The Prophecies are Unsealed Lesson 14b:

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Revelation is written in the order of the feasts. These are the significant Symbols
actions of God in our salvation. This section of Revelation introduces God in Glossary
the Day of Atonement. Now that judgment is about to begin, the sealed words Daniel
must be opened. A remnant is called to spread this message to the world. Revelation
Revelation 10 is the history and commission of this remnant.
Study Help
We will postpone the study of Revelation 1 to 9 because they are the history of
the church from Christ to the time of the end. Only the last portion of those Adventist History
prophecies deal with the time of the end, when the book of Daniel will be Knowledge Increases
unsealed. Signs of the End
Texts
 Seventh Church (Revelation 1-3). The last church is judged. Daniel 12
 Sixth and Seventh Seal (Revelation 4-7). The wrath of God and the Revelation 10
warning.
 Seventh Trumpet (Revelation 8-10). The mystery of God is unsealed and completed.

It is Revelation 10 to 22 that give information about the detail events of the time of the end.
Daniel 8 prophesies about the restoration of the sanctuary at the time of the end. Daniel 11 and 12
introduce us to the persecuting power during the same time and the efforts of Michael to stand up against
this power. Revelation 10 to 22 unseal the details.

 Revelation 10. The remnant prophets are called.

 Revelation 11. The judgment preparations.
 Revelation 12. The history of persecution.
 Revelation 13. The wicked persecute.
 Revelation 14. The final warning message.
 Revelation 15. The righteous flee persecution.
 Revelation 16-18. The wicked are punished.
 Revelation 19. The righteous are rescued.
 Revelation 20. The wicked are rewarded.
 Revelation 21-22. The righteous are rewarded.

Religious Revival: Daniel's Book is Opened

Sealed ("Closed"). "But as for you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of
the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." (Daniel 12: 4)
Unsealed ("Opened"). "And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take
the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands on the sea and on the earth."
(Revelation 10: 8)
The angel that appeared at the sealing in Daniel 12 now appears at the opening of the Book in Revelation
10 around the time of the end in the year 1844. Notice the similarity between the two events.

# Similarity Daniel 12 Revelation 10

The angels in each
Daniel 12: 5.
account are standing Revelation 10: 2.
1 Land Two angels on a
on land beside a body Left foot
riverbank
of water
Standing over a body Daniel 12: 5-7. Revelation 10: 2.
2 Water
of water Man in linen Right foot
Both are swearing an
3 Oath Daniel 12: 7 Revelation 10: 6
oath
Time They are concerned Daniel 12: 7 Revelation 10: 6
4
Prophecy with a time prophecy 3.5 times No more time
They are relating to Daniel 12: 9. Revelation 10: 2.
5 Book
the contents of a book Sealing the book Opening the book
Revelation 10: 10,
Daniel 12: 10.
11. The righteous
The opening of both The righteous are
experience a bitter
6 Test books revolves around refined and tried
disappointment
a trial and a test before they
before they
understand
understand

Some contents are Daniel 12: 4 Revelation 10: 4.

7 Sealed
sealed The book Seven thunders The Angel with the Book

 The Angel With the Glory of God. And I saw another angel come down from heaven clothed with
a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as
pillars of fire. (Revelation 10: 1)
This is a description of the throne of God. The angel has the same description of God in Ezekiel
and the angel who accompanies the Israelites in the exodus. (Exodus 13: 21-22). This angel is
God. He appears to lead us on the last exodus.
 A Universal Message (Heaven, Earth and Sea). "And he had in his hand a little book open: and
he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth." (Revelation 10: 2)
This includes all three containers, heaven, earth and sea. It is also a picture of the universal
scope of the throne of God. It is a universal message sent from Heaven, directly from the throne
of God by God Himself.
 The Seven Thunders. "And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he cried,
seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was
about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the
seven thunders uttered, and write them not. (Revelation 10: 3)
Here we have the sealing of the words of the seven thunders. But Revelation 22: 10 instructs
John to not seal the prophecies of this book. So at some point in time the thunders should be
understood. The sealed thunders occur during the seventh trumpet, when the mystery of God is
finished. Perhaps they were sealed because they involve the great Mystery. The thunders will be
discussed in another lesson because they have now been unsealed.
 The Oath: No More Delay. Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted
up his right hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created
heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it,
that there will be delay (time) no longer. (Revelation 10: 5,6)
This is the same action as the angel who sealed the book. He appears when the first cycle of
shattering was completed after the 1260 years ended in 1798. This was when the book of Daniel
was opened.
"Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up
his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall
 be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been
completely shattered, all these things shall be finished." (Daniel 12: 7)
Now the angel in Revelation 10 is saying that prophetic time is no more. The 1260 years had
ended and it is now time to unseal the book. If there is no more prophetic time, then all time
lines that begin after this point must be real time.

Time, Times and Half a Time Holy People Shattered Time no longer (Time of the end)
Book Sealed Book Opened Seventh Trumpet
 The Seventh Trumpet. but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to
sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.
(Revelation 10: 7)
During the time of the seventh angel the "mystery of God" or the gospel will be finished.
Everything that was sealed during the delay is opened when the temple of God is opened.

The People Who Unsealed The Book.

At the sealing of the book, Daniel describes the characteristics of the people who would understand the
book when it opens. So, we should search for a people or movement around this time who are interested
in the book of Daniel.

1. Time of the End. They appear at the time of the end when there are no more time prophecies.
The 1260 year prophecy ended in 1798. The 2300 day prophecy ended in 1844. The 2520 year
prophecy ended in 1981.
2. Knowledge Increases. They appear when knowledge is increased (both religious, prophetic and
scientific).
3. Time Prophecies. They are a people who were concerned with the time prophecies of Daniel.
4. Tested. They are a people who have been purified and tested.
"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none
of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand." (Daniel 12: 10)

In other words, Daniel tells us to look for a people who are tried and tested. Out of that test, they have a
purified character and understanding of the book of Daniel. So, it should be no surprise that this is exactly
what John describes as occurring in Revelation 10: 8-11.

The Testing of The People.

The Remnant Eat the Book. "And the voice which I heard
from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the
little book which is open in the hand of the angel which
stands on the sea and on the earth. And I went to the
angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he
said to me, Take it, and eat it up: and it shall make your
belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey.
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate
it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon
as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. (Revelation 10: 8-
10)
Two other prophets to the people trapped in ancient
Babylon also ate the words of God.
Jeremiah Eats The Words of God. "Your words were
found, and I did eat them, and your words became for me
a joy and the delight of my heart". (Jeremiah 15: 16).
Ezekiel also ate words of lamentations and woe and then
he went to prophesy to Israel.
Ezekiel Eats a Scroll. Then He said to me, "son of man,
eat what you find, eat this scroll and go speak to the
house of Israel". So I opened my mouth, and He fed me
The Bitter-Sweet Disappointment
The Historical Fulfillment
Let us go back to the early 1800's and try
to rediscover the historical situation.
The Sweet. All over the world people who
studied independently began preaching
about the Second Coming. In North
America, William Miller preached about
the Second Coming and in his studies of
Daniel 8 and 9 concluded that the
sanctuary would be cleansed in 1844. A
common presumption at that time was
that the earth is the sanctuary - so they
concluded that the Second Coming would
be on Yom Kippur, October 22, 1844.
The Bitter. A great disappointment
occurred after these events did not occur.
Later, as they studied about the sanctuary
they realized that there is a sanctuary in
heaven.
this scroll. He said to me "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am
giving you". Then I ate it and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. (Ezekiel 3: 1-3)

What does it mean to eat the little book? Jeremiah and Ezekiel also ate a sweet book that became bitter.
For Jeremiah it meant studying and consuming the words of God so that they are known and understood,
or until they become a part of you. In all three cases, the words were sweet. They were a joy to
understand. However the words were either bitter in their stomach or were full of sorrow. The
experience was bitter for either the prophet or the people.

The Identity of The People.

In the last days the people would unseal the book of Daniel would also digest the words of God but they
would also have a bitter-sweet experience. The prophecy would allow us to understand the events of the
time of the end. At first it would be sweet in their mouth. In the first stages as they were understanding
and teaching the prophecies the message would create a wonderful experience or expectation. However,
once they had completely digested it and assimilated it, their experience would be horrible. So, the study
of the time prophecies of Daniel would initially produce great joy followed by bitter sorrow.
So, there are three essential elements to this prediction:

1. The Book of Daniel Opened (The Millerite Movement). Around the 1830's, William Miller and
several other evangelists began studying the book of Daniel independently. They began to study
the sanctuary and its services and concluded that God would come to cleanse the earth on 22
October 1844.
2. The Test (The Great Disappointment). There was to arise, at the end of the prophetic time
periods of the book of Daniel, a movement that would call people's attention to the prophecies
of the book of Daniel. This was the Millerite movement.
3. This movement would go through a bitter disappointment and then would begin to preach once
more. Again it must call men's attention to the prophecies of the book of Daniel. (verses 10,11).
Christ did not come on October 22, 1844 as they predicted.
4. The Remnant. Out of the ashes of this disappointment, a world wide movement would emerge.
(verse 11). The Great Disappointment resulted in several responses. Some renounced their faith,
other smaller groups disappeared. Other groups like the Advent Christians and Shakers still
survive in small numbers today. But, the Seventh Day Adventist church has emerged as the
largest group with a global presence.

The Seventh day Adventist Church. It became a movement that has spanned the globe and is
now one of the fastest growing churches in the world. Just as the prophet said, the Seventh day
Adventist church is taking the message of the prophecies of Daniel and the sanctuary to "peoples,
nations, and tongues, and kings." There are some people who see 1844 as shameful event in
Adventist history. However, there are several things to keep in mind.
• The Seventh day Adventists did not set the date. It was set before the Seventh day
Adventist Church came into existence. It was set by a Baptist named William Miller with
Congregationalists, Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, etc. It was a movement of many
faiths.
• If Seventh day Adventists could not trace their lineage back to the bitter
disappointment of 1844, this movement could not be the church that was called to give
a specific message. The great certainty that the Seventh day Adventist church is this
church lies in its historical roots in 1844. Revelation 10 tells us that God's last world
wide movement grows out of the disappointment of 1844.
• Another group experienced a bitter disappointment in their expectations about Christ.
The one they thought would be King had just experienced the shameful death of a
common criminal. And they were now hiding from ridicule and persecution. God went
on to build the foundations of His church from this group. They are known as the twelve
disciples.
5. The Remnant Mission (Prophesy Again). And they said to me "you must prophesy again before
many peoples and nations and tongues and kings" (Revelation 10: 11)
 Prophesy Prophesy Again
Continual Removed Religion forced
Abomination set up Church controls state
Antichrist Antichrist
Persecution for 1260 Persecution of the Remnant
6. years (1260 days?)
Papacy Falls in 1798 Babylon the Great falls
The Bible predicted that the
group who went through the Wounded Wound Healed
disappointment would begin a healed.
Judgment of the Judgment of the Wicked.
prophetic movement that Righteous after 1844 The seven last plagues
would span the globe. So, what Papacy
War in Palestine Rises War in Palestine
prophecy would they repeat
again? King of the South attacks Again King of the South attacks
It must be the prophecy which King of the North King of the North defeated
had caused disappointment and defeated by God
the prophecy which was
unsealed when the movement Jerusalem surrounded Jerusalem surrounded
began. Notice the very next Disasters Disasters
thing to occur, following the
Gift of knowledge,
command to prophesy again. Latter Rain
prophecy
Signs in the heavens Signs in the heavens
♣ Judgment (Daniel 8-
9): "And there was Second Coming
given me a reed like a
rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar,
and those that worship there." (Revelation 11: 1)
"And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark
of his testament ..." (Revelation 11: 19)

The people in that movement were pointing to the prophecy of the 2300 days as the
next prophecy to be fulfilled. Note how this parallels the judgment and the cleansing of
the temple on the great day of atonement, and judgment which began at the end of the
2300 day prophecy in 1844.
♣ Abomination of Desolation (Daniel 12): The unsealing of Daniel involves the other time
prophecies since the setting up of the abomination of desolation after Daniel 11: 31.

The prophecies fulfilled around 1798 appear to be repeating themselves for the second fall of
Babylon.
So this movement is supposed to preach again about the judgment, another apostasy, another
persecution in the church, the final destruction of Babylon the Great and the blessed event of
the Second Coming.
They must prophesy again because the beast was only wounded in the French Revolution. The
beast would rise again and continue its military conquest. The pattern of this final conquest will
be the same.

22 The Remnant Future (Shattered Prophets). This movement would be the prophets to
the end time people of God. As such, they would attract the anger of Satan. Jezebel tried to kill
all the prophets of God. This apostate woman would do the same thing at the end of time.
"The dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." (Revelation 12:
17)

• Persecuted. They are the target of the wrath of Satan and will endure the worst
persecution.
• Commandments. They keep the commandments of God. This includes the Saturday
Sabbath.
• Gift of Prophecy. The have the "testimony of Jesus". What does this mean?
Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me; "Do not do that; I am a fellow
servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For
the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy". (Revelation 19: 10). They have the gift
of prophecy, especially about Jesus.
» Gift of Prophecy. They would have this gift. It appeared in the church after the
disappointment.
 » Jesus in Prophecy. We have also unlocked much evidence in the Old Testament that
shows that Jesus is the Messiah.

Prophesy Prophesy Again

2300 years Sanctuary cleansed Time to judge the dead
1260 years War in Palestine 1798 Wait 1844 Time no longer (Time of the end) War in Palestine
Holy People Jerusalem Jerusalem Holy People
Knowledge increases Seventh Trumpet
Shattered Surrounded Surrounded Shattered
Book Sealed Book Opened

The Last Fruit Harvest of the Earth

The events prophesied in Daniel 12 that are unsealed in Revelation 10 are about the completion of the
"mystery of God". These are the events that occur as God separates the righteous from the wicked. The
unsealing of these prophecies are based on the laws and time table of the harvest and the judgment. This
strategy also takes advantage of His promised blessings. If we want to guarantee the best harvest at the
end of the world we must coordinate our efforts to synchronize with the schedule of God and with His
laws.

2000 4000 5996 5997 5998 5999 6000 Millennium

Jews Planted Year 45 Year 46 Year 47 Year 48 Year 49 Year 50 - 1050
Latter Rain Tree Planted Tree grows Fruit Harvest Land Sabbath Jubilee
The Last Four Years Great Harvest Plagues Desolation

• Fruit Harvest. God will accept the harvest only in the fourth year after planting.
Plant Fruit. When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count
their fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.
First Fruits. But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord.
Harvest Belongs to the People. In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may
increase for you, I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 19: 23-25)
• Punishing the Wicked. Let us look at the law on timing the reaping for idolatry in the second
commandment.
You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth
beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them nor serve them, for I, the
Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the
third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing loving kindness to those who love
Me and keep My commandments. (Deuteronomy 5: 8-10)
So the fruits of righteousness and the fruits of idolatry are reaped between the third and fourth
cycle.
• Land Sabbath and Jubilee. God will increase the harvest in the sixth year so that there will be
enough for three years. When there is a jubilee we will have enough for four years. Leviticus 25:
20-22.
» Forty Eighth Year. As we approach a jubilee year, we have two land sabbaths in a row.
Therefore God has to provide enough food to last for four years.
• Rain. The best harvest comes after the rains. We must wait for the latter rain when the Holy
Spirit is poured out to assist us.
• Full Moon ("Harvest Moon"). The harvest moon is the full moon nearest to the autumnal equinox
(approximately September 23). The moon is a symbol of the church and the full moon is the state
of the church that fully reflects the light of God. The full moon during the fall harvest season, it
the perfect time for gathering the produce.
» Fulfillment. This will be the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles on Tisheri 15 in the final year
of harvest.
• Gospel to the Jews First. The rules require any efforts to be first directed towards the Jews,
then the Gentiles (Leviticus 23: 22). This is a strategy aimed at making the Jews a light that will
guide the Gentiles (Romans 1: 16).
Since most Christian churches have abandoned the Old Testament law as for the Jews only, they
 cannot possibly use the scriptures to prove the Messiah or they will be confronted with their own
hypocrisy.

So the best time for the final harvest will be during the sixth millennium, during the forty eighth year of a
sabbath of years, three and a half years before the plagues (or after the Latter Rain planting) and during
the fall feast of Tisheri.

The Timeline of Daniel 12

The prophecies of Daniel 12 also include a timeline that fits perfectly into this schedule.
This is the final cycle of the pattern at the second fall of Babylon at the end of time. Daniel 12 is a
prophecy from the point of view of the activities of the wicked. The feasts are the same time period from
the point of view of the activities of the righteous. The time period begins when God and Satan plant
their final trees to bring two harvests at the end of time. One is destined for the barns of God and the
other is destined to be burned in the trash heap.

Planting Three Years Year 4 (Harvest) Year 5

Forbidden Fruit Holy Fruit (First Fruits) 45 Days Tisheri 15 - Public Fruit
Shevat 1290 Days (Abomination of Desolation) Elul 1 Desolation (Babylon Falls: Plagues 5 - 7)
1
(5996) 1335 Days Tisheri 15 Blessed Ones
75 Days Nissan 15 1260 Days (6000) Second Coming

 1290 Days (Shevat 1, Year 5996 - Elul 1, Year 5999): Abomination of Desolation Set Up and
Destroyed.
From the time that the regular sacrifice [daily] is abolished and the abomination of desolation is
set up, there will be 1290 days. (Daniel 12: 11)
So Satan plants his abomination when God plants His righteous trees. We saw the law on timing
for reaping the first fruits of the righteous trees. The same principle applies to punishing the
wicked for idolatry.
So fruit is gathered between the third and fourth year (generation), and idolatry is punished up
to the third and fourth generation. Both will reap a separate harvest in four cycles of time at the
end of time.

The Planting of Israel. Let us look at an example of a righteous plant. Israel was planted in
Egypt 400 years before he was moved at the exodus and planted in the Promised Land during the
fourth generation.
The four generations were Levi, Kohath, Amram and Moses. The deliverer, from the fourth
generation, was raised up forty years before the exodus.
400 years of Slavery in Egypt. God said to Abram, Know for certain that your descendants will
be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred
years. (Genesis 15: 13)
After the Fourth Generation. Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the
iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete. (Genesis 15: 16)
God gave the wicked Amorites four generations to repent before He punished them. When Israel
left the land of idolatry it was desolated by the ten plagues. Then about 400 years after Israel
was in the Promised Land, they rejected God in favor of kings. In the fourth generation of kings,
the kingdom was divided.
Month 1 12 18 Month 24 Month 36 (3000) Month 40 (3333) Month 42 (3500)
1500 BC 500 BC 1 A.D. 531 A.D. 1500 A.D. 1833 1999 AD
Exodus Second Temple Christ Papacy Martin Luther Millerite Movement Babylon the Great
 We can use this timeline to see what movements developed on a millennial time scale.

The Planting of The Light of the Covenant. Around 3000 years after the planting of Israel,
Martin Luther emerged as the icon of the Protestant Reformation. In 1508 he realized that "the
Just shall live by faith".
 The Planting of the Just (1844). 3333 years after the planting of Israel the judgment of the
righteous began at about 40 millennial months. 42 months occurs within our generation after
2000.

The Planting of America. On 14 May 1607, 214 members of the Virginia Company explorers
landed in Jamestown, Virginia to establish the first permanent British settlement. On November
11, 1620 the Mayflower landed in the New World, then on December 21 it landed on Plymouth
Rock with 102 forefathers. They were fleeing persecution from Europe and God planted them in
a new land as a direct fulfillment of prophecy (Revelation 12: 16).
The Pattern. It is almost 400 years since that original planting, so it is time for the harvest. This
land will become a type of Egypt that persecuted the righteous who had to be delivered by a
show of power. If the pattern holds, God will raise up a movement that will show fruit in the
fourth generation. Four generations after Plymouth Rock, God raised up the Advent Movement,
but the people were not ready. It has been about 160 years since the Advent movement began.
When their fourth generation arrives it will experience something significant in the last four
years. If they do not respond, then it might be another four generations of waiting or we may run
out of time.

The Planting of the Olive Trees. Revelation describes two olive trees that will prophesy for
1260 days.

The Planting of the Abomination. So a righteous people were planted in a land that would
become an abomination at the end of time. And we became that on schedule in 2001. It is a
lamb that would become a dragon (Revelation 13: 11). The final generation will follow the
pattern of Daniel 12. There will be 1290 days between the planting of the Abomination of
Desolation when it abolishes the daily until it is desolated in the seventh plague. During this time
they will shatter the power of the Holy People.
» Daily Abolished ("Religious Law"). To abolish the daily means to end religious services
connected to daily prayers. The Antichrist makes his last stand between us and Christ. The
abolition of the daily is the event that triggers the persecution. It is an event in Jerusalem.
 1260 Days (Nissan 15, Year 5996 - Tisheri 15, Year 6000): Shatter the Holy People.
... How long will it be until the end of these wonders?
... It would be for a time, times and half a time; as soon as they finish shattering the power of
the holy people, all these events will be completed. (Daniel 12: 6-7)
This means three and a half years of persecution. This is the day after Passover to the first day of
Tabernacles!
Could this be the Passover that the Jews accept Christ? This would mark the beginning of the
power of the Holy people because it would be a great sign that occurs because of the latter rain.
It would also be the same amount of time Jesus and the disciples ministered under the power of
the Holy Spirit.
» End of these Wonders. This is the resurrection described in Daniel 12: 2 which begins on
Tisheri 17.

Identifying the Abomination of Desolation and The Birth Pangs of Matthew 24.
The abomination destroys the religion of God and sets up its own religion. That is what it does.
But what or who is this abomination that causes desolation and is itself desolated? If we look at
Matthew 24 as being a cycle of events at the end of time, then in the final cycle it becomes a set
of instructions for the final generation to follow just as it was for the Christians in 70 AD.
• Wars, Earthquakes and Famines. The world will experience international wars and
great natural disasters. Although they will occur at the end, they do not signify that the
end has come.
• Gospel Preached. When the gospel is preached, that is the sign of the end and events
escalate.
The gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all
the nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24: 14)
• The Abomination of Desolation. Both Daniel and Jeremiah say that at the fall of
Babylon the abomination desecrates the sanctuary.
We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, for
aliens have entered the holy places of the Lord's house. (Jeremiah 51: 51)
Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through
 Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then those
who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. (Matthew 24: 15-16)
» Let the Reader Understand. How does the abomination stand in the Holy Place?
o The Apostate Church. Satan and his earthly crew try to set up a false religion
based on rebellion.
o The Religious Abomination in Jerusalem. The church takes over Jerusalem
before Satan comes.
Planted in Palestine. He will pitch the tent of his royal pavillion between the
seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end and no one
will help him. (Daniel 11: 45)
The religious right might even try to rebuild the physical temple. How will the
church take over Jerusalem? Under a United Nations Resolution 181 (Part III)
concerning the administration of Jerusalem, they have a right to appoint a
government if the Jews and the Palestinians cannot make peace. By this time,
the events of Zechariah 12 will have occurred. The Muslims have attacked
Jerusalem. During this time the Jews accept the Messiah. One political
outcome of these events will be the question of Jerusalem. This is when the
pope can make his strongest argument that he should be the administrator of
Jerusalem as head of the Christian Church. The Muslims trust him and most of
the Jews are now Christians. The fact that they do not recognize him as their
head is irrelevant.
o Satan in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the Holy Place. Satan appears in a false
Second Coming on the Mount of Olives. He could quote Zechariah 14: 4-11 as
proof that He will stand on the Mount of Olives. However, that is a prophecy
about the Third Coming of Christ after the millennium. However, this fact will
be irrelevant to people who do not know the word of God.

This false Second Coming is the ultimate abomination. When you see this sign you must
flee. When the church changes the laws of God and compels the world to obey, then
that will be a great abomination. When the church takes over Jerusalem claiming to
represent Christ, that will be a greater abomination. But when Satan stands in
Jerusalem claiming to be Christ, that is the greatest abomination.
To Prepare or Not to Prepare? Use any one of these events as a sign to prepare to flee,
but do not rely solely on Sunday laws. I prefer to look at the Jewish conversion as the
best sign. Jesus said that you should not prepare what you have to say, but being
personally prepared with our bags packed is not against His will. The five wise virgins
and the Middle East practice of the bride waiting with a packed bag shows that we can
do some practical preparation. The advice to the Christians in Matthew 24 shows that
God will give us the sign by opening up an opportunity to flee.

• Great Tribulation. After Satan appears the worst period of trouble will occur. This
could be intense persecution, then the seven last plagues or a combination of the
plagues and intense persecution.
• Great Signs and Wonders. Satan convinces the world to follow him by the signs he
performs.
For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so
as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. (Matthew 24: 24)
The elect can no longer be misled because God has already made the proclamation that
"those who are righteous should remain righteous".
• The Astronomical Signs of the Last Three Plague. After the tribulation the sun and
moon will go dark, the stars fall and Christ comes. At some point, the wicked will no
longer have the power to harm us. Our tribulation will be over, but the world is still in
great turmoil because of the plagues.
But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the
moon will not give its light and the and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of
heaven will be shaken. and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky and all
the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the
clouds of the sky with power and great glory. (Matthew 24: 29-30)
So the darkened sun of the fifth plague will be a sign to us that the wicked can no
longer kill us.
 5. Darkness. The sun and moon become dark and the stars fall. This is when
darkness comes over the throne of the beast and they begin to lose support.
6. Sky Splits and The Tribes Mourn. This is the sign of the Son of Man that
appears in the sky. The wicked and their rulers realize that they have been
wrong and they weep and mourn as they anticipate their impending doom.
7. Second Coming. Christ physically appears.

These are the exact same sequence of events as the sixth seal.
Fifth Plague. I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like
blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when
shaken by a great wind.
Sixth Plague. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places. Then the kings of the earth and
the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free
man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; and they said to
the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who
sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has
come, and who is able to stand?" (Revelation 6: 12-17)

• One Generation. All these patterns of signs will occur with the last generation.
... this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. (Matthew 24: 34)
• False Sanctuary Destroyed. When you study the lesson on the seven plagues you will
discover that it systematically destroys the false sanctuary and its furniture and the
people who worship in it. So, by the end of the plagues and by the preaching of the final
generation, not a single stone remains. All the false arguments will be exposed because
they have no foundation.
And He said to them, "Do you see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here
will be left upon another which will not be torn down". (Matthew 24: 2)
 1335 Days (Shevat 1, Year 5996 - Tisheri 15, Year 6000): Abomination of Desolation Set Up
to the Rescue of the Blessed People.
How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1335 days! (Daniel 12: 12)
It begins with the same event as the 1290 days. This is the period in which the righteous trees
are planted and ends when the blessed fruit is picked at the Second Coming. This period begins
on Shevat 1, the year for calculating the age of trees for the purpose of tithing the first fruits.
These events for the next 1335 days will determine who will be the first fruits to God.
45 Days. It ends 45 days after the 1290 days of abomination with a blessing for the waiting
people.
This is because the 45 days ends on Tisheri 15, the feast of Tabernacles. The 45 days include the
30 days of Elul, set aside for repentance and the 10 days of awe and the five days before
Tabernacles.

The Last Four Years: A Timeline of Events.

God plants a seed in the first year and reaps the 144,000 leaders after three and a half years. Then, like
the twelve disciples, they are the seed that is planted which reaps the entire world at the end of the
seven years. The following time line is based on the last four years.
Since we now suspect that the seven last plagues might begin the day after Yom Kippur, and that the
church under severe persecution will ask God to pour our His wrath on the wicked, we have a possible
timeline in real time. However, we can only explain it in relation to the last year. We do not know when
that will be, but we assume that it will be the year 6000 after sin began.

Year 46 Year 47 Year 48 (Harvest) Year 49 Sabbath Year Year 50 Jubilee Sabbath
Year 4 (5996) Year 5 (5997) Civil Year 6 (5998) Civil Year 7 (5999) Civil Year 8 (6000) 1
Year 1 for Trees Year 2 for Trees Year 3 for Trees Year 4 for Trees 5
S1 N1 N15 E1 T1 S15 N1 E1 T1 S15 N1 s5 E1 T1 10 ... 15 S15 N1 E1 T1 - 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 S15
Dan Asher Napthali Manasseh Ephraim Reuben Levi Benjamin Simeon Issachar Zebulun Gad
 Watering and Pruning Repent Exodus Decision First Fruit Judgment Tabernacles
Righteous Trees Grow Rain Fruit Harvest 144000 Consecrate priests Lord
The Gates of Heaven are Still Open The Gates of Heaven are Locked
Abomination Set Up Persecution Plagues 1-4 Plague 5 Plague 6 Plague 7
1290 Days Desolation (Babylon Falls)
1335 Days Blessed
- 1260 Days The End
Evangelism (Three Angel's Message) 391 Days 4 Angels Released Finished
Prophesies Clothed in Sackcloth Sends Plagues Breath

N Nisan 1 The year of Kings. The Exodus month E Elul 1 The year of tithing animals
Key
T Tisheri 1 The year for new civil years S Shevat 1 or 15 The year of fruit trees

The time line is based on several agricultural laws for planting, reaping and bringing the first fruits to
God.

 The Year of Planting (Shevat 1, 5996). God plants a tree and He expects the first fruits to
arrive in four years in the forty eighth year. This is the last year of harvest before two
consecutive land sabbaths.
It is now the fourth millennium since God called Abraham. In fact it is about 4000 years since
God called Abraham, but 3500 years since the exodus planted the nation in the land of Israel. So
the first fruits from the nation are now due. Since God also promises four fold harvest in the year
before two consecutive land Sabbaths, we have a high yield year. The workers will be the
144,000 evangelists. They will bring in this millennial harvest.

The Planting of the Olive Trees. Revelation describes two olive trees that will prophesy for
1260 days.
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1260 days, clothed in
sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of
the earth. (Revelation 11: 3-4)
The sackcloth shows persecution for 1260 days. But the light shows the Gospel. This prophecy
might be repeated in real time.
 The Years of Growth (5997-5998). No harvest is expected in the first to third years of planting.
At the beginning of the year of evangelism the Holy Spirit is poured out in the Latter Rain. The
next year brings abundant crop and fruit.
 The Years of Growth (5998). No harvest is expected this year, but the rains that will bring in a
huge harvest will come at the end of this year.
• Passover. This is the last possible Passover for the great sign of the Jewish conversion.
» Passover Proclamation ("Choose God"). This request occurs at Passover by a people
under great persecution. It is made with the proclamation of the third angel's message
and the message of Elijah to choose your God and follow Him. Choose between God and
Satan.
• Pentecost (Sivan 6). This must be the last great outpouring of the Holy Spirit to the
Jews and those who will get the former and Latter rain in one month.
» Pentecost Rain. On this Pentecost, the converted Jews may be the sign of the pouring
out of the Holy Spirit in the "Former Rain" so that we get the Former and Latter Rain in
one year.
» Pentecost Proclamation ("Escape the Wrath"). This must be the third angel's message
to escape the wrath of God.
"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that
you are not partakers of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues" (Revelation
18: 4)
Mark of the Beast. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any
man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his
 hand,
The Wrath of God. the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the
Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever:
Mark in the Hand. and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his
image,
Mark in the Forehead. and whoever receives the mark of his name. (Revelation 14: 9-
11)
• Shemini Atzeret (Tishri 22). This must be the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit
in the Latter Rain as the people pray for rain at the end of the last Feast of
Tabernacles.
 The Year of Evangelism and Reaping the Harvest (5999). This is the year that the first fruits
become an offering of praise to the Lord. It is the fourth year since the planting of the 144,000.
It is a year that will be a full revelation and the "knowledge of HaShem" that the Jews expect.
• Elul Exodus. The first day of Elul begins the forty days of repentance and it begins
the new year for animal tithes and the people pour into the church on the last great
exodus to the ark of safety.
» Great Harvest. God has promised spectacular evangelism in the year before the land
Sabbath and a four fold harvest in the year before the two consecutive years of land
sabbaths. This is the optimum year to bring in the harvest because of all the bonuses.
• Rosh Hashanah Proclamation. He who is righteous, let Him be righteous still.
(Revelation 22: 11) As the anniversary of the day man was created, this is the day of our
recreation.
U'netaneh Tokef. The world is warned about the coming wrath by the message of the
third angel and the words of the U'netaneh Tokef. This prayer is said three times and
the same warnings are given in the three angel's message.
• Yom Kippur Proclamation. "It is finished". This is the proclamation that is made as the
sanctuary is closed and the angels get ready to pour out the vials of plagues. This is the
last Yom Kippur to choose.
The Scapegoat and the False Second Coming.
The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time
into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will
die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
Showdown in Jerusalem. "He shall take the two goats and present them before the
LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Choose. "Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot
for the scapegoat. "Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the LORD fell,
and make it a sin offering.
Satan Appears Alive. "But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be
presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, to send it into the
wilderness as the scapegoat. "Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is
for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall
slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. (Leviticus 16: 2, 7-11)
Almost four years ago the abomination of desolation was planted in Jerusalem. Now
their harvest also arrives in Jerusalem as Satan appears in person, as a poisonous apple
bearing bitter fruit.
The Yom Kippur service requires the choice between Azazel and the Lord's goat. Azazel
is brought alive to the sanctuary. Satan appears alive before the people in Jerusalem (at
the doorway of the tent) and the message is to choose between the real Christ and the
false Christ. This is a picture of the false Second Coming. This event takes place at some
point during the last three and a half years. We put it before the seven last plagues
because the people can still choose. But they have one final day.
It is the showdown of Elijah on Mt. Carmel and the choice between Jesus and Barabbas.
Choose God and live. This time the wicked choose Satan and the wrath of God falls on
them at the end of that day.
Strange Fire. The first inauguration of the priests, described in Leviticus 16,
occurred during Yom Kippur. On the first day the two sons of Aaron died because they
brought "strange fire" before the Lord. On the last inauguration of the nation of priests,
 Azazel also arrives with strange fire to prove that he is God in the same contest that
Elijah used to prove that YHWH was God and in the same rebellion of the covering
cherub who had the priviledge of being next to God just as the sons of Aaron had.
This is the one of the most important days in the history of mankind. The first occurred
when Eve chose to eat the fruit. The next was Passover in 31 AD when Jesus was
crucified. Now the world must make an awesome decision in one day.
Fire From Heaven. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out
of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And he deceives those who who dwell on
the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the
beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the
wound of the sword and has come to life. (Revelation 13: 13)

Like the time between the third and the fourth cups, this is another link between
Passover and the fall feasts. The Lord is killed at Passover. The people were asked to
choose and they rejected Him and sent Him to die as the sin offering. At a future
Passover they will be asked to choose again and they will accept Him. Then Azazel will
be presented alive before the congregation at Yom Kippur before his banishment.
This false coming is probably at Yom Kippur, not Passover. It is probably this year, not
the next because people still have a choice. They have had the time to choose between
the Passover when the Jews accepted and this last Yom Kippur. At the end of this time,
they again had the ten days of awe to make a decision. So when Satan appears with
signs and wonders they have enough information to choose. Satan is banished to the
wilderness where the whole world is symbolically waiting on the borders of the
Promised Land. The plagues begin the next day (Tishri 11) or on Hosannah Raba (Tishri
21) when judgment is delivered.
The Beast From the Abyss. Revelation also describes a beast from the abyss
that comes to stop the testimony of the two olive trees. It kills at the end of the 1260
days. This is during the last week.
» Neilah ("Locking the Gates of Heaven") Probation is Closed. This extra prayer is only
said on Yom Kippur. The services on Yom Kippur end with the closing of the ark which
holds the Bible scrolls. While they were opened it was a symbol that the gates of heaven
were opened and God was still hearing prayers. Now the gates are locked and no prayers
will be heard after the end of the service.
• The Seven Last Plagues. These occur in response to the request of the righteous. They
last one year.
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was
given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon
the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which
came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the
earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
(Revelation 8: 3-5)
The Yom Kippur services used coal from the firepan like the angels who take coals of
fire from the altar to mingle with the prayers of the saints.
Plagues. "He shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the
LORD and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil.
Prayers of the Saints. "He shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the
cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony,
otherwise he will die. (Leviticus 16: 12-13)
The wicked did not listen to the warning of the third angel or to the warning in the
U'netaneh Tokef.

The Last Two Years in Babylon. The worse phase of the fall of Babylon takes two years and in
the end there will be mutiny among the rulers (Revelation 17: 15. But God tells us not to be
afraid when we hear these reports.
Now so that your heart does not grow faint, and you are not afraid of the report that will be
heard in the land - For the report will come one year, and after that another report in another
year, and violence will be in the land with ruler against ruler. (Jeremiah 51: 46)
The first report must be the escape of the exiles and a loss of confidence in their leadership, and
a threat of destruction by their enemies. The second report must be the plagues.
 » Feast of Tabernacles Rain. The rain that falls is the plagues of the wrath of God that is poured
out.

 The Year of the Plagues (6000). This year is the end of the six thousand years. It is a land
Sabbath. This is the year that the wicked reap what they have sown. It is the year that God
provides for the righteous when there is no harvest. The perfect people now experience time on
an eternal scale. The first year of the millennium land sabbath begins and the Jubilee sabbath
occurs 1000 years later at the third coming.

The Year of the Plagues

The End of Year 5999 One Day One Hour Half Hour 7000 Eternity
Previous Year The Last Year 1000
Jubilee
Passover Pentecost Elul Tishri Elul Tishri Years
Wrath Latter Rain 1 - 10 - 1 - 10 11 21 1 - 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 - 21 Land
Jews Plagues 1-4 Plague 5 Plague 6 Plague 7 Sabbath
Third Angel's Message

Two Witnesses Prophesy Signs Send Plagues War Dead Breath of Life
The Abomination of Desolation Desolation Priests Ordained The Lord Appears
End of 1290 Days 45 Days Waiting Tabernacles
Evangelism 391 Days 4 Angels Released (391 Hours) Finished
House of God Rebuilt Shake Heaven and Earth Kingdoms Overthrown Zerubbabel Seal
Counted, Counted (Mene, Mene) Weighed (Tekel) Divided (Upharsin) Babylon Falls
(Sealing and Census) (Judgment) (Execution)

Revelation 11 also gives details about the events in the final week before the plagues. The two trees
which had been planted over three years earlier are finishing their testimony. The events about which
they prophesied and warned the world are about to occur. Like Moses before Pharaoh, Revelation credits
them with "sending the plagues".

 Plagues: One Day (One Year). Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day. (Revelation 18: 8)
Yom Kippur is the day judgment is sealed, so the plagues begin on Tishri 11 and continue for one
year.
Hoshanna Raba (Tisheri 21). Although judgment is sealed on Tishri 10, this is the day judgment
is delivered. So the plagues might start at this point. This gives Satan 12 days to rally a world
that does not know that its fate is sealed.
The Yom Kippur service itself prophesies about this timeline. After the High Priest leaves the
sanctuary on that day, he cannot enter it again for one full year! In this sense we can see that
the last Yom Kippur and fall feasts will occur on a real time scale just as the the last Passover
occurred in real time.
The Scapegoat is the Beast From the Abyss. So Satan appears on the last Yom Kippur
and after 3.5 years of intense evangelism by the two trees and years of persecution the world
has one final day to choose. So the scapegoat appears alive before the world when God lets the
beast out of the abyss. It may be that he appears on or after the first of Tishri and travels around
the world and ends his worldwide tour in Jerusalem on Tishri 10.

» Signs ("The Powers of Heaven are Shaken"). From the trumpets we conclude that there are
fearful signs in the heavens between Tishri 11 and 21 after they have chosen Satan. Heaven
responds with signs that demonstrate displeasure at their choice. He treats them the way He
treated Christ at the cross.
• Dark Day. He has turned His back on the wicked who have chosen darkness.
• Blood Moon. The apostate church is full of blood and it is about to intensify the
persecution.
• Stars Fall. Satan has also fallen. The righteous no longer obey Him.
 The witnesses are seen as being responsible for the plagues. The following events occur in one
year.
These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their
prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the
earth with every plague as often as they desire. (Revelation 11: 6)

• No Reaping During the Plagues. No evangelism occurs during the last year. God no
longer hears.
• Passover Proclamation ("Pour out Wrath"). As the righteous are being persecuted, they
ask God to punish the wicked.
• Pentecost Proclamation ("No Spirit"). The Holy Spirit has withdrawn his influence from
the earth so the wicked increase their wickedness.
• Elul Exodus. Elul is the month of exodus, so perhaps the persecution is so intense a
great number have to flee by faith to the sanctuary. They will be fleeing their homes as
persecuted exiles, living outdoors and in caves.
• Rosh Hashannah Proclamation ("Stay Awake and Clothed"). The priests are now being
dressed for their ordination ceremony. It is now the sixth plague, "Blessed is the one
who stays awake and keeps his clothes". One tradition at Rosh Hashannah is to avoid
sleeping.
• Yom Kippur Proclamation ("I Am Coming"). Behold I am coming quickly and my reward
is with Me.
» Azazel is Bound. Satan is taken. This probably causes the events of the last three
plagues which lasts about two weeks. From the timeline it appears that he is taken on
Rosh Hashanah, bound on Yom Kippur and cast into the abyss on Hosannah Raba.
» Azazel Falls off a Cliff. The world quickly becomes disillusioned with him, but they
are desperate.
» How the Mighty Have Fallen! It is a joy to recognize that in his final chance to
triumph Satan will be blamed, mocked, hated and ridiculed and the sinners who have to
rely on him will have no respect for him. Even he becomes terrified during the plagues
as the wicked are overwhelmed with disasters.
• Seven Days of Silence. Silence occurs for seven days during the seventh plague as God
comes to rescue the righteous. This must be from the day after Yom Kippur to
Tabernacles (Tishri 11-17) or the seven days of Tabernacles which end on Tishri 21, the
day when judgment is delivered. It is the seven days between Yom Kippur and the
Second Coming when the priests are ordained. The Lord appears on the eighth day of
ordination at the Second Coming. (Leviticus 8: 33 - 9: 1, 4, 6)
» Silence. The people are silent just as their Lord was silent when He was being
accused. During the last Rosh Hashannah and the ten days of awe, Satan makes loud
accusations against them and now God tells Him to be silent too.
» Feast of Tabernacles Rain. The rain that is poured out is the hail stones of the
seventh plague.
• The Second Coming. God comes during the feast of Tabernacles.
"Next Year in Jerusalem". This hope at the end of the previous year is fulfilled.
 Fall of Babylon: Two Weeks (One Hour). For in one hour your judgment is come. (18: 10)
It lasts two weeks from Tishri 1 to 14 during the fifth and sixth plagues. As Babylon falls, Satan's
fall begins. He is seized on Yom Kippur after he and his helpers go to the world with miracles and
try to destroy the righteous. His judgment begins on Rosh Hashannah.
» Ordination of the Priests ("Tisheri 10-16"). During the seven days of silence, the ordination
occurs then the Lord appears on the eighth day (Tisheri 17). We put the ordination at this point
because this is when they are totally clean and the sin offering is officially made. They are being
recreated during this time and it takes seven days.

1. Light and Dark. They have separated themselves from the darkness.
2. Sky and Water. They are now on the Sea of Glass because they have been cleansed by
the Holy Spirit. They are being poured out like water because of the persecution.
3. Earth, Trees and Fruit. They are made from dust, but are the trees of righteousness
planted by springs of water and bearing much fruit in their righteous character.
 4. Moon and Stars. They are the moon and stars that reflect the light of God in this time
of great darkness.
5. Fish and Birds. They have caught fish for God with the help of the Holy dove from
heaven.
» Leviathan, the Fish. The Jews believe that Leviathan is a creature with the head of a
fish. During Tabernacles, if we are lucky, God will make our tabernacles out of his skin.
This means that we will defeat Satan during tabernacles and put on his carcass like a
trophy.
6. Animals and Man. They are the lambs being slaughtered who follow the Shepherd, as
children of God.
7. Sabbath. They need rest.

» 391 Days. ... "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." And the
four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so
that they would kill a third of mankind. The number of the armies of the horsemen was two
hundred million; I heard the number of them. (Revelation 9: 14-16)
The sixth trumpet sounds after waiting 391 days (Hour, Day, Month, Year) and the four angels are
released from the Euphrates. This could be Elul 1 of the previous year to Tishri 1 or (Elul 10 to
Tishri 11). This is the beginning of the last forty days before the final Yom Kippur to the time
when they would be punished directly by God. The decision was made to send the four angels
when the wicked finally rejected the three angel's message during the final days and refused to
go on the exodus.

» Zerubbabel the Seal. On Elul 1, Haggai began to have visions about the rebuilding of the
temple. Zerubbabel and Joshua led the people to rebuild the house of the Lord after they came
out of Babylon. On Chislev 24, Haggai had this vision.
Speak to Zerubbabel givernor of Judah, saying, "I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. I
will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; I
will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down,
everyone by the sword of another." On that day, declares the Lord of Hosts, I will take you
Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant, declares the Lord, and I will make you like a seal
[signet ring], for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts. (Haggai 2: 21-23)
During this final generation the prophecy about Zerubbabel, the forefather of the Messiah will
come through. After the people return from Babylon the Great, those who rebuild the temple of
God, like Zerubbabel, will be sealed. Then, God will shake the nations during the final time of
trouble when they turn on each other.

The Beast Wars. Satan makes war with them at the end. This is during the final week of
the 1260 days.
When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war
with them, and overcome them and kill them. (Revelation 11: 7)
Satan came out of the Abyss one year earlier and the wicked chose him. However, he is forced to
live through the plagues as all his efforts appear to be impotent and futile. At the end of the
year he finally organizes an army.
» Armageddon. This is the same war that begins in the sixth plague.
These are the spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world,
to gather them together for the war of the great day of God the Almighty. And they gathered
them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon. (Revelation 16: 14, 16)
» The Cities of Our Exodus. When the enemy believes that it has defeated us, it is time for our
exodus.
And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and
Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. (Revelation 11: 8)

• Sodom. Lot and the Angels led an exodus out of Sodom.

• Egypt. Moses and the Angels led an exodus out of Egypt.
• Jerusalem. Jesus led an exodus of the resurrected out of Jerusalem at His crucifixion.
 » Kill the Righteous. Some are killed during the 3.5 years of persecution and perhaps only two of
their top visible leaders are killed in the final three days in a strategy to capture the leaders and
demoralize the rest of the troops. Whatever happens causes the wicked to rejoice and the
righteous to cry out "Lord save us!"
Just as Christ was dead before His triumphant resurrection, the righteous are somehow defeated
before the first resurrection. The wicked will rejoice over them just as they rejoiced over the
capture and death of Christ.
» The Righteous in the Bowels for 3.5 Days. Would God allow the righteous to be killed so close
to the Second Coming? Christ was "in the bowels of the earth" for 3.5 days and He was not dead
during the first 3 days. However, He was in the hands of the wicked as they rejoiced and paraded
Him throughout Jerusalem. This is what will happen to us. Many will be captured and the wicked
will set a time to kill us.

♣ Second Coming: One Week (Half Hour). There was silence in heaven for half hour. (8: 1)
The seventh plague lasts for one week during Tabernacles (Tishri 15-21). But Christ may not
appear on day 15.
» The Lord Appears ("Tisheri 17"). This is the eighth day after Tisheri 10, the eighth day after
their inauguration began. But it is after the official beginning of Tabernacles and after the
devasting seventh plague begins. This could account for the fact that Tabernacles includes the
plea "Lord save us!". They have been judged as righteous, but this is a final test to see if they
will curse God because He appears to have abandoned them. If they love Him, then they will
wait. Like Job they will say, "Though He slay me yet will I trust Him".
It was on Tisheri 17 that the ark landed on Mount Ararat! Perhaps we will land on Mount Zion.
» Shemini Atzeret. Tishri 22 is the new beginning for the righteous in heaven.

The First Resurrection. The resurrection and rapture of the righteous occur after 3.5 periods of
time.
Resurrection. But after three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and
they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them.
Rapture. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here". Then they
went up to heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. (Revelation 11: 11-12)
• 6000 Years. God planted Adam and Even in Eden, and after three millennial evenings
and millennial mornings, the righteous are resurrected during the seventh millennium.
• 3500 Years. After God planted Israel in the Promised Land around 1500 BC.
• 3.5 Years. After three years of final evangelism when God planted His two olive trees.
• 3.5 Days. The final 3 days between Tishri 13-17 must be a horrible experience for the
righteous.

The Seventh Trumpet. This describes the wrath of God. In the seventh plague and the seventh
trumpet are all the judgments poured out in one event.

• The Kingdom of Christ. Christ now takes over the kingdom of earth.
• Nations Enraged. The wicked are angry at the righteous.
• Wrath Came. The seven last plagues are now ending.
• Destroy the Destroyers. God destroys all those who destroy the earth.
• Judgment of the Dead. It is now time to judge the wicked. The righteous have already
been judged.
• Reward the Righteous. They righteous are physically given their reward.

One Week of Hell. This final week reminds us of the final week of Jesus as He began His exodus
from the earth. During that week, the forces of evil were let loose on this one man. Heaven
seemed silent and unresponsive.
As we follow in the footsteps of our Lord, heaven will also seem silent and unresponsive during
the week when we are ordained as priests. The forces of evil will actually appear to triumph over
 us. But we must remember that this is the beginning of the tabernacles. Heaven is silent because
God is with us on earth.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Nisan Oil Jesus Rides Selected Tree Cleanse Room Meal Army Trial Death Resurrection
Anoint Donkey King Wave Cursed Temple Ready
Offering
Tishri - Horse Priests Rapture
Fruit People Ready (In the Bowels)

Whatever happens to us during hell week must be patterned after what happened to Christ.
The symbols of tabernacles merges with ordination as the priests wait seven days at the temple
in the presence of God. Jesus had His exodus in Nisan and the righteous make their exodus in
Tishri.

By faith we must see this week as the cheering congregation in heaven sees it. It is a week of
triumph!

Plague 5 Plague 6 Plague 7 Millennium

1 2-7 8 9 10 11-13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Tishri Darkness on the Gather for
Earthquake Hail Heaven
Throne of the Beast Armageddon War (Righteous in the Bowels)
Persecution Ordination (7 Days) Lord Appears

We have one more mystery to solve. If judgment is delivered on Hoshanna Raba (Tishri 21) and
the Lord appears on Tishri 17, when is the Second Coming? It appears that the Second Coming or
the seventh plague is not a one day event. It is probably seven days. The Lord appears visibly and
raptures His people, reuniting families on day 17. After they have been safely removed and
assembled above the skies then the hail stones will fall on Tishri 21. Then it will truly appear
that the entire congregation stoned the sinners as the global death penalty is applied. This gives
the wicked about five days of anguish, sorrow, regret and envy and a certain anxiety about the
impending doom that is pictured in Luke 21: 26.

Repetition and Enlargement

The events occur according to the laws and legal time tables. They are repeated in the time table of the
feasts, Revelation 10 and 11, Daniel 12 and Matthew 24.

 Judgment Rendered ("Mene, Mene - Counted, Counted"). Two counts are made. The righteous
and wicked are counted and separated (144,000 and 666).
 Judgment Sealed ("Tekel - Weighed"). Judgment is sealed before the plagues begin.
 Judgment Delivered ("Upharsin - Divided"). The righteous are separated from the wicked.

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