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Synopsis
of Revelation 11
By
Michael
Craig Clark
Compiled
from Ongoing Lectures Since 1984
Edited
and Published with His Permission
By
Paul
Melvin Detmer
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Here we clarify with the proper interpretation of Revelation 11
where many have greatly erred in supposing this is speaking of a future time
solely, as in Dispensationalism, or completely done and in the past, as in
Preterism, and do not see it is, again, a complete scenario and picture of the
two ministries of Messiah, one in fall 26 to spring 30 CE, and the other in
spring 1984 through fall 1987, ending with the declaration of full truth
consummating in the blessing of Daniel 9:24, upon which all of the Book of
Revelation is focused. As given in the Eight renditions, beginning with First
Ministry and Ending with the Final Ministry and full blessing in the
consummation, each one is a complete rendering of the critical time around
Daniel’s Prophecy of 70 Weeks and the fulfillment by Messiah of the Covenant of
God with Israel that releases the blessing of the Full Disclosure which
restores mankind within his understanding and relationship with his Creator.
This is The Resurrection as well as The Redemption, establishing God’s
Sovereignty in all things in the First and Greatest Commandment whereby, we, as
His Sons in the value of that, can operate toward one another according to the
Second Great Commandment, treating His creation and all within it, as we would
also desire to be treated. This is the understanding that Adam forsook for the
concept of self-determination, freewill, and choice within the illusion that he
had arrived at little god status in that view whereby he consummated it by
procreating the race with Eve; thus, we have arrived 6000 years later and have
come full circle back to that proper relationship in order that we may walk
together again with God, but this time in full value of all that has been
learned and has gone before in those years and history.
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The Eight Renditions in The Book of Revelation are:
1) Rev 1 – 8:1
2) Rev 8:2 – 10:11
3) Rev 11
4) Rev 12 – 14:13
5) Rev 14:14 – 20
6) Rev 15 – 16
7) Rev 17 – 19
8) Rev 20 – 22
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The key, always, is coordination with the other prime Book of eschatological
nature, the Book of Daniel, Revelation being an extension given by Jesus to
Apostle John out of that Book to finish those things where Daniel was left in
question. He was told:
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Daniel 12:13
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot
at the end of the days.
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In Rev 11, we address the most specific of the Eight Renditions that most
closely align with Daniel and the timings of Daniel
7:24-27, Daniel 9:24-27, and Last of All Daniel 12.
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Revelation
11
1
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying,
Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship
therein.
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What
Is the Temple of God Prophetically?
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As always, we must consult the Law and the Prophets to understand
any terminology used in the New Testament.
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Psalms 40:6-8
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened:
burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it
is written of me,
8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Isa 11: 1-5
1 And there shall come forth a rod
out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the Lord;
3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall
not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his
ears:
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Isa 61:1-3
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is
upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our
God; to comfort all that mourn;
3
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord,
that he might be glorified.
Malachi 3:1-2
1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and
the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly
come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:
behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears?
for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
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Mark 1:9-13
9
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized of John in Jordan.
10
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the
Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.
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II Corinthians 5:19
To
wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
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John 2:18-22
18
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest
thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up.
20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt
thou rear it up in three days?
21
But he spake of the temple of his body.
22
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had
said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus
had said.
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Once again, if we stay with literalism we will be
confused. We will not see the PROPHETICAL TIMING of Daniel
9:24-27 to which Revelation is referring as the greater temple of God, and
directly relative to the Messiah who is the smaller, confined Temple of the
Lord, the Ark of the Covenant, as he goes forth to Minister within that
structured timing. Clear clues are
within the first two verses here in Revelation 11. First, the measure is also of the altar,
and extends to “them that worship therein” which excludes the idea of measuring
a physical structure. The fact that in the next verse it mentions the
Gentiles, as a separate company that is given the court outside of the temple,
is a clear indication that the temple, is solely relative to “them that worship
therein,” the physical lineage of Israel. The next clue is that the Gentiles
are in trespass and treading, where they should not be, in the holy city for 42
months, the Last Half of that timing for Messiah / the Temple of the Lord, in
his ministry to Israel.
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Rev 11:2
But the court which is without the temple leave out and measure it not; for it
is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty
and two months.
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Messiah
Is the Ark of the Covenant, Most Holy,
Within the Greater Holy Place, the 70th Week of Daniel 9, Set Apart
for Confirmation of The Covenant of the Law of Moses
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Prophetically the Temple is clear if we apply all we have learned
as we come to Revelation 11 rather than trying to isolate it and interpret
privately. As Michael has instructed the author, as to what is NOT measured, it
states, “given unto the Gentiles,” which is a plain indicator of the Times of
the Gentiles of Seven Times more judgment of Leviticus
26:18-39, running from spring, March 18, 537 BCE to spring, March 18, 1984,
for 2520 years (7 times of 360 years each). Israel was legitimately, by mandate
of the Law of Moses, under a judgment of Gentile domination over the Holy Land
and Jerusalem and the Holy Mount in particular, as we presented extensively in Chapter
One, stated by Daniel in Dan
10:1, “the time appointed was long.” However, once passing that
March 18, 1984, deadline, the Gentile domination through United Nations General
Assembly or UNGA Resolution 181 and its league with the Zionist State
established in 1947/48, leading to Zionist takeover of the Holy Mount in 1967,
was in trespass and illegitimate, or as stated here in Revelation 11 “tread
under foot (of the Gentiles and this league with the Zionists) 42 months.” 42
months is a definite “measured” time.
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The
Time Structure of the Temple
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Therefore, given to Messiah, with Israel according to Daniel
9:24-27, is the 70th Week, the Confirmation Covenant Week, upon
which the blessing of Daniel 9:24 was contingent to bring redemption, to be
confirmed between God and ISRAEL, by Messiah, for 42 months or 3 and ½ years or
1260 days in the First Half of Daniel’s 70th Week from fall 26 –
spring 30 CE, and the same amount of time in the Last Half of Daniel’s 70th
Week from spring 1984 – fall 1987.
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The End to the Times of the Gentiles being UNKNOWN at the time of John’s
writing the Book of Revelation, the court outside of this Time-Period of Messiah’s
ministry IS NOT MEASURED, simply because it could not be done, since there was
no known, structured, timing whereby to so measure, UNTIL Messiah returned and
revealed that timing of 7 x 360 = 2520 years, spring 537 through spring 1984. That
a time is 360 is easily seen in the last paragraph, where 1260 is 42 months
which is 3 and 1 / 2 years, being sure that all three of these timings are
referring to one and the same timing called “time, times, and a half.”
Therefore, 1260 = 360 + 2x360 + 1/2 x 360 rendering 360 + 720 + 180 = 1260.
Thus, a “time” is precisely 360.
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This First Half, or 42 months, of the total Messiah-Temple-Ministry- Time-Period
of one week of years or 7 years for the confirmation of the Covenant of God
with Israel, was WITHIN the Seven Times of the Gentiles, Lev
26:18-42 . That judgment on Israel, brought domination of Jerusalem and
the Holy Mount by the Gentiles, at that time the Roman Empire and its league
with the Zionist Sanhedrin, as seen in Daniel
11:31, John 11:45-53, John 19:15, in fall 26 – spring 30 CE during
the Ministry of Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
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The
other half WAS NOT within the Seven Times of the Gentiles. That Last Half of
the Messiah Ministry of equally 42 months or 3 and ½ years or 1260 days is OUTSIDE
of the Seven Times of the Gentiles for the years of spring 1984 – fall 1987;
hence, it is stated to be “tread under foot 42 months,” or TRESPASSED UPON by
the Gentile nations. This is due to obstruction to Messiah barring his
reception within Israel caused by the League of the Zionist with Revived Rome /
UN / USA during this critical time, for Messiah to be there to deliver Israel.
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As we can equally perceive in Revelation
13:5, the same thing is stated again, via the Zionist State, the Beast
Out of the Earth, Rev 13:11-18, in dependence upon the Beast Out of the Sea, Revived
Rome / UN / USA, Rev 13:1-10, as “given power to continue 42 months.” This
power or authority GIVEN to Revived Rome / UN / USA was via Israel, as the
Zionist State in unbelief and disobedience to the Covenant of God and its times
and laws, particularly Lev
26:18-42, Deut 17:14-20, Isa 9:6-7, Jer 23:2-8, and Daniel 9:24-27,
honoring that abomination they placed over them officially in 30 CE, rejecting
Messiah for Caesar and allegiance to Rome. They came back into the land in 1948,
again in their willful state in rejection of the Law and Prophets, changing those
times and laws via their method of operation identified in Ezekiel
14:1-11. Therefore, the leadership in 1984 -1987 did not recognize
Messiah and the time of their visitation, even as they equally did not in 30
CE.
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Trespass
Violation
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It is here where the Gentiles tread the holy city unlawfully in
trespass, or “underfoot,” past the specified judgment in Leviticus
26:18-39 of Seven Times from spring 537 BCE to spring 1984 CE, by
continuing their domination into and through the Messiah Ministry of the end
time of 3 and ½ years / 42 months in spring 1984 – fall 1987. As an example, if one was to book a room at a
hotel or motel, that stay is justified until a certain hour around noon, when
one is to vacate the premises in favor of the next tenant’s reservations and
legal occupancy. If one remains passed that deadline, they are in violation of
their contract with the hotel/motel and maybe ejected or charged for an
additional night’s stay.
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The ramifications of this trespass in the Holy Land and Jerusalem is that the
Gentile kingdom of the Revived Rome / UN / USA, as well as the Zionist
intrusion to try and establish the Kingdom of God in the wrong manner while in
dependence on the Gentile nations instead of Messiah, BOTH, are in violation of
the Covenant of God, its times and laws, in rejection of Messiah during the
very given time frame of Daniel
7:24-27; 9:24-27; 12:7, carried in Rev 11 – 13 as well.
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Jesus
and Paul Knew What but NOT When
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Two very key portions of scripture need to be considered here:
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Luke 21:20-28
20
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh.
21
Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are
in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter
thereinto.
22
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled.
23
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those
days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this
people.
24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down
of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and
upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which
are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great
glory.
28
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption draws nigh.
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Hindsight being 20 /20, we see this perfectly fulfilled AFTER THE
FACT, like so many things upon which we could only render an educated guess
ahead of time. Venturing into Daniel and Revelation, prior to the “Day of the
Lord” and the exact time for opening of these mysteries, is where the confusion
has resided. That time for full disclosure being NOW upon us, we can see these
things clearly, dispelling both Preterist and Dispensationalist speculations,
prior to this clarity.
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Notice the progression is orderly when given by Messiah as opposed
to what was “here a little” and “there a little” to the prophets including
Daniel. This is due to his authority, being Michael the Great Prince, the only
one to understand what was stated to Daniel concerning the scriptures of truth,
the Law and the Prophets, Dan
10:21, Isa 8:20:
1)
First, we have 70 CE and the attack and desolation of Jerusalem
under Titus of Rome which extends to 135 CE, in the Bar Kokhba rebellion, as to
the final, major dispersion in diaspora in verses 20-24a.
2)
Second, 24b, we have the very key verse which relates to Paul’s
writings in Romans which we will consider after our examination here. It says:
“Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the
Gentiles, UNTIL the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled.” In other words, WHEN that timing was completed,
full, finished and done, deliverance would be there on the ground for Israel
and specifically Jerusalem, which centers on the Holy Temple Mount. That Seven
Times of Lev 26:18-42, time being unrevealed, many, ignoring the Law and Prophets,
greatly erred, particularly in Preterists ranks, assuming the Time of the
Gentiles by other private interpretations and lost their bearings in prophecy
and eschatology entirely, once over emphasizing Luke 21 in this manner. For full
correction, using Matt 24 preeminently to avoid that error, prime in Preterism,
and but also affecting many in Dispensationalism, see Chapter
One as well as the following linked document for clarity and
correction (Two
Generations 30-70 CE and 1984 – 2024).
3)
Third, verses 25-28, we have the plain comparison to Daniel
12:1-7 when Michael stands up for that promised deliverance. The
metaphors, as given in Genesis
37:9-11 are clear here again, as the government, the leadership of
Israel, being changed or effected in such a manner that it brings great
tribulation to the nations. It shakes, by spiritual earthquake, those powers of
heaven, the understandings, and strongholds that all men have had in doctrine.
All the things proceeding from that understanding are shaken. This is
tribulation such as never was since there was a nation. It is a tribulation of
a different kind or order as we have earlier pointed out, being unique and away
from the usual physical suffering and catastrophe. The agreement that men have had
with “death” or their “false understanding that they think is true
understanding and life,” as well as their agreement with “hell,” their
existence and confidence sustained by that false understanding, are both
destroyed. This is the prerequisite to the full Resurrection and Redemption, as
we have stated often prior to this portion of scripture coming before us here,
as seen in progression from Isa
26-29.
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The point we want to draw from this, in connection with our portion
before us in Revelation 11, is that the coming of Messiah to Israel, beginning
the ticking of the clock again, resuming the LAST HALF of the 70th
Week to the nation of Israel, is simultaneous with the end of the Seven Times
of the Gentiles. This is clear again from “UNTIL” as the definitive word in Luke 21:24. Jerusalem,
Israel, all that they looked for in deliverance, comes at that secret moment in
time, known only to the Father according to Mark
13:32 and Acts
1:6-7, revealed first to the Son according to John
8:28, and then to whom the Son will reveal those things according to Matthew
11:27.
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However, as we have already shown, it waits for Israel to come
under the pressure of the nations to give up the Holy Temple Mount, where upon
verses 25-28 of Luke 21 will come to pass, and not before. The 70th
Week being done and over, as we presented already, is the start, when Messiah
left Israel on the 1335th day, Dan
11:12, of the 2300
days of Daniel 8:13-14, Dec 3, 1987, beginning the Last
End of the Indignation to bring her to repentance,
change of government under Messiah, the Sovereignty of God, cleansing and
restoring her true sanctuary of strength, the faith of Abraham.
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Now let us consider this same point as carried by the Apostle Paul
in
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Romans 11:25-27
25
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to
Israel, UNTIL the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of
Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
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Here we have the same three-part progression:
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1) First, there is the blindness that was there since Leviticus
26:18-39 began in spring 537 BCE. It was prevalent and the main reason for
Israel’s rejection of Messiah in spring 30 CE. This compares to Luke 21:20-24a
where their blindness and this judgment of Gentile domination was still on and
caused the rebellion against Rome and brought the desolation of Jerusalem, the
treading down ongoing.
2) Comparing with Luke 21:24b, we have the “UNTIL” entering once
again at the end of Romans 11:25, as the definitive word when that timing was
full or completed, and deliverance would be there on the ground for Israel.
3) Israel would be delivered by accepting the Deliverer upon which
their sins would be taken away in Romans 11:26-27. This is the full bestowal of
Daniel 9:24, contingent upon anointing the Most Holy, by Israel the bride and
wife, even as he has ALREADY been anointed and declared Son for this purpose by
God, witnessed in his resurrection and thus remaining to return to finish that
purpose.
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Again, our point as with Luke 21, it is simultaneously accomplished
with the return of Messiah which instantaneously stops the Seven Times of the
Gentiles and starts the LAST HALF of the 70th Week. The emphasis in
Luke 21 is the place, Jerusalem, which centers on the Holy Temple Mount. The
emphasis in Romans 11 is the people that are delivered, iniquity being turn
away, and sin entirely removed, the ritual of the
scapegoat feature of Leviticus 16:20-22 completed as called for by Paul in
Hebrews 9:28, yet to occur, in Messiah appearing the Second Time, to those
that look for Messiah, the nation of Israel.
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Second
Verse Like the First
Why
the Second Coming, as to Israel’s Condition,
Is
the Same as the First – Extended Blindness
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Now we proceed to see, in that Second Coming, he is rejected
again, and we have a clear reason “why,” here in Revelation 11. The following
diagram shows when Messiah was there to confirm the Covenant of God with Israel
promised to Daniel as far as the Last Half of that Covenant 70th
Week or “42 months.” It was immediately after the Seven Times of the Gentiles
was completed, yet Israel under its disobedient Zionist leadership remained in
league with the Gentile power. This clarifies WHY Israel missed their
visitation of the Lord, in Messiah, the Temple of Malachi 3:1, during the Messiah-
Time-Period of God, the Second Time.
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Diagram
of the Time of Messiah and the Trespass
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|<<<<<<<<<Legitimate>>>>|<<<<<<Illegitimate>>>>>>>|
537BCE<7
Times Gentiles>>|1984<<<Trespass>>>>1987|
|>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|<<<<<<42
months>>>>1987|
|26 CE<3 ½ yrs>30CEt1984<<<< 3 ½ yrs >>>>1987|
|<<<<<<<<< Messiah’s
Two Ministries >>>>>>>>>>|
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Again, the difference, as we will emphasize, is that in the Second
Coming, Israel is guilty of rejecting Messiah WITHOUT the legitimate excuse of dispensational
blindness as Romans 9-11 states regarding the First Half of the Messiah
Ministry in 26-30 CE. Therefore, they are in direct violation of the legal
parameters of the designated time of Messiah; they are illegitimate with regard
to the Last Half of that Messiah Ministry in 1984-1987.
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The
Mark of the Beast Becomes Evident in This Trespass
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As well, the Gentile world, Christians predominantly that expend
tax dollars, along with many pulpits expressing that blessing comes from active
and voluntary support to this Zionist State, are guilty in aiding and abetting
in this trespass and crime against the Covenant of God with Israel under the
Law of Moses. Christians cannot argue they are not under the Law of Moses
particularly in this instance, since they have put their hand in active support
aiding and abetting the Jewish people into violation of that very Law by either
tax dollars (evidence of the Mark in the Hand) and subscribing to pulpit
rhetoric believing in their mind it is accurate (evidence of Mark in the
Forehead).
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The
Simple Understanding of the Mark
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The Mark in the Forehead, in its simplest form, is the mindset
that adheres to self-determination, freewill, and choice which takes one out of
the presence of the Lord, yielding spiritual death, which relegates man to operate
by his own designs leaving God out of the picture. This is the character of the
most subtle beast of the field, man in a place of honor that understands not, Psalms
49:20. The Mark in the Hand is then the works that are perceived within
that mindset as being one’s own works. These two are the counterpart to the
First Two Great Commandments and truth behind the First Two Seals which are the
mindset that God is in us to will and do His pleasure and that the works are
then His works. Here we have the Seal of God in the Forehead and the works that
follow.
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In Revelation 13, we will find this is manifested fully in the end time in
Jerusalem where that spirit and mindset of self-destiny brings about the Evil
Kingdom by belief, (Mark in the Forehead) it is correct and positive when it is
the exact opposite and brings the works of one’s hand (Mark in the Hand) in
contribution to that kingdom by the tax dollars paid to sustain it. As we will
also find, it is this particular time which is the 42 months / Last Half of
Daniel’s 70th Week designated in prophecy for this Mark, Man of Sin,
Mystery of Iniquity to reach a pinnacle point where the judgment then ensues or
“sits” according to Daniel
7:24-27 to destroy it and bring the Everlasting Kingdom of God into
manifestation.
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3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand
two hundred and threescore days (1260
days, 42 months, 3 and ½ years),
clothed in sackcloth.
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4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God
of the earth.
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That the Time-Period for the Messiah Ministry prophetically, which
is referenced here, is supported further by these last two verses just quoted
from Revelation 11. This clarity comes again from the Law and Prophets when
determining the place and identity of the two candlesticks just mentioned:
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Exodus 25:8-9,37
8 And
let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9 According
to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern
of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
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. .
37
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps
thereof, that they may give light over against it.
Zechariah 4:1-14
1
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is
wakened out of his sleep.
2
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have
looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it,
and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon
the top thereof:
3
And two olive trees by it, one upon the
right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
4
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are
these, my lord?
5
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not
what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the
Lord of hosts.
7
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain:
and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9
The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the
foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10
For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel
with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11
Then answered I, and said unto him, What
are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the
left side thereof?
12
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which
through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my
lord.
14
Then said he, These are the two anointed
ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
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The
Heavenly or Spiritual
From
which the Earthly Was Patterned
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Hebrew 9:1-3 and 24
1
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of
divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called
the sanctuary.
3
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
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. .
24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven
itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
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The point we are making, in quoting these verses, is that when
comparing them closely, it is quite obvious the two candlesticks were
part of the one larger candlestick and were the two places the oil was poured
so that the seven lamps could sustain their light. This whole
candlestick was in the Tabernacle and Temple of Israel literally as a physical,
hard and fast golden fixture. More importantly, as Paul bears out, and
therefore the emphasis and understanding of Revelation 11 based upon Exodus 25
and then Zechariah 4, there is the heavenly and spiritual which is the TRUE
representation of the Oil of the Holy Spirit in Messiah. The two olive trees
that feed the seven lights are the “two anointed ones” - the two Ministries of
Messiah, with the Seven Spirits of the Lord as stated in Isaiah
11:1-3, Revelation 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6 , one prior to the Seven Churches
of Revelation 2 and 3, and one after. The Lord coming suddenly to the Temple of
God, according to Malachi 3:1-2 quoted above, was NOT an appearance at the
literal temple in Jerusalem, but rather:
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Galatians 4:4
…
when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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He was sent forth in 26 CE through 30 CE. The Age of Grace
pictured in Zechariah 4 and verse 7 for 1954 years of Gentile access to the
Covenant of Promise transpired and ended exactly when the Times of the Gentiles
or 2520 years starting 537 BCE also ended in 1984. Simultaneously, then began
the Second Ministry of 1984 through 1987. The foundation that was laid in the First
Ministry of 26-30 CE is capped off or finished in the Second Ministry of
1984-1987 according to Zechariah 4:9 above quoted. No one needs to ask:
“the foundation of what and finish of what”? It is clear in that verse - it is
“this house” referring not to the literal Temple that Zerubbabel was literally
building, which, as Paul said in Hebrews 9:24 was a “figure of the true,” but
rather the true Temple in heaven displayed and seen in the Messiah, the
spiritual ark of the covenant, within the Temple-Time-Period of the 70th
Week of Daniel 9:24-27. Both the laying of the foundation stone and capstone were
accomplished by Messiah.
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To
the Main Point:
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Messiah
Is the Lord in the Flesh, the Ark of the Covenant
In
Two Anointed Ministries, One Messenger of the Covenant
Under
the Law Moses to Come There Within the
Timing
Structure of the 70th Week of Daniel 9:24-27
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II
Thessalonians 2 Now Becomes Clear
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One of the key verses from Paul’s letters that is falsely
interpreted and therefore abused by those advancing shortsighted views and rampant
literalism with regard to Daniel’s 70 Weeks is
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II Thessalonians 2:1-4
1
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering together unto him,
2
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by
word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition;
4
Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sits in
the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
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We recall earlier in BABYLON IS FALLEN, how we produced two
of the main shortsighted and unauthorized interpretations of Daniel 9:24-27. One
was Preterism which insists that Israel no longer exists as a national people
in their special place with God, and the entire 70th Week was
fulfilled by the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7, or as some others hold, by the 70
CE destruction of Jerusalem and the Second literal Temple under Titus of Rome. The
other, which we will here address again, states ERRONEOUSLY:
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NONE
of the 70th Week was fulfilled and the 69th Week ended
with the crucifixion leaving the full 70th Week as “a” covenant with
an antichrist figure as a singular man. Therefore, this is a satanic covenant,
where he would reinstitute animal sacrifices and then stop them in breach of
contract with the Jews in the midst of a SUPPOSED 7-year tribulation, also
erroneously taught in this doctrine, and bring on Great Tribulation.
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They support this erroneous interpretation by concluding there
will be a rebuilt temple by the Jews and this antichrist. Now just where do
they get that assumption? Surely not from the Law and the Prophets such as the Book
of Daniel which has direct bearing on this letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.
The temple building addressed in the final chapters of Ezekiel is of a
spiritual nature and certainly done in truth and not by any satanic figure. No
… it is quite the reverse, as to how they get their assumption. They privately
interpret from this statement by Paul that a temple of a literal nature will be
built precisely in order for animal sacrifices to be started, according to
their theory on Daniel 9:24-27, and then those animal sacrifices would be stopped
to cause great tribulation as they teach. Again, we ask the same question: “How
can a structure, built by such a diabolical character, be the temple of God?”
It could not, plain, and simple.
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The
Temple of God
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The temple of God, to which Paul refers, is certainly not a literal building
according to Act
17:24. It is rather right here in Revelation 11 supported by Zechariah
4 quoted above, as the Messiah and his Ministry within the Time-Period allotted
for the confirmation of the Covenant of God with national Israel, Daniel’s
Covenant 70th Week, which moves to the events after that timing. The
entirety of the end is termed in Daniel 9 as “the consummation,” when the
desolater is removed, and those desolated are blessed respectively by Messiah
taking government over Israel, as they then anoint the Most Holy to that
position.
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Two
Candlesticks – Two Olive Trees Aspect Now Clear,
What
About Two Witnesses?
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In that the two witnesses are the same thing as the two
candlesticks according to verse 4 of Revelation 11, we need only go to the
Mount of Transfiguration to focus the binoculars of those previous commentators
who have been guessing at this portion and who have correctly brought Moses and
Elijah forward as PART of the understanding of the “two witnesses.”
3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand
two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God
of the earth.
5
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours
their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their
prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Within the Law and the
Prophets, we find in Numbers
16 the comparison to the characteristics of Moses and fire devouring
the enemies, along with turning of water into blood in the plagues brought by
God at the hand and rod of Moses and Aaron in Exodus
1-12. In I
Kings 17, supported by James 5:17-18, and I
King 18, we find Elijah withholding rain and answered by fire from heaven.
However, the educated guess that these two witnesses are literally Moses and
Elijah, returned to Jerusalem in the future, does not lineup with the Two
Anointed Ones as candlesticks in the two Ministries of Messiah in a literal
view, and is well off the mark, although correct as to identifying their
ministries as a PART of the fulfillment of Revelation 11:1-13.
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Two
Prophetical Ministries in One Messiah
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However, this can only be clarified for us spiritually, as it was
for Peter at the Mount of Transfiguration according to Matthew
17:1-8 and Mark 9:1-8, when the Ministries and Personages of Moses and Elijah are
eclipsed by Christ. As we read there, the Voice of God told Peter, who wanted
to honor all three, to hear only Messiah. Therefore, the two witnesses are
INDEED the same as the two anointed ones, with the Ministry of Moses
consummated in the Prophet like unto him according to Deuteronomy
18:15-22, Jesus Christ, and the Ministry of Elijah consummated in John the
Baptist and his introduction of Messiah to Israel as his forerunner in the
testimonies of Matthew through John within the same Temple-Time-Period
according to Malachi
4:4-6, Matthew 11:13-15. Messiah is SINGULARLY the two
witnesses fulfilled and the two anointed ones are his two Ministries of the
First and Last Half of Daniel’s 70th Week, the two MEASURED times
that CAN BE defined and therefore ARE WHEN the Temple of God, Messiah was
present for Israel under the Law of Moses quantified, by the Prophecy of
Daniel’s 70 Weeks, and in particular, that 70th Week confirmed ONLY
BY MESSIAH.
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Literally?
No . . . Not Literally!
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Additionally, we again must point out that although the fire was
quite literal with Moses and Elijah, as well as the plagues and the withholding
of rain, they are, in the case of Messiah, metaphorical and to be interpreted
spiritually. While we consider the
proper understanding of these symbols, we will also readdress the metaphor of
the “sword” as well, used in Revelation 19.
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Now moving to the fire that kills those that themselves have hurt
or misrepresented the Messiah Ministry. We will see it is much like the killing
with the sword. Those who have handled
the sword of the Word of God as identified in Hebrew
4:12 without authority bringing a false interpretation attached to
taking the name of Christ and representing that First Ministry of Messiah in an
unworthy manner, thus killing or cutting off from truth and life, those that
listen and follow their message, as we explained under or behind the 4th
Seal in BABYLON IS FALLEN, chapter 10, will, themselves, be killed and
cut off by the true interpretation wielded by Messiah in the final analysis
after he completes his Second Ministry. They will have to lose their
understanding in order to gain THE understanding of Messiah.
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As
with the Sword, so is the Fire
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Now the fire is only another metaphor for the Word which follows
suit here exactly like the sword. In fact, it is the Law and Prophets,
beginning in Genesis
3:24, that brings the two together when Adam and Eve are ousted from
the Garden of Eden. It is the “flaming sword” in the hand of God’s messenger
that protects the tree of life from access until that access is opened in Revelation
22:2 at the finish of God’s Plan. The exception, in comparing the
sword with the fire, is that the fire additionally purifies and retains what is
true according to Zechariah
13:8-9 and I Corinthians 3:11-15. The false apostles and
messengers exercising THEIR view of the Word, claiming their interpretation is
the pure fire of God to purify with their false understanding given in the name
of Christ, that fire will turn and consume their message within the greater
truth presented after the Messiah Ministry is finished in full disclosure at
the end time. This is pictured with literal fire in the account of Nadab and
Abihu who offered strange fire where the fire of God in judgment consumed them
according to Leviticus
10:1-3. Moving to the symbology of the water turning to blood: Truth,
the “washing of water by the Word” according to Ephesians
5:26, as presented in Isaiah
55:1-2 and Revelation 22:17, quoted and presumed to be offered
under false interpretation by those unauthorized to give it, will be shown to
be death, or turned to blood, as the full truth in complete exposure removes
that which is false, short, and again – blood or death.
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Withholding
of Rain Applies
Primarily
to Israel Nationally
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The withholding of rain when analyzed from the Law and the
Prophets combined with the Book of James 5:17-18 will yield further insight
which we will address as we consider each verse of Revelation 11 in particular.
Deuteronomy 11 and 32 quoted below show that the literal rain is the physical
blessing for good crops and fruit in “due season,” contingent upon obedience to
God’s Word:
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Deuteronomy 11:13-17
13
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments
which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with
all your heart and with all your soul,
14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due
season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
15
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be
full.
16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside,
and serve other gods, and worship them;
17
And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven,
that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye
perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
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Later as Moses speaks just before his death in final instruction
he says:
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Deuteronomy 32:1-2
1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and
as the showers upon the grass:
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Zechariah 14 shows in the end time once Messiah and truth are
established in Jerusalem that the following is then in place:
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Zechariah 14:16-17
16
And it shall come to pass, 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, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17
And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth
unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be
no rain.
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Any nation that will keep the Feast of Tabernacles, the last of
the completed set of all Holy Days of Leviticus 23, which can only be upon
recognizing the earlier fulfillment of the previous Holy Days in Messiah’s
Ministry, shows they are in the value of that ministry and understanding, and
thus receive the blessing symbolized here as “rain.” However, any nation that will
not come to Jerusalem as stated in Isaiah
2:1-4 to learn of the Lord and walk in His ways, as carried here in
Zechariah’s presentation, will not be blessed with insight into Messiah’s
Ministry and consequent blessing rendered by Messiah’s fulfillment of that two
part ministry of the First and Last Half of Daniel’s 70th
Confirmation Week.
We find in Joel 2 specifically that the blessing of spiritual
nature through Messiah is promised within the times of the early and latter
rain:
Joel 2:13-28
15
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the
children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his
chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the
altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage
to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say
among the people, Where is their God?
18
Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity
his people.
19
Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you
corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no
more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and
will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east
sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up,
and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
21
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.
22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do
spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree
and the vine do yield their strength.
23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he
hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the
latter rain in the first month.
24
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine
and oil.
25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm,
and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great
army which I sent among you.
26
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord
your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be
ashamed.
27
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your
God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28
And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see
visions:
Now keeping this concept of blessing flowing from the Messiah Ministry
and seeing the partial or “former rain” release of that blessing at Pentecost
in 30 CE, we can get our bearings here in Revelation 11 regarding that Temple-Time-Period
and that to which this is referring in the Ministry of Messiah.
Rev 11:7-13
7
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out
of the pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9
And they of the people and kindreds and
tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half,
and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and
shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth.
11
And after three days and a half the
spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and
great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And
they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city
fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant
were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Only
One Ministry Is Public
The
Other Is Secret or Private
Until Seen by the Wise of Israel
Who
Communicate It to all Israel
In
the Blowing of the 7th Trumpet.
Using verse 1 and 2 for our precedent in understanding the rest of
this chapter 11 of Revelation, we see there is a 42- month measured and defined
period that is “tread under foot” of the Gentiles outside of, or on the other
side of, the finished unmeasured court. This court, which is “without” or
outside of the measured temple, IS given legitimately to the Gentiles for the
Times of the Gentiles of Leviticus
26:18-39. One of the main results of the overrunning and trespass in
violation of the Covenant mandates of Leviticus
26:18-39, which intruded for 42 months into the Temple-Time-Period NOT
GIVEN TO THE GENTILES, was that the Second Ministry of Christ would be secret
with no public evidence manifested with understanding. Messiah would come, and no one
would publicly know that anything was transpiring concerning Daniel’s Last Half
of the 70th Week “tread under foot” of the Gentiles in trespass over
and above 1984 when they should have ceased their occupation. This is
corroborated by various scriptures stating the Second Coming would be as a thief,
undetected until after the fact, as stated in Amos
5:18-20, Amos 8:11, Zechariah 14:1-7, Matthew 24:37-39, Luke 17:26-27, I
Thessalonians 4:13-5:11, II Peter 3:10,
Revelation 3:3 and Revelation 16:15. As we will
now show from Revelation 11 before us in this consideration, only the First
Ministry is a living witness to the Remnant of Israel as well as to those of
the Gentiles, with the total ministry of Messiah, both the First Half and Last
Half of Daniel’s 70th Week, being dead and void of recognition by
national Israel until the sounding of the 7th Trumpet / Plague. As
Israel under Joseph saw his first vision that they rejected come true, only
when he could also deliver them from the famine, so it is with the Two Messiah’s
Ministries to Israel, both will be seen by Israel ONLY at the time of their
deliverance.
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Things
Which Must Be Hereafter
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Revelation 4:1
After
this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking
with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be
hereafter.
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Understanding Revelation 11 as well as other parts of Revelation
as a whole, manifests the shortsightedness of those who relegate everything
from Revelation 4:1 above, as being events of the Second Coming and those
things thereafter. When John is told “I will show thee things which must come
hereafter,” plainly this does NOT mean they TRANSPIRED afterward. What it does
mean is that the showing or revealing for clear UNDERSTANDING of the Mysteries of
God comes after the Second Coming or in the Day of the Lord, within the
vision, dimension, or spirit in which John was, and from which he spoke and
wrote the Book of Revelation. The revelation of understanding of truth of many
things future from John’s writing, joined with things that occurred before John,
are revealed. Again, it is the “revealing for understanding” that occurs after
John is caught up to heaven. The events depicted are before, during and after
John’s time.
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Revelation 11:3
3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand
two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Each witness of Messiah was 1260 days, which is 42 months, which
also is 3 and ½ years. Both witnesses, one in 26-30 CE and the other in
1984-1987 were rejected by national Israel as depicted in the sackcloth
garments the witnesses are wearing, showing a condition of mourning and sadness
and loss in that he came unto his own and his own received him not.
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For
One, There Is Good Reason for Rejection
For
the Other, There Is NOT!
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The First Ministry was rejected due to spiritual blindness,
according to Leviticus
26:18-39, which was extended out of Lev
26:14-17, “the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes” as Paul
states in Roman
11:7; 25-27. It is by that blindness as Paul presents in Romans 9-11, and by
the cross in Ephesians
2, that Israel rejected Messiah, and according to the manifold
wisdom of God, from 30 CE to 1984 for 1954 years, the Gentiles were granted
access to the same Covenant of Promise to receive the Holy Spirit. This is
shown in Zechariah
4, “grace,
grace unto it” BETWEEN the two
ministries of Messiah establishing the Two-Time-Periods when setting the
headstone or capstone in the finale, finishing the building.
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As we pointed out at great lengths, very few entered with Christ, as did Paul
and the other Apostles to so receive the fullness of the Spirit. Most remained
short of that goal awaiting Christ to return and finish his ministry and
thereby do away with sin and bring full disclosure at that Second Coming
finally manifested. However, they came into a knowledge of God that was greater
than being lost among the Gentiles of heathen origins. They came as far as the
acceptance of Messiah and his blood atonement, while they still were sinners
awaiting full understanding and deliverance upon Christ appearing the Second
Time according to Hebrews 9:28. This was the same future time pointed out by
Paul in Romans
11:25-27 when God would take away the Sins of Israel.
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The condition of sackcloth on Messiah or the two witnesses or Two
Ministries of Messiah remains for the Second Coming as well. However, at this
time, the legitimate blindness according to the mandate of Leviticus
26:18-39 was terminated, finished, and over at the coming on March 18,
1984, leaving Israel without excuse for not accepting the offer and
understanding given by Michael in the author’s witness in our arrival to
Jerusalem, giving the message to the College of Rabbis as we revealed in Chapter
10, on September 18/19, 1987.
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The
reason for the rejection here is clearly on their heads, making them in
violation of the Law of Moses for being in league with a foreign power and
trusting their own imagination and interpretation in the deception of Ezekiel
14:1-11.
Hence, the 42 months of this Ministry and its consequent fulfillment of the
fall Holy Days of Leviticus
23:23-44, and all Michael had to offer in Isaiah
40:1-2, ending their judgment, was at best “interesting” to them,
according to the message we received back from them, but found no place for
taking hold in their understanding for deliverance at that time. This is the
reason it is not even mentioned other than “tread under foot” in Revelation 11.
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The
First and Public Ministry to Which Israel Was Blinded
Which
Opened Access to the Gentiles for the Age of Grace
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It is hard to determine just what any reader will feel as we
reveal this portion in true exposure, particularly if one comes from the
erroneous school of thinking Revelation 11:1-13 is future, as did the author of
these pages before Michael’s instruction and keys given to understand
Revelation in all aspects. For the author, it was quite exhilarating and
uplifting while at the same time embarrassing that it was so muddled in the
past and did not come clear earlier.
However, it was not the time for clarity. NOW IS THAT TIME!
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Remember
the Major Key of Spring 1984 NOT Being Known
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We emphasize again the End of the Times of the Gentiles, NOW known
as revealed by Messiah present, WAS NOT known to him until after December 3,
1987, nor was it known to anyone until then. This is absolutely the Key to
opening so many things about not only prophecy, but why Jesus and the Apostles
stated things the way they did. We say again, they, not knowing the End of the
Times of the Gentiles and the Second Coming, were left speaking in their letters
and admonitions as if the coming was imminent and could happen in their
physical lifetime.
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Revelation 11:7-8
7
And when they shall have finished their
testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war
against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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The
Beast Had Not Ascended at This Time
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It is important to keep straight in our minds that this verse did NOT
say: “That UPON ascending out of the bottomless pit, the beast killed them.” It
says, “the beast that ascends killed them.” Why do we make a point out of this?
The reason is that the beast does not ascend until 1948/1967 to establish that
which he had established before in 63 BCE with the entry of Old Rome under
Pompey and then Herod the Great which was the league between the Zionists and
Old Rome that indeed “killed” the two witnesses or killed Messiah in 30 CE. It is the same Gentile Beast and Zionist league
with Rome in the mindset of The Dragon. It is deceiving and present at
both Ministries of Messiah but locked away during the period between those Two
Ministries. The beast was locked away in the bottomless pit upon 70 CE destruction
of Jerusalem when the Zionist league and Old Rome parted ways and could no
longer deceive the nations into thinking what they portrayed to the world in
Jerusalem was the Kingdom of God Promised in the Covenant of God with Israel.
In the end time, starting visibly in 1948, taking the Holy Mount in 1967, the
Gentile Beast of Revived Rome / UN / USA in league with the Zionists, returns,
or ascends out of the bottomless pit to deceive again at a future period to
John’s physical lifetime and time of his writing Revelation 11. The
beast was in the bottomless pit effective 70 CE as John wrote here in 100 CE
but would later “ascend.”
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These things are part of the “here a little” and “there a little”
of Isaiah
28, as we have brought out earlier, which keep one confused and seals
the Book of Daniel and certainly Revelation from being understood, except by
one with authority to open those books, as he is the only one found worthy to
open the Lamb’s Book of Life, the other little book, in Rev
10, which contains THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. Knowing the key, spring 1984, and the Second
Coming Ministry as revealed by Michael the Great Prince, we can now properly
place this puzzle piece. Otherwise, as many have done, this expression about
the “beast ascending” can cause one to think this occurs during a future time
involving a literal appearance of Moses and Elijah. This blocks them entirely
from seeing that they are indeed the Ministry of Messiah and primarily during
26-30 CE. We say again the beast that
ascends killed them or Messiah in 30 CE. That beast would then be shut in the
bottomless pit in 70 CE and ONLY ascend later in the end time, many years after
John was gone. In 1948/1967 it would ascend and deceive again, being loosed
from the bottomless pit for that final deception. Therefore, during the Second
Ministry of Christ from 1984 to 1987, it treads underfoot the holy city for 42
months, as the beast of Revived Rome / UN / USA ridden by the harlot of the
Zionist State, being in trespass as we have stated above.
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8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
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Putting
All Factors Together for Proper Interpretation
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Here is the essence of Revelation 11:1-13: It is the Public
Ministry of Messiah from 26-30 CE. However, as we see in verse 7 the Beast
(Rome acting at the behest of the Chief Priest’s and Scribes as stated in John
19:15), at the completion of that public ministry, kills Messiah on Preparation
Day of Passover, Nisan 14, April 3, 30 CE, the finish of Messiah’s First
Ministry TO NATIONAL ISRAEL. THIS IS THE MAIN AND KEY POINT IN THIS SCRIPTURE,
NATIONAL ISRAEL NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN, until the end time in our day. 3 and ½ days (day for a year or 3 and ½
years) of Messiah’s ministry, his First and Public Coming to Israel, since that
time as far as national Israel is concerned, has lain dead in the streets of
Jerusalem, the city that is spiritually Sodom and Egypt. All that Moses pointed
to in his day, and all that Elijah represented in Elijah proper and John the
Baptist, laid dead, not understood, nor appreciated by national Israel. This is
the power of the Messiah Ministry or the two witnesses to withhold rain. We
find by joining I Kings 17 with James 5:17-18 that Elijah’s ministry involved a
withholding of rain for 3 and ½ years regarding Israel solely. Therefore, we
additionally discover here in Revelation 11 the Messiah Ministry withholds the
blessing “the rain” from national Israel under the First Half of Daniel’s 70
Weeks or the 3 and ½ years of that period due to the blindness legitimately
upon Israel during the then, ongoing, Seven Times more judgment of Leviticus
26:18-39. As we covered, Leviticus 23:22 where the gleanings and corners
of the field were for the poor and stranger, this blindness, upon Israel
keeping them from seeing nationally their king and his Messiah Ministry, opened
the door to the “strangers” or the Gentiles according to Paul’s Gospel of Grace,
as stated in Roman 9-11 and Ephesians 2; thus, we have our next verse:
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9
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their
dead bodies three days and a half and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be
put in graves.
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He
Lives
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The nation of Israel rejected him and to them he was dead and
gone, whereby they eliminated the threat to their relationship with Rome as
indicated in John
11:45-53 and John 19:15. They believed they had done God a
service to kill a false prophet that was leading them in trespass of the Law of
Moses, as they interpreted same through their hierarchy of the Scribes and
Pharisees, leaders over the people, the Priests and the Sanhedrin. However, some of Israel as was seen in the
Apostles and the 120 in the upper room of Acts 1 and 2, and predominantly later
the “they of the nations” through the Apostle Paul’s Ministry according to Leviticus
23:22, Romans 9-11 and Ephesian 2, would not allow what had transpired
to be buried as dead, but rather kept the Ministry of the First Half of
Daniel’s 70th Week alive. The 3 and ½ Days in this verse is 3 and ½
Years, with a year for a day as we stressed from Numbers
14:34, due to Israel being under the Seven Times more judgment during
this First Ministry of Messiah in 26-30 CE. This ministry is kept alive by the
nations in acceptance of Jesus as Messiah; thus, it remains in the streets of
Jerusalem and not buried. It is a witness against national Israel all through
the Age of Grace, although greatly removed from the original strength, truth,
and understanding versus when the Apostles were physically alive giving a
proper witness.
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10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and
shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth.
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11
And after three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them,
and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
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12
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And
they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
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13
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city
fell, and in the earthquake, were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant
were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
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Without venturing back into Daniel
11:30-35 verse by verse again, we can only refer the reader back to that
presentation as it also shows the same things as what is portrayed here when
compared with the record of Matthew through Acts in the New Testament. We see
in Luke
23:12 the gifts being sent in Revelation 11:10 above were friendship
extended both ways between Pilate and Herod who overcame their previous
estrangement by agreeing together in doing this deed for the Chief Priests and
Scribes which prevailed upon the people to crucify Messiah. In Daniel
11:27, we saw the expression that both parties spoke lies at one table.
This is the broader scope of “giving gifts to one another,” as the Zionists
gave allegiance to Rome rather than Messiah and their Covenant with God, while
Rome capitulated in doing their bidding to destroy the threat to their Zionist
leadership that Jesus posed.
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In verses 11 – 13, we have the end of both witnesses, AFTER THE
FINAL THREE-AND-ONE-HALF-DAYS / YEARS. This is after “the time, times and the
dividing of time,” Dan
7:24-27, after “the judgment shall sit” and it comes to the end resulting
in Israel seeing both ministries, and receiving the deliverance in Messiah.
Again, the shadow or type for this is with Joseph revealed to his brethren
causing fear and then rejoicing with Jacob and Benjamin, and all Israel saved by
Joseph’s reign during the famine. It is the same today as all Israel is saved,
first alarmed that Jesus was indeed the Messiah they rejected, but they behold
both ministries in seeing the whole of the 70th Week, one half in
Jesus, and the other in Michael converting the nation of Israel under proper
government of the Sovereignty of God.
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It is at this time Ezekiel
21:24-27 is completed as Israel voluntarily removes the crown and yields
to “he whose right it is.” It is here Daniel
12:1-7, Revelation 16:15-21, coordinated with Rev 11:13,
transpires. The remnant at this time are the wise of Daniel
12:3, that turn many to righteousness, in this time of great
tribulation, the great and mighty earthquake, both such as never was or ever
will be again. This is the 7th Trumpet / Plague immediately sounding
around this event of the conversion of the Nation of Israel, and all the world
is brought under the rule of Messiah, and God our Father, the Everlasting
Kingdom that shall not pass away, as stated in Daniel
2:44-45, Daniel 7:24-27, Isa 27:13, I Cor 15:22-28, Rev 11:15-19.
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The 7000 is also comparable to Elijah’s day as those that would not bow to Baal
in I
Kings 19:18, and seen at this time as those Sealed of God as in Rev 7 before
the judgment falls, the wise that lead many to what is right, would not bow to
the Zionist league with Revived Rome / UN / USA in our day, just as they did
not in the days of the Zionist league with Old Rome, that stood against Messiah
in his First Ministry.
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Again,
the Immediate Jump to the Second Coming
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Notice now, just like Revelation 7, Revelation 11 immediately goes
to the final end. It is Great
Tribulation in Revelation 7 where many come out to the truth washing their
robes white; in Revelation 11, it goes immediately to the 7th
Trumpet sounding. This is one and the same thing. Here we place the end in view
designated within the Ministry of Paul and others; it becomes clear as to why
they always pointed to the end time as the next immediate thing that could even
occur in their lifetime, DUE TO THEM NOT KNOWING THE END OF THE TIMES OF THE
GENTILES. This would terminate immediately upon the day and hour of the
Second Coming of Christ to Israel according to Romans
11:25-27 to take away their sins in the full atonement contingent upon the
fulfillment of the Last Half of the 70th Week of Daniel and the
Confirmation of the Covenant. It is only upon the full confirmation and
completion of that 70th Week, whereby the blessing, resurrection to
full truth, and the full redemption, could occur as stated in Daniel 9:24. Now
knowing the end of the Times of the Gentiles, we find it was 1954 years from 30
CE, the death, burial, resurrection of Messiah, and the giving of Holy Spirit
to the remnant on Pentecost. That fact of his return and timing being unknown,
John here shows it immediately after Messiah’s First Ministry in 30 CE where
all the New Testament follows suit presenting Christ’s return as imminent.
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The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe
cometh quickly.
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Establishing
the Time for the 7th Trumpet
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As we presented, the second woe was the 6th Trumpet /
Plague, the November 29, 2012, UNGA Res 67 / 19, placing of the Holy Mount in
the international State of Palestine legislatively, in preparation, awaiting full
completion of that sounding and outpouring in executive action of a more drastic
nature in implementation to fully slay the “third of men,” within a UNSC coming
Resolution, Rev
9:13-21; 16:12-16. We await the removal of
the Zionist State within their demise and tribulation, Zechariah
14:1-2, consummating in changing the government to accept Messiah, Zechariah
14:3-21, and joining with the sons of Ishmael, the Arabs to form One
State, not Two, as Isaac with Ishmael, as well as Judah with Ephraim, under the
Messiah as the Kingdom of God manifested out of Jerusalem in truth and peace
from the Holy Mount, Ezekiel
21:24-27, Ezekiel 37:15-28, Rev 17:12-14. While we await that practical, and on the
ground affectation, we already have Revelation 10 where the message is declared
of THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
in the “little book” accompanied by the Mystery of God being made known or a
revelation of the Law and the Prophets in detail around the Two Ministries of
Messiah. We saw how this paralleled as the exact same thing in the books of the
Law and the Prophets being opened as this publication, BABYLON IS FALLEN,
before the reader as well as another Book, the Book of Life
being THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL in
Revelation 20. This is the time for that revelation.
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And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying,
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his
Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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16
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon
their faces, and worshipped God,
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Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy
great power, and hast reigned.
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And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small
and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was
opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament:
and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and
great hail.
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As in the opening of the 7 Seals and THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL, we see that everything we thought in our
First Birth as carnal men, as Nebuchadnezzar of old stated, “Is this not Great Babylon
that I have built,” is not our works, our possessions, or accomplishments, nor
has anything been “anything,” but God Himself expressed. That is the chief
change when the 7th Trumpet / Plague sounds. The kingdoms and what
transpired that we have considered to belong to the world of men and existence
as we have, past tense, perceived same, become what they are; it is all of God
and always has been. However, we don’t register that until we hear the truth, the
trumpet sounds to us individually, and it takes hold transforming us in our
Second or New Birth to become Sons of God. At that point, all becomes the Kingdom
of God in recognition of His Eternal Sovereignty.
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The
Apparent Positive and Negative
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As we have stated earlier, this is the reward of a positive nature,
7th Trumpet, to those such as Abraham who believed and had the knowledge
of the Sovereignty of God in all things. His faith is verified and perpetuated
further. To those who “are angry” and those that “destroy the earth” by their
belief that kills one another in violation of the Second Great Commandment due
to the fact that they do not have the First One, but rather believe in
self-determination, freewill, and choice, it is the 7th Plague. Their
faith is destroyed and must be replaced by being cast into the Lake of Fire,
the fire of God and His Word as in Zechariah
13:8-9 and I Corinthians 3:10-15 to find their name, by
understanding, in the Book of Life. Here they will lose their shortsighted and
immature belief and come to understanding. Those who already understand will then
lead them unto real righteousness which is to recognize God as all and in all
as in Daniel
12:3. Those leading to that real righteousness are manifest first as
Michael the Great Prince, and via his prior instruction so that this
publication can be available for said “leading to righteousness,” the author and
those assisting in the production of these pages. Thereby others shall also be
born and joined to us until all shall know the Lord from the least to the
greatest according to Jeremiah
31:34.
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In
Summation of Revelation 11
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The temple in heaven, the understanding of the two Ministries of Messiah
to Israel and the confirmation of the Covenant 70th Week or the
Temple-Time-Period being opened, we see the Ark of the Covenant or Messiah,
Michael the Great Prince. It was from between the two cherubim located on the
mercy seat on top of the Ark of the Covenant, physically present in ancient
Israel, that Moses, and therefore Israel, received communication from God as we
see stated in
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Exodus 25:16-22
16 And
thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 And
thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the
length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18 And
thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work
shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 And
make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of
the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.
20 And
the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat
with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy
seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
21 And
thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put
the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 And
there I will meet with thee, and I will
commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim
which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give
thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
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The two cherubim being indicative of the two witnesses, two
anointed ones, the two Ministries of Messiah, the Temple in Heaven is opened
which is the understanding coming from God via Messiah from the completed 70th
Week’s First Half and Second Half, now brought out publicly in the sounding of
the 7th Trumpet. It is in hearing or understanding Messiah’s word /
Voice, John
5:24-29, as articulated in THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL, that we, individually, come into
the value of the Trumpet Sounding. It is through this larger publication BABYLON
IS FALLEN,
that we, individually, understand how and in what way previous
understandings are short of full truth, yet have been necessary components, now
discarded, even as a plant discards those parts that have brought forth the
fruit when the harvest arrives.
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Revelation 11:19
And
the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the
ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings,
and an earthquake, and great hail.
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As a result, there are “lightnings” / enlightenment; the voices of
the Prophets become clear; the Seven Thunders are heard in Michael, as he opens
the Seven Seals; there is an earthquake of spiritual revelation shaking down
all that is false and removing it; and finally the hail of full truth destroys
the refuge of lies leaving only the truth according to Ezekiel
13 and Revelation 16:17-21 .
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Messiah
the Measure of U.I.C.O.M.
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At this point, we wish to bring out a third factor needed that
will be necessary to reestablish Universal Inherent Collective Objective
Morality. It will be the Ark of Testament, Messiah, publicly manifested that
will set the example. With all the deviation in the atmosphere of
self-determination, freewill, and choice, the third factor that will be
temporarily needed to set this whole creation on course under the Sovereignty
of God will be a moral measure.
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We have extremes in conservativism such as the devoted of Orthodox
Judaism, remotes sects of Christianity, and certainly Islam, with all three
having the other end of the equation as well, with the majority steered by
liberalism. We have people covered from head to toe, particularly with women,
all the way to nude beaches on the other end of the spectrum. Alcohol is
forbidden in many circles, and there is too much alcohol leading to abuse in
others. No contraception all the way to terminating pregnancies in abortion,
along with a plethora of other issues such as homosexuality, etc.
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UICOM is certainly hard to decipher at this point. Rigidity and
looseness must have an example set in moderation once again. It is here we have
the third element added to the First Two Great Commandments. It is in Messiah,
his dress, manner of life, conduct toward his wife, as well as her deportment
and dress, and their conduct toward others. In other words, not establishing a
Law, but living by example, subject to common sense and a standard of
moderation in an established leader with authority from God, will reestablish UICOM
for perpetual norms in all of society. Here is a very practical reason, in the
final establishment of the Kingdom of God by Messiah out of Jerusalem, all
nations must come up to Jerusalem to learn of the Lord and WALK IN HIS WAYS as
stated by Isaiah
2:1-4, “he will teach us of his
ways, and we will walk in his paths.” Once all knowledge and understanding
concealed as Mysteries in the Bible are disclosed and the resurrection occurs,
Messiah will be the standard in these things which will translate into Universal
Inherent Collective Objective Morality for henceforth. Within the First Two Great
Commandments with an example in Messiah, the Ark of the Testament seen
publicly, we have the final threefold cord that will sustain the New Heaven and
Earth wherein dwells righteousness. Amen.
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