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personally. Introduction The Bible is to be studied as a whole. It is like a puzzle and all the pieces (properly used) will fit together when this done. The Bible tells us how to proceed- For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: -- Isaiah 28:10 This is true in any aspect of Bible study, including salvation and prophecy. In fact, many errors made in presenting Bible prophecy stem from a misunderstanding of salvation itself. It does not matter if you know EVERYTHING about Bible prophecy IF YOU ARE LOST. LOST Bible prophecy "experts" are going to be in hell. Make sure of your salvation now! This presentation of the Book of Revelation is done in visual (table) form as much as possible. Before we begin the visual presentation, there are some "precepts" that we must understand. These " precepts " are 3 keys to understanding Bible prophecy. Our objective is to obtain a definition of the phrase DAY of THE LORD. Once this definition is obtained, we can put all the pieces together. 3 Keys to Understanding Endtimes Prophecy and the DAY of THE LORD 1. Daniel's 70th Week (7 years in length) 2. The 1000 Year Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ 3. The New Heaven and New Earth that the Lord Will Make Daniel's 70th Week (7 Years in Length) Here is the TOTAL SEVENTY "WEEKS" Daniel 9:24 SEVENTY WEEKS are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Here are the Sixty nine (7 + 62) "WEEKS" that have already Happened Daniel 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be SEVEN WEEKS , and THREESCORE and TWO WEEKS: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Here is the ONE "WEEK" that Remains Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for ONE WEEK : and in the MIDST of the WEEK he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate , even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. A total of seventy (70) "WEEKS" are determined for " thy people ", Daniel's people, the Jews. Sixty nine (69) of these "WEEKS" have already happened. Because these sixty nine (69) "WEEKS" that have ALREADY happened lasted a total of 483 years, we know how long the 70th "WEEK" will be. The reason we know that the 70th "week" lasts 7 years is that the 7 "weeks" and 62 "weeks" (a total of 69 "weeks"), which have already happened, lasted exactly 483 years = 69 weeks X 7 years/week. Messiah was "cutoff", crucified, exactly 483 years after the commandment of Artaxerxes to rebuild the temple, March 14, 445 B.C. This whole prophecy (of Daniel) was made in 538 B.C. while the Jews were in Babylon at the end of their 70 year captivity. The 1st 69 "weeks" were fulfilled exactly as predicted and the 70th "week" will also. Since God said he would deal with the Jews as a NATION for SEVENTY "WEEKS" and He promised to regather them nationally in the future in preparation for His Coming, then, God plans to deal with the NATION Israel in the future for ONE "WEEK" before He returns. To say that ONE WEEK of Daniel 9:27 has already happened (since God says He will regather Israel as a NATION) is to say there will be 71 WEEKS. Therefore, the 70th week of Daniel can not have happened in the past and is yet future. Since we already know (from the 69 weeks that HAVE happened) that a "WEEK" is SEVEN YEARS, then, God must have a future dealing with the NATION Israel for SEVEN years. We shall see shortly that the events of the Book of Revelation from Chapters 6:1-19:21 represent Daniel's 70th week. For more information about this and related subjects see this and this . The 1000 Year Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ The following verses in the Book of Revelation demonstrate that the 1000 year reign of the Lord Jesus Christ takes place immediately following the judgments described in Chapter 6 verse1 through Chapter 19 verse 21. Since these same verses represent Daniel's 70th week, then, the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ immediately follows Daniel's 70th week of 7 years duration. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years , And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years . But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years . And when the thousand years are expired , Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, -- Revelation 20:2-7 The New Heaven and New Earth that the Lord Will Make After the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ (and the judgments that immediately follow) as described in Chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation, we read the opening verse of Chapter 21 and this verse describes a NEW Heaven and a New Earth. We can know that the NEW Heaven and NEW Earth are made immediately after the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ; and there was no more sea. -- Revelation 21:1 The new earth has NO oceans, no more sea . A radical change will have taken place. Will the present earth be annihilated? Here is our answer- One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. -- Ecclesiastes 1:4 Since the earth abideth for ever , it can not be annihilated. However, it obviously must be altered if it is to have NO oceans. That the Lord intended to alter the earth is prophesied in the Old Testament. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. -- Isaiah 65:17 For as the new heavens and the new earth , which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. -- Isaiah 66:22-23 We have established that the sequence of events are: Daniel's 70th Week (also known as the " tribulation ") Rev 6:1 - Rev 19:21 The 1000 Year Reign of Jesus Christ (also known as the " millennium ") Rev 20:2-7 The New Heaven and the New Earth Rev 21:1 These events alone attest to the fact that the Book of Revelation is (for all intents and purposes) to be read chronologically. We will be discussing this at length later. At present, we proceed to our objective - the definition of the phrase DAY of THE LORD. DAY of THE LORD The questions to be answered are WHEN does the Day of the Lord start and HOW LONG does it LAST? Is it 24 hours? We do not have to speculate on this. We have the Bible's explicit description which answers BOTH of these questions. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up . -- 2 Peter 3:10 First of all, since the day of the Lord comes unexpectedly and suddenly ( a thief in the night ); this day can not start at any point during or after Daniel's 70th week (Rev 6:1 - Rev 19:21). Those alive during Daniel's 70th week will KNOW that the Day of the Lord has already come. Therefore, it is no longer a " thief in the night ." The people alive on the earth will come to this realization once Daniel's 70th week has ALREADY begun . (Later we shall see that certain visible signs will occur to make the people realize what has actually begun.) 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 sitteth 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? -- Revelation 6:15-17 The events of the Book of Revelation are described in detail in Chapter 6 through Chapter 19. In these chapters we are given explicit TIME periods for the lengths of various events. Knowing these events and time lengths eliminates any " thief in the night " coming of the Lord at the END of Daniel's 70th week or at any point AFTER it starts. At this point let's pause to understand that Daniel's 70th week, which we already know to be 7 years in length, consists of 7 years of 360 days each, 12 months of 30 days each, on the Jewish prophetic calendar. This fact is clearly revealed in that from 14 Mar 445 BC until 6 Apr 32 AD is exactly 173,880 days. The math follows.See The Coming Prince by Robert Anderson (1841-1918) at this webpage http://philologos.org/__eb-tcp/default.htm which is an exhaustive study of the prophecy of the 70 weeks. See especially this page: http://philologos.org/__eb-tcp/chap10.htm Known Events During Daniel's 70th Week Which Eliminate Any Thief in the Night AFTER the Week Begins <------------------------------------------------- Daniel's 70th Week ----------------------------------------------------->
Daniels 70th week last 7 years of 360 days each, or a total of 2520 days. Each year is 12 months of 30 days each. This is a total of 12 months x 7 years or 84 months.Now, let us return to completing our definition of the Day of the Lord . DAY of the LORD Definition Continued Repeating our reference verse we find- But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up . -- 2 Peter 3:10 We found that the sequence of events are: Daniel's 70th Week (also known as the " tribulation ") Rev 6:1 - Rev 19:21 The 1000 Year Reign of Jesus Christ (also known as the " millennium ") Rev 20:2-7 The New Heaven and the New Earth Rev 21:1 We also established that the thief in the night begins at or immediately prior to Daniel's 70th (once the Rapture has already occurred). See Rev 3:3 where the Lord says that He will come upon the church at the Rapture as a "thief ". We see (from 2 Peter 3:10 above) that the DAY of the LORD includes the "making" (remaking) of a New Heaven and a New Earth. Since we established that the New Heaven and New Earth are AFTER the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ, we now can conclude that the DAY of the LORD lasts 1007 years = Daniel's 70th week of 7 years plus the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ. The SEALS of Revelation and their Significance Introduction That the Book of Revelation is a completion of the Book of Daniel is clear. Daniel was told to " seal up " the book "to the time of the end ." We read this in the following verse: But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. -- Daniel 12:4 Now, we turn to the Book of Revelation and we read that the Lamb, Jesus Christ, who has been declared worthy in the 5th chapter of Revelation, OPENS the seals that Daniel had sealed. This is important for a several reasons. We'll deal with one reason at this point. Since Revelation is a continuation of the Book of Daniel, one would expect that the two books (Revelation and Daniel) would follow the same style of presenting the material. The Book of Daniel introduces all of Gentile world history (as it relates to the Jew) in Chapter 2. An image represents Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar), the Medio-Persian empire, Alexander the Great's empire , the Roman empire, and the ten-toed empire of the last days, at which time Christ returns to set up His kingdom (when He destroys the ten-toed kingdom). Thus, chapter 2 effectively covers the entire time period that is explained with more detail in subsequent chapters of Daniel. It is reasonable to conclude that Revelation is written in the same manner. And, so it seems. Look at the seals and see if this is possible. It appears that the seals characterize the entire period covered in chapters 6 through 19 of the Book of Revelation. 1st Seal (characteristic) - Conquest/Enforcement And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 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 . -- Revelation 6:1-2 In this connection, read about terrorism here and here . 2nd Seal (characteristic) - Peace Removed and Killing Ensues 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. -- Revelation 6:3-4 In this connection, read about the clash of civilizations and the preemptive doctrine of Brezinski and the Official Doctrine of the Naval War College. 3rd Seal (characteristic) - Global Finance and Trade, the True Strategic Objective and Measure of Success 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 . -- Revelation 6:5-6 In this regard read the hegemonic imperative of the United States and its globalist friends. 4th Seal (characteristic) - 25 percent of World Population Killed with Weapons, Starvation, and Animals 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. -- Revelation 6:7-8 In this connection read about the ambitious plans of men . 5th Seal (characteristic) - Martyrdom of Tribulation Saints, Assault on Fundamentalism 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 fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. -- Revelation 6:9-11 In this connection read about the enemy of the world order, the "extremists", the fundamentalists . While considering the topic of the persecution and martyrdom of tribulation saints, look at WHEN these saints are killed.6th Seal (Signs Showing the Beginning of the Tribulation?) 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 ; -- Revelation 6:12 Before we give the rest of the description, reread Joel 2:31. Joel 2:31 says: The sun shall be turned into darkness , and the moon into blood , before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. Notice that the sun and moon signs are the same in the 6th seal as they are in Joel 2:31. Since Joel 2:31 says this occurs BEFORE the Day of the Lord, then, it seems logical that the 6th seal is not as much a characteristic but the initiation of the Day of the Lord, i.e., the 70th week of Daniel, the tribulation. Further, since 666 is the number of antichrist, and since man was created on day 6, 6 is the number of man. Many believe that 5 is the number for grace . Therefore, it is fitting that the 6th seal initiates the time for antichrist because the age of grace concludes at the rapture. 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 sitteth 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? -- Revelation 6:15-17 Now compare the signs of Joel 2:31 with the Northern invasion by Islamic/Russian? countries of the nation Israel: And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. -- Ezekiel 38:18 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; -- Ezekiel 38:19 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and t he mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. -- Ezekiel 38:20 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. -- Ezekiel 38:21 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. -- Ezekiel 38:22 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- Ezekiel 38:23 Comparing Joel 2 with Ezekiel we find- The day of the LORD cometh , for it is nigh at hand. -- Joel 2:1 ...a day of darkness...a great people and strong -- Joel 2:2 ...fire devoureth before them: and behind them a flame burneth -- Joel 2:3 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen -- Joel 2:4 ...as a strong people set in battle array -- Joel 2:5 ...the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining -- Joel 2:10 This could well be the Magog/Gog invasion of Israel. Scripture can leap in time from one verse to another. So, allow for the fact that ALL of Joel 2 may not be at the beginning of the Day of the Lord. Some may spread into the 70th week of Daniel. However, there is little dispute that Joel 2 refers to the "beginning of sorrows" at least in part. See the 5th trumpet (1st woe) of Rev 9:5-10 for possible comparisons with portions of Joel 2 that would be imbedded in the 70th week. Continuing with the 6th seal signs we find- 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. -- Revelation 6:13 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. -- Revelation 6:14 These signs are very similar to the Ezekiel invasion of Israel and the Joel 2:31 prophecy. The sixth seal (the opening of Daniel's 70th week) could well occur at the time the LORD destroys the invading forces of Ezekiel 38 because they shall KNOW that I AM the LORD (Eze 38:23) and the great day of His wrath hath come (Rev 6:17). This makes the chronology look as follows.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. -- 2 Peter 3:11-13 05-27-2007 Regarding the characteristics of the seals (and thus the tribulation period) we see an ever-spreading conflict as the background to the events of the Book of Revelation. It is becoming increasingly clear that such a conflict is the Sunni-Shiite conflagration now unfolding. We have discussed this emerging conflict since at least April 2003 and here are references to some of these writings (one of which is a Stratfor prediction from 2002). They tell quite a story. They did for me when I re-read these. 2004 policy from the Boston Globe Solution to the Sunni-Shiite problem from Jordan 2002 prediction of post-war Iraq Sunni-Shiite War from Stratfor 2005 Sunni-Shiite Federalism will break up the country Summary of Sunni-Shiite Strategy of the United States 2005 Prediction by Time of US eventually becoming allies to the Sunni "enemy" 2006 analysis of Sunni-Shiite future war by the intelligence community King of Jordan Predicts Sunni-Shiite Conflagration (wonder how he knew?) Jordanian King has connections to the Sunni resistance (oh really?) US gave power to Shiites in Iraq US Supported Islamic Activism US Stirs the Sunnis in Fallujah Iraq in Response to the Contract Killings (is a pattern emerging?) US plans to be riding with the Bad Boys (2005) Are we surprised to now read a question in the New Yorker on March 5, 2007? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_hersh Is the Administration’s new policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, has significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. The “redirection,” as some inside the White House have called the new strategy, has brought the United States closer to an open confrontation with Iran and, in parts of the region, propelled it into a widening sectarian conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.One contradictory aspect of the new strategy is that, in Iraq, most of the insurgent violence directed at the American military has come from Sunni forces, and not from Shiites. But, from the Administration’s perspective, the most profound—and unintended—strategic consequence of the Iraq war is the empowerment of Iran. Its President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has made defiant pronouncements about the destruction of Israel and his country’s right to pursue its nuclear program, and last week its supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on state television that “realities in the region show that the arrogant front, headed by the U.S. and its allies, will be the principal loser in the region.” What is being said here is that the US is "riding with the bad boys" (quoting Hersh from an earlier article). Wonder how the US got the Sunni terrorists to join the US in fighting the Shiites? Was anyone connected to the Sunni resistance? Wonder if anyone reading this believes that the situation is just circumstantial afterthought? Is there doubt in anyone's mind that this was not the plan from the beginning? Read all the linked articles and note the dates. Pul-leez! Regardless, the conflagration is coming and it will either be part of the trib or the precursor to the "peace" or both. The P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E is on to create a solution. The pressure will increase until the "solution" is agreed upon - Remaking of the Middle-east, aka Daniel Chapter 11, starting in about verse 36.This story is way bigger than what I am saying, but, what I am saying is sufficient for our purposes. So, let's summarize, the US put Saddam in power to counterbalance Iran. The US was supposedly attacked on 9-11 by Sunni radicals whose origins go back to the CIA-ISI sponsored organization in Pakistan. Meanwhile the US has been an historical ally of Saudi Arabia which funds the same Sunni radicals. The US invades Iraq and removes the Sunnis (and Saddam that they put in power, because he "sponsored al Qaeda".) The Sunni resistance reacts partially due to the "unintended" consequence of post-election Iranian influence (Shiite) in Iraq. Who "helped" with the elections? The elections stir the Sunnis even more against the Shiites. Now, the US is again partnering with the same Sunnis which we went to Iraq to defeat for "causing" 9-11. If we had won the "war on terror" in Iraq (defeat the Sunnis), would be able to fight Iran now? After the Sunni-Shiite conflagration? The Harvard professor's link between Sunni-Muslim extremists and Protestant Reformists End 05-27-2007 How Is A Man Saved? Home Page Please e-mail us with questions or comments today. If you need someone to lead a Bible study, let us know. Jesus-is-the-Way
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