Thursday, October 13, 2022

ABERNACLES END TIME PROPHECY #4

 Continued  from  previous  last post



Deception Escalates



In Matthew 24:11, Jesus prophesies that in the tribulation period, "many false prophets will arise and lead many astray." The apostle Paul provides a similar teaching in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11.

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false.


(WELL  THE  FALSE  PROPHET  WILL  HAVE  MANY  UNDER  HIM,  A  STRUCTURE  OF  CHURCH  GOVERNMENT  BUILT  UPON  AND  LIKE  THE  ROMAN  EMPIRE  -  Keith Hunt)



Notice that the lawless one (the antichrist) is energized and empowered by Satan. We learn from Scripture that Satan is the father of lies (John 8 A4). Satan is a master deceiver and the greatest among all liars. His lies are typically religious, distorting the biblical picture of God, Jesus, and the true gospel.

Because Satan is the father of lies, the one whom he energizes— the antichrist—-will also be characterized by lies and deception. The false signs and wonders that the antichrist performs will cause all the more deception because they will seem to exalt the antichrist as God among us.

 Even worse, Satan will blind the minds of human beings so that they cannot perceive the truth. Second Corinthians 4:4 tells us that "the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

Tragically, unbelievers during the tribulation period will have turned their backs on God, so God will hand them over to a powerful delusion. God desires all to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4-6), but many refuse God's truth and offer of salvation. When that happens, God eventually allows them to experience the full brunt of the consequences of falsehood (see Romans 1:18-25). The book of Revelation indicates that the unrepentant will experience those consequences during the second half of the tribulation, also known as the great tribulation.



(ALL  TRUE  BUT  FOR  THE  "SECOND  HALF"  OF  THE  TRIBULATION  PERIOD.  WE  ARE  ALREADY  IN  THE  "LORD'S  DAY"  SINCE  REVELATION 6  AND  THE  LAST  WORDS,  WITH  A  FEW  INSET  CHAPTER  HERE  AND  THERE.  THE  BOOK  OF  REVELATION  HAS  A  STEP  BY  STEP  FLOW,  WITH  INSET  CHAPTERS  HERE  AND  THERE. SEE,  MY  STUDY  OF  REVELATION  UNDER  "THE  NEW  TESTAMENT  BILE  STORY,  ON  MY  WEBSITE  -  Keith Hunt)



The deception will be enormous. It seems to kick into highest gear at the midpoint of the tribulation. Scripture provides many evidences for this.


(THERE  IS  NO  MID-POINT,  FOR  THERE  IS  NO  7 YEARS,  ONLY  42  MONTHS  -  Keith Hunt)



Revelation 12:9, for example, tells us that at the midpoint of the tribulation, "the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world-—-he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." Once he is on the earth, he will either empower or indwell the antichrist to engage in deception.



(THIS  DOES  NOT  TAKE  PLACE  IN  THE  MIDDLE  OF  7  YEARS,  BUT  JUST  BEFORE  THE  LAST  42  MONTHS  OF  THIS  AGE  -  Keith Hunt)



In chapter 13, we are told that the false prophet carries out the bidding of the antichrist in engaging in deceptive acts. "By the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived" (Revelation 13:14). Many will fall for the deception.



(FOR  THE  TRUTH  ON  CHAPTER  13,  SEE  MY  STUDY  CALLED  "THE  BEASTS  OF  DANIEL  AND  REVCELATION"  ON  MY  WEBSITE   -  Keith Hunt)



This deception will finally end at the second corning of Christ. "The beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur" (Revelation 19:20). Multitudes will suffer deception and receive the mark of the beast.



(YES  IT  IS  SO  -  THE  MAN  BEAST  AND  THE  RELIGIOUS  FALSE  PROPHET,  WHO  COMES  IN  THE  NAME  OF  GOD,  CLAIMING  HIS  MIRACLES  WORKING  POWERS  COME  FROM  GOD.  CLAIMING  HIS  CHURCH  IS  THE  TRUE  CHURCH  OF  GOD  -  Keith Hunt)



Satan will be bound during Christ's millennial kingdom "so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended" (Revelation 20:3, see also verses 8,10). Deception will relentlessly flow from the satanic trinity—-the antichrist, the false prophet, and Satan—during the great tribulation.



The Bowl Judgments


We earlier witnessed the unleashing of the seal judgments, involving bloodshed, famine, death, economic upheaval, a great earthquake, and severe cosmic disturbances (Revelation 6). We then witnessed the unleashing of the trumpet judgments, involving hail and fire mixed with blood, the sea turning to blood, water turning bitter, further cosmic disturbances, affliction by demonic scorpions, and the death of a third of humankind (Revelation 8:6-9:21).



(THE  LATTER  PART  IS  IN  THE  "DAY  OF  THE  LORD"  -  Keith Hunt)



Now, finally, the worst judgments of all fall on the earth during the great tribulation—the bowl judgments. A brief perusal of Revelation 16 reveals that these will be horrific days to be alive on the earth.

First bowl judgment. "The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image" (verse 2).

Second bowl judgment. "The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea" (verse 3).

Third bowl judgment. "The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!'" (verses 4-6).

Fourth bowl judgment. "The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire. They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory" (verses 8-9).

Fifth bowl judgment, "The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds" (verses 10-11).

Sixth bowl judgment. "The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. ('Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!') And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon" (verses 12-16).

Seventh bowl judgment: The final bowl judgment is addressed in verses 17-21. However, because this judgment is unleashed in connection with the campaign of Armageddon, I will address it later.


Despite the horror of these woes from the hand of God, people will continue to harden their hearts. They will utterly refuse to repent and turn to God. Many of these will have fallen for the antichrists deceptive promises and will end up in the lake of fire, like the antichrist and the false prophet.

And yet there is still time to repent and turn to God. As we are about to see, the gospel of the kingdom will be preached even in the midst of this pervasive rejection of God.



(THE  ABOVE  HE  HAS  CORRECT -  BUT  THIS  ALL  TAKES  PLACE  IN  THE  "DAY  OF  THE  LORD."  -  Keith Hunt)



The Gospel of the Kingdom


Matthew 24:14 tells us that during the tribulation period, "this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." Even though persecution and affliction will be widespread, and even though many will harden their hearts against God, God will nevertheless have witnesses on earth who are committed to spreading His message about Jesus Christ and the coming kingdom.

Just as John the Baptist and Jesus in the Gospels often preached that the kingdom of God was near, so God's witnesses will do the same during the tribulation period. Jesus Christ will clearly be presented as the divine Messiah, the King who will rule in the coming kingdom. "William MacDonald and Arthur L. Farstad note, "The gospel of the kingdom is the good news that Christ is coming to set up His kingdom on earth, and that those who receive Him by faith during the Tribulation will enjoy the blessings of His Millennial Reign."12

Those who turn to the King during the tribulation period will be granted entrance into Christ's thousand-year millennial kingdom, but those who reject the King will be forbidden entrance. Indeed, at the judgment that takes place following Christ's second coming, Christ will divide all people into two groups—sheep and goats (believers and unbelievers). The sheep (believers) will be invited into Christ's millennial kingdom, but the goats (unbelievers) will be sent into punishment (see Matthew 25:31-46).

The book of Revelation makes it clear that many will respond to this gospel of the kingdom. In the end, there will be "a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands" (Revelation?).



(ALL  THE  ABOVE  SECTION  IS  TRUE  INDEED.  I  AGREE.  BUT  REMEMBER  THIS  IS  IN  THE  "DAY  OF  THE  LORD'S  WRATH"  WHICH  IS  FOR  3  AND  1/2  YEARS  OR  42  MONTHS.  WELL  TO  BE  SPECIFIC  WE  HAVE  WITHIN  THOSE  42  MONTHS, THE  TRIBULATION AND  THE  DAY  OF  THE  LORD.


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To be continued



END  TIMES  CHRONOLOGY  DEBUNKED  



The End of the Tribulation


From  the  book  by Ron Rhodes


IN THIS CHAPTER


The Campaign of Armageddon Begins:  



Phase 1: The Antichrists Allies Assemble for War.. 

Phase 2: Commercial Babylon Is Destroyed  

Phase 3: Jerusalem Falls and Is Ravaged  

Phase 4: The Antichrist Moves South Against

the Remnant  

Phase 5: Israel Endangered and Regenerated  

Phase 6: Jesus Christ Returns in Glory  

Phase 7: The Final Battle Erupts  

Phase 8: Christ Victoriously Ascends to the Mount of Olives  


The Campaign of Armageddon Begins


Scripture reveals that human suffering will steadily escalate during the seven-year tribulation period. 



(THERE  IS  NO  7  YEAR  PERIOD  -  IT  IS  42  MONTHS  AS  GIVEN  IN  REVELATION  -  Keith Hunt)



First are the seal judgments, involving bloodshed, famine, death, economic upheaval, a great earthquake, and cosmic disturbances (Revelation 6). 



(THE  FIRST  4  SEALS  LEAD  UP  TO  THE  5TH  SEAL  WHICH  IS  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  TRIBULATION,  THE  DESTRUCTION  OF  THE  12  TRIBES  OF  ISRAEL  AND  THE  PERSECUTION  AND  KILLING  OF  THE  SAINTS  OF  GOD.  THE  HEAVENLY  SIGNS  ARE  AFTER  THIS  TRIBULATION  AND  BEFORE  THE  DAY  OF  THE  LORD  OR  WRATH  OF  THE  GREAT  DAY  OF  GOD,  AS  I'VE  SHOWN  YOU  BEFORE  AND  IN  OTHER  STUDIES  ON  MY  WEBSITE  -  Keith Hunt)



Then come the trumpet judgments, involving hail and fire mixed with blood, the sea turning to blood, water turning bitter, further cosmic disturbances, affliction by dernonic scorpions, and the death of a third of humankind (Revelation 8:6-9:21). Then come the bowl judgments, involving horribly /gainful sores on human beings, more bodies of water turning to blood, the death of all sea creatures, people being scorched by the sun, total darkness engulfing the land, a devastating earthquake, and much more (Revelation 16).



(THE  TRUMPETS  ARE  IN  THE  DAY  OF  THE  LORD,  WHICH  USING  A  DAY  FOR  A  YEAR  IN  PROPHECY,  MAKES  THE  DAY  OF  THE  LORD  ABOUT  ONE  YEAR  IN  LENGTH  -  THE  LAST  YEAR  OF  THE  42  MONTHS  OF  REVELATION.  MOST  OF  REVELATION  IS  TO  DO  WITH  THAT  TIME  PERIOD  -  Keith Hunt)



Worse comes to worst, however, when these already traumatized human beings are engaged in a catastrophic war campaign called Armageddon (see Daniel 11:40-45; Joel 3:9-17; Zechariah 14:1-3; Revelation 16:14-16). This takes place at the very end of the tribulation period. Millions of people will perish in the worst escalation of conflict ever to hit the earth.



(ARMAGEDDON  HAS  NOTHING  TO  DO  WITH  DANIEL  11: 40-45  -  Keith Hunt)



The word Armageddon literally means "Mount of Megiddo" and refers to a location about 60 miles north of Jerusalem. This is the location of Baraks battle with the Canaanites (Judges 4) and Gideons battle with the Midianites (Judges 7). This will be the site for the final horrific battles of humankind just prior to the second corning.

Napoleon is reported to have once commented that this site is perhaps the greatest battlefield he had ever witnessed. Of course, the battles Napoleon fought will dim in comparison to Armageddon. So horrible will Armageddon be that no one would survive if it were not for Christ corning again (Matthew 24:22).



(THE  TRUTH  IS  IT  IS  THE  5TH  AND  6TH  TRUMPETS,  THE  BATTLE  BETWEEN  THE  WEST [HOLY  ROMAN  EMPIRE]  AND  THE  EAST [RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN, KOREA, JAPAN]  IS  THE  WAR  THAT  MUST  BE  CUT  SHORT,  BY  THE  COMING  OF  CHRIST,  OR  NO  FLESH  WOULD  BE  SAVED  ALIVE,  AS  JESUS  TAUGHT  IN  MATTHEW 24  -  Keith Hunt)



Armageddon will involve an extended, escalating conflict, and it will be catastrophic. In view of all that occurs at Armageddon, it would be wrong to refer to it as a battle, as if it were a single event. We will see that the campaign of Armageddon actually involves eight phases.



(MAYBE....WE  SHALL  SEE  WHAT  HE  SAYS  -  Keith Hunt)



Phase 1: The Antichrist's Allies Assemble for War


The allied armies of the antichrist will gather for the final destruction of the Jews. Demonic spirits "go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.. .And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon" (Revelation 16:14,16).



(IT  HAS  NOTHING  TO  DO  WITH  THE  JEWS,  OR  ANY  FINAL  DESTRUCTION  OF  THEM.  ACCORDING  TO  THIS  GUY,  EZ. 38, 39  HAS  TAKEN  PLACE,  SO  THEN  HAS  EZ. 39:29  AND  YOU  KNOW  WHAT  I'M  GOING  TO  SAY.....YEP ....

HAVING  GOD'S  SPIRIT,  THE  JEWS  WILL  BE  IN  THE  SUPPOSED  "SECRET"  RAPTURE,  AND  WILL  NOT  BE  AROUND,  BUT  BE  IN  HEAVEN  WITH  THE  OTHER  SECRET  RAPTURED  SAINTS  -  Keith Hunt)



The assembling of these armies actually takes place at the unleashing of the sixth bowl judgment. The Euphrates River will be dried up, thereby making it easier for the armies of the east to assemble. The Euphrates River-—-the longest river of Western Asia (almost 1800 miles)—begins in modern-day Turkey, heads toward the Mediterranean Sea, then turns south, flows more than 1000 miles, converges with the Tigris River, and then flows into the Persian Gulf. Many ancient cities, including Ur and Babylon, are located at various points along the river.



(NOW  GET  THE  PICTURE  -  THE  BOWL  JUDGMENTS  ARE  PART  OF  THE  7TH  TRUMPET SOUND.  IT  IS  THE  LAST  TRUMP.  IT  IS  THE  VERY  DAY [24  HOUR  PERIOD]  OF  CHRIST'S  RETURN.  THE  DRYING  UP  OF  THE  EUPHRATES  IS  SYMBOLIC,  FOR  A  MODERN  SPACE-AGE  ARMY  WILL  NOT  NEED  THE  EUPHRATES  TO  DRY  UP,  THEY  CAN  JUST  FLY  OVER  IT  WITH  HUGE  AIRCRAFT  THAT  CARRY  SOLDIERS  AND  TANKS  AND  WHATEVER,  A  MODERN  SPACE-AGE ARMY  WILL  HAVE  -  Keith Hunt)



Who are the kings of the east? Bible scholars have varying opinions. In fact, a survey of 100 prophecy books reveals more than 50 different interpretations as to who they are. Some suggest that it may refer to the seven kings of Daniel 7 who have submitted to the authority of the antichrist. However, prophecy scholar John E Walvoord suggests another interpretation.


The simplest and best explanation, however, is that this refers to kings or rulers from the Orient or East who will participate in the final world war. In the light of the context of this passage indicating the near approach of the second coming of Christ and the contemporary world situation in which the Orient today contains a large portion of the worlds population with tremendous military potential, any interpretation other than a literal one does not make sense.1


This is what makes the Euphrates River significant. This river is the primary water boundary between the Holy Land and Asia to the east. Theologian Charles Ryrie comments, "The armies of the nations of the Orient will be aided in their march toward Armageddon by the supernatural drying up of the Euphrates River." The drying up of this river is predicted in Isaiah 11:15.


The goal of the coalition will be to once and for all destroy the Jewish people. Each member of the satanic trinity will be involved—Satan, the antichrist, and the false prophet. Demons will also be involved in summoning the kings of the earth.



(I  DO  AGREE  IT  IS  THE  ARMIES  OF  THE  EASTERN  POWERS  THAT  ARE  COMING  OVER  THE  EUPHRATES.  THE  BEAST/BABYLON  HOLY  ROMAN  EMPIRE  WILL  BE  ALREADY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  HOLY  LAND  AND  JERUSALEM.  THE  5TH  AND  6TH  TRUMPETS  HAVE  OCCURRED  -  A  MIGHTY  BATTLE  BETWEEN  EUROPE  AND  THE  EATERN  POWERS.  ALL  THERE  IS  LEFT  TO  DO  IS  THE  SPEAR-HEADS  OF  THE  WEST  AND  EAST  TO  BATTLE  IT  OUT  IN  THE  HOLY  LAND  AT  THE  PLAIN  OF  ARMAGEDDON  - Keith Hunt)



The summons will be reinforced by demonic activity to make sure that the nations will indeed cooperate in assembling their armies together. These demonic messengers will be empowered to perform signs in order to assure compliance and defeat any reluctance to fall into line on the part of the other kings.2



(TRUE  DEMONIC  POWERS  ARE  WITH  THE  BEAST  BABYLON/ROMAN  EMPIRE  OF  THE  WEST  -  Keith Hunt)



Phase 2: Commercial Babylon Is Destroyed


Revelation 17-18 reveals that the antichrist will rebuild and revive Babylon in the end times. It will be a worldwide economic and religious center. When the late Saddam Hussein was in power, he spent more than a billion dollars in oil money to rebuild the city, essentially as a monument to himself.



(THE  IDEA  OF  A  LITERAL  BABYLON  IN  IRAQ  TO  BE  THE  WORLDWIDE  ECONOMIC  AND  RELIGIOUS  CENTER  OF  THE  WORLD,  IS  SO  FAR OUT,  SO  RIDICULOUS,  SO  LAUGHABLE,  IT  HARDLY  NEEDS  COMMENT  ON.  THE  BABYLON  OF  REVELATION,  LIKE  ALL  OLD  PROTESTANT  BIBLE  COMMENTARY  BOOKS  LIKE  ALBERT  BARNES,  ADAM  CLARKE,  ALL  COULD  SEE  THAT  ROME  OR  THE  PAPACY  WAS  BEING  MEANT  BY  THESE  LAST  CHAPTERS  OF  REVELATION  -  Keith Hunt)



Earlier in the book, I noted that the antichrist will set up headquarters in Jerusalem halfway through the tribulation period, when he will claim to be God and set up an image of himself in the Jewish temple.



(IT  WILL  BE  AT  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  42  MONTHS  OF  REVELATION  THAT  THE  FALSE  PROPHET  ANTICHRIST  WILL  MOVE  INTO  JERUSALEM,  AND  IT  WILL  HAVE  NOTHING  TO  DO  WITH  A  "JEWISH"  TEMPLE.  THE  ORTHODOX  JEWS  TEACH  ONLY  THE  MESSIAH  CAN  BUILD  THE  NEXT  PHYSICAL  TEMPLE  IN  JERUSALEM,  WHEN  HE  COMES  -  Keith Hunt)



At some point in the latter half of the tribulation period-—-we are not told precisely when-—-the antichrist will shift his headquarters to Babylon, which will become a global commercial center. Babylon at this time will likely be in control of the oil fields (and the money these fields generate) in the Middle East. This Babylonian commercial center will be destroyed during phase 2 of Armageddon.



(ALL  A  BUNCH  OF  ABSOLUTE  NUTTY  GARBAGE  OF  FALSE  IDEAS  ABOUT  BIBLE  PROPHECY.  IT  IS  SO  FAR  OUT  I  WANT  TO  LAUGH,  BUT  THIS  FELLOW  IS  SERIOUS  ABOUT  IT.  THE  IDEA  OF  "OIL"  IS  AGAIN  SO  OUT  OF  TOUCH  WITH  WHAT  IS  HAPPENING  IN  THE  WORLD,  IT  IS  AMAZING  HOW  SILLY  THE  HUMAN  MIND  CAN  BE  AT  TIMES.  THE  USA  IS  IN  2013  CLOSE  TO  BE  OIL  SUFFICIENT,  WITH  NEW  OIL  FIELDS  AND  OFF-SHORE  OIL.  

THE CANADIAN OIL-SANDS OF  ALBERAT/SASKATCHEWAN  CAN  SUPPLY  ALL  OF NORTH  AMERICA  WITH  OIL [IF  WE  NEVER  MOVED  AWAY  FROM  ITS  USE]  FOR  100  YEARS  OR  MORE,  AND  THESE  PROTESTANT  PROPHETS  ARE  STILL  HUNG-UP  ON  "OIL"  -  IT  IS  UNBELIEVABLE  -  Keith Hunt)



What an irony we have here. While phase 1 of Armageddon is underway, with the antichrist preparing his armies to attack Israel, God will cause a military force to attack the antichrists headquarters of Babylon.



(MORE  UTTER  GARBAGE  AND  SILLY  NONSENSE -   I  SHAKE  MY  HEAD  AS  TO  THE  IDEAS  OF  THESE  PROTESTANT  PROPHETS  -  Keith Hunt)



Several key passages describe the utter destruction of Babylon in association with Armageddon.


Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be an utter desolation; everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled, and hiss because of all her wounds. Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord ...

How Babylon has become a horror among the nations! I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and caught, because you opposed the Lord. The Lord has opened his armory and brought out the weapons of his wrath...

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her (Jeremiah 50:13-14,23-25,40).

Isaiah 13:19 informs us that Babylon "will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them." 



(THE  BABYLON  OF  END  TIME  BIBLE  PROPHECY  IS  AS  ALL  OLD  PROTESTANT  BIBLE  COMMENTARIES  KNEW,  AS  THEY  KNEW  THE  BABYLON  OF  THE  BOOK  OF  REVELATION  -  IT  IS  THE  MODERN  BABYLON  OF  EUROPE;  IT  IS  THE  RESURRECTION  OF  THE  LAST  END  TIME  HOLY  ROMAN   EMPIRE  OF  EUROPE;  IT  IS  THE  EUROPE  OF  THE  PAPACY  -  Keith Hunt)



The book of Revelation is graphic in its description of commercial Babylon's destruction.


Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more; and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more, and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth" (Revelation 18:21).



(THIS  IS  THE  BABYLON/ROMAN  PAPACY  EMPIRE  THAT  WILL  BE  DESTROYED  BY  THE  ARMIES  OF  THE  EAST  IN  THE  6TH  TRUMPET  CALL  OF  REVELATION  9  -  Keith Hunt)



Who will attack Babylon and the antichrist? A military coalition from the north.


For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her...

Behold, a people comes from the north; a mighty nation and many kings are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth. They lay hold of bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy. The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea; they ride on horses, arrayed as a man for barrle against you, O daughter of Babylon! (Jeremiah 50:9,41-42).



(YES,  FROM  THE  NORTH  AND  AS  REVELATION  GIVES,  FROM  THE  EAST  -  THE  NATIONS  OF  RUSSIA,  CHINA,  INDIA,  PAKISTAN,  KOREA,  JAPAN - ALL  WILL  COME  AS  THE  6TH  TRUMPET  TO  DESTROY  THE  BABYLON  OF  A  EUROPEAN  PAPACY  EMPIRE  -  A  DAUGHTER  OF  BAYLON,  A  7TH  AND  FINAL RESURRECTED  HOLY  ROMAN  EMPIRE  OF  EUROPE  -  Keith Hunt)



Just as God used the Babylonians in Old Testament times as His rod of judgment against Israel, so now God uses a northern coalition as His whipping rod against Babylon. Just as Babylon showed no mercy in its oppression of Israel, so God now shows no mercy to Babylon.


(TRUE,  I  DO  AGREE  -  Keith Hunt)



When Babylon is destroyed at the end of the tribulation period, the antichrist will not be present in the city. He will be told of its destruction by messengers (see Jeremiah 50:43; 51:31-32). He becomes all the more enraged.



(EUROPE  BABYLON  WILL  BE  DESTROYED  IN  THE  DAY  OF  THE  LORD,  IN  THE  6TH  TRUMPET  SOUND  OF  REVELATION  9.  THE  FALSE  PROPHET  ANTICHRIST  WILL  BE  IN  THE  HOLY  LAND  AT  THIS  TIME,  WITH  THE  "BEAST  MAN"  AND  THEIR  ARMIES  -  Keith Hunt)



Phase 3: Jerusalem Falls and Is Ravaged


Phase 2 of Armageddon involved the destruction of the antichrists capital of Babylon. However, even the destruction of his capital is not enough to distract him away from his goal of destroying the Jewish people. So instead of launching a counterattack against the northern military coalition that wiped out Babylon, the antichrist and his forces instead move south to attack Jerusalem. This constitutes phase 3 of Armageddon. 



(ALL  A  BUNCH  OF  NONSENSE  AND  A  VERY  IN-CORRECT  UNDERSTANDING  OF  BIBLE  PROPHECY  -  Keith Hunt)



We read about it in Zechariah 12:1-3.


Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him: "Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it."



(THIS  IS  ACTUALLY  TALKING  ABOUT  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  42  MONTHS  -  THE  LAST  3  AND  1/2  YEARS  OF  THIS  AGE.  JERUSALEM  WILL  BE  THE  FOCAL  POINT  FOR  THE  BEAST  POWER  OF  EUROPE  AND  FOR  MANY  NATIONS  OF  THE  EAST  ALSO.  "ALL  NATIONS  OF  THE  EARTH"  IS  LIKE  SAYING  "ALL  THE  WORLD  TO  BE  TAXED" [LUKE 2:1]  -  BRASIL,  ARGENTINA,  KOREA,  ETC.  DID  NOT  COME  TO  BE  TAXED  OR  ENROLLED,  SO  NOT  EVERY  SINGLE  NATION  ON  EARTH  WILL  COME  UP  TO  JERUSALEM  TO  FULFIL  THIS  PROPHECY  EITHER.  ALL  EXPLAINED  FULLY  IN  MY  EXPOUNDING  OF  ALL  THE  PROPHETIC  BOOKS  OF  THE  BIBLE  ON  MY  WEBSITE -  Keith Hunt)



Zechariah 14:2 adds this: "I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city."

Notice that all the nations of the world gather against Jerusalem. Sadly, many prophecy scholars believe this includes the United States.



(SOME  JEWS  AND  PEOPLE  WILL  REMAIN  IN  JERUSALEM  BUT  WILL  BE  UNDER  THE  POWER  OF  THE  BABYLON  BEAST  OF  PAPACY  EUROPE,  AS  THE  LAST  42  MONTHS  NOW  BEGIN.  THE  IDEA  ABOUT  THE  USA  IS  AGAIN  SO  LAUGHABLE  AND  SO  INCORRECT  IT  HARDLY  IS WORTH  ANY  COMMENT  -  Keith Hunt)



Elsewhere in this book I noted the strong possibility that following the rapture of the church, the United States will likely become an ally of the revived Roman Empire—the United States of Europe.


(AGAIN  SO  INCORRECT  AND  LAUGHABLE  -  OH  THE  SILLY  IDEAS  OF  PROTESTANT  PROPHETS  THAT  HAVE  NO  CLUE  ABOUT  UNDERSTANDING  CORRECTLY  BIBLE  PROPHECY  -  Keith Hunt)



In any event, with heavy losses on both sides, Jerusalem will fall and be ravaged in the face of this overwhelming attack force. The antichrists armies gain initial victory. However, as we will see, Israel will soon attain ultimate victory through the direct intervention of its Messiah.



(AT  THE  END  OF  THE  42  MONTHS  JERUSALEM WILL  BE  FREED,  ISRAEL  AND  JUDAH  WILL  BE  REGATHERED  FROM  THEIR  ENEMIES,  THE  MESSIAH  WILL  COME  -  ISAIAH  11  -  Keith Hunt)



To be continued



Continued  from  previous  post:


Phase 4: The Antichrist Moves South Against the Remnant



Not all of the Jews are in Jerusalem when the antichrist and his forces attack. Recall that in the middle of the tribulation period, the antichrist will break his covenant with Israel and exalt himself as deity, even putting an image of himself in the Jewish temple. Christ, in His Olivet Discourse, warns the Jews to flee for their lives as quickly as possible (Matthew 24:15-31). Many of the Jews apparendy flee to the deserts and mountains (verse 16), perhaps in the area of Bozrah or Petra, about 80 miles south of Jerusalem. This escape from Jerusalem in described in Revelation 12.


The woman [a metaphor referring to Israel] fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.. .The woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time (verses 6,14).

The antichrist now targets this remnant of Jews. They sense impending doom as the forces of the antichrist'gather in the rugged wilderness, poised to attack and annihilate them. From an earthly perspective, they are helpless and defenseless. This sets the stage for phase 5 of Armageddon.


(AS  STATED  BEFORE  THERE  CANNOT  BE  ANY  JEWS  FOR  THEY  WERE  GIVEN  THE  SPIRIT  OF  GOD...EZ.39:29....HENCE  IN  THE  "SECRET"  RAPTURE [WHICH THERE  WILL  NOT  BE]  USING  THIS  MAN'S  CHRONOLOGY.


THERE  IS  NO  MIDDLE  OF  THE  TRIBULATION [7  YEARS  TOTAL  AS  THEY  CLAIM];  THERE  IS  NO  TEMPLE  EITHER.  BUT  YES  THE  ANTICHRIST [FALSE  PROPHET]  WILL  COME  AGAINST  JERUSALEM  WITH  ARMIES  OF  THE  HOLY  ROMAN  EUROPE  BEAST.


THIS  IS  AT  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  LAST  42  MONTHS,  AND  AS  JESUS  SAID,  THOSE  IN  JERUSALEM  HAD  BETTER  FLEE! 


REVELATION  12............. 


AND  THE  "WOMAN"  IS  NOT  JEWS  OR  ISRAEL  BUT  THE  TRUE  CHURCH  OF  GOD [THE JEWS DO NOT HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST- THEY REJECT HIM STILL]. SOME  WILL   GO  TO  THE  WILDERNESS  AND  FIND  SAFETY,   OTHERS  WILL  NOT  AND  BE  PERSECUTED  AND  
KILLED  BY  THE  BABYLON/ROME  BEAST  -  


Keith Hunt)



Phase 5: Israel Endangered and Regenerated



The remnant of Israel is endangered and acutely aware that the forces of the antichrist have gathered to destroy them. However, the Jews spiritual blindness is removed, and they call out to their Messiah, Jesus Christ, and experience national regeneration.


As a backdrop to understanding the significance of this, recall the words of the apostle Paul (himself a Jew who turned to the Messiah) in Romans 11:25: "I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in." Paul also tells us, "Israel who pursued a law that ' would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone," which is Jesus Christ (Romans 9:31-32).

Put another way, Israel sought a relationship with God by means of a righteousness earned by keeping the law. Instead of seeking a faith-relationship with God through Christ, they instead sought to earn a relationship with God by doing everything that the law prescribed (see Galatians 2:16; 3:2,5,10).

Failure was unavoidable, for to attain righteousness by observing the law, the Jews would have had to keep it perfectly (James 2:10), which no man is capable of doing. To make matters worse, they refused to admit their inability to perfecdy keep the law and turn by faith to God for His forgiveness. They rejected Jesus Christ as the Messiah, refusing to turn to Him in faith, because He did not fit their preconceived ideas about the Messiah (see, for example, Matthew 12:14,24). They "stumbled" over Him.

As a result, a partial judicial blindness or hardness of heart came upon Israel. Israel thus lost her favored position before God, and the gospel was then preached to the Gentiles so the Jews would become jealous and be saved (Romans 11:11). Israels hardening and casting off is thus only temporary.


(YES  WITH  ALL THAT  I  AGREE  -  Keith Hunt)


Now fast-forward to the campaign of Armageddon. The armies of the antichrist are gathered in the desert wilderness, poised to attack the Jewish remnant. At this desperate point, the Jews finally repent and turn to their divine Messiah.



Hosea 6:1-3 indicates  that  the  Jewish leaders  will  call  for  the  people of the nation to repent, and their collective repentance will take two days.


Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.


(THIS IS ABOUT ALL ISRAEL GAINING A HOPE  OF LIFE AND SOME RESTORATION DURING THE

THIRD YEAR OF THE LAST 3 AND 1/2 YEARS OF  THIS AGE. IT IS NOT ABOUT REPENTANCE TO  SALVATION PER SE, BUT HOPE OF LIVING AS  A PEOPLE ONCE MORE; REALIZATION THEY  WILL NOT ALL PERISH FROM OFF THE EARTH,  BUT WILL HAVE GOD HELP THEM SURVIVE  -  Keith Hunt)



Whereas Jewish leaders once led the Jewish people to reject Jesus as their Messiah, now they urge repentance and instruct all to turn to Christ. This the remnant will do, and they will be saved.

This is in keeping with Joel 2:28-29, which informs us that there will be a spiritual awakening of the Jewish remnant. It would seem that Armageddon will be the historical context in which Israel finally becomes converted (Zechariah 12:2—13:1). In terms of chronology, the Israelites will confess their national sin (Leviticus 26:40-42; Jeremiah 3:11-18; Hosea 5:15) and then be saved, thereby fulfilling Paul's prophecy in Romans 11:25-27. In dire threat at Armageddon, Israel will plead for their newly found Messiah to return and deliver them (Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 23:37-39; see also Isaiah 53:1-9), and their deliverance will surely come (see Romans 10:13-14). Israel's leaders will have finally realized the reason why the tribulation has fallen on them—perhaps because the Holy Spirit will enlighten their understanding of Scripture, or because of the testimony of the 144,000 Jewish evangelists, or because of the testimony of the two prophetic witnesses.




(Many things completely wrong,  except the coming  repentance of all Israel [Jews are only three tribes] eventually as they are brought back and restored in the Holy Land, at and after Christ has returned, to bring them  from the nations of the earth - see Isaiah 11.

Jesus will deliver them from captivity. Everywhere in the prophets where you read about Christ's return, Israel and Judah are in captivity to their enemies.

Just before the "day of the wrath of God" "the day of the Lord" [last verse of Revelation 6] and just before the 7 trumpets  being to sound, there are 144,000 from the tribes of Israel, sealed with God's spirit - Revelation 7. They will be in the resurrection at Christ's coming; the rest of the Israelites that will live on, will return to the Holy Land, as Jesus [saints and angels] lead them back - again see Isaiah 11.

They are the ones who will then in the first years of the millennium, have no walls, bars, gates - they will be at rest and secure, knowing the Messiah is living among them, and He will be their protection.

These will be the Israelites, that Gog and Magog and others will come against, to take a spoil, as given in Ezekiel 38 and 39, whom the Lord Jesus  will destroy. For He will be among them, and Israel will have God's Spirit poured out on them - they will be repentant converted people - Ezekiel 39:29 - Keith Hunt) 


It is sad to recognize that according to Zechariah 13:7-9, some two-thirds of the Jewish people will lose their lives during the tribulation period. However, one-third—the remnant—will survive, turn to the Lord, and be saved (see Isaiah 64:1-12).


(ACTUALLY  ONLY  ONE  TENTH  OF  ISRAELITES  WILL  LIVE  TO  SEE  JESUS  RETURN,  SO  SAY  THE  PROPHETS  OF  THE  BIBLE  -  AMOS 5:3 - Keith Hunt)


Later, in the millennial kingdom, Israel will experience full possession of the promised land and the reestablishment of the Davidic throne. It will be a time of physical and spiritual blessing, the basis of which is the new covenant Jeremiah 31:31-34).


(AND  THEY  ARE  THE  ONES  WHOM  GOG  AND  MAGOG  COME  AGAINST  IN  EZEKIEL  38  AND  
39  -  Keith Hunt)



Phase 6: Jesus Christ Returns in Glory



The prayers of the Jewish remnant are answered! The divine Messiah returns personally to rescue His people from danger. The very same Jesus who 'ascended into heaven comes again at the second coming (Acts 1:9-11).

The second coming will involve a visible, physical, bodily return of the glorified Jesus. Apokalupsis Is a key New Testament Greek word used to describe the second coming of Christ. It carries the basic meaning of "revelation," "visible disclosure," "unveiling," and "removing the cover" from something that is hidden. The word is used of Christ's second coming in 1 Peter 4:13: "Rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed?

Epiphaneia is another Greek word used of Christ's second coming in theNewTestament. It means "to appear" or "to shine forth." In Titus 2:13 Paul speaks of "waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ." In 1 Timothy 6:14 Paul urges Timothy to "keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing o£ our Lord Jesus Christ."

The second coming will be a universal experience in the sense that every eye will witness the event. "Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him" (Revelation 1:7). Jesus referred to this as well. "Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" (Matthew 24:3 0).

Moreover, in verse 29, Jesus explains that His return will be accompanied by magnificent signs in the heavens. Christ will come as the King of kings and Lord of lords with many crowns on His head— crowns that represent absolute sovereignty. His eyes will be like blazing fire (Revelation 19:11-16).

Old Testament prophetic Scripture reveals that Jesus returns first to the mountain wilderness of Bozrah, where the Jewish remnant is endangered (Isaiah 34:1-7; 63:1-6; Habakkuk 3:3; Micah 2:12-13). They will not be endangered for long!


(ALL  CORRECT  BUT  FOR  THE  LAST  PARAGRAPH.  JESUS  DOES  NOT  RETURN  TO   BOZRAH.  YOU  CAN  SEE  THE  VERSES  GIVEN  ABOVE  BY  RHODES  AND  MY  TRUE  EXPLANATION  OF  THEM  AS  I'VE  GIVEN  IN  EXPOUNDING  ALL  THE  PROPHETIC  BOOKS   OF  THE  BIBLE.  JESUS  COMES  FROM  THE  CLOUDS  OF  HEAVEN  TO  THE  MOUNT  OF  OLIVES  -  1  THES.  4  AND  ZECH.  14.


YES,  ALL  NATIONS  DURING  THE  DAY  OF THE  LORD  SHALL  EXPERIENCE  THE  WRATH  OF  GOD,  BUT  JESUS  COMES  FROM  THE  AIR  AND  CLOUDS  OF  EARTH  TO  THE  MOUNT  OF  OLIVES,  AS  HE  DESTROYS  THE  ARMIES  AT  THE  BATTLE  OF  ARMAGEDDON - Keith Hunt)



 Phase 7: The Final Battle Erupts



At Jesus' second coming, He will confront the antichrist and his forces and slay them with the word of His mouth. The description of the second coming in the book of Revelation makes it clear that the enemies of Christ suffer instant defeat.


Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a name of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:11-16).


And so instant deliverance comes to the Jewish remnant. The antichrist and his forces are poised for attack against the remnant in the wilderness. The remnant has no chance of survival. The Jewish leaders urge the remnant to repent and turn to Jesus the Messiah. That is when the second coming of Christ occurs.



(NOT  SO!  THE  ISRAELITES  ARE  IN  ALL  PARTS  OF  THE  EARTH, ESPECIALLY  THE  BEAST  POWER  OF  EUROPE,  THE  LAST RESURRECTION  OF  THE  HOLY  ROMAN  EMPIRE.  NO  SPEAR-HEAD ATTACK  ON  SOME  JEWS  IN  SOME  ONE  LOCATION  AT  ALL. ISRAELITES  ARE  DELIVERED  FROM  ALL  PARTS  OF  THE  EARTH  BY JESUS  WHEN  HE  COMES  AGAIN,  AND  BROUGHT  BACK  TO  THE  HOLY LAND  -  THAT  IS  CLEARLY  WHAT  IS  TAUGHT  IN  ISAIAH  11 - Keith Hunt)




Christ defeats all who stand against Israel. The antichrist will be slain. Habakkuk 3:13 prophesies of Christ's victory over the antichrist: "You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck." Likewise, in 2 Thessalonians 2:8 we read of the antichrist, "whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.''

The antichrist will be impotent and powerless in the face of the true Christ. All the forces of the antichrist will also be destroyed from Bozrah all the way back to Jerusalem (Joel3:12-13; Zechariah 14:12-15; Revelation 14:19-20). What a wondrous day that will be.




(THE  BATTLE  OF  ARMAGEDDON  AND  THE  AGE  TO  COME  IS  FULLY  EXPOUNDED  FOR  YOU  IN  A  STUDY  ON  MY  WEBSITE  CALLED  "ARMAGEDDON  AND  THE  AGE  TO  COME" - UNDER  THE  PROPHECY  SECTION,  WHERE  THERE  ARE  DOZENS  OF  STUDIES  -  Keith Hunt)




Phase 8: Christ Victoriously Ascends to the Mount of Olives


In the final phase of the campaign of Armageddon, Jesus Christ victoriously ascends to the Mount of Olives. We read about this in Zech-ariah 14:3-4.

Then the Lokd will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.

Then the seventh bowl judgment will be unleashed.

The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe (Revelation 16:17-21).


Clearly, when Christ ascends to the Mount of Olives, some cataclysmic events will bring an end to the tribulation period.


 An earthquake of globally staggering proportions (compare with Revelation 8:5 and 11:19). The whole earth will feel its effects. Mountains will be leveled. Islands will vanish. The topography of the earth will be drastically changed.

Jerusalem will be split into three areas.

The Mount of Olives will split into two parts, creating a valley.


There will be a horrific hail storm, and the sun and moon will be darkened (see Joel 3:14-16; Matthew 24:29).



(THE  AUTHOR  HAS  GOT  THE  HEAVENLY  SIGNS  IN  THE  WRONG  PLACE.  MATTHEW  24:29  AND  REVELATION  6  AND  JOEL  3,  MAKE  IT  CLEAR  THAT  THE  HEAVENLY  SIGNS  COME  AFTER  THE  TRIBULATION,  BUT  BEFORE  THE  "DAY  OF  THE  LORD."  THERE  WILL  BE  SOME  HEAVENLY  MIRACLE  SIGNS  DURING  THE  DAY  OF  THE  LORD  -  Keith Hunt)




As these terrible events subside, the tribulation period finally comes to a close. But judgments nevertheless remain on the horizon—the judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31-46) and the judgment of Israel (Ezekiel 20). Both of these judgments precede Christ's millennial kingdom.


(WELL  YES  FOR  SURE  THERE  WILL  BE  JUDGMENT  ON  NATIONS  AND  THE  TRIBES  
OF  ISRAEL  BEFORE  JESUS  REIGNS  IN  JERUSALEM.  AND  JUDGMENT  ON  NATIONS   IF  THEY  DO  NOT  OBEY  GOD  AFTER  CHRIST  HAS  RETURNED  -  NOTE  ZECH.  14  Keith Hunt)

..........


To be continued

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