Introduction

Please consider the following prophetic Words that were spoken by Isaiah to the people of Israel: Now, go, write it on a tablet before them and inscribe it on a scroll: So that it may serve in the time to come as a witness [against them] forevermore.  For this is a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who refuse to listen to the Law and Instruction of the Lord;  who say to the seers: “You must not see visions from God”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right! Speak to us pleasant things and smooth words.  Prophesy [deceitful] illusions [that we will enjoy]. ^{(See Isaiah 30 verses 8 thru 14.)}

So Yes, the deceived of today beckon to the seers and prophets of vanity! Tell us only the smooth and pleasant things that we want to hear, such as our deserved safety and security, accompanied with prosperity and the accumulation of riches of the world.  Do not speak of the hard stuff, such as the suffering of the flesh with the denial of our self will, for our redeemed souls will hearken only unto the Word of the Lord Jesus Christ, and we will faithfully follow in His Footsteps and His Way of the Cross.

Corrie Ten Boom Writes in 1974:

"There are some among us, teaching there will be no tribulation, that the Christians will be able to escape all this. These are the false teachers that Jesus was warning us to expect in the latter days.  Most of them have little knowledge of what is already going on across the world. I have been in countries where the saints are already suffering terrible persecution.

In China, the Christians were told, "Don't worry, before the tribulation comes you will be translated – raptured." Then came a terrible persecution.  Millions of Christians were tortured to death. Later I heard a Bishop from China say, sadly:

"We have failed. We should have made the people strong for persecution, rather than telling them Jesus would come first. Tell the people how to be strong in times of persecution, how to stand when the tribulation comes, .. to stand and not faint."

I feel I have a divine mandate to go and tell the people of this world that it is possible to be strong in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are in training for the tribulation, but more than sixty percent of the Body of Christ across the world has already entered into the tribulation. There is no way to escape it.
We are next."

Most of the early rapture teachers focus on Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians, and disregard the Prophetic Words of our Lord Jesus Christ that are scripted in all of the synoptic Gospels.  If you rightly evaluate Christ's Eternal Words of TRUTH founded in Matthew 24, and then compare them with the written letters of Paul in 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, then you will understand that there is absolutely no conflict with the Spirit of the Word of Holy Holy Lord God Almighty.  

Paul, when he says: "Be followers of me even as I follow Christ", is not a man who would contradict his Master's Eternal Word of Truth, for Christ Jesus is the TRUTH.  Heaven and earth would pass away before My Word should pass. ^{(See Mark 13:30-32.)} Paul's understanding wasn't instantaneous, as if he himself had now become the Word of God that is without fault. ^{(See Romans 7:24-25.)} Even though God had a very special call on Paul's life, Paul, in his humanity, was like all of us, and was dependent upon the Rhema Word of God, leaving him subject to God's Holy Spirit, Who would reprove him of his own misunderstandings.   Paul, as an ambassador of Christ, was growing in the Spiritual Wisdom of God on a daily basis, for Holy God's Spirit of Grace would bring corrections to the errors that were yet in Paul's mind of bodily flesh.  O wretched man that I am: Who shall save me from this body of death.

Part of Paul's mindset and those of the early Christian followers were originally centered in what they perceived as the soon return of the Lord. The following words of Paul to the Corinthians could possess just such a meaning:  But this I say, brethren, the time is short: It (time) remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; ^{(See 1st Corinthians 7:29-31.)}  The Corinthian's misunderstanding of the soon return of Jesus Christ created fearful minds within many of the Christians of Paul's troublesome days. 

After Paul's correction in time, through God's Spirit of TRUTH, then Paul's letters to the Thessalonians were conveying a clearer understanding of the Word's of Jesus Christ, and of the great tribulation period at the close of time.  In fact, Satan's wrathful violence of sin and death would precede God's calling away of the remnant of His redeemed people.  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of Salvation.  For God has not appointed us to [His] wrath, but to obtain Salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we are awake or sleep, we should live together with Him.  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do. ^{(1st Thessalonians 5:8-11.)}

There are those, when looking to justify their false position, fail to follow the crux of the Scripture passages, for in their anemic spiritual minds they parrot the fabrications of others: "See God has not appointed us to wrath, He will rapture us before all trouble".  ^{(See 1st Thessalonians 4:16-18.)} If Salvation has come to the soul of the believer, then the redeemed of the Lord shall not experience the Day of God's Wrath, for this is the Day when the wicked will be separated from Holy God for ever.  As we shall come to understand, it is Satan's wrath intertwined in his wickedness that is the violent force that creates the Great Tribulation, and this time of great trouble, will occur before the Great One Day of God Almighty, when His Holy Wrath will Judge all of the wicked.

The reader would do well to consider all things in this treatise, too better understand this difficult subject.  Paul, in the spirit of his teaching, was again using the Gospel Words of his Master Jesus Christ, to remind and comfort God's people of his time.  During the trials of those days, and the time that would follow, there would be many other terrible events, which must take place before that Great Day of the Lord's judgment.  In that time, the persecution of the Jews, and of Christianity would continue into the very last days, when the  rebellious wrath of Satan would intensify on the earth with the catastrophic violence of sin and death, like it had never been since the beginning of time. 

With a few reservations in the timing of events, we have paralleled Paul's writings in 1st and 2nd Thessalonians with other scriptures to coincide with Matthew's Gospel (MG) with the prophetic Words ascribed to Christ Jesus.  The Only Begotten Son of the Eternal Power of the universe, states with all Authority: Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away. ^{(See Matthew, Mark and Luke.)} From the beginning of Adam's/Man's fall in the Garden of Eden, the earthly mind of man kind is subject to the bondage imposed by the master of sin, who challenges the authority of the Word of God, and so it is today will be until the end.

A word to the wise from the words of Agur the son of Jakeh:  Every Word of God is pure: He is a Shield unto them that put their trust in Him.  Add thou not unto His Words, lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. ^{(Proverbs 30:5-6.)}

The following apologetics begin with its focus on the Words of Jesus Christ as recorded in Matthew 24 and Luke 21, and will be in concert with Paul's compliant writings to the Thessalonians.  We have also inserted some other warnings of the prophets of God, in concert with John's Book of Revelation.  Revelation is a difficult writing to decipher, and we fully realize that, as of yet, we may lack a clear vision into the Wisdom of God.  Most of the events prophesied in Daniel 11 have taken place, except Anti-Christ with the King of the North and the King of the South, have not been revealed.  But 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.)} In our attempt to steady our position of understanding of prophetic events in the world, we may possibly overreach and hit a few speculative shots out of bounds.  Even so, we will definitely try to stay on course and eliminate the woods of speculation that makes it difficult to remain on a timely tract, which leads us to a final understanding of God's WORD of TRUTH.

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 The Revelation of Jesus Christ

The Apostle John, being held captive in the Isle of Patmos, sends his greeting to the 7 churches of Asia:

Grace be unto you, and peace from Him, Which is, Which was, Which is to come, and from the seven spirits, which are before His throne. And from Jesus Christ, Who is the Faithful Witness, Being the First Begotten from the dead.
Behold, He (Christ Jesus) comes with clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and also those which pierced Him. I AM the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, Declares the Lord, Which is, Which was, and Which is to come. The Almighty.

The Almighty Father God and Jesus Christ are One.

Then John writes: "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day"; 

John continues the Revelation of Jesus Christ "and I heard behind me, a Great Voice, like a Trumpet, Saying:

 I AM Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last: And what you see, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia: Unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea."

John turns to see the Voice that sounds like a Trumpet speaking to him.  John first sees seven golden candle sticks, and in the midst of then, he sees the glorious appearance of One like the Son of Man. And He had in His Right Hand seven stars: and out of His Mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: And His Countenance was as the sun shining in its strength. ^{(Revelation 1:16.)} The risen Son of Man, Jesus Christ having been given All Power in heaven and earth, speaks with All the Authority of His Father Yahweh God. The seven stars are the angels of the the seven churches, and the seven golden candle sticks are the seven churches. ^{(See Revelation 1:17-20.)} All are in the Right Hand representing the Power of the Christ of God.

I, Jesus, have sent 'Mine angel' to testify unto you these things in the churches.
^{(Revelation 22:16.)}

^{The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My Right Hand, and the seven golden candle sticks.  The seven stars are the 'angels' of the seven churches, for the seven stars are the 'angels' of the seven candle sticks which you saw, and are the seven churches. (See Revelation 1:19-20.)}

Presently, gross confusion reigns in the interpretation of the Revelation in Jesus Christ, the First and the Last.  Recently, it has been presented that the angels of the seven churches/ecclesia are earthly pastors rather than heavenly spirits of Christ. Pastors are not the seven heavenly 'stars' held in the Hand of the Lord Jesus Christ. The error is set in motion by the esteemed pastors of the internet whose recent interpretations enhances the position of the many prideful pastors of the pulpit. The pastors are not God's flaming spirits of fire for they are of the earth.  These esteemed pastors would do well to read with Eyes the Eternal Spirit of Yahweh God, and begin to understand the Alpha and Omega of the Eternal Word of God. In the Book of Revelation, all of time will be presented to the reader, through the all knowing Eyes of Yeshua/Jesus, for He is the beginning and the ending of all things created in time.

⁷And of the angels Almighty God says:  to make His angels spirits, and His ministers (servants) flames of fire.
¹³But to which of His angels said He at  any time: Sit at My Right Hand until I make your enemies your footstool.  ¹⁴Are they not all ministering spirits (of fire) sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of Salvation. ^{(See Hebrews 1:7, 13-14.)}

In the first chapter of Hebrews, the Almighty God is speaking of His angelic spirits as being flaming ministers or servants of fire, for the cleansing of the heirs of Salvation: For Yahweh God declares of His Son, Saying: Thy Throne O God, is for ever and ever.  A Scepter of Righteousness is a Scepter of Thy Kingdom. ^{(See all of Hebrews 1:8-11, also Psalm 102:25-28.)}

To the people of the pews, the church remains a building to meet in, and unfortunately it is where the pulpit pastor's of the splintered churches are already elevated like idols, and are revered as the only messengers that have the ear of God Almighty.  God's revelation is always through His Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus, for He Alone, holds in His Right Hand the keys to Salvation, with the Sanctification of His called people through His Spirit's cleansing fire. ^{(See Revelation 1:18.)}

The Lord Jesus Christ, the Creator of all things that exists within His creation of the fabric of time, says to Nicodemus, a master teacher of Israel: If I tell you of earthly things and you do not believe, then how shall you believe if I tell you of heavenly things. The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, was mankind's history already written in the fabric of time.  Man-kind's history in time is revealed through the Inspiration of God's Spirit, given to John, who, on that High Holy Day, was IN the Spirit of the Almighty God, having ears to hear what the Spirit of God would reveal. Therefore, through the all knowing Spirit of Holy God Almighty, the Man of TRUTH is revealed to the Ecclesia of God, for we are to hear what is Said IN the Heavenly Body of Christ Jesus.  But today, the flesh of the sinful man of the church, is blissfully ignorant of the Way of Christ, for their ears have been made to be hard of hearing by the deceptive spirits and the enemy of God.  If one is led by the flesh then confusion reigns, and  the things of God's Spirit of TRUTH, are dismissed as mystical fables. ^{(See 2nd Timothy 4:4.)}

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The Seven Churches of Revelation

Now then let us hear the Lord, the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last Word of God's creation, as He Speaks to each of His seven churches for the edification of all the seven Ecclesia's.  John is commanded to write the revelation letter, and to send it to all of the 7 assemblies: Write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, unto Smyrna, unto Pergamos, unto Thyatira, unto Sardis, unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. As such, the letter that John is commanded to write, is to bring a correction to the mind set of all 7 of these types of churches that exist in time, and hopefully they will hear the Words that God's Spirit is Speaking and respond to the Apostle John's letter.  John, in his faithfulness to God, is called to write the revealing letter to the churches of his time and to those that will exist going forward in time. John's revelation letter to the churches, will remain open throughout time, for the letter is an admonishment to the exclusive thinking of the various assemblies of any day in the history of time.

That witch is written by John to the Church at Ephesus begins; Unto the church of Ephesus write: These things says He that holds the seven stars in His Right Hand, (and) who walk in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.  Jesus Christ holds all things in the Power of His Right Hands, and it is His fiery angelic stars that are all walking in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, which are the seven churches being examined in the fiery Light of the Spirits of God to see if they are true to their calling.

Hear the very WORD of God speaks at the very end of the Revelation Letter: I Jesus/Yeshua have sent My angels to testify unto you of these things in the churches.  I AM the Root, and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star. ^{(Revelation 22:16.)} Now, it should be obvious to the reader that which is called the church is not testifying to a singular church, but Jesus Christ is testifying to all of the churches through His Own human messenger and that messenger is the Apostle John, who testifies IN the Eternal Spirit of the Almighty God. To be clear, the letter is not written exclusively to any one of the 7 revelation churches of the first century, but to all of the Ecclesia's though out the centuries. 

The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him: The Spirit of ¹Wisdom and ²Understanding, the Spirit of ³Counsel and ⁴Might, the Spirit of ⁵Knowledge of the fear of the Lord;  and shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and He shall not judge after the Sight of His Eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His Ears: But with ⁶Righteousness shall He judge the poor, and ⁷reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and He shall smite the earth with the rod of His Mouth, and with the Breath of His Lips shall He slay the wicked. And ⁶Righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and ⁷Faithfulness the girdle of His reins. ^{(See Isaiah 11:2-5.)}

Even though Christ Jesus seemingly addresses the differing sin issues within each of the seven assemblies in Asia Minor, the corruption of sin is not singular to only a specific assembly, but needs to be seen through out time as common to all assemblies.  All sin needs to be confessed to God's Mediating High Priest, Yeshua/Jesus the Christ of God.  Then, in Covenant order, the confessed rebellious sin of the flesh that is repented of, will be forgiven and then cleansed by Christ's flowing Life Giving Communion Blood given by the Holy Spirit of God within the One Holy Body of our Living Lord Jesus Christ.  This Covenant Grace is evident in the Ecclesia of Philadelphia, for this church has kept Christ's WORD and is given an open Door by the Holy One Who holds the Key, for He opens and no man can closes, and Jesus closes and no man can open the DOOR to the Throne Room of the Almighty Yahweh God. ^{(See Revelation 3:7-8.)} No one comes to the Father but by Me.  Even as the Standard of TRUTH is Eternally set in the solid WORD of God, it should be understood that the whole of the reproof in the Word's of Jesus Christ is amplified 7 times, for beginning with the church of Ephesus and ending with the church of Laodicea, the Lord says to each of His Ecclesia born in time: He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the ecclesia/churches/assemblies.   The Lord of Glory, first encourages His people in their accomplishments, and then He calls for their repentance from sin within all of His ecclesia/churches of yesterday and today. 

Christ speaking to Thyatira, and in the essence He is speaking the TRUTH to all of the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write these things Says the Son of God Whose Eyes are like a flame of fire: I know thy ^1stworks of love, and service, and faith, and thy patience; and thy works and the last (works) to be more than the first.

The spirit of Jezebel resides in this church, and her teachings seduce  God's servants to commit fornication and to eat things that are sacrificed to demonic idols.  God in His patience gives the church a time of grace, so that she may repent of her fornication, but she remains stead fast in her presumptive sins.  Unless the seduced ones repent of their rebellious deeds, then those that are fixated in Jezebels fornication will remain in her bed and find the troubling works of death.

I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I AM He, Who searches the reins (wills) of the hearts: For I will give unto every one of you (the churches) according to your works. But I say unto you (the churches) and the rest of Thyatira who do not hold to this doctrine of Jezebel, and have not known the depths of Satan, I will put upon you no other burdens. But that which you already have; hold fast until I come. ^{( See Revelation 2:18-25.)} 

He that has an ear let him Hear what the Spirit says unto the churches. ^{(Revelation 2:29.)}

Cause and effect are laid in the balance of God's justice, for His justice is tempered with His Grace and Mercy to those that are "IN" Christ Jesus.  The cause that initiates God's justice, is renegade sin, which has its ending in corruption and death.  Without the remediation of the Just One of Yahweh God Almighty, then death will have its end in death. The historical violence of sin in the world has been mitigated, in times past, with God's merciful interventions that would temper the destructive force of sin in the world, that is, until the fulfillment of time would come to its ending.  Even so, the enemies of the only God of the Living, are relentless, and the renegade destructive force of sin and death will continue to accumulate in the earth, until it finally explodes into the catastrophic events at the end of this age.

To the believers IN Christ Jesus, there is only One Body of Salvation, the Lord Jesus the Christ of God.   The Savior (Yeshua/Jesus) of all of mankind, is not divided into Jewish believers and Gentile believers:

For as the (human) body is one, and has many members (cells), and all the members  (cellular structures) of that one (human) body, being many, are one body: So also is Christ. For by One Spirit [of Living Grace] are we all baptized into the One Body (of Christ), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have all been given of the One Spirit to drink.  For the Body (of Christ) is not one member, but many. ^{(See 1st Corinthians 12:11-14.)}  And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: Them also I must bring, and they shall hear My Voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd. ^{(See John 10:15-17.)}

Whether we be Jew or Gentile believers, we are all spiritually baptized with the Fire of the Spirit of God, into the One Living Body of Christ.  For the Life of Christ is established by Yahweh God's New Covenant through His Holy Spirit of Grace, for His Grace is administered in His Covenant Drink Offering IN the Life giving Blood of Christ.  Now, if there shall be one fold and one Shepherd, then there is only the one ecclesia (church) body that listens to the Voice of its One Master.  The Body of Christ, is the church/ecclesia IN Christ, and the ecclesia/church Body of Christ is made up of the many 'called out' persons living with IN the One Faith of Christ Jesus.  It makes no difference whether they are Jew or Gentile believers:  For There is One Body, and One Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and IN you all. ^{(Ephesians 4:4-6.)}

Within the One Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is impossible to have the many exclusive divisions that think of themselves as being superior to another prideful sect or denomination.  This carnal thinking is with the mind of dying flesh, and that mind will develop its own doctrine of superiority.  Now with this individualistic mindset, you can pick and choose to follow the doctrine of the Catholics, or of the Orthodoxy or of Luther, or of Calvin, or of Wesley, or of the Messianic believers, and even those who think they are of Paul or Apolios.  Oh yes, and now you can choose the doctrine of the early rapture, and the left behind.  Not withstanding the prejudices of the splintered church, there remains only the One Body and Spirit of Christ Jesus that consists of the One Faith and Baptism of both the Jew and the Gentile peoples of faith IN Christ Jesus. ^{(See again Ephesians 4:4-6.)} If any one, Jew or Gentile, is in the Body of Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah, then they are also together as One in Spirit with the One God and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  All that are called of God will be tried in the tribulation of sin's own making. 

In the finale trial of faith, the faithful will wash their garments in the Blood of the Lamb of God:  Notwithstanding, the Jewish nation with its people, will be at the forefront of Satan's persecution during the great trials seen in the Revelation of John, even as the trials were previously prophesied by the prophets of old.  God Almighty's Word is from everlasting and the culmination of the Tribulation time will be the fulfillment of the Eternal Word of God, and bring forth the Day of the Lord's Wrath against the wicked who will not repent.

MG 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in My Name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Then John says: And I saw in the Right Hand of Him that sat on the Throne, a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.  And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and loose the seal thereon?  John wept much for there was no man was found that was worthy to open and read the book, until an elder said: Weep not! Behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David has overcome and is worthy to loose the seven seal of the book.  And lo, I beheld in the midst of the Throne and of the four beast and elders, a Lamb slain, having the Seven Spirits of God. And He (The Lamb) came and took the book out of the Right Hand of Him (Yahweh God Almighty] that sat on the Throne. ^{(See Revelation 5:1-10.)}

The Lamb slain is Jesus/Yeshua haMashiach:  For He is Yahweh God's Lamb and WORD that was destined before the world was created to die for the sin of the first Man/Adam and all of his prodigy.

Look again at John's Words of the Prophesy, and witness again the ending of John's Letter to the churches: I Jesus/Yeshua have sent My angel to testify unto you of these things in the churches. From chapter 5 thru 6 we should logically understand that the prophecy is for the eyes of John alone. The Apostle John is called upon to be Jesus Christ's witness, writing to Christ's sheep, of the Revelation of the Lamb of God, Who was born the Lion of Judah. Therefore, we are to see, through the eyes of John, God's Spirit of Prophesy revealing of that which has happened and is to happen in flow of God's creation of time.  As seen in a vision of time, John alone is called up in the Spirit of Prophesy to witness for the people of Faith, the Words of Christ Jesus.   It is not any one of the seven representative churches that are depicted in time, and will disappear from the earth or be raptured away before a coming time of great trouble. 

Witness The Word of the Lord to the Church of Philadelphia: Because you have "kept" the Word of My Patience ^(endurance), I will also "keep" thee from the hour (of the time) of temptation (testing), which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (For the four angels were loosed which were prepared for 'an hour', and a day, and a month and a year to slay the third part of men.) ^{(See Revelation 9:14-15.)} Behold I come quickly: Hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown. ^{(See Revelation 3 verse 10 thru 12.)} The word "kept" and the word "keep" are both translated from the Greek word 'Tereos' (Strongs G5083.) Do not be confused. This is not a premature rapture event, but the Lord Jesus Christ is reassuring the faithful within the Church that He will "keep" the people secured in their patience during the time of great testing that will come upon all that are living upon the earth.  Then those who remain faithful, will be taken out of the way God's Day of wrathful judgment against the wicked.

2nd Thessalonians 2:¹ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him, ² That you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the Day of Christ is at hand. ^{( See Mounce Greek interlinear 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3.)}

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Chapters Four and Five of Revelation:

Through out time, there are many who take Scripture out of context to make it say in their proud minds of flesh what they want Scripture to mean for themselves. Then with vocal repetition, their falsehood is embed into the fleshly minds of those who have itching ears of flesh.  Unfortunately, the designated Chapter 4 of Revelation is twisted by many to accommodate their own misguided philosophy of the early rapture of the church.

John after hearing the corrections addressed to the seven churches writes:
After this I looked

And behold, a 'Door' was opened in Heaven.  If a door is opened in heaven then the heaven is Eternity. Then after the Door to Eternity  is opened, John hears the Trumpeting Voice of the Word of God speaking to him alone. For the Voice, said:  Come up here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter. The English word hereafter has the meaning of "future", which is from the beginning point of time until the ending of the time". Man, who is a product of time considers all that John sees to be prophetic and waiting to happen sometime in time, rather than to ponder Eternity where all things have already taken place to be revealed in time.  And then immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a Throne was set in heaven (Eternity), and One (Eternal Father God) sat on the Throne.  John, alone, having passed through the open DOOR that is the Eternal Christ Jesus, is IN the Holy Spirit of the Eternal God, and now find's himself in the Throne Room of the Eternal, where, in the Spirit of God, he sees the Eternal, and attempts to describe the One (Eternal Father God) Who sits on the Throne:  As having the appearance like a jasper and a sardine stone.  And there was a rainbow surrounding the Throne having the appearance of an emerald.

1. The Door, for a certainty is Christ Jesus, for He, Alone, is the only Way into the Holiest Place of His Father Yahweh God's Throne Room , for Jesus Christ is the High Priest of our Salvation. Verily, Verily, I say you, I AM the Door of the sheep! ^{(See John 10 verse 7-9.)} No one comes to the Father, but by Me.

a. We would have the reader to remember that the one church, the Ecclesia of Philadelphia, was given an open Door. This would seem to indicate that with this church's keeping of Communion IN the Lord Jesus Christ, they were provided an Entrance into the Holy of Holies thorough the Door that is Christ Jesus. In the Spirit of His Grace, our High Priest allowed them to enter into God's Throne Room of Grace.  No one comes to the Father but by ME, says the Door.

2. The Thundering Voice is the Commanding and Authoritative Voice of the our High Priest, Jesus Christ.

a.  John is called up into Eternity where time has no existence.

b. John, is in the Spirit of God, when he enters through the Door that is Christ, and is given a glimpse of the Eternal One, ruling from His Throne in Eternity. Then from Eternity, where there is no time, John will be given a revelation of time that is specific to the future catastrophic events that are coming upon the earth, as the result of sinful mankind.

Past and present, there are many leaders of what is now called the church, where they stand in pulpits proclaiming repeatedly that the Jewish Apostle John represents the church that is raptured up to heaven, and thus the church will miss the great Tribulation.  These teachers reach into the Truth of Scripture, and twist the Truth with their inserted innuendos to justify their false teachings.  After all The Voice sounding like a Trumpet, Commands John the Jewish Apostle to " Come Up Here."

1. Moses was Commanded to "Come Up" to Mount Sinai by God, where for forty days Moses received for the Hebrew nation, the Torah Instructions along with the Ten Commandments written in stone by the finger of God.

2. John, in the Spirit of God, was "Commanded to "Come Up"  into Eternity, where John saw the fabric of time revealed in his eyes, and wrote for the redeemed Ecclesia what his own eyes revealed to him.   Heaven's High Priest speaks to John, and reveals to him alone of the heavenly visions that are intertwined in the fabric of time and space.  The call of the Almighty God was given to John the Jewish Apostle of Christ, and not for the sinful so called church that is scattered throughout the face of the earth.  Yesterday and today, each of the representative churches brandies about their own confused opinions among the listeners in the pews. 

a. There is a distinct difference between the meaning of the compound Greek word Ecclesia, (ek = out of, kaleo = to call), as compared to the English word 'church' found in the King James Version of the Bible. The word 'church' is derived from the Old English and German word that is  'kirche'.  Similarly, in Scotland the word "kirk" was the same noun for church.  In all cases 'kirche', 'kirk', 'church', had a principle meaning ascribed to a building.

If our above reasoning is insufficient, then let the proponents of the raptured 'church' declare what is the logical meaning, in Revelation Chapter 13 verse 1, where John writes: And ' I ' stood on the 'sand' of the sea?  As it is written in Scripture then the afore mentioned ' I ' should logically be interpreted to be the man John, the first century Jewish Apostle of Christ Jesus.  The man John is standing on the 'sand' of the sea, and IN the Spirit of Christ Jesus, John is witnessing the arise of the two beast.   Oops. But wait a moment! If the ' I ' is not John, but the raptured church, then the raptured church is standing on the 'sand' of the sea, and witnessing the future rise of the two beast that have satanic power. What a conundrum for a raptured church that is seen to be the John taken up to heaven. First they are in heaven, and now the 'kirch' is found to be immersed in all of Revelation time.   In all of the revelation cases, the declared personal pronouns of ' I ' and ' me ' that would be ascribed to the Jewish man John, the apostle of Christ, is now the 'church'.  But if John is the sole representative of the 'church/kirche' raptured to heaven, then the proponents of an early church rapture, are standing on sinking sand of their own making.  It is impossible for the personal singular pronouns of ' I ' or ' me ' attributed to John, to be of today's scattered churches, that are raptured in hypocrisy.

The end of it all is when John declares fully who the "I" is, for the "I" is referenced near the end of  the Book of Revelation in chapter 22 verse 8: And "I" John saw these things and heard them.

And out of the Throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: ^{( Revelation 4:5)} Twice Referenced in Exodus 19:16 and 20:1-21 as to the holiness of the Eternal God Almighty.  (Perhaps also, the proceedings that John had seen and heard coming out of the Throne of Holy, Holy, Holy Yahweh God Almighty, are contrasting revelations of sin's own wrathful judgments that will come upon the face of the earth within the matrix of time.)

Chapter 5
^{( Revelation 5:1-14.)}
And I saw in the Right Hand of Him

that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?  And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.  And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

John, the man, and not the 'church' has entered Eternity and witnesses through God's portal of time, the Lord Jesus/Yeshua, as the Lamb of God Who was slain for Man's sin, even before the foundation of the world.  For Jesus, the Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world, cries out from the cross: "It is finished".   Jesus, as the risen Lamb of God, is the only One found to be worthy to open the Book with the Seven Seals.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having Seven Horns and Seven Eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And He (the Lamb) came and took the book out of the Right Hand of Him that sat upon the throne. ^{(Revelation 5:6)}

And when He (the Lamb) had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.  And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for You were slain, and has redeemed us to God by your Blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and has made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands: Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying: Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him Who sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

And the four beasts said: Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped Him that lives for ever and ever.

Please consider again that John's 1st century vision of the Apocalypse of Revelation, took place in Eternity, where time does not exist, but the events are revealed in the earth's natural flow within the fabric time.  All of the seven seals of prophesy were opened by the Lamb of God in Eternity where time does not exist,  With the seals having been opened in Eternity, then the revealed prophecies were already effectual in time through the end of time, when all would be fulfilled.   On logical appearances and with some good clarity, five of the opened seven seals can be seen to have already taken place, and will continue in effect into this present fabric of time. 

However, with fear and trepidation, we can only speculate a little on the unseen possibilities of the last two opened seals of historical foretelling that will certainly come to pass in the Almighty God's oversight of His creation of time. The timing of some of the coming events are not clear.  If the prophesied time of great trouble is arriving upon the world, then we can only wait and watch so as to be prepared to quickly change any flawed understanding of the inevitable catastrophes that will come on this world of iniquity. 

It is not wise to settle upon a fault line and continue with the confusion of our speculations; otherwise we will continue to find ourselves stepping on one another while trying to prove our superior position of knowledge. Man's idolatry takes hold of Christianity, and the worship of Holy God Almighty is set at naught.  Be careful of any heretical doctrine, and try the spirits, for the pride of our flesh is a stumbling block in darkness that goes before the fall.  The pride of the flesh within all of us, hates to repent of any error.

For I testify unto every man that hears 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.)}

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The First Four Seals are Opened

This should not be thought of as four separate future events: The First Four Seals are already broken by the Lamb, and reveal the violence of the four horse men of the Apocalypse that has been in effect through out the centuries within time.
^{(See Revelation 6:1-8.)}
 

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top of the painting.

^{MG 6} And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
^{MG 7} For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 

[Likewise in Luke's Gospel account: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. ^{(See Luke 21:9-11.)}]

^{MG 8} All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Theologians, past and present, have no consensus in their philosophical understanding of the first 4 seals and the meaning of the revelation of the 4 horses and their 4 riders.  Some have believed that in the past history, a singular apocalyptic event illustrated the occurring times of each of the horses with their riders.  Then there are other theologians, who see the opening of the seals happening only during the very last days before the coming of the King of kings, and Lord of lords.  While we wait for God's Kingdom of Life to come, let's see if we can intervene and bring to light a clearer picture to the history of sin within Satan's kingdom of death on earth.  The first four opened seal reveal what will take place up until the close of time.

Perhaps the one picture above by Victor Vasnetsov correctly displays the inclusivity of the power of the Antichrist and his kingdom that brings his destruction upon the face of the earth.

⁶ 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. 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.

This rider on the white horse, from the beginning is the Antichrist, even before our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God and the True Bread of Heaven, came on earth to become the Son of Man/Adam.  In the Garden of Eden, Elohim gave His Word declaring that the the genetic seed of Woman would crush the head of evil, while the seed of evil would bruise His Heal.  The seed of Evil had taken power on earth to conquer and destroy any witness of the Almighty God's creation of the first Adam/Man.  But now let's witness the Word of the Lord Jesus Christ, the last Son of Adam/Man, during His forty days in the desert and His encounter with Satan, the Prince of the Air and his power on the earth.

[³ And the devil said to Jesus: If thou be the Son of God, then command this stone that it be made bread ⁴ And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God. ⁵ And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world "in a moment of time". ⁶ And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give Thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. ⁷ If Thou therefore will worship me, all shall be Yours. ⁸ And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind Me, Satan: For it is written: You shall worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shall you serve. ^{(See Luke 4:3-15.)}]

Witness directly above that Satan, with his temptations of the Christ of God, revealed within a moment of time, that all the kingdoms of the earth were delivered into his corrupting power.  Jesus, the Incarnate Seed of Woman, worships His Father God Almighty and serves the Good Will of His Father God Alone. God is not willing that any one should perish, but that all would come to repentance.  ^{(See 2nd Peter 3:9-10.)} Time is relative to God's creations of intelligent beings, who live within the Infinite God's creation of Time.  The Infinite Creator does not live in time, but inhabits the unknown Eternity.  The fabric of time, remains open to the eyes of the Almighty God, and according to His eternal understanding, He will provide knowledge of that which was and is and is to be, to whomsoever He chooses.  All of the seven seals have already been opened by Christ Jesus, and the timing of the occurring events in the beginning and ending of the fabric of time, is always in the Hand of God the Almighty.

Satan, after his deception of Adam and Ishshah/Eve in the Garden of Eden, had laid claim to all that was in the earth, including the coming kingdom's of man kind.  The crown on the head of the 1st rider of the Apocalypse reveals that God had given Satan all the rights to that which he had usurped from Adam.  The dominion over the earth that had belonged to Adam, the first Man, was taken away by the deceitful hands of Satan, to do as he would choose to do in the earth.  Power on earth was usurped by Satan the spiritual Antichrist and despotic adversary of the God of creation.  The first rider possessed a bow, and this bow is an instrument of a long range war of stealth, and by stealth the rider on the white horse went forth conquering, and to conquer.  All this usurped power belongs to stealthy Satan, and he will give the power of evil to his like accomplices, so they together would accomplish their self centered desires.  ^{(See Isaiah 14:12-16.)}

³ And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.  ⁴ 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.

Satan gives power to the rider of the second red horse to destroy peace on earth with a great sword of war that was given to the rider by Satan.

⁵ 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. ⁶ 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.

The Power of sin, derived from Satan, causes famines and inflation to the monetary cost of food.  The rider of famine had no power over the oil (being the Spirit of God) nor the wine (becoming through the same Holy Spirit of Grace, the Life giving Blood of Jesus Christ). (See Fountain of Living Water.)

⁷ And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. ⁸ And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

Satan and his power as sin, is part and parcel with the fourth rider seated on the pale horse.  His name is Death accompanied by Hell.

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.

Unfortunately verse 8 has included 2 separate declarations, with the latter sentence of verse 8 having to do with all of the horsemen of the first 4 seals.  The rider on the white horse is Satan the spiritual Antichrist, who gives power to the other 3 riders; the second rider with the sword; the third rider with famine; and the fourth rider with ultimate death and hell.

Witness for yourself when reading the scripture correctly: And (then) power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth.  The translated word of 'them' is the 4 horsemen together, who are given power over the forth part of the earth.  Their power and control over the fourth part of the land, is to kill with the sword, and with hunger, and with death and [also] with the beast of the field, as they go forth in the power of the first Antichrist rider, conquering, and to conquer. 

One current prophetic author mistakenly has the 4th rider, whose name is Death, as the one responsible for the killing a fourth of the people only in the latter days.  His understanding is that since this single, solitary catastrophic event has not happened as yet, therefore the 4th seal has not been opened.  It needs to be understood that this conception of revelation events is grievously flawed! It is thought that the bubonic black plague of death killed as many as a third of the population in the mid 1300's. 

These four seals are all open, and the Antichrist ways of death, have been taking place throughout the centuries.  All who follow the mistaken concept of a future time for the Revelation of Jesus Christ, have painted themselves into a corner with cheap tacky paint, and they are stuck in it.  Full repentance, from the misleading error, is absolutely necessary for all of their followers, and those in the Ecclesia of God.  Then, it would be wise, for them to take in faith, of the cleansing Fellowship  Blood of Jesus Christ that will absolve the error of their grave mistake, but not necessarily the consequences.

Our human flesh always desires to prevail in its own judgment of rewards; and justified greed always perverts what was a good beginning in the Lord, the Christ of God.  As many as I Agape/Love, I rebuke and chasten:  Be zealous therefore, and REPENT. He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Ecclesia churches. ^{(See full stop of Revelation 3:19-22.)} Our self justifying minds have closed the Door to the Eternal Truth that is Christ Jesus, but the Table of the Lord of Truth is full of Grace and the Spirit of Grace is always ready to serve those who open to Him the door of their closed hearts.

Lacking a true vision from the Lord, we now have self proclaimed prophets making their interpretations based on bits and pieces of scripture, then they have sown them together to make a rent fabric of deception that their unlearned disciples proudly wear. 

All of us are guilty before God, and have minds that are centered on our own self serving doctrines of the flesh, and not God's doctrine of the crucified Christ of God, and we crucified with Him.  We have ignored God's Covenant Provisions for the remission of sins, and we will all be tried by our own sins of idolatrous separation from Holy God Almighty.  Our un-repentant sins are producing more sin, and the folly of our sins will seek us out, and bring its own reward.

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The Fifth Seal.
^{(See Revelation 6:9-11.)}

⁹ And when He (the Lamb) 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: ¹⁰ 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? ¹¹ 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 (time), until their fellow servants also and their brethren, should be killed as they were, that it should be fulfilled.  ^{(Revelation 6:9-11)}

Sin, with its inherent violence, has brought the fear of death to enslave humanity in its sin, This unseen murderous force of sin that breeds death, has been in the hands of sin's taskmaster named Satan and Death. 

However, those souls that John saw beneath the sacrificial altar, were all alive because of their faith in Holy God's Spirit of TRUTH.   Each soul beneath the altar, having been slain because of their word that testified of the Promise of God, were written in the Lamb's book of Life even before the foundation of the world.  The greater number of those souls would have been of the believing Hebrew saints, waiting for God's Promised Messiah: Where by, He also went and preached to the spirits (souls) in prison, and when He Yeshua/Jesus ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. ^{(See Ephesians 4:4-9)}

These souls that John saw under the altar, were under the covenant in the blood of earthly animal sacrifices, and each soul was justified by their Word of Faith in the Saving God in Whom they trusted.  Collectively, they were alive in God's sanctuary of rest, because they faithfully lived under YHVH's covenant in the blood of sacrificial animals that set them apart in God's Salvation Grace.  All of the saints, before and after Christ Jesus, would continue in God's rest until the entry of the last, of God's new born children of Faith that would enter into God's Eternal Kingdom of the Living. 

[Luke  21^:17 And you shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake.]

^{MG 10} And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

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The Falling Away 

^{MG 11} And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

2nd Thessalonians 2: ³ Let no man 'deceive you by any means': for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away (apostasy) first, and [then] that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition: The man of sin is the son of destruction, and it should definitely be noted that Satan will be bringing forth the full force of sin's reaping destruction upon the earth through the rebellion of his antichrist.

^{MG 12} the love of many shall wax (grow) cold.    

History, in God's Capsule of Time.
The Seventh Angel Sounds the Seventh Trumpet.

And the Temple of God was opened in Heaven (Eternity), and there was seen in His Temple the Ark of His Covenant.

John is witnessing in the opening of heaven (eternity) a portend of that which will come to pass in earth's time: Then there were lightning's, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail!

Where Holy God sits in Eternity, this revelation writing of John speaks of what the Almighty has seen to have already happened within God's creation of free flowing time. From God's Eternal point of view, what the Creator has seen in the fabric of time, will come to pass on the inhabitants of the earth, and the end of time is seen to have already happened.  The written Word in Revelation, is now a warning revelation to mankind, for time is running out, and when the Trumpets begin to sound there warnings, then the earth with its people will experienced the catastrophic violence of sin's wickedness.  Then there were lightning's, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail!   These Word's of revelation seemingly reiterated a redundant happening, but happens once in Revelation 16:17-21. And there came a Great Voice out of God's Temple in Heaven (Eternity) from His throne, Saying: It is done! And there were voices, and thunders, and lightening, and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth. etc. -- And there fell upon men, a great hail out of heaven. each and every hail stone having a weight of 100 pounds, and men blasphemed God. 

The finality of wickedness on the face of the earth, will take place in a nuclear holocaust, where men's voices will cry out in fear, at the thunderous sounds and the ignition of light from nuclear bombs that will result in atmospheric changes that create falling hail stones of crushing weight. God is blamed for the plague that enslaved mankind's violence has brought upon themselves,

 A Woman clothed with the Sun.

All of the wonders John sees in the portal of heaven (Eternity), are an encapsulation of earth's complete history, from the beginning of time to the end.
 Before the world was created in Elohim's fabric of time, the Lamb of God was slain. ^{(See Revelation 13 verse 8.)}

The Sign of Woman, in her completeness, is a revelation of all of God's Salvation events that will take place in God's creation of time.  The very first event is revealed in Woman even before the foundation of the world. She will be the means whereby the genetics of Woman will bring forth God's Lamb, Who as the incarnate Son of Man destroys the power of sin in His Flesh  The second wondrous event that is revealed within Eternity, takes place after the world is created. for then Lucifer, who was created by God to be perfect, would by his free will defile himself with his own corruption of sin, and then will seek to corrupt the Word of his Creator.

John, through the Eyes of God's Spirit, beholds a great sign in heaven (even in Eternity).  He sees ^a Woman clothed with the (brilliant light of the) sun, and the moon is under her feet, and upon her head was a crown of twelve stars.  The brilliance of the sun, is John's best description of the Light of God that clothes the depicted pregnant Woman of Revelation: And she being with child cried travailing in birth and pained to be delivered. And to Woman (Ishshah) Elohim Said: I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children. ^{(See Genesis 3 verse  15 thru 16.)}  John, obviously already knew what Mary the mother of Jesus/Yeshua looked like.  However, John's description of this Woman of Revelation that He sees from Eternity, is not that of Mary, as the Catholics misconstrue to their own hurt.  But even so, the Hebrew virgin Mary is encapsulated among the full lineage of women, within the Revelation Woman, that Yahweh God will bring to pass in His creation of time. From Her Seed, shall come forth the Son of Man that will crush the head of serpent, Satan.  The sign of this Woman is from timeless Eternity, where John is given a glimpse of God's ordered events that will take place within universal time, and how God's created time will come to an end.

If the Lamb of God was slain before the foundation of the world, then the Woman revealed as the Great heavenly Wonder, is also God ordained before the foundation of the world. The sign of this Woman is revealed out of time, for she is revealed from Eternity, and is representative of the many Hebrew women, who throughout the course of universal time are set apart to carry within their female chromosomes the original genetics taken from the first created man, Adam.   Within the female X chromosomes, to be for the incarnation of God's Only Begotten Son, but born of the flesh of Man.  The Woman, clothed in Light, is pregnant with God's special Child, even before the foundation of the world.  Again, the depicted Woman, is a Revelation of the Hebraic lineage of all of the Women that were in the genealogy of the Man Christ Jesus. That Child would be God's Sacrificial Lamb, slain from before the foundation of the world.  This Lamb is God's Promised Seed conceived in the created genetics of the first Woman, for the Father God's Only begotten Son Jesus/Yeshua, was born the last Son of Man, and Emanuel would crush the head of Satan. 

In the order of time on earth, the first Woman, before she was called Eve, was named Ishshah, having the English meaning of 'Woman', even as Adam's name has the meaning in English of 'Man'.  The genetics of the female was taken from the side of Adam, and she was called Ishshah. first by the Creator God and then by Adam.  Elohim's Eternal Word declared that the genetic seed of Ishshah/Woman, having come from the Creator's very good creation of Adam, would come in the flow of time, to be born as the Incarnate Son of Man, and He would crush the head of the serpent, even so, the serpent's seed of evil would bruise the Heel of Elohim's Promised One.  As it is written in Genesis 3: I shall put enmity between thy seed (Satan's) and her (Ishshah's) Seed.  He shall crush your head, but you shall bruise His Heel.  Satan, is the deceiving serpent, in the Garden of Eden, who speaks to Woman/Ishshah with great guile, for the deceiving serpent is not only intertwined in the branches of the Tree of knowledge, but even as one within the roots of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. 

The Eternal Creator of the universe, began His universal creation, first with the fabric of time, then in the order of His six days of creations, His Word brought all things into existence. The Eternal Creator saw in the free flowing fabric of time, the full history of all things that would come to pass in mankind, both the good and the evil.  In His Eternal Wisdom, Adonai Elohim would oversee His Word, slain as a Lamb from before the foundation of the world, and  through out His creation of  time, He would protect the genetics' of His creation of Ishshah/Woman.  God's Word is the Incarnate TRUTH and cannot fail in the TRUTH of His Holy Father God.   The Almighty is Eternally Holy, and because of His Holy Justice, Yahweh Father God, would righteously maintain the Hebrew's lineage from the first Man/Adam, through the chromosomes of Adam's wife, Ishshah.  The Holy One of God, was conceived in the flesh of Woman to become the Last Adam, Who would contend in His Flesh with sin and death.  The Almighty God originally created a Son after His Own  Image and Likeness, but His son Adam rebelled against his Maker, and would die in his rebellion, for Holy God's Spirit of Life left rebellious Man/Adam.  The first Man/Adam, died in his rebellion, and brought a genealogical contagion of sin that brought death to all of Adam's earthly prodigy.  But, the Last Man/Adam, the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ, would conquer sin and death, with a Son's Perfect Obedience and Perfect Love for His Holy Father Yahweh God, and His Chagigah offering would bring Life to all who would be faithful IN their belief IN Christ.

The Hebrew virgin Mary was the last true Woman with the pure genetic lineage God derived from  the first Man Adam.  With the virgin's acceptance of the Word of God, given by the angel Gabriel,  then the Shekinah Glory of Holy God Almighty surrounded her, and the Holy Spirit of the Word of Yahweh Father God Almighty impregnated the ovum of the last Hebrew woman, the virgin Mary. The Promised Holy One of God, is Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah, and the Word of His Father God.  And the Word through the Holy Spirit of His Father God, was conceived in the ovum (egg) of the Hebrew virgin Mary, to be born as the last Son of Adam/Man.  In the TRUTH of His Father Yahweh God, the Son of Man, had to be of the Hebraic race through the female XX chromosomes of Adam's wife Ishshah/Woman.  Before the fall of Adam, the Man originally bore the pure genetics of God's very good creation of Man, made male Y chromosome and female X chromosomes, from which God took the female X Chromosomes, and made XX Ishshah/Woman.  The female Chromosomes in the lineage of Adam through Ishshah were not defiled as they are today, and in time the Word of God the Father would become One with the solitary ovum containing the X chromosome of the virgin Woman. Woman was predestinated in time, to bring forth the genetically pure and only Begotten Son of His Father as the Son of Man/Adam XY Chromosomes.  

So then Holy God's Glory is revealed in the very last of the pure Hebrew Man of Israel, Who as a Son, would die for sin, and be raised in victory over death.   Christ's Victory over sin and death was achieved because  She, (the Hebrew virgin Woman) brought forth a Man Child, Who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: And her Child was caught up unto God and His throne. ^{(See Revelation 12:1-17.)}

The Crown of 12 Stars

What we might see together is that the crown is a sign of authority, and from the beginning of the foundation of the world, the Authority of the Eternal God Almighty is placed in the Crown that sets on the Head of the Woman of Revelation.  The stars are imbedded as one with the Crown of God's Authority, and the finite stars in the crown will follow their course in time.   Follow the prophetic words of their father Jacob. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves  together that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together you sons of Jacob, and hearken unto your father Israel. ^{(See Genesis 49:1-28.)}  Notice the distinction between Jacob (the supplanter)  and Israel  (God Prevails).

It would appear that the twelve stars in the Woman's Crown that sets on Her Head, are revealed in the New Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from God.  ^{(See Revelation 21:9-23.)}

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the Glory of God: and her Light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

The 12 Gates of the New Jerusalem have the names of the select 12 tribes of Israel, sealed in the book of revelation, written in the Gates.

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on the gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

The 12 Foundations of the New Jerusalem had the names of the 12 Apostles written in the Foundations. All of the Apostles were of Jewish origin.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in the foundations the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb..

Also the 12 foundation of the New Jerusalem had the 12 stones of the sealed tribes of Israel embedded within the Foundations.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every individual gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

The Moon under the Woman's Feet.

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Consider the moon's fuller implications in the Light of Scripture:  God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He (the Almighty) made the stars also. ^{(See Genesis 1:14-19.)} The moon is normally seen in the dark of night, and emits no light of its own, but only give s reflection of the light from the sun.  Satan, the deceiver, rules in the darkness of night, but, in his perverted mind, he  desires to rule like the Creator of Light.  Even though Satan comes as an angel of light, there is no true light in Satan. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the Truth for he is not of the Truth.  When he speaks, it is a lie, for he speaks on his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.  The extortioner of truth, will be revealed in the end of days, for Satan, like the false angel of light that he is, will bring his deceptive darkness upon the face of the earth.

For centuries, the Moon has been associated with the deity that has been attributed with the various pagan female goddesses and male gods of the early religions. For example, the Greek goddess was Selene, the Roman goddess was Luna, and the early Mesopotamian god was called Sin. Nevertheless, all of the various lunar deities are all singularly established by Satan, who desires to elevate himself above the stars of heaven, and to be like his Creator. ^{(See Isaiah 14:12-17.)}

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men.  I am glad therefore on your behalf: But yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. for the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. ^{(Romans 16:19-21.)}

And there appeared another wondrous sign in heaven:

And behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his head.  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: And the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as the Child was born.

The dragon is Satan, the deceiving devil, who stood against the Word of God and the Almighty's creation of the true genetic seed of Ishshah, who was known after the fall of Man, as Eve, the giver of life.  Ishshah/Eve was the only wife of the first Man Adam.  The TRUTH of the Word of God brought forth the incarnation of the Man Child of God, conceived by His Holy Father God, within the genetic seed of the Hebrew virgin Woman Mary.  For the virgin Mary, was in the genetic lineage of King David of the tribe of Judah a genetic son in the lineage of the first Man/Adam.  And the virgin conceived and gave birth to Emanuel, meaning God with us, in the flesh of Man.

And she brought forth a Man Child, Who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and her Child was caught up unto God, and to His Throne. And the Woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

John reveals that Satan shall not prevail in the war in heaven, for Satan, with his host of angelic corruption were cast down to the earth. 

And there was war in heaven: Michael and His angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon with his angels fought and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent (from the Garden of Eden), called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Then, Satan, in great wrath, will wage war principally against the children of Israel, but satanic affliction will also pursue those children born of God's Seed (Jesus/Yeshua) from Ishshah/Woman.  This genetic seed of the Son of Man is taken from the side of Adam, and is formed as the predestined Woman/Ishshah, and the genetics of Ishshah/Eve will flow, with the guidance of Almighty God, through Hebrew women from the tribe of Judah from the nation of Israel, and the genetic seed of Ishshah/Eve will be conceived, as Man, by the Word of Yahweh, Father God Almighty, and become the last Son of Adam.  

This Revelation Book with the seven seals, preexisted before the foundation of the World, and is a prophetic history of that which has been, and is, and is to be. ^{(Consider the Truth in Revelation 4:8.)}

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come Salvation, and Strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the Power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. But they overcame him (Satan) by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them.

The Third Woe comes to pass.

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time. (Perhaps, to try to set up his kingdom?)

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the Woman (Israel) which brought forth the Man Child.

And to the Woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (1260 days)

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the Woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

And the earth helped the Woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

And the dragon was wroth with the Woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ.  (The remnant of the Woman's seed are principally Jewish believers, who are born again of God's Holy Spirit of living TRUTH, and they would seek to keep the good, holy and just Commandments of God.)

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The Seventh Trumpet Blast.
With The Third Woe.

Then the seventh angel sounded: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ and He shall reign for ever and ever. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven: ^{(See Revelation 11:15-19.)}  Now is come Salvation, and Strength and the Kingdom of our God, and the Power of His Christ: For the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night: But (For) they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death. ^{(See Revelation 12:10-12.)}

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the Faith of the Son of God, Who Loved me, and gave Himself for me. ^{(Galatians 2:20.)} Witness here the Power of the Spirit of the Life giving Blood of God's Salvation, that provides the endurance of Christ Jesus that brings His people through His Entrance into the Kingdom of our God. For they overcame him (Satan) by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony (of overcoming Faith in Christ Jesus), and they loved not their lives unto death.

The Almighty God of the universe, in His Salvation Covenant has forgiven the faith believing person for their past sins through the perfect sacrifice and the resurrection of His innocent Son, Christ Jesus. ^{(See Romans 3 verse 25.)} But Satan, the lord of the flesh, knows of the workings of the flesh of the old man and his past sins, whereby Satan continues his assault on the flesh of man, even in night dreams where he can entice a person with their past lustful failures that were wrought in their former darkness.  The prideful pulpit preachers have dismissed God's Living Provisions in Christ Jesus, as if they are a superstition, and Communion in the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ doesn't relieve a person of their sin's of the flesh.  However the Eternally Wise God Almighty is very patient in relieving the penitent man or woman of their guilt from their follies.  ^{(See 2nd Peter 3 verse 8 thru 9.)} I have even heard a prideful TV evangelist ignorantly proclaim that God's Communion with His people was done away with the cross.  Satan, the deceiver of the brethren remains active in His enticement of the flesh of all believers, and this devious fallen angel projects himself as light, and counterfeits Holy God's Spirit of Grace.  The foolish man of the flesh, will hear with itching ears, and follow after those desires that his flesh is acquainted with.  However, Holy God Almighty never temps man with sin, nor does He bring up the past sins of those whose souls were reborn of His Spirit and whose hope is in the Almighty and His New Covenant Salvation in Christ Jesus.  But, with cunning deception, "The weapons of our warfare that are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds" have been rendered to be inert by men who have harkened to the satanic angel of light.  It is now past time for the people of God to wise up to the depths of Satan.  Understand, the future is already written in the fabric of time, and will come to pass: And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death. ^{(See Revelation 12:10-12.)}

 The Third Woe revealed.
Satan has been cast down to earth

The Wrath of Satan is revealed
and then the Seven Vile Judgments will come.

WOE to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he knows that he has but a short time. When the dragon (Satan the devil) saw that he was cast down unto the earth, he "persecuted" the Women (Israel), which brought forth the Man Child.  And to the Women (Israel) was given two wings of a great eagle so that she might fly into the wilderness, where she is nourished for a time, and time and half a time (1260 days) from the face of the serpent.  ^{(See Revelation 12:12-17.)}

This short period of time, within the end of days, is when the great wrath of Satan with his violent nature of rebellion is perpetrated in the human form of the Antichrist.  This is the time when Satan is cast down to earth, and instigates his fearful tribulation persecution of Israel and the redeemed saints of God.  ^{(Consider Isaiah 54 verse 14 thru 16.)} For says the Lord our Righteousness: Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by Me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I AM the Door of the sheep. By Me if any man enter in (through the Door), he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I AM come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  ^{(See John 10:7-10.)}

Satan is the thief that has come to steal, and to kill and to destroy the works of God, but we know for a certainty that our Lord Jesus/Yeshua came to bring life to the fallen of faithless mankind.  Therefore, we should understand that this set aside 42 month period is not the wrath of God, but that of Satan.  The noted day of the Lord will only come at the very end of Satan's tribulation wrath of 42 months.  It is at the finale ending of sin's corrupting force of death that the Only Holy Lord God Almighty will remove, that is "rapture",  His saints from His day of judgmental wrath against the wicked beings and the ungodly of mankind.

Paul speaks of the time before the great day of the Lord's wrath against the wicked.  For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep (at rest). For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a Shout, with the Voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise (stand up) first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. ^{(1st Thessalonians 4:16-17.)}

The simplicity of thought is that Paul knows the Word of his Lord and Master through the Gospels and this is what he alludes to: For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord.  Paul's thoughts do not deviate from the Words of his Master Jesus Christ as described in what were set in chapter and verses of Mathew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21.  To be clear, it is the Word of the Lord in Matthew 24 that brings Paul to say: that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord.  

But NOTE again: Satan is the thief and murderer and should be seen in truth as the perpetrator of what is called the Tribulation.  If not for God's merciful intervention, pertaining to the wrathful persecution of Satan, the thief and murderer, then there would be no flesh alive. The destructive wrath of the man of sin would leave the world in total desolation, And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. ^{(See Matthew 24:20 and Mark 13:22.)} Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds! Note the word 'remain' should be seen as a remnant of those who are yet alive. The Words of our Lord Jesus Christ says it this way in Mark 13 verse 19: For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation of God, until this time neither shall be. Notice in the link that the transliterated word 'affliction' is linked to tribulation, and this affliction is the result of Satan's persecution of the elect of God.

Tragically, there are noted writers and men of the pulpit that defend their false assumptions by compounding their error with opinionated accusations that disparage the Love of Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty.  They fail to recognize that it is the wrath of the man of sin, in concert with the author of sin itself that brings near total destruction to the world.  Before this happens, Holy God will intervene and will either remove His people or protect the elect before the violence of sin can bring and end to all flesh.  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened. ^{(Matthew 24:22.)} At that time, Holy Yahweh God will bring an end to the desolation of sin, and then the Almighty will bring His Righteous Judgment against the wicked destroyers of His creation of man.

Robert Van Kampen states in one of his books: "God will deliver His faithful elect from persecution and then on the same day begin His destruction of the wicked who remain". There is a definite distinction and demarcation between the wrath of Satan, the accuser of the brethren, and God's day of judgment against the wicked.  Satan's (tribulation persecution) of God's saints ends in chaos, and then the day of the Lord's final judgment against the wicked begins and ends within the length of that day of the Lord.

Note that the KJV's word for  'tribulation' in Strong's concordance G2347, translates in the following manner: tribulation (21x), affliction (17x), trouble (3x), anguish (1x), persecution (1x), burdened (1x), to be afflicted (with G1519) (1x). Perhaps the one notation of 'persecution' would be more suitable for a better understanding of the greater trial of faith that will take place.  Also take note of this Word of Truth: God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him. ^{(See Acts 10:37-43.)} The oppression and persecution is of the devil; for in this world the saved by the Grace of God, will suffer affliction from the persecuting wrath of Satan. ^{(See the Words of Christ John 16:33.)}

Magnifying the Word of God in Revelation, we see that after the Lamb of God opens the seventh seal, the noted third woe reveals the tribulation wrath of Satan, with that time culminating just before the Day of the Lord's final judgment against the wicked.  Satan is exposed. as the enemy of the Almighty God, and Satan knowing of his short time, will make his last attempt to be glorified as god.  Therefore, the day of the Lord is not 42 months of the wrath of God, but the last 42 months is the wrath of Satan, the author of sin, as he will ferociously persecute the nation of Israel and the believers in Christ Jesus. In his self deceit, Satan, as always, will be seeking to discredit the Almighty God Yahweh, and establish his own domain.
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Abomination of desolation

2nd Thessalonians 2 ⁶ And now you know what [Who] withholds that he [Antichrist] might be revealed in his time.

^{MG 15} Therefore when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso reads, let him understand:)
          The specific entrance of the Beast as the Antichrist, and the False Prophet are left off, because of several speculative possibilities.
            ^{(See Revelation 13:1-18.)}

[^{Luke 21:20} And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.]

 [John 5:43 Jesus declared: I AM come in My Father's Name, and you receive Me not: If another shall come in his own name, him you will receive.]

2nd Thessalonians 2:3 Paul continues and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; ⁴ Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as god sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is god. ⁵ Do you not Remember that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?  ⁶ And now you know what ^(Power) withholds, that he [antichrist] might be revealed in his time. ⁷ For the mystery of iniquity does already work, only He (God's Holy Spirit Power in Christ Jesus) Who now lets (holds back) will let (hold back) until "he" ^(Antichrist) be taken (Ginomai ^{[to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage]}) out of the way (mesos ^{[in the midst]}).

Because of its transliteration in the KJV, this verse 7 has been laid open to speculation with natural confusion as to who "he" refers to, and how the words "taken" and "out of the way" have been transliterated from the Greek.  The Holy Spirit of God the Father and the Son does not abandon His Covenant people in the midst of these greatest of trials, but the Almighty will see the faithful believer through to victory in Christ by the Blood of the Lamb.  ^{(See Revelation 12:9-12.)} After the resurrection of Christ: Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying: "All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth." ^{(Matthew 28:18.)}  The Apostle Paul writes to the Thessalonians "now you know what withholds". The misinterpret "what", is actually  "Who" of Whom the Thessalonians know: Because in the beginning of the Paul's letter, he reminds the Thessalonians of Whom they believe in, "the Man Jesus Christ:, and of the righteous power that is Emanuel, the Holy One of God. ^{(See amplified 2nd Thessalonians 1:6-10.)} For by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers are made subject unto Him. ^{(1st Peter 3:10-11.)}  The Powers of Satan remain subject to the WORD of God, for all power is delivered into the Hand of Jesus/Yeshua haMashiach.

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness there of.  The Creator does not abandon what belongs to Him. The interpretation given above is amplified when Psalm 76 is seen in the Light of God's correcting Word.   Thou [The Almighty] caused judgment to be heard from heaven: The earth feared, and was still when God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The remainder of wrath shall Thou restrain. ^{(See Psalm 76:8-12.)} God, by His Spirit, has always been the Restrainer of the violence from man's sin. 

The English rendering of 2nd Thessalonians 2 verse 7: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only He Who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Now witness the original Greek that presents different story: τὸ ^{3588 that} γὰρ ^{1063 for} μυστήριον ^{3466 secret} ἤδη ^{2355 now} ἐνεργεῖται ^{1754 put forth power} τῆς^{3588 this, that} ἀνομίας ^{0458 iniquity} μόνον^{3441 forsaken, alone}  τὸ^{3588 that} κατέχων^{2772 hold back} ἄρτι^{0737 this moment} ἕως^{2193 until}  ἐκ^{1537 out of} μέσου^{3319 in the midst, middle} γένηται^{1096 appear in history}.  

For clarification of thought, perhaps this specific verse 7 and the following verse 8 might be rendered thusly in English: "For the mystery of iniquity does already work, only He (the Power of Jesus Christ that is from the Almighty God) Who now holds back (permits), and will hold back (permit) until he (the son of perdition) comes upon the stage in the midst of the following away".  So then, The WORD of God will permit, only until the anti-christ, the man of sin, comes upon the seen, in the midst of the people of God forsaking their faith.  Then shall the wicked be revealed. For a certainty, the abomination of desolation will be revealed when he (antichrist) will be seen to stand in the holy place declaring himself to be god.  ^{(See Matthew 24-14-16.)}

This antichrist of revelation is depicted to be a man just like the prince of Tyrus, for he was possessed by the same dark essence of the prince of Tyrus, as was foretold by the prophet Ezekiel in his writings. ^{(See Ezekiel 28:2-10.)} After reading Ezekiel's account of the prince of Tyrus then compare the man with the anti-christ in Paul's account: For even him (the anti-christ), whose coming is after the workings of Satan, comes with Satan's power with signs and wonders. ^{(See 2nd Thessalonians 2: 9-12.)} There are the many who will fall away, because they loved not the TRUTH, and were deceived with the powerful signs and wonders of the anti-christ.  For this cause, the Lord God Almighty will allow them (the fallen away) to be willingly deceived, for they will find pleasure in unrighteousness and in the void of their darkness they believe the lie of the anti-christ that he is god  And when the Lord returns at the last trumpet: He shall consume with the Spirit of His Mouth and destroy him (anti-christ) with the Brightness (His Eternal Light) of His coming. ^{(See 2nd Thessalonians 2:8.)}

Now, looking back to Ezekiel, we would understand that the King of Tyrus, was Satan, and Satan was the power behind the throne of the prince of Tyrus: And likewise Satan was the power behind the depicted anti-christ of revelation.  Judge for yourself:  If the prince of Tyrus, who was a man proclaiming himself to be god, was slayed by the hand of man, then perhaps, the anti-christ of revelation, who was a man, proclaiming himself to be god, will also die at the hand of man.  The prophet Ezekiel also declares the beginnings of the King of Tyrus and also how the final ending of the King of Tyrus will come to be at the WORD of God Almighty.  ^{(See Ezekiel 28:12-19.)}

And Jesus Christ the Eternal Word of God Almighty says to the hearers: I AM the Light of the world. He that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the Light of Life. ^{(John 8:16),} Until the darkness of Satan is quenched with the Light of the world, Jesus Christ:

^{MG 16} Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

[Luke 21^:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter there into.] ^{(See Mark 13:14-19, Luke 21:19-22.)}

[^{Luke 21:22} For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. ²³ But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people (of Israel).²⁴ And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and  Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. ^{(See Revelation 11:2.) 32} Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.]

^{MG 17} Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
^{MG 18} Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
^{MG 19} And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
^{MG 20} But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:

^{MG 21} For then shall be great tribulation, ^{(Consider the cup of Jeremiah 25:15-37.)} such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

 [Luke 17:26 As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man.  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. (God's Judgment of the un-godly) Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven. (God's Judgment of the un-godly). Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man, (Jesus Christ) is revealed.] And to you who are troubled, rest with us, until the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^{(See 2nd Thessalonians 1: 7-8.)}

^MG22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

It is quite apparent that even the coming seven vial judgments of God, they are already revealed in the Lamb's revelations contained within the opened seventh seal.  The mystery of confusion is exposed by the Angel of Great Power and Glory, and then before the seven vial judgments are poured out, another Voice calls from heaven: Come out of her My people that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues: For her sins have reached unto heaven and God has remembered her iniquities.

[^{Luke 21:32-33} Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not pass away.]

^{MG 23} Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
^{MG 24} For there shall arise false Christ's, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

^{MG 25} Behold, I have told you before.

^{MG 26} Wherefore if they shall say unto you: Behold, He is in the desert; go not forth: Behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
^{MG 27} For as the lightning comes out of the East, and shines even unto the West; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

^{MG 28} For where ever the carcasses is, there will the eagles (vultures) be gathered together.

2nd Thessalonians 2 ⁸ And then shall that Wicked (one) be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of His Mouth, and destroy with the brightness of His coming.  On the future "Day of the Lord", and with the brightness of His coming, the Lord Jesus Christ as the Living Word of  God Almighty, will, with the gleaming two edged Sword of His mouth, destroy the Antichrist along with his cohorts and also the wicked of man kind that remain after Satan's tribulation wrath. ^{(See Revelation 19:11-16.)}

(See also the full end of Satan in Isaiah 14:12-24 and Ezekiel 28:12-19.) For the only Holy, Holy Holy Lord God Almighty will bring Satan, the wicked deceiver, to be seen like unto as fallen ashes upon the ground. In a final period of time, Satan will be imprisoned a thousand years in the bottomless pit and at the end of that time he will be set loose for a season to once again deceive the nations of the world. ^{(See Revelation 20:1-2 and 20:7-10.)}

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Parable of the Sower

An important key to our understanding of the day of the rapture (catching way), may be seen in the Lord's parable of the Sower, and also the parable of the wheat and the tares. I caught the latter moments of a message by an unnamed brother on TV. The Scripture reading in Matthew 13 begins: That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.  And such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then He told the multitude many things in parables.  Jesus/Yeshua tells the multitude, who were following Him, many parables including the parable of the Sower and the linked parable of the tares. In the midst of the parables, the Lord explains the parable of the Sower to His puzzled disciples. Then after the Lord Jesus sends away the multitude of people,  Jesus then reveals, to His disciples who asked Jesus about the parable, the mystery of the tares of the field.  The following scripture, is the parable of the tares, followed by the Lord's clarifying Words.

Another parable Jesus put  forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.  But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then has it tares? He said unto them, An enemy has done this. The servants said unto him, Will thou then desire that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them.  Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. ^{(Matthew 13:24-30.)}

Jesus answered His disciples and said unto them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man. (speaking of Himself, the Son of Adam.)  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom: But the tares are the children of the wicked one. (referring to the devil Satan.) The enemy that sowed the tares is the devil: The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angles.  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of the world.

The Son of Man shall send forth His angles, and they shall gather out of the kingdom, all things that offend and them which do iniquity and shall cast them into a furnace of fire.  There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  THEN shall the the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.  Who has ears to hear, let them hear. ^{(Matthew 13:36-43.)}

It would appear that during the time up until the last harvest, the unrighteous tares were first identified and set aside to be burned with all the remaining tares at the last of God's judgment.  But the harvest of the wheat throughout time was gathered up to be stored in the Master's Sanctuary of safe keeping. Perhaps the exception being the final harvest of wheat that would remain after the tares were bundled up. Now comes God's wrath upon the wicked: And yet except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 
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^{MG 29} Immediately after the tribulation (the wrath of Satan) of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Jesus had testified at His Passover Table of the Spirit of Truth Whom He shall send to His people, saying: Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.  The prince of this world is already judged, for now we witness Satan's absolute down fall with God's judgment of Satan and his fellow corrupted angels that breed sin and death. ^{(See John 16:7-11.)}

Revelation 10 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And swore by Him that lives for ever and ever, Who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:   But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.

What is the sweetness and the bitterness of the little book that was open, and that John did eat and was sweet in his mouth but brought such discomfort to his belly? ^{(See Revelation 10:8-10.)} And He said unto me: Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days,^{(1260 days)} clothed in sackcloth. ^{(See Revelation 11:1-3.)}

^{Where does the 1290 days and 1335 days of Daniel come into play? (See Daniel 12:9-12.)}

^{MG 30} And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: And then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
³¹ And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

1st Corinthians 15^:51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  

{^R The Feast of Trumpets signals the ingathering of God's harvest from the four winds, and/or at the beginning of the sounding of the last trumpet?}

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