DAY OF THE LORD APRIL 2015 ARMAGEDDON? THE BLOOD RED MOON PASSOVER TIME CODE

Chapter 13: Armageddon Occurs On Passover

"In Revelation 16 is a description of the end of the world, and the last battle being fought at Armageddon between the forces of good and the forces of evil. The text: (16:16): "And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon".

In Hebrew the place can be interpreted as "Har-Megiddo", where Har is mountain or hill, and Megiddo is the ancient site of Tell Megiddo."

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It is known that Armageddon is connected with the town of Megiddo.

And so I looked up the word "Megiddo" in the Blue Letter Bible to see if there was some sort of connection to Passover. And sure enough, there it was!

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Here are all of the places where "Megiddo" is listed in the Bible.

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The Second Book of the
Chronicles
35
Josiah Keeps the Passover
1 Moreover, Josi'ah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
3 and said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
4 and prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son:
5 and stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josi'ah.
17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josi'ah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josi'ah was this passover kept.

The Death of Josiah

20 After all this, when Josi'ah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Car'chemish by Euphra'tes: and Josi'ah went out against him.
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josi'ah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megid'do.

There it is above, the fight in the Valley of Megiddo happened on Passover!



The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
16
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armaged'don. 2 Kgs. 23.29 · 2 Chr. 35.22 (shown above)


Armageddon

"Curiously, no place on earth bears the name of Armageddon, and the above passage is the only mention of it in scripture. The Greek is most commonly thought to be a transliteration of the Hebrew har megiddo, literally, "mountain of Megiddo." Here is what Strong's has to say about the word:

G717. Armageddon, ar-mag-ed-dohn'; of Heb. or [H2022 and H4023]; Armageddon (or Har-Megiddon), a symbol. name:--Armageddon.

Strong's proposes that the Greek word Armageddon originates from the two following Hebrew words:

H2022. har, har; a short. form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used fig.):--hill (country), mount (-ain), X promotion.

H4023. Megiddown, (Zec 12:11), meg-id-done'; or Megiddow, meg-id-do'; from H1413; rendezvous; Megiddon or Megiddo, a place in Pal.:--Megiddo, Megiddon.

The Mount of Megiddo is located in the plain of Esdraelon or Jezreel, a valley fourteen by twenty miles in size located to the southwest of Nazareth. Here, it is thought by many, a great final battle will be fought at the end of time."

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"Do you remember when the Passover was instituted, and why? How was the Passover kept? When the wicked kings of Judah profaned the temple with idols and idol altars and idolatrous practices, they no longer were faithful in the keeping of the Passover. But under Josiah a great change was made. All the people kept the Passover as it had not been kept since the time of Moses. (Deut. 16:1-8; Exod. 12)

We read in the same chapter of Josiah's death. The king of Egypt was marching with his great army, to the Euphrates, against the king of Assyria, passing through the Holy Land. Josiah was no doubt in league with Assyria, and he tried to stop the Egyptians at Megiddo, where the army passed from the hills of Samaria, into the plain of Esdraelon, to the east of Mt. Carmel. The story is told in Kings in a few words: “King Josiah went against him, and he slew him at Megiddo when he had seen him.”

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One of the very few mentions of Megiddo in the Bible is connected with Passover. It is very clear that because of this Bible code, Armageddon will happen on a future Passover date. I don't think it can get anymore clear.

The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
16

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armaged'don. 2 Kgs. 23.29
17 ¶ And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

Which the above verse is connected with this verse in Revelation below:

The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
6

12 ¶ And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Total solar eclipse (March 20th, 2015) Jewish New Year

Total lunar eclipse (April 4th, 2015) Passover

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Chapter 14: The "Thief in the Night" Occurs on Passover (Part 1)

Origination of Passover

"The jewish people celebrated their Passover Feast in remembrance of God's deliverance from death during the time of Moses.

Moses had been instructed to lead God's people out of Egypt and save them from the evil and ungodly Pharaoh. Because of Pharaoh's disbelief in the power of the One True God, Yahweh sent a series of ten plagues upon the Egyptians: the Nile turned to blood and at various times the land was filled with frogs, gnats, flies, hail, locusts, and darkness. In one awesome act of God's ultimate authority, He sent one final devastating plague: every firstborn of every household would be annihilated.

In His mercy towards His people, God would shield the Israelites from such unmerciful judgement if they would follow the instructions He gave to Moses and Aaron. The specific instructions are outlined in Exodus 12:1-11. In sum, each family was to take a lamb and all households were to slaughter their lambs at the same time at twilight after a certain number of days. Then they were commanded to paint the sides and top of their doorways with some of this blood. Once this was done and all the meat of the lamb was eaten in accordance with God's instructions, God would spare the Israelites from death. This is what the Lord said:

"On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn -- both men and animals -- and I will bring judgement on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord -- a lasting ordinance" (Exodus 12:12-14)."

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"The Bible says, "The day of the LORD comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes." 1 Thess 5:2,3. Christ affirmed, "If the goodman ...had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up." Matthew 24:43. Christians are like the goodman today, not watching, because they don't know when to watch. Christ warns, "If you don't watch, I will come to you as a thief." Revelation 3:3. This article looks at when to watch.

"Watch" is translated from the Greek word, gregoreo, meaning be awake. We can't be awake every night, but there is only one night in the year that believers were commanded to watch. It was Passover, Exodus 12:10,42. Christ understood this and asked His disciples to watch (Matt 26:38-41) but we think it was only because He knew what was coming that night.

But Christ's use of "watch" in connection with His signs for "the end of the world" (Matthew 24:3) and Paul's use of watch and support for the following theme. Evangelical Christians who do not watch because watching is not taught in their church may be unprepared for what is coming. In short, Israel was protected at Passover by blood on the doorpost and by watching, Exodus 12:10,43. Christ died as the lamb so that we do not need to sacrifice animals, but the command to watch on the eve of Passover was maintained."

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"After partaking of the Passover emblems of bread and wine, the true believer should keep vigil - till midnight at the very least: for it was at midnight that the destroyer struck in ancient Egypt.

We have learned that to observe the Passover Night means to "keep vigil," to "watch and pray." Do believers living in this generation need to keep vigil? The answer is yes we do. In fact the need to obey this vigil command is more important now than it has ever been: because the midnight of the world is fast approaching. Remember that it was at midnight that the destroyer went through the land of Egypt and slaughtered all the first born (Exodus 12:23). Yes, we need to watch and pray at all times. But on the Passover Night we need to keep vigil as well. We need to stay awake and give ourselves to prayer - at least till midnight. This instruction is more important to our generation than those before. We have the perfect example of Jesus himself, who on that memorable Passover Night recorded in the gospels, obeyed the vigil requirement of Exodus 12:42 in every detail. His vigil in the garden of Gethsemane was the finest lesson of watchfulness and prayer the universe has ever witnessed. Repeatedly he warned his disciples to stay awake and watch with him - at least for that fateful hour just before midnight. But they all fell asleep and when that hour of temptation came, they were all unprepared and forsook him and fled. (Matt.26:56) Oh what a lesson for us is their experience. How much more do we need to keep vigil than those early disciples! How will you stand when the Hour of Temptation comes to you? Bear in mind that the Destroyer (Abaddon/Apollyon) is scheduled to strike again in the near future.

Matthew 26:40-44 "And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words"

Mark 13:33 "Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is."

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It's the Sun!



The Second Epistle General of
Peter
3
The Promise of the Lord's Coming
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

As a thief

Comp. Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:39; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 16:15, and see on Revelation 3:3.

In the night

The ancient church held that the advent was to be expected at night, on an Easter eve. This gave rise to the custom of vigils. Jerome, on Matthew 25:6, says: "It is a tradition of the jewish people that Messiah will come at midnight, after the likeness of that season in Egypt when the Passover was celebrated, and the Destroyer came, and the Lord passed over the dwellings.

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Malachi
4
The Coming Day of the LORD
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Eli'jah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Chapter 15: The "Thief in the Night" Occurs On Passover (Part 2)

"1. And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Matthew 26:40

2. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Mark 14:37

Through the preponderance of the evidence it appears that:

1. The hour referred to above was the midnight hour in Jerusalem. 2. It was the midnight hour that the death Angel visited the Egyptians and "passed over" the Israelites. 3. It was the midnight hour that Jesus was buried in the grave, the anniversary of the original "Passover". 4. It was the midnight hour that Jesus rose from the grave, on First-Fruits. 5. It will be the midnight hour in Jerusalem that Jesus returns as a thief in the night for His Bride, the wise virgins, which is referred to as the Rapture.

There are exactly 5 times that the word "watch" and the word "hour" appear together in the same Bible verse. The other 3 not shown above, refer to the rapture.

3. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Matthew 24:42

4. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matthew 25:13

5. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Revelation 3:3

Much more corroborating evidence in the Bible exists including most notably the story of the 10 virgins, which is an allegory for the rapture and is found in Matthew 25.

Matthew 25:1-13
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

So it was shortly after midnight that the bridegroom, representing the Son of man, came. The cry went out at midnight and after the virgins had trimmed their lamps but before the 5 foolish virgins could knock on doors and get those that sell to hurriedly sell them oil at whatever price, the bridegroom came and it was too late for the 5 foolish virgins."

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Lets have a look at Matthew 25 more and when it occurs!

The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
25

The Parable of the Ten Virgins
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not
13 Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
26
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, Ex. 12.1-27 and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

"Delivered at Midnight. Exodus 11:4; 12:29.
The deliverance of Israel under the Exodus from Egypt took place at midnight during the last plague. The preparation necessary was to have the blood sprinkled on the door-posts and to have everything packed up and ready to move. They were to be dressed with their sandals on their feet and their staves in their hands. Exodus 12:11-13. Exactly at midnight the angel of death to the Egyptians and of deliverance to the Israelites passed through the land. There arose a wail of woe from the Egyptians and a shout of deliverance from the people of God. The hosts of Israel had been organized for the journey and all preparations had been made. The 430 years were ended and the prophetic movement started from Egypt to Canaan, from bondage to freedom."

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More here (below) related to it:

When does the "thief in the night" occur? On a future Passover, just like it happened during Exodus ~3500 years ago.



"The constant state of readiness of the Passover (Exodus 12.11) is repeated in the fact that the last supper precede Jesus' imminent arrest and his being taken away from them and the Eucharist proclaims the Lord's death until He comes again (1 Corinthians 11.26). Jesus' second coming is described as being like a thief in the night and the time of the Exodus deliverance was at night (Deuteronomy 16.1). "

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The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
24

No Man Knoweth the Day and Hour

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour

Here are the clues what we can gather from it:

1) It mentions the Days of Noah, and the flood. It mentions Noah entering the Ark. When did Noah enter the Ark? On the 2nd Passover.

2) It mentions two women grinding at the mill, one taken, the other left. Doing a Blue Letter Bible search, where else do we see the reference of the mill? In Exodus 11, precisely related to Passover!

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3) It talks about in Matthew 24:41 to "watch". When do we watch? On Passover!

" Night of Watching

As He kept the Passover, Yahshua observed a much neglected command along with His disciples, given back in Exodus 12. We read little about it, but scholars con­tend that the following Passover verse tells those keeping Passover to go back to their tents in the morning after keep­ing a Shimmurim or all-night vigil, a “Night of watching”: “And you shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your Elohim shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go unto your tents” (Deut. 16:7).


This command is found where the Passover is first mentioned: “It is a night to be much observed unto Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Yahweh to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations” (Ex. 12:42).

Yahshua and the disciples kept the correct Passover on the 14th and fol­lowed it by keeping the “Night of Watching” when they went out to the garden. There Yahshua asked the dis­ciples to stay awake and pray: “Then said Yahshua unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is writ­ten, I will smite the shep­herd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad ... Then said He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry here, and watch with me” (Mat. 26:31-38).

Matthew clearly states that the disciples were asked to “watch” with the Savior that night. Three times He came to them, and they were sleeping. Reading the Evangels, we learn there were many Jews, priests, and even young maidens up and about in this chilly “night of watching” when Peter warmed himself outside.

Yahweh watched out for Israel dur­ing the night the destroying angel was about, and now His people are to keep a watch for Him."

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4) It mentions the "thief" in Matthew 24:43 or "the thief in the night". What is the thief in the night"? The Passover death angel.

""The Bible says, "The day of the LORD comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes." 1 Thess 5:2,3. Christ affirmed, "If the goodman ...had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up." Matthew 24:43. Christians are like the goodman today, not watching, because they don't know when to watch. Christ warns, "If you don't watch, I will come to you as a thief." Revelation 3:3. This article looks at when to watch.

"Watch" is translated from the Greek word, gregoreo, meaning be awake. We can't be awake every night, but there is only one night in the year that believers were commanded to watch. It was Passover, Exodus 12:10,42. Christ understood this and asked His disciples to watch (Matt 26:38-41) but we think it was only because He knew what was coming that night.

But Christ's use of "watch" in connection with His signs for "the end of the world" (Matthew 24:3) and Paul's use of watch and support for the following theme. Evangelical Christians who do not watch because watching is not taught in their church may be unprepared for what is coming. In short, Israel was protected at Passover by blood on the doorpost and by watching, Exodus 12:10,43. Christ died as the lamb so that we do not need to sacrifice animals, but the command to watch on the eve of Passover was maintained."

[link to ezinearticles.com]

Check this out, it is the most unusual and right on interpretation of the book of revelation I have ever read.


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Im running all the alignments now of 2015, It looks significant.

OP,

I think you have done a great job dispelling the 7 year theory. I also think you have done a great job explaining the difference between the tribulation and the great tribulation. Again, you have described well for everyone what will occur during the great tribulation. I see people asking about what to expect now, can you possibly answer this for them? What will occur now, during the tribulation period? Humans are an inpatient creature in general, huh (myself included). At least we know what we are looking for though.

Chapter 16: Rapture at the Mill & Separating the Sheeps From the Goats

I found something intriguing with this. I was always curious about the mention of the word "mill" in this verse below. It describes the rapture. And as I stated above with other support, the word "watch" and "thief in the night" is connected with Passover and Exodus.

The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
24
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Then I looked up to see if there were any other mentions of the word "mill" in the Bible. And there was just one other.

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The Second Book of Moses, Called
Exodus
11
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

The Second Book of Moses, Called
Exodus
12
The Passover
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house:
4 and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

Notice above in Exodus 12:5 it says "ye shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats".

So I typed in "sheep and goats" into the Blue Letter Bible and I found this connection below! Separating the sheep from the goats!

[link to www.blueletterbible.org]

Remember, Passover was Judgement Day!

The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
25
The Judgment of the Nations
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

"Jesus is liken in the Old Testament to many types. We are most familiar with Jesus being likened unto a lamb. This type comes from Exodus 12. The Passover lamb is actually the type of Jesus as the lamb of God. The first Passover feast eaten by the jewish people in Egypt was to become a memorial feast for the people. The Lord's Supper (communion) is the New Testament corresponding type to Christ. Both the Passover feast and the Lord's supper have many things in common. They had the same meaning: (A memorial: Passover was to remember Egypt, while the Lord's Supper, to remember Christ's death Ex 12:26/1 Cor 11:25) Each feast used a young, innocent and perfect lamb: (Ex 12:5/ John 1:29; 1 Pe 1:19) The jewish people were to eat the flesh of the Passover lamb Ex 12:8, while Christians are to eat the flesh (bread) of Christ (1 Cor 11:27). The jewish people were not allowed to break any bones of the lamb when they ate it: Ex 12:46 + Num 9:12. In the same manner the Christian's "Passover lamb" had no bone broken as prophesied in Ps 34:20 and fulfilled in Jn 19:33-36. The blood of the Jewish Passover lamb was to be painted on the outside of the door so that when the death angel came to destroy all of Egypt, he would "Passover" that house and not kill the occupants. (Thus the reason why it is called the "Passover" feast.) The blood of the Christian's Passover lamb is for the forgiveness of sins, so that when Judgment day comes, we will not be destroyed in Hell. Matthew 26:27."

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The Second Book of Moses, Called
Exodus
12
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

OP - Do you have a chart that you could post with all the dates and what happens? If not no biggie, I can write it out. See I am very interested in your theory

OP is diggin' up more interesting dirt.

Perhaps it's time for me to waste some karma points and give this another pin. :P

It was Biltz that I thought you were refering to and I thought it was April 11, this year. I have probably gotten confused. Kids are home and too many distractions. Sorry about that.

I have felt there would be a way to figure out the season of HIS return, as the No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.refered to the Feast of Trumpets. We all know the history with this Feast.

I will confess that I have not be active in any church whatsoever for decades as I got tired of all the "entertainment" driven services. I want "meat" not "baby formula". This thread is MEAT

Already gave this thread a pin a day or two ago! Enjoying it!

Op, I'm a seeker of Truth and this thread and all you've presented here resonates strongly with me.

I'm afraid I'm not much of a biblical scholar, I don't even attend a church as I have yet to find one I'm comfortable in. They all seem so spiritually dead to me. So I do my own seeking and praying for guidance. But I digress...something came to me as I was reading about the hour of midnight and how no man will know the day or the hour. Then I thought about how the rapture is supposed to happen in the twinkling of an eye.

So putting those facts together, the midnight hour, the no man knowing the day or the hour and the rapture happening in the twinkling of an eye, or nearly instantaneously within a milisecond...this is what I came up with.

The midnight hour is when one day changes to the next and also when one hour changes to the next. But for a milisecond...don't the two days blend into one? I'm talking a "twinkling" of time, couldn't it be either day? Or for that matter, either hour?

Then again, in biblical times, the days changed by the setting of the sun. But perhaps God said this because He knew we would no longer be keeping time or days in this day and age the way they did then? Is that why so much emphasis on the midnight hour?

Just my random thoughts.

Chapter 17: The "Thief in the Night" Occurs On Passover (Part 3)

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the
Thessalonians
5
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 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.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Using information from the link below:

[link to bible.cc]

"As a thief in the night - Suddenly and unexpectedly, as a robber breaks into a dwelling. A thief comes without giving any warning, or any indications of his approach. He not only gives none, but he is careful that none shall be given. It is a point with him that, if possible, the man whose house he is about to rob shall have no means of ascertaining his approach until he comes suddenly upon him; compare Matthew 24:37-43 notes; Luke 12:39-40 notes. In this way the Lord Jesus will return to judgment; and this proves that all the attempts to determine the day, the year, or the century when he will come, must be fallacious. He intends that his coming to this world shall be sudden and unexpected, "like that of a thief in the night;" that there shall be no such indications of his approach that it shall not be sudden and unexpected; and that no warning of it shall be given so that people may know the time of his appearing. If this be not the point of the comparison in expressions like this, what is it? Is there anything else in which his coming will resemble that of a thief? And if this be the true point of comparison, how can it be true that people can ascertain when that is to occur? Assuredly, if they can, his coming will not be like that of a thief; comp. notes on Acts 1:7"

As a thief

Comp. Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:39; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 16:15, and see on Revelation 3:3.

In the night

The ancient church held that the advent was to be expected at night, on an Easter eve. This gave rise to the custom of vigils. Jerome, on Matthew 25:6, says: "It is a tradition of the jewish people that Messiah will come at midnight, after the likeness of that season in Egypt when the Passover was celebrated, and the Destroyer came, and the Lord passed over the dwellings. I think that this idea was perpetuated in the apostolic custom, that, on the day of vigils, at the Pascha, it was not allowed to dismiss the people before midnight, since they expected the advent of Christ." It is noteworthy how many of the gospel lessons on watchfulness are associated with the night and a visit by night. See Matthew 24:43; Matthew 25:1-13; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:35, Luke 12:38; Luke 17:34; Luke 12:20.

Joel 2:31 - The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Acts 2:20 - The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Rev 6:12 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sack-cloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;



The Passover night was a night of watching.

Night of Watching

"As He kept the Passover, Yahshua observed a much neglected command along with His disciples, given back in Exodus 12. We read little about it, but scholars con­tend that the following Passover verse tells those keeping Passover to go back to their tents in the morning after keep­ing a Shimmurim or all-night vigil, a “Night of watching”: “And you shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your Elohim shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go unto your tents” (Deut. 16:7).

This command is found where the Passover is first mentioned: “It is a night to be much observed unto Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Yahweh to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations” (Ex. 12:42).

Yahshua and the disciples kept the correct Passover on the 14th and fol­lowed it by keeping the “Night of Watching” when they went out to the garden. There Yahshua asked the dis­ciples to stay awake and pray: “Then said Yahshua unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is writ­ten, I will smite the shep­herd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad ... Then said He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry here, and watch with me” (Mat. 26:31-38).

Matthew clearly states that the disciples were asked to “watch” with the Savior that night. Three times He came to them, and they were sleeping. Reading the Evangels, we learn there were many jewish people, priests, and even young maidens up and about in this chilly “night of watching” when Peter warmed himself outside.

Yahweh watched out for Israel dur­ing the night the destroying angel was about, and now His people are to keep a watch for Him."

[link to www.yrm.org]

Now look at Rev 16:15 in my above post and how it mentions "behold I come as a thief" and to "watch".

Those two references elude to allude to Passover!

1. And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Matthew 26:40

2. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Mark 14:37

Through the preponderance of the evidence it appears that: 1. The hour referred to above was the midnight hour in Jerusalem. 2. It was the midnight hour that the death Angel visited the Egyptians and "passed over" the Israelites. 3. It was the midnight hour that Jesus was buried in the grave, the anniversary of the original "Passover". 4. It was the midnight hour that Jesus rose from the grave, on First-Fruits. 5. It will be the midnight hour in Jerusalem that Jesus returns as a thief in the night for His Bride, the wise virgins, which is referred to as the Rapture.

There are exactly 5 times that the word "watch" and the word "hour" appear together in the same Bible verse. The other 3 not shown above, refer to the rapture.

3. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Matthew 24:42

4. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matthew 25:13

5. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Revelation 3:3

It is undeniable that the "Thief in the Night" or the "Day of the Lord" happens on Passover.

The Second Book of Moses, Called
Exodus
12

The Passover
23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.





Joel
2
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

You can see it here:

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March 20th, 2015 (Nissan 1) Biblical New Year = Total Solar Eclipse.

And only two weeks later, the Day of the Lord Blood Red Moon Passover on April 4th, 2015!

Chapter 18: The Book of Revelation Is All About Passover (Part 1)


As I began understanding Passover more over the past year, I began to realize that the Book of Revelation is all about Passover. It ties in with Exodus!

Exodus Plagues Mirrored in Revelation

[link to www.psalm11918.org]

"Is the Book of Revelation a Repeat of the Book of Exodus

Here's a question for the bible scholars and theologians out there. I was reading the first part of the book of Exodus this morning going through the plagues and just noted the similarity in the judgments of Revelation. I was curious - does anyone know of a commentary/article/book or other material that uses Exodus as an interpretive grid for Revelation, or uses it as part of an interpretive grid.

I am thinking this way because of the obvious return to Eden motif in Revelation 21-22. The Exodus and journey to the Promised Land is a kind of "return to Eden," although it gets botched. So I am just wondering if this is whole Exodus motif is worth pursuing in attempting to understand Revelation and am curious as to what has been written on this already."

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PASSOVER AND THE END-TIMES

Many Christians realize that Noah and the flood make up a picture and type of the end-times. Jesus plainly speaks of this in Matthew 24:37 saying: "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." It is almost incomprehensible,but the world was destroyed with Noah and his family still in it. They were safe from the destruction because God was protecting them and the ark was sealed without and within.

What some may not realize is that the plagues and Passover of Exodus make up another biblical type of the end-days. There are many spiritual symbols used in these accounts to illustrate earth’s end. Once more God’s people were protected from the dreadful plagues that fell upon Egypt. They were kept and delivered miraculously.

The Book of Revelation makes several clear references to the Passover/Exodus account. Let us look at the most obvious ones.

REVIEWING THE PASSOVER/EXODUS HIGH-POINTS (OR LOW-POINTS)

We observe in the Exodus account that the people of God were living in a situation of terrible oppression and slavery. At that time there was a systematic program of government-sponsored genocide. With this system in place and operating, the people of Israel were soon to be destroyed. It was becoming impossible to live under the Egyptian system. Of course we will see a similar
situation for God’s people in the last days.

God heard their bitter cries and prayers and began a program of deliverance for them, sending Moses and Aaron to their aid. He then began to plague Egypt with awesome signs and wonders, unlike any that had ever been before. With these plagues, God began to remove the basic necessities of life from the people of Egypt. It is clear that these awesome acts were in themselves judgments on Egypt’s many false gods (Exo. 12:12). It will be the same in the last days as those worshipping false gods, particularly those
worshipping antichrist, will be judged.

In Egypt there were plenty of gods in the pantheon. There were many more gods than plagues but some of the plagues seem specifically suited to certain gods. Just to mention a few, the plague of blood on the Nile River was a clear judgment on the Nile god known as Hapi (Hap or Hep). This god was connected with fertility, food and water. Then there was the plague of frogs that was undoubtedly a judgment on the god Heket (Heqet, hekit), who actually had the head of a frog and was treated as a god of fertility.

The plagues on the cattle of Egypt were a barely disguised judgment on the whole cult of the Apis (or Hapis) bull, which was extremely popular in Egypt from very early times. It was probably from this bull worship that Israel got the idea of the golden calf. Most surely the plague of darkness was designed to bring judgment on the god Ra (Rê and later Amun-Re), the sun god who wasalso worshipped from antiquity.

It should be noted that beginning with the plague of flies the people of Israel, who were living in the land of Goshen, wereexempt from these disasters. God says concerning this: "I will make a distinction between my people and your people" (Exo. 8:23).

From that plague onward the Children of Israel were untouched by the pestilence. During the last plague, when all the firstborn sons of Egypt were struck down in one night, the firstborn of Israel were spared. Israel had been instructed to place upon the door posts of their houses the blood of the Passover lamb and to remain inside while the disaster passed them by. We need to note that although the people of Israel were in Egypt, they were not of Egypt, so to speak. They were miraculously sheltered from danger by God. With the very same plagues the people of Egypt were judged and destroyed.

With the last plague the children of Israel were delivered out of Egypt completely and set on their journey to the Promised Land. Now let us turn to the Book of Revelation and compare it with the Exodus account.

HOW REVELATION CORRESPONDS TO EXODUS

It is important for us to note that in the last day God’s people will be sealed in their foreheads in order that they may be protected from the many plagues (Rev. 7:3). The symbolism here indicates a protection in the mind of God’s people. In other places of Revelation we see the name of God and his Messiah written on the foreheads of God’s victorious ones (Rev. 14:1). This is certainly a reference to the mind and to thinking.

In Revelation 8:7, we see that blood is once again the first plague just as it was in Egypt (Exo. 7:17-24). This awful plague will now affect one-third of the earth. We find that the blood is mixed with hail and fire. We see both hail and fire in the seventh Egyptian
plague of Exodus 9:13-35.

But God is not through with the last-day plague of blood. In Revelation 8:8-9, as the second plague is introduced we read: "The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed." The plague of blood is not just in
the Nile or in Egypt but has become a worldwide scourge.

In Revelation 16:3-4, the plague continues as the whole sea becomes blood like that of a dead man, with all sea creatures dying in the process. In verse 4 of this same chapter we see that even the springs of water are turned to blood. In Revelation 16:6, we hear the reason for this awful plague of blood: "for they have shed the blood of your saints and prophets, and you have given them blood
to drink as they deserve.’"

In addition to the plagues of blood we see some other connections between Revelation and Exodus. In Revelation 16:2, we see loathsome sores afflicting those who had received the mark of the Beast. In 16:11, we see them cursing God because of their sores.

This corresponds very well to the sixth plague of Egypt (Exo. 9:9-11) where festering boils broke out on Pharaoh, the people and even upon the animals of Egypt. We remember that beginning in Exodus 8:23, with the plague of flies, God made a difference between his people and the people of Egypt. We see the same pattern in Revelation as God seals his servants from the plagues.

In Revelation 8:12, we are told that a third of the sun, moon and stars will be darkened on the last day. A third of both the day and the night will be without light. This compares to the plague of great darkness that fell upon Egypt for three days (Exo. 10:21-23).

We see a similar thing in Revelation 16:10, as the throne of the Beast is plunged into darkness and as a result they curse God. Some of the prophets of Israel spoke of this great darkness of the last days (cf. Joel 2:2; Amos 5:18). Just as there was no darkness in the land of Goshen where the Hebrew children were located, God’s people of the last day will have light. In Isaiah 60:2, God’s saints are promised: "See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you." Just as God once judged the idols of Egypt, his wrath is now displayed on the Beast and those who worship him.

In Revelation 9:3 ff., we see a plague of locust/scorpion like creatures released from the Abyss in order to torment those without the seal of God upon their foreheads. This is reminiscent of Exodus 10:1-20, where the plague of locusts covered the ground of Egypt until it was black. Of course, there were no locusts in Goshen where God’s people lived.

WHAT CONCLUSIONS CAN WE DRAW FOR THE END-DAYS?

We need not be nervous about the end times. God will always take care of his own. We see many scriptures throughout the Bible that illustrate this truth.

Proverbs 3:25-26 states: "Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared." In Proverbs 2:7-8 we read: "He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones."

In Psalm 46:2-3, the Psalmist advises: " Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging." There are many other wonderful Psalms of protection such as Psalm 27:1-3, 5 and 91:1-16. Indeed, the Book of Psalms may become the hymnal for last-day saints.

In many other scriptures God vows to protect his own. Psalm 33:18-19 states: "But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine." We remember how the prophet Elijah was miraculously delivered from famine for three-and-one-half-years (1 Ki. 17: 1-16), a period of time very similar to that of the Great Tribulation. Indeed, we see that "The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them" (Psa. 34:7). The sun will not harm them by day or the moon by night (Psa. 121:6). Joel the prophet in speaking about the day of the Lord says: "But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel" (Joel 3:16b).

In 2 Peter 2:9, the apostle assures us that: "the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment."

This seal of God in the forehead of the righteous obviously does not keep God’s saints from martyrdom, should God choose
this course. It is rather designed to keep them from giving up or denying their Lord under the awful pressures of the end-times. It is a form of spiritual protection. In Romans 8:35, Paul asks: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?" Paul answers his question in Romans 8:38-39: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

[link to www.churchisraelforum.com]

The Passover in Revelation

[link to therevelationofjesus.org]

Chapter 19: The Book of Revelation Is All About Passover (Part 2)

"The Chalice Judgments are repeats, with variation, of the Trumpet Judgments. Since the Trumpet Judgments were essentially warnings they took only a third of the Land; with the Chalices, however, the destruction is total. The similarities between the Chalice and Trumpet Judgments and the Plagues of Egypt cannot be casual coincidence. The similarities should make us ask "Why is the vision (or the plague) repeated-what is the connection?"

Have a look:

[link to www.agapebiblestudy.com]

"It was through a series of ten plagues that God unleashed on Egypt that resulted in Pharaoh finally letting God’s people go. The final plague, the death of the first born was the most severe of all and set the stage for Israel’s deliverance. Prophetically, the first Passover foreshadowed a second Passover that resulted in an even greater deliverance.

The true meaning of Passover was fulfilled 2000 years later when the Messiah came as the true Passover Lamb to offer Himself, as a living and holy sacrifice as the first born and only begotten of the Father.

His living sacrifice resulted in redemption and deliverance not only for Israel but for all those from among the nations. Romans 10 says, whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved and, “Whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.” As I have said so often the Feasts have a three-fold fulfillment: They have an historic, messianic and prophetic fulfillment.

This year I want to speak on the significance of the ten plagues, but from a prophetic context. When I was preparing this message, I realized that Passover, Pesach has an historic, messianic and prophetic fulfillment. The historic and messianic have been fulfilled. The first Passover in Egypt, the second one in Jerusalem when Yeshua offered Himself as the Passover lamb. In a prophetic sense there will be a third Passover that will result in the final redemption and deliverance of mankind, when Israel, the Body of Messiah and many from the nations will finally be set free from the Spiritual Pharaoh of this world. The Feast of Passover has an end time fulfillment and I believe is one of the keys in understanding the book of Revelation. Today I want to speak on the prophetic fulfillment of Pesach. But before I do, lets first look at the historical Passover in Egypt for the purpose of laying a foundation and understanding some background and context. Let me briefly go through these plagues and share their historic significance and then share how they will have a prophetic fulfillment.

God said that the purpose of sending plagues on Egypt was to execute judgment against their gods. They were pantheistic and worshipped literally hundreds of gods."

Revelation is a Passover Book!

[link to www.bibloscope.com]

"Revelation is a great book to study at Passover, because it is about the Final Passover! But let’s get back to the typical Passover ritual. At the Passover Seder there is a special cup kept for Elijah, in the hope that Elijah will come and announce the Messiah. At the time of the fourth cup, the door is opened to see whether Elijah is standing out there. They expect Elijah at the time of the Passover every year. This is the cup of Judgment and the Kingdom. The coming of Elijah is talked about in Malachi 4:4-5."

Here is an article that explains it well.

Exodus in Revelation
Given By: "Glenn D. Blank" On Saturday, April 16, 2011

[link to www.beitsimcha.com]

Remember, the conclusion of the 1260 day tribulation period is on Passover.

And the Book of Revelation is a Passover book.

[link to www.bibloscope.com]

[link to www.churchisraelforum.com]

The Great Tribulation period begins on Passover when the 7 seals are opened.

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Messianic ‘Blood Moon’ Rising on Passover Seder Night The prophecy in Joel, like most prophecies, is surreal, beautiful, and open to many interpretations.

Read more at: [link to www.jewishpress.com]

As it was in Exodus, so shall it be in the future described in Revelation.

Exodus Plagues Mirrored in Revelation

"Reading through Exodus chapters 7 through 12 as part of the yearly Torah reading cycle and as part of the readings for Pesach the Psalm11918.org team has read about the 10 plagues visited upon Egypt several times. During some recent reading through the book of Revelation we noticed an interesting repetition of the same types of plagues being mention there as well."

[link to www.psalm11918.org]

Revelation itself is a Passover book. The Aramaic text of Revelation places Yochanan’s vision “on the first day of the week” the day of the firstfruits offering (Rev. 1:10 HRV). The seven menorah’s with seven branches each represent the 49 days of the counting of the omer (Rev. 1). The Messiah is pictured as a slain lamb (5:6-12). The 144,000 are the firstborn redeemed by the blood of the lamb and are sealed on their foreheads (Rev. 7:1-4; 14:1-5) paralleling the Passover which is to be “for frontlets between your eyes” (the teffillin (Ex. 13:6-16) these teffilin are closely tied to the Mezuzah (Deut. 6:8; 11:18; Ex. 13:9; 13:16) which, like the blood of the Passover lamb was placed on the doorpost. Just as the blood of the lamb on the doorpost redeemed the firstborn from the angel of death, the seal protects the 144,000 from the demonic spirits from the pit (Rev. 9:1-5). The book of Revelation is about an exodus from Babylon in the wake of plagues (Rev. 15-16; 18:1-8) parallel to the exodus from Egypt. Finally the book of Revelation concludes in the “marriage supper of the lamb” (Rev. 19:1-10) a Passover sader."

[link to nazarenespace.com]

I have recently read this book and it does collaborate with my research that the 7 seals are opened on Passover and that is when the Day of the Lord begins.

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Chapter 20: The Book of Revelation Is All About Passover (Part 3)

The church’s Exodus in Revelation

"In the book of Revelation, John alludes to themes from the Old Testament, such as the Exodus, and Israel’s sojourn in the wilderness, and the conquest and possession of the land under Joshua, and other events in Israel’s history, which are applied to the church’s spiritual experience.

The trumpet plagues were foreshadowed in the trumpets blown at the capture of Jericho, and the sudden destruction of Babylon described in Revelation 14:8 and 18:21 alludes to the collapse of the walls of Jericho.

In Revelation 12:6, 14 the woman who represents the church flees to the wilderness, alluding to the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. The eagle’s wings given to the woman in 12:14 allude to the wings of eagles mentioned in Exodus 19:4: “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.” Eagles’ wings are also mentioned in Deuteronomy 32:9-12.

The prophecies describing a future Exodus, as in Jeremiah 23:3; 32:37, and Ezekiel 34:13, apply to the spiritual Exodus that Christians experience, as they escape from the corruption that is in the world, [2 Peter 1:4] and are delivered from the power of darkness, and are translated into Christ’s kingdom of light. [Colossians 1:13]

In Revelation, Christ is frequently referred to as the Lamb, alluding to the passover lamb that was killed on the night of the Exodus in Egypt. In Revelation 11:8, where John calls the great city where Christ was crucified Sodom and Egypt, no doubt he alludes to the passover Lamb which was slain in Egypt, a figure representing Christ as our passover. Israel’s exodus to the wilderness followed the sacrifice and eating of the passover lamb, and similarly, the Exodus of the church from the bondage of sin, and from the world, represented in the types and figures of Egypt and Pharaoh, is featured prominently in Revelation, especially in chapter 12.

The role of the Exodus theme in Revelation was discussed in Bobby Grow’s quotation from Richard Bauckham, in Revelation’s Eschatological Exodus, reproduced below. Bauckham wrote:

The second of the three major symbolic themes is that of the eschatological exodus. Since the exodus was the key salvation event in the history of Israel, in which God liberated his people from oppression in Egypt, destroyed their oppressors, made them his own people and led them to theocratic independence in a land of their own, it was naturally the model for prophetic and apocalyptic hopes of another great salvation event in the future. In some Jewish apocalyptic the eschatological intervention of God in which he will finally judge the evil powers and bring definitive salvation to his people was conceived as an eschatological exodus, surpassing the first exodus as eschatology surpasses history. Traces of an interpretation of the saving work of Jesus Christ as bringing about the eschatological exodus can be found in many parts of the New Testament, but it is Revelation that develops the idea most fully.

The central image in this complex is that of Jesus himself as the Passover Lamb (first introduced at 5:6, 9–10). That Revelation’s image of the Lamb refers to the lamb sacrificed at the Passover is clear especially from 5:9-10. There it is said that by his blood the Lamb has ‘ransomed’ a people and made them ‘a kingdom and priests serving our God’. The latter phrase echoes the well-known words of the Sinai covenant (Exod. 19:5-6), by which God made the people he had brought out of Egypt his own people. God’s liberation of his people from Egypt was often referred to as his ransoming them from slavery to be his own people (e.g. Deut. 7:8; 13:5), and the same image could be used of the new exodus of the future (Isa. 35:10; 51:11). When Revelation treats the blood of the Lamb as the price of redemption, this really goes beyond the role which the blood of the Passover Lamb played in the exodus (cf. Exod. 12:12, 23). Moreover, the Passover Lamb played no role in Jewish expectation of a new exodus."

[link to creationconcept.wordpress.com]

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Still don't think the Book of Revelation is a Passover book?

Revelation is a great book to study at Passover, because it is about the Final Passover!

Read this:

[link to www.bibloscope.com]

And the Passover of 2015 is the most important year for it all. Everything points squarely to a future Passover that something major is going to happen to Earth and humanity.

The key code to it all is when the sun darkens and the moon becomes blood before the Day of the Lord.

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The whole Book of Revelation has to do with Passover. The "thief in the night" when the Day of the Lord occurs will happen during a future Passover time.

Just like with the destroyer angel, or aka "Apollyon" broke into the houses "like a thief in the night" that weren't sealed with the blood of the lamb during the Exodus Passover, so shall it be symbolically in the future. And it could be in the very near future....

More to come shortly related to this to wrap up the conclusion of this most important time code. Maybe, the most important time code ever.


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Chapter 21: The Mark of the Beast Happens On Passover (Part 1)

The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
13
The Two Beasts
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 ¶ And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 ¶ And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

So ok, you can see above, the first beast has the power of 42 months. Then the second beast arrives that causes fire to come down from heaven. You can see at the conclusion of the first beast after 42 months, it says at Revelation 13:8, that the lamb was slain for the foundation of the world. That is Passover!

It also then goes on to say, the mark of the beast happens then! Worship the image of the beast and shall receive a mark on their right hand and foreheads. Well when does that happen? The connection I have found and other Bible researchers points directly to it happening on Passover!

Part 2 coming up!

I have never seen this from Mark Blitz and would love to also be shown it... in his words of course. While I'm on the topic of 2008 though, you do realize the OP does NOT believe that the tribulation started in 2008, right? Why does this keep coming up REPEATEDLY?! Over and over... darn. Yes, Harold Camping was wrong about May and also what would happen exactly. OP does not, that I have seen, dispute this at all.



This is wrong on soooo many levels. First, why do you believe in something so imminent and yet you cannot accept that it WILL HAPPEN and possibly just "right on time" as foretold? Is it really "faith" to say you believe "the word" but not actually entertain that it will happen and that we were told "what" to watch for so a "watcher" may actually be warning us of what WILL HAPPEN? How can people preach what they can't truly accept?

Edited to add: Wrong, it is not going to be right now, tonight or tomorrow as the WORD has not been fullfilled as foretold it will happen.



This is YOUR opinion and I recognize it as just that. I believe that we were given what we need to know and will understand it when the time is right. I see you believe it is the gentiles that Jesus came for and I believe it was to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Paul was the one who thumped the gentile's being those that "Jesus" was after. YHVH didn't say that and Yahoshua certainly forbid it actually. You can ignore YHWH's, I'll say that again YHVH's FEAST all you want but He didn't inform us of anything trivial. I do NOT believe He threw in HIS Holy Days for no reason other than to be replaced with the xtians pagan Holidays. So we'll agree to disagree on this and you can follow Paul.



I agree somewhat in only that the fall feast's are not completed as I'm sure they will be at some point. Quite possibly after the second Passover is finally but it may not be in the world we know. Yes, something wayyyyyy out there could complete the moon turning to blood..... but isn't it far more likely to happen when it does just that.... the moon turns to blood.... just like it's laid out and on the important days to YHVH?



I'm sorry it didn't work out for you in 2008. Did you have anything real to cling to? This theory has quite a bit to back it up so I'm listening. Just because "you" and others have been wrong, does that mean it will never happen.... we should just dream about it forever but when it comes to actually happening we shouldn't really get hold of that in our minds? What does "watch" mean to you? If you "watch" it happening but can't accept it, why watch? I have yet to be able to discount this theory, so I am listening and "watching".



What is it that we are to preach? He said he came to warn. Sounds to me like there is a lot some of us should be changing if He has a "warning" to us. Knowing that it WILL happen and possibly soon, gives me even more reason to learn everything I can. I will be better for it in any instance anyway.



So, Revelation is just a distraction if we actually absorb it? I believe I can do YHVH's will the more I study because I will know His will better. He tells us what's coming for a reason, correct? Why? Are we to "watch". YES!!! False churches everywhere, JUST AS FORETOLD! Btw, Israel had not even become a nation in the 1800's so how could it have happened then? If people had researched more they would have known what to "watch" for and KNOWN it was BS. How long were they to be a nation? Come on, we were given the words we need. I applaud someone who actually "listens" to them and takes them at face value. I think the oP is onto something and you should read what he's said. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 7 year trib and NOOOOOOOOO 2008. Will it happen like OP says, I don't know but I'm researching, listening and WATCHING. I have to wonder why you post but won't read what OP has said? I understand that you don't want to accept any date, so why open the thread?



It certainly isn't your "harshness" but instead your refusal to read the Original Posts from the Original Poster.



I see no lack of faith in the OP, quite the opposite. He believes the word. I am sorry your 2008 date didn't work out for you though as it seems your warning has come from experience. Please remember though that the word will eventually happen.



Please, believe the warnings we were given. WATCH for the very things we were given to look for.

Chapter 22: Mark of the Beast on Passover (Part 2)


We see in Revelation 13, that after the 42 months or 1260 days end, the Mark of the Beast happens. And it happens on Passover, when the 2nd Beasts arises after the 1st.

Here are the connections that the Mark of the Beast happens on Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread.

"Scripture tells us that this Feast of Unleavened Bread is a Sacred Sign on the believer's hand and mind that the Almighty's law is inscribed therein. This Feast is, in fact, the appointed sign of faithful obedience, as opposed to the Mark of the Antichrist, which is the brand mark of disobedience.

Exodus 13:6: Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
7: Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8: And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9: And IT (this particular Feast) shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
10: Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Note: that specific reference to this Feast being a sign on the hand and a memorial between the eyes (the mind)."

[link to atschool.eduweb.co.uk]

"THE MARK OF THE BEAST

The biblical testimony concerning the mark of the beast, that seal of Anti-Christ which has long intrigued Christians and puzzled students of prophecy, can be found in Revelation 13:16-18: "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. "

GOD'S MARK
Everything that Satan does is the reversal of God's design and the counterfeit of God's program. Thus, to rightly understand the mark of the beast it is also necessary to gain an understanding of God's mark. The Passover was one of the great events in the history of the children of Israel. Although they were in a cruel bondage and in the midst of the plagues of God's wrath that were raining down upon the Egyptians, they were not raptured, but providentially preserved and exempted from the surrounding tribulation. When the ultimate plague, the destroying angel of death, was sent throughout the land of Egypt, the manner of their exemption was quite significant. The door posts were marked with blood, but that is not all. In Exodus 13, where the Passover is memorialized, it speaks in verses 9 and 16 of "a SIGN unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes." Not only were their homes marked but here it speaks of they themselves being marked in some manner on their right hands and in their foreheads. In some manner God had marked them as his own. They were not appointed unto wrath, but sealed as God's own. They were branded as God's property, his redeemed, bought with a price and purchased with the blood of the passover lamb. Similarly, in Revelation 7:3, before the vengeful wrath of God rains down upon the ungodly, we have the sealing of God's servants on their forehead. However, perhaps the clearest example of God's sealing his own can be found in Ezekiel 9, where we read:

"And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of…Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark. "

[link to amprpress.com]

"The Mark of the Beast and the Mark of G-d

The mark of the beast and the mark of YHVH. We all want to make sure we avoid the first and have the second. But what are they? What are the signs that one is a child of YHVH or a child of haSatan? We are all familiar with the fact that the ‘Mark of the Beast’ will be on the right hand or on the forehead (Rev 13:16) and that all who receive the mark are condemned (14:9, 10). YHVH also has marks or signs for His people that are affixed either literally or figuratively upon the hand or the head. The commandments of Torah are a sign on the hand and head, and this commandment is literally fulfilled with T’ffilin (phylacteries).

Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand,that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. (Deut 11:18, also 6:8,9)

Festivals, like the Passover, are also signs placed on the hand and head.

And it [Passover] shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand,and for a memorial between your eyes.... (Ex. 13:9, 16)

In these passages we see that Torah(My Words) is a sign upon the head and hands of the people of YHVH and that when the people of YHVH celebrate the Passover (and the other Sabbaths), they figuratively have the sign of YHVH on their heads and hands. These marks are so important because they are continual reminders of who we are in YHVH. When the Sabbath is celebrated, we remember the creation and the redemption of YHVH. When we look at T’effilin or Tzitzit, we are reminded of the covenant and the people we are part of. Everything that YHVH commanded us to do in Torah has the purpose of reminding us of his work and sanctifying every aspect of out lives. People who joyfully perfom the mitzvot (commandments) of the signs show whose they are, the sealed ones of YHVH.

Now let’s return to Revelation. Rev 9:4 refers to "..those men which have not the seal of YHVH on their foreheads...". This points us to Rev. 7 where the 144,000 are sealed with "the seal of the living G-d". In Rev. 14:1 we read that these 144,000 have "His [the Lamb's] Father's name written on their foreheads." T’fellin have traditionally contained the Torah passages Ex 13:6, Dt 6:4-9, 11-18 and 13-23, which contain the name YHVH and are a literal fulfillment of this passage. Several times, the sealed ones are described as those who keep the commandments of YHVH (Torah) and the Testimony of the Messiah (Yahushua) (Rev 12:17, 14:12, 22:14) They are also described as "being firstfruits unto YHVH and to the Lamb" (Rev. 14:4) (in Hebrew "firstfruits" and "firstborn" are the same word, and thus point us to Israel as the remnant people of YHVH). Remember that Passover is to be a sign upon one’s hand and forehead and that at Passover the blood of the Lamb redeems the firstborn and protects them from the plague of the firstborn, which is exactly the purpose of the seal in Rev 9, to protect the people of YHVH from the Destroyer. The seal of the YHVH in Revelation is clearly connected to the mitzvot of Passover (and the other Sabbaths), the t'fillin (and the mezuzah) because the sealed ones are those who keep the commandments of YHVH which are contained in the Torah and include the signs. In Revelation this is contrasted with the "mark of the Beast" (Rev. 13:16-17; 14:9, 11; 20:4).

A parallel passage is found in Ezekiel 9. Here YHVH sends an angelic being to "...set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof." The ones that receive this distinctive mark are those who are weeping for the sins committed by the people of Israel. As such, they are righteous men and women who fear G-d and understand the serousness of sin. Then He sends six beings with slaughter weapons to kill all of those that lack this mark. After this in Chapter 10, The being which marked them goes before the throne of YHVH, takes fire and casts it down. This clearly parallels Rev. 7:1-8; 8:1-5. The question is: What are the "abominations" that the marked/sealed ones of Yechezk'el (Ezek.) 9 are mourning about? The answer is found in the previous chapter.

Throughout Yechezk'el (Ezek.) chapter eight we are told of various "abominations." The first of these involves an "image of jealousy" (8:5-6) Scholars generally identify this as the idol of Astarte (both Halley's and Unger's Bible Handbooks make this identification). Astarte is also known as Ishtar and Easter. The next "abomination" involves men worshiping in the dark (8:7-12). The next involved a woman "weeping for Tammuz" (8:13-14). Finally we are shown men facing the east and worshiping the Sun, their backs to the temple. (8:15-17). These images all point to the observance of the Pagan Babylonian festival of Easter and sun worship. This day is similarly observed in Christendom today. Roman Catholics commonly worship with images of Mary whom they call "The Mother of God" (a title of the goddess Easter). There is a period of mourning for the dead deity (lent), a time in which the alter candles are removed and the alter is dark, followed by rejoicing at his resurrection with a sunrise service. Obviously Easter is observed in Protestant and Orthodox churches as well although the forms may be slightly different. The "abominations" that those marked on their foreheads (by YHVH) are mourning about involve the observance of Easter, the origin of which is found in Babylon and not in the Scriptures."

[link to brigperegrine.tripod.com]

"Mark of God. Exodus 12:13.

The sprinkled blood on the door-posts was a token of redemption, a sign of God’s ownership, a pledge of security, and a mark of obedience. This mark secured the safety of those who exhibited it from the wrath and judgments of God. Deliverance from bondage and the last plague depended on their faith in the sprinkled blood which was symbolic of the blood of Christ, the Lamb of God. The angel of death passed over every home that had the mark of God’s approval and protection. His avenging sword was unsheathed in every other household in the land. The mark was an outward sign of obedience and showed that the inmates were worshipers of the true God and were obedient to His will."

[link to gospel-herald.com]

The Passover, The Image,
The Mark

[link to www.tareburner.com]

I think it is pretty clear that the Mark of the Beast happens on Passover. It is also when the Mark of God happens as well when the 144,000 are sealed.

Chapter 23: The 144,000 Sealed and Raptured on Passover/First Fruits

Redeem
Definition- to set free; rescue or ransom

is the same as this....

Rapture/Harpazo
Definition- to seize, carry off by force, to snatch out or away

"What would you think if I said that the Rapture IS a biblical teaching? In the church of God, we do not like to use this term because of its evangelical overtones and its reputation as a doctrine of wild-eyed, Bible-thumping fanatics. The essence of the idea, though, comes straight from Holy Writ!

Proponents of the Rapture cite I Thessalonians 4:16-17 as their chief source of information:

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

So far, so good. But how did this teaching of the apostle Paul ever come to be called the Rapture? The answer lies in the word translated "shall be caught up" (Greek harpagésómetha). In Latin, this word is rapere, from which "rapture" is derived. Free of any arcane or mysterious interpretation, it simply means "to be caught up," "snatched" or "seized."

[link to www.bibletools.org]

Get ready to see where it happens!



The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
7
The 144,000 Sealed
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Remember, the 144,000 are the Children of Israel. There are the chosen ones that are "redeemed" or "raptured".

Just like in the movie "Knowing" before the Earth destructive solar flare occurred, the rapture happened of the children or chosen ones.



Could it be like this when it occurs?





The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
9

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
14
The Song of the 144,000
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

The first fruits is here:

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the
Corinthians
15
The Resurrection of the Dead
20 ¶ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority and power.

"The Passover Connection:

Three holidays are associated with the giving of firstfruits in the Old Testament. Firstfruits are mentioned in connection with the Feast of Weeks (Shavout) in Numbers 28:16, Tabernacles (Sukkot) in Exodus 23:16 and Passover in Leviticus 23:10. Since Passover (Pesach) was the first of the three holidays, the "first firstfruits" were offered in connection with that holiday. The Passover lambs were sacrificed on the 14th day of the month of Nisan, the first day of Passover was the 15th, and the Feast of Firstfruits fell on the 16th of Nisan. (Bear in mind that on a Jewish calendar, a new day begins when the sun sets, not when it rises." The portion of firstfruits at Passover was called the "omer." It was forbidden to hat from the crop until this portion had been offered (Leviticus 23:14)."

[link to www.delusionresistance.org]

And we see this! PASSOVER!

The Second Book of Moses, Called
Exodus
13
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

The First Fruits is Easter or Resurrection Day! Easter is associated with the Bunny!

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

[link to atheism.about.com]

In the movie "Knowing" the two kids at the end of the movie are "raptured" or "redeemed" from the Earth in a UFO spacecraft right before the destructive solar flare hits Earth. These two kids remind me of the saying of the "144,000 children of Israel" being redeemed. The first fruits.

Look at this below. At 1:39 in the clip, the two kids put down the rabbits on the field. Connection to the First Fruits????




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Chapter 24: The Son of Man Returns on Passover (Part 1)

Remember, the tribulation is 1260 days or 42 months. Remember too, there is a total solar eclipse on Nissan 1 or Biblical New Year, March 20th, 2015. Just two weeks later, a blood red moon on Passover, April 3rd/4th, 2015.

The Gospel according to
St. Mark
13
The Coming of the Son of Man
24 ¶ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 ¶ Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 so ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 ¶ But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

We see the key words above "watch" and "midnight".

All the words with "Midnight" in Blue Letter Bible. It is associated with the Passover night.

[link to www.blueletterbible.org]

"Delivered at Midnight. Exodus 11:4; 12:29.
The deliverance of Israel under the Exodus from Egypt took place at midnight during the last plague. The preparation necessary was to have the blood sprinkled on the door-posts and to have everything packed up and ready to move. They were to be dressed with their sandals on their feet and their staves in their hands. Exodus 12:11-13. Exactly at midnight the angel of death to the Egyptians and of deliverance to the Israelites passed through the land. There arose a wail of woe from the Egyptians and a shout of deliverance from the people of God. The hosts of Israel had been organized for the journey and all preparations had been made. The 430 years were ended and the prophetic movement started from Egypt to Canaan, from bondage to freedom."

[link to gospel-herald.com]

Passover night was also a night of "watching".

"The Jewish community refers to the Seder (Passover meal) as a "night of watchfulness" taken from Exodus 12:42. The idea of "watching" is that of guarding or protecting.

It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations." (RSV)

In Matthew's and Mark's version of that Passover night that Jesus was arrested, there is a possible reference to a rabbinic rule dealing with falling asleep during the Passover feast."

[link to juchre.org]


The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
24
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Chapter 25: The Son of Man Returns on Passover (Part 2)

The sheep from the goats!

These are the only two places in the Bible where the sheep and the goats are mentioned together!

[link to www.blueletterbible.org]

The Second Book of Moses, Called
Exodus
12
The Passover
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house:
4 and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

The Judgment of the Nations
31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Chapter 26: The Son of Man Returns on Passover (Part 3)

The Gospel according to
St. Luke
17
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 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.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

It says above, just as in the days of Lot, they ate, drank, but the same day Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. In the future this shall be the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

When did Sodom get destroyed by fire and brimstone? During Passover/The Feast of Unleavened Bread!

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The First Book of Moses, Called
Genesis
19
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law.
15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: O, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zo'ar. 12
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zo'ar.
24 ¶ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

Chapter 27: The Son of Man Returns on Passover (Part 4)

Where else do we see "Son of Man" associated with? It is Passover!

The Gospel according to
St. John
12
The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
12 ¶ On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried,

Hosanna:
Blessed is the King of Israel
that cometh in the name of the Lord.
14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Zion:

behold, thy King cometh,
sitting on an ass's colt.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up
27 ¶ Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
29 The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: Pand how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
¶ These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

The Gospel according to
St. Matthew
26
The Leaders Plot against Jesus
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

The Gospel according to
St. Luke
24
The Resurrection
7 saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

It is pretty clear the Son of Man comes on Passover.

"The Son of Man’s Passover

Revelation 14:14-16

And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

This is an interesting, but puzzling passage describing a harvest that comes right before the treading of the wine press of God/harvest of the tares. This is certainly Jesus sitting upon this cloud waiting the command to thrust in His sickle. The crown He wears is a stephanos proclaiming His victory over death--the same crown the rider on the white horse is wearing in the 1st seal. He has not put on His reigning crown (diadem) because He has not yet come to rescue those that submit to His reign as described in Revelation 19. Therefore, we know that this is not a rapture or a resurrection, but a Passover for the last-day saints living during the plagues of God.

The term Son of Man is His favorite term for Himself. He used it many times as a title while here on earth. In the parable of the wheat and tares, it was the Son of Man that sowed the good seed. Jesus knows His own, so it will be the Son of Man that will mark His wheat for the angels of death to Passover in the time of God's wrath. Once the plagues begin to fall we know that Jesus has identified His own to the death angels."

[link to therevelationofjesus.org]

Don't know what I think about the movie Knowing. I think it could be very deceitful. The Easter bunny alone leads me to believe this. Not that I don't think the timing is right because I do. I think it is telling us something also, but I don't think it's message is necessarily a good one, although it is insightful. We know we are marked as YHVH's people because we have Passover, I also believe that those following Satan will be marked because they celebrate the hollydays, like Ishtar. The children are not both males in the movie either, so I'm unsure what to think there. Hmmmm. Great things to think about. This and the next two chapters rock! Your doing a fantastic job putting it all together! Please keep going!!! I'm passing it around to family and it's really caused a great stir amongst us. I think you have definitely found some pieces to what we are supposed to know about now.

@RS

Thank you for all your hard work in bringing this out to us. It is very much appreciated.

Chapter 28: The Hidden Manna on Passover

The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
2
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein An'tipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Ba'laam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicola'itans, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, Ex. 16.14, 15 and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

And when does the manna fall? Passover or during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

All the mentions of "manna" in the Bible here:

[link to www.blueletterbible.org]

The Book of Joshua
5
10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
12 And the manna ceased Ex. 16.35 on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Interesting read, thank you!

As this is a thread about the extreme importance of Passover I'm going to add to the reason of the word leavening in the verse Yahoshua talks about.

When the Israelites were in Egypt the "sin" they were committing was following after (being slaves to) their captor's false gods and their captors false religion. The act of Passover was giving up this "sin", giving up the "leavening" (false doctrine, false teaching) that was added to their bread (the Word).

This is why Yahoshua says in Mark 8:15 "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."

So again, with Passover, you are marking yourself as YHVH's people by refusing the false doctrine/false teaching/false religion of the Pharisees, and that is for TODAY'S world too.

On Passover when thinking of Yahoshua, what was the "sin" that really crucified the lamb of YHVH. What is the "sin" you are putting out of your home?

When we celebrate Passover we just try to do exactly what is described in Exodus. Be careful of the "sin" of adding to/or taking away from the instructions given. There are Jewish people today who are following after false gods by playing "let's hide the Matzo balls" and adding hard boiled eggs to their meal, just like the xtians Ishtar, I mean Easter.

I hope that helps you. It's not specific instructions but you can find them in Exodus.

Okay, waiting for anything new the OP has to add :-) I check this thread even when I don't look at the front page for new threads. Very exciting, the information in this thread. Thank YOU OP.

Chapter 30: The First Beast of Revelation 13 & Putin As the Anti-Christ Figure?

In Revelation 13, the first beast rules for 42 months.

The Revelation
of St. John the Divine
13
The Two Beasts
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

So if my timeline is correct with the tribulation starting Oct. 21st, 2011 and ending April 4th, 2015, the beast must have gotten power around October 21st, 2011. But who??? What major political figure essentially came back to power then? He had a deadly wound but it was healed. I consider this as a metaphor of a resurrection from the dead of some sorts. I thought to myself, could this be Vladimir Putin coming back to power. Resurrecting himself back from the dead and becoming the Russian President again? hmmm

Well around the Day of Trumpets of Sept 2011, it was declared that Vladimir would run for President again, which was a sure bet he was going to win no doubt.

The return of Putin
Russia's humiliator-in-chief

Sep 26th 2011, 17:42 by A.O. | MOSCOW

[link to www.economist.com]


Russian President Vladimir Putin will rule us all. 11 reasons we’re all pawns in his game of pure badassness.

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"-Rumor(?): Vladimir Putin is the Anti-Christ. Yes, you read that right. Now on top of being a proven badass, it comes out that Putin may in fact be the Anti-Christ who will call upon the Beast and the Serpent to bring about the end of days."

Read a detailed, if not completely insane, analysis of how and why Vladimir Putin is the anti-christ here. Some interesting points are brought up, notably that whether he’s the anti-christ or not, Putin is one of the most cunning, brutal, and god damn amazingly formidable political figures in history. However, read the article, and somewhere before the end you’ll find you’re suddenly panicking at just how futile any sort of opposition to this guy is in Russia. Plus, he is a superman in public polls."

[link to efficientawesomeness.com]

[link to www.revelation13.net]


:putin1234:

Vladimir as a boy's name is of Slavic origin, and the meaning of Vladimir is "renowned prince"

[link to www.thinkbabynames.com]

"The Gog and Magog war found in Ezekiel 38 is the end times war or the final battle of Armageddon.

Ezekiel 38 through 39 tells of a future invasion of Israel by a vast coalition of nations that surround it. As we read the headlines in the newspapers of today, and witness the conflict in the Middle East, it's not hard to imagine that this invasion prophesied over 2600 years ago, could be fulfilled in our lifetime. Ezekiel 36-37 predicts a gathering of the jewish people to the nation of Israel, which will be followed by this massive invasion. For 19 centuries the Jewish people were scattered throughout the world, and until May 14, 1948 there was no nation of Israel to invade. With the nation of Israel now a reality, the stage seems set for the war that will usher in the tribulation and the rise of the Antichrist; a war that will end with the destruction of Israel's enemies by God Himself, and lead to the signing of a peace treaty with the Antichrist.

As you read Ezekiel 38 and 39, it isn't just the creation of the nation of Israel that makes this prophecy seem likely to be fulfilled in the near future. The nations that God tells us will form this coalition against Israel seem more likely now than perhaps ever before to form just such an alliance. To understand the prophecies of Ezekiel about this future invasion, it's important to understand who the players will be.

There are many theories as to who will join in this future invasion of Israel. Before going through a list of the individual nations, I'll list some of the more common theories you'll hear when studying the prophecies from Ezekiel 38.

4. Russian Theory: The Hebrew word 'rosh' in verse 3 is identified with Russia, 'Tubal' with Tiblisi or Tobolsk and 'Meshech' with Moscow, therefore Gog and Magog refers to Russia. This is one of the most commonly held views and is based on a different interpretation of the Hebrew word Rosh (used as a noun rather than adjective), similarities in the pronunciation of words, and the Greek translation of Rosh referring to a tribe of people found in what is now Russia."

[link to www.contenderministries.org]

The Book of the Prophet
Ezekiel
38
The Prophecy against Gog
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 and I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togar'mah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 so that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountans shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

The Book of the Prophet
Ezekiel
39
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 and I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.


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Putin’s anti-American campaign

"This Sunday Russians elect their new president in an election Putin is virtually certain to win. Putin's campaign has been notable for its anti-western and anti-American rhetoric, writes Susanne Sternthal. Will this aggressive rhetoric help Putin withstand the challenge of an awakening Russian civil society."

[link to www.opendemocracy.net]

"Ronald Reagan. During a dinner address to state legislators Reagan said "Ezekiel tells us that Gog, the nation that will lead all of the other powers of darkness against Israel, will come out of the north. Biblical scholars have been saying for generations that Gog must be Russia. What other powerful nation is to the north of Israel? None. But it didn’t seem to make sense before the Russian revolution, when Russia was a Christian country. Now it does, now that Russia has become Communistic and atheistic, now that Russia has set itself against God. Now it fits the description of Gog perfectly."

[link to en.wikipedia.org]


Next I will describe who the Second Beast is, and it causes fire to come down from heaven.