History is not just "his" (man's) story as some claim, but it extends much beyond that to past eternity when the Triune God ( God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit ) existed forever in unity in perfect love. ( John 1:1-3, Psalms 90:2, Malachi 5:2, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Timothy 1:17 ).
After that God created the third heaven God's abode. ( Genesis 1:1, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 148:4,5, Isaiah 45:18 ). Then God the Father foreordained his Son- Lord Jesus Christ as the Slain Lamb and wrote the names of those who are to be saved in the Book of Life and prepared the Eternal kingdom. ( Revelation 13:8,17:8, 1 Peter 1:19,20, Ephesians 1:4-, Matthew 25:34, Hebrews 4:3 ). Then God created the 2nd Heaven - outer space (Genesis 1:1, Psalms 33:6, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 148:1-5, Isaiah 45:18 ). The God created the angels ( Psalms 33:6, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 148:2-5 ). And then God created the earth and its atmosphere - 1st heaven ( Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 45:18, Job 38:4-7, Nehemiah 9:6 ).
God created the angel - Helel (satan) as anointed Cherub, who due to multitude of his trade, they filled midst of him with violence and he sinned. His heart became haughty because of his beauty and his brightness corrupted his wisdom and so God casted him down to earth from heaven. ( Ezekiel 28:12-16, Isaiah 14:12-17, Luke 10:18 ). Still he didn't repent and brought 1/3rd of all angels under his influence to earth and rebelled against God ( Revelation 12:3,4 ). Thus they corrupted the earth, heavens and its creatures and Death/Futility enters creation by the commandment of God – Romans 8 :20,21. Still they didn't repent and so God destroyed the universe with water ( Genesis 1:2, 2 Peter 2:4, 3:5-7, Jeremiah 4:23-27 ).
Then God re-created the heavens and earth in 6 days, created Man (Adam) , created garden at Eden in the east and put man there to serve and keep it and then God created Woman (Eve) as helper for Man. Then God blessed Adam and Eve and commanded them to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that move upon the earth ( Genesis 1:3- 2:25 ).
But both Adam and Eve fell into sin by eating the fruit of tree of knowledge of good and evil that God forbade through satanic deception through serpent. God cursed Adam , Eve , Serpent and pronounced judgement on Satan who decieved them. Their descendends sinned against God and filled the earth with corruption and God again destroyed the earth with water, this time the heavens ( 1st heaven- earth's atmosphere and 2nd heaven - outer space ) where spared from judgement. But God saved Noah and his family from flood and again blessed Noah and his sons to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth ( Genesis 3:1- 8:22 ).
But again mankind sinned and fell into idolatry and other sinful rebellion against God. God then choose Abraham and through him Israel (Jacob ) and through Israel God send his only begotten son Lord Jesus Christ to this earth to die in the place of whole mankind's sins against God by shedding his sinless, precious blood on the cross at Calvary, Jerusalem some 2000 years ago for the remission of sins of all mankind so that all mankind who will trust in Lord Jesus Christ shall have eternal life ( Genesis 9:1 - Esther 10:3, All 4 Gospels and Acts 1:1-11), Isaiah 53rd chapter and all other messianic prophecies pertaining to the first coming of Lord Jesus Christ in the Old Testament ).
Then 3 days and 3 nights after that God resurrected his son Lord Jesus and after that he made himself visible to his disciples and commanded them to stay at Jerusalem so that they will recieve the anointing and comfort of the Holy Spirit of God and then ascended to heaven and Lord Jesus Christ is now seated in heaven in the right hand of God the Father and is interceding on behalf of all who are saved. The Holy Spirit of God descended upon the 120 disciples who were assembled in the upper room in Jerusalem as Lord Jesus Christ promised and thus the God's Assembly - God's Church began ( Acts 1:11 to Revelation 2:11 ).
Zecheriah13:8,9 is not about only Israel or Jewish people in Armageddon as many Bible scholars interpret but in reality it is about the whole mankind that God created on this earth. Notice the words "on the whole earth"- that is whole earth through time and space till eternity,1/3rd of mankind that God created will be left therein as they will have eternal life, the rest 2/3rd of mankind will perish and die in eternal hell fire.
Also notice the fact that Zecheriah 13:7 is a prophecy about the crucifixion of Lord Jesus Christ that occured some 2000 years ago in Calvary, Jerusalem and at that time his disciples left Jesus exactly as God revealed to Zecheriah many centuries before that event. Thus this prophetic verse of Zecheriah 13:7 points to the fact that Lord Jesus Christ was crucified by shedding his sinless precious blood on the cross at the Calvary, Jerusalem some 2000 years ago for the remission of sins of all mankind so that all who will believe in Lord Jesus Christ will have eternal life. Thus in the next verses Zecheriah 13:8,9 God is saying in the whole earth through time and space till eternity,1/3rd of mankind that God created will be left therein as they will have eternal life, the rest 2/3rd of mankind will perish and die in eternal hell fire.
Also notice the Bible verses in Revelation 12:4 in which God points out 1/3rd of all angels followed satan and his rebellion against God and fell from their God given destiny.
Then Satan and fallen angels corrupted mankind in the last days, through city of Rome as Satan during his initial period after his fall to earth brought 1/3rd of all angels into his corruptive influence on the earth. ( Revelation 12:3,4, Revelation 17:3). Thus idolatry ( catholic/orthodox idolatry of intercession/veneration of saints ) , lies ( purgatory and other lies ) and later sexual immorality ( promotion of homosexuality , female pastors and immodest dressing by women in Churches ), corrupted God's Assembly - God's Church ( 1 Timothy 4:1-4, 2 Timothy 3:1-9, Revelation 2:12-29, 3:14-22 - dual understanding ). But God restored his church ( God's Assembly ) from all these corruptions so that they will be taken to heaven when Lord Jesus Christ comes back and thus escape the God's judgement of the whole earth for the 7 year great tribulation period ( Joel 2:28,29, Revelation 3:1-22- dual understanding, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1:10, 5:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7, 1:7, Revelation 3:10, 7:9-17, 1 Corinthians 15: 35-38, Isaiah 26:19-21, Mathew 24:13 & 24:32- 25:13, Mark 13:28-37, Luke 17:26-36, Romans 5:8,9 ).
God also restored Israel nation starting in 1948 AD and God gave back control of Jerusalem to Jews in 1967 AD ( Amos 9:14,15, Ezekiel 37:10-23, Ezekiel 4:3-6, Leviticus 26:3,7,8,18-28 ). Also God raised up the enemy of Gog Magog alliance (Sino-Russian Islamic terrorist alliance) in these last days who will fall defeated at the mountains of Israel for the glory of God and testimony for Israel and all the earth. ( Ezekiel 38,39 chapters ).
In Daniel 2:42 in original text we read - And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so at end of the kingdom it shall be partly strong, and partly frail.
Also in Daniel 7:20,24-27, Revelation 12:3, 13:1-18, 17:10-18 we read these 10 toes as 10 horns.
So at the end of Roman Empire ( 4th Empire in the dream of King Nebuchadnessar ), 10 kingdoms will emerge from Roman empire, which we see today as - Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Austria. They are partly strong like iron and partly frail like clay.
Iron like destroying strength of roman empire denotes its despotic monarchial rule with its corrupted idolatrous catholic religion.
These 10 countries have been influenced by true Christianity - Protestantism and before that by Anabaptists, Waldensians, Cathars, Paulicians, Bogomils, Celtic Christians, Gothic Christians and various other true Christian groups. But this rock like strength of God's kingdom ( The final 5th kingdom that replaces all these 4 empires is God's kingdom which is rock that is cut out without hands - cut out without hands meaning that it is not by power of man but by the power and will of Almighty Living Eternal God ) has been weakened to clay ( clay comes from rock ) due to anti-Christian counter reformation activities of idolatrous heretic catholic sect which are lies of secularism, atheistic - evolution, feminism and communism and that was done through jesuit-freemason axis. Thus clay represents secular multi party democracies influenced by lies of atheistic evolution,feminism and communism.
Although in this earth, iron may be stronger than rock, but reality is that this is a supernatural ( Divine ) rock cut out without hands that destroyed the whole statue made of gold, silver, brass, iron and clay and then became a great mountain that filled the whole earth and continued forever and thus God' eternal kingdom will encompass the whole universe , that is the coming New Jerusalem, New Heaven and New Earth forever ( Revelation 21:1- 22:21, Isaiah 66:22-24 ) as this universe - heavens and the earth will be destroyed by fire 2 Peter 3:7, Revelation 20:11.
After these ten horns the beast denoted as as another horn different from these 10 will arise and will subdue 3 of the 10 kingdoms - Daniel 7: 24
We read in Revelation 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
So these 10 kingdoms shall rule one hour with the beast. One hour could mean the 7 year great tribulation period that comes just before the setting up of God's eternal kindom as Revelation 3:10 also says.
The ten horns - These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. - Revelation 17:13,14.
We also read - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. - Revelation 17:16-18.
Thus these 10 kingdoms which emerged from Roman empire will hate the city of Rome and burn it with fire.
Covid pandemic was a warning to whole mankind to repent before he comes to judge this earth, just as the spanish flu some 100 years before by affecting to whole earth just like the global flood at Noah's times. Covid pandemic, spanish flu, great earth quakes and famines that we see today are fullfillment of what Lord Jesus Christ said in Luke 21:11.
Also the 2 world wars, other wars and the current Russia Ukraine war started in 2022 AD, Israel Hamas war ( this current Israel Hamas started in October 2023 could escalate to a regional war to fulfill various prophecies of God's Eternal Word - Holy Bible like - Isaiah 17:1-14 , Jeremiah 49:34-39, Psalm 83:1-18, Zechariah 12:2-8 ) that we see in these last days are a fulfillment of what Lord Jesus Christ said in Luke 21:10 and Matthew 24:7. So we should understand that the coming of Lord Jesus Christ in mid heavens to take his church ( God's Assembly ) to heaven and judge this whole earth with 7 year great tribulation and the global millenial rule of Lord Jesus Christ and eternity of New Jerusalem, New Heavens and New Earth are all near, right at the door as Lord Jesus Christ warned us in Matthew 24:33 and so when these things begin to take place we should stand up and lift up our heads, because our redemption is drawing near as Lord Jesus Christ commanded us in Luke 21:28.
In 2 Peter 3:8 we read - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. – Also in Psalms 90:4 – Prayer of Man of God – Moses.
So taking 701 BC as this event when God changed 10 ° backward on King Ahaz’s dial as sign for King Hezekiah’s healing, backwards until the point of 6 day Re- Creation by God are 360 day years – which from Bible chronology we get as 4006 BC. But taking this as 365.24219 day year as it is now we get 3959 BC as the creation year, and so 6000 years 6 days will be completed in 2041 AD . Since timings may not be accurate any dates from 2039 to 2042 are possible.
Hosea 5:14-6:3 shows 2 days = 2000 days from AD70 or 69 or 68 (possible dates of Destruction of Jerusalem ).
So if 2 days are taken as 2000 years of 360 days each as other Old Testament prophecies of Daniel 70 weeks (Daniel 9:24-27) and Ezekiel 430 year ( Ezekiel 4:3-6 , which was multiplied 7 times according to Leviticus 26:18,21,23,24,27,28) then we arrive at 2041 as the possible date of Lord Jesus Christ coming to take His Church.
Since timings may not be accurate, particularly with regards to destruction of Jerusalem which is said to have taken place either in 68,69 or 70 AD, any dates from 2039 to 2042 are possible.
Majority of world nations including Israel got independence after WW2 during the period from 1945AD to 1989AD, this is what Lord Jesus Christ said in the parable in Luke 21:29,30 , where the fig tree is Israel and other trees the other nations of which most are in Asia and Africa that got independence during this same period.
In Mark 13:28-30 to Matthew 24:32-34 this same parable by Lord Jesus Christ is presented a little differently because it focus only on Israel the fig tree and the particular period when its branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves. This period occured in the 6 day war in 1967 AD, when Israel recaptured most of its long lost lands including all of Jerusalem.
Thus if we take the time period given in Luke 21: 29,30, which is from 1945 AD to 1989 AD, 1967 AD will fall almost to the middle of it. Thus Luke 21:29-32 Mark 13:28-30 and Matthew 24:32-34 is speaking the same thing although in Luke it is given in a broader view with respect to many other nations ( other trees ) that regained independence during this same period.
From Psalm 90:10 we see that time span of a generation is 70 to 80 years and so from 80 years from 1967AD we reach 2047AD, which is about the time Lord Jesus Christ will set up his eternal kingdom on this earth after the 7 year great tribulation period and thus all these things will come to pass in the same generation from 1967AD to 2047 AD, which also points to the timing of the rapture (coming of Lord Jesus Christ to take back his faithful believers from this earth to heaven before the 7 year great tribulation period that will occur on all inhabited earth) to be about 2040-41 AD.
- This current Israel Hamas war that was started in October 2023 by Hamas attack on Israel, could escalate to a regional war to fulfill various prophecies of God's Eternal Word - Holy Bible like - Isaiah 17:1-14 , Jeremiah 49:34-39, Psalm 83:1-18, Zechariah 12:2-8.
- Zecheriah 12: 6 says - And Jerusalem will be inhabited in her own place , even in Jerusalem. This denotes the heavily contested orginal area of old Jerusalem which today is 80% inhabited by gentiles, although Israel has full control over Jerusalem from 1967 onwards, after the Psalm 83 war, Isaiah 17 etc.,majority area of this Old Jerusalem will be inhabited by Jewish population and probably God's House that was destroyed by Romans in AD70 will be rebuilt as other prophecies of God's Eternal Word - Holy Bible says. The God’s House will be rebuilt in Jerusalem and it shall be called “the house of prayer for people of all nations” exactly as Jesus predicted nearly 2000 years ago . Animal and other sacrifices will be offered there in the remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, just as it symbolized the coming sacrifice of Lord Jesus Christ in the old testament period. This will remain till coming of Lord Jesus Christ in mid heavens to take his church from this earth ( rapture).
- God's house could be built at any time before the rapture of God's Assembly. It could be either after Psalm 83 war or after first Gog Magog war when God's Holy Spirit is poured upon Israel nation and Israel as a nation looks upon God whom they pierced by crucifying Lord Jesus Christ on the cross some 2000 years ago in repentence, which will occur after the first Gog Magog War as we see in Zecheriah 12:9 - 13:2.
- In Deutronomy 18:15, Jeremiah 31:31-34 , Luke 5:37-39 , Hebrews 8:13 and many other scriptural verses indicate that old Mosaic covenant will be replaced by a new and better covenant which is the Melchizedek covenant ( Hebrews 6:20 - 9:28 ) in which Holy Spirit of God resides within the believer and teaches him to lead a life pleasing to God. So God also made some changes in the Mosaic Levitical sacrificial laws given to Israel in Numbers 28,29 chapters as we see in the Millenial God's House ( 4th God's House ) in Jerusalem in Ezekiel 46:4-7,11-15, 45:13 - 25, 43:18-27, when God's Kingdom is established forever on this earth and Jesus Christ rules all earth from Jerusalem for a 1000 years which shall continue forever after that in the New Jerusalem , New Earth and New Heaven as this present earth and heavens will be destroyed by fire in the final God's judgement ( Revelation 20,21,22 chapters ). Whether these changes shall be made in the 3rd God's House which shall be present in the 7 year great tribulation period and some years before that is something that needs to be seen. Also whether these animal and grain sacrificial offerings in God's House shall continue forever in New Earth , New Jersualem , New Heavens we donot know. But Revelation 21:22 we are told there will be no God's House in New Jersualem, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the God's House of it. According to Revelation 10:4 there are still things not revealed.
- This current Israel hamas war that was started in October 2023 could escalate when Israel is provoked to attack Iran nuclear facilities by Iranian proxies as Israel has already attacked Syrian and Iraqi nuclear facilities in the past or by other provocations. Iranian proxies like Hezbollah, Syrian Govt and Houthis are also currently at war with Israel. Then Iran will give a lethal blow to Israel using their Syrian proxy ( Isaiah 17:4 - 11 ) and at that point the sorrounding nations will conspire against Israel to destroy them laying seige against Jerusalem and Judah ( Zecheriah 12:2-8, Psalm 83:1-18 ) and at that point onwards God will start to intervene miraculaously ( Zecheriah 12:4,5 ) and Israel will defeat and devour surrounding nations, fulfilling Isaiah 17:1-14 , Jeremiah 49:34-39, Psalm 83:1-18, Zechariah 12:2-8.
Perhaps this conspiracy ( Psalm 83:1-18 ) by sorrounding nations of Israel had already begun before Hamas attack of October 7th 2023. It could also play out that due to certain provocation by Israel already conspired intent of surrounding nations of Israel ( Psalm 83:1-18 ) is put into action resulting in a devastating nuclear or other attack of Israel by the Iranian proxy Syrian government which will proceed to a seige of Jerusalem and Judah by sorrounding nations as we see in Zecheriah 12:2, and at that point onwards God will start to intervene miraculaously ( Zecheriah 12:4,5 ) and Israel will defeat and devour surrounding nations, fulfilling Isaiah 17:1-14 , Jeremiah 49:34-39, Psalm 83:1-18, Zechariah 12:2-8.
- Traditionally Bible scholars interpreted Zecheriah 12:1-9 as the Armageddon war in which all nations come against Jerusalem mentioned in Zecheriah 14:1- 21 and Revelation 19:11-21, which occurs at the end of the 7 year great tribulation period when Lord Jesus Christ will come with 10000s of saints and set up God's eternal kingdom on this earth which will continue forever ,initially on this earth for a 1000 year period and it shall continue forever in the coming New Jerusalem, New Heaven and New Earth. Zecheriah 12:1-9 is not the Armageddon war, because there is no mention of seige against Jerusalem in Zecheriah 14:1. In Zecheriah 14:2 - 4 we see that God will gather all nations against Jerusalem in battle and city will be taken, houses rifled, women ravished and half of the city shall go into captivity and the residue of the people shall not be cutt off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
So we can see very clearly Zecheriah 14:1 is the invasion of Jerusalem in which city shall be captured just before the second coming of Lord Jesus Christ to this earth. There is no mention of any seige here. On the contrary in Zecheriah 12:2 we see a seige against both Judah and Jerusalem by surrounding nations. Zechariah 12:2 reads that Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about ( surrounding nations ), when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
In Zecheriah 12:3 we see that all the nations are gathered on Jerusalem, but there is no mention of all nations going in battle to Jerusalem and capturing Jerusalem as we read in Zecheriah 14:2. Notice that in Zecheriah 12:3 all nations "are" gathered "on" Jerusalem , which means it is an indirect ( on ) and continuous ( are ) stance of all world nations particularly since the creation of Israel nation in 1948. This indirect and continuous stance of all nations against Jerusalem is that East Jerusalem be made capital of Palestine and thus dividing Jerusalem which in God's eyes is always the undivided capital of Israel. We can see that this was the policy regarding Jerusalem of even USA continuously.
Moreover in Zecheriah 12:3-8 we see that this seige is unsuccesful and Israeli armies will devour all the surrounding nations on the right and the left. In Zecheriah 12:9- 13:2 we see a glimpse of the first Gog Magog war that comes some years after this unsuccesful seige against Jersualem and Judah and after that first Gog Magog war God pouring out his Holy Spirit upon Israel nation ( Ezekiel 39:29 ) and Israel nation turning back to God Lord Jesus Christ in repentance.
- Isaiah 17:7,8 indicate that when Iran will give a lethal blow to Israel using their Syrian proxy, there will be a general repentance of mankind by leaving their idolatry and turning to their maker God almighty and his eternal salvation through Lord Jesus Christ. But as we see in Revelation 9:20 there will be many who will secretly or openly continue their idolatry against God to incur God's eternal wrath. This general repentance of mankind and turning back to God will be followed by Israel as a nation looks upon God whom they pierced by crucifying Lord Jesus Christ on the cross some 2000 years ago in repentance, which will occur after the first Gog Magog War as we see in Zecheriah 12:9 - 13:2.
So we should all now itself repent and leave all our sins and humble before the almighty living God and pray with faith to God to cleanse us from all our sins by the precious sinless blood of Lord Jesus Christ that was shed at Calvary, Jerusalem some 2000 years ago for the remission of sins of all mankind so that all mankind who will trust in Lord Jesus Christ shall have eternal life and lead a just and holy life before God so that we will be taken to heaven when Lord Jesus Christ comes back and thus escape the God's judgement of the whole earth for the 7 year ( 7 year great tribulation period ) and the eternal hell fire and be with God for all eternity with eternal life ( John 3:16, All 4 Gospels, All of New Testament, All Messianic Prophecies of Old Testament, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1:10, 5:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7, 1:7, Revelation 3:10, 7:9-17, 19:1-22:21, 1 Corinthians 15: 35-38, Isaiah 26:19-21, Mathew 24:13 & 24:32- 25:13, Mark 13:28-37, Luke 17:26-36, Romans 5:8,9).
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