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Bible Prophecy and the Signs in the Heavens
Prophetic Events According to
Their Progressive Fulfilment
Dennis Griffith
Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................... 1
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel (597BC-42AD) ............... 3
Rev 1-3 – Message to the Churches (42AD-81AD) ..... 15
Rev 5 – The Book with the Seven Seals (Around 81AD) ................................................................................ 18
The First Seal (96 – 192AD) ...................................... 31
The Second, Seal (193 – 222AD) ............................... 32
The Third Seal (223-235AD) ..................................... 33
Forth Seal (235 – 284AD) ......................................... 34
Fifth Seal (Historical Overview) ................................. 35
Sixth Seal (284-313AD) ............................................ 37
Rev 7 - The 144,000 and the Great Multitude (Historic
Overview) ................................................................. 39
Seventh Seal (313-387AD) ........................................ 42
The First Trumpet (387-410AD)................................ 44
The Second Trumpet (410-434AD) ............................ 45
The Third Trumpet (437-453AD) .............................. 46
The Forth Trumpet (453-467AD) .............................. 47
The Fifth Trumpet (467-717AD) (The First Woe) ....... 48
The Sixth Trumpet (717-1453AD) (Second Woe) ....... 51
Rev 10 - The Little Book (1453-1500AD) ................... 54
Rev 11 The Two Witnesses (1500 – Sep 23, 2017) ..... 56
Rev 11: 15-19 The Seventh Trumpet – Messiah’s Reign
Foreseen (Sep 13, 2017) ........................................... 65
Rev 12: 1-2 – The Woman Appears (Virgo: Dec, 2016 – Nov, 2017) ............................................................... 67
Rev 12:3-6 The Red Dragon (Serpens Dec 25, 2017) . 72
Rev 12: 5-17 The Rod of Iron (Libra: Jan 2018 - Nov 2018) ...................................................................... 74
Rev 13 - The Beast (Scorpio: Nov, 2018 - Nov, 2019) 83
Rev 14 – The Conquering Lamb (Sagittarius: Nov 2019-
Nov 2020) .............................................................. 112
Rev 15:1-5 Another Sign in Heaven (Capricornus: Nov 2020 – April 2021) ................................................. 116
Rev 16, The Seven Bowls of GOD’s Wrath (Aquarius:
April 2021 – April 2022)(The Third Woe) ................ 120
Rev 17 The Doom of Babylon The Great Whore (Pisces: April 2022 – June 2023) ........................................ 124
Rev 18 Babylon Is Fallen (Aries: June 2023 – April 2024)
(The beginning of the three and one-half years when the mystery of GOD is revealed) ................................... 128
Rev 19 - The Coming of Messiah (Taurus: April 2024 – April 2025) ............................................................ 133
Rev 20 –Satan Bound the Church Gathered (Gemini:
April 2025 – June 2026) ........................................ 137
Rev 21 New Heaven and New Earth and the Weeding Supper of the Lamb (Cancer: June 2026 – April 2027)
............................................................................. 140
Rev 22 The Promised Land is Taken (Leo: April 2027 – Eternity) ................................................................ 144
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Introduction
This book covers Bible prophecy starting with the seventy
weeks of Daniel and going through the book of Revelations. As you
will discover the prophecies of the Bible are laid out and have been
fulfilled in sequential order. You will also see that you can place a
date stamp on each and every prophecy that is in the Bible. By
doing this, Bible prophecy comes alive with an order and a meaning
that makes perfect sense. If you are like me, I could never make
sense of prophecy using the dispensational method of
understanding prophecy. They try to jumble everything into a
seven-year tribulation period that is not even mentioned in the
Bible. As you will see, most of Bible prophecy has already been
completed. When you see how and when prophecy was completed
you will be amazed at how easy it is to understand the entire
prophetic picture.
If you are familiar with the book of Daniel, you will
remember that Gabriel told Daniel to close up the book of the
vision that he had received. As a result, Daniel did not finish giving
the details of his vision. The remainders of the details of this vision
are given in the book of Revelations. John opened back up the book
that Daniel was told to close. John saw the same vision that Daniel
had seen so that he could now finish giving us the details of the
vision.
The book of Daniel and Revelations were written in code.
This is because only those who were earnestly seeking the Kingdom
of GOD are to be given the understanding of these books. Once one
becomes familiar with the various coded messages of the Bible it
starts to become clear what the message reveals. To start with, one
needs to understand the layout of the book of Revelation. The book
is divided into:
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1) "the things which thou hast seen" - events of chapter 1,
which are things that happened in the past.
2) "the things which are" - the seven churches that existed at
that time and to which John wrote in chapters 2 and 3,
3) "the things which shall be hereafter" - events from chapter
4 until the end of chapter 22. These things began shortly
after John’s time. The things, which are coming after, are
coming for the purpose to prove and perfect the Church of
GOD. These things happen in the sequence laid out in the
Bible. Now that they have happened, we can look back in
history and say this is that which happened.
For us, in our time, the things that shall be hereafter start in
chapter 12 of Revelations. The prophecies of Daniel through
Revelations 11 are all in the past. In Revelations 12, there is a sign
in heaven. This sign appears in the heavens on 23 Sep 2017. This
sign is the starting point for the end time events. We are very close
to the end, much closer than most people realize!
As you read this, you will find that this is very different from
the dispensational point of view that we have been fed by a false
church. Get ready to understand Bible prophecy for the first time
as it unfolds before your very eyes.
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The Seventy Weeks of Daniel (597BC-42AD)
Anyone who has the slightest knowledge of Bible Prophecy
has heard of the seventy weeks of Daniel. This is in reference to
Daniel 9:23-27 where the angel Gabriel spoke to Daniel and told
him that there were seventy weeks assigned to Daniel’s people.
As we go through these scriptures, you will see that the
seventy weeks that GOD gave to Daniel’s people is about the
transfer of the Kingdom from the Aaronic Priesthood over to the
Messianic Priesthood. What you will discover is that YEHOVAH
assigned seventy weeks for the covenant to go on under the
Aaronic Priesthood. As the seventy weeks ended, Yeshua came on
the scene. After His death and resurrection, the Kingdom is
transferred from the sons of Aaron to Yeshua Messiah. We will go
through this verse-by-verse:
23 "At the beginning of your supplications the command was
issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed;
so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision.
Daniel had been praying and interceding for several weeks
on behalf of his people, the Jews (The House of Judah), which were
in captivity in Babylon. To answer Daniel’s prayer YAH sent the
angel Gabriel with the answer to his prayers concerning his people
who were the captives of the Babylonians.
24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.
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This verse establishes a time line for Daniel’s people, and it
gives the reason for the time line. Seventy weeks were established.
The word “weeks” is from the Hebrew word shaw-boo'-ah, which
means, “literally sevened, that is, a week (specifically of years).” So,
a “week” is seven years and seventy weeks means seventy weeks
of years. In YAH’s reckoning of time every seventh year is a Sabbath
year, so there were seventy Sabbath years established for Daniel’s
people. The total for Seventy Sabbath year amounts to four
hundred and ninety years.
The purpose of the seventy weeks has to do with the
covenant of YEHOVAH with His people. It is the wrapping up of the
old covenant with the sons of Aaron as High Priests and the
ushering in of the new covenant where Yeshua Messiah will
anointed to be the High Priest.
Gabriel begins by telling us that there have been seventy
weeks decreed for the people and for the holy city; then he ends
the sentence by telling us that the most holy place will be anointed.
This is referring to a shift in the way the temple is structured in the
age of the Messiah. During the time of the old covenant, the temple
was the dwelling place for YEHOVAH’s Shekinah glory to dwell. The
priesthood of the old covenant presided over a temple made of
stones. Under the new covenant, the Shekinah glory will dwell in
the hearts of GOD’s people.
The most holy place is the body of Yeshua Messiah. Yeshua
alluded to this in the gospels, such as John 2:18-21, where He said
to the Jews, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it
up." The Jews therefore said, "It took forty-six years to build this
temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" But He was speaking
of the temple of His body.” We also are told this in Revelations
21:22, “And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty,
and the Lamb, are its temple.” So as you can see, the temple is no
longer made of brick and stones, but now it is the body of the
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Messiah Yeshua. This Temple will soon include the bride, the body
of Messiah.
In the Bible, when someone is anointed it means he has
been chosen by YEHOVAH to hold a position over Israel. The Kings
and High Priests of Israel are anointed as a sign that they have been
given the title and position of their office. In this case Yeshua is not
only Anointed to be King and Priest, but also to house the Shekinah
Glory of the Most High.
Yeshua was anointed to take over the office of High Priest
by the woman in the Pharisees house when she poured a bottle of
perfume on His feet. It is significant that this took place while
Yeshua was in the presence of the leadership of Israel. Yeshua had
this to say to the Pharisee when this took place, "You did not anoint
My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.
(Luke 7:46) This was a rebuke of the political and spiritual leaders
of Judah. The Pharisees did not recognize their Messiah and anoint
Yeshua to be King and Priest over Israel. Instead, YEHOVAH had to
send this woman to anoint the Most Holy Place, Yeshua Messiah.
The anointing of Yeshua signaled that the Aaronic Priesthood was
ending to be replaced by the Priesthood of Yeshua Messiah.
Because this happened when Yeshua was in the presence of the
leadership of Israel YEHOVAH was sending a message that a new
leader was now anointed to take the office and given the position
of leadership over Israel.
This is similar to the story of David. When David was
anointed to be King of Israel, his anointing was a message to Saul
and to the nation of Israel that the office of the King had been
removed from Saul and given to David. It was years later before the
change took place but it did take place.
When Gabriel said, “To finish the transgression, to make
an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in
everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy,” all this
has to do with the change is the structure of the covenant. Man
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continually transgressed the Law because the Priesthood was
ineffective at bringing man close to GOD. Also, the sacrifice of
animals was not able to take away sin. Now as High Priest and as
our eternal sacrifice, Yeshua is able transform man so that he will
not continue to transgress the Law, thus bringing in everlasting
righteousness. Yeshua’s sacrifice effectively atoned for our sins;
therefore, he made an end to sin for those who will accept Him.
Yeshua was the result of hundreds of prophecies concerning His
coming, thus sealing up prophecy.
25-26 "So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. “Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing…
The decree to rebuild Jerusalem went out in about 445 BC.
From that time, until the Temple was rebuilt, it took seven weeks
or forty-nine years. This brings us to the time of Ezra who rebuilt
the temple and re-established the sacrifice. The book of Ezra tells
the story of how in times of distress this was completed.
Now for the next sixty-two weeks, or four hundred and
thirty four years the Mosaic covenant resumed. This brings us to
the time of the Messiah. Once these sixty-two weeks concluded
sixty-nine weeks of the prophecy had been fulfilled. At this time,
Yeshua was cut off. He was cut off, rejected and executed by His
people. Yeshua was cut off from his earthly Kingdom and from
being the High Priest of His people, of which he had been anointed
by YEHOVAH. He ascended to Heaven where He waits to return and
take His Kingdom.
From the time that Yeshua was cut off, there was one week,
or seven years left in the time frame given by Gabriel. This is where
modern theologians add a gap and say that because Yeshua was
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cut off there is a gap in the time frame given by Gabriel. They say
that the final seven years will take place just prior to Jesus returning
to the earth. Scripture does not support this theory.
The context of what Gabriel was saying has to do with the
time frame given to Daniel’s people to carry on with the covenant.
During their captivity, Daniel was the leader of the Jews (The House
of Judah) and Daniel’s concern was for his people. This is the
context of what Gabriel was telling Daniel. Gabriel told Daniel that
YEHOVAH assigned seventy sevens for his people. After the seventy
sevens, YEHOVAH’s dealing with His people would be over under
the Mosaic covenant with the sons of Aaron as priests. From that
point in time forward the Jews would no longer deal with the
Aaronic Priesthood concerning matters of spiritual worship and
access to GOD, they will now deal with Aaron’s predecessor the
Messiah.
As a whole, Judah rejected the Messiah and He was cut off.
Daniel’s people were supposed to be a Royal Priesthood who would
take the message of YEHOVAH around the world in order to draw
as many into the Kingdom as would come. They were supposed to
demonstrate GOD’s Law and the blessings that came along with
keeping His Law. Rather than doing this, they continued in a cycle
of transgression and judgment. The Mosaic covenant was not
accomplishing its intended purpose so YAH assigned an end to it,
and it ended at the end of the seventy weeks.
Because the Messiah was cut off does not mean that the
time frame stopped. After Yeshua was crucified and cut off there
were still seven years left for Daniel’s people. What happened
during this time is that the followers of Yeshua went forth to all of
the Jews, both in Judea and all over the world, to preach the Gospel
of the Kingdom. Remember, the Gospel was to go to the Jew first
and then to the Gentile. Within the remaining seven years, every
Jew in every city around the world was located, given the gospel of
the Kingdom, and told about Yeshua Messiah. Once all of the Jews
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received the good news of the Messiah, the seventy weeks of
Daniel ended along with the old covenant where the sons of Aaron
held the office of High Priest.
The end of the seventy weeks of Daniel took place around
the year 42 on the Julian calendar. From this point forward, you
could no longer access YAH through the sons of Aaron. Matters
concerning the Kingdom and access to YEHOVAH would now go
through Yeshua Messiah. YEHOVAH would no longer deal with man
through the Mosaic covenant where the sons of Aaron were
Priests. The Law was now officially transferred to Yeshua. Take note
that the Law was not done away with but it was transferred. The
Law was never done away with; instead, it was just transferred to
Yeshua, who is now King and Priest of Israel.
It was at about this time that Paul and Peter received their
commission to take the Gospel to the Gentiles. The Gentiles were
now to be given the Gospel of the Kingdom to see what they would
do with it. In this next verse, Gabriel is explaining what would
happen after the seventy weeks were over and the time of the
gentile’s begins.
27 …and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."
This scripture covers the time from the destruction of the
temple until the final forty-two month period at the end of the age,
when the beast is destroyed. There are many scriptures about this
forty-two month period. Sometimes it is called “1260 days,” and
sometimes “a times, time and half a time,” but all of these are
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talking about this same period of time when the beast breaks his
covenant with Judah. It will be during this three and one half year
period that YEHOVAH’s wrath will be poured out and the Beast
Empire will be destroyed.
The prince who is to come is easy to identify because we
know who the people were that destroyed Jerusalem and the
Temple. Gabriel first used of the word prince in reference to the
true Messiah. So the prince who is to come is one who is similar to
the Messiah, but of course, he is not the true Messiah because he
is tied to the people who destroyed the temple. We all know that
the people who destroyed the temple were the Romans. What this
means is that the prince who is to come is tied to the Roman
Empire. It is easy to see who this prince is because he is the prince
who is worshiped by the Holy Roman Catholic Church. He is the one
who is lawless because he nailed the law to the cross. Over time,
his name became known as Jesus. Jesus is the prince who is to
come. He took the place of the true prince, Yeshua, who was cut
off.
We all know that the word antichrist means in place of, so Jesus,
the one who was to come, took the place of the true Messiah.
Those who follow this false messiah have done away with the Law
and they have changed times and season. Christianity is based
upon sun god worship, plain and simple. Their worship is based
upon the sun god cult that was created at the Tower of Babel.
Christianity does not keep a single commandment of the Bible.
Here are some examples of this:
Instead of keeping the Passover Christianity keeps
Easter. It seems that everyone knows that Easter is the
bare breasted goddess of fertility and sexual desire
except for Christians.
Instead of keeping the feast of Tabernacles, Christians
keep Christmas. How is it that Christians do not
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understand that they are actually worshipping Nimrod
the founder of the sun god cult when they keep this
holiday?
Instead of keeping the Sabbath, which is the seventh day
of the week, Christians worship on the first day of the
week and celebrate the “venerable day of the sun god,”
Sunday.
The gospel of the Kingdom was replaced by the gospel of
grace. Christianity ignores the message of the Kingdom
because of the next item on this list.
Yehovah’s word is about the institution of Divine Law,
but Christianity has taken the stance that the Law was
done away with. This makes Christianity lawless and this
ties Christianity to the lawless one.
I could go on for many chapters to show how Christianity
abandoned the true Messiah and created a lawless messiah of its
own. There is a very distinct difference between the prince that is
to come, Jesus, and the true prince, Yeshua, and these where just
a few of the hundreds of examples that I could give.
“And its end will come with a flood.” The word flood is used
figuratively here. Strong’s defines flood as: a deluge (literally or
figuratively): - flood, outrageous, overflowing. With this definition
in mind, you can see that Jerusalem was figuratively flooded by the
Roman army and destroyed.
Now Gabriel goes on to say, “…even to the end there will
be war; desolations are determined.” Gabriel told us that this is
what is going to happen to Jerusalem from that point forward.
There have been around forty-nine wars fought over Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has remained completely desolate since that time. Even
today, the desolation continues with the Muslim Mosque setting
on the temple mound and every pagan religion being practiced in
Jerusalem.
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The desolation was not contained just to Jerusalem,
however. During the time when the Roman Catholic Church
reigned supreme under the banner of Jesus Christ was the most
desolate time the earth has ever known. It was so desolate that it
is called the dark ages. It was not until the Church’s strangle hold
on the world was broken that the world started to experience some
relief from the desolations. Because of Great Britain’s and later the
United States movement toward Godly principles, the earth has
seen a glimpse of the blessings that can come from God. Even then
it is a far cry from what it could have been had we been following
the true Messiah.
Now Gabriel’s message takes us to the end of the age. The
rest of what Gabriel said is yet in our future.
28 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one
week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice
and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come
one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one
that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."
The Roman or Beast Empire, which now is manifest as the
ten toes of Daniel’s statue, and who follows their anti-messiahs,
will soon make a covenant with the remnant of Daniel’s people,
(the House of Judah), which is modern day Israel. Remember, the
beast is a worldwide Empire that is still in control of the world
today. It now controls the world through the United Nations and
the United States is the leader of this federation. Satan, the beast
who makes desolate through his Beast Empire, under the banner
of its false-messiah, will soon make a covenant with the nations of
the world claiming that he can bring peace to the earth. I will talk
more about this later.
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Since the rebirth of the nation of Israel, every President of
the U.S. has tried to cause Israel to make some type of covenant
with her enemies. It will be interesting to see how all this will play
out, but Gabriel tells us that it has been decreed, “a complete
destruction.” All of those who chose not to follow the true Messiah
will be destroyed. Like in the days of Noah, the flood of GOD’s
indignation will soon come upon the earth and there will be a
complete destruction of the wicked.
As you can see the seventy weeks of Daniel is about the
transference and superseding of the Priesthood from the sons of
Aaron to Yeshua Messiah, along with a brief description of the
times of the gentiles.
The purpose of this beast empire is to be a deluding
influence. Those who will just blindly follow this beast when it does
not follow the dictates and patterns laid down by the Bible will be
exposed for their hatred of the true GOD. Yeshua told us that if we
love Him we would keep His commandments. Since Yeshua and the
Father are one, Yeshua’s commandments are the Father’s
commandments, so if we love Yeshua we will keep the
commandments as they are written down for us in the Torah. If you
refuse to do this, finding some way to rationalize your refusal to do
so, then you are deluded and do not love the true GOD of the Bible.
One of the curses being released is the worship of a false god. That
false god with its empire rose up shortly after the Apostles died off
and the world still worships it today.
Daniel 10, 11 and 12
The events of Daniel 10 and 11 were all fulfilled in the past.
They took place during the time of Daniel. Many want to put these
events into the future and this is why dispensational prophecy does
not make any sense. The events of Daniel 11 actually describe the
Beast Empire during the seventy weeks of Daniel. They describe the
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fall of the Grecian Empire and the rise of the Roman Empire. They
describe how the Roman Empire came to power and how it became
the dominating force at the time when Yeshua walked the earth. A
good article that describes these events is found on the web site
www.herealittletherealittle.net and read the article entitled Daniel
11, which is an expose outlining the historic events described in
Daniel 11.
On the other hand, Daniel 12 is looking into the future and
is speaking of the end-times. In Daniel 12: 11-12 the angel gives a
timeline for us to use:
Dan 12:11-12 "And from the time that the regular sacrifice is
abolished, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will
be 1,290 days. (12) "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and
attains to the 1,335 days!
Notice that blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to
the 1335th day. This goes along with the book of Revelations where
many times the phrase “he who overcomes” is used. He who
overcomes will attain. Here in the book of Daniel it is telling us
exactly how long we have to wait to attain. By “attain,” the angel is
talking about attaining the Kingdom. This verse gives a very precise
time for us to wait and it gives us a marker to use on this timeline.
When we reach this point in time, the Kingdom will be here and
then we can attain it.
The days as used here are prophetic days, or in other
words, a day is equivalent to a year. This is not unreasonable to
assume, since we know that the seventy weeks of Daniel were also
given, as a day equals a year. First, the angel tells us that from the
time that the regular sacrifice is abolished until this abomination is
set up will be 1290 days or prophetic years. Then he said that
another span of time will elapse with the abomination of
desolation set up and it would be 1335 days or prophetic years.
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After this amount of time, those looking for the Messiah will attain
the Kingdom.
The regular sacrifice was given at the Temple in Jerusalem
twice a day for hundreds of years without ceasing. This started at
the time of Moses and went on without ceasing until the
Babylonians sacked Jerusalem. This sacrifice is called the “morning
and evening oblation.” When Babylon sacked Jerusalem this
sacrifice was abolished until the Jews returned to Jerusalem and
started giving the daily oblation once again.
So the regular sacrifice was abolished when the Babylonians
sacked Jerusalem in 597BC. If you add 1290 years to 597BC, you
come to 691AD. This was the year that the Dome of the Rock was
completed on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This is the
abomination of desolation referred to by this angel. Now if you add
the 1335 years to the time when the abomination was set up you
come to the year 2026AD. This is when we will be able to attain the
Kingdom. Remember this date because you will see it again.
Next, we will move to the book of Revelations and you will
see how it continues the prophetic picture that was begun in the
book of Daniel.
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Rev 1-3 – Message to the Churches (42AD-81AD)
After the resurrection of Yeshua Messiah, the Apostles
were sent forth to evangelize the world. They started with the
nation of Israel and evangelized the Jews (the House of Judah).
After this, their commission expanded to bring in the Gentiles (the
House of Israel). All these converts will eventually be grafted into
the Commonwealth of Israel. At this time, they were not bringing
these coverts back to the Land of Israel because all of Israel was to
be scattered throughout the nations until the end when the
Messiah will return and gather Israel His Church to Himself in the
Promised Land of Israel.*
Out of this evangelization, many churches sprang up
throughout the earth. As we can see by the messages to the seven
churches of Asia, the Church as a whole had not been perfected
yet. Before the Church is perfected, it will have to go through the
fire of tribulation. Like gold, which is put through the fire to draw
out its impurities, the Church would have to go through the fire
before it would become pure.
Whenever one sees the word Church, one needs to
remember that much of the Church has fallen into apostasy and
does not follow the true dictates of the Bible. As such, there is the
true Church that follows the Bible and the false Church that does
not follow the Bible. It is very important to understand who the
true Church is. The olive tree represents Israel and the true Church
is Israel. The Church that we see today is not Israel; it is a
counterfeit denying anything to do with Israel. This goes for the
Catholic Church and the Protestant Church. Both of these entities
have the doctrine that the Law or Torah was done away with. They
also consider themselves as being a separate entity from Israel. This
is not the truth. The Apostles made it very clear that the converts
to the faith become part of the Commonwealth of Israel. In
Ephesians 2:11-13, Paul told us, “…remember that you were at that
time separated from Messiah, alienated from the commonwealth
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of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope
and without God in the world. But now in Messiah Yeshua you who
once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Messiah.”
Israel is a commonwealth designed for the welfare of its people. It
is through the High Priest of Israel that our sins are atoned for
providing life. This is done in accordance with the Law (Torah). You
cannot have your sins atoned for outside of the commonwealth of
Israel where Yeshua Messiah is the High Priest and where the Torah
is the Law of the Land. Through the blood of Yeshua, we are
allowed into the commonwealth where we have access to all of the
covenant promises.
Notice that Yeshua picked seven churches in which to send
his message. This is because the Church is represented by the
number seven. Even though there were more than seven churches
in the world at the time, Yeshua picked these seven to represent
them all.
The item in the temple that represents the Church is the
Menorah. The Menorah has seven branches and it produces light.
The six outside branches are supported by the center branch. The
center branch is the Word of GOD and the outer branches get their
light from the center. The menorah is representative of the
Church, which is to be a light unto the world.
The message of Yeshua to the Church, which is represented
by these seven churches, is that we are going to go through a time
of purification and those who come out of the other end, those
who overcome and still have the word of the testimony (Torah) and
the blood of the Lamb (Yeshua) will be saved. The Torah is the
testimony of YEHOVAH. This is why the “Ark of the Covenant” is
also called the “Ark of the Testimony.” A testimony and a covenant
are the same thing and if we are to live in GOD’s Kingdom, it is by
this covenant or testimony in which we live.
Israel is a commonwealth of people who accept GOD’s Law
and who wish to live by His Law. YEHOVAH is going to institute
divine Law on the earth and those who reject His Law will not be
invited to stay. As I said, the center branch of the Menorah is the
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Word of GOD. The Torah is the written Word and Yeshua is the
Word made flesh. Yeshua the Word made flesh will rule according
to the written Word or Torah. This is the message that the Church
must understand if it is going to overcome; Israel is the Kingdom,
and it is ruled by the Word.
*When YEHOVAH cast the northern Tribes of Israel or the House of Israel out of the Land, they became gentiles and they were sifted through all the nations. This process caused all nations to be, to some extent, part of the lost tribes of Israel. This was part of YAH’s plan of redemption to the nations. By doing this, YEHOVAH created one ethnic group. The apostle Paul said that there is only “Jew and gentile.” All the gentiles have been made one through the sifting of the lost tribes of Israel through the nations. In the end, YAH has promised to bring back those lost sheep, combining the Jew and the gentile, and make them one nation.
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Rev 5 – The Book with the Seven Seals (Around
81AD) It is believed that the Apostle John had his vision of the book
of Revelations around 81AD. In his vision, he saw future events. In
his vision, he saw one who would break the seals of a document
that was kept in the throne room of heaven. As the seals were
broken events would begin to play out on earth, as ordained by the
Almighty.
In order to understand the seven seals you need to learn
the background of what the book is that is sealed by the seven
seals. To understand this you need to understand the Ketubah or
marriage contract.
The Ketubah
In the Hebrew culture, when a girl and boy get married they
create a Ketubah. The Ketubah is what we would call a marriage
contract. When a boy finds a girl who he wants to marry, he takes
his parents and goes to the girl’s house. At the house, the boy will
knock on the door and see if the girl would open up the door to
him. If she does then the boy and his parents sit down over a meal
with the potential bride and her parents and they work out a
marriage contract, or Ketubah.
The Ketubah stipulates what each of the parties would bring
into the marriage, and what the rules and regulations of the
marriage would be. When the couple work out all the details of the
Ketubah then seven people would put their seal on the contract.
These seven people were normally the Fathers, the minister, and
other witnesses to the contract, normally kinsmen, or relatives.
When the Ketubah is agreed upon and sealed, it is a binding
contract and the couple is considered betrothed. If the terms of the
Ketubah are broken then there is a penalty for breaking the terms.
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If the bride is found to be adulterous then the husband could
either, put her away, or he could pay the price for her sins and
redeem her.
The question is where did the Hebrew come up with this
custom? The answer is that they got it from Mt. Sinai! When
YEHOVAH gave the Law to Israel, what he was doing is creating a
Ketubah. At Mt. Sinai Moses was a mediator for the marriage
between the children of Israel and YEHOVAH. The Law or Torah was
a Ketubah written out, which stipulated what the conditions of the
marriage would be. We see this Ketubah, starting in Exodus 19 and
going all the way through Exodus 23 where YEHOVAH spelled out
the terms of the Ketubah for the people through Moses. Then in
Exodus 24 Moses read all of the terms of their marriage to the
children of Israel, and in one voice they all said, “All the words
which YEHOVAH has spoken we will do!"
(Exodus 24:3-11) Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of YEHOVAH and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which YEHOVAH has spoken we will do!" And Moses wrote down all the words of YEHOVAH. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to YEHOVAH. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that YEHOVAH has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!" So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which YEHOVAH has made with you in accordance with all these words." Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the GOD of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. Yet He did
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not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they beheld GOD, and they ate and drank.
As you can see, after the children of Israel agreed to the
terms of the Ketubah, Moses made it official with a blood sacrifice,
which he sprinkled over all the people. After this, the Nobles of
Israel went up to dine with YEHOVAH where the Ketubah was
sealed. When the Nobles of Israel went up the mountain, it was to
put their seals on the Ketubah, which YEHOVAH then kept in His
heavenly Throne Room. This is where the Hebrew custom for
weddings came from. The children of Israel were repeating what
they had seen YEHOVAH do at Mt. Sinai when He married Israel.
Yeshua will soon repeat this very thing when we renew our
covenant with YEHOVAH. Yeshua alluded to this with His letter to
Sardis, ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with
him, and he with Me.” (Rev 3:20) Like the boy who finds the girl of
his dreams and wants to marry her, he will knock on the door of
her house and ask to come in so that he can make his proposal of
marriage. If you open the door for Yeshua then you are willing to
hear the question. If you do not open the door then you are not
willing to hear Yeshua’s proposal. If you open the door to Yeshua
then He will point to the Torah and say, are you willing. Then you
will have to decide.
This is what Yeshua is referring to when he said that He will
knock at the door and those who are interested He will dine with.
If we are willing to live according to the Ketubah and say yes to
Yeshua’s proposal we will take communion with Him. We already
know what the conditions of the Ketubah are because they are
written in the Torah. Those of us who agree to the terms will be
gathered together for the wedding supper of the Lamb. There we
will renew our covenant by the blood of Yeshua and seal it with
seven seals, just as it was at Mt Sinai the first time.
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One might ask, what happened to the Ketubah that was
created and sealed on Mt. Sinai? The answer is that we see the
Ketubah from the old covenant in Revelations 5:
And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?" And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look into it. And I began to weep greatly, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look into it; and one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals." And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of GOD, sent out into all the earth. And He came, and He took it out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase for GOD with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. "And Thou hast made them to be a kingdom and priests to our GOD; and they will reign upon the earth." And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing." And every created thing, which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever." And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.
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This document, that no one could open, is the Ketubah that
YEHOVAH and the Nobles of Israel signed and sealed on Mt. Sinai.
The reason that John began to weep is because he understood
what this document is, and he understood the ramifications of
what would happen if no one were willing or able to open this
document. If no one were willing or able to open the Ketubah then
all of humanity would be condemned by it, “For all have sinned and
fallen short of the glory of GOD.”
Praise YEHOVAH on High, for He sent His son to pay the
price for our transgressions. There is one who is willing and able to
break the seals of the Ketubah, and His name is Yeshua (YEHOVAH
is salvation). Because Yeshua lived a sinless life, by living according
to the Ketubah, which is the Holy Law of GOD, and because He was
willing to pay the price for our sins by giving His life for us on the
cross, He is able to open the Ketubah that condemns us. He saved
us! Praise YEHOVAH!
Now you must be wondering, how can this be, because
when Yeshua opens the seals of this book judgments appear? The
answer is that most Bible commentators focus only on the negative
judgments. Judgements can also be favorable when we are judged
as being faithful. In reality, the book of Revelations is revealing two
groups of people being judged, those who love YEHOVAH and His
commandments and those who hate YEHOVAH and refuse to keep
His commandments.
As you read through Revelations you will notice that the
scene will change systematically, sometimes focusing on those who
are receiving punishment for their refusal to repent, and
sometimes focusing on those being rewarded for their repentance
and for their faithfulness. As I stated earlier, the Church has to go
through the fire in order to be purified. You can forget about a
rapture, if you are going to the Kingdom, it will be through the fire
of purification.
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Now that Yeshua has removed the seals, the blessings and
the curses described by the Ketubah are being released on
mankind. Each seal represents something that is released on the
earth in its prescribed time, according to the set times established
by Yehovah. As you will see as you read this book, the blessings and
curses have been progressively released. Very soon, we will see the
crescendo of judgement as YAH pours out the bowls of wrath on an
evil world. I hope all of you are willing to repent and return to the
Ketubah where the blessing takes place.
The Law (the Ketubah) does not save us; the shed blood of
the Lamb of GOD saves us. However, Yeshua did not shed His blood
so that we could remain in our sin. When He gave His life to pay for
our sins, it was to give us the opportunity to repent and return to
the covenant. If you will recall, the first message that Yeshua had
for us when He began His ministry is, “Repent for the Kingdom of
GOD is at hand.” The thing that we are to repent of is the fact that
we have all walked away from the Law of the Kingdom. When we
return to His Law, it is there that we find the Kingdom and the
mercies of the King. It is there that the statute of the Law that
provides for the Lamb to take away our sins is made available for
us.
Yeshua did not come to rewrite the principles of the
Ketubah. GOD’s Law is the same from everlasting to everlasting. He
does not change. Like all Biblical prophets, Yeshua came to direct
us back to the safety of YEHOVAH’s covenant. It is there that we
find salvation, through the blood covenant and the blood of the
Lamb.
When we redo our marriage vows with YEHOVAH there will
be four changes to the covenant. These not changes in the
structure of the covenant, but they are changes in the way man
administers his part in the covenant. The first is circumcision;
instead of being circumcised in the flesh, we will now be
circumcised of the heart. The second is the sacrifice; instead of
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sacrificing animals, we will give the sacrifice of obedience. Third, is
the High Priest of Israel; instead of it being the sons of Aaron the
High Priest is now Yeshua. Forth, is the Kingship; our King is now
Yeshua the son of David, after the order of Melchizedek. These are
the only changes. (See my book entitled Knowing YEHOVAH for an
in depth clarification of the Law). The commandments are good
and they create a good and loving society for those who embrace
them. We do not want to do away with the Law, as Paul stated,
“the Law is Holy.”
YEHOVAH told us what is going to change when He enacts
our new covenant with Him. "But this is the covenant which I will
make with the house of Israel after those days," declares YEHOVAH,
"I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and
I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (Jer 31:33, Heb
10:16) The change that YEHOVAH is enacting with the new
covenant is not going to be a change in the Law. The thing that will
change is going to be the hearts of men.
YEHOVAH could not care for His people under the old
covenant because man continued to rebel against Him. The
Ketubah was no longer valid and became obsolete because all have
walked away from it. We have all sinned. YEHOVAH was not
allowed to be the GOD of His people because of rebellion. This is
what YEHOVAH said through His prophet Jeremiah "But this is what
I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your GOD,
and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I
command you, that it may be well with you.’ Yet they did not obey
or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the
stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not
forward.” (Jer 7:23-24) At Mt. Sinai YEHOVAH told his people that
if they would obey Him He would be their GOD and they would be
His people. However, all of YEHOVAH’s people have rebelled and
have not listened. They have not made YEHOVAH their GOD.
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It is no better today than it was then. Today the people who
proclaim to be the people of GOD and of the Bible do not care
about YEHOVAH’s commandments. They keep a false sabbath
called “the venerable day of the sun god” (Sunday); they worship
the goddess Easter and try to dress it up by calling it resurrection
day; and they do not even know what the feast of Tabernacles is,
instead they keep a false feast called Christmas. They do not know
the true name of GOD because they do not know the true GOD and
they do not care what his name is.
Because the Law is being transferred over to Yeshua, He has
to open the seals on the Ketubah. As He opens each seal judgments
are released; judgments of blessings and judgments of curses, just
as they are written in the Ketubah they will be released; the curses
for those who are in rebellion; and the blessing for those who will
repent. These blessings and curses are spelled out in Deuteronomy
28. This is part of the Ketubah. It is a lengthy verse, but it is
important to understand what you are in for if you do not keep the
Law. If you decide to repent and turn back to the Law, you will reap
blessings, or if you decide to continue in your false religions, you
will reap curses. Remember the blessings and curses written below
are what are being released when Yeshua opens the seals on the
Ketubah. The first part is the blessings you will receive if decide you
want to keep the Law, and the second part is the curses if you
refuse to keep the Law:
The Blessings
"Now it shall be, if you will diligently obey YEHOVAH your GOD, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, YEHOVAH your GOD will set you high above all the nations of the earth. "And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey YEHOVAH your GOD. "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. "Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the
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young of your flock. "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. "YEHOVAH will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they shall come out against you one way and shall flee before you seven ways. "YEHOVAH will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which YEHOVAH your GOD gives you. "YEHOVAH will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you will keep the commandments of YEHOVAH your GOD, and walk in His ways. "So all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of YEHOVAH; and they shall be afraid of you. "And YEHOVAH will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which YEHOVAH swore to your fathers to give you. "YEHOVAH will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. "And YEHOVAH shall make you the head and not the tail, and you only shall be above, and you shall not be underneath, if you will listen to the commandments of YEHOVAH your GOD, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully, and do not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
The Church of Jesus Christ has taught that the Law, which is
also our covenant with GOD, has been done away with. This is
wrong. Blessings only come to those who keep the
commandments. We see the results of these blessing in the book
of Revelations 19:7-9, “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory
to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has
made herself ready." And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine
linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of
the saints. And he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are
invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me,
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"These are true words of God” Righteous acts are defined as, acts
performed according to the Law. The blessing is for those who
choose to do their best to keep YEHOVAH’s commandment not
adding or taking away from them. These receive the blessing and
they receive eternal life through the blood of the Lamb. This
message runs throughout the Bible and it is very plain in its
delivery.
On the other hand, those who refuse the Law are cursed.
You will notice that the curse goes on seemingly forever. YEHOVAH
is very angry with those who refuse to obey and keep His
commandments:
The Curses
(Deu 28:1-68) "But it shall come about, if you will not obey YEHOVAH your GOD, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you. "Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country. "Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. "Cursed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. "Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. "YEHOVAH will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. "YEHOVAH will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land, where you are entering to possess it. "YEHOVAH will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish. "And the heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. "YEHOVAH will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. "YEHOVAH will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, but you shall flee seven ways before them, and you
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shall be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. "And your carcasses shall be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away. "YEHOVAH will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. "YEHOVAH will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; and you shall grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you. "You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall violate her; you shall build a house, but you shall not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not use its fruit...."Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes shall look on and yearn for them continually; but there shall be nothing you can do. "A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you shall never be anything but oppressed and crushed continually. "And you shall be driven mad by the sight of what you see. "YEHOVAH will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. "YEHOVAH will bring you and your king, whom you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone. "And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where YEHOVAH will drive you. "You shall bring out much seed to the field but you shall gather in little, for the locust shall consume it. "You shall have sons and daughters but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity. "The cricket shall possess all your trees and the produce of your ground. "The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you shall go down lower and lower. "He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. "So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey YEHOVAH your GOD by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. "And they shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever. "Because you did not serve
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YEHOVAH your GOD with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore you shall serve your enemies whom YEHOVAH shall send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. "YEHOVAH will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand, a nation of fierce countenance who shall have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. "Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish. "And it shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which YEHOVAH your GOD has given you. "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom YEHOVAH your GOD has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy shall oppress you. "The man who is refined and very delicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain, so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he shall eat, since he has nothing else left, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy shall oppress you in all your towns. "The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter, and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she shall eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy shall oppress you in your towns. "If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, YEHOVAH your GOD, then YEHOVAH will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses. "And
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He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. "Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, YEHOVAH will bring on you until you are destroyed. "Then you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because you did not obey YEHOVAH your GOD. "And it shall come about that as YEHOVAH delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so YEHOVAH will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you shall be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it. "Moreover, YEHOVAH will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known. "And among those nations you shall find no rest, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there YEHOVAH will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul. "So your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall be in dread night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life. "In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening!' And at evening you shall say, 'Would that it were morning!' because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see. "And YEHOVAH will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I spoke to you, 'You will never see it again!' And there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer."
As you can see, YEHOVAH is very angry over those who
rebel against His Law. I hope you are willing to repent because if
you are not willing to repent and embrace the Holy Law and
become part of the Kingdom then these curses are what you will
receive!
Now that you understand what is happening after Yeshua
opens the seals we can start to explain each of the seals. The seals
affect all of humanity as the blessings and curses are poured out.
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The First Seal (96 – 192AD)
There is a great teaching on this subject that you can see on
YouTube. It is on the Bible or Traditions channel, the series entitled
Book of Revelations Prophecy Review. It goes into much more detail
then I am giving in this book.
Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Horsemen are often depicted as pagan powers in the Bible.
These first four seals depicting the four horsemen are the
advancement of the beast empire. This heathen empire is contrary
to the living GOD, is anti-Israel and anti-GOD. At this point in
history, it was called the Roman Empire. This is the final beast of
Daniels statue, which is also the beast of the sea, breaking and
grinding the nations into pieces.
This first seal describes the Nerva–Antonine dynasty of the
Roman Empire. The Nerva–Antonine dynasty was a dynasty of
seven Roman Emperors who ruled over the Roman Empire from 96
AD to 192 AD. These Emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian,
Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus.
The bow was the symbol of this dynasty.
During this time, the Roman Empire was going out
conquering and expanding its borders. If you look up the word
crown used here, you will see that it is referring to a laurel wreath,
which were commonly worn by the Roman Emperors. Coins were
struck during this period depicting the horse and rider going into
battle.
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The Second, Seal (193 – 222AD)
Rev 6:3-4 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
As you are probably starting to see, the book of Revelations
is a progressive historical fulfillment of prophecy. Every prophecy
in the Bible is specifically speaking about a specific time period.
The second seal describes the Severan dynasty, which was
a Roman imperial dynasty ruling the Roman Empire between 193
and 235. The dynasty was founded by the Roman general Septimius
Severus, who rose to power as the victor of the 193-197 civil war.
The reign of this dynasty resulted in a period of revolution
and civil war. There were twenty-seven contenders for the throne
during this time. This civil unrest allowed the Germanic tribes to
invade the western providences of the empire. The sword was the
symbol of this dynasty.
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The Third Seal (223-235AD)
Rev 6:5-6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Severus Alexander was Roman Emperor from 222 to 235
and the last emperor of the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his
cousin Elagabalus upon his assassination in 222, and was ultimately
assassinated himself, marking the epoch event for the coming crisis
of the third century. After nearly 50 years of civil wars and foreign
invasion his reign saw much pestilence, and collapse of the
monetary economy, thus the balances in his hand. During his reign,
a coin was struck showing the balance. Due to the decline in
agriculture, the necessities of life become scarce bringing the high
price for wheat and barley. The oil and the wine were taxed items
so they were carefully monitored in order to bring in the highest
revenues to the government.
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Forth Seal (235 – 284AD)
Rev 6:7-8 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
The Gordian dynasty reigned from 235-292. This was the
time known as the Crisis of the Third Century. The Roman Empire
nearly collapsed under the pressures of invasion, civil war, plague,
and economic depression. All of this caused the death of at least
one fourth of the Roman citizens.
By 268, the empire had split into three competing states:
the Gallic Empire, including the Roman provinces of Gaul, Britannia
and (briefly) Hispania; the Palmyrene Empire, including the eastern
provinces of Syria Palaestina and Aegyptus; and the Italian-
centered and independent Roman Empire, proper, between them.
Later, Aurelian (270–275) reunited the empire; the crisis ended
with the ascension and reforms of Diocletian in 284.
The crisis resulted in such profound changes in the empire's
institutions, society, economic life and, eventually, religion, that it
is increasingly seen by most historians as defining the transition
between the historical periods of classical antiquity and late
antiquity.
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Fifth Seal (Historical Overview)
Rev 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
The followers of Messiah were being unmercifully
persecuted during the first second and third centuries. The Roman
governors would blame shift using the Christians as scapegoats to
cover their own deficiencies. Christians were murdered in every
unspeakable way during this time. These imperial persecutions are
well known and are documented in Fox’s Book of Martyrs. These
imperial persecutions are also known as the ten persecutions:
First Persecution, Nero, A.D. 67
Second Persecution, Domitian, A.D. 81
Third Persecution, Trajan, A.D. 108
Fourth Persecution, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A.D. 162
Fifth Persecution, Severus, A.D. 192
Sixth Persecution, Maximus, A.D. 235
Seventh Persecution, Decius, A.D. 249
Eighth Persecution, Valerian, A.D. 257
Ninth Persecution, Aurelian, A.D. 274
Tenth Persecution, Diocletian, A.D. 303
All of these Christians were slain because “they kept the
word of GOD and for the testimony they held.” Remember they did
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not have the New Testament as cannon at this point; that came
later. The gospels and the writings of the apostles were around, but
they had not officially been made a part of cannon yet. To the early
Christians the Torah in light of the risen Messiah was cannon, and
that was the testimony they held.
Like the blood of Abel, the blood of these martyrs was
crying out to YEHOVAH for justice. These persecutions were not
over. The fifth seal consists of those who have been killed and
those who would be killed. Through the centuries, the true
believers who have tried to keep the Torah and the Sabbaths have
always been persecuted by the Beast Empire.
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Sixth Seal (284-313AD) Rev 6:12-17 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
The sun, moon and stars are simply a reference to the world
governing powers. Mountains, island and rocks represent
prophetic kingdoms and people. Since the Tower of Babel all
paganism has evolved around sun, moon, and star worship. The
earthquake is the split that took place in the Roman Empire
because of the before mentioned troubles. All of the civil unrest
had finally torn the kingdom apart.
This is when Constantine came on the scene. He ruled
during the Roman era called the “Tetrarchy and Constantinian
Dynasty from 284-364AD.” During this time, the Empire was
divided into four main regions; each having an Emperor, and these
regions were each subdivided into provinces, each providence
having an Emperor. During Constantine’s rein, he subdued three of
the main provinces, the Maxentian province, the Licinius province
and the Diocletian province, which was named according to who
ruled the province (306AD). By doing this, Constantine became the
controlling Emperor in all of the Roman Empire. In 313AD, he freed
the Christians and made Christianity the official state religion.
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This fulfilled Daniel’s prophecy, which said, “As for the ten
horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise
after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will
subdue three kings.”
These three emperors were very cruel to the Christians,
especially Diocletian who had vowed to extinguish all Christians.
When their kingdoms were taken away by Constantine these
superstitious men thought that the wrath of GOD had come upon
the earth. Because of their cruelty toward the Christians, they were
tormented. Diocletian died insane, Maximilian committed suicide,
Licinius was tormented and died of a strange disease.
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Rev 7 - The 144,000 and the Great Multitude
(Historic Overview)
(1) After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the
earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind
should blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. (2) And I
saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having
the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the
four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth There and
the sea, (3) saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees,
until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their
foreheads.”
Before opening the seventh seal where YAH will allow for
the earth the sea the trees to be harmed, YAH takes a brief
interlude to encourage those who are going through the
tribulation.
The tribulation has been ongoing throughout the centuries.
From the very moment that Yeshua breathed life into His Church,
it has been going through tribulation. We have not felt it in this
nation so we think it is something that is coming in the future, but
believe me, the Church of Yeshua Messiah has been going through
the tribulation since its inception.
Rev 7:4-8 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one
hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the
sons of Israel: (5) from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were
sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe
of Gad twelve thousand, (6) from the tribe of Asher twelve
thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the
tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, (7) from the tribe of Simeon
twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the
tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, (8) from the tribe of Zebulun
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twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from
the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.
Tribulation has been ongoing through the centuries and we are encouraged to see that those who overcome will be saved and standing before the Throne of GOD when it is all over. Salvation consists of two groups of people, the 144,000 and the great multitude.
The 144,000 are the first fruits offering to YEHOVAH. We are told this in Revelations 14. This group of saints is the group who were resurrected when Yeshua died on the cross. Mat 27:50-53 tells about this, “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. (51) And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook; and the rocks were split, (52) and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; (53) and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.” As you can see, when Yeshua died on the cross and paid our sin debt graves opened up and saints were resurrected. These saints were the Patriarchs of the faith. These were a first fruit offering to YEHOVAH. When Yeshua initially ascended to the Father after His resurrection, He took these 144,000 saints with Him to present before the Father as a first fruit offering according to the Law.
Rev 7:9-17 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (10) And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. (11) And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, (12) Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. (13) And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are
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arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? (14) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (15) Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them. (16) They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. (17) For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
The great multitude are those who, "… overcame him
because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their
testimony, and they did not love their life even to death. (Rev 12:11)
The great tribulation started when Yeshua was crucified and has
been ongoing since then. There will be another resurrection when
Yeshua returns. Those along with those of us who are still alive will
join the 144,000. The Great Exodus will occur and we will be
gathered to Mt. Sinai for the wedding supper of the Lamb.
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Seventh Seal (313-387AD)
Rev 8:1-5 And when He broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand before God; and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
Constantine was now in power and the Christians were no
longer being persecuted. The prayers of the Saints had been
answered. The Christians were now free and the imperial
persecutions were over. After the Christians were freed, there was
a short period of peace in the Empire.
The problem now became that Constantine and his bishops
set out to formalize Christianity and bring it under the leadership
of the Roman Empire. This move to a pagan form of Christianity
caused a shift in the beast empire and gave rise to the Roman
Catholic Church. The pagan Church of Rome took over the matters
of faith and became the Holy Roman Catholic Church. As the
dominant ruling kingdom, they decided to have religion their own
way. The result was that they wrapped their pagan worship around
the concept of a savior of their own, rather than keeping the word
of YEHOVAH and worshiping the true savior.
Because the empire did not repent and follow the word of
GOD, but instead created its own form of Christianity based on
pagan ritual, YEHOVAH prepared the seven trumpets to be
sounded. The trumpet indicates divine judgment on this pagan
empire who are wolves now hiding in sheep’s clothing. This
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trumpet also sounds the alarm to GOD’s people who were now
becoming complacent is this new friendlier environment.
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The First Trumpet (387-410AD)
Rev 8:7 And the first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
In this verse, hail equals war. This is the description of the
fall of the Western Roman Empire, which was one third of the
Roman Empire.
The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. The city was
attacked by the Visigoths led by King Alaric. At that time, Rome was
no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire, having been
replaced in that position first by Mediolanum in 286 and then by
Ravenna in 402. Nevertheless, the city of Rome retained a
paramount position as "the eternal city" and a spiritual center of
the Empire. The sack was a major shock to contemporaries, friends
and foes of the Empire alike.
This was the first time in almost 800 years that Rome had
fallen to a foreign enemy. The previous sack of Rome had been
accomplished by the Gauls under their leader Brennus in 390 or
387/6 BC. The sacking of 410 is seen as a major landmark in the fall
of the Western Roman Empire. St. Jerome, living in Bethlehem at
the time, wrote that, "The City which had taken the whole world
was itself taken."
When the Visigoths, also known as Vandals, sacked Rome,
they destroyed and burnt everything.
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The Second Trumpet (410-434AD)
Rev 8:8-9 And the second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood; and a third of the creatures, which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.
The mountain is a kingdom and the sea is the beast of the
sea. The mountain that was thrown down into the sea was Genseric
King of the Vandals and Alans (428–477). He established the Vandal
Kingdom and was one of the key players in the troubles of the
Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Genseric destroyed the
Roman Sea fairing fleet and took control of the Mediterranean.
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The Third Trumpet (437-453AD)
Rev 8:10-11 And the third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters; and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
Biblically wormwood means, “misery, bitterness, and
anguish.” The shooting star that YEHOVAH sent to bring further
judgment to the Beast or Roman Empire was Attila the Hun. Attila
the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in
March 453. Attila was a leader of the Hunnic Empire, a tribal
confederation consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans among
others, on the territory of Central and Eastern Europe.
During his reign, he was one of the most feared enemies of
the Western and Eastern Roman Empires. He crossed the Danube
twice and plundered the Balkans, but was unable to take
Constantinople. His unsuccessful campaign in Persia was followed
in 441 by an invasion of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, the
success of which emboldened Attila to invade the West. He also
attempted to conquer Roman Gaul (modern France), crossing the
Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum (Orléans) before
being defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
He subsequently invaded Italy, devastating the Northern
provinces, but was unable to take Rome. He planned for further
campaigns against the Romans but died in 453. After Attila's death,
his close adviser Ardaric of the Gepids led a Germanic revolt against
Hunnic rule, after which the Hunnic Empire quickly collapsed.
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The Forth Trumpet (453-467AD)
Rev 8:12-13 And the fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were smitten, so that a third of them might be darkened and the day might not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. And I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe, to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!"
The sun and the moon refer to the pagan world. The stars
refer to the kings or in this case emperors of the pagan empire. In
this case, it is the Roman Empire or Beast Empire. This passage
marks the end of the Western Roman Empire, one third of the
Empire. This left only the Eastern and Southern parts of the Empire.
In 476AD Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the
Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, a German
barbarian who proclaims himself king of Italy. Odoacer was a
mercenary leader in the Roman imperial army when he launched
his mutiny against the young emperor. At Piacenza, he defeated
Roman General Orestes, the emperor’s powerful father, and then
took Ravenna, the capital of the Western empire since 402.
Although Roman rule continued in the East, the crowning of
Odoacer marked the end of the original Roman Empire, which
centered in Italy.
The last three trumpets, which are called the three woes,
will next be blown.
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The Fifth Trumpet (467-717AD) (The First Woe)
In order to make this easier to follow I will go verse by verse
to explain these scriptures in Rev 9:1-11. This is the first of the three
woes.
Now that the western part of the Roman Empire has fallen,
attention is shifted to the eastern part of the Empire. In the eastern
part of the Empire was the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is the same
as Catholicism, just without the Pope. It keeps the same false
sabbaths and the same superstitions.
As you will see, this prophesies about the rise of Islam,
which GOD will use to bring the first and second woe upon the
Beast Empire.
(1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven, which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.
The term star is a person of power such as a king or leader.
In this case, it is the fallen star. The one who is fallen is Satan who
was cast out of heaven to the earth. Satan the ruler of the
bottomless pit, in Hebrew is called Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon.
Islam calls him Allah. This is why Islam is a totally demonically
driven society, because it is a pure form of Satan worship.
(2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.
The smoke that came out of the pit is the false doctrine of
the Curran.
(3) And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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The locust is associated with the Muslim nations. If you lay
a map of the range were the locust swarms it is almost identical to
the map of the Islamic held nations. I have heard stories from
people who lived in Israel back when it was held by the Muslims
saying that the locust would swarm the land on a regular basis, but
when the Jews took possession of the land the locust no longer
swarmed the land. More significantly, Muslim tradition associates
the armies of Islam as locust who swarm their enemies.
(4) And they were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Mohamad commanded his armies not to ruin the land when
they went in to conquer. They wanted the people they conquered
to pay tribute, and they could not do this if the land was ruined.
Those conquered were made to convert to Islam, thus having the
seal of Allah on their forehead. All of those who would not convert
to the religion of Islam were either put to death of made slaves.
(5) And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
The locusts or Muslim warriors would go out for five months
each year to conquer, so the inhabitants of the beast or Roman
Empire were terrified for five months each year as the locusts
swarmed the land conquering and taking booty.
(6) And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die and death flees from them.
The type of Christianity that the Romans held was not one
of personal relationship and submission to YEHOVAH. They had a
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religion, but it was not GOD’s religion. Because of this, they did not
have the courage to be martyred for their faith. Instead, most of
them converted to Islam rather than be killed or made a slave.
(7) And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads, as it were, crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. (8) And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
It was common of the Muslims of that time to wear golden
turbans decorated with jewels. They had long hair and beards.
(9) And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.
The Locusts were known for their Arabian horses and their
use of Calvary. They were also known for their chainmail armor.
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The Sixth Trumpet (717-1453AD) (Second Woe)
Rev 9:12-21 The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
Prior to the sixth trumpet, there was a time of relative
peace in the land. The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Isaurian
or Syrian dynasty from 717 to 802. The Isaurian dynasty is chiefly
associated with Byzantine Iconoclasm, an attempt to restore divine
favor by purifying the Christian faith from excessive adoration of
icons. Any time the Church was attempting to return to Biblical
truths YAH would hold back his wrath and give them a chance to
repent. This period of peace was short lived because the Empire
soon turned back to their idolatry. When they did GOD’s judgments
returned and the Arab Sultan hired Turkish mercenaries to punish
the Byzantines who stopped paying tribute.
(13) And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, (14) one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." (15) And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they might kill a third of mankind.
Muslim tradition is that four angels carried the Koran to the
four corners of the earth. The smoke or false doctrine of the Koran
had spread to all of the Ishmaelite’s and Edomite’s. This was their
preparation for the evil they were about to do.
(16) And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two
hundred million; I heard the number of them.
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Some translations say, “The number of the troops of cavalry
was twice ten thousand times ten thousand…” The armies that
attacked the Eastern Roman Empire were the Turks. The Turks
were primarily comprised of cavalry units made up of ten thousand
per unit. The total numbers of units were most likely four units
giving a total forty thousand men.
(17) And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. (18) A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths. (19) For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads; and with them they do harm.
The color of the uniforms worn by the Turks was red (fire),
blue (hyacinth) and yellow (brimstone). The Turks were the first to
use cannons in battle. The cannons they used were decorated to
look like a lion’s head around the cannons opening. The wick to
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light the fuse was at the tail end. The fire and brimstone that John
saw were the Turks using cannons to bring down the walls of
Constantinople when they laid siege to the city. This was the end
of the second third of the Roman Empire.
(20) And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these
plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to
worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass
and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor
walk; (21) and they did not repent of their murders nor of their
sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
After the Turks defeated Constantinople in 1453, this left
only one third of the original Roman or Beast Empire. This is the
part of the Empire that is centered in what we now call the central
Europe.
Even after watching the judgement of the rest of the
Empire, the people remaining in what was left of the Empire still
did not repent. They continued in their immoralities ignoring the
truth and continued to suppress the use of the Bible.
There will now be a long period before the third woe is
released because it will be at the last trump when YEHOVAH will
finally put an end to the beast empire. In the meantime, YAH will
set the world up for the final events of Prophecy.
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Rev 10 - The Little Book (1453-1500AD)
First, we need to review where we have been. At this point
two thirds of the Beast Empire has been conquered. The first one
third of the empire was taken at the fifth trumpet by the Arabs and
the second one third was taken at the sixth trumpet by the Turks.
Now only one third of the Empire, the southern part, remains and
it is in what we now call Europe.
When the Turks conquered the Eastern part of the Empire,
the men of learning smuggled the scrolls of scripture out and took
them to the south. Previously the rulers of the southern kingdom
had destroyed all of the scriptures allowing only the Latin Vulgate
and only the priests were allowed to see it. The people of the land
were kept in complete darkness. When these manuscripts were
smuggled in, all of the sudden, the light of scripture began to shine.
This caused the beginning of the Reformation. As you will see,
Revelations 10 and 11 covers the time of the reformation and
brings us up to the present.
Rev 10:1-11 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. (2) He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, (3) and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring; when he called out, the seven thunders sounded. (4) And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down." (5) And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven (6) and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there should be no more delay, (7) but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, should be
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fulfilled. (8) Then the voice which I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." (9) So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; and he said to me, "Take it and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth." (10) And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. (11) And I was told, "You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings."
This is the angel of the Lord, or the angel of YEHOVAH who
is none other than Yeshua Messiah handing this book to John.
Yeshua told John to eat the book. We know from the historic point
in which this takes place that this is the Bible. It was at this time in
history that the Bible started to become available to the average
person. The reason the Bible became bitter in John’s stomach is
because of all the bloodshed that would take place as the Beast
Empire tried to keep the Bible from the people. The Church of
Rome knew that if the Bible got out the people would be
enlightened and Rome’s stranglehold on power would end. They
stopped at nothing including torture and murder to prevent the
Bible from getting out, but it did anyway. This was the beginning of
the great reformation.
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Rev 11 The Two Witnesses (1500 – Sep 23, 2017)
Now that the Bible has been made available to the masses
we see the measuring rod and the two witnesses appear on the
scene. These both have to do with the period of the reformation.
During this time the Bible is made available to the masses, so now
each individual is made responsible for their actions towards GOD.
Rev 11:1-14 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told: "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there…
The word “rod” comes from the original Greek word
“kanon,” which is where we get the word canon. The definition of
canon is: 1. Ecclesiastical rule or law. 2. Measuring rod, rule.
The temple is not a temple built in Jerusalem; it is the
temple of our bodies. Among many other scriptures 2Coronthians
6:16, tells us, “What agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in
them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall
be my people.” All through the New Testament, the apostles made
it clear that the Shekinah or Holy Spirit would no longer dwell in a
temple made of stones, but now through Yeshua Messiah the Spirit
would live in the temple of our bodies washed clean by the blood
of the Lamb.
YEHOVAH was going to see to it that the canon was made
available to the masses and each individual is going to be measured
by the rod or canon to see if they will be a follower of the canon or
a follower of the traditions of men.
(2) but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.
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The court outside of the Temple has to do with the nations
where the believers live. Until Yeshua returns and sets up His
Kingdom on earth, we, the temples of God, have to live under the
rule of gentile secular governments. Because we are under the rule
of these governments, our outer courts are trampled on. We can
do nothing about what goes on around us. However, what goes on
in our hearts we have control over and the secular governments
cannot trample on our inner courts. They may attempt to force us
to believe the way they do and they may even kill us, but we have
the opportunity to know the Bible and to know how it tells us to
worship the Creator and they cannot take that away from us.
After Yeshua returns, GOD’s people will no longer live under
the rule of gentiles, but will live under the direct rule of Yeshua who
will be our King and our Priest. The gentiles will no longer trample
on the outer courts of our temple and we will be free to worship
GOD in truth and in peace.
(3) And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophesy for
(until) one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in
sackcloth." (4) These are the two olive trees and the two
lampstands, which stand before the Lord of the earth. (5) And if
any one would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and
consumes their foes; if any one would harm them, thus he is
doomed to be killed. (6) They have power to shut the sky, that
no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they
have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite
the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. (7) And
when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends
from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer
them and kill them, (8) and their dead bodies will lie in the street
of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt,
where their Lord was crucified. (9) For three days and a half men
from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their
dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, (10) and
those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make
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merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had
been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. (11) But after
the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them,
and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who
saw them. (12) Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying
to them, "Come up hither!" And in the sight of their foes they went
up to heaven in a cloud. (13) And at that hour there was a great
earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people
were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave
glory to the God of heaven.
This should say, “…until one thousand two hundred and
sixty days.” This three and one half year period is referred to in
many ways. Sometimes it is call forty-two months, sometimes
times, time and a half a time, or like above, one thousand two
hundred and sixty days. As I will show you below, it is also called
three and one half days. These are all referring to the same three
and a half year period when the Mystery of GOD is reveled. It will
be during this three and one half year period when Satan’s rule of
the earth will end. Satan will war against Yeshua, Yeshua will crush
his head, and the Kingdom of GOD will be established. All thing will
go on as they are now with the beast running the show until then.
The two witnesses will prophecy until that time arrives when
Yeshua Himself will witness to the world.
A lamp is a source of light. We see the example of the
lampstand in the temple with the menorah. There are many
scriptures that tell what this lamp is, such as Proverbs 6:23, “For
the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life.” Also Psalms 119:105 “Thy word is a
lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.” So, the two lamp stands
are the Bible, the Old and New Testament. The two witnesses are
the Old and New Testaments. These lamps give light to the world.
Since the days of the printing press, GOD has been making sure that
these two witnesses are available to whomever may want them.
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We no longer have to depend on the priests to give us the word;
we can read it for ourselves.
The two olive trees are the True Church, which consists of
the House of Israel and the House of Judah. Respectively they are
the wild olive tree and the natural olive tree. The House of Israel
was divorced by YEHOVAH and scattered throughout the nations.
By doing this, YEHOVAH created one wild olive tree, which in the
New Testament is referred to as the gentiles. Thus, the Apostle Paul
saying, “There is only the Jew and the gentile.” It is not the Jew and
many other races. This is because YAH compiled them together into
one by scattering the House of Israel through all the nations.
Due to His promises to Abraham and David, Judah was not
divorced from YAHOVAH; therefore, Judah is still the natural olive
tree. These two olive trees will remain separated until we are
gathered together for the weeding supper of the lamb when the
wild branches will be grafted into the natural branches. These two
olive trees take the witness of the Bible and spread it around the
world. You can identify the olive trees because they teach the Law
of GOD in light of the risen Messiah, as opposed to doing away with
the Law of GOD.
The Old and New Testament’s are clothed is sackcloth
because of all those who will have their blood shed for believing
the witness of the Bible and who wish to live their lives according
to that witness.
Chapter eleven puts us in the time frame of the French
revolution. France initially tolerated the Protestants; however,
Protestantism was later thoroughly stamped out. By 1559, there
were 400,000 Huguenots (French Protestants) in France. In three
savage "Huguenot Wars" (1562-1570), the Catholics tried
unsuccessfully to exterminate the Protestants. From 1560 onward,
the Jesuits were at the forefront this work (as they were doing
elsewhere in Europe).
Catherine de 'Medici of France was told by her Jesuit
confessor that her sins would be forgiven if she killed all the
Protestants. On St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572, the
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horrible work began, and continued for two months resulting in the
death of 70,000 Protestants. The only sin of the Protestants was
that they read and believed the Bible. Pope Gregory XIII was utterly
delighted and the killing of Protestants continued to 1580.
With the extermination of the Protestants, the nation's best
workers were gone so the nation became more and more corrupt.
The nation was in crises and the people were hurting. In 1789, Louis
XVI called the Estates-General to keep the country from
bankruptcy, but it was too late and the French Revolution resulted.
In July 1789, riots began throughout the nation. The Reign
of Terror continued until 1794, with over 300,000 citizens slain.
War between France and other nations was almost continuous
from 1793 to 1915.
The "Festival of Reason" occurred in November 1793.
Voltaire said he had destroyed Christianity, but his house was later
used to store French Bibles.
The suppression of the Scriptures under the dominion of
Rome, the terrible results of that suppression, and the final
exaltation of the word of God, are vividly portrayed by the
prophetic word. To John, the exiled on Patmos was given a view of
these years during which the papal power was permitted to
trample upon God's word and oppress His people. Said the angel of
the Lord, "The holy city [the true Church] shall they tread under
foot (until) forty and two months. And I will give power unto my
two witnesses, and they shall prophesy (until) a thousand two
hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth." (Revelation
11:2-3). Here again, the Beast is allowed to operate until the forty
two month period when YEHOVAH will take its power away and
establish His Kingdom on the earth. The beast will attempt to keep
God's faithful witnesses in a state of obscurity until then. The beast
will due this with false doctrine, vain philosophies and murder
where it can get away with it.
The two witnesses represent the Old and New Testament
of Scripture. Both are important testimonies to the origin and
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perpetuity of the Law of God. Both are witnesses also to the plan
of salvation. The types, sacrifices, and prophecies of the Old
Testament point forward to a Savior to come. The Gospels and
Epistles of the New Testament tell of a Savior who has come in the
exact manner foretold by type and prophecy.
"These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth." (Revelation 11:4) Said the
Psalmist, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path." (Psalms 119:105)
The papal power sought to hide from the people the word
of truth, and set before them false witnesses to contradict its
testimony. When the Bible was prohibited by religious and secular
authority; when its testimony was perverted, and every effort
made was made by men and demons turn the minds of the people
from it; when those who dared proclaim its sacred truths were
hunted, betrayed, tortured, buried in dungeon cells, martyred for
their faith, or compelled to flee to mountain retreat’s and to dens
and caves of the earth, then indeed did the faithful witnesses
prophesy in sackcloth.
But men cannot with impunity trample upon the word of
God. The Lord had declared concerning His two witnesses, "If any
man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devour
their enemies; and if any man will hurt them, he must in this
manner be killed." (Revelation 11:5) The meaning of this fearful
denunciation is set forth in the closing chapter of the book of
Revelation: "I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if
any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and
out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this
book." (Revelation 22:18, 19)
This is the warnings God has given to guard men against
changing in any manner that which He has revealed or
commanded. These solemn denunciations apply to all who by their
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influence lead men to lightly regard the Law of God. They should
cause those to fear and tremble who flippantly declare it a matter
of little consequence whether we obey God's Law or not. All who
exalt their own opinions above the written word, all who would
change the plain meaning of Scripture to suit their own
convenience or for the sake of conformity to the world, are taking
upon themselves a fearful responsibility. The written word, the Law
of God, will measure the character of every man, and condemn all
whom this unerring test shall declare wanting.
In no land had the spirit of enmity against Messiah and the
truth been more strikingly displayed than in godless France.
Nowhere had the gospel encountered more bitter and cruel
opposition. In the streets of Paris, Messiah had indeed been
crucified in the person of His saints. The world still recalls with
shuddering horror the scenes of that most cowardly and cruel
onslaught, the massacres of St. Bartholomew. The king of France
urged on by Roman priests and prelates lent his sanction to the
dreadful work. The palace bell, tolling at midnight, gave the signal
for the slaughter to begin. Protestants by thousands, sleeping
quietly in their homes, trusting to the plighted honor of their king,
were dragged forth without a warning and murdered in cold blood.
Satan, in the person of the Roman zealots, led the
onslaught. As Messiah was the invisible leader of His people from
Egyptian bondage, so was Satan the unseen leader of his subjects
in this horrible work of multiplying martyrs. For three days the
butchery went on; more than thirty thousand perished. The result
caused great joy to the hosts of darkness. The Roman pontiff,
sharing in the diabolical rejoicing, proclaimed a jubilee to be
observed throughout his dominions, to celebrate the event.
The same master-spirit that urged on the massacre of St.
Bartholomew, led also in the scenes of the French Revolution.
Satan seemed to triumph. Notwithstanding the labors of the
Reformers, he had succeeded in holding vast multitudes in
ignorance concerning God and His word. Now he appeared in a new
guise. In France arose an atheistic power that openly declared war
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against the authority of Heaven. Men threw off all restraint. The
Law of God was trampled underfoot. Those who could engage in
the most Heaven-daring blasphemy and the most abominable
wickedness were most highly exalted. Fornication was sanctioned
by law. Profanity and corruption seemed to overwhelm the earth.
In all this, supreme homage was paid to Satan, while Messiah in His
characteristics of truth, purity, and unselfish love, was crucified.
The Bible was publicly burned. The Sabbath was blotted out.
Romanism had enjoined image worship; now divine honors were
paid to the vilest objects. The work that the papacy had begun,
atheism completed. The one withheld from the people the truths
of the Bible; the other taught them to reject both the Bible and its
Author. The seed sown by priests and prelates was yielding its evil
fruit.
Terrible indeed was the condition of infidel France. The
word of truth lay dead in her streets, and those who hated the
restrictions and requirements of God's Law were jubilant. But
transgression and rebellion were followed by the sure result.
Unhappy France reaped in blood the harvest she had sown. The
war against the Bible and the Law of God banished peace and
happiness from the hearts and homes of men. No one was secure:
he who triumphed today was suspected, condemned, tomorrow.
Violence and terror reigned supreme. The land was filled with
crimes too horrible to write.
God's faithful witnesses were not long to remain silent.
"The Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon
their feet, and great fear fell upon them which saw them."
Revelation 11:11. The world stood aghast at the enormity of guilt
that had resulted from a rejection of the Sacred Oracles, and men
were glad to return once more to faith in God and His word.
Concerning the two witnesses the prophet declares further,
"And they heard a great voice from Heaven saying unto them,
Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud, and
their enemies beheld them." Revelation 11:12. Since the French
Revolution, the word of God has been honored as never before.
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The Bible has been translated into nearly every language spoken by
men, and scattered over every part of the globe. After being, as it
were, thrust down to hell, it has, in truth, been exalted to heaven.
The witnesses will testify of the Glory of GOD until that wonderful
day when He returns to testify in person.
This was not the end of the beast Empire however; through
the course of the reformation, the beast has been growing and
expanding its reach. Through Spain and France, expanding into the
new world, Romanism has spread throughout the earth. Their
tentacles have infiltrated every nation and every tongue.
To make things worse, the reformers of the Protestant
Movements never really reformed. They kept many of the same
falsehoods of the mother church and did not return to the purity of
the Bible. They still keep the same false sabbaths and much of the
idolatry and superstitions. They have “a form of godliness, but they
deny YEHOVAH the power there of” by claiming that His Law was
done away with. This makes them lawless and shows that they
follow the lawless one and not the true GOD, just as the mother
church does.
This brings us up the present time. Now in 2017 the New
World Order, orchestrated through the Jesuit, with its satanic
banking cabal is very close to having a complete stranglehold on
the earth once again. The Beast has quietly grown becoming
worldwide empire, and it is very close to having complete strangle
hold on the earth once again. Now the beast is a world empire
ruling from the United Nations. Great Britain, the United States and
Russia are the leaders of this Empire each having veto power. Every
nation on earth is part of the U.N. and to some degree give their
power over to it.
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Rev 11: 15-19 The Seventh Trumpet –
Messiah’s Reign Foreseen (Sep 13, 2017)
For the past five hundred years, the two witnesses have
been giving their testimony and the powers of Satan’s Kingdom
have done everything it can to make them dead and obscured.
Satan’s Kingdom has grown and become a worldwide empire and
Satan has centered his power through the United Nations. The
Almighty has allowed this to happen because He is preparing the
world for the “last trump,” the seventh trumpet.
As part of this last trumpet, we will see YEHOVAH bring the
two empires, Israel and the beast, that He has been dealing with
for the last four thousand years into full view; we will see the bowls
of wrath, the greater exodus, the coming of the messiah, the final
destruction of the beast empire, the wedding supper of the lamb,
and the establishment of GOD’s Kingdom on earth.
Rev 11:15-19 And the seventh angel sounded; and there arose
loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has
become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will
reign forever and ever." (16) And the twenty-four elders, who sit
on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped
God, (17) saying, "We give Thee thanks, O Lord God, the
Almighty, who art and who wast, because Thou hast taken Thy
great power and hast begun to reign. (18) "And the nations were
enraged, and Thy wrath came, and the time came for the dead to
be judged, and the time to give their reward to Thy bond-servants
the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear Thy name,
the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the
earth." (19) And the temple of God which is in heaven was
opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and
there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder
and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
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This last and final trumpet will blow on the day of
Trumpets, Sep 13, 2017. We can identify this timing because of
the sign that will appear in heaven in the next chapter of
Revelations.
The last time we saw hail and an earthquake it had to do
with civil war in the beast empire. Based on the examples of
previous scripture, the earthquake and the hailstorm will probably
have to do with war occurring among the nations of the Beast
Empire. Tensions are high between Russia, China and the U.S.
right now so maybe that could be it. Also, we have North Korea
and Iran trying to make nukes. There is also tension between the
left wing and the right wing of the nations. We will know when
the time comes how this will play out.
We must remember that the Beast Empire is now a global
Empire under the U.N. Anything that takes place in the world is
infighting among the members of the Beast State.
Ten days after the last trump, we will see a sign in heaven.
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Rev 12: 1-2 – The Woman Appears (Virgo: Dec,
2016 – Nov, 2017)
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Rev 12:1-2 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; (2) and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
This sign will appear in the heavens on September 23, 2017.
What makes this even more significant is that it falls on the Day of
Atonement on the Hebrew calendar. You can download a free
program called Stellarium, which allows you to track the movement
of the stars from anywhere on the planet and see this sign that is
coming for yourself. On September 23, 2017, you will see this sign
in the heavens of the sun clothing the constellation Virgo, the moon
will be at her feet, twelve stars will be above her head, and Jupiter
will be breaking forth out of her womb.
It seems that the gospel is not only written in the Bible but
also in the stars. This gospel in the stars is called the Mazzaroth or
Zodiac. This is not to be confused with astrology, which is a
counterfeit of this where diviners attempt to read the stars to
create a horoscope. The Mazzaroth is the story of salvation written
in the stars. This story was shown to Adam by YEHOVAH. Adam
then passed it passed down to his children, and to this day, the
signs of the Mazzaroth and the names of the stars displaying this
story in the heavens are still well known. This story is about the
coming savior who will save humanity from the evil dragon. Isaiah
spoke of the Mazzaroth saying, “Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these? (the constellations) He who brings out their
host by number, (There are exactly 12 major constellations in every
culture) calling them all by name; (proclaiming the gospel Psalms
19) by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power
not one is missing.” (Isa 40:26)
This sign in heaven is a turning point and it is a signal to the
followers of Yeshua that we are on the home stretch. It is telling us
that we need to look up because our redemption is near. This sign
starts a ten-year countdown to the coming of the Kingdom. In Luke
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21:25-28 Yeshua told us what to look for so that we will know the
time of His coming, "And there will be signs in sun and moon and
stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the
roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting with fear and with
foreboding of what is coming on the world; for the powers of the
heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these
things begin to take place, look up and raise your heads, because
your redemption is drawing near." Yeshua told us that there would
be signs in the sun moon and stars. The sign He is referring to will
be here on Sep 23, 2017. We also have distress of the nations. As I
described in the last chapter there is a perplexity of the sea as the
Beast of the Sea battels to bring forth its Luciferian doctrine and
snuff out the Bible. If you look at the news, and at what is being put
on YouTube, it is apparent that the people of the earth are in a
panic because they can sense what is coming. They are panicked
because they do not have the true gospel to comfort them.
This sign along with the other constellations gives us a road
map of the things that are to follow. By incorporating the gospel
written in the heavens with the book of Revelations, we are able to
develop a time line for upcoming end-time events.
The Mazzaroth is a story written in the heavens and it
correlates to Chapters 12 through 22 in the book of Revelations. By
tying these two stories together, it gives us a more complete
picture of end-time events. It also gives us a time line for the
events.
Jupiter is known as the King Star. The pagans have changed
the names of the planets, naming them after their heathen gods.
Each civilization has named Jupiter after their primary deity. The
pagans do not get the last word on this subject however. The
pagans did not create the heavens and the earth and they do not
determine the names of the stars. Only YEHOVAH does this,
therefore we will call it by its Hebrew name. In Hebrew, the name
of Jupiter is “Tzedek.”
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The meaning of Tzedek is, “righteousness or justice.” This is
one of the root words of the name Melchizedek, who is the King of
Righteousness. Melchizedek is also known as a preacher of
righteousness. That is what this star is, a preacher of righteousness.
It represents the righteousness of Yeshua and His Church and as
Tzedek moves through the constellations it is in telling us the plan
of salvation.
The constellation Virgo represents the true Church or Israel,
who are one in the same. Two thousand years ago, Israel birthed
the King of Righteousness. Now Israel will birth the righteous body
of that King. As Tzedek makes its trek through the constellations
telling the story of the righteous King and His bride, the events will
be played out on earth.
The crown over the head of Virgo is the constellation Leo,
which represents the fulfilment of the Kingdom. The messages of
this sign is that the true Church, “Israel,” will be crowned with the
Kingdom and bring forth righteousness.
The key to understanding the events as written in the
heavens is to follow Jupiter the Tzedek. It takes a little over eleven
years for Tzedek to make its trek through the constellations. This
trek started on about Jul 26, 2016 when Tzedek was about to enter
the constellation Virgo. From there Tzedek entered the womb of
Virgo where it stayed for nine months. It could do this because of
what is called retrograde motion. On Sep23, 2017 we will see the
great sign in heaven that is spoken of in Rev 12.
After this, Tzedek will begin to go forth out of the womb of
the virgin representing the birth of righteousness upon the earth.
This righteousness will be manifest through Yeshua and his Ecclesia
as they bring forth their Kingdom on the earth.
Once Tzedek exits the womb of Virgo, it will continue its trip
through the constellations, which will take about ten years. By
following Tzedek as it passes through each of the constellations, we
can correlate the story of the constellation with the scriptures of
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Revelations. The time that the Tzedek is in the constellation will be
approximately when the event occurs on earth.
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Rev 12:3-6 The Red Dragon (Serpens Dec 25,
2017)
Rev 12:3-4 And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a
great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his
heads were seven diadems.
After Tzedek leaves the womb of Virgo it goes past the
decon constellation of Serpens. During this time, the world will be
celebrating the false savior on a holiday known as Christmas.
Notice two things in the drawing of the constellation above, the
man Ophiuchus is wrestling with the serpent and the serpent is
losing its crown. The crown is represented by the constellation
Coronus Borealis. Ophiuchus is a picture of Yeshua who is wrestling
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Satan the serpent for control of the earth. As they wrestle, the
serpent is losing its grip on its crown and on the earth that it now
controls.
Rev 12:4-6 And his tail swept away a third of the stars of
heaven, and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood
before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she
gave birth he might devour her child. (5) And she gave birth to a
son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron;
and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. (6) And
the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place
prepared by God, so that there she might be nourished for one
thousand two hundred and sixty days.
This describes the fallen nature of Satan who deceives and
causes many to fall. He was the High Priest of GOD’s Kingdom, but
he rebelled taking with him those who chose to follow in his
rebellion. Now rather than having a heavenly nature, those who
follow him have become earthy in nature, or evil.
When Yeshua was born, Satan was ready and waiting to
destroy Him. He tried to kill him as a baby when Herod sent his
henchmen to kill all the babies in Bethlehem. Satan was finally able
to kill Yeshua by having the Temple leaders drum up false
allegations against Him having Him crucified. This scene will soon
be played out again when Satan attempts to kill the Church that
begins its march to bring forth righteousness after 23 Sep 2017.
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Rev 12: 5-17 The Rod of Iron (Libra: Jan 2018 -
Nov 2018)
After the Tzedek leaves the constellation of Virgo, it enters
into the constellation Libra. Libra is a picture of a balance. The
balance reminds us of Daniel 5:27-28, "'TEKEL'--you have been
weighed on the scales and found deficient." 'PERES'--your kingdom
has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." In our
case, the beast empire of our day has been weighed in the balance
and found deficient. It will soon be handed over to the Kingdom of
Israel when Yeshua comes to take it by force.
The balance also reminds us of the redemption of Yeshua
Messiah. The word redemption comes from the concept of to buy
or purchase. Yeshua purchased us back from the hands of the
enemy. This redemption is the cause of a great war that ensues for
the minds of the people.
The balance also reminds us of the rod that was used to
measure the Temple. Remember we are the Temple and we are
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measured or weighed in the balance by the words written in the
cannon, which is the measuring rod of GOD.
Rev 12:5-6 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to
rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up
to God and to His throne.
The woman whose genesis was the covenant of obedience
or circumcision given through Abraham gave birth to Yeshua.
Yeshua was the only one who was ever successful at keeping that
covenant of obedience given to Abraham. (See my book Knowing
YEHOVAH) This resulted in the grave not being able to hold on to
Yeshua. Through his obedience, Yeshua was anointed to be King
and Priest over all the earth. Now, because Yeshua is a quickening
spirit who can quicken the rest of us who were not able to be
obedient, we are born again through His righteousness.
This sign that appears did not appear when Yeshua was
born, it will appear on Sep 23, 2017. Since this does not represent
the birth of Yeshua then who is the man-child that is being born.
We see the answer to this in Exo 4:22, "Then you shall say to
Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, "Israel is My son, My first-born.”
Israel is the first born of YAH; however, because of sin Israel never
became one with YAH. Now through the blood of the Lamb, Yeshua
Messiah, Israel is finally ready to become one with YEHOVAH. Israel
is ready to be born again just as Yeshua was when He was baptized
by John. When Yeshua was born again, the Shekinah or Holy Spirit
came to dwell within Him. This is when Yeshua became the son of
GOD, the first born among many. Israel is now ready for this to
happen on a large scale as the manifestation of the sons of GOD
comes to fruition.
Here we see a rod again. The first rod we saw was the rod
made of a reed. We discovered that the word rod came from the
root word “cannon.” That rod was only made of reed because it
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needed to bend to allow for the fact that GOD’s people were not
yet in the eternal Kingdom. Because the Kingdom had not yet
arrived GOD’s people could not perfectly keep the Law so the rod
needed to be flexible. When the Kingdom is established, the rod
will now be made of iron because it will have the force of the divine
Kingdom behind it. Yeshua will enforce YEHOVAH’s divine Law and
He will have the power of the Eternal Kingdom to enforce it. With
the rod of iron (Cannon), He will maintain Divine Law.
(6) And the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place
prepared by God, so that there she might be nourished for (until)
one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
After His death burial and resurrection, Yeshua ascended to
heaven where He still waits to come back and take His Kingdom.
After Yeshua was ascended, the woman or Israel had to flee Judea
and go out into the wilderness. In Biblical terms, everything outside
the Promised Land is considered wilderness. YAH sent His people
to the nations of the world (the wilderness) where they have been
able to live until the 1260 days when He will bring them back to the
Promised Land. GOD’s people were slowly driven out of the
Promised Land and finally in 70AD they were completely pushed
out of the Land.
I believe this scripture should have been interpreted to say,
the woman was sent into the wilderness to be nourished until the
one thousand two hundred and sixty days. One thousand two
hundred and sixty days is the same forty-two month period when
the mystery of GOD is revealed. The woman has obviously been
waiting for the return of her Messiah since He left. Another reason
I think it is until the one thousand two hundred and sixty days is
that in few scriptures down from this the woman goes into the
wilderness again, but as you will see, at that time she will be going
to the wedding supper of the Lamb.
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Rev 12:7-12 And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels
waging war with the dragon. And the dragon and his angels
waged war, (8) and they were not strong enough, and there was
no longer a place found for them in heaven. (9) And the great
dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the
devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown
down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
(10) And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the
salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the
authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren
has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day
and night. (11) "And they overcame him because of the blood of
the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they
did not love their life even to death. (12) "For this reason, rejoice,
O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the
sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath,
knowing that he has only a short time."
This scripture is depicted by the decon constellation of
Draco and Hercules. Hercules (Yeshua) defeats Draco (Satan) and
casts him out of heaven. The Europeans used to celebrate this with
a fall festival called “Michaelmas.”
This war in heaven takes place because of the son, Yeshua
Messiah, who goes to heaven to take His place at the right hand of
GOD. Satan is no longer the covering angel who judges man. He can
no longer make accusations against those who choose the
covenant because Yeshua paid for our sins.
When this great sign of Virgo appears in the heaven’s
Yeshua will be officially crowned as King and Priest over Israel and
of the earth. In Zachariah, we are given the details of this event:
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Zec 3:1-10 Then he showed me Yeshua the high
priest standing before the angel of YEHOVAH, and Satan
standing at his right hand to accuse him. (2) And YEHOVAH
said to Satan, "YEHOVAH rebuke you, Satan! Indeed,
YEHOVAH who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not
a brand plucked from the fire?" (3) Now Yeshua was
clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel.
(4) And he spoke and said to those who were standing
before him saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him."
Again he said to him, "See, I have taken your iniquity away
from you and will clothe you with festal robes." (5) Then I
said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put
a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments,
while the angel of YEHOVAH was standing by. (6) And the
angel of YEHOVAH admonished Yeshua saying, (7) "Thus
says YEHOVAH of hosts, 'If you will walk in My ways, and if
you will perform My service, then you will also govern My
house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant
you free access among these who are standing here. (8)
'Now listen, Yeshua the high priest, you and your friends
who are sitting in front of you--indeed they are men who are
a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the
Branch. (9) 'For behold, the stone that I have set before
Yeshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave
an inscription on it,' declares YEHOVAH of hosts, 'and I will
remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (10) 'In that
day,' declares YEHOVAH of hosts, 'every one of you will
invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig
tree.'"
If you are familiar with this verse, you will have noticed that
I changed the name from Joshua to Yeshua. Joshua is the Anglicized
form of Yeshua. If you look up the name in the concordance, you
will see that the name is actually Yeshua.
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What is taking place here is that on the last trump Satan is
rebuked or fired from his position as the covering angel. Yeshua is
given that position and given the garment of the High Priest of
Israel and He is given charge of the Kingdom of GOD. This will
happen on Sep 13, 2017. Ten days later, on Sep 23, 2017 Yeshua
the new High Priest will atone for the sins of Israel.
Through Satan, all people would be condemned, but
through Yeshua, those who will repent are saved through the blood
of the Lamb and the word of the testimony or covenant of GOD.
Remember, a testament and a covenant is the same thing. They are
referring to GOD’s Law, which has the purpose of perfecting a
people. Yeshua is the Word or Promise of GOD; therefore, it is by
YEHOVAH’s promise or word as set forth in Torah, and by the blood
of the Lamb that we are saved. It is not our self-centered testimony
of our experience of salvation that saves us. The word of the
testimony is referring to Torah and Yeshua who is the fulfilment of
Torah the testament or covenant of GOD.
The balance is no longer in the hands of Satan who would
condemn all. Yeshua now holds the balance and those who will
repent and turn back to the Law are redeemed.
There is no longer a place in heaven for Satan now that
Yeshua is there. A war in heaven ensues and Satan is thrown down
to the earth. This will be when the lawless one is revealed to the
world. This will most likely take place in Rev 13. Satan the Azazel
goat will be cast out into the wilderness (earth) while Yeshua the
one who went to the alter of sacrificed, to be sacrificed for us all,
will stay by the right hand of YEHOVAH. Satan the lawless one will
be here in the flesh and he will be crowned by his followers and
given control of the earth. He will rule the earth from the United
Nations and all the nations on the earth will give their power over
to him.
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Rev 12:13-14 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown
down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to
the male child. (14) And the two wings of the great eagle were
given to the woman, in order that she might fly into the
wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for (until) a time
and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
These verses are looking into the future. This will be the
second time the woman (the true Church) goes into the wilderness.
That is because the one thousand two hundred and sixty days will
have arrived when the mystery of GOD is revealed. A few years
after the devil is cast down to earth the forty-two month period will
begin. In the meantime, Satan will have full control of the United
Nations and all the nations on earth give their power over to him.
With all the worlds’ power, Satan will begin to persecute and
attempt to destroy the woman. But on eagles wings the woman will
be taken into the wilderness and nourished by manna.
A similar thing happened when YEHOVAH delivered Israel
out of Egypt. We see this in Exodus 19:3-6, “And Moses went up to
God, and YEHOVAH called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus
you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel: 'You
yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore
you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself. 'Now then, if you
will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be
My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation..."
When YEHOVAH brought judgment on the Egyptians, the Pharaoh
was a type and shadow of Satan. Satan will be the leader of the
U.N., the Beast Empire, and YEHOVAH will bring judgment to all the
nations of the earth.
YEHOVAH is once again going to take his people on eagles’
wings and bring them to Himself. This will begin the greater exodus
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as YAH’s people begin to make their way to Mt. Sinai for the
wedding supper of the Lamb.
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Rev 12:15-17 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his
mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept
away with the flood. (16) And the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river, which the
dragon poured out of his mouth. (17) And the dragon was
enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest
of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold to
the testimony of Jesus.
As GOD’s people make their way to Mt Sinai, Satan will send
out a river of water to sweep them away. The river of water that
Satan sends out is a false gospel, which will foment hatred against
the woman or true Church. Because of this river of lies and hatred,
a great army will come after the woman to destroy her. The earth
will open up, swallow the army, and rescue the woman. There are
several Biblical examples of this, one being the army of Pharaoh
who were swallowed by the Red Sea and the other during a
rebellion against Moses when Korah and his followers were
swallowed up by the earth.
YAH’s people will be migrating to Mt. Sanai from all parts of
the world. When YAH protects one stream of people making their
way to Sanai, Satan will turn his attention to another stream of
people. Each time they will be protected by YEHOVAH.
Back when YEHOVAH delivered Israel from the Egyptians,
He took them into the wilderness where the wedding supper of
Moses took place. The reasons for the wilderness is because He had
to cleanse them, sanctify them, and establish them as a nation
under His rule before they could enter the Promised Land. After
this, when they were ready, He sent Israel in to cleans and sanctify
the Land. The same thing will soon be repeated, only this time it
will be the wedding supper of Yeshua.
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Rev 13 - The Beast (Scorpio: Nov, 2018 - Nov,
2019)
Now Tzedek will travel through the constellation Scorpio. In
Rev 12 YAH revealed the protagonist of the end-time battle as
being Israel, the Bride of Messiah, born of the virgin. Now in Rev 13
He is revealing the antagonist, Scorpio the Beast Empire, the bride
of Satan.
We are going to go deep into the beast empire and pull in a
lot of other prophecies in order to give a complete understanding
of Bible prophecy.
The Beasts (The Empire of the Church and the State) Throughout history YEHOVAH has dealt with two empires,
His Empire called Israel, and the Beast Empire or Satan’s Empire.
The story that is portrayed by Bible prophecy is the story of these
two empires. In the book of Daniel, Daniel has a vision of a statue
where he saw four world empires. The final empire is the two legs
of iron with feet of iron and clay. This forth empire started in about
30BC and will control the earth until the return of the Messiah. This
empire started with the rise of the Roman Empire and it is still in
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existence today. Please study the following picture and notice that
the legs represent the two beasts, the beast of the earth and the
beast of the sea. Just as the arms represented the Medio and
Persian empires, the two legs represents two parts of the final
empire. These two parts are the Church and the State.
To start with, you need to understand how the beasts relate
to the statue of Daniel. As you recall Daniel saw a vision of a statue.
This statue had a head of gold, representing the Babylonian Empire;
it had breasts of silver, representing the Medio Persian Empire; it
had a waist of bronze, representing the Grecian Empire; and finally
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it had the legs of iron with feet of iron and clay, representing the
final world Empire. To tie this statue together with the beasts you
have to understand that the vision of the beasts, that both Daniel
and later John saw, were a continuation of the visions of this statue.
The vision of the statue and the beasts are tied together in their
message.
When John saw the continuation of the vision, he saw two
beasts, the Beast of the Sea and the Beast of the Earth. What these
two beast represent are the two legs on the statue. Remember, the
last Empire was the two legs of iron. These two legs are the two
beasts that work together to control the empire. To reemphasis,
the two beasts, the Beast of the Sea and the Beast of the Earth are
the two legs of iron with the feet of iron and clay of Daniel’s statue.
One leg is the political side of the empire and the other leg
is the false church, or spiritual side of the empire. Since the time
that the beast became the two legs of the statue, it has stood on
these two legs. Most people do not realize that the Universal or
Catholic Church was there since the beginning of the two-leg
empire. Since the beginning of the Roman Empire the political side
of the beast and the spiritual side of the beast have always worked
together to grow and maintain it.
In the beginning, when the beast was called the Roman
Empire the Caesars were considered gods. The Caesars needed the
Pagan Church to direct the worship of the people to themselves. In
return, the leaders of the Church gained power and authority.
During the middle ages, there was a manifestation of the beast
empire where it transitioned into the feudalistic system of
monarchies. In our day, the beast empire has shifting into the world
government system under the banner of the United Nations. In
each case the Church and State have worked together to maintain
and grow Satan’s kingdom. Throughout history this symbiotic
relationship between the political side and the spiritual side of this
final empire has taken place.
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Most prophecy expositors believe that the two legs are the
eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire, but this is not the
case because the empire was not always arranged between the
east and the west. Originally, as it absorbed the Grecian Empire,
the Empire had many providences. As it grew farther into its
ascendancy, it was divided between the north and the south, as
described in Daniel 11. Daniel 11 is a summary, by the angel
Gabriel, of how world events would play out during the seventy
weeks of Daniel.* Many want to put these events into the future,
but these events have already run their course.
The beast empire, as described by Daniel’s statue, has gone
through many metamorphoses throughout its history. The only
constant that we see in this final empire is the two legs, as the
Church and State work together to grow and maintain the Empire.
The contexts of the scriptures describing these two beasts that
represent the two legs of the statue demonstrate the fact that the
Church and the State are the two legs of the final Empire.
Let us examine these two legs of the statue, which are the
two beasts of Revelations.
* Go to www.herealittletherealittle.net and read the article entitled Daniel 11,
an expose outlining the historic events described in Daniel 11.
The Beast of the Sea
YAH calls it the “beast of the sea” because it comes out of
the depths of the sea. When the Almighty flooded the earth, He
destroyed all flesh on earth due to judgment against man’s
rebellion. When Noah’s sons began to repopulate the earth, some
of them resurrected this rebellion, which YAH had buried in the
depths of the abyss. Man resurrected the gods of old, dragging
them back up out of the sea were they were supposed to remain
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buried. At the Tower of Babel Nimrod and his followers, drug the
rebellion of old out of the sea in defiance to GOD.
When you are talking about the beast, you are talking about
the kingdom of Satan. Satan is the god of the beast kingdom and it
does his will. Satan requires the worship of all those who live in his
kingdom and he uses the two beasts to direct worship towards
himself. These beasts are his allies in a struggle against GOD.
The Beast of the Sea: And he stood on the sand of the seashore. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?" And there was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies; and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them; and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. If anyone has an ear, let him hear. (Rev 13:1-9)
“And he stood on the sand of the seashore.” The “he” is
referring to Satan. He is standing on the seashore waiting for an ally
to help him with his rebellion against GOD. We see the rise of the
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beast empire as man dredged up the rebellion of old up out of the
sea. The beast empire or Satan’s empire began at the Tower of
Babel where Nimrod and his followers dredged the pre-flood
rebellion out of the abyss.
The following description of the beast empire is how we
know it is the Satan’s empire, “And I saw a beast coming up out of
the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were
ten diadems.” The diadems are a reference to the stones that
Lucifer wore. In YAH’s description of Lucifer he had ten diadems;
“You were in Eden, the garden of GOD; every precious stone was
your covering: The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond; the beryl, the
onyx, and the jasper; the lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the
emerald.” (Eze 28:13) As you can see, Satan wore ten diadems. This
is the ten horns with diadems, which represents ten kings or
nations. Notice that Lucifer was to rule over ten tribes or nations,
but Yeshua is to rule over twelve tribes or nations. There are twelve
diadems on Yeshua’s priestly garments. Here is the difference:
Ten is the number of perfection, the completion of
God's divine order
Twelve is the number of governmental perfection
and divine government.
When YEHOVAH finished with creation, He stepped back to
look at what He had created and He said, “Behold, it is very
good.”(Gen 1:31) By good, it is meant that the order would fulfil the
purpose for which it was made. The order provided a place for man
to dwell and thrive. The order that He had created on earth is
represented by the ten diadems worn by Lucifer who was the
covering angel over this order.
At this point YEHOVAH’s Kingdom had not been established
on earth. Now that creation was complete and perfected, YAH still
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needed to establish "governmental perfection." Governmental
perfection is represented by the number twelve. Even though
creation had been completed and put into order, divine Law still
had to be established on earth. Once divine law was instituted, the
covering angel would then wear twelve diadems.
Before divine Law could be established, a question had to
be asked of humanity. This question was presented to Adam who
would answer for all of humanity that would come forth from him.
That question was presented to Adam in the form of two trees. The
question was, will you follow My Divine Law and eat of the tree of
life, or will you rebel and eat of the tree of good and evil. Adam’s
answer was that of rebellion.
Satan with his ten diadems, the covering angel, failed in his
duties to lead man in the proper direction. Our covering angel
rebelled, tempted Adam, and Adam followed him into rebellion.
If humanity had agreed to not rebel against GOD, and if
Adam had chosen to take from the tree of life, then GOD’s work
would have been done concerning humanity. Man would have
most likely stepped into divine government without the slightest
problem. If Lucifer, the covering angel, had not rebelled he may
have taken on two more diadems to signify the transition into
divine government, but Lucifer failed in his duties and humanity
chose to rebel. As a result, YEHOVAH had to raise up a new covering
angel, the one who would wear twelve diadems and establish
divine government on earth.
Now that man rebelled, YEHOVAH had to do a new work of
creation. For the next six thousand years, YEHOVAH has been
working to set forth his divine Law and turn the heart of man away
from his rebellion. To do this He had to create a new covering angel.
In order to save us from our sin this new covering angel was hung
on a tree to pay the price for our sins. “But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement
of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
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healed.”(Isaiah 53:5) From the beginning, it was YEHOVAH’s plan
for humanity to take of the tree of life. Now when we accept
Yeshua as our sacrificial Lamb our rebellion ends and our hearts are
transformed. YEHOVAH’s divine government can now be
completed. The Law will complete its purpose of creating a
righteous people. We will now be able partake of the tree of life.
Returning to the beast of the sea, we see that the beast has
ten horns, which represent ten regions, governments, or kings. The
beast empire has gone through many reorganizations, and from its
inception, the number of regions and kings has varied greatly. Do
not get hung up on finding exactly ten governments and try to find
exactly ten kings. No matter how many nations there are, the
nations are represented by the ten diadems because Satan’s
kingdom is represented by the number ten.
The Seven Heads
Now we will talk about the seven heads with blasphemous
names. The heads represent the major religions of the world, which
are also called hills or mountains. These are a counterfeit of the
seven spirits of GOD.
The seven spirits of GOD are represented by the menorah.
From the example of the menorah, we can see that the seven
spirits are a source of light that are to guide us to the throne of the
Almighty. In YAH’s Kingdom we know who and what the spirits are
because John points them out to us in the book of Revelations: ”As
for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand,
and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of
the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven
churches.(Rev 1:20) The angels spoken of here are not heavenly
beings, they are the pastors of the churches spoken of. The word
angel means messenger, and the pastors of the churches are the
messengers of YAH to His flocks.
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In the Greek, the word church is “ecclesia,” which means
assembly. We know that there were more than seven assemblies
or churches in John’s day so do not get hung up on finding exactly
seven churches. The Church is represented by the number seven.
Seven is the number of perfection, and YAH is perfecting His
Church. This is the message of the seven churches, the perfected
Church, which will be a light to the world in the millennial reign of
the Messiah.
Getting back to the seven heads of the beast, these seven
heads represent false light or false gospels. It is obvious who one
of these heads is by the context. The head that “was fatally
wounded and healed” is the false messiah. This is a reference to
the resurrection of the savior god. The world followed the beast
because of the false messiah and the creation of the Christian
religion, which became the largest and most powerful of all the
religions on earth.
Where this scripture talked about, “The head slain and its
fatal wound was healed,” this is a direct reference to the creation
of the false messiah. This false messiah was slain on Good Friday
and was resurrected on Easter Sunday. Both of these holidays were
borrowed from pagan ritual. The entire world was amazed at the
false messiah, and from the time of Constantine has followed the
beast because of this head that was slain. Have you heard of the
song, Oh Sacred Head Now Wounded, which is based on a Medieval
Latin poem, Salve mundi salutare? This popular ode to the Christ
whose head was wounded depicting the world’s view of the Christ
they follow. This view is in contrast to the truth of scripture, which
says that the Messiahs heal would be wounded, but the head of the
serpent would be crushed.
After the head was healed, “The whole world was amazed
and followed after the beast.” This is the resurrection of the false
messiah. After the creation of the false messiah, the Empire quickly
became the fastest growing Empire on earth. It spread to all
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nations and tongues. To this day, it is the largest religion on earth,
and today it has amassed its power through the United Nations
with the United States and other Christian nations being the leader
of this federation.
In Rev 17:11 we see that the beast representing the false
messiah is actually an eighth head, "And the beast which was and
is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes
to destruction.” The eighth head is the rise of the religion that
presents the false messiah. This corresponds to the little horn in
Daniel who is touting a false gospel.
Now that we have identified one of the heads as being the
false messiah and his religion, we can also determine whom the
other seven heads are that are spreading false light to the world.
They are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Bahia, Confucianism,
and Shintoism. Satan’s kingdom consists of all the false religions of
the world, which direct the worship of the people to himself.
Another reason we know that the heads represent religions
is where it says, “…and on his heads were blasphemous names.”
Blasphemy is always associated with false religion, so it only makes
sense that these heads are the false religions of the world directing
the worship of the people toward a false god.
“And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet
were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion.
And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great
authority.” This is what the beast looks like at the end of the age
just prior to going to destruction. Since we live at the end of the
age this is what the beast looks like now.
Daniel 7 is a companion to this verse. John and Daniel saw
the same beast, but Daniel saw the beast from a different vantage
point. When Daniel saw the beast, he saw it as four separate
empires. These empires relate back to the statue he had seen
where the beast represent the four major empires that would
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dominate the world throughout history. Daniel would have
understood the lion to be the Babylonian Empire, the bear to be
the Medio-Persian Empire and the leopard to be the Grecian
Empire.
Daniel would not have known the origins of the last beast
because it represents the final Empire, which had not come into
existence yet. We now know that this was the Roman Empire.
Initially the Roman Empire was governed by the system of
Emperors with the pagan Church of Rome leading the worship of
the people. Then during the middle ages, this empire morphed and
became the Roman Catholic Church and the system of Monarchs.
In these latter times the empire morphed once again becoming the
United Nations with the Christian nations, consisting of Protestants
and Catholics, at the forefront of its power. The final beast has not
died and gone away as many believe, it has just morphed from one
state to another along the way. It went from the legs of iron to the
feet of iron and clay and then to the ten toes as seen on Daniels
statue.
Later when John saw this beast in his vision, the beasts had
all become one beast with the characteristics of each of the beasts
still intact. As a result, the final beast Empire, which has dominated
the earth since the fall of the Grecian Empire, has ruled the earth
and will rule the earth until Yeshua returns. This is the beast having
ten horns and seven heads. This beast also has the characteristics
of the empires that were absorbed as each ascending empire
conquered the previous. Now when you see the final beast it is like
a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth
like the mouth of a lion. This compost beast is the final world
Empire that is in control of the world today through the U.N.
Two things have changed since the early years of these
beast nations. One is that the peoples of these nations have
migrated to different parts of the world. The other is that the
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peoples from the lost tribes of Israel have been sifted through
these people groups.
To reiterate, there is now only one beast because the final
beast swallowed up the previous beasts. This beast is the beast that
has ten horns and seven heads. This beast is a worldwide in scope
and is in control the entire earth. It was once beaten back to just
the area of Europe, but it again expanded its territories and has
become a worldwide empire. It is the two legs of the statue, the
church and the state, which work together as one. This worldwide
beast empire is what we call the United Nations.
Using scripture, we can identify the final beast nation and
see the characteristics of the lion, bear and leopard in the beast. To
do this, it is best to refer back to Daniel’s description of the beasts
because it gives us more details about the beast. We will look at
Dan 7:3-7 verse by verse:
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till
the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the
earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man's
heart was given to it. Anyone from either the United States (U.S.)
or Great Briton (G.B.) should recognize who this is. The animal
symbol for G.B. is the lion. If you will notice the picture of the British
Coat of Arms below, you will see that the lion is standing on two
feet as a man. Everyone knows that the United States came out of
Great Britain and that its symbol is the eagle. The U.S., who’s
national symbol is the eagle, is the wings that were plucked out of
the lion. The man’s heart given to this beast signifies the philosophy
of this kingdom. It exalts the human more that the divine. It is a
man-centered philosophy called secular humanism. This pertains
to both G.B. and the U.S..
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Even though the U.S. came out of G.B., they still operate as
a coalition, especially in times of war. In fact, G.B. just pulled out of
the European Union, so we will most likely see this coalition get
stronger.
The next beast is the bear. And, behold, another beast, a
second, like to a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three
ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto
it, Arise, devour much flesh. Everyone knows that the bear is the
animal symbol for Russia. It is also well known that Russian regimes
have had a history of brutality and murder. Stalin conducted the
Great Purge to remove opponents of the Communist Party through
the mass arbitrary arrest of many people who were then sent to
correctional labor camps or sentenced to death, thus devouring
much flesh. This is definitely referring to the territory of Russia.
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This covers two of the major regions of the world having
major political power and that play a major role in end-time
prophecy. Next is the leopard. After this I beheld, and, lo, another,
like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the
beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. For many
years, I have thought that the national animal symbol of Germany
was the leopard. I thought this because I have heard many Bible
prophecy teachers say this. Because of this, I thought that I would
be able to identify Germany as the fulfillment of this prophecy as
easily as I did Russia, G.B. and the U.S. When I went to research for
this book, I was shocked to find out that the leopard is not the
animal symbol of Germany. I spent many hours researching who
else could be the leopard, but there are no other candidates for the
leopard kingdom.
As I continued to contemplate on this, it seemed to me that
the region of Europe is a major political force and had to be
included in Bible prophecy. With Germany being the dominant
nation in the European Union, Germany seemed to be the best
candidate for the leopard. While going through this I ran into a
couple of articles stating that the leopard is the unofficial animal
symbol of Germany. After much consideration, I decided that this
must be the case for several reasons:
1. It is established among many Bible believers that Germany’s
animal symbol is the leopard. The Bible was written for
those seeking truth, and among those, this belief has
endured in many camps.
2. The panther and the leopard are considered the same
animal. The German people seem to have a particular
fondness for the panther, and we find the term is utilized
broadly in Germanic culture. In the German television
industry, for example, a major vendor is Panther
Electronics. In the military, two prominent naval vessels (a
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cruiser and a gunboat) were both named The Panther.
Under Hitler's Third Reich, the primary tanks were named
Panthers, while another tank was the Panther's relative the
Tiger. Indeed, 21st century Germany now manufactures a
tank that has been deployed in Bosnia known as the
Leopard
3. We know that these beasts are a description of the world
just prior to the coming of YEHOVAH. Daniel 7:11 says,
“Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful
words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the
beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the
burning fire.” This gives us the time frame of this vision,
which would no doubt be at the end of the age just prior to
Yeshua’s return. Therefore, the European Union has to be
involved. Since Germany is the dominant figure in the E.U.
it only makes sense that Germany would be this leopard.
4. The four heads is another clue. We know that Nazi Germany
was the Third Reich. The word Reich means Kingdom. There
have been three German Kingdoms, and the current
German Kingdom makes four. With the fall of the Berlin wall
Germany has once again become a juggernaut in the heart
of Europe. The Fourth Reich had its genesis in 1951 when
Germany (leopard) and France (fowl) sponsored the
European Coal and Steel Community, which evolved into
the present day European Union. The Euro is now the
common currency, and Germany is still the dominating
nation in the EU. This fulfills the prophecy saying that the
leopard would be given dominance because it has
dominance of the E.U. and the E.U. is an extension of
Germany’s power.
5. There is the old axiom, which states, “A leopard can't
change his spots.” We have to remember that the Germanic
people have created three world wars. Something in the
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German psychic causes them to want to dominate the
world.
The fourth and final beast that came forth from the sea is
the ten-horned beast. After this I saw in the night-visions, and,
behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse
from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. As
previously stated this was the final beast or world empire and is has
devoured the other beast and now they are all one beast. Through
time, this beast has morphed into a worldwide empire. We have
already seen that the ten-horned beast is the Empire of Satan.
Satan’s Empire covers the entire earth and it is governed by the
United Nations.
The number ten represents divine order. Satan is the
covering angel over divine order. Satan and his allies, which are the
nations described above, have rebelled against the establishment
of the divine government being established on earth. Soon they,
along with all the other nations of the earth, will war against the
Almighty for control of the earth.
The ten horns correspond to the ten toes of Daniel’s statue.
This is the final manifestation of the beast empire. The ten horns or
ten toes are all the nations that we see on the earth today, as
described above. All of these nations of the world are a part of the
federation of nations called the United Nations. It is a global empire
as scripture predicted. The U.N. is the final manifestation of the
beast empire on earth. It is all the nations of the earth wrapped
into one, and these nations are represented by the ten diadems of
Satan, who is the covering angel over all these nations.
I am always amazed at how the nations of the world
continue to give more and more of their sovereignty over to the
U.N.. Eventually they will give complete sovereignty over to the
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U.N. for the purpose of fighting GOD. Rev 17:12-13, "And the ten
horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a
kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one
hour. "These have one purpose and they give their power and
authority to the beast.” The term one hour is a metaphor meaning
a short period of time. The ten kings spoken of are all of the nations
of the world as represented by the ten diadems. At this time, all
nations have not completely given their sovereignty over to the
U.N., but it is their purpose to do so, and they soon will.
Satan, the dragon, gives the beast his power “…and they
worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the
beast…” The beast is Satan’s empire with the power of Satan.
“Then the world follows the beast saying who can make
war with the beast.” This beast has had dominion in war since its
beginning. Each of the Empires represented by the Daniel’s statue
had dominated the earth. The beast has made war with the true
saints of GOD and has overcome them throughout history. Soon all
nations will give Satan full authority to use their armies to fight
GOD Almighty in an attempt to extinguish all those who walk with
GOD.
“And there was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant
words and blasphemies; and authority to act for forty-two months
was given to him.” The arrogant words are a false gospel directing
worship of the people to the false god, Satan. Many scriptures
mention this forty-two month period. This forty-two month period
is the time when the “Mystery of YEHOVAH” is revealed. It is when
the last trump is blown and GOD’s judgement will come down from
his throne.
In the above scripture, it says that the beast is allowed to
act for (until) forty-two months. This forty-two month period will
take place at the end of the age. Until then the beast, Satan, is given
the power to act in his full capacity. The beast empire is completely
given over to his will and he is be able to do as he pleases. Soon
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Satan will control the earth as the head of the United Nations and
will be considered god on earth. He will claim to be the savior god
and make himself out to be king and priest over the earth.
Remember that Satan is a counterfeit of the true Messiah.
The beast empire will attempt to war with YEHOVAH, but it
will be crushed. Dan 7:9-14 paints an awesome picture of YEHOVAH
on His Throne during this event:
"I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow, And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, its wheels were a burning fire. "A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, and myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; the court sat, and the books were opened. "Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words, which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire. "As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time. "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one, which will not be destroyed.
The fire coming out from the throne is the Shekinah Glory.
Deuteronomy 4:24 tells us, "For YEHOVAH your GOD is a consuming
fire, a jealous GOD.” As the fire proceeds from the Throne,
everyone on earth will be consumed by it. For those who are
marked for obedience, they will be consumed by YEHOVAH’s love.
YEHOVAH will circumcised their hearts, which will allow the fire of
GOD, His Shekinah Glory, to come have a resting place within them.
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They will become sons of the living GOD. On the other hand, those
who are marked for disobedience will be destroyed by the fire of
YEHOVAH’s wrath. The beast with ten horns will be destroyed along
with the eight false religions of the world, but "As for the rest of
the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of
life was granted to them for an appointed period of time.” The
United Nations, which is the world empire, will be destroyed, but
the U.S., G.B., E.U., Russia and China will be preserved for a period.
This is so YAH can bring healing to the nations. (Rev 22)
Rise of the Antichrist
To understand the beast empire you must realize that it
began at the tower of Babel and continued to form throughout the
centuries up to the present. Each prophecy that describes the beast
gives us detail about the beast at specific point in time. We have
been discussing the beast as it looks at the end of the age. Now we
need to look at the beast just after it became the two legs of iron.
This will give you an understanding of the origins of the antichrist.
In this, you will see the rise of the antichrist and the rise of the false
church:
(Dan 7:23-27) "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. 'As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. 'He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for (until) a time, times, and half a time. 'But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. 'Then the sovereignty, the dominion, and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of
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the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.'
Following the progression of this prophecy you can see that
this is about the same beast empire with ten horn that we have
been discussing, only this prophecy covers the years when it had
just become the two legs of iron. At that time, the beast was the
Roman Empire. This prophecy gives us the details of what took
place during the Roman Period not long after the times of the
Apostles.
Through conquest, the Roman Empire was expanding its
territories. As Daniel predicted ten kings would arise and then one
would come along that would be different. “As for the ten horns,
out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise
after them.” The ten horns represent the political leg of the beast
empire. Ten kings, or emperors, will rise up out of this ten horned
beast followed by the one who will be different. There will be many
more then these ten so do not assume that the ten horns and the
ten kings are the same thing. The ten horns are how we identify the
beast empire and out of this empire, these ten kings will be the
initial ones to arise. Following is a list of the ten kings that arose out
of the Roman Empire. These are taken from the Fox Book of
Martyrs. These are also known as the ten persecutions:
First Persecution, Nero, A.D. 67
Second Persecution, Domitian, A.D. 81
Third Persecution, Trajan, A.D. 108
Fourth Persecution, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A.D. 162
Fifth Persecution, Severus, A.D. 192
Sixth Persecution, Maximus, A.D. 235
Seventh Persecution, Decius, A.D. 249
Eighth Persecution, Valerian, A.D. 257
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Ninth Persecution, Aurelian, A.D. 274
Tenth Persecution, Diocletian, A.D. 303
Each of these Emperors persecuted the followers of Messiah, but
the next one to arise would be different.
We can determine whom this Emperor was because of
clues given about him. These clues are, “he would be different from
the others; he would conquer three kings; he would change times
and Laws; and he would speak out against the Most High.” There
is only one man who this could be and that is the Emperor
Constantine.
Constantine ruled during the Roman era called the
“Tetrarchy and Constantinian Dynasty.” During this time, the
Empire was divided into four main regions; each having an
Emperor, and these regions were each subdivided into provinces,
each providence having an Emperor. In my study, I could not find a
list of exactly how many provinces there were, but it seemed to be
about ten to twelve. During Constantine’s rein, he subdued three
of the main provinces, the Maxentian province, the Licinius
province and the Diocletian province, which was named according
to who ruled the province. By doing this, Constantine became the
controlling Emperor in all of the Roman Empire. This fulfilled the
above scripture, which said, “He will subdue three kings.”
The thing that made Constantine different from the other
Emperors is that he did not call himself a god as the other Emperors
did. Instead, he made Christianity the official state religion and
asserted himself as the Pontifex Maximus with the title Vicar of
Christ. This put Constantine as the head of all the Roman Bishops.
This was not new, all of the Emperors were the Pontifex
Maximus, which means High Priest, but what made Constantine
different is that instead of being “god on earth,” Constantine made
himself the “Vicar of Christ on earth.”
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As the Vicar of Christ, Constantine spoke out against the
Most High and determined to change times and Law. Constantine
did exactly this by creating a new calendar, which did away with
YEHOVAH’s reckoning of time, replacing it with a solar calendar. He
also replaced the Biblical Feasts with Easter and Christmas, and he
changed the Sabbath from the seventh day of the week to the
“venerable day of the Sun God,” Sunday. This was the beginning of
the great apostasy. Constantine did away with the Law of GOD and
replaced it with his own law. This new lawless messiah created by
Constantine and the false church presented a false gospel.
The beast would rein and wear out the saints for (until) a
time times and a half of a time. I used the New American Standard
Bible, which says “for.” I added the (until) because all other
versions of the Bible say until a times, times and half a times. It is
well established that a time times and a half of a time refers to a
1260 day or three and a half year period. Any time scripture refers
to this period, it is referring to the period when the “Mystery of
GOD is revealed.” This is the last three and a half years of the
beast’s history when our Messiah will crush the beast empire and
establish His rein on earth. So the beast will rein and wear out the
Saints until the Mystery of GOD is revealed. The above scripture
gives us some clues to what the mystery is: “But the court will sit
for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated
and destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, the dominion, and
the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be
given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom
will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve
and obey Him.” This is the mystery of GOD, the final destruction of
the beast empire and the establishment of GOD’s Empire.
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The Beast of the Earth
Now let us look at the second beast that John saw. This
beast is the second leg of the statue and of the beast empire.
Because of the language used, it is apparent that this beast is the
false church:
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had
two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. And he exercises
all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes
the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast,
whose fatal wound was healed. And he performs great signs, so
that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in
the presence of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the
earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in
the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to
make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and
has come to life. And there was given to him to give breath to the
image of the beast, that the image of the beast might even speak
and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be
killed… (Rev 13:11-18)
YAH uses the term “earth” when describing this beast in
order to signify the fact that this is an earthly religion and not a
heavenly religion. This religion of the beast is derived by the
imaginations of men, and not the direction of GOD, therefore, it is
earthly. Some other names used to refer to this beast are harlot
and false prophet.
In this prophecy, the horns represent streams of power. The
two horns like a lamb are indicating that it is masquerading as the
Lamb of GOD. These two horns are the Catholic and the Protestant
streams of power of this beast. These two horns have a lawless
messiah masquerading as the true Messiah. If you do not believe
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me, go and ask any Christian Pastor if Jesus did away with the Law.
Their answer will always be yes, because universally the doctrine of
Christianity is that the Law was done away with. This makes Jesus
and his followers the lawless one. This is in contrast with Yeshua
who kept the Law and who’s followers teach that the Law is valid
and must be kept.
“And he spoke as a dragon.” This is referring to the false
gospel that this religion teaches. Since the Garden of Eden, Satan
the dragon has been using his false prophets to steer man away
from YEHOVAH and His Law.
“And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his
presence,” this is referring to symbiotic relationship of the Church
and State. Since the time that the beast became the two legs of
iron, this symbiotic relationship has existed with the beast empire.
Satan has given the false Church authority to preach his false
gospels.
“And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to
worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.” This is a
reference to the fact that this beast causes all of the earth to
worship the false messiah, or antichrist. The Messiah’s wounds
were healed when He was resurrected from the dead. The false
church copied this and created its own messiah whose wounds
were also supposedly healed. In actuality, what they were doing is
directing the worship of the people towards Satan who is
masquerading as the savior god.
“And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire
come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs
which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast.”
The fire coming from heaven is in reference to the Holy Spirit who
came in the form of tongues of fire on the one hundred and twenty
in the upper room in Acts 2:3-4, “And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they
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were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” For the beast, the fire
coming from heaven is a false holy spirit. This false holy spirit can
be identified by the fact that it does not lead the people back to the
covenant of GOD, but they continue to be lawless. The primary
tenant of Christianity is that Jesus did away with the Law, so it is
lawless. Satan uses lying signs and wonders as he leads the people
astray.
“…telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image
to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to
life.” They have already made an image of the beast, and it hangs
on the cross in all Catholic Churches. This statue that hangs on the
cross is an idol of the false messiah. The sword supposedly
wounded it. Of course, this is copied from Yeshua who was speared
in the side while on the cross and was later resurrected.
The deceived Church is waiting for its savior to return from
heaven and receive it in the rapture. Where this false savior will
actually come from is given in Revelations 17:8 "The beast that you
saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and
to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder,
whose name has not been written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they see the beast that he was and
is not and will come.” This is when the lawless one is revealed. This
is Satan, released from the abyss and masquerading as the savior
god. Satan is actually cast out of heaven, but it says abyss because
that is where this rebellion comes from. This rebellion was dragged
up out of the abyss at the Tower of Babel. YEHOVAH is now
allowing the rebellion to take on its full manifestation when He
casts Satan out of Heaven on to the earth so that the rebellion,
which was drug out of the abyss, can take on its full manifestation.
Satan will soon be cast out unto the earth to reign with the full
power of the beast empire. “And the great dragon was thrown
down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who
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deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and
his angels were thrown down with him.” (Rev 12:9) At that time, all
the nations of the earth will give their power over to Satan and he
will rule through the United Nations disguised as the savior god.
Other scriptures talk about Apollyon being release from the
abyss. Apollyon is a Greek god, and of course, all false gods are the
worship of Satan. He will pose as the Messiah as he leads his
followers to destruction. As you can see, the one you saw was and
is not, which is a reference to the false messiah, comes out of the
abyss, or the sea. He was on earth, now he is not on earth because
he is supposedly ascended, and the world waits for him to come
and rapture it away. This false messiah, who comes up out of the
abyss is coming for the deceived and apostate church, those
involved with the rebellion that man drug out of the abyss. The
apostate church is those whose names are not written in the book
of life. The apostate church will be swept away by the delusion
created by its false god. The apostate church is wondering after this
false messiah.
We have inherited nothing but lies. We have inherited
lawlessness, including Easter, Christmas, and all the other junk that
has come down from Babylon the mother of harlots and later
adopted by Rome and the harlot Church. If you refuse to come out
of this then the Bible says you are part of the whore of Babylon.
The Bible clearly teaches us to come out of this. Revelations 18: 4
says, "Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in
her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; for her sins
have piled up as high as heaven, and GOD has remembered her
iniquities.”
Come out of this mess and worship the true and living GOD.
Worship the way He asked to be worshiped in scripture. This is the
path to salvation. Show yourself worthy of His love and His
salvation. Show yourself worthy to be a member of Israel by being
one who will uphold the Laws of His Kingdom. The day of the Lord
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comes soon and all of the plagues are coming for those who do not
keep the Law of YAHOVAH. They will come pouring out like a flood
on the earth. Those who call themselves the Bride of Christ, but do
not do His will shall suffer an awful fate. In her heart, she says, “I
set as A Queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.”
She thinks that through the rapture, she will be delivered, but she
is deceived.
There is a rapture coming, but the Church has it backwards
of how it will happen. Yeshua explained how it is going to happen
in His parable about the wheat and the tares. In it He explains the
process, "Therefore just as the tares are gathered up and burned
with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. ”The Son of Man will
send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all
stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will cast
them into the furnace of fire; in that place there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth. Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS
THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him
hear.”(Mat 13:40-43) In that day, Yeshua will snatch out, or
rapture the lawless ones to be burned in everlasting destruction.
Those who embrace GOD’s Law will inherit the earth. In the sermon
on the Mound Yeshua told us that the meek would inherit the
earth. The meek are those who do the will of GOD, as opposed to
those who are so proud that they create their own law and will not
follow GOD’s.
Another parable that Christianity loves to use concerning
the rapture, and that they have backwards, is Matthew 24:38-42:
"For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until
the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the
Son of Man be. “Then there shall be two men in the field; one will
be taken, and one will be left. "Two women will be grinding at the
mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. “Therefore be on the
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alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.” The false
prophets are telling you that those taken away are being raptured
to go be with God, and the unrighteous are left to go through God’s
punishment. This is completely backwards of what the text says. He
said that like in the days of Noah the evil ones were taken away by
YAH’s wrath. Noah was not taken away he inherited the earth. He
entered the safety of the ark where he was preserved on the earth
while YEHOVAH snatched the unrighteous from the earth, thus
cleansing the earth of evil.
Those in the parable, who are not taken away, are not taken
away because they also have entered an ark. We all have an ark
that we can enter so that we are not taken away by the wrath of
GOD. It is the Ark of Covenant. We see this ark in the Holy of Holies.
If you will recall, within the Ark of the Covenant are the tablets of
the Law. Whoever, enters into this Ark by accepting what is written
on those tablets will not be taken away, but instead they will inherit
the earth.
There is a reason why YAH would allow this false messiah to
rule over the earth for all these years. Paul gave us the answer in 2
Thessalonians 2:8-12, “And then that lawless one will be revealed
whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to
an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose
coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and
signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness
for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the
truth so as to be saved. And for this reason GOD will send upon
them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false,
in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth,
but took pleasure in wickedness.” The false messiah is a deluding
influence designed to cause those who do not believe the truth to
be exposed for who they are. You may be a good Christian, but the
practices of Christianity are wickedness and they are an
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abomination before YEHOVAH. Come out of her and worship
YAHOVAH in truth.
Yeshua told us that the end would come just like the days
of Noah when the flood came and swept all the inhabitance of the
earth away. The bride of the false messiah is looking for a rapture
to snatch her away to safety, but the rapture they experience will
be to snatch them away to a fiery destruction to be with their god,
the destroyer. The destroyer is the one who leads man away from
the Law of the One True GOD to exalt himself above GOD by being
a law unto himself. The snatching will be the wicked of the earth
cast into the fire. Those who have come out of Babylon and who
love the truth are protected by the Passover. The Passover is clearly
taught in the Bible, and when you keep the Law of the One True
GOD, you practice the Passover on an annual basis. The Law is our
friend not our enemy, and without it you do not have access to
salvation. In the Day of Judgment will you hear Yeshua say, “Depart
from me, all of you who wondered after the lawless one;” or will
you hear, “you esteemed my Law and entered the Ark of the
Covenant, so enter My Kingdom my friend.”
"Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Eze 22:26)
The Beast Empire or Scorpio still rules the world today as
the ten toes of iron and clay. It is a global Empire, and you reside in
it no matter where you live. All nations are part of the United
Nations and are part of the beast empire. Your only way out is to
enter into the Ark, the Ark of the Covenant
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Rev 14 – The Conquering Lamb (Sagittarius: Nov
2019-Nov 2020)
In the past two chapters, YAH has been highlighting the two
competing empires, Israel GOD’s empire, and the beast Satan’s
empire. On the world stage, these two empires will begin to loom
large and the competition between them will have started to
unfold.
Tzedek will now enter the constellation of Sagittarius. In this
constellation, you see a picture of the Archer with his arrow
pointed at the heart of Scorpio. Yeshua is no longer the sacrifice,
but he is now the conqueror destroying Satan who made the
sacrifice necessary. The destruction of the beast empire is now
eminent.
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In the previous chapter, we saw the two beasts comprising
the beast empire who refuse to follow GOD. They are a deluding
influence so that those who will not believe YAH will be taken away.
Now in this chapter we see the first fruits of those who are not
swayed by the deluding influence of Satan’s kingdom, the 144,000
who were obedient, keeping the word, or as stated in this verse,
following the Lamb wherever He goes.
Rev 14:1-5 And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on
Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand,
having His name and the name of His Father written on their
foreheads. (2) And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of
many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice
which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their
harps. (3) And they sang a new song before the throne and before
the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn
the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who
had been purchased from the earth. (4) These are the ones who
have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves
chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He
goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits
to God and to the Lamb. (5) And no lie was found in their mouth;
they are blameless.
One decons to this constellation is Lyra, the Harp giving
praise and glory to the conqueror. This group of people is singing
for joy because the Lamb paid their sin debt and they came before
GOD blameless for their sins. The mark on their foreheads was the
acceptance of GOD’s Law and His Sabbath’s. This marked them for
obedience and they were saved through the blood of the Lamb who
defeated Satan at the cross.
Because they were the first fruits of the harvest, they went
to heaven with Yeshua when He was initially ascended to the
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throne, which was on the day of first fruits. As you will see later
they have not been able to enter the Holy Place, as of yet.
Rev 14:6-19 And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having
an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to
every nation and tribe and tongue and people; (7) and he said
with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour
of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made the
heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters." (8) And
another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the
wine of the passion of her immorality." (9) And another angel, a
third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone
worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his
forehead or upon his hand, (10) he also will drink of the wine of
the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His
anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. (11)
"And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and
they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and
his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name." (12) Here
is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of
God and their faith in Yeshua. (13) And I heard a voice from
heaven, saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from
their labors, for their deeds follow with them."
These Angels carry the message of the eternal gospel. The
word angel means messenger. The messenger in this case is
probably referring to the Old Testament, New Testament and the
Mazzaroth, which are an eternal gospel.
This gospel is the gospel of the Kingdom. It is not the gospel
of grace as taught by Christianity. In this form of grace where the
Law was done away with who knows what our responsibilities are.
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In every church it is different, depending on the fictional
interpretation of the pastor. True grace only comes as being part of
the Kingdom. That is the story of Capricornus. It is the story of the
atoning goat given by the high priest of Israel. Out of the death of
the goat, which is our savior, comes life to the body. This sacrifice
can only be given by the High Priest of Israel in accordance with the
Law (Torah).
Rev 14:14-20 And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting
on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on
His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand. (15) And another angel
came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who
sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to
reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe." (16) And
He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth; and the
earth was reaped. (17) And another angel came out of the temple
which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. (18) And
another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from
the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp
sickle, saying, "Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters
from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe." (19) And
the angel swung his sickle to the earth, and gathered the clusters
from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine
press of the wrath of God. (20) And the wine press was trodden
outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to
the horses' bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.
The water of the spirit has made the harvest ripe. There is
now a clear distinction between the wheat and the tares, the good
grapes and the sour grapes. The reapers will begin to swing their
sickles to pull out the tares and the sour grapes where they will be
burnt in the fire of GOD’s wrath. If YAH does this the way he has
done things in the past there will be a great war, which will pit the
evil forces one against the another, as YAH begins to rid the earth
of the beast.
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Rev 15:1-5 Another Sign in Heaven (Capricornus:
Nov 2020 – April 2021)
The Mazzaroth are divided into three groups with each
group having a specific focus. The first group of Virgo, Libra,
Scorpio, and Sagittarius focuses on the victory of Yeshua Messiah,
namely his person, debt paid, battle fought and won. The second
group Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, and Aries focuses on the fruit
of Yeshua’s redemption, namely the Church, “the body of people
spiritually born to Him through the faith, and made partakers of the
benefits of His redemptive administrations.” Capricornus is the
beginning of this second group.
Capricorn is depicted by a half goat/half fish, and the
decons of a piercing arrow, a soaring eagle, and a dolphin splashing
out of water. In Latin, Capricorn means, “atonement.” The
constellation formation depicting a goat with a drooping head and
leg bent under its body represents the falling and dying of Yeshua
Messiah bowing to his sacrificial atoning death.
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The images of a half goat and half fish are not coincidences.
The High Priests used goats as sacrificial animals for sin offerings,
(Lev. 9:15, 16, 17, 31) in particular on the Day of Atonement. The
goat was “to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make
atonement for them before the Lord” (Lev. 10:16, 17).
God’s saved people in prophecy are spoken of as fishes. Fish
are the symbol of believers (Jer. 16:15, 16; Ez. 47:1-9). In the First
Century, the ichthus (ˈɪkθəs) became the symbol for Christianity
and early Christians were publicly referred to as Ichthus and Pisces.
From Yeshua’s promise to his disciples, “I will make you fishers of
men,” through salvation, and the testifying waters of baptism, the
multitude of fishes or the Church sprang forth. In the Gospel of
Matthew, the fish is used as a symbol for the kingdom of heaven
(Matt. 4:19, 13:47-50). In this way the Church, or congregation of
saints, rises out of the death of Messiah, sacrificed for the sins of
the world.
This is the message of the gospel of the three angels of Rev
14: 6-9. The Lamb brings forth salvation and gives life to the Church.
Obey GOD not the traditions of men and be saved. Like the Gospel
of Yeshua Messiah, the constellation’s story does not end in the
goat’s death. Instead, the dying goat becomes a living and vigorous
fish.
Rev 15:1-8 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and
marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the
last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
When giving this sign John does not give us any
astronomical signs to look for. At this time, the Tzedek will be going
through the constellation Capricornus the sign of the half goat and
half fish. At this point, the seven angels consist of the 144,000. The
seven angels are always referring to the Church body so apparently
John is seeing the 144,000 preparing to pour out the last plagues.
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(2) And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those
who had come off victorious from the beast and from his image
and from the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass,
holding harps of God.
Here we have a picture of the Church who like the picture
of Capricornus is only partially formed. It is a fish coming out of the
Lamb, but it has not fully become a fish yet. This is a picture of the
144,000 who are waiting at the Temple of the Almighty for the rest
of the body to come and join it.
The sea of glass is referring to the brazen laver that is part
of the Tabernacle of Moses. Moses patterned his temple after the
one he saw in heaven. The brazen laver was made out of brass and
it was highly polished in order to make a mirror, then it was filled
with water. This is so that the Priests could look into the water and
see their reflection before going into the Holy Place. If the Priests
were to see any matters of uncleanness then they could use the
water to clean themselves before going into the Holy Place.
When one enters the Tabernacle the first thing one sees is
the altar of burnt offerings. If one has an offering then one is
allowed to proceed to the next station, which is the brazen laver.
The 144,000 had the offering of the Lamb of GOD so they have gone
past the altar of burnt offerings and as far as the brazen laver. This
is where they are waiting for the rest of the body to join them. Then
we will all go into the Holy Place together.
(3) And they sang the song of Moses the bond-servant of God and
the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are Thy
works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Thy
ways, Thou King of the nations. (4) "Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify Thy name? For Thou alone art holy; For ALL THE
NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THEE, FOR THY
RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED."
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The 144,000 are singing the song of Moses because they are
celebrating the victory of salvation that came forth from the Law of
Moses or Torah. This Law has a statute allowing for the sacrificial
lamb and the forgiveness of sin. When Yeshua gave His life for ours
this statute was provoked saving those who will repent. To be
saved two things are required, the blood of the lamb and the Law,
which is also called the Word of the Testimony.
(5) After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle
of testimony in heaven was opened, (6) and the seven angels
who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in
linen, clean and bright, and girded around their breasts with
golden girdles. (7) And one of the four living creatures gave to
the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who
lives forever and ever. (8) And the temple was filled with smoke
from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able
to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels
were finished.
The seven angels are the 144,000 who are waiting in heaven
and who have been trained for this hour. They are preparing to
pour out the final wrath of the Almighty. They are preparing for the
final deliverance of GOD’s people on earth and the destruction of
evil. After this takes place, all of the Church will be gathered
together and all will enter the Holy Place together, the 144,000 and
the great multitude.
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Rev 16, The Seven Bowls of GOD’s Wrath
(Aquarius: April 2021 – April 2022)
(The Third Woe)
The Tzedek will now be moving through Aquarius. Aquarius
is the sixth sign on the path of the righteous star. Aquarius is a
picture of a mighty man with a great urn on his shoulder. The water
is pouring out freely to the east and the west. Its stream also flows
over the body and into the mouth of a fish. “In the last day, that
great day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried, saying, “If any man
thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me as
the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him
should receive: …”(John7:37-39). Here again we see the two
elements of salvation, the Torah and the Sacrifice. The water is
another term used to describe the Torah, the word or living water.
The fish is the Church, the people of God being sustained by His
water (Torah). Aquarius represents Messiah pouring out the Living
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Water giving power unto life. It also represents the curse to those
who refuse to drink the water of life (Torah).
Rev 16:1-16 And I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to
the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath
of God into the earth." (2) And the first angel went and poured
out his bowl into the earth (the false church); and it became a
loathsome and malignant sore upon the men who had the mark
of the beast and who worshiped his image. (3) And the second
angel poured out his bowl into the sea (the beast empire), and it
became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in
the sea died. (4) And the third angel poured out his bowl into the
rivers and the springs of waters (false religions); and they became
blood. (5) And I heard the angel of the waters saying, "Righteous
art Thou, who art and who wast, O Holy One, because Thou didst
judge these things; (6) for they poured out the blood of saints
and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink. They
deserve it." (7) And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, O Lord God,
the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments." (8) And the
fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun (sun god worship);
and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. (9) And men were
scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God
who has the power over these plagues; and they did not repent,
so as to give Him glory. (10) And the fifth angel poured out his
bowl upon the throne of the beast (Satan’s throne); and his
kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues
because of pain, (11) and they blasphemed the God of heaven
because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of
their deeds. (12) And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon
the great river, the Euphrates (the starting point for sun god cult
where Nimrod pulled the rebellion of old out of the abyss); and its
water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings
from the east.
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YEHOVAH will poured out His wrath on the peoples of the
earth, but they still will not repent. Next YAH will bring them to the
valley of Jezreel for one of their last chances to repent.
(13) 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; (14) for they are spirits of demons,
performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to
gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the
Almighty. (15) ("Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the
one who stays awake and keeps his garments, lest he walk about
naked and men see his shame.") (16) And they gathered them
together to the place which in Hebrew is called HarMagedon.
HarMegedon, also known as Armageddon stands for the
Mountain of Megiddo. If one is in the place called Megiddo and
looks around, the thing one sees is a mountain jetting up near
where you are. This is what is known as the mountain of Megiddo
On this mountain is a place called Carmel. Carmel is the place
where the battle between Elijah and the wicked Queen Jezebel
took place. In this battle YAH had Elijah set His power against the
power of the wicked god Baal. We all know the outcome of this
when the fire of GOD came down and consumed the offering of the
lamb before the people. This turned the hearts of the people back
to GOD and they turned and slaughtered Jezebel and the wicked
priests. Many may turn at this final battle, but those who do not
will have destruction coming.
The “three unclean spirits like frogs” are the false gospel of
the high priests of Satan who are going to try their luck against
YEHOVAH once again. They will do signs and wonders, but once
again, they will be no match for the Almighty.
(17) And the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air; and
a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is
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done." (18) And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and
peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there
had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an
earthquake was it, and so mighty. (19) And the great city was
split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And
Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the
cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. (20) And every island fled
away, and the mountains were not found. (21) And huge
hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from
heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the
plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.
An earthquake normally means civil war. Hail is war. This
will finish the first phase of the beast’s destruction. It will also be a
signal for people to change their minds to come out of Babylon and
turn their worship towards YEHOVAH.
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Rev 17 The Doom of Babylon The Great Whore
(Pisces: April 2022 – June 2023)
Pisces means, “Deliverance out of Bondage.” It foretells of
GOD’s deliverance of people of all nations from the slavery of sin
into the glorious light of His love through the preaching of the
gospel of the Kingdom. Matthew 4:18-22, “And walking by the Sea
of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and
Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were
fishermen. (19) And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make
you fishers of men." (20) And they immediately left the nets, and
followed Him. (21) And going on from there He saw two other
brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the
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boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called
them. (22) And they immediately left the boat and their father, and
followed Him.”
The constellation Pieces is a picture of two fish. One is
moving toward the pole star and the other is following the path of
the sun. These two fish are bound by a tether that is tied around
their tails and the tether is tied to the head of Cetus the Sea
monster. Aries the ram has his hoof across the tether holding the
fish that are struggling to go free.
This is a picture of the Church. The Church has been divided
by those who wish to follow YEHOVAH and desire to keep His
commandment and those who would rather follow the traditions
of men. This is represented by the two fish. One is struggling to
make it to the pole star because that is the location of GOD’s
throne. The other fish represents the apostate Church that is happy
with the traditions of men and who desire the worship of the sun
god cult rather than the worship of the Creator.
Those who are struggling to worship the true and living God
will have the tether broken releasing them from the terrible sea
monster as YEHOVAH pours out His wrath on the monster along
with his apostate Church, the beast of the sea and the beast of the
earth.
Rev 17:1-18 And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls
came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall show you the
judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, (2) with
whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and
those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of
her immorality." I have explained who the harlot is in the chapter
about Scorpio. The harlot is the beast of the earth, which is the false
church.
(3) And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I
saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous
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names, having seven heads and ten horns. The harlot has been
riding the beast of the sea as she commits her sin.
(4) And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and
adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her
hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of
her immorality, (5) and upon her forehead a name was written,
a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." (6) And I saw the
woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of
the witnesses of Yeshua. And when I saw her, I wondered greatly.
(7) And the angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I shall tell you
the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which
has the seven heads and the ten horns. This harlot is all of the false
religions of the earth, primarily Christianity, leader of the cabal.
The rest of this we will understand after we see it. (8) "The beast
that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the
abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth
will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life
from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that
he was and is not and will come. (9) "Here is the mind which has
wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the
woman sits, (10) and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one
is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must
remain a little while. (11) "And the beast which was and is not,
is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to
destruction. (12) "And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings,
who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority
as kings with the beast for one hour. (13) "These have one
purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.
(14) "These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will
overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and
those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful."
(15) And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the
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harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
(16) "And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will
hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will
eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. (17) "For God has put
it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common
purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words
of God should be fulfilled. (18) "And the woman whom you saw
is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
In these verses, the beast of the sea is going to turn on the
beast of the earth or the harlot and destroy her. YEHOVAH, as He
always has, will use the wicked and atheistic forces of evil to render
his judgment on the great whore.
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Rev 18 Babylon Is Fallen (Aries: June 2023 – April
2024) (The beginning of the three and one-half
years when the mystery of GOD is revealed)
This will be the beginning of the “three and one-half years,”
when the mystery of GOD is revealed. This period is sometimes
called 1260 days, sometimes times, time and half a time, and
sometimes forty-two months. This is the final showdown between
good and evil, between Yeshua and Satan. When it is over the
Kingdom of GOD will replace the Beast Empire as the ruling power
on the earth.
Aries the Lamb is looking backwards towards the
consummation of what he has done. It is a time of celebrations over
the destruction of the harlot who has persecuted and held down
the true bride. In Hebrew the lambs name is Taleh, “The Lamb Sent
Forth.” In Aries we find the message that the Lamb is found worthy,
the Bride is made ready, Satan is bound, the Breaker triumphs.
The story of Aries is told by the decon constellations. This is
the story of Perseus the breaker (Yeshua) who comes swiftly to
rescue the beautiful woman Cassiopeia (the true Church). The
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captive woman is delivered from Cetus the sea monster (the beast
empire) who is then bound. After binding the monster, Perseus
enthrones this faithful one, who has come out of Babylon and made
herself ready.
Rev 18:1-24 After these things I saw another angel coming down
from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined
with his glory. (2) And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying,
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a
dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and
a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. (3) "For all the nations
have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the
kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth
of her sensuality." (4) And I heard another voice from heaven,
saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate
in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; (5) for
her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has
remembered her iniquities. (6) "Pay her back even as she has
paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the
cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. (7) "To the
degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same
degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart,
'I SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see
mourning.' (8) "For this reason in one day her plagues will come,
pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up
with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong. (9) "And the
kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived
sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see
the smoke of her burning, (10) standing at a distance because of
the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has
come.' (11) "And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn
over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more; (12)
cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine
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linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron
wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very
costly wood and bronze and iron and marble, (13) and cinnamon
and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine
and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and
cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives. (14)
"And the fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that
were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men
will no longer find them. (15) "The merchants of these things,
who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the
fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, (16) saying, 'Woe,
woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple
and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and
pearls; (17) for in one hour such great wealth has been laid
waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and
as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, (18)
and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying,
'What city is like the great city?' (19) "And they threw dust on
their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying,
'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea
became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid
waste!' (20)
The final destruction of the harlot takes place and then the
heavens will begin to rejoice.
"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and
prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against
her." (21) And a strong angel took up a stone like a great
millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus will Babylon, the
great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found
any longer. (22) "And the sound of harpists and musicians and
flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer;
and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and
the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer; (23) and
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the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice
of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer;
for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all
the nations were deceived by your sorcery. (24) "And in her was
found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have
been slain on the earth.
The True Church will begin its trek making its way to
the wilderness for the Grater Exodus. Following are prophecies that
talk about the great exodus to come:
(Jer 16:14-17) "Therefore behold, days are coming," declares YEHOVAH, "when it will no longer be said, 'As YEHOVAH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' but, 'As YEHOVAH lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.' For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers. "Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen," declares YEHOVAH, "and they will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. "For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.”
YEHOVAH will soon call His people, those who love him and
keep His Torah, out of the nations of the world where they have
dispersed. This will be a massive exodus, which will cause the
exodus out of Egypt to pale in comparison.
The prophet Isaiah gives another picture of the coming
exodus:
(Isa 11:11-16) Then it will happen on that day that YEHOVAH will again recover the second time with His hand the remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush,
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Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea. And He will lift up a standard for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel, and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim. They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east; they will possess Edom and Moab, and the sons of Ammon will be subject to them. And YEHOVAH will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; and He will wave His hand over the River with His scorching wind; And He will strike it into seven streams and make men walk over dry-shod. And there will be a highway from Assyria For the remnant of His people who will be left, just as there was for Israel In the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.
Through Isaiah, YEHOVAH tells us that He will once again
gather His people, the banished ones of Israel and dispersed of
Judah, from the four corners of the earth. These are the House of
Israel and the House of Judah, which have been scattered
throughout the earth. Ephraim is what YEHOVAH called the House
of Israel after He banished them. The House of Israel ceased to be
a nation so YEHOVAH began referring to the scattered as Ephraim.
He will resurrect the House of Israel and they will join the House of
Judah and once again form the twelve tribes of Israel.
There will be two paths for the remnant to take as they
make their way to the wilderness to be with YEHOVAH. One will be
up through the sea of Egypt, which is the Red Sea, and the other
will be down a highway coming from Assyria. Like in the days when
YEHOVAH brought His people out of Egypt the remnant will go
through a body of water. For those coming up from Egypt they will
go through the Red Sea and for those coming down from Assyria
they will go through the Euphrates River. This is the baptism of the
Saints as they make their way to the wedding supper of the Lamb.
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Rev 19 - The Coming of Messiah (Taurus: April
2024 – April 2025)
Tzedek will now be entering the constellation of Taurus.
Taurus means, “His glorious coming.” Taurus is a picture of a bull,
or in earlier cultures, it was an ox. The Hebrew word for bull or ox
is “shur” which also means “to return” or “to come back”. The
brightest star is Aldebaran, which means “the follower”. There are
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two distinct star groups in Taurus: the Hyades and the Pleiades.
Hyades means “congregated” while Pleiades comes from
the Hebrew for “gathering” and the Greek “Pleistos” or “Pleion”
which means “The many”, “the excellent” or “the great”. Ancient
Greeks called them "the clusterers." The Bible sometimes refers to
the Pleiades as the "seven stars" and sometimes to "Pleiades." They
are mentioned in Job 9:9, 38:31-32; Amos 5:8; Rev.1:16, 20.
In Job, it is the Pleiades, but in Revelation, Messiah is
holding the seven stars in His hand, representing the seven
churches. Since the Hebrew word for the Pleiades comes from the
root meaning "gathering," the meaning was inescapable for the
early church, seven gatherings or seven churches. In the heavens
Pleiades the Church, is riding on the back of the bull. When you see
Pleiades with the naked eye, it looks like seven stares, but when
you look at it through a telescope, it looks like an innumerable
multitude of stars.
Remember that the word for "bull" is also the word for
"return," and this is another important part of the story. We are
almost to the end of the Zodiac, and the promise is there that
Messiah will return. The 144,000 will be riding on His back as He
comes. They will come to meet those of us who have been
gathered into the wilderness during the greater exodus. They will
be coming on the cloud like in the day of Moses when the cloud
descended on Mount Sanai.
The following picture is the picture of Pleiades, seven stars
or lights who are one star or light. The outer stars are supported
and get their light from the middle star, just as it is with the
Menorah were the middle branch supports the six outer branches.
Notice that it looks like the Star of David.
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Rev 19:1-21 After these things I heard, as it were, a loud voice of
a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and
glory and power belong to our God; (2) BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS
ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot
who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS
AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER." (3) And
a second time they said, "Hallelujah! HER SMOKE RISES UP
FOREVER AND EVER." (4) And the twenty-four elders and the four
living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the
throne saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!" (5) And a voice came from
the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-
servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." (6) And I
heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude and as the sound
of many waters and as the sound of mighty peals of thunder,
saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
(7) "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself
ready." (8) And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen,
bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the
saints. (9) And he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are
invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me,
"These are true words of God." (10) And I fell at his feet to
worship him. And he said to me, "Do not do that; I am a fellow
servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of
Yeshua; worship God. For the testimony of Yeshua is the spirit of
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prophecy." (11) And I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white
horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in
righteousness He judges and wages war. (12) And His eyes are a
flame of fire, and upon His head are many diadems; and He has a
name written upon Him which no one knows except Himself. (13)
And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is
called The Word of God. (14) And the armies which are in heaven,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on
white horses. (15) And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so
that with it He may smite the nations; and He will rule them with
a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of
God, the Almighty. (16) And on His robe and on His thigh He has
a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." (17) And
I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried out with a loud
voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, "Come,
assemble for the great supper of God; (18) in order that you may
eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh
of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on
them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small
and great." (19) And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth
and their armies, assembled to make war against Him who sat
upon the horse, and against His army. (20) And the beast was
seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs
in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the
mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two
were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with
brimstone. (21) And the rest were killed with the sword which
came from the mouth of Him who sat upon the horse, and all the
birds were filled with their flesh.
YEHOVAH, His Messiah the 144,000 and the True Church Will now
all are gathered together in one place where the festivities will
begin.
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Rev 20 –Satan Bound the Church Gathered
(Gemini: April 2025 – June 2026)
At this time, the star that we have been following through
the heavenly gospel will enter into Gemini. The meaning of Gemini
is, “His union with His Bride.” This speaks of Yeshua’s fellowship
with His people, as they get ready to enter into their Eternal
Kingdom.
The picture of Gemini is of two twin boys setting together
in repose. These two twins represent the House of Judah and the
House of Israel. These two brothers are reunited in Yeshua Messiah
and are back together in GOD’s Kingdom.
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In Rev 19, the bride has made herself ready. She is gathered
together in the wilderness when she looks up and sees Yeshua and
the 144,000 with Him as they come for the marriage of the Lamb.
In this chapter the body, represented by the two boys, are setting
comfortably with their savior.
In this constellation, the decon Lepus tells the story of what
we are seeing in Rev 19. In modern times, Lepus is shown to be a
rabbit, but in ancient times, Lepus was depicted as being a serpent.
Lepus the serpent is under the foot of Orion (Yeshua) who is
crushing its head. The names of the stars in Lepus tell the story. We
have Nibel, the Mad; Sugia, the deceiver; and Rakus, the bound (In
Arabic it means bound with a chain). You will see this as you read
Rev 20. This is the destruction of the beast of the sea, Satan’s
Kingdom, and Satan himself being chained.
Rev 20:1-15 And I saw an angel coming down from heaven,
having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. (2) And
he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (3) and threw him
into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should
not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were
completed; after these things he must be released for a short
time. (4) And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who
had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and
because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped
the beast or his image, and had not received the mark upon their
forehead and upon their hand; and they came to life and reigned
with Christ for a thousand years. (5) The rest of the dead did not
come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the
first resurrection. (6) Blessed and holy is the one who has a part
in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no
power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign
with Him for a thousand years. (7) And when the thousand years
are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, (8) and will
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come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war;
the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. (9) And they
came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp
of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from
heaven and devoured them. (10) And the devil who deceived
them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the
beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented
day and night forever and ever. (11) And I saw a great white
throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and
heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. (12) And I
saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne,
and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is
the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which
were written in the books, according to their deeds. (13) And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave
up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one
of them according to their deeds. (14) And death and Hades were
thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of
fire. (15) And if anyone's name was not found written in the book
of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Rev 21 New Heaven and New Earth and the
Weeding Supper of the Lamb (Cancer: June 2026
– April 2027)
Remember the date that we saw in Dan 12:11-12 "And from
the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished, and the abomination
of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. "How blessed is he
who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! We discovered
that these were prophetic years and the days were equivalent to
years. When added up we discovered that we would be able to
attain the Kingdom in the year 2026. See how this coincides with
the Church being gathered as the Tzedek enters into the
constellation of Cancer.
The meaning of the constellation Cancer is, “His Possessions
Held Secure.” It assures us of GOD’s fulfillment of His promise that
He will have a great kingdom filled with a multitude of people from
every race, tribe and nation.
In ancient cultures the various names for the crab all had
the meaning of, “the resting place.” In the midst of Cancer is a
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nebulous cluster named Praesepe meaning, “The Multitude,” “The
Offspring,” and “The Innumerable Seed.” This is the time when the
true Church will enter into its rest.
Rev 21:1-27 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first
heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer
any sea.
This new heaven and earth is not some giant city coming
out of space and landing on the earth. The old heaven was the
beast empire ruling the earth. Remember the Bible tells us that the
earth is the first heaven. The ruling power of the first heaven will
change hands. The new heaven comes about due to the fall of
Babylon and the rise of the nation of Israel under the Kingship of
Yeshua Messiah.
(2) And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her
husband.
New Jerusalem comes out of heaven in the sense that it is a
spiritual city derived from the mind of YEHOVAH. Yah has made the
bride and made her ready. The bride is Jerusalem and it has been
formed by YEHOVAH therefore it comes out of heaven (the third
heaven). We actually do not leave the earth because YAH is going
to set up His Throne on earth. The first and the third heaven will
come together here on earth.
(3) And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the
tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell among them,
and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among
them,
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The tabernacle is no longer a tent, but now it is the people
of YAH woven together and formed into a dwelling place for YAH
to dwell. There will be a weeding supper and around forty days
later Israel will go and take the Promised Land and begin to set up
YAH’s Kingdom on earth.
(4) and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there
shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any
mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."
(5) And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all
things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and
true." (6) And He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who
thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. (7) "He
who overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be his God and
he will be My son. (8) "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and
abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers
and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns
with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (9) And one
of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last
plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall
show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." (10) And he carried
me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed
me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, (11) having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very
costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper. (12) It had a great
and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels;
and names were written on them, which are those of the twelve
tribes of the sons of Israel. (13) There were three gates on the
east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south
and three gates on the west. (14) And the wall of the city had
twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of
the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (15) And the one who spoke
with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its
gates and its wall. (16) And the city is laid out as a square, and
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its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with
the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are
equal. (17) And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards,
according to human measurements, which are also angelic
measurements. (18) And the material of the wall was jasper; and
the city was pure gold, like clear glass. (19) The foundation stones
of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone.
The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; (20) the fifth, sardonyx;
the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the
twelfth, amethyst. (21) And the twelve gates were twelve pearls;
each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city
was pure gold, like transparent glass. (22) And I saw no temple
in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
(23) And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine
upon it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the
Lamb. (24) And the nations shall walk by its light, and the kings
of the earth shall bring their glory into it. (25) And in the daytime
(for there shall be no night there) its gates shall never be closed;
(26) and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations
into it; (27) and nothing unclean and no one who practices
abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those
whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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Rev 22 The Promised Land is Taken (Leo: April
2027 – Eternity)
Leo means, “His Enemies Destroyed.” This prophetically
assures us that Yeshua Messiah shall be victorious over sin, the
world and Satan. It assures the establishment of His Kingdom on
earth, which brings forth the healing of the nations. As the Tzedek
moves into the constellation Leo, Yeshua and the Bride of Messiah
will move into the Promised Land and establish the Kingdom of the
Living Elohim on the earth and peace will now reign. When YAH’s
Kingdom is established, Israel will begin the process of building the
nation of Israel and of healing the other nations, eventually
bringing the entire earth under the rule of Yeshua.
Rev 22:1-21 And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear
as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, (2) in
the middle of its street. And on either side of the river was the tree
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of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month;
and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (3)
And there shall no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and
of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bond-servants shall serve Him;
(4) and they shall see His face, and His name shall be on their
foreheads. (5) And there shall no longer be any night; and they
shall not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun,
because the Lord God shall illumine them; and they shall reign
forever and ever. (6) And he said to me, "These words are faithful
and true"; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent
His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must
shortly take place. (7) "And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed
is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book." (8) And
I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I
heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who
showed me these things. (9) And he *said to me, "Do not do that;
I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets
and of those who heed the words of this book; worship God." (10)
And he *said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of
this book, for the time is near. (11) "Let the one who does wrong,
still do wrong; and let the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let
the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and let the
one who is holy, still keep himself holy." (12) "Behold, I am
coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man
according to what he has done. (13) "I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." (14)
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the
right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.
(15) Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral
persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who
loves and practices lying. (16) "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to
testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the
offspring of David, the bright morning star." (17) And the Spirit
and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say,
"Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who
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wishes take the water of life without cost. (18) I testify to
everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if
anyone adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues which are
written in this book; (19) and if anyone takes away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in
this book. (20) He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am
coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. (21) The grace of the
Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
The process of building up the Promised Land and of the healing o
the nations will now begin.
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'Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
name. 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 'Give us this day our
daily bread. 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 'And do not
lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen!]'
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