In 1605, there was an assassination attempt on King James (The Gunpowder Treason Plot).
King James, of course is the one who authorized the translation of the bible into the common English language.
Among the conspirators were Guy Fawkes, who many may now be familiar with due to the movie “V for Vendetta”, and another man by the name of Thomas Percy.
If the plot had been successful, there is no telling how long it would have been before we had a good English translation of the bible that could be widely distributed.
When the descendants of Thomas Percy moved to America, they changed their last name to Pierce so as not to be associated with this past.
One of those descendants was Pauline Pierce. Pauline had a friend by the name of Nellie O'Hara. O’Hara met a man by the name of Frank Harris who was a famous author and friends of Aleister Crowley. Nellie and Harris lived as man and wife (although they never officially married).
If you are familiar with Crowley, you know he was famous for his “sex magick rituals”, which is nothing more than devil worship during an orgy. (sorry for putting it so bluntly)
In 1924, Pauline Pierce, Nellie O’Hara and Frank Harris were visiting France. Aleister Crowley (who is friends with Harris) is also in France. There is no proof the two groups ever met at this time, but nine months later, Pauline gave birth to a girl named Barbara Pierce. Although she was married at the time, Pauline’s husband did not travel with them to France.
There is some speculation (without proof of course), that Barbara was the result of this supposed connection with Crowley.
Barbara Pierce grew up to marry a George H.W. Bush.
Here is a picture of Crowley, and also of George and Barbara Bush:
Now moving beyond speculation, Crowley also had a friend by the name of Jack Parsons.
Parsons called himself The Antichrist when he performed Aleister Crowley’s Thelemic rituals to create a new sort of human being that would finally destroy Christianity.
He hosted parties with guests including Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and L. Ron Hubbard. Crowley called Hubbard “Ron the seer”.
Jack was a cofounder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Jack Parsons Lab) and his innovations in rocketry made our space program a reality. He died officially on June 17, 1952 as the result of a chemical explosion in his laboratory. His wife, Marjorie Cameron, arrived after the explosion but before the ambulance had left. The attendants would not let her ride in the ambulance nor was she allowed to see him in the hospital. What is most outrageous is that the police violated standard procedure when they omitted asking her to identify the body. She was Jack's next of kin as his mother was declared dead from suicide after hearing the report that Jack had died. Neither Cameron nor George Frey, who took care of Jack's cremation, saw the actual dead body. Further, the newspaper accounts are filled with suspicious characters and accounts. The death of Virginia Parsons, Jack's mother, had equally bizarre circumstances surrounding it.
Parsons and Crowley were also good friends with Werner Von Braun. Von Braun was the head of Hitler’s rocket program, and after the war, came to the United States to work with NASA. (See Operation Paperclip)
This is Werner Von Braun with John F. Kennedy:
And to add another connection, George H.W. Bush’s Father was Prescott Bush. Prescott helped finance Hitler’s rise to power.
Here is Prescott Bush with Adolf Hitler:
Parsons, Crowley and Werner von Braun travelled to Tibet, Egypt, Iraq and Afghanistan in search of a “stargate” or portal which would allow them to enter the fourth dimension.
Now take a look at the Hebrew word “Nasa”:
נָשָׂא Nasa – To be lifted up, To lift oneself up, to carry
Isaiah 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah 13:2-6 (LXX) On a mountain in the plain raise a signal; raise up your voice to them; do not fear; encourage them with your hand; open the gates, you rulers. It is I who instruct, and I lead them; (they have been consecrated for this task) and it is I who summon them. Giants come to fulfill my wrath, at the same time rejoicing and reviling. A voice of many nations on the mountains like that of many nations! A voice of kings and of nations gathered together! The Lord Sabaoth has commanded a heavily armed nation to come from a distant land, from the utmost foundation of heaven to destroy the whole world. Wail for the day of the Lord is near and a destruction will come from God!
Psalm 78:49 - He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Isaiah 10:3 - And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
NOW we’re beginning to see a clearer picture. The destruction of Christianity and the opening of portals to allow the entrance to unworldly entities has been a long term goal. This cannot be planned for such an extended period by humans alone.
Ephesians 6:12 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Why is Nasa and JPL so closely tied with those who tried to destroy the translation of the Christian bible, and those who killed millions of Jews, and are known to be occultists?
Daniel talks about the fourth kingdom that will attempt to rule the world:
Daniel 7:23 - Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Who or what is this “Beast”?
Revelation 6:3 - And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
In Revelation, the Angels are referred to as “beasts”. This beast (and his armies) are none other than the fallen angels!
Remember what happened in Genesis 6:4?
Genesis 6:4 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.
This is why the earth was destroyed.
Genesis 6:9 - These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
Noah was perfect in his generations (His bloodline had not been defiled by the earth visitors)
Luke 17:26 - And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Jesus said the same thing that was happening in Noah’s day would be happening prior to His return.
Daniel 2:43 - And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Again, Daniel confirms that “They” will mingle their seed with the seed of men. But there seems to be a problem. They shall not cleave one to another.
Revelation 16:2 - And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.
Those that mingle with the beast (receive his mark) do not cleave. They begin to have noisome and grievous sores.
I believe the mark is somehow related to DNA from these “fallen ones”. We may be offered their DNA to "become gods" like them. (Just as he told Eve in Genesis 3:5)
Genesis 10:8 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Nimrod BEGAN to be a “mighty one”. This word is “Gibborim” in the Hebrew and is a type of Nephilim. Somehow, Nimrod was not a Gibborim, but did start to change into one.
This is what many in the newage are preaching now….Our “change” is coming, or our “next step in evolution”, and many of them believe our “space brothers” are going to help us achieve this step.
What does God say about these visitors that will be coming?
Habakkuk 1:5,8 - Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you…… Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Joel 2:1-9 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land [is] as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and [when] they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Revelation 9:7-11 And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
2 Thessalonians 2:11 - And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Matthew 24:23,24 - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
I’ve tried to tie all this in as briefly as possible and still make a concise point. For brevities sake, I won’t go into more detail at this time. Bottom line is this:
I believe a strong delusion is coming.
I believe an army of evil angels will fulfill the wrath of God.
I also believe there will be a leader to this army who actually claims to be God.
I believe there has been a bloodline since the days of Adam and of Noah that have ruled this planet without our best intentions in mind, but according to their own agenda.
I also believe that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. This means pray up, seek Him, and endure to the end and you shall be saved!
Below are a few quotes regarding the understanding of Rapture timing according to some of the earliest known teachers.
Irenaeus (140-202AD) (Against Heresies V, XXVI, 1)
“And they shall lay Babylon waste, and burn her with fire, and shall give their kingdom to the beast, and put the church to flight. After that they shall be destroyed by the coming of our Lord."
[He gives reference to Rev. 17:15-18, where the “great prostitute” or “Babylon” is destroyed followed by Antichrist’s reign.]
Irenaeus "And for this cause tribulation is necessary for those who are saved, that having been after a manner broken up, and rendered fine, and sprinkled over by the patience of the word of God, and set on fire [ for purification ] they
may be fitted for the royal banquet".
Didache (50-100AD), Treatise on the Apostles by Early Church Fathers
"then shall appear the world-deceiver as Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands...but they that endure in their faith shall be saved from under the curse itself. And then shall appear the signs of the truth; first, the sign of an out-spreading in heaven; then the sign of the sound of the trumpet; and the third, the resurrection of the dead; yet not of all, but as it is said: The Lord shall come and all His saints with Him. Then shall the world see the Lord coming upon the clouds of heaven." (Chapter 16-Rapture/2nd Coming after Antichrist)
Polycarp (69-165AD), Student of Apostle John
In addressing The Church about Revelation, “It will not be easy and it will be distinguished by trials, tribulations, and antagonisms…Stay faithful to the point of death and I will give you a crown of life.” (Epistle to Philippians-only writing)
Ignatius (35-110AD), Student of Apostle John
“The promise [kept from the hour of trial]does not imply that the Philadelphian Church should be exempted from persecutions which should come on all other portions of the Church; that by any special privilege they should be excused from fiery trials through which others should have to pass…—to be kept in temptation, not to be exempted from temptation. The great catastrophies which come upon the earth are “temptations” to the world no less than to the Church.(Epistle to the church at Philadelphia)
He Wrote “A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation” which was addressed to the churches.
In Magnes 1:2, “In him we will, if we patiently endure all the abuse of the ruler of this age and escape, reach God.”
Papias (70-155AD), Hearer of John/Friend of Polycarp
Wrote “Interpretations of the Sayings of The Lord” stated, “there will be a millennium after the resurrection from the dead, when the personal reign of Christ will be established on this earth.” [resurrection of the dead at the end of tribulation]
The Epistle of Barnabus (90-100 AD)
Barnabas 4:3, “The last offence is at hand, concerning which the scripture speaketh, as Enoch saith. For to this end the Master hath cut the seasons and the days short, that His beloved might hasten and come to His inheritance.”(not years-see Matt. 24:22)
Barnabas 7:11, “But what meaneth it, that they place the wool in the midst of the thorns? It is a type of Jesus set forth for the Church, since whosoever should desire to take away the scarlet wool it behoved him to suffer many things owing to the terrible nature of the thorn, and through affliction to win the mastery over it. Thus, He saith, they that desire to see Me, and to attain unto My kingdom, must lay hold on Me through tribulation and affliction.”
First Epistle of Clement (95 AD)
All the generations from Adam even unto this day have passed away now possess a place among the godly, and shall be made manifest at the revelation of the kingdom of Christ… until my wrath and fury pass away; and I will remember a propitious day, and will raise you up out of your graves.” (1 Clem. 50:3-4- rapture after tribulation wrath.)
The Shepherd of Hermes (?88-170 AD)
You will tell, therefore, those who preside over the Church, to direct their ways in righteousness, that they may receive in full the promises with great glory. Stand steadfast, therefore, you who work righteousness, and doubt not, that your passage may be with the holy angels. Happy you who endure the great tribulation that is coming on, and happy they who shall deny not their own life. (Vision II-Chapter 2)
Tertullian (155-222 AD), (On the Resurrection of the Flesh)
“the beast Antichrist, with his false prophet may wage war on the Church of God…The blessed prerogative of the first resurrection may be obtained; then again, after the consignment of him to the fire, that the judgment of the final and universal resurrection may be determined out of the books.”
Justin Martyr (100-168AD),“The First Apology”-Chap.110
"Two advents of Christ have been announced: the one, in which He is set forth as suffering, inglorious, dishonored, and crucified; but the other, in which He shall come from heaven with glory, when the man of apostasy, who speaks strange things against the Most High, shall venture to do unlawful deeds on the earth against us the Christians”…together with the most righteous, and only spotless and sinless Christ, we are taken away out of the earth.”
Cyprian (200-258AD)
"The Lord hath foretold that these things would come. With the exhortation of His forseeing word, instructing, and teaching, and preparing, and strengthening the people of His Church for all endurance of things to come. He previously warned us that the adversary would increase more and more in the last times." (Treatise 7)
"For you ought to know and to believe, and hold it for certain, that the day of affliction has begun to hang over our heads, and the end of the world and the time of Antichrist to draw near, so that we must all stand prepared for the battle ... “The time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service…” (Epistles of Cyprian, LV, 1,2
“Nor let any one wonder that we are harassed with increasing afflictions, when the Lord before predicted that these things would happen in the last times, Nor let any one of you, beloved brethren, be so terrified by the fear of future persecution, or the coming of the threatening Antichrist, as not to be found armed for all things by the evangelical exhortations and precepts, and by the heavenly warnings. Antichrist is coming… but immediately the Lord follows to avenge our sufferings and our wounds. (Epistles of Cyprian, LIII, p.722)
Victorinus (269-271AD), Commentary- The Apocalypse
"He shall cause also that a golden image of Antichrist shall be placed in the temple at Jerusalem, and that the apostate angel should enter, and thence utter voices and oracles... The Lord, admonishing His churches concerning the last times and their dangers, ... three years and six months, in which with all his power the devil will avenge himself under Antichrist against the Church
Hippolytus (160-240AD),Treatise on Christ and Antichrist
“the one thousand two hundred and three score days during which the tyrant is to reign and persecute the Church …what remains but the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ from heaven, for whom we have looked in hope”.
Ephraim of Syrus (306-373 AD), Section X
“And when the three and a half years have been completed, the time of the Antichrist, through which he will have seduced the world, after the resurrection of the two prophets…the sign of the Son of Man…the Lord shall appear with great power…as the angelic trumpet precedes him…Arise, O sleeping ones, arise, meet Christ, because the hour of judgment has come!..Then Christ has come and the enemy thrown into confusion…And he will be bound and shall be plunged into the abyss.”
Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386 AD) Lecture XV
Hatred of the brethren makes room next for Antichrist; for the devil prepares beforehand the divisions among the people, that he who is to come may be acceptable to them. But God forbid that any of Christ’s servants here, or elsewhere, should run over to the enemy!..The Church now charges thee before the Living God; she declares to thee the things concerning Antichrist before they arrive. Whether they will happen in thy time we know not, or whether they will happen after thee we know not; but it is well that, knowing these things, thou shouldest make thyself secure beforehand”.
Martin Luther (1483-1546AD) Works of Martin Luther
"The book of Revelation is intended as a revelation of things that are to happen in the future, and especially of tribulations and disasters for the Church"
Francisco Ribera (1537-1591AD)
Believed that the second coming of Christ would come to rescue the Tribulation Church 45 days prior to the end of the tribulation period and then The Church would return with Christ at the very end of tribulation.
The Works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758 AD) Vol. II
“It is manifest that that is a time of trouble and great trial to the church and people of God, and that it is the same people that is first in this trouble, that, through Michael’s standing up for and appearing for them in their distress, shall be delivered out of trouble; as it is often spoken of in Scripture as God’s manner of dealing with his people, first to bring them into great distress, and then to appear or stand up for them in their extremity, and deliver them….the church; therefore for the elect’s sake God will take out many of those days for respite; so that the days of actual tribulation shall be much fewer than this whole period…The church’s sufferings properly follow Christ’s sufferings, as the church’s glory follows his; the church bears the cross after Christ, and so follows him to the crown; it is made conformable to his resurrection”.
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892 AD) on Luke 21:25-28
"Lift up your heads." The time for you to hang your heads, like bulrushes, is over already, and will certainly be nigh. Wherefore, "look up, and lift up your heads-The great tribulation by Antichrist…First, then here is a terrible time . . .a time of fearful national trouble. When the Lord Jesus shall come, the heavens shall tell us: 'There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars.'
William Ethelbert (1837-1913 AD) “Peoples of the earth”-commentary on chapter 2-3 on Revelation.
Regarding Church of Ephesus in Rev. 2:5, “and do the first works; otherwise, I am coming to thee, quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand out of its place, except thou repent”. “He had come before, at His first Advent, seeking fruit. But He found it not. Now He is coming again, and the cry goes forth once more, ‘Repent’…Those who are addressed here will be living in the days of the Beast, in the midst of the great Tribulations and there will be those who will "endure unto the end."
It seems that if Jesus wanted us to realize this as the rapture, He would have said “as it was in the days of Enoch, for he walked with God and was not”. But He didn’t. He said it would be as the days of Noah and Lot.
Scripture Of The Day
Daniel 11:20-35
"His successor will be remembered as the king who sent a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor, but after a very brief reign, he will die, though neither in battle nor open conflict.
"The next to come to power will be a despicable man who is not directly in line for royal succession. But he will slip in when least expected and take over the kingdom by flattery and intrigue.
Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince.
By making deceitful promises, he will make various alliances. With a mere handful of followers, he will become strong.
Without warning he will enter the richest areas of the land and do something that none of his predecessors ever did-distribute among his followers the plunder and wealth of the rich. He will plot the overthrow of strongholds, but this will last for only a short while.
"Then he will stir up his courage and raise a great army against the king of the south. The king of the south will go to battle with a mighty army, but to no avail, for plots against him will succeed.
Those of his own household will bring his downfall. His army will be swept away, and many will be killed.
Seeking nothing but each other's harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for an end will still come at the appointed time.
"The king of the north will then return home with great riches. On the way he will set himself against the people of the holy covenant, doing much damage before continuing his journey.
"Then at the appointed time he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different.
For warships from western coastlands will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant.
His army will take over the Temple fortress, polluting the sanctuary, putting a stop to the daily sacrifices, and setting up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration.
He will flatter those who have violated the covenant and win them over to his side. But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him.
"Those who are wise will give instruction to many. But for a time many of these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed.
While all these persecutions are going on, a little help will arrive, though many who join them will not be sincere.
And some who are wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.
Amos 4:1-2 - Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Ezekiel 38:2-4 - Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Both Gog, and the kine of Bashan are led by God with hooks. Where is Bashan?
Bashan is a biblical place first mentioned in Genesis 14:5, where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth," where Og the king of Bashan had his residence.
Argob, in Bashan, was one of Solomon's commissariat districts (1 Kings 4:13) also known as Trachonitis and Lejah. (in modern day Syria)
Trachonitis means “the rugged region”. It is an island of rock which was approximately 20 miles by 30 miles, and rose 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan.
Ashteroth translates literally to 'Ashteroth of the Horns'. Ashteroth was the goddess of the Philistines (known as Ishtar in Babylon, Inanna in Sumeria, and Venus in Greece)
Daniel 7:21 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Deuteronomy 3:11 - For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Rephaim – to be cast down, or thrown down. An ancient race of giants.
Ezekiel 3:5 - For thou [art] not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, [but] to the house of Israel;
The message of Ezekiel is to Israel, not to the gentile nations. I believe this is because the rapture has taken place and Ezekiel’s message is to the nation of Israel which is facing the coming war we call Armageddon.
Ezekiel 39:4 - Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that [is] with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Ezekiel 39:17-20 - And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, [even] a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
Revelation 19:17-18 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both] free and bond, both small and great.
In the Magog war, the armies are fed to birds and animals. At Armageddon, the armies are fed to birds and animals. It’s the same war.
Zechariah 12:10,11 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zechariah says God will pour His Spirit out, and Israel will LOOK upon Christ whom they have pierced, and this is in the valley of Megiddon. At this point, they SEE Christ returning.
Now look at Ezekiel 39:29: “Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.”
Again, this shows the Magog war IS Armageddon! God has poured out his Spirit, just as prophesied by Zechariah, and God says “neither will I hide my face any more from them”. If this were a war prior to Armageddon, this would not make sense.
Ezekiel 39:23 - And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Revelation 13:10 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
In the Magog war, Israel is led captive. Revelation tells us this is what Antichrist does.
Ezekiel 38:22 - And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that [are] with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Once again, Ezekiel explains there is a war where it rains hail, fire, and brimstone, and it is a lake of fire and brimstone that the antichrist is thrown into.
Ezekiel 39:9 - And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
The reason Israel does not save or use these weapons is because true peace has finally come. Jesus Christ will rule and reign with a rod of iron. I myself have tried to over spiritualize this verse and say that they won’t be burning weapons into the millennial Kingdom, but the earth will still be here. There will be survivors.
Even Revelation 22:2 says “In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.”
There will be people that do not live in this city, and we will be able to minister to them, and bring the healing leaves out of the city, into the nations of the world.
Ezekiel 38:2 - Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him
Daniel 9:26 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Antichrist is the prince that shall come. He is also the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. Daniel 7:24 says he shall subdue three kings.
Ezekiel 38:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
John 13:2 - And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
John 13:27 - And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
This prince receives an evil thought from Satan, just as Judas did. It also says Satan entered into Judas. This is what we know happens to antichrist.
Reading Ezekiel 36 through 48, it gives perfect chronological order to end time events. Chapter 36 talks about the re-gathering of Israel. Chapter 37 goes on to talk about the resurrection of Israel and God’s will for it to prosper, and how He will reign from Israel. Chapter 38 speaks of how Israel will prosper and how they will come to accept antichrist as messiah. Chapter 39 tells how God will destroy antichrist. Chapters 40 onward give the details of building the millennial temple.
Ezekiel 38:17 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against them?
Right from this verse, we see that Gog is the one that was spoken of by the prophets of Israel. This is a very specific war; The war to end all wars. The antichrist is the only prince ever prophesied to come against Israel. Thus, Gog is antichrist.
Ezekiel 39:7,8 - So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not [let them] pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I [am] the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this [is] the day whereof I have spoken.
Again, God says this is the day that He had spoken of. This is the final war. All throughout scripture, it mentions “the Holy One of Israel”. Ezekiel 39:7 is the only place that says “the Holy One IN Israel”. After the Magog war, Jesus is physically present in Israel.
Ezekiel 38:20 - So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Revelation 16:18 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.
This is the same earthquake that shakes the foundations of the world.
The old testament never mentions a war as large as the Magog war. The new testament never mentions a war as large as Armageddon. If they were different wars, it would make sense for them both to be mentioned.
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