END TIMES CHRONOLOGY DEBUNKED
The End of the Tribulation
From the book by the late 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 THE BOOK OF 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 - SO AT THE PRESENT [DEEC. 2024] WE ARE IN A PICNIC ON A WARM SUNNY DAY. WHAT COMES IN THE LAST 42 MONTHS IS A NIGHT-MARE , AND IF NOT STOPPED ALL HUMAN FLESH ON EARTH WOULD PERISH— SO SAID JESUS 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 SAY - 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 - TONGUE IN CHEEK— 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 TRUMPET HAS 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. 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 TOSALVATION 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.
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(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.
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(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)
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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.
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(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)
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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).
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(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)
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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)
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To be continued
