Lord and deceiving the first humans
Genesis
3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
The Bible’s later focus is upon the lands where the first humans settled after the flood, and not their further migrations out of the Middle East
This same setting will be the region at the time of the end of this present age when Satan will cause a human rebellion against the Lord and will lead the Muslim populations against Israel [Daniel 2:40-43; 8:23-25]
These inhabitants are of the same original stock of the post flood settlements, mixed together, and confederated by the religion of Islam
Genesis
10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth [northern Iran]; Gomer [northern Iran], and Magog [northern Iraq], and Madai [northern Iran], and Javan [eastern Turkey], and Tubal [eastern Turkey], and Meshech [eastern Turkey], and Tiras [eastern Turkey].
10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush [Nimrod], and Mizraim [Egypt], and Put [Syria], and Canaan [Syria].
10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and against thee, O Gog, the chief prince [head prince of the fallen angels] of Meshech and Tubal:
38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
38:5 Persia [Iran], Cush [Iraq], and Put [Syria] with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
38:6 Gomer [Iran], and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters [Turkey], and all his bands: and many people with thee.
38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? [The Lord calls Satan out]
The battle of Armageddon where the Lord will defeat Satan, his fallen angelic host, and the “ Assyrian little horn and his followers
Ezekiel
38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal
39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Joel
2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles [of the Middle East]; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about [surrounding Israel].
3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Micah
5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
The battle front at Armageddon and the destruction of Satan’s beast and followers
Revelation
9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
9:15 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. [these are fallen angelics]
9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous at watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
The Lord is looking at the post-flood nesting of the nations with His eye on the same location where He will draw Satan and his minions including the melting pot of the same human inhabitants to their defeat at the end of this present age
Many miss this essential precept when studying the prophetic visions by attempting to trace migrations of the early post flood inhabitants out of the Middle East to other nations of the earth and drawing false conclusions with regard to end time events
Satan is still brooding over this ancient "land" of Magog and his brothers .... waiting to make his last and final move to destroy Israel and to defeat the Lord in this present age .... but he will fail
His beast in the little horn will be destroyed in the lake of fire, the human little horn and his following will become bird food with their remains buried in order to cleanse the land, and Satan will be captured and imprisoned in the abyss for 1000 years so that he cannot deceive the nations of the Lord's coming millennial kingdom on the earth [Revelation 19:11-21; 20:1-6]
70 x 7's
This is the biblical 70 weeks [Jewish heptads] of years decreed for national Israel .... this time frame is specifically related to Daniel's people and reaches from the release of the Babylonian captives to return to re-build the city of Jerusalem to the Lord's cutting off at the cross bringing the end of the 69th week .... the balance [the 70th week] is still pending today just after the fullness of the Gentiles has been added to the Lord's church [Romans 11:25-36] .... then He will turn His focus upon a regathered remnant part of ethnic Israel for the purpose of pressuring the nation [the time of Jacob's trouble] [Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 38;39; Daniel 9:24-27; 12:1-7; Joel 2; 3; Zechariah 12:13:14] and bringing His wrath and judgment upon an intransigent unbelieving world [Psalms 2; Revelation 6:12-17; 11:18]
The time frame of all unfulfilled visionary prophecy is still future. All fulfilled prophecy has been fulfilled through the end of the 69th week of the 70 weeks of years decreed for national Israel. A week of years is the Jewish “heptad”. Each year represents 360 literal prophetic days. This calculates to a 7 year period of time or 2,520 days. The 69 weeks of years represent a time period of 173,880 prophetic days or 483 years
This time frame began at the decree to return and build the city Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity [under Persian rule] in 445 B.C. 483 prophetic years lapsed in about 33 A.D. and the Lord was then cut off at His first coming. There is one “heptad” (one 7 year period) remaining for the completion of the decreed amount of total time of 490 years and this 7 year period is still future [Daniel 9; 12]
It is significant that the nation of unbelieving Israel is existing as an independent political entity in the land of Israel today after many centuries of domination by the Gentiles and exile from their land. They are there to experience the coming 70th week decreed for the nation which is still pending
Israel's continuous intransigence against the Lord's providence and direction has resulted in the loss of His personal guidance and direction. Israel is still in this condition at the present time. His long term preservation of Israel's national identity is specifically for His ultimate plans and purposes ..... not Israel's self-generated nationalism [Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 36; 37; 38; 39]
The years following the reign of Israel's prominent kings David and his son Solomon included political division of the nation and subsequent invasion and assimilation of ten of the tribes of Israel by the Assyrians. Successive dominance of the remainder of the nation followed by the three empires of neo-Babylon, Persia, and Grecia
The neo-Babylonians conquered what was left of the remnant, took many captives, and relocated the population. It was under the rule of the next empire, Persia, that a remnant of Israel was allowed to return to the land of Israel [445 B.C.]. This began the count down of the 70 weeks of years [490 literal prophetic years]. 483 years have lapsed with one 7 year period yet to be experienced by Israel after their second return from the nations of the Gentiles to the land of Israel [Daniel 9:24-27]
If the death of Jesus occurred around 33 A.D. then the following calculation can be made. The time lapse would be 444 calendar years to the first century from 445 B.C. plus 33 additional years to equal 477 years. The conversion factor for 360 day prophetic years can be calculated by dividing 365 by 360 which is 1.0138. Prophetic years are shorter so there are more of them included in the time frame of 477 calendar years
There are 483.5826 [477 x 1.0138] prophetic years in the time frame. If one adjusts this result by leap year days, the final calculation is very close to 483 years [69 weeks of years]. Daniel's vision of the time frame allows for this amount of time to lapse after which the Messiah Prince would be cut off and have nothing
The last segment of 7 years [1 week of years] is still yet future and requires Israel's return in part to the Land of Israel from the nations. This final 7 years will include future prophetic events leading up to the visible return of Israel's Messiah who is Jesus Christ
The covenant of 70 weeks of years is described in the 9th chapter of Daniel. The Lord will confirm this covenant by executing the last 7 years including the 6 objectives that will be met for national Israel at the time of the end which is still pending. These objectives must be met for national Israel at that time since most of the nation has been and is in the state of unbelief. Some will turn and accept their Messiah and King, Jesus Christ
This period will be exactly 2,520 prophetic days long and there will be another 30 days and 45 days added. The Lord will turn on satan's beast and his kingdom of followers and destroy it during the 30 day period ending with the battle of Armageddon. The Lord will then appear to the world and gather all of the mortal survivors of the tribulations of the 70th week and separate them for entrance into His kingdom during the next 45 days
Satan and his fallen angelics are coming to the earth at the beginning of the 70th week and it will take the first 1,260 days for him to develop his kingdom in the Middle East including the invasion and occupation of Israel, Jerusalem, and the temple mount. He will also gain a large human following and these will worship him as a god. He will then rule over the Middle East for the next 1,260 days [42 months]. The Lord will then force him and his human followers to Armageddon and destroy his kingdom within the next 30 days
There is nothing of earthly events recorded in the scope of visionary prophecy between the end of the 69th week and the beginning of the 70th. The end time frames of the O.T. visions of the prophets, the Lord’s discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, and Revelation beginning in chapter 4 are all about the 70th week which is still pending
The Lord’s discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 concerning the time of the end is all focused upon the generation of national Israel that will be living during the 70th week. No known events on the earth are included in the time lapse between the end of the 69th week [about 33 A.D.] and the beginning of the future 70th week. There have been many attempts to insert them, but they are not there. All of the time lapse of last 2,000+ years up to this very day is not included in the visions
For example, the Roman invasions of Israel in 70 A.D. are not presented in the scope of the visions. These events occurred long after the 69th week and were certainly not part of the 70th which is still pending. The people of the prince that shall come [satan's beast in the little horn, king of the northern Middle East] were not the Romans in the first century
These will be the followers of the this king during the 70th week. The 6th king "position" that John sees, the king that "is", will be the little horn of Daniel's visions and not a Roman king in the first century. John sees the "things that shall be hereafter" .... the coming 70th week
The Lord also addresses the mystery kingdom of the Church [composed of a few Israelites and many Gentiles] in the parables of Matthew 25. His focus is on His “harpazo” action which will divide professing christianity into those that are ready .... and those that are not. The first [both dead and living together] will be immortalized and the balance will remain to experience the tribulations of 70th week
Some of national Israel and of the nations will repent and turn to the Lord during His hour of trial and judgment, but most will not. Many of these who turn will be martyed for their faith and a few will survive the period. The development of this mystery kingdom [the church] was revealed at Pentecost and will be completed when the fullness of the Gentiles are added [Romans 11:25]
The precept of the time frame of the 70 weeks of years decreed for national Israel must be applied to all unfilled prophecy written in scripture for correct and accurate exegesis of the prophetic scriptures. All of the content of future events can be identified and these will fit exactly into this time frame
Most traditional interpretations do not incorporate this method of exegesis and all of them have difficulties that require some level of apologetics, selective allegory, contextual extraction, misapplication of scriptures, and elimination of the same. I would suggest the student of Bible prophecy test the precept of the 70 weeks decreed against all known scriptural passages related to visionary prophecy. I will be glad to assist any one with reconciliations related to the pre-conceptions of other views
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2Peter
1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts
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If you are then you're living in bondage
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Then you're living just to satisfy your passions
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Discoveries
Discover the grand sweep of the biblical prophecies with each passage forming a perfect matrix and unique contribution with details of the Lord's visitation which is soon to come
Place them all out on the table from the O.T. to the N.T. and see how they retro fit together in perfect harmony as the Author of the same reveals His plan and schedule for His creation .... this same Jesus Christ is an awesome God who has inspired His prophets to convey His truth
Out great God and Savior is going to break in soon and professing christianity must be ready for His sudden intervention [Matthew 25:1-13; Revelation 3:10; 3:15-19] .... some will be ready, and some will not
Discover the unique literary structure of the visions and how they roll back and repeat as the narrative moves forward across the Lord's timing, within each passage, and in relationship to one another
Discover that many of them are compressed and a single passage may cover a vast period of time on the earth and then the next will roll back and repeat the same with more details given
This adventure through the prophetic scriptures is well worth the trip and the study, and it is essential for those who are called to interpret His intents related the past, present, and future
.... and to know who this unmatched incredible being composed of both God and human who is the creator of all things, who has no limitations, and who has no boundaries
Israel, Islam, and the Middle East
The mixing of the Middle East populations of the adherents of Islam round about the returned remnant part of Israel today are the focus of the visions of the Bible prophets reserved for the time of the end of this present age [Daniel 2:40-43; 8:23-25]
A must read for the serious student of Bible prophecy:
http://www.askelm.com/people/peo016.htm
The scriptures of the Lord's Word totally refute the claims of these other off spring of Abraham who embrace the Islamic folly of "god" granted rights to the land of Israel
The only solution for the current stand off is the return of Israel's Messiah and King, Jesus Christ, who will bring the time of "Jacob's trouble" pressuring His people Israel
His visitation will result in the restoration of the kingdom to a believing remnant part during this 70th week decreed for the nation
The scriptures point to the Middle East as the setting for the time of the end .... to Israel and to the nations round about .... the surrounding enemies of Israel and the Lord
These modern day Islamic states are referenced in the prophetic scriptures here:[Psalms 83; Ezekiel 36; 38; Daniel 2:40-43; 7:7-25; 8:23-25; Joel 2:20; 3; Obadiah 1:1-21; Micah 5:5-6; Zechariah 12; 14; Luke 21:20-24]
Mapping references for the ancient core lands of the post flood era with modern names and current borders:
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/syria.htm
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iraq.htm
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iran.htm
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/turkey.htm
The ancient post flood "land" of Magog [northern Iraq today] is the same core region that produced the next rulers of the Middle East .... the ancient Assyrian Empire [the northern Baban intransigent unbelieving world which will last for 2550 days [1260 days + 1260 days + 30 days] [Psalms 2, Daniel 9, 12; Revelation 6:12-17]
Satan, his beast, false prophet, and angelic and human followers will be in the open on the earth at the beginning of this time frame [Jude 1:6;Revelation 9:1-11; 9:13-19; 11:7; 12:3-4; 12:7-12; 13:1-4; 13:11-18]
These will proceed to cause great stress and destruction upon the earth, destroy the great city part of MBG [of western origin], fend off opposition from nations outside of the Middle East, and invade and occupy Israel at the middle of the 70th week decreed [Revelation 12:12; 8:6-12; 14:8; 17:16-18; 18:1-21; Ezekiel 38; Daniel 9:26-27; 11:41; [the other prince and his followers]; Zechariah 12, 13, 14; Matthew 24:15-16; Luke 21:20-24;]
The coming battle of Armageddon will begin with the Lord on the ground in the Jordanian wilderness [Bozrah/Petra] where a believing remnant of Israel will flee for His protection when invaded by Satan's beast in the little horn of Daniel's visions at the Middle of the 70th week decreed for the nation [Isaiah 63:1-4; Ezekiel 38; 39; Daniel 11:41; Zechariah 14:3-5; Matthew 24:15-16; Revelation 12:6; 12:14]
He will destroy the beast's garrisons surrounding the remnant and then proceed to Israel where He will rout the beast and his fola of the unfulfilled portions of the Bible prophets’ visions will play out
Satan is addressed by the Lord as “gog” in Ezekiel 38 [Ezekiel 38:17] and 39; and the human little horn viewed in Daniel’s visions, and in Micah 5:5-6, as the “Assyrian” will rise out of the same region to do satan’s bidding on the earth at the end of this present age
Notice the map setting with north eastern Turigrations out of the Middle East
This same setting will be the region at the time of the end of this present age when Satan will cause a human rebellion against the Lord and will lead the Muslim populations against Israel [Daniel 2:40-43; 8:23-25]
These inhabitants are of the same original stock of the post flood settlements, mixed together, and confederated by the religion of Islam
Genesis
10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth [northern Iran]; Gomer [northern Iran], and Magog [northern Iraq], and Madai [northern Iran], and Javan [eastern Turkey], and Tubal [eastern Turkey], and Meshech [eastern Turkey], and Tiras [eastern Turkey].
10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush [Nimrod], and Mizraim [Egypt], and Put [Syria], and Canaan [Syria].
10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [southern Iraq].
10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh [Mosul Iraq area], and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great e against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I hgn by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Joel
2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles [of the Middle East]; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves togethe
Revelation
9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star [Satan] fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon [Satan's beast in the little horn of Daniel's visions, a human king of the northern Middle East] [Daniel 7:7-25; 8:9-12; 8:23-25; 9:26-27 [the other prince that shall come]; 11:36-45; 12:7]
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads [his 7 kingdoms of the Middle East …. 5 past and 2 future] and ten horns [10 confederated kings of his 7th kingdom], and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. [the satanically empowered ruler of the ancient and future Middle East]
17:8 The beast that thou sawest was [was ruling], and is not [now is not ruling]; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition [will come out of the abyss to rule again and subsequently destroyed by the Lord]: 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, and is not, and yet is
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sittethers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
8:5 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.
The destruction of the “great city” part of Mystery Babylon the Great [the core of western civilization] at the beginning of the Lord’s hour [time] of trial and judgment
Revelation
8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up [Revelation 17:16].
8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain [kingdom] burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood [polluted];
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed [the surrounding coastal waters of the “great city”].
8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star [Satan’s arrival] from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood [poison]: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 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 [caused by the massive burning and destruction filling the earth’s atmosphere].
14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth [by the 144000 Israelites who are sealed], and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people [Revelation 7:1-4],
14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication [this devastating judgment will have far reaching effects across the entire earth turning the planet into a blade runner society].f for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more
The Lord will revisit the land mass where the "great city" once stood and break it into 3rd's during the battle of Armageddon at the end of the coming tribulation period [Ezekiel 38:18-20]
Revelation
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Satan’s Ploy
When Satan saw that the Lord created humans of our kind in His image he immediately came to the earth for the purpose of disrupting and ultimately destroying the Lord’s plan for human destiny
There is a particular geographical area on the earth where this confrontation between the Lord and Satan over the human being has been and will be fought, and it located in the Middle East in the Mesopotamian region of the Euphrates and Tigris River basin
The modern map shows this early post flood settlement region where the Middle Eastern states of Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran converge today
The Lord uses ancient post flood land identifiers for describing this same region where the end time drama of the unfulfilled portions of the Bible prophets’ visions will play out
Satan is addressed by the Lord as “gog” in Ezekiel 38 [Ezekiel 38:17] and 39; and the human little horn viewed in Daniel’s visions, and in Micah 5:5-6, as the “Assyrian” will rise out of the same region to do satan’s bidding on the earth at the end of this present age
Map Reference
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/iran.htm
Notice the map setting with north eastern Turkey being in the region of Mount Ararat, Syria containing the Upper Euphrates River, northern Iraq including the upper Tigris River, and the northern portion of Iran all in convergence
Genesis
2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
2:11 The name of the first is Pison [Uizun River]: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon [Aras River]: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel [Tigris River]: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Satan appears in the Garden of Eden at the onset of human creation for the purpose of mocking the Lord and deceiving the first humans
Genesis
3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
The Bible’s later focus is upon the lands where the first humans settled after the flood, and not their further migrations out of the Middle East
This same setting will be the region at the time of the end of this present age when Satan will cause a human rebellion against the Lord and will lead the Muslim populations against Israel [Daniel 2:40-43; 8:23-25]
These inhabitants are of the same original stock of the post flood settlements, mixed together, and confederated by the religion of Islam
Genesis
10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth [northern Iran]; Gomer [northern Iran], and Magog [northern Iraq], and Madai [northern Iran], and Javan [eastern Turkey], and Tubal [eastern Turkey], and Meshech [eastern Turkey], and Tiras [eastern Turkey].
10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush [Nimrod], and Mizraim [Egypt], and Put [Syria], and Canaan [Syria].
10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and against thee, O Gog, the chief prince [head prince of the fallen angels] of Meshech and Tubal:
38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
38:5 Persia [Iran], Cush [Iraq], and Put [Syria] with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
38:6 Gomer [Iran], and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters [Turkey], and all his bands: and many people with thee.
38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? [The Lord calls Satan out]
The battle of Armageddon where the Lord will defeat Satan, his fallen angelic host, and the “ Assyrian little horn and his followers
Ezekiel
38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal
39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Joel
2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles [of the Middle East]; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about [surrounding Israel].
3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Micah
5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
The battle front at Armageddon and the destruction of Satan’s beast and followers
Revelation
9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
9:15 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. [these are fallen angelics]
9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous at watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
The Lord is looking at the post-flood nesting of the nations with His eye on the same location where He will draw Satan and his minions including the melting pot of the same human inhabitants to their defeat at the end of this present age
Many miss this essential precept when studying the prophetic visions by attempting to trace migrations of the early post flood inhabitants out of the Middle East to other nations of the earth and drawing false conclusions with regard to end time events
Satan is still brooding over this ancient "land" of Magog and his brothers .... waiting to make his last and final move to destroy Israel and to defeat the Lord in this present age .... but he will fail
His beast in the little horn will be destroyed in the lake of fire, the human little horn and his following will become bird food with their remains buried in order to cleanse the land, and Satan will be captured and imprisoned in the abyss for 1000 years so that he cannot deceive the nations of the Lord's coming millennial kingdom on the earth [Revelation 19:11-21; 20:1-6]
70 x 7's
This is the biblical 70 weeks [Jewish heptads] of years decreed for national Israel .... this time frame is specifically related to Daniel's people and reaches from the release of the Babylonian captives to return to re-build the city of Jerusalem to the Lord's cutting off at the cross bringing the end of the 69th week .... the balance [the 70th week] is still pending today just after the fullness of the Gentiles has been added to the Lord's church [Romans 11:25-36] .... then He will turn His focus upon a regathered remnant part of ethnic Israel for the purpose of pressuring the nation [the time of Jacob's trouble] [Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 38;39; Daniel 9:24-27; 12:1-7; Joel 2; 3; Zechariah 12:13:14] and bringing His wrath and judgment upon an intransigent unbelieving world [Psalms 2; Revelation 6:12-17; 11:18]
The time frame of all unfulfilled visionary prophecy is still future. All fulfilled prophecy has been fulfilled through the end of the 69th week of the 70 weeks of years decreed for national Israel. A week of years is the Jewish “heptad”. Each year represents 360 literal prophetic days. This calculates to a 7 year period of time or 2,520 days. The 69 weeks of years represent a time period of 173,880 prophetic days or 483 years
This time frame began at the decree to return and build the city Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity [under Persian rule] in 445 B.C. 483 prophetic years lapsed in about 33 A.D. and the Lord was then cut off at His first coming. There is one “heptad” (one 7 year period) remaining for the completion of the decreed amount of total time of 490 years and this 7 year period is still future [Daniel 9; 12]
It is significant that the nation of unbelieving Israel is existing as an independent political entity in the land of Israel today after many centuries of domination by the Gentiles and exile from their land. They are there to experience the coming 70th week decreed for the nation which is still pending
Israel's continuous intransigence against the Lord's providence and direction has resulted in the loss of His personal guidance and direction. Israel is still in this condition at the present time. His long term preservation of Israel's national identity is specifically for His ultimate plans and purposes ..... not Israel's self-generated nationalism [Jeremiah 30; Ezekiel 36; 37; 38; 39]
The years following the reign of Israel's prominent kings David and his son Solomon included political division of the nation and subsequent invasion and assimilation of ten of the tribes of Israel by the Assyrians. Successive dominance of the remainder of the nation followed by the three empires of neo-Babylon, Persia, and Grecia
The neo-Babylonians conquered what was left of the remnant, took many captives, and relocated the population. It was under the rule of the next empire, Persia, that a remnant of Israel was allowed to return to the land of Israel [445 B.C.]. This began the count down of the 70 weeks of years [490 literal prophetic years]. 483 years have lapsed with one 7 year period yet to be experienced by Israel after their second return from the nations of the Gentiles to the land of Israel [Daniel 9:24-27]
If the death of Jesus occurred around 33 A.D. then the following calculation can be made. The time lapse would be 444 calendar years to the first century from 445 B.C. plus 33 additional years to equal 477 years. The conversion factor for 360 day prophetic years can be calculated by dividing 365 by 360 which is 1.0138. Prophetic years are shorter so there are more of them included in the time frame of 477 calendar years
There are 483.5826 [477 x 1.0138] prophetic years in the time frame. If one adjusts this result by leap year days, the final calculation is very close to 483 years [69 weeks of years]. Daniel's vision of the time frame allows for this amount of time to lapse after which the Messiah Prince would be cut off and have nothing
The last segment of 7 years [1 week of years] is still yet future and requires Israel's return in part to the Land of Israel from the nations. This final 7 years will include future prophetic events leading up to the visible return of Israel's Messiah who is Jesus Christ
The covenant of 70 weeks of years is described in the 9th chapter of Daniel. The Lord will confirm this covenant by executing the last 7 years including the 6 objectives that will be met for national Israel at the time of the end which is still pending. These objectives must be met for national Israel at that time since most of the nation has been and is in the state of unbelief. Some will turn and accept their Messiah and King, Jesus Christ
This period will be exactly 2,520 prophetic days long and there will be another 30 days and 45 days added. The Lord will turn on satan's beast and his kingdom of followers and destroy it during the 30 day period ending with the battle of Armageddon. The Lord will then appear to the world and gather all of the mortal survivors of the tribulations of the 70th week and separate them for entrance into His kingdom during the next 45 days
Satan and his fallen angelics are coming to the earth at the beginning of the 70th week and it will take the first 1,260 days for him to develop his kingdom in the Middle East including the invasion and occupation of Israel, Jerusalem, and the temple mount. He will also gain a large human following and these will worship him as a god. He will then rule over the Middle East for the next 1,260 days [42 months]. The Lord will then force him and his human followers to Armageddon and destroy his kingdom within the next 30 days
There is nothing of earthly events recorded in the scope of visionary prophecy between the end of the 69th week and the beginning of the 70th. The end time frames of the O.T. visions of the prophets, the Lord’s discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, and Revelation beginning in chapter 4 are all about the 70th week which is still pending
The Lord’s discourse in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 concerning the time of the end is all focused upon the generation of national Israel that will be living during the 70th week. No known events on the earth are included in the time lapse between the end of the 69th week [about 33 A.D.] and the beginning of the future 70th week. There have been many attempts to insert them, but they are not there. All of the time lapse of last 2,000+ years up to this very day is not included in the visions
For example, the Roman invasions of Israel in 70 A.D. are not presented in the scope of the visions. These events occurred long after the 69th week and were certainly not part of the 70th which is still pending. The people of the prince that shall come [satan's beast in the little horn, king of the northern Middle East] were not the Romans in the first century
These will be the followers of the this king during the 70th week. The 6th king "position" that John sees, the king that "is", will be the little horn of Daniel's visions and not a Roman king in the first century. John sees the "things that shall be hereafter" .... the coming 70th week
The Lord also addresses the mystery kingdom of the Church [composed of a few Israelites and many Gentiles] in the parables of Matthew 25. His focus is on His “harpazo” action which will divide professing christianity into those that are ready .... and those that are not. The first [both dead and living together] will be immortalized and the balance will remain to experience the tribulations of 70th week
Some of national Israel and of the nations will repent and turn to the Lord during His hour of trial and judgment, but most will not. Many of these who turn will be martyed for their faith and a few will survive the period. The development of this mystery kingdom [the church] was revealed at Pentecost and will be completed when the fullness of the Gentiles are added [Romans 11:25]
The precept of the time frame of the 70 weeks of years decreed for national Israel must be applied to all unfilled prophecy written in scripture for correct and accurate exegesis of the prophetic scriptures. All of the content of future events can be identified and these will fit exactly into this time frame
Most traditional interpretations do not incorporate this method of exegesis and all of them have difficulties that require some level of apologetics, selective allegory, contextual extraction, misapplication of scriptures, and elimination of the same. I would suggest the student of Bible prophecy test the precept of the 70 weeks decreed against all known scriptural passages related to visionary prophecy. I will be glad to assist any one with reconciliations related to the pre-conceptions of other views
