Category: End Times

Psalm 83, Ezekiel 38-39: Order of Events?

  • 1) Israel regathered in the Land (Ezekiel 37:12; Isaiah 11:11-12; Deuteronomy 30:3-5).
  • 2) Ancient cities rebuilt and inhabited (Ezekiel 36:1-5, 8-10).
  • 3) They meet Muslim/“Arab” resistance (Jeremiah 49:16; Zephaniah 2:8; Ezekiel 25:12; 32:5; 36:2; Obadiah 1:10).
  • 4) Israel establishes an army for defense (Ezekiel 36:6-7; 38:8).
  • 5) Adjacent Muslim nations Confederate (Psalm 83:1-8).
  • 6) Confederacy committed to the destruction of Israel (Psalm 83:1-5, 12).
  • 7) War starts between Confederacy & Israel (Jeremiah 49:2, 8, 19).
  • 8) Title regained: “My people Israel” (Hosea 1:8-10; Romans 9:25-26; Ezekiel 36:8-12).
  • 9) Israel decisively defeats the Confederacy (Obadiah 1:9, 18; Ezekiel 25:13-14; Jeremiah 49:10,20,21, 23-26; Isaiah 11:12-14; 17:1; 19:16-17).
  • 10) Israel has become “an exceedingly great army” (Ezekiel 37:10; Jeremiah 49:21).
  • 11) Israel takes prisoners of war (Jeremiah 48:46-47; 49:3,6,11; Zephaniah 2:10-11).
  • 12) The Region is reshaped (Isa 17:1; Jeremiah 49:2, 10; Zephaniah 2:4).
  • 13) Israel expands its borders (Obadiah 1:19; Jeremiah 49:2; Isa 19:18-19).
  • 14) Israel “dwells securely” in the Land (Ezekiel 38:10-12).

Psalm 83 will be fulfilled when Israel’s immediate neighbors attempt to annihilate them. The ill-fated Magog Invasion attempt of Ezekiel 38-39 will then be ready where Israel’s outer neighbors will come for spoil, and God Himself intervenes on Israel’s behalf.

Earth’s Destiny

  • Israel is in the Promised Land – Ezekiel 37:12; Isaiah 11:11-12; Deuteronomy 30:3-5
  • The Apostasy takes place – 2 Thessalonians 2:3
  • The rebuilding of Babylon – Isaiah 13-14; Jeremiah 50-51; Revelation 17-18
    •Babylon fell, without a battle, to Cyrus the Persian in 539 BC, became Alexander’s capital when Greece conquered the Persians, and has atrophied over the centuries. The destruction of Babylon has yet to occur.
  • The Church is completed (Fullness of the Gentiles) – 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17; Romans 11:25
  • The Restrainer (Holy Spirit) is removed (Harpazo) – 2 Thessalonians 2:7
    •Dead in Christ first – 1 Thessalonians 4:16
    •Then those that are alive – 1 Thessalonians 4:17
  • Bema Seat judgement in Heaven – Revelation 20:4; 2 Cor 5:10; 1 Cor 3:11-15
  • Marriage of the Lamb in Heaven (in the Father’s house per the Ancient Jewish Wedding)
  • The man of sin is revealed – 2 Thessalonians 2:6-9
    •World leader (politician) – Revelation 13:1-10; Zechariah 11:17
    •Religious leader (false prophet) – Revelation 13:11-18
  • Nations immediately surrounding Israel confederate to destroy it and Israel conquers – Psalms 83
    •“hidden ones” of Psalms 83:3 an allusion to Psalms 83 being post-Harpazo?
  • The Magog Invasion – Ezekiel 38-39
    •Outer nations attack Israel for spoil and God conquers – after Psalms 83
  • One world government – Daniel 2,7
  • Peace covenant enforced by the Antichrist for 7 years (70th week of Daniel) – Daniel 9:27; Revelation 6-19
  • The Temple is rebuilt – 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Matthew 24:15; Revelation 11:1-2
  • Sealing the 144,000 of Israel – Revelation 7:1-8
  • The Two Witnesses (of Mine) prophesy again – Revelation 11:3-14
    •Moses – Turn water into blood; Smite earth with plagues
    •Elijah – Call down fire from heaven; Shut heaven, no rain
  • The Abomination of Desolation 1/2 way through Peace covenant – Daniel 9:27
  • The Great Tribulation for 3.5 years after The Abomination of Desolation – Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew 24:15-22; Zechariah 12-14; Daniel 12:1; Hosea 5:15; Isaiah 61:2; Revelation 19:19
    •Jesus begins closing escrow on the title deed He purchased with His blood on the cross some 2000 years ago – Revelation 4:5-7
    •Seals opened – Revelation 6; 8:1-6
    •Trumpets sound – Revelation 8:7-9:21; 11:15-18; 15:1-8
    •Bowls poured out – Revelation 16:1-17
    •Gathering of the earth dwellers at Armageddon to prepare to attack Jerusalem – Revelation 16:16; Psalms 2; Zechariah 14:2
    •Jesus returns, with His Holy Myriads, to Petra (Bozrah) and conquers the earth dwellers – Isaiah 63:1-6; Revelation 14:14-20; Revelation 19:11-21; Jude 1:14; Zechariah 14:3
    •The beast (politician) and the false prophet are cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone – Revelation 19:20
  • The Millennium (The Kingdom of Heaven) – Revelation 20; Zechariah 14:4-21; Isaiah 65:17-25
    •Satan is cast into the bottomless pit for 1000 years – Revelation 20:3
    •Sheep and Goat Judgement – Matthew 25:31-46
    •Old Testament saints resurrected – Daniel 12:1-2; Isaiah 26:19
    •John the Baptist – a friend of the Bridegroom – John 3:29
    •Marriage supper on earth (in the Kingdom) – Matthew 22:1-14; Revelation 19:6-10
    • Includes John the Baptist, a friend of the Bridegroom
    •Tribulation martyrs resurrected – Revelation 20:4-6
    •1st Resurrection complete
    •Millennial Temple is built – Ezekiel 40-48
    •Satan released after 1000 years, rebels again, and is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where his 2 buddies, the beast and the false prophet, are waiting for him – Revelation 20:7-10
    •Great White Throne Judgement – Revelation 20:11-15
    •unsaved dead are resurrected and judged by their works
    •2nd Resurrection complete
  • Eternity (The Kingdom of God) – Revelation 21,22
    •The New Heaven and the New Earth – Revelation 21:1-8
    •The New Jerusalem – Revelation 21:9-27
    •The River of Life – Revelation 22:1-5

The Great Tribulation

  • Tribulation doesn’t begin until the Lamb opens the seal
  • The Lamb doesn’t receive the Scroll until after the 24 Elders place their crowns on the glassy sea
  • The 24 Elders (and the seven lampstands) are in heaven when the Tribulation begins
  • 7 Seals opened by The Lamb
  • Revelation 6,8:1-6
    1. White horse – conquering; victory; the world will think it’s entering the millennium under a false Messiah when actually it is entering the Tribulation Period
    2. Red horse – war; bloodshed
    3. Black horse – inflation caused famine
    4. Pale horse – death; pestilence
    5. Martyrs praying for the Lord to judge and avenge their blood on the earth dwellers
    6. Worldwide chaos
    7. 7 Trumpets sounded by 7 angels
  • Revelation 8:7-9:21,11:15-18,15:1-8
    1. Hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth; 1/3 of the trees and all green grass is burnt up
    2. As it were a great mountain burning with fire is cast into the sea; 1/3 of the sea becomes blood, 1/3 of the sea creatures die, and 1/3 of the ships are destroyed
    3. A great star from heaven falls upon 1/3 of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters; 1/3 of the waters become poisonous
    4. A 1/3 of the sun, a 1/3 of the moon, and a 1/3 of the stars are darkened; neither day nor night show for a 1/3 part – 3 Woes for the coming 3 trumpets
    5. A star falls from heaven to earth and he is given the key to the bottomless pit. After he opens the pit smoke comes out and darkens the sun and the air, then locusts come out of the smoke upon the earth. Power is given the locusts to torment, but not kill, men for 5 months like a scorpion when he stings with the exception of men sealed in their forehead by God. Nor should the locusts hurt the grass, ant green thing, or the trees. Death will not be found even though people will seek it.
    6. 4 angels are loosed from the Euphrates and they slay 1/3 of mankind by fire, smoke, and brimstone proceeding from their mouths, yet no repentance is found
    7. 7 Bowls poured out by 7 angels
  • Revelation 16:1-17
    1. Poured upon the earth – noisome and grievous sores fall upon men which have the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image
    2. Poured upon the sea – it became as the blood of a dead man and every living soul died in the sea
    3. Poured upon the rivers and fountains of water – they became blood
    4. Poured upon the sun – men are scorched with fire, they blaspheme God and repent not
    5. Poured upon the throne of the beast and his kingdom – darkness and pain in his kingdom, they blaspheme God and repent not
    6. Poured upon the great river Euphrates – the river is dried up to make way for the kings of the east. 3 devil spirits come out of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet working miracles and gathering the world at Armageddon to go to battle against God
    7. Poured  into the air – out of the temple of heaven, a great voice from the throne proclaims “It is done”

Israel’s Destiny

  1. Israel regathered in the Land (Ezek 37:12; Isa 11:11,12; Deut 30:3-5).
  2. Ancient cities rebuilt and inhabited (Ezek 36:1-5, 8-10).
  3. They meet Muslim/“Arab” resistance (Jer 49:16; Zeph 2:8; Ezek 25:12; 32:5; 36:2; Obad 1:10).
  4. Israel establishes an army for defense (Ezek 36:6,7; 38:8).
  5. Adjacent Muslim nations Confederate (Ps 83:1-8).
  6. Confederacy committed to the destruction of Israel (Ps 83:1-5, 12).
  7. War starts between Confederacy & Israel (Jer 49:2, 8, 19).
  8. Title regained: “My people Israel” (Hos 1:8-10; Rom 9:25,26; Ezek 36:8-12).
  9. Israel decisively defeats the Confederacy (Obad 1:9, 18; Ezek 25:13,14; Jer 49:10,20,21, 23-26; Isa 11:12-14; 17:1; 19:16,17).
  10. Israel has become “an exceedingly great army” (Ezek 37:10; Jer 49:21).
  11. Israel takes prisoners of war (Jer 48:46,47; 49:3,6,11; Zeph 2:10,11).
  12. The Region is reshaped (Isa 17:1; Jer 49:2, 10; Zeph 2:4).
  13. Israel expands its borders (Obad 1:19; Jer 49:2; Isa 19:18,19).
  14. Israel “dwells securely” in the Land (Ezek 38:10-12).
  15. The Magog Invasion (Ezek 38-39)
  16. The Great Tribulation (Rev 6-17)

Eschatology

Amillennialism
Amillennialism makes God guilty of not keeping His unconditional covenants to the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-the Jews.
• Promise of the Land: Gen 12:7; 13:15-16; 17:7-8.
• Promise of the Land, a kingdom, and a greater Son of David (Messiah) as King: Ps 89:27-37.
• Promise of restoration to the land of Israel from worldwide dispersion and the establishment of Messiah’s kingdom: Jer 31:31; 32:37; Ezek 36,37 38, 39 etc.
• Promises that a remnant of the Israelites will be saved: Rom 11:25-29; Zech 13:8-9; Isa 10:20-22


Amillennialism began with Augustine (a.d. 345-430) upon the allegorizations of Origen. Foundation for anti-Semitism (Jer 31:35-37).
-Reviving again.


Post-Tribulationists: Robert Gundry, George Ladd, Walter Martin, Pat Robertson, Jim McKeever.
Mid-Tribulationists: Norman B. Harrison, J. Sidlow Baxter, Marv Rosenthal.
Pre-Tribulationists: J. Dwight Pentecost, John F. Walvoord, Charles C.Ryrie, Feinberg, Fruchtenbaum, Charles Dyer, Grant Jeffrey, Chuck Smith, Tim LaHaye, and ourselves.

The Rapture vs The Second Coming

Rapture

  • Translation of believers
  • Translated saints go to heaven
  • Earth not judged
  • Imminent, any moment, signless
  • Not in the Old Testament
  • Believers Only
  • Before the Day of Wrath
  • No reference to Satan
  • He come for His own
  • He come in the air
  • He claims His Bride
  • Only His own see Him
  • Great Tribulation begins
  • Church believers only

Second Coming

  • No translation involved
  • Translated saints return to earth
  • Earth judged
  • Follows definite predicted signs
  • Predicted in the Old Testament
  • Affects all men on the earth
  • Concludes the Day of Wrath
  • Satan bound
  • He come with His own
  • He come to the earth
  • He comes with His Bride
  • Every eye shall see Him
  • Millennium begins
  • OT Saved raised later