Chapter 14.11
5 Month’s
Tribulations
Tribulation SHORTENED
for the sake of the ELECT – The time of the Locust
Daniels 70 weeks – Tribulation Events –
Seals, Trumpets and Bowls
Noah’s Waters – Earth Axis Shift Theory - The
Solemn Oath
First
Word
Ever
since I can remember, I have been taught that the prophesied TRIBULATION PERIOD would be SEVEN YEARS with the last 3½ years the GREAT TRIBULATIONS being the
worst. Now I hear it has been shortened
to only FIVE
MONTHS. WHAT! Where
does all of this come from?
The first time I ever heard about the “End Time”
Seven Year
Tribulations period being ONLY FIVE MONTHS was on a TV program called Shepherd’s Chapel
with
Pastor Arnold Murray; notable the largest Christian TV Network
in the world and probably the most controversial. This is where I bring forward many of his
controversial Word Study topics that get folks pants all in a wad; hopefully
causing them to look it up in the Book for
themselves.
To talk about a FIVE MONTHS tribulation, we first need to unpack where such
talk about a tribulation period comes from in the first place. Where did we get the SEVEN YEAR Tribulation
period? The Book of Daniel prophesied
about events surrounding a time of Seventy Weeks. Symbolically each day is a year, so a week
would be 7 years, so SEVENTY times SEVEN weeks gives us a total of 490 years.
The clock started when the Persian
King Artaxerxes Longimanus gave the Jews permission to leave their Babylonian
captivity and rebuild the city of Jerusalem.
This was April 445BC.
After 69 weeks of years or 483 years (69 X 7) of this allotment of time, the Messiah of Israel
would be revealed to the Jews; be killed and their temple destroyed. This happened and now time is on hold.
490 years minus 483 years leaves 7 years (The Tribulation period) , the remaining
time for the 144,000 Sealed JEWS to reach out
and preach the message of the Messiah to Israel as well as throughout the entire
world. During this time, God will reach
out to the unbelieving world primarily, believe it or not, through his chosen
people, the
Jewish nation.
Daniel 9:24-27 –
(490 –49 –434) = 1 week or 7 years remaining
24 SEVENTY `sevens' (490) are decreed for
your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin,
to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up
vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
25 "Know and understand this: From the
issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,
the ruler, comes, there will be SEVEN “sevens,”(49) and SIXTY-TWO “sevens.” (434) - It will be rebuilt with streets and a
trench, but in times of trouble.
(49 +434 =483) (490 -483 = 7 years)
26 After the SIXTY-TWO “sevens,”
the
Anointed One will be cut off (Jesus
Crucified) and will have nothing. The people of the ruler
who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a
flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.
27 He will confirm a COVENANT (Peace Treaty) with many for one “seven”. (7 years)
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE `SEVEN' (3 ½ years) he will put an
end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION, (Image of the Anti-Christ)
until the end that is decreed is poured out on
him."
NIV
Seals, Trumpets & Bowls
The
Book of Revelation spells out what is going to happen in the SEVEN
years of tribulations.
NOTE: There are SEVEN Seals, the seventh Seal holds the SEVEN
Trumpets;
the seventh Trumpet holds the SEVEN Bowls. The
number SEVEN in scripture is the
number for completeness. The multiple of
that is 777
- MARK OF PERFECTION; God – Jesus – Holy Spirit.
ü Each Seal releases a horror... devastation... disaster
ü Each Trumpet releases the same identical horror, but expands
it even more.
ü Each Bowl magnifies the previous horrors, but is even
worse than before. It seems like a slow process as we read the
scripture, but once we hit the seventh seal, it starts coming like a trip
hammer. From terrible to horrible to the worst
excruciating in rapid succession.
The first six seals cover the first 3½ years of the tribulation period with the seventh seal covering the remaining last 3½ years, unleashing the seven
trumpets and seven vials or bowls. Some
of the scriptures in Revelation are not in chronological order and therefore
seem to overlap, but from John the Revelator’s perspective; it’s all happening
at once.
Did you see it? - We have SIX seals of horror, the seventh
releases SIX
trumpets of more horror and the seventh releases SIX bowls of even more horror; 666 the MARK OF THE BEAST
Matthew
24:21 – Unequaled distress from the beginning
21 For then
there will be GREAT DISTRESS, UNEQUALED from the
beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled
again.
NIV
Tribulation Events - Speed
Reading the Seven Years of Tribulations
OVERVIEW; Satan and his angels are cast out of
heaven – World
war III with Russia and Israel –
Widespread famine - Need a mark to buy or sell – Worship the Beast or die –
Great Earthquakes - Cities and mountains leveled - Islands disappear – Intense
heat - Fire and Stars fall to earth – 100 pound hail –
Stinging LOCUST - Painful sores
– Sea and Rivers turn red as blood
– ONE HALF OF HUMANITY DIES – Battle of Armageddon and other fun stuff.
Great Earthquakes - Sky, and Heavens shaken – Heavens dissolve and disappear with
a roar; rolled up like a nuclear bomb explosion – The Earth trembles - The
Elements melt in the heat; destroyed by fire – Men’s FLESH will rot
while they are still standing on their feet, their EYES will rot in their sockets; their TONGUES will rot
in their mouths like the aftermath from nuclear fallout.
– They will writhe in pain with their faces aflame.
The Sun will scorch people with intense burning heat from
fire and sulfur - Smoke billows forth from a gigantic furnace in the earth. -
The earth and everything growing in the fields along with the fruit on the
trees are laid bare; burned up - NOTHING
GREEN WILL REMAIN.
The Seas roar, shake, toss and every living creatures in
it dies - ONE THIRD OF THE SHIPS will be lost. All the Rivers and Fresh Waters will
become red as blood and
poisoned.
Cities and Mountains will be leveled and Islands disappear -
The sun and moon become darkened -The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light; no longer shine - Blackness – DARKNESS that’s so dark
you can feel it – Stars, 100 pound hail and
Fire mixed with blood fall to the earth, striking down every herb of the field,
and breaking every tree of the field.
Natural Disasters occur with Hurricanes, Typhoons, Dust
Storms, Tornados, Roaring Seas and Strange Tides.
Wild Beasts devour people - Poison Snakes - Pestilence -
Locust like scorpions that are
indestructible by man, with stingers in their tails that with one sting can hurt and torments a person for five
months.
The
First Half of the Tribulation; The Protestant Church moves closer and finally
embraces the World
Church of Rome. There is now
a union between the Church and State. The Vatican finally gets the power she has always
wanted. The World Church will try to manipulate and control the political
affairs of the world.
§ Antichrist will support
the World
Church’s agenda via the Federated States of Europe.
The Middle of the Tribulation; War in heaven;
Satan
and his angels are cast out.
§ Antichrist is now revealed
for who and what he really is, and wants ALL the power.
§ Antichrist breaks his covenant
of Peace with Israel.
Russia
is now out of the way.
§ Antichrist begins his
dictatorship; his terror is revealed. He
does away with the World Church with the help of the Federated
States of Europe. The Temple is taken over by the Gentiles. (The term Gentile or Greek was anybody that was not a
Jew.)
§ Antichrist sets himself up
as god; demands to be worshiped. The Two Witnesses are slain and then raised up. Israel is persecuted and many Believers
are killed.
The
Last Half of the Tribulation; the Four Horsemen are
still running rapid.
§ Antichrist still has 3 ½
years more to wreak his havoc, fulfilling the Word of God.
Economic Collapse - Financial Catastrophe - Poverty - Hunger
– Famine – People will eat bitter food and drink the Poisoned Water. – They will get diseases; there will be epidemics
- Leprosy - Bubonic Plague – Malaria – Cholera – Aids - Small Pox -
Tuberculosis - Painful ugly festering Sores
- Ulcers and Running Boils.
Dictatorships – Terrorism - Anarchy - Nation rising against
Nation - War with a 200,000,000 man army - Weather Manipulation -
Nuclear Annihilation - Chemical and Biological warfare – Cyber Espionage -
Slaughter - Blood – Death – Terror – Panic – Confusion - Civil Violence and
Drugs.
Hearts will melt, Hands will go limp - There is nothing left but
Gloom, Anguish, Suffering, Perplexity and Mourning,
and
that’s
the GOOD
NEWS – Hell is worse – The Lake
of fire is worse than Hell.
More Events
Many things happen before the
tribulation begin by as much 20 to 30 years such as the birth of the Antichrist and the False Prophet: these are real humans infected by
Satan. The Antichrist will already be on the scene before “the tribulation”
as a peaceful conqueror and helps establish the United States of Europe which we call the Revived Roman Empire. He is not yet a world leader and by all
outwardly appearances, seems to be a good guy.
God promised Abraham a son, who would be
the beginning of a “special race” of people that would be blessed
of God, a people that would be a witness to the pagan world. - A race from
which the Messiah
would be born. Israel’s existence gave us the Old and New
Testaments and protected and preserved the purity of its scriptures. - The Twelve Tribes of
Israel produces the 144,000 witnesses.
God pours out his Spirit on the 144,000 Jews and they are sealed before the beginning of the
tribulation period with the mark of Christ and preach the Gospel and testify of
Him throughout the whole world. - The 144,000 are
NOT
Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses or Seventh Day Adventist; they are ALL JEWS.
It’s in the Book.
The 12 Tribes
of Israel, by God’s Devine design, have already been
scattered throughout the world and are already a God fearing people and are PREDESTINED for just this
cause. Every nation and tribe will hear
them speaking in their own language and dialect, endued with the same power as
on the day of Pentecost. The gift of
tongues. - 144,000 life changers with the zeal of the Apostle Paul.
The seal of the living God speaks of PROTECTION and POSSESSION. Today, when a Believer receives Christ, he is
instantly SEALED by the Holy Spirit and inherits eternal life.
If your BS
supports a Rapture; then the Church will be GONE, the Holy Spirit will be GONE and all that
remains on earth will be the make believers,
the un-believers plus
the Two
Witnesses and the sealed 144,000
Evangelist. In the time of Moses, the tribulation
plagues “Passed
over” the children of Israel, but NOT this time. The remaining Jews and Gentiles will get it
full force, there is NO Passover.
Listen; YOU DON’T TAKE A KNIFE TO A GUN FIGHT… and we will
not battle with bows and arrows, knives and spears or ride on horses; we will
fight with our modern warfare technology along with God’s supernatural powers.[1] Flesh will ROT away as if hit
by a nuclear bomb. It’s in
the Book
There is
something SUPERNATURAL going on with
these reported Locust... Locust do not have a king, but these GRASSHOPPERS do. The sting of these Locust may actually be a
modern day airborne device similar to an APACHE
HELICOPTER[2] spraying bio-chemicals and nerve gas.
The Book’s description of these supernatural locust sure
sounds like one. Just saying.
Zechariah 14:12 – Nuclear Bombs
12 And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought
against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses,
THEIR FLESH ROTTING
AWAY.
THEIR EYES WILL ROT IN THEIR
SOCKETS,
and
THEIR TONGUES WILL ROT IN THEIR MOUTHS. (NLT)
The
Five Months
The Book says that the
tribulation will be CUT SHORT for the sake of the ELECT, otherwise no one would survive. The Book does
not tell us how the time is cut short, leaving a lot to the imagination and
speculation. Who then are the ELECT?
Mark 13:20 –
Tribulation days reduced for the Elect’s sake
20 IF THE LORD HAD NOT CUT SHORT THOSE DAYS,
NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE. But for the sake of the ELECT,
whom
he has chosen, he
has SHORTENED them.
(NIV2011)
The Book never uses the
term ELECT to indicate a “SELECT” group, who “ALONE” are predestined
to be saved. Obviously SOME of mankind has been chosen
before they were even born to be a part of God’s redemptive plan; Judas,
one of the twelve disciples was predestined, but not to heaven; it’s in the Book. The Book says
that many are called to come (Free Will), but few are chosen. (Predestined). [3]
Murray’s BS on the other
hand is very specific about the ELECT, these are those
that lived in a previous age and were BORN AGAIN of a woman on
earth. (Reincarnated) They earned their salvation through WORKS, by fighting on the side of God in
another age of time; they just don’t remember any of this because their memory
has been veiled.
The Book says Satan’s time is SHORT; [4] what if the 3½ YEARS were shortened
to the next lowest UNIT, to 3½ MONTHS?
ü
Murray’s Belief System says that the TRIBULATION period will only be for FIVE MONTHS; divided up 2½
and 2½ months respectively.
ü Murray’s
BS: To be a barren woman as was Elizabeth,
was considered a curse of God. When she
became pregnant with John the Baptist, she went into seclusion
for FIVE MONTHS[5] symbolic of remorse; representing a time of scorn from the
world and thus likewise at the end of her FIVE
MONTH “time of remorse”; there is a “time of rejoicing”, of being exalted by God.
ü Murray’s
BS: The waters of
Noah’s flood receded in 150 days after the rains stopped; a Biblical month is
30 days; so 150 divided by 30 gives Noah FIVE MONTHS of tribulation.[6]
ü Murray’s
BS: In Italy LOCUST are called “Little Horses” as some of them have a head
that resembles a horse. These are hellish creatures possessed by Hell’s fallen
angels and worst demons that look similar to a horse and can fly and they swarm
like a locust army.
This description is literal and we are
seeing the true characteristics of a demonic creature. They are “Spirit Beings” that have been given great
power and therefore they are INDESTRUCTIBLE by man. In addition to all the other plagues, they
sting like a scorpion and inflict pain and suffering that lasts for FIVE MONTHS,[7]
but it’s not lethal. Their torment is so
severe that they will seek to die, but cannot; death takes a FIVE MONTH holiday.
Revelation
9:1-11 –Locust like horses tortured Five month’s
1 Then the fifth
angel blew his trumpet, and I saw
a star (fallen angel) that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given
the KEY to the shaft of
the bottomless
pit.
2 When he opened
it, SMOKE poured out as though from a huge furnace,
and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.
3 Then LOCUSTS
CAME FROM THE SMOKE and descended on the earth, and they were given
power to sting like scorpions.
5 They were told not to kill them
but to
TORTURE THEM FOR FIVE MONTHS with pain like the pain of a scorpion
sting.
6 In those days people will seek
death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from
them!
7 The LOCUSTS LOOKED LIKE HORSES prepared for
battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces LOOKED LIKE HUMAN
FACES.
9 They wore ARMOR
MADE OF IRON, and their WINGS
ROARED like
an army of chariots rushing into battle.
10 They had TAILS THAT STUNG LIKE SCORPIONS, and
FOR FIVE MONTHS THEY HAD THE POWER to torment people.
11 Their king is the angel from the
bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is ABADDON, and in Greek, APOLLYON—the Destroyer. (NLT)
Locust do not have a king, but these do. The
King’s name in Hebrew is Abaddon
meaning “DESTRUCTION” and in the Greek he is called Apollyon meaning “DESTROYER”.[8]
These are the same two characteristic of Satan. Their King is NOT Satan, but is a fallen angel, one that rules over the abyss and has
been locked away with his demonic spirits that now has been let loose.
Note: Just so you know who is in control, the
Locust whether they are actually insects or evil MEN of this world,[9]
they are a COVENANT curse
from God,[10]
so the locust are HIS great army that
goes forth.[11] God did not create evil people, but He certainly
uses them in His great plan and God is going to use you;
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. Chose life. It’s in the Book
Three Woes
There
are three WOE trumpets in the Book of Revelation that unfold in TIME. The 5th Trumpet deals with the Woe of five months of plagues of Locust;[12]
when that TIME
is over, the 6th trumpet Woe
sounds and 1/3 of mankind is killed; when that TIME is over, then the 7th trumpet Woe announces the a war in heaven
where Satan is
cast out and down into the earth; that also unfolds in MORE TIME.
Side Bar: INTERDIMENSIONAL things are
happening. The bottomless pit opens up
with demons COMING
UP out
of the earth and Evil Angels thrown down out of heaven, COMING DOWN on to the
earth. Double
trouble, demons coming up and evil angels coming down all at one time;
THIS CAN’T BE GOOD.
Conclusion, in my BS, the Book indicates that there continues to be more TIME
remaining that occurs within the Tribulations after the 5 months of
the LOCUST plague has been completed.
Revelation 8:13 – The three WOE’s of
Revelation
13 Then I looked, and I heard an
eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “WOE, WOE, WOE to those who dwell on the earth, at the BLASTS OF THE OTHER TRUMPETS that
the three angels
are about to blow!”
(ESV)
Revelation 9:1-5 - FIFTH Trumpet...
First
WOE;
Locust for a time of five months
1 And the FIFTH ANGEL
BLEW HIS TRUMPET, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and
he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
2 He opened the
shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the
sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
3 Then from the smoke
came LOCUSTS on the earth, and they were given power
like the power of scorpions of the earth.
4 They were told
not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only
those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 They were allowed
to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their
torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
(ESV)
Revelation 9:13-15 – SIXTH
Trumpet...
Second
Woe;
1/3rd killed; MORE time of Tribulations to go
13 Then the SIXTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET,
and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
14 saying to the sixth angel who
had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river
Euphrates.”
(ESV)
Revelation 11:15 – SEVENTH
Trumpet...
Third
Woe;
war in Heaven; even MORE time of Tribulations to go
15 The SEVENTH ANGEL
BLEW HIS TRUMPET, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:
The kingdom of the world has become the ⌊kingdom⌋ of our Lord
and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever
and ever!
(HCSB)
Revelation 12:7-10 – War in Heaven – Satan
cast out
7 Now war arose in
heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and
his angels fought back, but he was defeated,
8 and there was no
longer any place for them in heaven.
9 And the GREAT DRAGON WAS THROWN DOWN,
that ancient serpent,
who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he
was thrown down
to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
(ESV)
Make No Mistake
The end time prophecy is given in
three different LITERAL ways YEARS, MONTHS AND
DAYS so you CANNOT interpret it SYMBOLICALLY
any other way.
Revelation 12:14 - Cared for and protected from dragon for YEARS
14 But she was given two wings like
those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the
wilderness. There she would be CARED FOR AND PROTECTED FROM THE DRAGON for a TIME, (1 year) TIMES, (2 years) and HALF A TIME (½ year).
(Total of 3½ years)
(NLT)
Revelation 11:1-2 - Gentiles trample the
city 42 MONTHS
1 I was given a measuring stick,
and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the
number of worshipers.
2 But do not measure the outer
courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the
holy city for 42 MONTHS. (3½ years) (NLT)
Revelation 13:5 - Beast allowed speak blasphemies 42 MONTHS
5 Then the beast was allowed to
speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever
he wanted for
FORTY-TWO
MONTHS.
(3½ years)
NLT)
Revelation 11:3 – Two Witnesses evangelize
for 1260 DAYS
3 And I will give power to my TWO WITNESSES,
and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 DAYS.”
(3½ years)
(NLT)
Revelation 12:6 - Woman fled into
the wilderness 1,260 DAYS
6 And the WOMAN FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS,
where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 DAYS. (3½ years)
(NLT)
When does it all happen?
The Antichrist sets up an image of himself to
be worshipped in the temple in the MIDDLE of the
Tribulation period; it’s known as the ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION[13] and is the
trigger that begins the last 3½ years of the tribulations.
Revelation 12:7-9 – War in Heaven; NOT
happened yet
7 Then there was WAR IN HEAVEN. Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon and his angels.
8 And the dragon lost the battle, and
he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
9 This great
dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—
was THROWN DOWN TO
THE EARTH with
all his angels.
(NLT)
Revelation 12:10 – Satan the accuser
thrown down to earth
10 Then I heard a loud voice
shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of
our God, and the authority of his Christ. For THE
ACCUSER of
our brothers and sisters HAS
BEEN THROWN DOWN TO EARTH— the one who accuses them before our
God day and night.
(NLT)
Matthew 24:29 – GREAT Tribulation
happen after first anguish
29 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ANGUISH OF THOSE DAYS, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
(NLT)
Revelation 12:12 – Satan’s time is Short –
HOW SHORT IS IT?
12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens
and you who dwell in them! But WOE to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come
down to you in great wrath, because HE KNOWS that HIS TIME IS SHORT!”
(ESV)
Revelation 12:13-14 – Satan’s time is
Three and a half years
13 when the dragon saw that he had been THROWN DOWN
to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 But the woman was given the two
wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the
wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a TIME, and TIMES,
and HALF A TIME. (3½ years)
(ESV)
For Sure
In the Book of Daniel we see a man
ask an Angel dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “HOW LONG WILL IT BE until
these shocking events ARE OVER the angel raised BOTH HANDS toward heaven and SWORE by heaven, he
took a SOLEMN OATH that the time
will be 3½
years, and since that time there has
not been another Solemn oath recorded that changed
that time.
Daniel 12:6-7 – How long will Tribulations be? It will be 3 ½ years
6 One of them asked the man dressed
in linen, who was now standing above the river, “HOW
LONG WILL IT BE
UNTIL THESE
SHOCKING EVENTS ARE OVER?”
7 The man dressed
in linen, who was standing above the river,
RAISED BOTH HIS HANDS toward heaven and (Swears by heaven)
TOOK
A SOLEMN OATH by the One who lives
forever, saying, “It will go on for a TIME, TIMES, and HALF A TIME. (3½ YEARS) When the shattering of
the holy people has finally come
to an end, all these things will have happened.” (NLT)
The Last
Day of the Tribulation
The last day of the tribulation a GREAT EARTHQUAKE will cause an
upheaval of nature which will alter the shape of the earth, possibly
returning the earth to its correct axis.
§
Great
fear grips the hearts of man; the light of THIS
DAY that
is “known to the Lord”, is “NOT NIGHT,
§
Jesus
returns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords with millions of the
redeemed to fight the Antichrist and his armies at the battle of Armageddon
where the foe is defeated.
§
The
last day Satan is bound by an Angel and cast into the bottomless pit for 1,000 years.
§
The
Two Witnesses rotting in the street are resurrected.
§
Men
actually hear God’s voice as He calls to them.
§
On the
last day, All Israel; the Jews that were “saved” will return to city of Jerusalem.
§
The
remnant nations, those that survived; those that refused the mark of the
Antichrist will inhabit the earth and multiply and
every year come to worship King Jesus in Jerusalem.
§
This
last day marks the first day of the 1,000 year reign of Christ. His Saints will rule over those that remained
that did not take the “Mark of the Beast”.
The Take Away
The tribulation period is ALL about ISRAEL, the Jewish Nation and how it affects THEM, with the rest of the nations
coming in second place. The reasons are
twofold:
1)
To purge Israel and prepare the believing Jewish
remnant for the return of the Messiah.
2)
To punish ALL the wicked for their sins.
When does Christ return? No one knows when Christ will return, but the Book says it will be 360 days times 7 years or 2,520 days from the
beginning of the tribulation period to His appearing. (God said it, not me.) NOTE: A
prophetical year was 360 days not
365. So, if you use the 360 days the
prophets used, the dates and times will work out perfectly. Many students believe that at creation, the
year came “FULL CIRCLE” in 360 days.
Second coming concurrent SIGNS:
§ The preaching of
the Gospel in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations:
§ Many turning
away from the Faith because of false prophets and teachers.
§ Great
Tribulations more intense and extensive such as the world has ever seen since
the beginning of time; GREAT Earthquakes,
Increased Frequency of Wars, Terrorism, Famines and Pestilence. ALL occurring
around the same time.
§
As a sign, at some point Jerusalem will be
completely surrounded by the
enemy.
The Five Months Locust Theory: I firmly believe the teaching of the “End Time Locust”
is a very important study that’s due more than just a paragraph; it is a study
all into its own self, but it’s truly NOT about a veiled
encrypted secret of limiting the time of the great tribulations to FIVE months.
The Rotation Theory:
If Murray
can shorten the days of the Tribulations to 5 MONTHS with the LOCUST theory, THEN here is my BS theory;
what if the World was hit by an GREAT
EARTHQUAKE as
has never been experienced before; mountains would be leveled,
Islands
would disappear
and the AXIS of our planet
would shift; the ROTATION of the earth
speeds up causing the SUN and MOON to make the day and night to become 1/3 shorter;
THEN the SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION period will only
be 4.6 years with a division of 2.3 years of “DEVILMENT” for Satan; his great deception is now shortened by 14 MONTHS… WHAT IF?
I’m
just having fun with this; but symbolically THIS TOO is in
the Book.
NOTE; many students
believe the earth YEAR was once a perfect 360
days instead of 365 and believe it
will be that way again when the Lord comes back. So somewhere in all the TORTURING
of
the scriptures, my theory may carry some weight. (12 months of perfect 30 days)
The Long and the Short of it: Israel was in the TRIBULATIONS of captivity in EGYPT 400 years; that’s a VERY LONG time. They were in the TRIBULATIONS of captivity of BABYLON for 70 years; that’s a pretty LONG time too. The TRIBULATIONS of the
Anti-Christ has been limited to 3½ years; and that’s a very SHORT time in comparison to the others.
The shortening of the days of the seven
year tribulation period refers to Satan’s greatest deception happening only in
the last 3½ years of the seven years of Tribulation and even that is CUT SHORT supernaturally by the physical return of Jesus
Christ. BAM; IT’S
OVER.
The entire tribulation period called “Jacob’s Trouble” is not limited to FIVE MONTHS, with 2½ ; month
divisions as Arnold Murray teaches; but is still seven years with the GREAT Tribulations being only the
last 3½ years.
My BS doesn’t so much say that the five month theory
is FALSE,
but more like it is just WRONG.
Sincere Folks with a different Belief System are
not evil; they just happen to be sincerely wrong. Anyway,
my earth ROTATION THEORY is much more fun than Murray’s LOCUST
THEORY.
The ANSWER is found in the Solemn Vow of Daniel 12:6-7; “One
of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “HOW LONG WILL IT BE UNTIL
THESE SHOCKING EVENTS ARE OVER?” The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, RAISED BOTH HIS HANDS toward heaven and (Swears by heaven)
TOOK A
SOLEMN OATH
by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a TIME, TIMES, and HALF A TIME. (3½ YEARS) When
the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAVE HAPPENED.” (NLT)
Did
you See it?:
An ANGEL
made a Solemn
Oath, swearing by heaven that
Satan’s time is three and one-half years and NOWHERE
IN SCRIPTURE HAS THIS SOLEMN VOW BEEN CHANGED.
It’s in the Book
AXIS - ROTATION THEORY
Revelation 6:12
– Great Earthquake not seen before on earth
12 I watched as the Lamb broke the
sixth seal, and there was a
GREAT EARTHQUAKE. The sun became as dark as black cloth,
and the moon became as red as blood.
(NLT)
Revelation
16:18-21 – Great Earthquake changed earth rotation
18 Then the thunder crashed and
rolled, and lightning flashed.
And a GREAT
EARTHQUAKE STRUCK
THE WORST SINCE
PEOPLE WERE PLACED ON THE EARTH.
20 And EVERY ISLAND DISAPPEARED, and
ALL THE MOUNTAINS WERE LEVELED.
21 There was a
terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing seventy-five pounds fell from the
sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of
the hailstorm.
(NLT)
Revelation 8:12 – AXIS shift: One third of
the day disappeared
12 the fourth angel blew his
trumpet, and ONE-THIRD OF THE SUN was struck, and ONE-THIRD OF
THE MOON, and one-third of
the stars, and they became dark. And ONE-THIRD
OF THE DAY was dark, and also
ONE-THIRD OF THE NIGHT.
(NLT)
LAST DAYS
Matthew 24:10-12
– People leaving the Christian faith
10 At that time MANY
WILL TURN AWAY FROM THE FAITH and will betray and hate each other,
11 many FALSE
PROPHETS WILL APPEAR and deceive many people.
12 Because of the increase of wickedness,
THE LOVE OF
MOST WILL GROW COLD,
NIV
Matthew 24:14 –
Gospel will be preached to the whole world.
14 And this GOSPEL of the kingdom
will be
PREACHED IN
THE WHOLE WORLD as a testimony to all nations,
and THEN THE END WILL COME.
NIV
Luke 21:20 –
Jerusalem surrounded by the enemy; end is near
20 And when ye shall see
JERUSALEM COMPASSED WITH
ARMIES,
THEN KNOW THAT
THE DESOLATION THEREOF IS NIGH.
KJV
[1] 2 Peter
[2] Revelation 9:3-11 – Armed & Armored like an Apache Helicopter; THEY HAD TAILS THAT STUNG LIKE
SCORPIONS
[3] Matthew 22:14 – For MANY are called (free Will), but FEW are chosen (Predestined).
[4] Revelation 12:12 – THE DEVIL has come down to
you in great wrath, because that HIS TIME IS SHORT and he knows it
[5] Luke 1:24 – Elizabeth became
pregnant and was in seclusion for FIVE MONTHS
[6] Genesis 8:3-4 – The WATER RECEDED ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DAYS divided by 30 days equals
FIVE MONTHS
[7] Revelation 9:5 – Locust told to only
torture with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting for FIVE
MONTHS --
Revelation 9:10 – The locust had the
power to torment people for FIVE MONTHS
[8] Proverbs 30:27 – In
nature locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks; something is
up. -- Revelation 9:11 - THEIR KING IS
THE ANGEL from
the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is ABADDON, and in Greek, APOLLYON; the Destroyer
[9] Joel 1:6-7 – A vast army in men like locust will invade
[10] Deuteronomy 28:38 – God’s Covenant
Curse; YOU WILL PLANT MUCH BUT HARVEST LITTLE, LOCUSTS
WILL EAT YOUR CROPS
[11] Joel 2:25 – The swarming Locust are MY GREAT ARMY,
which I SENT AMONG YOU
[12] Revelation 9:12 –The first WOE has passed; behold, TWO WOES are still to come, MORE time of Tribulations
[13] Daniel 9:27 – He will set up in the Temple a SACRILEGIOUS object, the abomination that causes DESECRATION -- Matthew 24:15-21 - The DESECRATION triggers the last half;
the sacrilegious object that causes desecration
[14] Zechariah 14:6-7 – The
Day known
to the Lord
will be a unique day, it
will be neither daytime nor nighttime, no light, no cold or frost
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