Doves,
Have you ever taken all of the time
intervals God has given us concerning the last days
and plotted those intervals on graph paper?
Most I believe have not and I hadn't
either until recently. When I did plot these time
intervals an amazing picture and story of the whole
end time scenario displayed itself before me. All
(or most) from using God's instructions or His data
from the bible.
Here is the data I used to make the
plot.......
1) The end time period consists of
seven years or 84 months. Half of that is three and
one half years or 42 months or 1260 days.
2) And from the time that the daily
sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of
desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand
two hundred and ninety days. (until the end of the
seven years) Daniel 12:11 Daniel had just
asked the angel....what would be the end of these
things?
3) Then the woman (remnant of Judah)
fled into the wilderness (Petra ?), where she has a
place prepared by God, that they should feed her
there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Rev.12:6
This is the same time period that
the Zionist Jews will be persecuted by the
antichrist as per Daniel 12:7......that it shall be
for a time, times, and half a time (3.5 years or
1260 days) and when the power of the holy people has
been completely shattered, all these things shall be
finished.
4) Blessed is he who waits (from the
start of the 7 year period), and comes to the one
thousand three hundred and thirty five days. Daniel
12:12
5) And they (the gentiles) will
tread the holy city underfoot for forty two months.
Rev.11:2
6) And I will give power to my
witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two
hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev.11:3
7) At the 42 month mark the
antichrist will declare himself to be the true God
Rev.13:6......"then he opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle,
and those who dwell in heaven".
8) From the start of the 7 year
period until the antichrist (beast) declares himself
to be God is 42 months. Rev. 13:5........"And he was
given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,
and he was given authority to continue for forty two
months". This forty two month period starts at the
beginning of the 7 years, during that time the
antichrist captures the trust and respect of the
world......And all the world marveled and followed
the beast. So they worshiped the dragon who gave
authority to the beast; and they worshiped the
beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able
to make war with him? Rev.13:3,4
At the bottom of this post
is the chart where I entered the data. And in my
opinion it depicts quite a story.
I will endeavor to describe
this 7 year story from the time data and facts
God gave us in these applicable scripture verses. I
will also make logical conclusions
based on these facts that are not clearly portrayed
in scripture. And I will make some assumptions of my
own that may or may not be true....judge for
yourself.
So, here's the storyline for the 7
year tribulation period as per my graph..........
At some point in the near future the
first beast (the antichrist) will arrive from the
bottomless pit (Rev.17:8) onto the world scene. I
believe I know who this person is but that's for
another post. At that same time the two witnesses
will show up in sackcloth to start their 1260 day
(42 month) ministry. These three entities of
interest showing up will kickoff or start the 7 year
tribulation period.
This first beast, the antichrist,
will arrive at a time of great trouble in the world.
A time of economic, political and religious turmoil
(like now). He will be a great peace maker and have
the answers the world needs to solve its problems.
He may propose a seven year recovery plan to restore
peace and prosperity to the planet. And the people
will go along with his plan because he will marvel
and intimidate the world with his extraordinary
powers given to him by the dragon i.e. Satan. (they
worshiped the beast......who is like the
beast?......who is able to make war with him?)
During the first 41 months of his
reign he will orchestrate with the help of "the ten
kings to be" (Rev 17:12) and the false prophet
(Rev.13:11-18), a one world government and a one
world currency and then a one world religion. This
one world system will be overseen by super
computers...... already in place.... as we have just
found out about. At that 41 month mark he will in
coordination with the false prophet "set up" a
likeness of himself that speaks in the temple mount
in Jerusalem.(Rev.13:15) This talking statue will be
the abomination of desolation spoken of throughout
scripture. How do I know that this happens at the 41
month mark? Because Daniel 12:11 says that from the
time you see the abomination of desolation "set
up" that there will be 1290
days.... (left in the 7 year period). If you
subtract 1290 days or 43 months from seven years you
get the 41 month time line.
I'll try to make this a little
clearer because this 41 month mark is the most
important time line in my graph. (Referencing Daniel
12)
Daniel had just been told by the
angel how long the Jews would suffer under the
antichrist. The angel said that at the 1260 day mark
from when their persecution started that they
would be "completely shattered". Then Daniel asked
the angel.....what shall be the end of these things?
Or, in my words, when will the tribulation
period be completely over? The angel replied
that......from the time that the daily sacrifice is
taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set
up, there shall be 1290 days. Again
subtracting that from 7 years or 84 months
establishes the 41 month time line.
Several other things happen and
timings start at this 41 month mark. From this 41
month mark....
1) The small Jewish remnant (those
Jews with spiritual discernment) are instructed when
they witness the abomination in Jerusalem (Matt.24)
to flee for the wilderness. And we learn in Rev.12:6
that it's for 1260 days that they hide in the
wilderness being fed and protected by God.The
speculation has always been that this mountain
location will be Petra.
2) This 41 month mark is also the
start of the (hostile) gentiles treading (in control
of) the Holy City for 1260 days Rev.11:2
3) This 41 month mark also starts
the total time the rest of the Jews (Zionist's) will
be under persecution by the beast (antichrist)
Dan.12:7 says this will last a time, times, and a
half of times or 3.5 years or 42 months or 1260
days.
Now those who have been paying
attention to the math will realize that adding 1260
days to the 41 month mark will leave you 30 days or
one month shy of the total 7 years. Didn't God say
He would cut the time short or no flesh would
survive? Appears to me by doing the math He cut the
tribulation period by 30 days or one month.
The next two points in this
study to converge is the ministry of the two
witnesses and the announcement of the beast ( the
antichrist) that he is the true God. This happens at
the 42 month mark.
Rev.11:3 says that the ministry of
the two witnesses lasts 1260 days or 42 months.
Rev.13:5 and 6... says that the antichrist plays
nice for 42 months....then what? Rev.13:6 says that
he then ...opens his mouth in
blasphemy against the true God, God's name, God's
tabernacle and all those who dwell in heaven. In
other words he declares to the world that he (the
antichrist) is the one true God and demands to be
worshiped as such.
How does he prove to the world that
he is the one true God? We find it in the next verse
Rev.13:7.......It was granted to him to make war
with the saints (two witnesses) and to overcome
them. He is allowed by God to kill the two witnesses
that no one on the planet was able to harm (Rev.11)
seemingly proving to the world that he is indeed the
true God.
Yes, but you say...I thought
"saints" in verse 7 referred to the tribulation
saints? If so then as the verse states the
antichrist will overcomes them, plural, meaning all
of them. And we know that that can not be
the case. So this verse has to be talking about the
saints plural...the two witnesses.
So at the 42 month mark, one month
after the abomination of desolation was "set up" in
the temple mount the antichrist declares himself to
be the true God and is allowed to kill the two
witnesses to prove and add to the great deception.
Keep in mind that the two witnesses have been
ministering the true gospel to the whole world for
the prior 42 months. Those people who
after that point are still deceived by the
antichrist's sorcery will deserve to be deceived.
Other parts of scripture (New Testament) relay
that the true God (Jesus) at this point is also
deceiving these people who have failed to believe
when they had a chance.
Now that the antichrist has declared
himself to be the true God (at the 42 month mark) he
will really start to push his agenda. The evil game
plan of persecution and death to Jews and Christians
and anyone who will not take his mark or worship him
will start to be administered. How long will it take
to roll out this plan in earnest now that he has
declared himself to be the true God? A few weeks I
would suppose. By the way, we are still here, the
rapture hasn't happened yet. Millions of spirit
filled Christians and Jews are getting very nervous
at this point.
But do not despair.....what does
scripture say about this? Daniel 12:12 says......Blessed
is he who waits,
and comes to one thousand three hundred and thirty
five days. The "he" in that statement my friends
would be us. And the ascension of the church at the
rapture (in my opinion) will happen 1335 days
after the start of the 7 year period. I say
ascension because I believe we are "changed" from
mortal to immortal 40 days prior to our ascension to
meet Jesus in the clouds. For an explanation of this
read Kurt S's excellent post on the subject http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2013/kurts68.htm
Where does that leave us? Well if
you do the math we ascend to meet the Lord in the
clouds 1335 days (Dan.12:12) after the beginning of
the 7 year period........which we will know started
when the two witnesses and the antichrist show up.
The antichrist declares himself to be God at the 42
month mark and we are ascended to be with the Lord
at the 44.5 month mark (1335 days). That leaves 2.5
months or 75 days from when the antichrist changed
from Mr. Nice Guy to the world's worse nightmare.
If we are indeed changed from
mortal to immortal 40 days prior to our
ascension then we will only have 35 days to contend
with what the beast rolls out and 75 days at the
max.
I have for years been a
pre-wrath person and this study seems to
completely back up that premise. It would
appear that at the 1335 day mark the church is
taken, the sixth seal is opened and the day of God's
great wrath begins. Several studies posted on the
Doves site suggest that the period of God's great
wrath would last approximately one year. This still
would leave an additional 26.5 months after
God's year of great wrath for the
antichrist to terrorize the planet.
If my graph is correct it also shows
when Jesus second coming is and that is at the 83
month mark. Reason being that this is the end of all
the time frames of.....
1) The good Jews hiding in the
wilderness.....1260 days
2) Gentiles treading on the Holy
City....1260 days
3) The Zionist Jews total time frame
under the antichrist persecution....1260 days
All of these events last 1260 days
and continue until the 83 month mark because of the
antichrist. And the only reason that would bring all
these time periods to a close would be the return of
Christ on His white horse to defeat the antichrist
and his forces as per Rev.19:11-21.
Well, that's what I came away with
after inserting all of God's "timings" onto a piece
of graph paper.
Take it for a test drive and kick
the tires as hard as you want.....but this is what I
believe we are up against and what our near future
holds.
I have hoped and prayed as all of
you have that the rapture was very near but now that
I have charted and graphed all these scripture
verses concerning time intervals it appears to me
that it is several years yet down the road.
Blessings and patience..........John
B
PS.....Please excuse my hand
sketched graph............. I am 63
and grew up with a slid rule not a
computer...... so my computer skills are limited
