THE BATTLE OF THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDONARMAGEDDON

WORLD WAR III

Two thousand years ago‚

• the Apostle John foresaw the end of the 21st century‚ and prophesied‚ saying ...

REV. 16:13-14‚16 ... And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue ARMAGEDDON.

•The word The word ARMAGEDDONARMAGEDDON means means HILL OF MEGIDDOHILL OF MEGIDDO‚ ‚ or the or the HILL OF HILL OF GATHERINGGATHERING..

is the site of an important pass through the mountains of northern Israel‚ which gives access to the southern plains.

Several strategic battles in history have been fought there‚

and it has been said that MORE BLOOD has been shed around that hill THAN ANY OTHER SPOT ON EARTH!

The natural hill of Megiddo

• Anciently Megiddo's gates and walls witnessed the armed struggles of Assyrians, Canaanites, Egyptians, Greeks, Israelites, Persians, Philistines, and Romans. Although Megiddo was not a fortress in the days of World War I, note that the critical battle enabling the British Field Marshal Edmund Allenby to wrest control of the Holy Land from the Turks occurred at Megiddo where he began his offensive against them on September 18, 1918.

Armageddon comes from the Greek rendering of the Hebrewname of the place Har Megiddo (the Hebrew prefix Harmeans hill or mountain). The valley is a large flat plain idealfor the assembling of military equipment and personnel.

Armageddon thereby serves as the gathering place, anatural staging area about 15 miles from the Mediterraneanport and industrial area of Haifa, for their military force. Fromthis staging area western forces advance southward towardJerusalem which they control where a horrendous battle willtake place.

• This makes it a fitting illustration for the impending worldwide destruction known to us as WORLD WAR III.

JER. 25:31 ... for the LORD hath a CONTROVERSY with the nations‚ he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the SWORD …

• This study focuses on the end of our modern era.

• Also known as - the last prophetic hour.

• The apocalypse

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Battle of Armageddon

2,000 year day

In this lesson...

• We will attempt to show • 1) WHY Armageddon is going to take

place• 2) WHAT will happen as a result.

We will touch on three areas highlighted in the scriptures‚ namely:

• 1. The restoration of the nation of Israel to the favor of God;

• 2. The return of Jesus with the Bride to the earth‚ to assist the Jewish ministry during the 1‚000 years; and

• 3. The destruction of the organized religious and civil systems of the world.

• The Lord had originally chosen the nation of Israel‚ given her His law‚ and then dealt with her for 1‚500 years; but as the years passed‚ her heart became increasingly hardened because of sin‚ until when Jesus came to His people‚ John says …

JN. 1:11-12 • He came unto his own‚ and HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT.

• The thoughts of their hearts were only evil continually‚ as Jesus showed in a parable ...

MT. 21:33-41 ... when the husbandmen saw the SON‚ they said among themselves‚ This is the HEIR; come‚ LET US KILL HIM‚ and ... they caught him ... and slew him. …

• This condition remained unchanged during the time of the Early Church‚ for Paul said ...

ACTS 13:46 ... It was necessary that the word of God should FIRST have been spoken to you: but seeing ye ... judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life‚ lo‚ we turn to the GENTILES.

• As a result of her spiritual blindness‚ the nation of Israel was destroyed by Rome in A.D. 70‚ as Jesus had prophesied she would be‚ in ...

LK. 21:22-24 ... JERUSALEM shall be trodden down of the Gentiles‚ until the TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED.

• These TIMES represent a prophetic length of time of 2‚520 years‚ which will be fulfilled in the Battle of Armageddon. In the meantime‚

• the Lord said of Israel …

HOS. 5:15

• I will go and RETURN TO MY PLACE‚ TILL they acknowledge their offence‚ and seek my face: IN THEIR AFFLICTION they will seek me EARLY.

• Along with this prophecy‚ let us turn to ...

ACTS 1:9-12 ... this same Jesus‚ which is taken up from you into heaven‚ shall so come IN LIKE MANNER as ye have seen him go into heaven. …

• These last two scriptures go together; for‚ when Israel turns toward the Lord‚ Jesus will return to the Mount of Olives in Israel and save her from total destruction. She will be in the MIDST of her final AFFLICTION‚ the Battle of Armageddon.

• But first‚ the gospel had to go from the Jews to the Gentiles‚ for the eventual purpose that they would finally ...

ROM. 11:11-12 ... PROVOKE (the Jews) to JEALOUSY. ...

• ... and cause them to return to the Lord.

• As a matter of history‚ from A.D. 70 until December of 1917‚ the land of Israel suffered under the rule of one foreign power after another. As the 20th century began to unfold‚ however‚ it was time for the words of the prophets to be fulfilled. There are volumes of scriptures on this point‚ but we will just quote one that is representative …

EZK. 36:21-24

– ... For I will take you from among the HEATHEN (or GENTILES)‚ and gather you out of ALL COUNTRIES‚ and will bring you into YOUR OWN LAND.

• On June 28 1914‚ the world was suddenly caught up in a war which raged for four years. Nations were pitted against each other on a scale never before imagined possible. The British moved in and captured Jerusalem from the Turks in December of 1917; General Allenby and his troops took the city without firing a shot‚ which was pictured in prophecy‚ in …

It was at meggido- Gen. Allenby broke the power of the Turks - Halley’s Bible Handbook

http://www.awwwsome.com/bugler/curious/amazing.htm

• ISA. 31:5 AS BIRDS FLYING‚ so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

• It took until November of 1918 to completely clear the land of Israel.

• Then —

• THINK OF THIS! — within ELEVEN DAYS of that land being cleared‚ the war that had raged for FOUR YEARS among so many other nations came to an abrupt stop!

• ISRAEL was in the hands of a BIBLE-BELIEVING NATION‚ and the door was soon opened for the Jews to return to their own land.

• World War I was fought for the purpose of taking the land of Israel from UNBELIEVERS‚ and providing a homeland for the Jews.

• It is STAGGERING to realize that in the course of this ONE PORTION of God’s plan being fulfilled‚ EIGHT AND ONE-HALF MILLION PEOPLE DIED!

• Did the Jews of the world flock back to Israel? Of course not; but Isaiah had prophesied ...

• ISA. 43:5-6 ... I WILL BRING THY SEED from the east‚ and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north‚ Give up; and to the south‚ Keep not back ...

• No sooner had the dust settled from World War I than a worldwide depression struck. People yearned for someone to lead them out of their misery. A man by the name of HITLER began to gather a following in Germany‚ saying that the SOURCE of all the troubles was the JEWS! Remember this thought — it will not go away!

• In time‚ Hitler came to power and began a program to exterminate the HALF MILLION JEWS living in Germany. Not content with Germany‚ he began to reach out to enslave all nations; and in LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY‚ the world was at war again!

Who Will Mourn for Us?Those Who Gather Here to RememberWho Will Understand?Those Who Touch These Stones TenderlyWho Will Erect a Monument for Us?Those Who SurvivedAnd Who Will Speak for Us?All Those Who Perished

ITZHAK KATZNELSON

http://www.laholocaustmonument.com/

Holocaust memorial- LosAngeles Calif..

• History would call it World War II‚ and would record over FIFTEEN MILLION dead; to which we could add the SIX MILLION Jews who were exterminated‚ raising the total to an awesome TWENTY-ONE MILLION PEOPLE!

• As a direct result of this war‚ increasing numbers of Jews from all nations‚ especially Europe and Asia‚ immigrated to the land of Israel. Shortly thereafter‚ the nation of Israel was recognized by the world as a nation on May 15, 1948

12:00 midnight palestine time.

President Truman meeting on May 8, 1951 with Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of Israel and Abba Eban. They presented the menora as a token of esteem for President Truman's timely recognition of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/israel/large/1948.htm

SONG 2:13

The FIG TREE (was

putting) forth her GREEN FIGS ...

May 14,1948

6:11 pm eastern time

http://www.trumanlibrary.org

• Another direct result of World War II was the development of atomic warfare. Man had finally discovered how to eliminate himself completely and efficiently from the face of the earth!About one hour after the bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.Photo: the U.S. Army. “little boy A bomb- killing 200,000.

3 days later- “fat man” was dropped on Nagasaki-70,000 died.

• In any move of God‚ there must be LEADERS.

• Today‚ Israel exists as a nation‚ but the Jews are NOT spiritual.

• Where will their spiritual leaders come from‚

• and who will train them?• We will answer this in just a moment.

• Meanwhile‚ let us look at what the Lord has done among the Gentiles. James tells us in ...

ACTS 15:13-16 ... Simeon hath declared how God AT THE FIRST did visit the Gentiles‚ to take out of them a people for his name. ...

• This took place during the 40 years of the Early Rain Church; but James tells us there is also to be a Latter Rain Church‚ in ...

JMS. 5:7 ... Behold‚ the HUSBANDMAN ... hath LONG patience ... until he receive the EARLY AND LATTER RAIN.

• The time of the Latter Rain Church will last for 7-1/2 years.

• This time is at our very doors right now!

• The purpose of the Early and Latter Rain is to produce 144‚000 perfect overcomers‚ or the Bride of Jesus Christ‚ as John tells us ...

REV. 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice‚ and give honour to him: for the marriage of the LAMB is come‚ and HIS WIFE hath MADE HERSELF READY.

• So‚ by these scriptures and many others‚ we see that the Lord has waited patiently for over 1900 years to produce a “SPIRITUAL” BRIDE.

• As we said‚ the Latter Rain Church will be in order for 7-1/2 years.

• During that period‚ the Spirit of God will bring His ministry into contact with those Jews who will be the ministry‚ or earthly leaders‚ for the next 1‚000 years.

• Through the ministry of the Body of Christ‚ they will receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost‚ the SEAL of God‚ as John tells us in ...

REV. 7:1-4 ... And I heard the number of them which were SEALED: ... AN HUNDRED AND FORTY AND FOUR THOUSAND of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

or as Paul says it in ...

ROM. 11:25-26 ... There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer‚ and shall TURN AWAY UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB:

• The Latter Rain Church will be called a SPIRITUAL Zion.

• We mentioned earlier that the Early Church was in order for 40 years. However‚ as the apostles were martyred‚ the church began to slip out of that pure spiritual condition into the traditions of men.

As Paul said ...

•2 THES. 2:3-4 ... there (shall) come a FALLING AWAY first‚ and that man of sin be revealed‚ the son of perdition ...

• As time went on‚ an organized religious system called the Roman Catholic Church was set up with the help of civil government.

• This combined civil-religious system of man determined to ...

REV. 13:5-7 ... make WAR with the saints‚ and to overcome them ...

• This open persecution existed for 1‚260 years during which MILLIONS of people were slaughtered for their faith in Jesus Christ.

• This terrible bloodshed has NEVER been paid for; but the Lord has NOT FORGOTTEN IT! Paul tells us that the Lord is allowing this horrible system of man to ...

ROM. 2:1-5 ... (TREASURE) UP (or STORE up) unto (itself) WRATH against the DAY OF WRATH ...

• Towards the end of this 1‚260 year period‚ the great Protestant movement sprang up‚ as people everywhere PROTESTED the injustices of the Catholic Church; but by the beginning of the 20th century‚ the movement had lost its momentum‚ and Rome was hard at work wooing the Protestant world back “home.”

• Her deceit has been SO CONVINCING that‚ today‚ the so-called “Protestant” world is ACTIVELY engaged in creating an EXACT LIKENESS‚ or IMAGE‚ OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH! As John tells us ...

REV. 13:11-15

• ... (this system says) to them that dwell on the earth‚ that they should make an IMAGE TO THE BEAST ... and cause that as many as WOULD NOT worship the image of the beast should be KILLED.

• This sounds like the 1‚260 years ALL OVER AGAIN‚ and it IS‚ only WORSE!

• The desire of those running man’s civil-religious system is‚ quite simply‚ to RULE THE WORLD‚ and to eliminate ANYONE who opposes this plan.

The combined Catholic-Protestant force IS ...

REV. 17:11

• ... THE EIGHTH (HEAD)‚ and is OF the seven‚ and goeth into perdition.

• The PRINCIPAL civil support will come from the TEN MEMBER NATIONS which are ...

REV. 17:12-13 ... TEN KINGS‚ which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings ONE HOUR with the beast.

• This ONE HOUR represents 15 years‚ which in fact is ALMOST UPON US.

• Europe‚ which is predominantly Catholic‚ will throw its support behind the Pope of Rome‚ as he makes an all-out effort to bring a FALSE PEACE to the world.

• At the beginning of this hour‚ religion will start to persecute those who RESIST her GUILE. Then the Latter Rain Church will come into order and shine brilliantly for 7-1/2 years.

• During this 7-1/2-year period‚ 144‚000 natural Jews will receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. At the end of this half-hour‚ Jesus will return for the remainder of His Bride‚ as Paul shows us in ...

1 THES. 4:13-17

• ... For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout ... (and) WE which are ALIVE AND REMAIN shall be caught up together with them in the clouds ...

• After the Bride is taken up and the 144‚000 natural Jews have been sealed on the earth‚ the Lord will begin to vent His anger step-by-step on the false religious system;

For the Lord said through David ...

• PSA. 139:21-22 ... I HATE them with PERFECT HATRED ...

• The number SEVEN is the number of PERFECTION. So we see that‚ for the remaining 7-1/2 years of the total 15-year period‚ the Lord releases on the world ...

Seven last plagues...

• SEVEN angels having the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES; for in them is FILLED UP the WRATH OF GOD.

Rev 15:1 7 angels- overcomers/bride members

Rev 19:10

Rev 22:9

Rev 16:4-7 *7 even so- Peter?

(Acts 11:8 Peter- “not so lord”)

Rev 19:1 “people”

Rev 19:5,10 (same person)

• These vials of plagues will cause every nation on earth to experience food and energy shortages; disease will spread to an unparalleled extent. The population of the world will become increasingly bitter and lawless.

• Many nations will collapse economically‚ while others will stockpile their defense weapons. A DESPERATE world that is choked with too many people and starved for food and energy‚ while at the same time ARMED TO THE TEETH with nuclear and atomic weapons‚ will TURN to the Catholic Church and DEMAND a solution!

• Unable to satisfy the demands of an angrily hostile world‚ the Man of Sin will finally point to ISRAEL and say‚

“The CAUSE of the world’s misery is

the JEWS‚ who control the Holy Land‚ and in particular the CITY OF JERUSALEM!”

• This great DECEPTION will persuade the armies of Europe to converge on Israel. At the same time‚ Russia will move HER armies in‚ to enhance her world strategy; and the Arab nations will move to AVENGE once and for all the grievances of the past.

JOEL 3:9-16

• Proclaim ye THIS among the Gentiles; PREPARE WAR‚ wake up the mighty men‚ let all the men of WAR draw near; let them COME UP ...

MIC. 4:11-12

• Now also many nations are gathered against thee ... BUT THEY KNOW NOT THE THOUGHTS OF THE LORD ...

• The 15-year period draws quickly to a conclusion.

• The Jews in Israel see NO WAY out of their situation!

• The armies of the world come EVER CLOSER ...

EZK. 38:1-2‚8-9

• ... Son of man‚ set thy face against Gog‚ the land of Magog ... and prophesy against him ... thou shalt come ... against the mountains of ISRAEL ... Thou shalt ASCEND and come like a STORM ... to cover the land ...

• Israel is SURROUNDED as the nations of the world tighten their stranglehold on her.

• The fighting is fierce and bloody! • City after city is overrun‚ as the

armies draw near to Jerusalem.

FOCAL POINT OF THE WAR-

• As the nations converge at Jerusalem.• East vs. West• The blood runs thick through the deep

valley of Kidron. (Just east of the city by Mt Olives)

• Rev14:20 approx. 200 miles. (furlong 1/8th mile 1600 x 1/8= 200)

• Joel 3:2,12,14 valley of decision

• valley of Jehosophat• valley of Kidron

• Finally‚ by SHEER FORCE OF NUMBERS‚ the foreign armies pour into the city of Jerusalem itself‚ and as Zechariah tells us ...

ZEC. 14:2

• ... the CITY shall be TAKEN‚ and the houses rifled‚ and the women ravished‚ and half of the city shall go forth into captivity‚ and the RESIDUE of the people shall NOT be cut off from the city.

• At this precise point‚ several events take place ALMOST simultaneously:

1) When Jerusalem falls‚ Israel finally

realizes that there is NO HOPE LEFT whatsoever; so‚ in a last bid to DISTRACT the advancing armies and gain more time‚ she unleashes ALL of her NUCLEAR and ATOMIC WEAPONS in a strike against strategic WORLD centers; and ...

2)

No sooner have the buttons been pushed‚ than a NATURAL EARTHQUAKE convulses the area around Jerusalem. The shaking is violent and terrible; and as Israel prepares to take her LAST BREATH‚ she turns her eyes toward heaven and CRIES TO THE LORD FOR HELP!

At that point‚

• the GREATEST EVENT since the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb takes place‚ as John tells us ...

•REV. 1:7 ... (JESUS) COMETH WITH CLOUDS; and every eye shall see him‚ and they also which pierced him ...

• Jesus will appear on the Mount of Olives with the Bride‚ as Zechariah prophesied ...

ZEC. 12:9-10 And (Jesus) will pour upon the house of David ... the SPIRIT OF GRACE ... and they shall look upon ME whom they have pierced‚ and they shall mourn for him ...

• ... and ...

ZEC. 13:6

• ... one shall say unto him‚ What are these wounds in thine hands? ... Those with which I was wounded in the house of my FRIENDS.

• Later on in Zechariah’s account we see ...

ZEC. 14:3-5

• Then shall the LORD go forth‚ and FIGHT against those nations ... and the mount of Olives shall CLEAVE in the midst thereof ... And (the residue of the Jews) shall flee to the valley of the mountains ...

• Although many in Jerusalem will have already been killed‚ there will still be some left alive.

• When the earthquake takes place and the Mount of Olives is split in two‚ it will provide a WAY OF ESCAPE for this remnant that is left.

• The prophet Ezekiel also foresaw this great earthquake ...

EZK. 38:19-23 ... Surely in that day there shall be a GREAT SHAKING in the land of Israel ... (and) every man’s sword shall be against his brother. ...

• WHY do the armies of the world turn on one another?

• Zechariah tells us in ... ZEC. 14:13 ... that a GREAT TUMULT (or

noise) FROM THE LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour ...

• This comes about when Israel is cornered‚ and hurls her atomic weapons at the heavily populated centers of the world.

• At that point‚ the TEN HORN nations of Europe REALIZE that the beast system has DECEIVED them into engaging in a NUCLEAR WAR!

• Then ...

REV. 17:16-17

• the TEN HORNS which thou sawest upon the beast‚ these shall HATE the whore‚ and shall make her DESOLATE and NAKED‚ and shall eat her flesh‚ and BURN her with FIRE ...

• These nations will feel that‚ if THEY are going to be destroyed in an atomic war‚

• they’ll want to MAKE SURE that the beastly system that brought it about in the first place is ALSO DESTROYED!

• In addition‚ as nuclear weapons begin to fly across the skies and WHOLE CITIES with MILLIONS of people are instantly cremated‚

• the armies of the nations that were previously so-called “allies” will AUTOMATICALLY become ENEMIES.

• The combined stockpiles of nuclear and atomic weapons for Russia and the United States ALONE are an explosive force IN EXCESS of TEN TONS OF T.N.T. for EVERY man‚ woman‚ and child!

• Russia‚ the United States‚ and Europe‚ in particular‚ will pull out all the stops‚ and throw EVERY WEAPON IN THEIR ARSENALS at each other.

• It is interesting to note that this is a repeat of an actual battle fought by ancient Israel‚ only on a larger scale.

• The original account is found in …

2 CHR. 20:22-25 For the children of AMMON and MOAB (a type of civil powers) stood up against the inhabitants of MOUNT SEIR (a type of religious powers)‚ UTTERLY TO SLAY and destroy them ... (and) every one helped to destroy another. ...

• This worldwide destruction reduces the major nations of the world to barren‚ radioactive wastelands.

• To the nations NORTH of Israel‚ such as Russia and her satellites‚ the Lord specifically says ...

EZK. 39:6• I will send a FIRE on MAGOG‚ and

among them that dwell carelessly in the ISLES (or Gentile nations): and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Noah

Japeth

Gomer

(Celtic)

Magog

(Russia)

Madai

(Medes)

Javan

(Greece,Syria)

Tubal

S of Blk Sea,Spain

Meshesh

(Russia)

Tiras

Thracians

• With the nations of the world in the process of destroying each other‚

• and the armies of those nations in Israel turning against each other to devour one another‚

• the Lord allows what man has unleashed to trigger a VIOLENT STORM OF HAIL over these armies‚ as John describes it ...

REV. 16:21

• And there fell upon men a GREAT HAIL out of heaven‚ every stone about the weight of a TALENT (which is about 100 pounds) ...

This rain of HAIL

• will help eliminate more than 83% of the foreign armies in Israel; for the Lord prophesied through Ezekiel ...

EZK. 39:1-6

• I am against thee‚ O GOG ... And I will turn thee back‚ and LEAVE BUT THE SIXTH PART OF THEE ... Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it‚ saith the Lord GOD.

• There is not one part of man’s system in the world that is left untouched by the mighty wrath of God.

• The Apostle John describes it in detail.

• The World Council of Churches (the beast)‚ together with the kings of the earth (civil powers) and the false prophet (symbol of the Roman Catholic Church) will be UTTERLY CONSUMED in a lake of fire.

• This LAKE OF FIRE is another term for the BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON‚ as we read in ...

REV. 19:19-21

• And I saw the beast‚ and the kings of the earth‚ and their armies ... and with (them) the false prophet ... (and) these ... were cast alive

into a LAKE OF FIRE ...

• Those nations which are not instantly burned up will NOT escape the vengeance of God.

• Zechariah tells us that the major nations of the world will be RADIOACTIVE FOR GENERATIONS.

ZEC. 14:12-15

• And THIS shall be the PLAGUE wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their FLESH shall CONSUME AWAY while they stand upon their feet‚ and their EYES shall CONSUME AWAY in their holes ...

• ... and these populations will suffer the torturous and lingering death of RADIATION POISONING. Jeremiah tells us that ...

JER. 25:33

... the SLAIN OF THE LORD shall be ... from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall NOT be lamented‚ neither gathered‚ NOR BURIED; THEY SHALL BE DUNG UPON THE GROUND.

• Zechariah gives us a picture of the utter devastation brought about by Armageddon.

• Even though this FIRST applies directly to Israel‚ it may also be used to glimpse the awesome vengeance of the Lord on a worldwide scale‚ for Zechariah prophesies in ...

ZEC. 13:8-9

• ... it shall come to pass‚ that in all the land‚ saith the LORD‚ TWO PARTS THEREIN SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE; but THE THIRD SHALL BE LEFT THEREIN. And I will bring THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE

• The population of the world will swell to approximately SIX BILLION at the outbreak of World War III

at its conclusion‚

• there will only be around TWO BILLION left alive.

• The other FOUR BILLION will either be INSTANTLY CREMATED‚

• or die afterwards from the horrible effects of radiation sickness.

• As the radioactive dust of the battle settles to the ground and most of the world lies in ashes‚ a FEARSOME SILENCE grips the world!

• The words of the Apostle Jude will have been fulfilled to the letter ...

JUDE 14-15

• ... Behold‚ the LORD COMETH with ten thousands of his saints‚ To execute JUDGMENT upon all‚ and to convince all that are ungodly among them ... of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

• The Bride of Jesus Christ will REJOICE with great joy‚ for they will be AVENGED‚ and will be made ...

•REV. 5:9-10 Kings and priests: and we shall REIGN ON THE EARTH.

• ... for‚ as the TABERNACLE of God‚ they will come with Jesus Christ to set up righteousness in the world ...

•REV. 21:2-3 ... Behold‚ the TABERNACLE OF GOD is WITH men‚ and he will DWELL with them‚ and they shall be his people ...

• The WHOLE WORLD will stand still as the survivors gaze out at the remains with terror-filled eyes. NOTHING will move‚ except in Israel.

• The Jewish ministry‚ working in perfect harmony with the Bride of Christ‚ will open the word of God to the survivors in Israel ...

•ROM. 11:26 And so ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED ...

• Next‚ the task of cleaning up the land will be undertaken. Now all the weapons must be burned‚ and the bodies buried ...

EZK. 39:8-14

• ... And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth ... and BURN THE WEAPONS ... with fire SEVEN YEARS ... And SEVEN MONTHS shall the house of Israel be burying (the dead)‚ that they may CLEANSE THE LAND. ...

• As the people of the land go about their tasks‚ they pause to stare in open-mouthed WONDER at the results of the TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE!

• Not only was the Mount of Olives split in two‚ but the earthquake has also caused a NATURAL RIVER to spring up from Jerusalem‚ and flow to the east and the south.

• Looking further south‚

• they see that the earthquake caused the DEAD SEA area to be HEAVED UP‚ and an opening to appear at its southern limit.

• This sea‚ which has been a SCAR on the land since the judgment of Sodom‚ is now charged with LIVING water!

• This new body of water begins a redemptive active to bring LIFE to the barren wasteland of southern Israel. The land itself is healed‚ even as the soul of Israel is healed!! The prophet Ezekiel explained it in this manner ...

EZK. 36:25-28

• Then will I sprinkle CLEAN WATER upon you ... A NEW HEART also will I give you ... I will take away the stony heart ... and I will give you an heart of FLESH ... and I will be your God.

• Jerusalem will be established as the CENTER of the Lord’s work for the next 1‚000 years and a little season‚ as Jeremiah lets us know in ...

JER. 3:17-18

• At that time they shall call Jerusalem the THRONE OF THE LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it ...

... for the Lord will be there to oversee the rule of God upon the earth‚ for ...

2 SAM. 23:3-4

... He that ruleth over men must be JUST‚ ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be AS THE LIGHT OF THE MORNING‚ when the SUN RISETH‚ even a MORNING WITHOUT CLOUDS ...

• Who is more qualified than our Lord?

• As Moses said long ago ...

DT. 32:4

• He is the Rock‚ his work is perfect: for all his ways are JUDGMENT: a God of truth and without iniquity‚ JUST and right IS HE.

• With Jesus and His Bride working through the Jewish ministry‚ the words of Isaiah quickly reach fulfillment.

• Isaiah said in ...

ISA. 30:26

Moreover the LIGHT of the MOON shall be AS the LIGHT of the SUN‚ and the LIGHT of the SUN shall be SEVENFOLD ...

• The LIGHT OF THE MOON represents the understanding of the Old Testament

• the LIGHT OF THE SUN represents that of the New Testament.

• During the 1‚000-year Day of the Lord‚

• there will be a PERFECT‚ or SEVENFOLD‚ understanding available to God’s people.

• This perfect understanding will produce perfect overcomers‚ or NEW HEAVENS and a NEW EARTH‚

as Isaiah tells us in ...

ISA. 65:17-25

For‚ behold‚ I create NEW HEAVENS and a NEW EARTH: and the former shall not be remembered‚ nor come into mind.

• As the survivors of Armageddon from the nations of the EAST begin to travel in search of food and purpose‚

• they come in contact with the Jewish ministry who‚

• in turn‚ invite them to COME UP to Jerusalem.

• Only the nations to the EAST of Israel have survived to any great degree.

• as prophesied by John in ...

REV. 16:12 ... that the way of the KINGS OF THE EAST might be prepared.

• This is quite a statement • when you consider that the

population of CHINA ALONE stands at ONE BILLION PEOPLE today!

• As the wandering few of the nations come up to Jerusalem and behold the BEAUTY of the land‚ the ORDER and JOY of the people‚ and the UNMATCHED WISDOM of the Jewish ministry‚

• they return to their lands and say ...

ISA. 2:1-5

... COME ye‚ and let us GO UP to the MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD ... and HE will teach us of HIS ways ...

• As time goes on and the nations hear more and more about the DIVINE GOVERNMENT in the land of Israel.

• the Lord‚ through His ministry‚ will REQUIRE ...

ZEC. 14:16-21

... that EVERY ONE that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even GO UP from year to year to WORSHIP the King‚

the LORD of hosts ...

• Those nations which rebel against the authority of Jerusalem will have NO NATURAL OR SPIRITUAL RAIN fall on their land.

• The resulting contrast can be imagined when you visualize ONE nation of people BLESSED of God‚ both naturally and spiritually‚ and RIGHT NEXT DOOR a rebellious nation on the verge of starvation.

• RIGHTEOUSNESS shall be OPENLY REWARDED‚ as Zechariah says in ...

ZEC. 8:20-23 ... In THOSE days it shall come to pass‚ that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations‚ even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a JEW‚ saying‚ We will go with you: for WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU.

... and the REPROACH which has been upon the natural Jews for centuries will be lifted; for the Lord said through Zephaniah ...

ZEPH. 3:19-20 ... I will get them PRAISE and FAME in EVERY LAND where they have been put to shame. ...

• The word of the Lord in righteousness and holiness is what brings all of this to pass during the 1‚000 years.

• The Apostle John‚ as he viewed this period through the eyes of prophecy‚ said ...

REV. 7:9-17

– ... I beheld ... a GREAT MULTITUDE‚ which no man could number ... And one of the elders ... (said) unto me‚ What are these ... and whence came they? And I said unto him‚ Sir‚ thou knowest. And he said to me‚ These are they which came out of GREAT TRIBULATION‚ and have washed THEIR ROBES‚ and made them WHITE in the blood of the Lamb. ...

for ...

REV. 11:15 The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord‚ and of his Christ; AND HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER.

AMEN!