FIVE MONTH'S TRIBULATION - NYOBS 90.33

Five Month’s Tribulation

Tribulation SHORTENED for the sake of the ELECT – The time of the Locust

First Word     

·         Ever since I can remember, I have been taught that the prophesied TRIBULATION PERIOD would be SEVEN YEARS with the last 3½ years being the worst.  Now I hear it has been shortened to only FIVE MONTHS. – WHAT! - Where does this come from?

·         The first time I heard about the “End Time” Seven Year Tribulations period being ONLY FIVE MONTHS was on a TV program called Shepherd’s Chapel with Pastor Arnold Murray; notable the largest Christian TV Network in the world and probably the most controversial. This is where I bring forward many of his controversial Word Study topics that get folks pants all in a wad; hopefully causing them to look it up in the Book for themselves.

·         To talk about a FIVE MONTHS tribulation, we first need to unpack where such talk about a tribulation period comes from in the first place. - Where did we get the SEVEN YEAR Tribulation period? – The Book of Daniel prophesied about a time of Seventy Weeks.

• The 70 weeks mentioned in Daniel is SEVENTY times SEVEN weeks for a total of 490 years.
• The clock started when the Persian King Artaxerxes Longimanus gave the Jews permission to leave their Babylonian captivity and rebuild the city of Jerusalem.  This was April 445BC.
• After 69 weeks of years or 483 years (69 X 7) of this allotment of time, the Messiah of Israel would be revealed to the Jews; be killed and their temple destroyed. Time is now on hold
• 490 years minus 483 years leaves 7 years (The Tribulation period) , the remaining time for the 144,000 Sealed JEWS to reach out and preach the message of the Messiah to Israel as well as throughout the entire world.  – NYOBS 35.16 – 144,000 THE MARK
• During this time, God will reach out to the unbelieving world primarily, believe it or not, through his chosen people, the Jewish nation.  NYOBS 43.25 – TRIBULATIONS

Daniel 9:24-27 – (490 –49 –434) = 1 week or 7 years remaining

24 SEVENTY `sevens' (490) are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. 

25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be SEVEN “sevens,”(49) and SIXTY-TWO “sevens.” (434) - It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. (49 +434 =483)  (490 -483 = 7years)

26 After the SIXTY-TWO “sevens,”

the Anointed One will be cut off (Jesus Crucified) and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.

27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one “seven”. (7 years)  IN THE MIDDLE OF THE `SEVEN' (3 ½ years) he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION, (Anti-Christ Image) until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."  NIV

Seals, Trumpets & Bowls

• The Book of Revelation spells out what is going to happen in the SEVEN years.
• NOTE: There are SEVEN Seals, the seventh Seal holds the SEVEN Trumpets; the seventh Trumpet holds the SEVEN Bowls.  The number SEVEN in scripture is the number for completeness. – The multiple of that is 777 - MARK OF PERFECTION; God – Jesus – Holy Spirit.
• Each Seal releases a horror – devastation – disaster - 
• Each Trumpet releases the same identical horror, but expands it even more -
• Each Bowl magnifies the previous horrors, but is even worse than before - It seems like a slow process as we read the scripture, but once we hit the seventh seal, it starts coming like a trip hammer.  From terrible to horrible to the worst excruciating in rapid succession.
• The first six seals cover the first 3½ years of the tribulation period with the seventh seal covering the remaining last 3½ years, unleashing the seven trumpets and seven vials or bowls.  Some of the scriptures in Revelation are not in chronological order and therefore seem to overlap.  But from John the Revelator’s perspective; it’s all happening at once.

·          Did you notice - We have SIX seals of horror, the seventh releases SIX trumpets of more horror and the seventh releases SIX bowls of even more horror; 666 the  MARK OF THE BEAST NYOBS 35.16 - 144,000 THE MARK

Matt 24:21 – Unequaled distress from the beginning

21 For then there will be GREAT DISTRESS, UNEQUALED from the beginning of the world until now-and never to be equaled again.  NIV

Tribulation Events

·         Speed Reading the Seven Years of Tribulations

·         OVERVIEW; Satan and his angels are cast out of heaven – World war III with Russia and Israel – Widespread famine - Need a mark to buy or sell – Worship the Beast or die – Great Earthquakes - Cities and mountains leveled - Islands disappear – Intense heat - Fire and Stars fall to earth – 100 pound hail – Stinging LOCUST - Painful sores – Sea and Rivers turn red as blood – One half of humanity dies – Battle of Armageddon and other fun stuff.

·         Great Earthquakes - Sky, and Heavens shaken – Heavens dissolve and disappear with a roar; rolled up like a nuclear bomb explosion – The Earth trembles - The Elements melt in the heat; destroyed by fire – Men’s FLESH will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their EYES will rot in their sockets; their TONGUES will rot in their mouths like the aftermath from nuclear fallout. – They will writhe in pain with their faces aflame.

·         The Sun will scorch people with intense burning heat from fire and sulfur - Smoke billows forth from a gigantic furnace in the earth. -  The earth and everything growing in the fields along with the fruit on the trees are laid bare; burned up - Nothing green will remain.

·         The Seas roar, shake, toss and every living creatures in it dies - A third of the ships will be lost. - All the Rivers and Fresh Waters will become red as blood and poisoned.

·         Cities and Mountains will be leveled and Islands disappear - The sun and moon become darkened -The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light; no longer shine - Blackness – DARKNESS that’s so dark you can feel it – Stars, 100 pound hail and Fire mixed with blood fall to the earth, striking down every herb of the field, and breaking every tree of the field.

·         Natural Disasters occur - Hurricanes, Typhoons, Dust Storms, Tornados, Roaring Seas and Strange Tides.

·         Wild Beasts devour people - Poison Snakes - Pestilence - Locust like scorpions that are indestructible by man, with stingers in their tails that with one sting can hurt and torments a person for five months.

Ø The First Half of the Tribulation -The protestant Church moves closer and finally embraces the World Church of Rome. - There is now a union between the Church and State. The Vatican finally gets the power she has always wanted. - The World Church will try to manipulate and control the political affairs of the world. - The Antichrist will support the World Church’s agenda via the Federated States of Europe.

Ø The Middle of the Tribulation - Satan and his angels are cast out of heaven - The Antichrist is now revealed for who and what he really is, and he wants ALL the power. – Antichrist breaks his covenant of Peace with Israel. – Russia is out of the way and the Antichrist begins his dictatorship; his terror is revealed. - He does away with the World Church with the help of the Federated States of Europe. – The Temple is taken over by the Gentiles.  - Antichrist sets himself up as god; demands to be worshiped. – Two Witnesses are slain and then raised up. – Israel is persecuted and many Believers are killed.

Ø The Last Half of the Tribulation; The Antichrist still has 3 ½ years more to wreak his havoc, fulfilling the Word of God. – The Four Horsemen are still running rapid.

·         Economic Collapse - Financial Catastrophe - Poverty - Hunger – Famine – People will eat bitter food and drink the Poisoned Water.  – They will get diseases; there will be epidemics - Leprosy - Bubonic Plague – Malaria – Cholera – Aids - Small Pox - Tuberculosis - Painful ugly festering Sores - Ulcers and Running Boils.

·         Dictatorships – Terrorism - Anarchy - Nation rising against Nation - War with a 200,000,000 man army - Weather Manipulation - Nuclear Annihilation - Chemical and Biological warfare – Cyber Espionage - Slaughter - Blood – Death – Terror – Panic – Confusion - Civil Violence and Drugs.  NYOBS 35.24 – FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

·         Hearts will melt, Hands will go limp -There is nothing left but Gloom, Anguish, Suffering, Perplexity and Mourning, and that’s the GOOD NEWS – Hell is worse – The Lake of fire is worse than Hell. – I give all the documentation for this in NYOBS 43.25 – TRIBULATIONS

More Events

·         Many things happen before the tribulation begin by as much 20 to 30 years such as the birth of the Antichrist and the False Prophet: these are real humans infected by Satan. 

·         The Antichrist will already be on the scene before “the tribulation” as a peaceful conqueror and helps establish the United States of Europe which we call the Revived Roman Empire.  He is not yet a world leader and by all outwardly appearances, seems to be a good guy.

·         God promised Abraham a son, who would be the beginning of a “special race” of people that would be blessed of God, a people that would be a witness to the pagan world. - A race from which the Messiah would be born. 

·         Israel’s existence gave us the Old and New Testaments and protected and preserved the purity of its scriptures.  - The Twelve Tribes of Israel produces the 144,000 witnesses.

·         God pours out his Spirit on the 144,000 Jews and they are sealed before the beginning of the tribulation period with the mark of Christ and preach the Gospel and testify of Him throughout the whole world. - The 144,000 are NOT Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses or Seventh Day Adventist; they are ALL JEWS. – It’s in the Book. -

·         The 12 Tribes of Israel, by God’s Devine design, have already been scattered throughout the world and are already a God fearing people and are PREDESTINED for just this cause.

·         Every nation and tribe will hear them speaking in their own language and dialect, endued with the same power as on the day of Pentecost.  The gift of tongues.  - 144,000 life changers with the zeal of the Apostle Paul.  - NYOBS 01.23 – RAPTURE, -- NYOBS 35.16 - 144,000 THE MARK

·         The seal of the living God speaks of PROTECTION and POSSESSION. Today, when a Believer receives Christ, he is instantly SEALED by the Holy Spirit and inherits eternal life.

·          If there is a Rapture, the Church will be GONE, the Holy Spirit will be GONE and all that remains on earth will be the wicked, the un-believing and the sealed 144,000 Evangelist.

·         In the time of Moses, the tribulation plagues “Passed over” the children of Israel, but not this time.  The remaining Jews and the Gentiles will get it full force, there is NO Passover.

·         Listen; You don’t take a knife to a gun fight… and we will not battle with bows and arrows, knives and spears or ride on horses; we will fight with our modern warfare along with God’s supernatural powers. – Flesh will rot away as if hit by a nuclear bomb. - It’s in the Book - 

·         Locust do not have a king, but these GRASSHOPPERS do, so there is something SUPERNATURAL going on with these Locust. - The sting of the Locust may actually be a modern day airborne device similar to an Apache helicopter spraying bio-chemicals and nerve gas.  The Book’s description of the locust sure sounds like one.  Just saying.

Jeremiah 30:7 – Jacob’s Trouble Tribulations
⁷ Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; And it is the time of JACOB'S TROUBLE, But he shall be saved out of it.

(NKJV)

Proverbs 30:27 – In nature locusts have no king, something is up

27 LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING, yet they advance together in ranks;

NIV

Revelation 9:3-11 – Armed & Armored like an Apache Helicopter
³ Then LOCUSTS CAME FROM THE SMOKE and descended on the earth, and they were

GIVEN POWER TO STING LIKE SCORPIONS.

⁷ The LOCUSTS LOOKED LIKE HORSES prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces looked like HUMAN FACES.
⁸ They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion.
⁹ THEY WORE ARMOR MADE OF IRON, and

THEIR WINGS ROARED like an ARMY of chariots rushing into battle.
¹⁰ THEY HAD TAILS THAT STUNG LIKE SCORPIONS, and for

five months they had the power to torment people.
¹¹ THEIR KING IS THE ANGEL from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is ABADDON, and in Greek, APOLLYON—the Destroyer.  (NLT)

Zechariah 14:12 – Nuclear Bombs
¹² And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, THEIR FLESH ROTTING AWAY.

THEIR EYES WILL ROT IN THEIR SOCKETS, and

THEIR TONGUES WILL ROT IN THEIR MOUTHS. (NLT)

2 Peter 3:10 – The Elements will be destroyed

10 But THE DAY OF THE LORD will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and THE EARTH and everything in it will be LAID BARE.

NIV

2 Peter 3:12 – The heavens will be destroyed

12 That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by FIRE, and the elements will melt in the HEAT. NIV

The Five Months

·         The Book says that the tribulation will be CUT SHORT for the sake of the ELECT, otherwise no one would survive.  The Book does not tell us how the time is cut short, leaving a lot to the imagination and speculation. - Who then are the ELECT?  

·         The Book never uses the term ELECT to indicate a “SELECT” group, who “ALONE” are predestined to be saved. - Obviously SOME of mankind has been chosen before they were even born to be a part of God’s redemptive plan; Judas, one of the twelve disciples was predestined, but not to heaven; it’s in the Book. - The Book says that many are called to come (Free Will), but few are chosen. (Predestined).

·         Murray on the other hand is very specific about the ELECT, these are those that lived in a previous age and were BORN AGAIN of a woman on earth. (Reincarnated) - They earned their salvation through WORKS, by fighting on the side of God in another age of time; they just don’t remember because their memory has been veiled.  NYOBS 90.02 - SHEPHERD’S CHAPEL IED

·         The Book says Satan’s time is SHORT, what if the 3½ YEARS were shortened to the next lowest UNIT, 3½ MONTHS?

·         Murray’s Belief System says that the TRIBULATION period will only be for FIVE MONTHS; divided up 2½ and 2½ months respectively.

·         Side Bar; to be a barren woman as was Elizabeth, was considered a curse of God. -  When she became pregnant with John the Baptist, she went into seclusion for FIVE MONTHS symbolic of remorse; representing a time of scorn from the world and thus likewise at the end of her FIVE MONTH “time of remorse”; there is a “time of rejoicing”, of being exalted by God.

·         NOTE: ALSO; the waters of Noah’s flood receded in 150 days after the rains stopped; a Biblical month is 30 days; so 150 divided by 30 gives Noah FIVE MONTHS of tribulation.  

·         In Italy LOCUST are called “Little Horses” as some of them have a head that resembles a horse. - These are hellish creatures possessed by Hell’s fallen angels and worst demons that look similar to a horse and can fly.  They swarm like a locust army.  This description is literal and we are seeing the true characteristics of a demonic creature.  They are “Spirit Beings” that have been given power and therefore they are INDESTRUCTIBLE by man.

·         In addition to all the other plagues, they sting like a scorpion and inflict pain and suffering that lasts for FIVE MONTHS, but it’s not lethal. - Death takes a FIVE MONTH holiday.

·         Locust do not have a king, but these do.  The King’s name in Hebrew is Abaddon meaning “DESTRUCTION” and in the Greek he is called Apollyon meaning “DESTROYER”.  These are the same two characteristic of Satan.  Their King is NOT Satan, but is a fallen angel, one that rules over the abyss and has been locked away with his demonic spirits that now has been let loose.

·         Note: Just so you know who is in control, the Locust whether they are actually insects or evil MEN of this world, they are a covenant curse from God, so the locust are HIS great army that goes forth. – God did not create evil people, but He certainly uses them in His great plan; God is going to use you; ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. – Chose life. – It’s in the Book

Matthew 24:22 – Tribulation days reduced for the Elect’s sake
²² IF THOSE DAYS HAD NOT BEEN CUT SHORT,

NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE, but for the sake of the ELECT those days will be shortened. (NIV2011)

Mark 13:20 – Tribulation days reduced for the Elect’s sake
²⁰ IF THE LORD HAD NOT CUT SHORT THOSE DAYS,

NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE. But for the sake of the ELECT, whom he has chosen, he has SHORTENED them. (NIV2011)

Matthew 22:14 – Few are Predestined to be saved
¹⁴ For MANY are called (free Will), but FEW are chosen (Predestined).” (NLT)

Revelation 12:12 – Satan’s time is now SHORT
¹² Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for THE DEVIL has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that HIS TIME IS SHORT!” (ESV)

Genesis 8:3-4 – Water receded in five months
³ The WATER RECEDED steadily from the earth. At the end of the HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS the water had gone down,

(150 divided by 30 days = 5 Months)
⁴ and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

(NIV2011)

Revelation 9:5 – Told to only torture for five months
⁵ They were told not to kill them but to torture them for

FIVE MONTHS with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting. (NLT)

Revelation 9:10 – The locust stung for five months
¹⁰  They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for

FIVE MONTHS they had the power to torment people.

(NLT)

Joel 1:6-7 – A vast army in men like locust will invade
⁶ A VAST ARMY OF LOCUSTS (vicious army of men) has invaded my land, A TERRIBLE ARMY too numerous to count. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth, its fangs like those of a lioness.
⁷ It has destroyed my grapevines and ruined my fig trees, stripping their bark (their minds) and destroying it, leaving the branches (Souls) white and bare.

(NLT)

Revelation 9:1-11 – For Five month’s people were tortured
¹ Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw

a star (fallen angel) that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was

given the KEY to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
² When he opened it, SMOKE poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.
³ Then LOCUSTS CAME FROM THE SMOKE and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions.
⁵ They were told not to kill them but to

TORTURE THEM FOR FIVE MONTHS with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.
⁶ In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!
⁷ The LOCUSTS LOOKED LIKE HORSES prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces LOOKED LIKE HUMAN FACES.
⁹ They wore ARMOR MADE OF IRON, and their WINGS ROARED like an army of chariots rushing into battle.
¹⁰ They had TAILS THAT STUNG LIKE SCORPIONS, and

FOR FIVE MONTHS THEY HAD THE POWER to torment people.
¹¹ Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is ABADDON, and in Greek, APOLLYON—the Destroyer.

(NLT)

Luke 1:24 – Elizabeth in seclusion for FIVE MONTHS
²⁴ Soon afterward his wife, ELIZABETH, became pregnant and went into seclusion for FIVE MONTHS.

(NLT)

Deuteronomy 28:38 – Covenant Curse from God
³⁸ YOU WILL PLANT MUCH BUT HARVEST LITTLE,

FOR LOCUSTS WILL EAT YOUR CROPS.

(NLT)

Joel 2:25 – The Locust are GOD’S great army
²⁵ I will restore to you the years that the swarming

LOCUST has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,

MY GREAT ARMY, which I SENT AMONG YOU. (ESV)

Three Woes

·There are three WOE trumpets in the Book of Revelation that unfold in TIME. - The 5^th Trumpet deals with the Woe of five months of plagues of Locust; when that TIME is over, the 6^th trumpet Woe sounds and 1/3 of mankind is killed; when that TIME is over, then the 7th trumpet Woe announces the a war in heaven where Satan is cast out and down into the earth; that also unfolds in MORE TIME.

·         Side Bar: INTERDIMENSIONAL things are happening.  The bottomless pit opens up with demons coming up out of the earth and Evil Angels thrown down out of heaven, coming down on to the earth.  Double trouble, demons coming up and evil angels coming down all at one time; THIS CAN’T BE GOOD. 

·Conclusion, the Book indicates that there continues to be more TIME remaining that occurs within the Tribulations after the 5 months of the LOCUST plague has been completed.

Revelation 8:13 – The three WOE’s of Revelation
¹³ Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “WOE, WOE, WOE to those who dwell on the earth, at the BLASTS OF THE OTHER TRUMPETS that the three angels are about to blow!” (ESV)

Revelation 9:1-5 - First WOE – Locust – a time of five months
¹ And the FIFTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
² He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
³ Then from the smoke came LOCUSTS on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
⁴ They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
⁵ They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

Revelation 9:12 – Time of First Woe passed, MORE time to go
¹² The first WOE has passed; behold, TWO WOES are still to come. (ESV)

Revelation 9:13-15 – Second Woe 1/3rd killed; MORE time
¹³ Then the SIXTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” (ESV)

Revelation 11:15 – Third Woe war in Heaven; even MORE time
¹⁵ The SEVENTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: The kingdom of the world has become the ⌊kingdom⌋ of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever! (HCSB)

Revelation 12:7-10 – War in Heaven – Satan cast out
⁷ Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,
⁸ but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
⁹ And the GREAT DRAGON WAS THROWN DOWN, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. (ESV)

Make no mistake

·         The end time prophecy is given in three different LITERAL ways YEARS, MONTHS AND DAYS so you CANNOT interpret it SYMBOLICALLY any other way.

Revelation 12:14- Cared for protected from dragon for YEARS
¹⁴ But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be CARED FOR AND PROTECTED FROM THE DRAGON for a TIME, (1 year) TIMES, (2 years) and HALF A TIME (½ year).

(Total of 3½ years) (NLT)

Revelation 11:1-2 - Gentiles trample the city 42 MONTHS
¹ I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers.
² But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 MONTHS. (3½ years) (NLT)

Revelation 13:5 - Beast allowed speak blasphemies 42 MONTHS
⁵ Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for FORTY-TWO MONTHS. (3½ years) (NLT)

Revelation 11:3 – Two Witnesses evangelize for 1260 DAYS
³ And I will give power to my TWO WITNESSES, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 DAYS.”

(3½ years) (NLT)

Revelation 12:6 - Woman fled into the wilderness 1,260 DAYS
⁶ And the WOMAN FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 DAYS. (3½ years) (NLT)

When does it all happen?

·         The Antichrist sets up an image of himself to be worshipped in the temple in the MIDDLE of the Tribulation period; it’s known as the ABOMINATION THAT CAUSES DESOLATION and is the trigger that begins the last 3½ years.

Revelation 12:7-9 – War in Heaven – NOT happened yet
⁷ Then there was WAR IN HEAVEN. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
⁸ And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
⁹ This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—

was THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH with all his angels.

(NLT)

Revelation 12:10 – Satan the accuser thrown down to earth
¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For THE ACCUSER of our brothers and sisters HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN TO EARTH— the one who accuses them before our God day and night.

(NLT)

Daniel 9:27 – One week of seven years; Seven Years
²⁷  The ruler will make a treaty with the people for A PERIOD OF ONE SET OF SEVEN (7 years), but AFTER HALF THIS TIME, (3 ½ years) he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a SACRILEGIOUS object that causes DESECRATION, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”

(NLT)

Daniel 9:27 One half of seven years – Three and one-half years
27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for ONE WEEK,

(7 years), and FOR HALF OF THE WEEK (3 ½ years) he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

(ESV)

Matthew 24:15-21 - The DESECRATION triggers the last half
¹⁵ THE DAY IS COMING when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!)
²¹ For there will be GREATER ANGUISH than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again.

(NLT)

Matthew 24:29 – GREAT Tribulation happen after first anguish
²⁹ IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ANGUISH OF THOSE DAYS, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

(NLT)

Revelation 12:12 – Satan’s time is Short – HOW SHORT IS IT?
¹² Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But WOE to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because HE KNOWS that HIS TIME IS SHORT!” (ESV)

Revelation 12:13-14 – Satan’s time is Three and a half years
¹³ when the dragon saw that he had been THROWN DOWN to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
¹⁴ But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a

TIME, and TIMES, and HALF A TIME.  (3½ years) (ESV)

For Sure

·         In the Book of Daniel we see a man ask an Angel dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “HOW LONG WILL IT BE until these shocking events ARE OVER the angel raised BOTH HANDS toward heaven and SWORE by heaven, he took a SOLEMN OATH that the time will be 3½ years, and since that time there has not been another Solemn oath recorded that changed that time.  - It’s in the Book -

Daniel 12:6-7 – How long Tribulations be? -  It will be 3 ½ years
⁶ One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “HOW LONG WILL IT BE

UNTIL THESE SHOCKING EVENTS ARE OVER?”
⁷ The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, RAISED BOTH HIS HANDS toward heaven and (Swears by heaven)

TOOK A SOLEMN OATH by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a TIME, TIMES, and HALF A TIME. (3½ YEARS) When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end,

all these things will have happened.” (NLT)

Summary - The LAST DAY of the Tribulation

• The last day of the tribulation a GREAT EARTHQUAKE will cause an upheaval of nature which will alter the shape of the earth, possibly returning the earth to its correct axis.
• Great fear grips the hearts of man; the light of THIS DAY that is “known to the Lord”, is “NOT NIGHT, NOR DAY”  NYOBS 22.02-ARMAGEDDON -- NYOBS 66.24 ARMAGEDDON REVISITED
• Jesus returns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords with millions of the redeemed to fight the Antichrist and his armies at the battle of Armageddon where the foe is defeated
• The last day Satan is bound by an Angel and cast into the bottomless pit for 1,000 years.
• The Two Witnesses rotting in the street are resurrected.  NYOBS 43.19 - TWO WITNESSES
• Men actually hear God’s voice as He calls to them.  NYOBS 7.002 - LAST THINGS TO HAPPEN
• On the last day, All Israel; the Jews that were “saved” will return to city of Jerusalem.
• This last day marks the first day of the 1,000 year reign of Christ. - His Saints will rule over those that did not take the “Mark of the Beast”.  NYOBS 35.16 - 144,000 THE MARK
• The remnant nations, those that survived; those that refused the mark of the Antichrist will inhabit the earth and multiply and every year come to worship King Jesus in Jerusalem.

Zechariah 14:6-7 – Day that was neither daytime nor nighttime

6 On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.

7 It will be a unique day, without DAYTIME or NIGHTTIME-a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light NIV

The Take Away

·         The tribulation period is ALL about ISRAEL, the Jewish Nation and how it affects THEM, with the rest of the nations coming in second place.  The reasons are twofold:

1)   To purge Israel and prepare the believing Jewish remnant for the return of the Messiah.

2)   To punish ALL the wicked for their sins.

·         When does Christ return? - No one knows when Christ will return, but the Book says it will be 360 days times 7 years or 2,520 days from the beginning of the tribulation period to His appearing.  (God said it, not me.) NOTE:  A prophetical year was 360 days not 365.  So, if you use the 360 days the prophets used, the dates and times will work out perfectly.  Many students believe that at creation, the year came “FULL CIRCLE” in 360 days.

·         Second coming concurrent signs:

1)   The preaching of the Gospel in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations: 

2)   Many turning away from the Faith because of false prophets and teachers.

3)   Great Tribulations more intense and extensive such as the world has ever seen since the beginning of time; GREAT Earthquakes, Increased Frequency of Wars, Terrorism, Famines and Pestilence. ALL occurring around the same time.

4)   As a sign, at some point Jerusalem will be completely surrounded by the enemy.  

·         The Five Months Locust Theory - I firmly believe the teaching of the “End Time Locust” is a very important study that’s due more than just a paragraph; it is a study all into its own self, but it’s truly NOT about a veiled encrypted secret of limiting the time of the great tribulations to FIVE months.  NYOBS 89.33 - END TIME LOCUST

·         The Rotation Theory - If Murray can shorten the days of the Tribulations to 5 MONTHS with the LOCUST theory, THEN; this is my theory; what if the World was hit by an GREAT EARTHQUAKE as has never been experienced before; mountains would be leveled, Islands would disappear and the AXIS of our planet would shift; the  rotation of the earth speeds up causing the SUN and MOON to make the day and night to become 1/3 shorter; THEN the SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION period will only be 4.6 years with a division of 2.3 years of “DEVILMENT” for Satan; his great deception is now shortened by 14 MONTHS… WHAT IF? – I’m just having fun with this; however, symbolically this too is in the Book.

·         NOTE; many students believe the earth YEAR was once a perfect 360 days instead of 365 and believe it will be that way again when the Lord comes back. – So somewhere in all the TORTURING of the scriptures, my theory may carry some weight - (12 months of perfect 30 days)

·         The Long and Short of it:  Israel was in the TRIBULATIONS of captivity in Egypt 400 years; that’s a VERY LONG LONG time.  They were in the TRIBULATIONS of captivity of Babylon for 70 years; that’s a pretty LONG time too. The TRIBULATIONS of the Anti-Christ has been limited to just 3½ years; that’s a SHORT time in comparison.

·         The shortening of the days of the seven year tribulation period refers to Satan’s greatest deception happening only in the last 3½ years of the seven years of Tribulation and even that is CUT SHORT supernaturally by the physical return of Jesus Christ. -  BAM; IT’S OVER.

·         The entire tribulation period called “Jacob’s Trouble” is not limited to FIVE MONTHS, with 2½ month divisions as Arnold Murray teaches; but is still seven years with the GREAT Tribulations being only the last 3½ years.

·         I don’t so much say that the five month theory is FALSE, but more like it is just WRONG.  Sincere Folks with a different Belief System are not evil; they just happen to be sincerely wrong.  – Anyway, my earth ROTATION THEORY is much more fun than Murray’s LOCUST THEORY.

·         PROOF: An angel made a Solemn Oath, swearing by heaven that Satan’s time is three and one-half years and nowhere in the Book has this solemn vow changed.  – It’s in the Book –

LAST DAYS

Matt 24:10-12 – People leaving the Christian faith

10 At that time MANY WILL TURN AWAY FROM THE FAITH and will betray and hate each other,

11 many FALSE PROPHETS WILL APPEAR and deceive many people.

12 Because of the increase of wickedness,

THE LOVE OF MOST WILL GROW COLD, NIV

Matt 24:14 – Gospel will be preached to the whole world.

14 And this GOSPEL of the kingdom will be

PREACHED IN THE WHOLE WORLD as a testimony to all nations, and THEN THE END WILL COME. NIV

Luke 21:20 – Jerusalem surrounded by the enemy

20 And when ye shall see JERUSALEM COMPASSED WITH ARMIES, THEN KNOW THAT THE DESOLATION THEREOF IS NIGH.

KJV

AXIS - ROTATION THEORY

Revelation 6:12 – Great Earthquake not seen before on earth
¹² I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a GREAT EARTHQUAKE. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.

(NLT)

Revelation 16:18-21 – Great Earthquake changed earth rotation
¹⁸ Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a GREAT EARTHQUAKE STRUCK—

THE WORST SINCE PEOPLE WERE PLACED ON THE EARTH.
²⁰ And EVERY ISLAND DISAPPEARED, and

ALL THE MOUNTAINS WERE LEVELED.
²¹ There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing seventy-five pounds fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm.  (NLT)

Revelation 8:12 – AXIS shift – One third of the day disappeared
¹² the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and ONE-THIRD OF THE SUN was struck, and ONE-THIRD OF THE MOON, and one-third of the stars, and they became dark. And ONE-THIRD OF THE DAY was dark, and also ONE-THIRD OF THE NIGHT. (NLT)

PROOF – THE SOLEMN VOW

Daniel 12:6-7 – How long Tribulations be? It will be 3 ½ years
⁶ One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “HOW LONG WILL IT BE

UNTIL THESE SHOCKING EVENTS ARE OVER?”
⁷ The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, RAISED BOTH HIS HANDS toward heaven and (Swears by heaven)

TOOK A SOLEMN OATH by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a TIME, TIMES, and HALF A TIME. (3½ YEARS) When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end,

ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAVE HAPPENED.” (NLT)

In the multitude of counselors,

there is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:14

I am grateful to those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical

information, and scripture verses.  Because of them I can stand on their shoulders

                         and see further that I otherwise ever could have.              

                                                                                                                                     

Antiquity of the Jews – Flavius Josephus Matthias

Apocrypha – Goodspeed

Baker Commentary on the Bible – Elwell

Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White

Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer

Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row

Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s

Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake

English Standard Version Bible – ESV

Expositor’s Bible Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein

Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World

Gospels Interwoven; The – Karmit Zarley

Illustrated Bible Dictionary; The – Tyndale

Interlinear Greek-English New Testament – Baker

Invisible War; The – Donald Grey Barnhouse

King James Version Bible – KJV

Lost Books of the Bible; The - World

Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell

Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan

Meredith’s Book of List; 1&2 –Bethany House Publishers

Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press

Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest

Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson

Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan

New International Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas - Tenney

New International Version Bible (2011) – NIV

New Living Translation Bible - NLT

Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield

Systematic Theology – Wayne Grudem

Thru the Bible – J. Vernon McGee

Unseen Realm; The – Michael S. Heiser

Vincent’s Word Studies of the New Testament – Mac Donald

Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner

Wycliffe Bible Commentary; The – Pfeiffer & Harrison

Wikipedia –

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney